SECRET WARS II #5 – 1ST BOOM BOOM – JIM SHOOTER – AL MILGROM – DESPAIR – 1985

SECRET WARS II #5 – 1^ST BOOM BOOM – JIM SHOOTER – AL MILGROM – DESPAIR

NOVEMBER 1985

1^ST APPEARANCES – BOOM BOOM, ORIGIN OF BOOM BOOM (TABITHA SMITH)

CHARACTERS – Avengers, Beyonder, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Boomer (Tabitha Smith), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Colossus (Peter Rasputin), Fantastic Four, Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Hercules, Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Invisible Woman (Sue Richards), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse), New Mutants, Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), Rogue (Anna Marie Raven), Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Starfox (Eros), Thor (Donald Blake), Tigra (Greer Nelson), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), West Coast Avengers, Wolverine (James Howlett/Logan), Wonder Man (Simon Williams), X-Men

STORYLINE – Despair!

Beyonder develops the kind of depression only man can feel, and Earth’s heroes must decide whether to strike. At his most vulnerable, will the nigh-omnipotent One succumb to Earth’s mightiest? The Beyonder stares into the cosmic void, and the void stares back.

When depression threatens to overtake him, the Beyonder finds himself at his most vulnerable. While walking along a set of train tracks, a train comes bearing down on him. Making a child’s “gun” gesture with his fingers, he says “bang” and knocks the train into all of its component parts, which fly harmlessly past him. Most of the passengers are stunned by what happened, but one runs towards him. Incorrectly believing he is a mutant, she thinks they should stick together and go to Westchester, where she heard there is a school for mutants. She is Tabitha Smith, also known as Boom Boom, and she is running away from home because her dad beat her because she is a mutant. She has the power to make mini energy time bombs. Beyonder tells her his story and explains how Dazzler broke his heart, leading to his current depression.

Secret Wars II continues in Thing #30, Doctor Strange Vol 2 #74 and Fantastic Four #285

PUBLISHER – MARVEL COMICS

WRITER – Jim Shooter

INTERIOR ART – Al Milgrom

COVER ART – Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha