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Monitor616
07/26/2009, 15:08
Superman and Eradicator?
Superman and Eradicator?
And now you have half right. You also have Half Left. Two halves make a whole, so you got it all right.
The thread is yours, Monitor.
Monitor616
07/27/2009, 07:34
Hmm...let me think for a second.
Name the long-standing Bat-Villains that are linked to Hush through his past(from events that took place(off-panel, obviously) before Hush's first appearance).
Hmm...let me think for a second.
Name the long-standing Bat-Villains that are linked to Hush through his past(from events that took place(off-panel, obviously) before Hush's first appearance).
Does one count Jason Todd ???
There's Riddler, Clayface, Scarecrow, Two-Face, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy and (tho unwittingly), The Joker and Harley Quin.
Monitor616
07/28/2009, 03:06
Should have been slightly more specific, as I was looking specifically for Scarecrow, Ventriloquist(Peyton Riley), Riddler, and Two-Face. But, as it's written, you've got it, Mr JTR. The thread is once again yours.
Should have been slightly more specific, as I was looking specifically for Scarecrow, Ventriloquist(Peyton Riley), Riddler, and Two-Face. But, as it's written, you've got it, Mr JTR. The thread is once again yours.
For some reason, I think I just misread the question and thought you wanted those involved in his first storyline and not his actual history. Sorry about that.
Monitor616
07/28/2009, 17:58
No problem. Thread is once again yours, though.
When he made his return from the dead recently, in the "Legion Of Three Worlds" story, Bart Allen's first word was to Superboy Prime. What word was it? (As a quick hint, it was only a three letter word).
:m-boot:
Monitor616
07/29/2009, 02:40
Bart came out of the Speed Force and said 'Boo!' to Prime.
Bart came out of the Speed Force and said 'Boo!' to Prime.
Well, that was too easy.
The thread is yours again, Monitor.
I would've replied sooner, but I had too much work to do yesturday, needed my sleep. Sorry to keep everyone waiting.
Monitor616
07/30/2009, 05:26
What two non-Wildstorm teams made appearances in the first 10 isues of the original Wild CATs series?
Total guess Outsiders and Teen Titans.
Monitor616
07/30/2009, 07:34
Total guess Outsiders and Teen Titans.
Nope. The teams in question aren't DC teams either, though one has teamed up with the JLA.
The Shoulderpad Brigade and the Pouch-Bandolier Posse.
--it was the 90s, I could be right.
wyld
Ignatz_Mouse
07/30/2009, 08:32
Youngblood and the Shadow Cabinet?
Nope. The teams in question aren't DC teams either, though one has teamed up with the JLA.
I remember that Cyberforce and Youngblood made appearances, but I think that wasn't till the title was more established. Still, it's the only guess I have. :disappointed:
Ignatz_Mouse
07/30/2009, 09:27
He said first 10 issues, which means several years into the run. ;)
He said first 10 issues, which means several years into the run. ;)
Yes, well, these days, that's the norm.
Monitor616
07/30/2009, 14:11
Mr_JTR is correct. Youngblood appeared in issues 3 and 4 as the y were defending the Daemonite-possessed Dan Quayle, and Cyber Force did a crossover with WildCATs issues 5, 6, and 7.
Thread is yours again, Mr_JTR!
the Daemonite-possessed Dan Quayle,
He wasn't really possessed. He just figured saying that would make for a good excuse for his lack of spelling skills and inability to explain everything else away.
Now for a new question. Give me a few minutes here.
What were the first names of Superboy-Prime's human Father and Mother ???
Ignatz_Mouse
07/30/2009, 15:44
Ask one that I know, as I have like 5 ideas for questions.
Ignatz_Mouse
07/30/2009, 15:45
Ah, but I've forgotten that, even having just read Lo3W.
Ah, but I've forgotten that, even having just read Lo3W.
Aww... it's to early to give a good-sized clue. I will only say it was not Jonathan and Martha.
Ignatz_Mouse
07/30/2009, 19:24
Well, I knew that.
Well, I knew that.
Well, you know what they say about Doctors. It's not what they know, it's what they don't know that can kill you.
Not that you not knowing the answer will get you killed. What are the odds of you being held at gun point by a mad man who wants to know the answer to this question and threatens to kill you if you don't get it right? Pretty small, unless you're in Delaware. Then, well, there is this guy there who loves comic book trivia and often threatens people's lives. He's also the VP of the USA. I speak of CuCr.
Monitor616
07/31/2009, 04:22
Well, unlike the last few questions you've asked JTR, I can't remember the answer, nor do I currently have a guess to throw out.
CustomCreator
07/31/2009, 06:22
Pretty small, unless you're in Delaware. Then, well, there is this guy there who loves comic book trivia and often threatens people's lives. He's also the VP of the USA. I speak of CuCr.
