The Secret Wars comes to an abrupt end, but not before Doom becomes a god, then not, then inbewteen, then... nothing. Also the heros all die and then don't. Except Szaji who really did? And Spidey is pretty chill about realizing that his costume is maybe kinda... alive? But in the end, the Brothers Milksop declare that this is a VERY fun book and deserved its success.

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These issues showcase the super-villain Doctor Doom, and he emerges as the main character of this story. Will loves Secret Wars and respect Jim Shooter's work on it, and Kevin brings him down to earth with some stories about Jim's behind the scenes arrogance or at least tone-deaf office humor. Still, these issues are fun.

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A lot of stuff happens in these two issues but maybe the most significant is the arrival of Spider-Man's black costume, which eventually becomes the super-villain Venom. But no one making Secret Wars had any idea that would happen! Isn't that weird?

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More fun issues, though there is a lot of recapping, even for Secret Wars. In one issue we have both Doom and Professor X checking in with everyone, and maybe Reed Richards too? It's hard to keep track. Also: the Lizard shows up, and the Milksops think that maybe Shooter had simply forgotten to include him up until now.

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The Milksops talk about one of their favorite moments of the Secret Wars story: the Hulk holds up a mountain. Will is suprised how much he's enjoying this re-read. Kevin is not surprised. We get into more of Shooter's unsubtle dialogue, the Molecule Man's truly unreasonably powerful powers and if the X-Men are being treated unfairly by the story!

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Secret Wars is a fun-first, subtle dialogue far far last type of story, and for the Milksops (and the tens of thousands who bought these issues) it works. Other fun things: the heroes are impressed with each other. Doom flips the script on Beyonder (or tries) and oh yeah, the bad guy's name is "Beyonder."

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The Milksops talk about the original Marvel Superhero's Secret Wars. Commercially successful, critically tolerated, and fascinating! We ponder what the arrogant / influential editor-in-chief Jim Shooter must have been like. We remember what it was like reading this story as kids. Kevin gets into some behind-the-scenes stories he knows. And we read 100 pieces of reader email!

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We continue going over Kevin's recommendations as we go over the very cool series Black Hammer, specifically issue #2. A group of superhumans are stuck in a small town, which is... not a small town. In these early issues we are learning the back stories of our main characters, each of which is part fun part mystery!

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We go over the action movie homage Bang #02, written by Matt Kindt. It stars an action hero that is part Die Hard, part Doc Savage and all fun. It's also a mind trip, as the characters seem to exist in books written by another character from a higher dimension? It's weird. And fun! The Milksops dissect!

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We begin a short series of Will reading some comics Kevin tells him to. We start with the commercially successful and critically acclaimed IMMORTAL HULK. The mystery, the philosophy, the character, the darkness, the... fun? We get into it. Next epsiode: BANG #2.

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