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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Some GodAwful News (Not a Hoax. Not an Imaginary Story...)
Message-ID: <154@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 13:26:58 EST
Article-I.D.: vax2.154
Posted: Sat Dec 15 13:26:58 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:24:37 EST
References: <216@tilt.FUN> <20980028@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Reply-To: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Organization: Somewhere in Soho
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In article <20980028@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
>See if you can guess what comic book series this refers to:
>
>"He comes to earth and takes on human form, seeking to taste humanity.
>We're going to explore the philosophical essence of what it is to be human.
>When a being of near-infinite power ... chooses to become a man, the
>possibilities and dangers presented are endless.  All of us on the creative
>team ... believe we have not only a great story here but an important story
>as well.  Our intention is to create something wonderful and unforgettable."
>
>Any guesses?  If you said The Silver Surfer, you get a no-prize for spotting
>the original source of the plot for the forthcoming Secret Wars II series.

Actually, it sounds almost *exactly* like John Carpenter's description of
the synopsis of his new film, STARMAN.

>The more things change, the more they stay the same; and nowhere more so
>than at Marvel.

...or in Hollywood...

>You would already know this stuff if you read the Comic Buyer's Guide.
>What's more, you would have seen me tearing out and feasting on the heart of
>the "Machine Man" series in September in the letters column.  Shame on you.
>-=-
>Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center

Well, yes, I read CBG, but I must have missed this, which may not have been
a bad thing... I have a week stomach around sloppy eaters (and this coming
from somebody with *my* table manners!).  Betch even ate it raw...

				"You'd do it for Randolph Scott."
				(chorus) "*gasp* RANDOLPH SCOTT!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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