Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Version 1.0 Netnews CMS/BITNET 5/19/85; site PSUVM.BITNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cadre!psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!gms From: GMS@psuvm.BITNET Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: (spoiler) a few nice words about SW-II (for a change) Message-ID: <1903GMS@psuvm> Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 15:59:11 EDT Article-I.D.: psuvm.1903GMS Posted: Sun Jun 30 15:59:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 03:07:46 EDT Lines: 28 Everyone on the net is probably gonna think that I'm crazy, but I actually am somewhat enjoying Secret Wars II. I like it a whole lot better than SW-I. The whole concept of an ultra-powerful but childishly niave being coming to Earth for enlightenment is (i think) treated not too badly. I'll admit that I have mixed feelings about the way that the story line is continued in 3 other titles each month. I don't like it because it forces me to buy titles that I otherwise don't like. I like it because it is a lot cleaner than the treatment in SW-I where we all knew the outcome (somewhat) before it ended. I really hope there is not a schlock ending to this one like in SW-I. I particularly liked issue #3, where the beyonder took everything over. I really like scenes such as the one where Toots thanked 'Frank' for regarding her as 'just another human' and giving her the self-respect to get off the streets. Maybe I'm old-fashoned, but sometimes I like good old niceness to win. Fell free to flame me if you wish, but any major commentary should come to me directly rather than to the net. Gerry Santoro Penn State University . . . !psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!gms . . . !psuvax1!santoro "I know what I like (in your wardrobe)"