Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aplvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric From: eric@aplvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: The Week's bag of goodies (spoilers) Message-ID: <819@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 10:01:16 EST Article-I.D.: aplvax.819 Posted: Mon Dec 17 10:01:16 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:12:58 EST References: <713@pucc-k> Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD Lines: 24 > Well, I've just read the first issue of 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', > and I certainly hope this gets better. At least it looks like we > won't be treated to the same hystronics attached to the ~secret > bores~. > > At least we get to find out that Lyla isn't quite the bubblehead we > might have thought she was; and boy did we ever get rid of one > universe quick (earth-3)!!! But I do wonder about the statement > that 'hey, if we off a hero, that's it; none of this "bring 'em back > from the dead" schtick'. Then again, we'll have to see *who* they > manage to nail in the next twelve. I mean, if it turns out to be > people of the same caliber as the 'Red Bee' in the All-Star > Squadron, well, I'm not going to get *too* upset..... How about the "new" Green Lantern as a candidate for martyr? Or maybe the Blue Beetle? Anyone want to bet that more bad guys (Psion, Dr. Polaris) bite the dust than the good guys? Actually, not much happened in the first issue (except for the death of two universes). I must admit, the Monitor did not end up looking like anything I expected, though. The last page had a nice impact. -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric