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Marvel #10Published by Marvel Comics, October 2000 Click here to view larger image of cover. "Totally Cosmic" Writer: Peter DavidPenciler: Chriscross Inker: Anibal Rodriguez & Mark McKenna Colorist: Steve Oliff Letterer: RS & Comicraft's Wes 'n' Saida Editor: Tom Brevoort Editor in Chief: Bob Harras Original Price: $2.50 History Behind Issue: Continues from issue #9 and guest stars Moondragon, Super-Skrull, and Silver Surfer! Issue Synopsis by James "Marvelite" Pedrick: The story begins with a flashback of Kelly as a kid.
She comes into the kitchen and tells her mother that she built a snow
castle with snow knights guarding it that were about to fight a dragon.
She says she is busy washing the dishes, but after Kelly persistently
bugs her, she ends up dropping some dishes that were given to them by Gramma.
Kelly is very sorry and offers to fix it, but her mom says it is
impossible to fix them. She
then again wants to show her mother the knights and dragon.
Her mom gets very upset and tells her it’s not real and makes Kelly
say that make believe isn’t real. She
then sends Kelly back outside, only to see the dish in on piece.
Kelly then goes outside and tells the knights and dragon that they
aren’t there because make believe isn’t real.
The knights agree that make believe is not real because her
mother’s word is law. They
fade away, as Kelly’s mother yells after her.
Kelly simply shrugs her shoulders and said she was just making
believe and that it wasn’t real, but now her mother isn’t so sure. Now it’s the present.
As Captain Marvel, Silver Surfer, and Moondragon head out to find
Kelly, Captain Marvel is in disagreement with the Silver Surfer because he
is unsure if they’re going to help Kelly.
He decides he will make sure nothing will happen to her, but Silver
Surfer explains that it may not be up to him, but up to the girl. Meanwhile, Super Skrull takes Kelly to a world named
Skrell. She asks if it is their
homeworld, but he explains that their homeworld has been destroyed and they
must now live on colony worlds. He
goes on to explain that their empire now spends more time fighting each
other than their ancient enemies, the Kree. The Skrull guards then tells Super Skrull that he was
not supposed to bring her there, but that Intelligentsia wanted Kelly
killed. Super Skrull explains
that they should not follow Intelligentsia as she is afraid in her own
stronghold of a human girl. Intelligentsia finally butts in and mentally tells the
guards to bring Super Skrull and the girl to her. As they go to her, Super Skrull congratulates Kelly at not
being afraid or at least holding it in, Kelly explains that you cannot be
afraid when you are bored. He
then explains that Intelligentsia was created by scientists to lead them as
the Skrulls’ answer to similar technology of the Kree. Intelligentsia then explains to Kelly that she will
soon be killed before commanding the Skrulls to mount planetary defenses
against the Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, Moondragon.
They do so and Captain Marvel is soon hit and accidentally slams his
bands, bringing forth Rick Jones. Rick
cannot breath in space and soon goes unconscious, at which point Moondragon
slams his bands together, bringing back Genis and sending Rick Jones into a
body of water in the Microverse. Captain Marvel then breaks through the barriers and
the Skrulls fire at him, but with no luck.
Super Skrull then blasts at Captain Marvel and the two get into a
one-on-one battle. Meanwhile,
Intelligentsia explains to Kelly that she expected Super Skrull would
disobey orders, but that she (Kelly) would still die.
And as Silver Surfer and Moondragon finally make it through the
Skrull defenses, Super Skrull charges at Captain Marvel, only to be attacked
by the Silver Surfer and then blasted by all three together, defeating him. They then tell Intelligentsia to hand over the girl or
more damage will occur, but she insists that more damage will occur if the
girl remains living. Intelligentsia
then asks the girl if she was conceived in a swamp.
She confirms she was, at which time Rick has Captain Marvel snap his
bands, bringing forth Rick Jones. After
Kelly mentions that she remembers Rick from his old TV show, Rick explains
that he thinks he knows what happened to Kelly.
He says that she was conceived in the Everglades near Citrusville,
and that when it happened, it was near the Nexus of Realities – where
alternate universes converge. He
determines that she must be a walking Nexus. She asks Rick what she do now, and he asks what she
wants to do. She says she wants
to die. He tells her that she
can use his powers to end all that is wrong in the world, but she explains
she cannot create things, just make things appear from other realities.
She then explains that she looked and there is no utopia anywhere at
anytime. Through her
frustration, she begins to tear up reality.
Silver Surfer is about to try and kill her, but Rick tries to save
her by explaining that she could simply wish a reality where her powers are
gone. Moondragon and Silver
Surfer explain it cannot be that simple, but she finally does. She disappears and we next see her eating with her family. Their family seems normal and her parents congratulate her on her straight A’s. They then ask her younger sister, Donna, what she did at school. She explains that she created a dragon out of clay and then made it come to life and that a kid named Ryan won’t be bugging her anymore. Her parents think she was just pretending, but Kelly knows the truth. Preview of Issue #11: Captain Marvel meets... Captain Marvel? Could it be?!?
Find out in a space-spanning saga that could only be brought to you by the
dynamic duo of Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom... (and if course) Peter David,
too! Don't miss it! Review by James "Marvelite" Pedrick: I like this issue, story and art. Though Kelly’s origin didn’t seem all that great in the end, it was certainly original. Captain Marvel’s interactions with Moondragon and Silver Surfer were also quite interesting, as he is seeming more human than alien and continues to want respect as a hero. Rick Jones’ smart mouth is also entertaining, as always. I thought it was also very interesting how Rick defeated Kelly so simply, as only human reasoning and imagination could, while all of the aliens could not conceive a peaceful resolution. Overall, a very nice issue. Let’s see where Captain Marvel and the gang go next issue, where we’ll see Jim Starlin drawing and Captain Mar-Vell appearing!! |
