"I think you should read that story again, and more closely." (Rereads story). You mean the implication that this was all just the Beyonder playing games? That just means that the issue was completely pointless. Normaly I don' care if an issue "matters" or "counts", but every other issue of Illuminati set up future stories except this one, so that just makes it a waste. And that still doesn't change the fact that the Beyonder hasn't shown up since to confirm or deny anything,

Anonymous
If you’re still talking about it five years later, then that story was hardly pointless.