JTR jokes, of course. If I were the VP of the USA, he'd be typing this from his cell at Gitmo.
What were the first names of Superboy-Prime's human Father and Mother ???
Well it was Ma and Pa of course.:laugh:
I think Superboy Prime is too cool to call his parents "Ma" and "Pa".
I can recall exactly, but I'm going with Jerry and Marge.
--and I'm rereading that issue sometime today... does that count as looking it up?
wyld
JTR jokes, of course. If I were the VP of the USA, he'd be typing this from his cell at Gitmo.
Who ever said I wasn't typing this from my cell at Gitmo?
I think Superboy Prime is too cool to call his parents "Ma" and "Pa".
I can recall exactly, but I'm going with Jerry and Marge.
--and I'm rereading that issue sometime today... does that count as looking it up?
wyld
You've got it half right.
And it's mentioned in several issues. Depends on which book you mean. And, I won't charge you as a cheat if you're actually reading the book. Now if you started pistol whipping people for the answer like you were Dick Cheney clearing out a barrell full of baby bunnies, that'd be different.
CustomCreator
07/31/2009, 09:21
Who ever said I wasn't typing this from my cell at Gitmo?
Funny story, there. In a good faith effort to improve conditions at Gitmo, we gave all the detainess free subscriptions to Dark Avengers.
They asked that we go back to waterboarding.
Funny story, there. In a good faith effort to improve conditions at Gitmo, we gave all the detainess free subscriptions to Dark Avengers.
They asked that we go back to waterboarding.
In lieu of a snare drum flourish, "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CustomCreator again."
Jerry and Joanne? Maybe a little Siegel and Schuster reference?
--wyld
Jerry and Joanne? Maybe a little Siegel and Schuster reference?
--wyld
Only half right.
Legion of Three Worlds #5 only contained Clark's dad's name.
I remain stumped. Jerry and Mindy?
--wyld
Legion of Three Worlds #5 only contained Clark's dad's name.
I remain stumped. Jerry and Mindy?
--wyld
No, sorry. Mindy was married to Mork, from Ork. Not to Jerry Kent.
Alphabetically speaking, no one has even gotten the first letter of her first name correct.
Jerry and Elaine?
Nope, not thats not the right name for Jerry's wife either.
A small hint;
Alphabetically speaking, SBP's human mom's name does not start with any letter between A and M.
Zoe?
Yolanda?
Wanda?
Xena?
Vera?
Uma?
Theresa?
Sophie?
Rhoda?
Queenie?
I think we might need another hint:laugh:
Zoe?
Yolanda?
Wanda?
Xena?
Vera?
Uma?
Theresa?
Sophie?
Rhoda?
Queenie?
I think we might need another hint:laugh:
No, 10 times over.
Another hint;
The name begins with a letter you did not use in any of those you just mentioned as the first letter of her name.
Nancy?
Ophelia?
Petunia?
Nope. None of those. :noid:
Stumped.
--wyld
Let's see... it's almost 7pm here now. I'll wait till it's midnight, and if no one has gotten it, I'll spill.
I do however reserve the right to post a new question tho if I have to give away the answer to the current question.
Is it Lois?
No... that would be weird, tho, wouldn't it? It does not start with any letter in the alphabet between "A" and "M", so anything starting with an "L" would be wrong.
I'll wait 10 more minutes.
MadSmokerVGreen
08/04/2009, 02:43
is it naomi?
MadSmokerVGreen
08/04/2009, 02:45
just realized i dont have a followup question ready. meh
is it naomi?
Yes, it is Naomi. I was gonna give it away earlier, but my computer doesn't like this website.
The thread is yours, MadSmokerVGreen.
CustomCreator
08/04/2009, 08:09
Always nice to see a new face on the trivia threads. Welcome, Mad!
Always nice to see a new face on the trivia threads. Welcome, Mad!
What if he's not really new, but in disguise. Here to decieve you. To trip you up and see you get the wrong answer just so he can laugh in your face the next time you two meet in person. He could even be your old 9th grade gym teacher, come to haunt you here.
CustomCreator
08/04/2009, 08:28
Hunh. If my old 9th-grade gym teacher has come back, it must be as a Black Lantern.
(Word to the wise: if you make a habit of humiliating 14-year-old honor students in front of their peers, make sure to keep any food allergies secret.)
Hunh. If my old 9th-grade gym teacher has come back, it must be as a Black Lantern.
(Word to the wise: if you make a habit of humiliating 14-year-old honor students in front of their peers, make sure to keep any food allergies secret.)
Well, he could be a Ninja, hired by the yakuza, with whom your 9th grade gym teacher was secretly affilliated with. And now, they want revenge for your actions that led to the shaming and eventual performance of Hari Kari that you caused your gym teacher to perform.
You have shamed and dishonored his family, now, you must die at the hands of their ninja assassin.
