At 12:03 PM 4/22/02, john wrote: >At 11:27 PM 4/20/2002 -0400, Jim wrote: > >>Gautam made a request thusly: >> >> >>I only read JMS's ASM #36, the 9/11 issue, which was very good, >> >>except for the whole Doctor Doom crying thing. >> >> >I really wanted to read JMS's take on 9/11. Could you tell us >> >about it? >> >>I certainly can! I've been terribly lazy about bagging my books, and >>it's sitting somewhere convenient. I've included some quotes, too. I >>hope that I give you all a good impression of the story. This was >>written shortly after 9/11. Perhaps it will lose something in the light >>of the passing of six months; I leave that up to you to decide. >> >>Page 1: Black page with all white letters: "We interrupt our regularly >>scheduled program to bring you the following Special Bulletin" >> >>Page 2&3: Double spread, ground zero, Spidey holding his head in his >>hands, saying "...God..." >> >>Page 4: Recriminations from people on street, how could superheroes let >>this happen? >> >>Page 5&6: Various Marvel heroes helping the FDNY and NYPD in their >>work. Musings on how no sane person could have envisioned the scope of >>the act. >> >>Page 7&8: Spidey pitches in with FEMA work crew and other rescue units. >> >>Page 9: Even the bad guys pitch in, inluding the Kingpin, Magneto, and >>Dr. Doom. Doom has a tear in his eye, the only false note in the book, >>IMO, but then, that's only because I know the character. ><snipped> > >Doom cries!? Now I know Marvel has gone wimpy!
My only question was whether his mask rusts . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
