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Brian Miller
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So, you would believe someone you don't know, but follow on social media over someone who was actually in the picture?
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Mark Tillson
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The only reason I bought Secret Wars when it came out was because of Mike Zeck. To say the story was garbage, would an insult to garbage.
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Peter Martin
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According to JohnByrneDraws (a profile I follow on Tumblr) that photo is indeed the original and has not been Photoshoped.------------------------------------- That gave me a well-needed chuckle. Keep the funny stuff coming!
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Roy Johnson
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Hee hee hee. I vaguely recall thinking it was lame story-wise, but welcome the kind of mass get together of the characters that was the point of it all.
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Andrew W. Farago
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It was written just above the level of Spidey Super-Stories, and kind of felt like the first issues of Marvel's Transformers comic book, where entire pages were devoted to having the characters clumsily introduce each other.
"Say, Wolverine, you need to be careful with those claws of yours!"
"Okay, Bub--I mean, Captain America. But your indestructible shield and super-soldier serum should protect you! Isn't that right, Fantastic Four's The Thing?"
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John Byrne
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Well, maybe that ISN'T the picture of Chris and me kissing.
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Jason Scott
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The original Secret Wars will always have a place in my heart for:-
a) Being my first introduction to a lot of the other Marvel characters that hadn't as yet popped up in the British reprints of Spiderman comics.
b) Showing Spiderman take apart the X-men in about less than a minute. ESPECIALLY Wolverine! I will always love it for that. As Spidey's unique combination of super speed, strength, agility, and spider sense really should put him in a different league from Logan. And that burn of "Those pigstickers might scare the bar room bullies, but to me you're a joke!" always made me chuckle..
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Carmen Bernardo
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I'm like Brad on the current state of comics. Although I can't see the medium going completely under, given that the Internet and a few pockets of interest could be around for years to come, it will cease to be a profitable venture when the shrinking fan base that currently exists finally dies off.
As it is, Secret Wars II was when I started noticing the loss of control. Up until then, Marvel had been doing a fair job of not shoehorning its existing books into an intra-company crossover for the quick boost in sales. You had the dynamic of the good comics maintaining fan interest for a while until it either dropped off or the idea faded in general view. See how long the original Spider-Woman comic stayed around, as well as Ghost Rider, the Defenders and Tomb of Dracula.
Today, I don't even think they consider the possibility of letting the stories tell themselves and making the comics accessible for new audiences. With competition such as YouTube and video games, I can see that being impossible for the Big Two now.
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