Or, he could have been your own great-great-grandson, who traveled back in time from the post-apocalyptic future, to try and prevent you from growing up believing in your own infallibility, and trying to strike at your confidence and self-esteem when you were weakest. But the timeline diverges and cannot be pinned down -- what was he trying to save you (or your world) from becoming?
--Your last name isn't "Summers," is it?
wyld
Or, he could have been your own great-great-grandson, who traveled back in time from the post-apocalyptic future, to try and prevent you from growing up believing in your own infallibility, and trying to strike at your confidence and self-esteem when you were weakest. But the timeline diverges and cannot be pinned down -- what was he trying to save you (or your world) from becoming?
--Your last name isn't "Summers," is it?
wyld
His gym teacher was trying to save him from becoming a hetrosexual. Kinda like my 5th grade gym teacher, Mr Bruno.
MadSmokerVGreen
08/04/2009, 15:40
thanks, and only half the lies i tell are not true. so i just stumbled in and knew the answer, i doubt i'll stump anyone but eh
so which earth would one travel to should they want to find a prescription for the drug Cortexin?
thanks, and only half the lies i tell are not true. so i just stumbled in and knew the answer, i doubt i'll stump anyone but eh
so which earth would one travel to should they want to find a prescription for the drug Cortexin?
That would be Earth AD. it is what spawned the great disaster.
MadSmokerVGreen
08/05/2009, 02:02
there ya go ohcysp with the quickness
(guess what i was reading yesterday)
And ohcysp has the thread.
It's your turn to ask a question.
--wyld
And ohcysp has the thread.
It's your turn to ask a question.
--wyld
And CuCr says I'm impatient. :cheeky:
CustomCreator
08/06/2009, 16:57
And CuCr says I'm impatient. :cheeky:
And you are. Nothing Wyld says or does takes away from that.
And you are. Nothing Wyld says or does takes away from that.
Oh, stop playing favorites.
CustomCreator
08/06/2009, 19:56
"Favorites"? I don't believe I know that one; is that played with a standard deck or a Pinochle deck?
"Favorites"? I don't believe I know that one; is that played with a standard deck or a Pinochle deck?
You realize of course that we're just killing time?
And you-know-who might peer into this thread and decide to shut it down like the previous ones.
:speechles
And then Clint Black will peer in and try to sue me for infringing on one of his songs.
And ohcysp has the thread.
It's your turn to ask a question.
--wyld
And he answered on the 4th and it's the 7th now, so, technically, the thread is open to whomsoever gets on and asks first.
Will it be you? Will it be me? Will it be CuCr?
I'm sure it'll be IgMo, but I'm also sure it won't be Daffy Duck.
CustomCreator
08/07/2009, 21:29
Or will it be...Duck Twacy??
Name an actor best remembered for his role on a 1970s situation comedy who provided voices for two DC Comics characters in animated cartoons, and the DC characters he voiced.
And what about Naomi?
Or will it be...Duck Twacy??
One of the things I like about you, aside from the trivia, is that some of the oddest referances I can make, you know something of the origins thereof.
And what about Naomi?
You're secretly married to Naomi Judd? Or is it Naomi Campbell?
:cheeky:
Name an actor best remembered for his role on a 1970s situation comedy who provided voices for two DC Comics characters in animated cartoons, and the DC characters he voiced.
I can only think of two actors who did voices and also live action, both named "Ted". That's Knight and Cassidy. I'm sure it was Ted Knight tho, I know he did the narration. I can't recall what characters he voiced, except Commisioner Gordon. I think he did the Riddler's voice too, but I'm not sure..
CustomCreator
08/08/2009, 07:38
Ouch. Would you believe I forgot about Ted Knight??? He's certainly best remembered as Ted Baxter from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He voiced lots and lots of DC characters, not just two; from Black Manta on the Filmation Aquaman cartoons to the Flash on the first season of Super Friends. But my question didn't specify that the actor had voiced only two, so I have to count it as correct.
The one I was thinking of was Pat Harrington, Jr; best remembered as Dwayne Schneider on One Day At A Time, and the voices of Speedy and the Atom on the "guest hero" segments of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure.
All yours, JTR.
Ouch. Would you believe I forgot about Ted Knight??? He's certainly best remembered as Ted Baxter from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He voiced lots and lots of DC characters, not just two; from Black Manta on the Filmation Aquaman cartoons to the Flash on the first season of Super Friends. But my question didn't specify that the actor had voiced only two, so I have to count it as correct.
The one I was thinking of was Pat Harrington, Jr; best remembered as Dwayne Schneider on One Day At A Time, and the voices of Speedy and the Atom on the "guest hero" segments of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure.
All yours, JTR.
I thought I had it wrong. And you forgot Ted Knight? Oh, the shame...
Now I need a new question to ask.
