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It fits

I was just thumbing through the original Secret Wars #1, and the heroes have all just been transported to the battleplanet. There's only two members of the "illuminati" present - Mr. Fantastic and Professor X (Namor, Dr. Strange, and Black Bolt were not taken by the Beyonder, and the person in the Iron Man suit is James Rhodey due to the fact that Tony Stark is drunk in a gutter somewhere). So what's interesting is that Xavier and Richards sort of confer and decide who is going to be their leader while they are stuck there. They eventually settle on Captain America (of course) but i just like the way it's the "illumnati" characters who take charge and decide who their field commander will be.

By fnord12 | May 28, 2006, 11:58 AM | Comics


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I have to disagree with you, sort of. While Professor X does initiate the conversation and Reed is the next to speak, this page is merely a round robin of dialogue including Hulk, Wasp, even the Human Torch. Now, Professor X choosing Reed to lead may interpreted as a nod to their Illuminati connection, I think it's more of the bad scripting of Shooter, who is stuck in the old school mentality that everyone needs a line and just inserts them pretty much at random (anyone could have said the Human Torch's line). The 'They' in 'They eventually settle,' includes everyone, not the Professor and Reed as your post implies. 'It fits' seems overly generous to Bendis. (Keep in mind that I like the idea, and the special, of the Illuminati). But, what's nice, is, at least in this first issue, nothing is contradicted by the Illuminati special, and it could be of import that the conversation is initiated by the Professor about Reed.