I think that the biggest disappointment from this character,(and please understand this is from an outsider) is the fact that they promise you GREATNESS with phrases like “the golden guardian of good with the power of one million exploding suns.” Then they deliver a yawn. I suspect that this character will become the next big Marvel Crossover ‘ground zero’.

He will likely actually use his powers, go crazy and turn evil and the whole Marvel universe will have to take him down. In short, if you want to see how this ends read the worst 12 issue limited series ever, Sercrt Wars 2.

Unfortunately, I think trying to integrate him into the Marvel Universe is something of a big mistake. It seems to completely miss the point of the original mini-series, which was the (very 1960s-Marvel) pathos and tragedy of heroic sacrifice: What if, to be the world’s ultimate hero, the best thing you can do is to keep the world from knowing you exist? What if you could save the world a million different ways, but have to avoid doing so because each time you come closer to knowing yourself, you come closer to unleashing the ultimate darkness?

Unfortunately, as far as shticks go, it’s a “one shot”; I don’t know if the character was ever meant to exist outside of the world of mini-series. It kind of existed (in my mind) in the Marvel Universe the same way the original Neil Gailman Black Orchid mini-series did; yes, it’s all the same world, but not really.