I hate to say it, but I'm not coming up with any great ideas for a question, so I'll have to make this a simple/easy one.
What is the middle name of the original (Pre-COIE) Earth-2 Flash ???
I hate to say it, but I'm not coming up with any great ideas for a question, so I'll have to make this a simple/easy one.
What is the middle name of the original (Pre-COIE) Earth-2 Flash ???
Wasn't it Peter?
Wasn't it Peter?
Jason Peter Garrick. The man with the phallic middle name. And considering his super alias, it's kinda fitting.
Yes, Peter was his middle name. The thread is yours, Mohenjo-daro.
Easy one - name two beings who live inside a power ring.
(I'm thinking of two specific beings, but if someone knows of more than those two...)
Ignatz_Mouse
08/09/2009, 15:57
Myrwhidden, Parallax.
Myrwhidden, Parallax.
Well, I'd say you're half right.
Does Parallax live inside a power ring?
Or did Parallax live inside the central battery?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/09/2009, 16:12
I don't recall, it was a guess.
I don't recall, it was a guess.
Since I don't recall either, the thread is yours.
(I was thinking of Mirwhydden and Volthoom)
Ignatz_Mouse
08/09/2009, 16:38
In a somewhat famous story, Green Arrow accidentally kills a criminal and exiles himself to a Tibetan monastery. The kill was caused by an lingering injury to his shoulder that he received in yet another well-known story. What story was that?
Monitor616
08/09/2009, 16:40
Longbow Hunters..?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/09/2009, 16:44
Nope, not that one.
CustomCreator
08/09/2009, 17:41
Was it that story where he and Green Lantern were chained to airplane tail sections, on either side of a pollution activist who looked suspiciously like a certain religious figure?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/09/2009, 18:12
No, but that injury is referenced in that story as well, IIRC.
Since I don't recall either, the thread is yours.
(I was thinking of Mirwhydden and Volthoom)
Actually, Parallax doesn't live in a ring or in the Central power battery. After the whole Sinestro Corps war, he was split into four bits and put into four seperate power batteries. Hal's, Kyle's, Guy's and Stewart's.
In a somewhat famous story, Green Arrow accidentally kills a criminal and exiles himself to a Tibetan monastery. The kill was caused by an lingering injury to his shoulder that he received in yet another well-known story. What story was that?
Here There Be Dragons.
Actually, Parallax doesn't live in a ring or in the Central power battery. After the whole Sinestro Corps war, he was split into four bits and put into four seperate power batteries. Hal's, Kyle's, Guy's and Stewart's.
Oh shucks! Does that mean I get the thread back? :o:a-fist:
Oh shucks! Does that mean I get the thread back? :o:a-fist:
No... but if IgMo is found locked in the trunk of a car that's been pushed off a cliff, you might be a suspect in the crime.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/10/2009, 06:19
Here There Be Dragons.
Nope.
Also, don't feel that you have to have the exact name, a description will do. And it's a very very famous story, moreso than any of the others mentioned, even in the original question.
I don't think Ollie got hurt (physically) in this one, but I'll guess "Snowbirds Don't Fly."
--wyld
Ignatz_Mouse
08/10/2009, 09:06
You are correct sir. he took an arrow in the shoulder, fired from a crossbow.
Now that I do archery, the notion that you could fire a regular arrow from a crossbow strikes me as highly silly, but hey, Ed Benes doesn't even draw nocks on the backs of Red Arrow's arrows.
Nope.
Also, don't feel that you have to have the exact name, a description will do. And it's a very very famous story, moreso than any of the others mentioned, even in the original question.
Is it the story where Green Arrow was accidently lost inside the bowels of the Playboy mansion? Yeah, he struggled real hard to get out of that place.
The only other storyline I can really think of would be "Quiver" and I'm pretty sure that story you mention took place before Quiver.
You are correct sir. he took an arrow in the shoulder, fired from a crossbow.
Now that I do archery, the notion that you could fire a regular arrow from a crossbow strikes me as highly silly, but hey, Ed Benes doesn't even draw nocks on the backs of Red Arrow's arrows.
No, but he does like to knock back beers he's drawn from a keg he keeps at his work desk.
Am I the "sir" to whom Ignatz refers in the post above?
Or is his statement confirming that Ollie did not get hurt in "Snowbirds Don't Fly"?
I'm Perplexed! (-1 Speed Value to moving the thread along)
--wyld
Ignatz_Mouse
08/10/2009, 16:25
wyld is correct, Ollie did get hurt in Snowbirds Don't Fly.
wyld is correct, Ollie did get hurt in Snowbirds Don't Fly.
Ollie has obviously never met the (Marvel) Canadian Snowbird. Of Course, if he had, he'd of bagged that babe.
Victory is mine.
Also, Victory - Major Victory - is the name of the leader of the Force of July, my pick for punniest name to come out of DC Comics in the early 1980s. Can you name any three other members of the Force?
