With the new What If...? show now streaming away on Disney+
I figure now is the best time to talk about one of the series most iconic
characters, everyone’s favourite observant extra-terrestrial in a toga, Uatu
aka The Watcher in the MC2.
Despite May ‘Mayday’ Parker aka Spider-Girl making her debut in the pages of What If (vol. 2) #105, the comic series ‘host’ The Watcher doesn’t appear within to set up the tale nor play the narrator as he often did.
Uatu actually first shows up in the pages of
the mini-series Last Hero Standing with issue #1. It’s here he
gives the reader a quick history of the MC2 reaching back to birth of Age
of Heroes, clearly referencing the Main Marvel Universe’s beginnings.
The Watcher notes he can see that a pivotal moment is coming which may
end the modern Age of Heroes and bring a new era of darkness.
At the conclusion of Last Hero Standing, Loki is revealed
as the antagonist and leaves Captain
America dying. Uatu watches as Thor combines
Asgardian magic with his friend’s spirit, transforming the hero into a
new star in the sky. The Watcher informs the readers that it will shine until
the end of time and ‘serve to inspire countless new generations of heroes!’
(Last Hero Standing #5)
Fortunately, the
newly birthed being composed of the combined Silver Surfer and Galactus
uses a new form of energy- The Power Essential -to repair the damage
wreaked during his former self’s plot. So, it’s possible -though again, not stated-
that Uatu was restored also (Last Planet Standing #5).
That’s all we have for everyone’s favourite Watcher in
the MC2. Brief, but surely true to form for the character. Perhaps he’ll
narrate something momentous in the future?
Until I figure out how to look *that good* in a toga, I
remain
frogoat
