What If? Secret Wars # 1 - What If...Doctor Doom Kept The Beyonder's Power; What If The Runaways Became The Young Avengers, Part 5 (of 5)
is a comic book published by Marvel Publishing & released on 2 / / 2009User Rating - 8 votes, 3.9 avg.
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From the Watcher’s Datalog: When a handful of Earth’s heroes and villains were kidnapped across several light years to the alien Battleworld to fight a Secret War, Doctor Doom thought he’d successfully stolen the power of the cosmic entity called the Beyonder. However, Doom was unaware he had only stolen a portion of the Beyonder’s near limitless abilities and the tables were turned, stripping the uber-villain of his newfound godhood. But what if…? What if events occurred differently? What if Doom discovered his mistake before it was too late and won the Secret War? In other words…“What If Doctor Doom Kept the Beyonder’s Power?”
And featuring the conclusion of a special five part back-up story, 'What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?' In this issue... “Young Avengers Assemble!”
And featuring the conclusion of a special five part back-up story, 'What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?' In this issue... “Young Avengers Assemble!”
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God exists and he's Latverian
Reviewed by Baal Zak on Jan. 7, 2009. Baal Zak has written 10 reviews. His/her last review was for . 1 out of 1 users recommend his reviews. |
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This is definitely the best "What if" story of the year that shows not only Doom's greatness in all his magnitude but his ambivalence between madness and his self-imposed role as our savior. The art is also worth of applause where the Mexican Jorge Molina made one hell of a job and gave us great battles scenes.
The only complaint about the issue was the fifth part of the Runaways, foreseeable and completely boring (just as the other parts) so it was no big surprise.
The only complaint about the issue was the fifth part of the Runaways, foreseeable and completely boring (just as the other parts) so it was no big surprise.
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Horrid script/dialogue.
Reviewed by Angerboy on Jan. 26, 2009. Angerboy has written 1 review. His/her last review was for What If...Doctor Doom Kept The Beyonder's Power; What If The Runaways Became The Young Avengers, Part 5 (of 5). |
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I truly wanted to love this issue. I'm a huge fan of Secret Wars and an even bigger fan to anything and everything What if. This issue had it all: great cover, great art, excellent storyline, good pacing. And then there's the dialogue/script. It reads as if it's been translated through BabelFish from some middle-eastern language. This boggles my mind since Karl Bollers, the writer, worked on some rather good stuff (most notably Soldier X, which I found to be hilarious). I just can't wrap my head around the clumsy English. I had to double-check and make sure that this isn't some parallel universe Karl Bollers. The worst offense occurs on the last page, when Doom describes the group of men he's chosen to "lead." The script just didn't flow. "Proletariats"? Are you kidding me? I'm left to wonder if this issue had any editorial advice whatosoever. A great premise ruined.