--bonus points for anyone who can name the more recent iteration of the Force of July.
wyld
Victory is mine.
Also, Victory - Major Victory - is the name of the leader of the Force of July, my pick for punniest name to come out of DC Comics in the early 1980s. Can you name any three other members of the Force?
--bonus points for anyone who can name the more recent iteration of the Force of July.
wyld
Lady Liberty, Mayflower, Silent Majority and Major "Got beat to death with his own severed arm" Victory.
To answer your bonus question, I'll go with Freedom ring. Featured the new Phantom Lady, the new Doll Man, the new Human Bomb and Major "Got beat to death with his own severed arm" Victory as well as Major "I severed Vic's arm and beat him to death with it" Force.
JTR gets both the thread and the bonus points.
(I also would have accepted "First Strike" from the Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters mini that spun out of Brave New World.)
--you only missed Sparkler. Wow, what a humiliating super-name.
wyld
JTR gets both the thread and the bonus points.
(I also would have accepted "First Strike" from the Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters mini that spun out of Brave New World.)
--you only missed Sparkler. Wow, what a humiliating super-name.
wyld
Wasn't there also another guy, looked kind of like a poorman's version of Solomon Grundy?
Anyways... Let's see how everyone fare's with this next question;
What is the name of the professional Hockey team of Opal City?
:a-sharpshooter:
CustomCreator
08/12/2009, 12:38
Wild guess: the Knights?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/12/2009, 12:45
The Sapphires?
The Miners?
(Gotham has the Knights)
Wild guess: the Knights?
Nope. Tho I'm sure they've played the Gotham Knights a time or two, but they themselves are not the Knights.
The Sapphires?
The Miners?
(Gotham has the Knights)
None of the above.
As far as I can tell, the only attachment their name would have to any sort of gem is if count on them to steal the gems, in a french sounding way.
Is it the Opal City Rouges?
I feel bad for not knowing this - except for the six or seven unreprinted issues, I own all the Starman run in TPB.
I'll guess "Privateers."
--wyld
I feel bad for not knowing this - except for the six or seven unreprinted issues, I own all the Starman run in TPB.
I'll guess "Privateers."
--wyld
Actually buccaneer sounds more French. :laugh:
Is it the Opal City Rouges?
Nope.
I feel bad for not knowing this - except for the six or seven unreprinted issues, I own all the Starman run in TPB.
I'll guess "Privateers."
--wyld
Nope.
Actually buccaneer sounds more French. :laugh:
No, the buccaneers aren't in Opal City, they're under your buccan-hat. :cheeky:
CustomCreator
08/13/2009, 21:12
A pirate captain sent his crew ashore to obtain fresh vegetables. While shopping at the open-air market, the pirates were attacked by mercenaries in the employ of the East India Company. They beat a hasty retreat back to the ship, but one of them was captured and subsequently hanged.
Musing on the sad state of the economy, the captain lamented that corn now cost a buccaneer.
Must spread more rep before giving more to CuCr. Have you heard the one about the pirate with a steering wheel on his crotch.
CustomCreator
08/13/2009, 22:41
No, do tell it.
I've often wondered if there were Canadian pirates; and if there were, did they end their sentences with R, A or A, R?
Must spread more rep before giving more to CuCr. Have you heard the one about the pirate with a steering wheel on his crotch.
He walked into a bar, the bartender asked what it's doing there and the pirate said, "Arh, it's drivin me nuts".
I posted that joke and CuCr posted his joke several months ago.
I've often wondered if there were Canadian pirates; and if there were, did they end their sentences with R, A or A, R?
Ah, like the canadian superhero, Canadian Man. He's got "A?" on his chest, inside a maple leaf.
And he uses throwing leaves. They're like throwing stars, only shaped like maple leaves.
Ah, like the canadian superhero, Canadian Man. He's got "A?" on his chest, inside a maple leaf.
And he uses throwing leaves. They're like throwing stars, only shaped like maple leaves.
What does he do with the back bacon and donuts?:laugh: So much rep to give so few to spread it around on.:laugh:
Here is another guess on the same theme. Are they the Opal City Swashbucklers?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/13/2009, 23:18
What's a pirate's favorite subject in math?
Arrrrrrithmatic.
What's a pirate's favorite Greek philosopher?
Arrrrrrrchemedes.
What's a pirate's favorite fast food?
Long John Silver's.
What, you thought something else?
Here is another guess on the same theme. Are they the Opal City Swashbucklers?
No, not swashbucklers.
I'll bestow upon you all yet another hint.
In the Marvel Universe, there was a space-faring character, who recently died, who used the word (in the non-plural form) as his heroic ID.
Were they the Quasars?
No... think french piracy. Quasara have nothing to do with pirates (as far as I know).
