Originally posted by zopzop
Mr M my friend, it wasn't just a plot device, it was the WHOLE
REASON EXCALIBUR WAS CREATED. Everything from Excalibur 1-50
including the two special issues was Merlyn scheming to get Excalibur
to deal with Necrom while Merlyn hid and faked his death, even being
reduced to using his own daughter as a pawn and bait.
I posted the scans, it's not like I'm making this up; it's right there on panel.
I still see you don't know Merlyn's character/personality and agenda.
Merlyn has been playing tricks like that since back in the Moore days,
there's always some premeditated reasoning behind it for the good of all.
This should enlighten you a bit my friend: (read this carefully)
http://s3d3.turboimagehost.com/t1/15829642_Merlyn.jpg
"Merlyn's origins are shrouded in mystery & misinformation,
much of which he deliberately spread himself ...
Merlyn seems to encourage this confusion,
seeing ALL Existence as a series of endless chess games for Omniversal survival ...
Anything he tells others about himself is suspect,
and eye witness accounts of his actions are unreliable since Merlyn is a master illusionist.
Even his daughter claims Not to truly know who Merlyn is."
Merlyn is, ... the greatest manipulator of all.
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If it wasn't for Moore on panel calling Jaspers "God" ... and the fact that JJ
actually remade 616 in his image,
on top of being seeing by Cobweb in a future where he wasn't stopped
by his one true plot, "Fury" where the entire Omniverse was cancelled as Merlyn predicted,
plus, Merlyn literally stating that he tried to stop 238 Jaspers' warp
and it "thwarted" his abilities ...
Yes, if it wasn't for all that,
I would honestly believe that Merlyn > Jaspers ...
and Not stopping JJ personally was due to Roma's training
when they had the Prime Multiverse being manipulated on freakin Chessboards
and 616 Jaspers was a piece on the board. lol
So, it could be a bit confusing,
but when we see Jaspers' accomplishments and potential,
it clears things up for us more clearly.
JJ was simply "God" withIN his warp, a warp that spread at an exponential rate,
and sooner than later, the warp would engulf what was outside of it,
until there's nothing left to overwhelm.
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So that said and that aside ... WHAT the heck has Nercom done,
or who has he defeated that inspires such high regards on your part?
Cause for the life of me, I ... don't ... get .... it.
Originally posted by zopzop
Yes the GF destroyed an ALT reality PF and yes it destroyed an
ALT reality Galactus...BUT those "alt" reality Celestials are basically
616 Celestials (the Celestials are multiversal). The GF
DEVASTATED their ENTIRE RACE in that universe.
This is laughable Zop, seriously.
You're actually attributing the GF defeating NOW supposedly
"multiversal" Celestials because one issue in an off-mainstream title
had some box made by Celestials CLAIM that Celestials had
something to do with the creation of the original
universe/multiverse.
Wait ...

... are you high, or serious?
I mean, that arc came out about 13 freakin YEARS AGO! ... lol
Celestials aren't "multiversal" funny guy,
Franklin and many others have proven that,
time and time again. (in many arcs/stories/bios) unlike that comedy you just claimed.
Originally posted by zopzop
Merlyn hid from a guy Kylun caused problems for.
GF Maddie laughs her way to victory.
I see, you gots nothing,
but the ol' 'I'll stick to in-book story plots' to define a vs match.
facepalm
Merlyn points at GQ and Necrom and explodes the entire Universe they're in,
like he did in "Chaos Engine/Magneto"
Don't have time right now to crop the page but here's a taste until then:
http://www.marvunapp.com/ohotmu/appendixes/ccdapp.htm
Yea, Merlyn obliteratesReality-4872 ... (no CN)
While (Necrom/PF fraction) taxed himself taking out a single solar system one planet at a time.