Had creation formed around me, manipulated and contrived with the same basic theme? That even Marvel’s novelty swimsuit issue should have the tagline: Come to the Moon and Explore Heavenly Bodies guaranteed to send you into orbit.
I had still been trying to get over the coincidence when Billy asked if I wanted to take a closer look. So, we took a break, and over ICEEs and nachos (careful not to stain the comic), I pondered the coincidence further.
The thin set-up involved an introduction by the Watcher, a cosmic being who frequently observed the events of the Marvel Universe without directly intervening. In this case, he played a good representative of the classic rule: look, don’t touch.
Indeed, on the moon, the Watcher explained that the superhuman Inhumans were having a water festiva
