iFanboy Mini - Episode #143 - Ode to the Beyonder

A somewhat dramatic reading in 25 stanzas.

Augie DeBlieck Jr. (of Comic Book Resources and the Pipeline Podcast) brings us a dramatic interpretation of iFanboy writer Jim Mroczkowski's 25 stanza love (hate?) letter to The Beyonder and Secret Wars II, the Marvel Comics event that was so bad it needs to be read to be believed. Twenty three years ago Secret Wars ushered in the big summer crossover at Marvel, and twenty three years ago, Secret Wars II nearly killed it. Why? Listen to the booming voice of Augie DeBlieck Jr. to find out.

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Comments

Best iFanboy ever.

Posted by chuck on 10/01/08 at 10:23 AM

That's freaking awesome

Posted by THEBRODYMAN on 10/01/08 at 10:27 AM

Epic.

Posted by PaulMontgomery on 10/01/08 at 10:44 AM

If only the actual mini-series was that entertaining.......

Posted by JohnVFerrigno on 10/01/08 at 10:44 AM

Absolute genius, by everyone involved. I love the image for "I was 9", particularly. Great selections from the comics to illustrate points, and awe-inspiring work by Jim & Augie.

Posted by ohcaroline on 10/01/08 at 10:58 AM

Amazing.

I'm going to have nightmares about eeeeeeeeevil Jim Shooter.

Posted by throughthebrush on 10/01/08 at 11:06 AM

So, The Beyonder = Jesus?

Posted by stuclach on 10/01/08 at 11:39 AM

That was awesome!

Posted by torippu on 10/01/08 at 12:19 PM

isnt the beyonder the old bald little dude with no pupils from the fantastic four?

Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 10/01/08 at 12:59 PM

Good show guys. And great that you got Augie to come in, what a powerful voice that gentlemen has!!

Posted by drakedangerz on 10/01/08 at 01:01 PM

@WinTheWonderBoy - Do you mean The Watcher?

Posted by conor on 10/01/08 at 01:08 PM

Now thats a great mini, @winthewonderboy your talking about the Watcher i think.

Posted by English on 10/01/08 at 01:10 PM

D'oh! @cocor & English- thanks. yeah, thats who i was thinking of

Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 10/01/08 at 01:17 PM

That was beautiful.

Posted by Lauren on 10/01/08 at 03:09 PM

Well that was awesome, the only problem was that I had never heard of Secret Wars 2 or the Beyonder before now, and well I wish I never had. Now I'm going to read Power of Ion(That is seriously the Worst DC Book I can think of, as for Marvel, well CLONE SAGA)

Posted by GreenLantern2814 on 10/01/08 at 03:21 PM

Very Very Very Very good. Not to diminish Jimski's article (that is probably one of the greatest articles written on this site) but this was a tiny bit better when spoken rather then read. I wish we could've gotten a huge booming voice like Orsen Wells wanna be or something. But cheers to Augie for such a great read.

Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/01/08 at 03:56 PM

Pure genius.

Posted by ChrisCCL on 10/01/08 at 04:26 PM

I take it back, I just read issue 13 of JLA(Justice League antarctica.)

Posted by GreenLantern2814 on 10/01/08 at 09:36 PM

I. Am. Stunned. Just blown away, mate. Saying "good work", or "great article" just doesn't cut it with this episode. If our paths ever cross I'm buying you a pint. Just wow.

Posted by Eyun on 10/01/08 at 09:45 PM

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. I just finished watching it, myself. Laughed out loud at the imagery. Conor, Josh, Ron, whoever worked on this -- great job. Perfect Shooter picture, too.

And I've never read "Secret Wars" 1 or 2. . .

Posted by AugieDB on 10/01/08 at 10:36 PM