O.K. I have the barrel in my mouth and if it's not the Corsairs... well:cry:
CustomCreator
08/14/2009, 07:27
What's a pirate's favorite fast food?
Long John Silver's.
What, you thought something else?
I was thinking Arrrrrrrby's.
CustomCreator
08/14/2009, 07:28
I certainly don't know who recently died at Marvel, but spacefaring hero, and not Corsair; Nova?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/14/2009, 07:58
I was thinking Arrrrrrrby's.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/Blader5489/thats_the_joke.jpg
O.K. I have the barrel in my mouth and if it's not the Corsairs... well:cry:
Corsairs is indeed the name of the team.
The thread is yours, Norb.
CustomCreator
08/14/2009, 15:24
Perhaps I'm profiling, but how many hockey fans would know what a "corsair" is?
Then again, few basketball fans probably know what the New York "Knicks" means; and fewer still likely care.
Perhaps I'm profiling, but how many hockey fans would know what a "corsair" is?
Then again, few basketball fans probably know what the New York "Knicks" means; and fewer still likely care.
This is why the New York Knickerbockers changed their name early on to the New York Yankees. And before they had either of those names, they were the Baltimore Orioles, till they were sold to a guy who brought them to NY.
Washington Irving would be the one to ask what it means.
Phew. So many french sounding words for a pirate.New Question. In John Constantine's youth he was part of a band and hooked on drugs. What kind of band and what was the drug?
CustomCreator
08/14/2009, 22:08
Well, I know he was hooked on nicotine, which is a drug that's three times as chemically addictive as cocaine and about a million times deadlier than marijuana; but somehow I don't think that's what you're going for.
Well, I know he was hooked on nicotine, which is a drug that's three times as chemically addictive as cocaine and about a million times deadlier than marijuana; but somehow I don't think that's what you're going for.
No this is an illegal drug. Flash back that tells this part of John's life happened the issue when he got out of the American prison. He was looking up some old friends and they tricked him into falling off the wagon.
Of course, you could mean John Constantine Unitas. The All-American football player. Tho, Unitas wasn't a member of "Mucous Membrane" or of anything to do with the Newcastle crew.
Well, I know he was hooked on nicotine, which is a drug that's three times as chemically addictive as cocaine and about a million times deadlier than marijuana; but somehow I don't think that's what you're going for.
He's also addicted to booze.
He's also addicted to booze.
No no I mean the "BAD" drugs. Gosh golly gee I'm addicted to booze and cigs that stuffs harmless:laugh:
No no I mean the "BAD" drugs. Gosh golly gee I'm addicted to booze and cigs that stuffs harmless:laugh:
Wasn't he also addicted to porn at one time? Not that that's my answer.
And I didn't mean the booze was the answer, as you said "Illegal". Unless it was involving time travel to the 1920's U.S.A., I wouldn't think that booze was the answer.
I'll say he was hooked on heroin.
Wasn't he also addicted to porn at one time? Not that that's my answer.
And I didn't mean the booze was the answer, as you said "Illegal". Unless it was involving time travel to the 1920's U.S.A., I wouldn't think that booze was the answer.
I'll say he was hooked on heroin.
Heroin was the drug. His buddies from the band caught him off guard and injected him. What kind of band was it?
Heroin was the drug. His buddies from the band caught him off guard and injected him. What kind of band was it?
Punk Rock of course.
That's right on all accounts for JTR. A punk rockin' H user was our young Johnny and that was before things started getting strange.:confused: JTR please ask away.
CustomCreator
08/15/2009, 12:20
No this is an illegal drug.
Well, the only reason marijuana ever became illegal, and still is today, is because William Randolph Hearst bought political favors. (Hemp can be used to make cheaper, more durable paper than wood pulp, and he felt it threatened the wood pulp paper mills he owned.)
Well, the only reason marijuana ever became illegal, and still is today, is because William Randolph Hearst bought political favors. (Hemp can be used to make cheaper, more durable paper than wood pulp, and he felt it threatened the wood pulp paper mills he owned.)
I thought it had something to do with Dow chemicals. They created nylon and didn't want the cheaper hemp to take over the clothing industry. Where is the question JTR? Did you tune in and drop out?:)
I thought it had something to do with Dow chemicals. They created nylon and didn't want the cheaper hemp to take over the clothing industry. Where is the question JTR? Did you tune in and drop out?:)
No more french pirate types of questions.
Here is a simple question and I'm sure many if not all of you could answer this with ease:
When, during Infinite Crisis Earth-2 Superman beat the crud out of the New Earth Superman, What was the first thing E-2 Supes grabbed and used to lay the smack down on New Earth Superman?
A car? I'm picturing the cover of Action Comics #1.
--wyld
A car? I'm picturing the cover of Action Comics #1.
