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Secret Wars II #3
A police office wakes the Beyonder, who is sleeping on the street. He asks where he’s from, and the Beyonder shows him a portal to the Beyond-realm, throwing the officer into confusion. The Beyonder walks on, and meets Toots, a prostitute. After some repartee consisting of more of his amusing misunderstandings of colloquial English, the Beyonder makes a gold bar for her and disappears, reappearing at a seedy hotel that Toots recommended. He gets a room and goes to sleep on the floor, not understanding the use of a bed. The clerk, meanwhile, calls a local mobster, Vinnie.Vinnie shows up with some of his hired help, including Toots. She told him about the gold bar, and Vinnie wants to know more about him. The Beyonder tells him his story, and Vinnie wants to work with him. He decides to call the Beyonder “Frank.” Toots stays with Frank, and the rest of the criminals fan out to prepare for their new plan to use Frank in their “business.” Vinnie begins to introduce Frank to the way the world works, providing him with experiences like fine restaurants, sex, and fashion. In doing so, he is finally providing the Beyonder with a basic education, something that superheroes like Peter Parker, Reed Richards, and Captain America were never able to achieve.Vinnie also puts Frank to work, acting as his heavy against other gangs, removing STDs from his working girls, and making gold. He even cures Vinnie’s son of dyslexia and trims some extra weight off Vinnie’s wife. Frank begins to love gadgets, an enthusiasm that will last the rest of his “life” in Secret Wars 2, buying innumerable cars, refrigerators, cuisinarts, etc. The Beyonder also begins to sport his trademark jheri-curl hair, instead of the blond hair he previously copied from Steve Rogers, and starts wearing the style of clothes he will wear for the rest of the series, a sort of Michael Jackson-inspired set of very 80s mod clothes. On a trip to the racetrack, Frank begins to understand that it’s no fun if he uses his power…
