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…with all this as the MM in question showed up at the end of this week’s Dark Avengers:

That’s quite the entourage that Owen’s got in tow, too – Mephisto, the Enchantress (who looks kind of mind-controlled with the old glowy-eyes), someone who looks like he might be Zarathos (although I’m not sure what’s going on with him in the pages of Ghost Rider) and…hey, is that the Beyonder?

Because I do love me some Beyonder…

Er, in any case, it seems unlikely that the ‘man behind the curtain’ is Molecule Man – in which case, I’ll go with it being an empty Green Goblin suit, and everyone else is just playing along with his crazy (thanks, skaps!). Well, either that or the Void.

Because if Johnston did mean Marvel Man, or Miracle Man, or whatever he’s going by this week, then that’s the most random way to introduce him to the MU ever, and nobody else should have known him.

I mean, that’s like randomly throwing a Captain Marvel lookalike into the mix for the closing issue of a big crossover, isn’t it? And who would do that?

Oh…

Back when Osborn first assembled his Cabal, before Namor and Emma Frost flipped him the bird, Doom and Loki started plotting behind his back, and the Hood lost his powers (or at least his first set), Osborn kept them all in line with a shadowy figure behind the door.

The secret of the man behind the door is apparently key to the end of Dark Reign – which makes some amount of sense, but would make even more if he’d appeared more than once in the whole shebang.

Anyway, over at Bleeding Cool, Rich Johnston claims to have the scoop on his identity, and when check out the solicit for Dark Avengers #11 (and oddly, Dark Avengers #12 has the exact same solicit), alarm bells start ringing:

The Dark Avengers are pitted against a foe they cannot defeat: A man with the power over every molecule in the world!

Molecule, you say? MM, Rich Johnston says?

Could Owen Reese the Molecule Man be the power behind the throne?

If so, the last we heard of him, he was being busted out of the Raft (which may be less secure than Arkham Asylum) at the start of Secret Invasion…

…and its not like Bendis doesn’t love plotting stuff a while in advance.

If it is the Molecule Man, it begs the question of what could defeat him; after all, this is a guy who took on the Beyonder (indeed, I think he actually created the Beyonder if I’m remembering my Secret Wars III correctly), and this was back before Bendis ham-handedly attempted to retcon the Beyonder into being an Inhuman, which I can easily dismiss as a fever dream.

So if Owen Reese has gone back to his evil ways and regained his powers, how are you going to calm him down?

Easy. Bring in his squeeze, Volcana.

Owen does love his Marsha-Mallow, and then Dark Reign would, basically be ended by love. And puppies and rainbows for all!

It’s no secret that despite its inherent naffness, I like Secret Wars II.

Amongst the glut of crossovers, there are a few gems – and in some of them, the Beyonder does more than just wander past a hero and ask about using the bathroom.

Take Fantastic Four #285.

It’s a standalone issue featuring a young fan of the Human Torch who, well…

…does something really stupid.

The story is essentially the Beyonder showing Johnny Storm how the kid’s hero worship was the one bright spot of his life – well, before he went up in flames – and how he isn’t to blame himself.

Sure, it’s basically an old-fashioned morality tale with the Beyonder playing the role of an angel but it’s a damn good one.

The only thing that really detracts from the story for me is that John Byrne’s normally (at this point) crisp artwork is slightly jarring thanks to his tendency to draw all the children in the issue in pretty much the same proportions as he drew Puck.

Other than that, this is still a favorite after twenty-plus years.

Thanks to Chronological Snobbery (which has a far more in depth look at the issue) for the scans.

Cover at the top via IGN

Oh, you know he does.

Newsarama has the full October solicits from Marvel up – and amongst them is the Secret Wars Omnibus!

With all due apologies to Djimon Hounsou (who I’d actually like to see as Black Panther), I’m not really interested in a Thulsa Doom movie.

I have little interest in seeing this Doom on screen.

However, this Doom I am!

Get rid of Julian McMahon and recast Doom, retelling his origin apart from the FF and I’ll be a happy man.

Last week Melissa did a post on what was good as opposed what’s awesome.

It’s worth pointing out that often the amount of awesome in anyone thing is inversely proportionate to the amount of good. Case in point:

Awesome

Awesome

Good

Awesome

See how this works?