I wonder if Jim Rhodes (who was Iron Man at the time) or Monica "Captain Marvel/Photon/???/Leader of goddamn Nextwave" Rambeau ever throw that into conversation. "Well, yes, I was at the Secret Wars..." Effective trump card, or forgettable nonsense? I figure to them, Secret Wars is as Vietnam is to John McCain...
Ironically, while the Falcon wasn't in the Secret Wars miniseries, he would get a figure in the old Secret Wars toyline! Which was only released in Europe, and is rather hard to find. (I don't think Sam even appeared in Secret Wars 2, and that had everyone. The Micronauts were even in it, and they hadn't been on earth for like thirty issues.) In that batch of Europe figures, there was also Iceman and the Constrictor--yeah, I know--and they weren't there either. Neither was Daredevil, and he got a figure too.
I upgraded my cable a bit a while back (although I still dearly wish I could get a la carte cable, with just the specific channels I want...) and have been enjoying the heck out of the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon. Especially the Nightcrawler episodes, where he gets to do more than he did in the entire runs of previous X-Men cartoons. There's been at least three so far ("X-Calibre," "Greetings from Genosha," and "Hunting Grounds") where Nightcrawler gets to take center stage, and both his powers and his characterization have been on the money.
Previous episodes: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. Nightcrawler and Falcon have next week off, for a special reminder strip, of an upcoming release you won't want to miss. So...make a reminder for the reminder, or something.
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... wait ... There was a Secret Wars II?!?!?!?!?
Sonuvvagun ...
WHY!?!?!?!?!?
Because kids in the '80s just couldn't get enough of the Beyonder and his jheri curl, that's why!
Aww, Sea, don't make me the bad guy that told you about Secret Wars II...
And now I'm thinking about the actual issues (and the shoddy art) and the crossovers. The book crossed over with just about everything, and the vast majority was the suck. (As usual, Simonson's Thor made the most of it, and there's a Cap issue that keeps it in the background.)
But over in Uncanny X-Men, back when there was just one X-Men book; Nightcrawler loses it: the Beyonder pretty much kills his faith in God, and Kurt is wrecked. He gets left behind when the rest of the team fights the Beyonder and Sentinels and some damn thing...(even then, without Nightcrawler, my interest in the X-Men fades a bit)
...but Kurt still appears in Secret Wars II #8-9, even though the regular book made a point of him not being there. All of which might've been interesting, if it ever really came up again.
Secret Wars!
Gah!
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