--wyld
As a homage to Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, E-2 Supes picked up a car and slammed the bugger down on New Earth Superman, cause E-2 Supes was so PO'd that Lois died and he was ready to blame everyone and anyone. NE Supes heard the scream of anguish all the way over on new earth (E-2 Supes was on E-2 at the time). He screamed THAT loudly.
The thread is yours, Wyld. Try not to pick up a car and smack the thread with. You'll only need a new computer afterwards.
In Checkmate's organizational structure, White is the planning and administrative side and Black is the operations side. Each side has a command staff who have titles based on chess pieces. While Amanda Waller was the White Queen, who was White Queen's Bishop?
(I'm referring to the most modern version of Checkmate, here, originating in Infinite Crisis and formerly manipulated by Maxwell Lord.)
--wyld (will be gone most of today, feel free to advance the thread by acclamation)
In Checkmate's organizational structure, White is the planning and administrative side and Black is the operations side. Each side has a command staff who have titles based on chess pieces. While Amanda Waller was the White Queen, who was White Queen's Bishop?
(I'm referring to the most modern version of Checkmate, here, originating in Infinite Crisis and formerly manipulated by Maxwell Lord.)
--wyld (will be gone most of today, feel free to advance the thread by acclamation)
Jessica Midnight ? I don't know, I stopped reading after Alan Scott left.
Incorrect. The White Queen's Bishop was the same person from #1 till the Wall was ousted twenty-some issues later, though.
--wyld
CustomCreator
08/16/2009, 10:18
I thought it had something to do with Dow chemicals. They created nylon and didn't want the cheaper hemp to take over the clothing industry. Where is the question JTR? Did you tune in and drop out?:)
Actually, DuPont invented nylon. The name comes from the two cities where it was simultaneously developed, New York and London. DuPont didn't trademark the name of the fabric because they wanted it to become a synonym for stockings, which it did.
However, fifty years later, they would issue a cease and desist order to a tiny indy comic book publisher who was producing a clever Electra-Woman parody called Lycra Woman and Spandex Girl. Go fig, eh?
Actually, DuPont invented nylon. The name comes from the two cities where it was simultaneously developed, New York and London. DuPont didn't trademark the name of the fabric because they wanted it to become a synonym for stockings, which it did.
However, fifty years later, they would issue a cease and desist order to a tiny indy comic book publisher who was producing a clever Electra-Woman parody called Lycra Woman and Spandex Girl. Go fig, eh?
Wasn't she busy with Groucho at the time? Oh, wait, that was "Dumont". My bad. (Attempts the Jedi mind-trick) Forget this was ever posted. :noid:
CustomCreator
08/16/2009, 11:56
Forget this was ever posted. :noid:
If only I could...
If only I could...
It's because you have those pent-up feelings of lust for Margaret Dumont, isn't it?
CustomCreator
08/16/2009, 17:23
Thelma Todd was more to my taste, but she ran with the wrong crowd, alas.
Thelma Todd was more to my taste, but she ran with the wrong crowd, alas.
Well, you can still pine away for Pam Anderson.
CustomCreator
08/16/2009, 18:39
Thank you but no. How you can compare that barely-animated mannequin to Thelma Todd, or to anyone with a modicum of talent, is beyond me. To each their own but I find Ms. Anderson about as sexually attractive as a garden hose.
Thank you but no. How you can compare that barely-animated mannequin to Thelma Todd, or to anyone with a modicum of talent, is beyond me. To each their own but I find Ms. Anderson about as sexually attractive as a garden hose.
Well, she pretty much is made out of the same stuff as a fire hose.
Actually, I screwed that up, I didn't mean Pam, I meant Loni, who played the role of Thelma Todd in a TV movie some years ago.
Loni Anderson, of WKRP fame, that is.
I had to google that movie, the name wouldn't come back to me.
It's called "White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd". Odd how her death may be connected to Ted Healey's death.
CustomCreator
08/16/2009, 20:22
I hadn't heard of that movie; I'll try to find it, sometime.
Side note: the night Bugsy Siegel was shot by the police, they found Chico Marx's check in his wallet. (According to Groucho, it's a good thing the police did shoot him; otherwise the next day the check would have bounced and Bugsy would have shot Chico.)
Still looking for the White Queen's Bishop. Get this right and you'll be treated like royalty on this thread, for at least the next 24 hours.
And when did Benny Siegel ever get shot by cops?
--wyld
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 06:46
Maybe I was wrong about the "police" part; thinking about it, the story I heard was just "when Bugsy Siegel was shot, they found Chico Marx's check". I guess my brain filled in the police part, assuming them to be the antecedent of the pronoun "they". My mistake, huh?
Bugsy Siegel, the man who invented Las Vegas. And thus is responsible for the careers of Siegfried and Roy. He's got a lot to answer for.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 06:47
And I have no idea whom the White Queen's Bishop was; but assuming you're dropping a subtle hint in the wording of your post, I'll say King Faraday.
The cops may have been a mistake, but King Faraday was in fact Amanda Waller's right hand man in Checkmate. Your thread, Custom.
--it was not real subtle, but thank you for saying so.
wyld
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 07:37
"King Faraday". Yeesh. And we get on Mike W. Barr's case. Who's his right-hand man, Duke O'Verle?
Anyway: On one episode of Challenge of the Superfriends, origin stories were given for two members of the Legion of Doom. One origin followed the comic-book story almost exactly; the other ignored it completely. Who were these two villains?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 08:33
WAG:
Solomon Grundy, Giganta
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 08:36
One right, one wrong.
I remember Giganta stealing the Apache Chief's drugs to make herself tall, and that's not the same as the comics.
And I think they once showed Lex's, but I can't think of the details, but I'll stick with it.
Lex Luthor and Giganta are the answer.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 09:08
JTR gets it right. Lex Luthor and Giganta were given origin stories in the same episode. Luthor's followed the comic book story (from Adventure Comics #271) almost exactly; Giganta's, not at all. (She couldn't even change size in the comic books, prior to this.)
All yours, JTR
JTR gets it right. Lex Luthor and Giganta were given origin stories in the same episode. Luthor's followed the comic book story (from Adventure Comics #271) almost exactly; Giganta's, not at all. (She couldn't even change size in the comic books, prior to this.)
All yours, JTR
Inyuk-chuk.
OK. Who was the character that appeared in several episodes of "The All-New Super Friends Hour", had a 7 issue series of their own at one time and originally, was adapted for use from a book published in the year 1904 ?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 09:56
Sheena of the Jungle?
Sheena of the Jungle?
No, but you do seem to be on the right track. Wrong person and wrong continent, but there ya go.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 11:56
Rima the Jungle Girl!
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 11:59
Justice, Inc?
I really have no idea.
Justice, Inc?
I really have no idea.
Will the nurse please give IgMo his medication now? He's been to logn without.
Rima the Jungle Girl!
Didn't you date her back in jungle school?
Yes, it was Rima The Jungle Girl, from South America. The book was "Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest", published in 1904 written by W. H. Hudson.
She was also mentioned in "The League OF Extraordinary Gentlemen" volume 2, tho not seen. She also looked different in the actual book then in her DC comic appearances and her cartoon appearances.
The thread is yours, CuCr of the jungle. And, watch out for that tree.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 12:26
Let's keep going with the Super Friends questions!
On The All-New Superfriends Hour, the first incarnation of the show with the Wonder Twins, two villains appeared who were based on comic book villains. Name the two comic book villains, and give the names by which these villains were known on the show.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 12:50
Am I the only one who hasn't seen these cartoon since they originally aired?
Let's keep going with the Super Friends questions!
On The All-New Superfriends Hour, the first incarnation of the show with the Wonder Twins, two villains appeared who were based on comic book villains. Name the two comic book villains, and give the names by which these villains were known on the show.
Siegfried and Roy, using the alias' "Sigmund" and "Freud".
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 13:33
Am I the only one who hasn't seen these cartoon since they originally aired?
Well, I have two kids who love to watch them on DVD. Don't know what JTR's excuse is.
Well, I have two kids who love to watch them on DVD. Don't know what JTR's excuse is.
Awhile back, I was housesitting for my boss and Boomerang had an all-day marathon of those going. Then a marathon of JLU.
Am I the only one who hasn't seen these cartoon since they originally aired?
You should hang out with CuCr and pretend you're only watching the show because his kids are. It's what he does.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 13:54
You should hang out with CuCr and pretend you're only watching the show because his kids are. It's what he does.
Well, I'd deny that if I could.
Am I the only one who hasn't seen these cartoon since they originally aired?
You are not.
I have no idea, so I will guess Blockbuster and Wizard.
--wyld
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 14:56
I will guess Amos Fortune and Felix Faust.
Knightwraithe
08/17/2009, 15:33
Let's keep going with the Super Friends questions!
On The All-New Superfriends Hour, the first incarnation of the show with the Wonder Twins, two villains appeared who were based on comic book villains. Name the two comic book villains, and give the names by which these villains were known on the show.
You're gonna make me go dig the DVD's out (with my kids watching of course) to get this answer...
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 15:59
I have no idea, so I will guess Blockbuster and Wizard.
I will guess Amos Fortune and Felix Faust.
You guys are both wrong. But I'm gonna need a total of four names: the two names the villains used on the show, and the two comic-book villains who inspired them.
You guys are both wrong. But I'm gonna need a total of four names: the two names the villains used on the show, and the two comic-book villains who inspired them.
Black Manta appeared on the show as "Jack Jones". Later, he'd sing the Love Boat theme. Unlike his father, who was busy seranading a mule.
Solomon Grundy appeared on the show as "Fred Smith".
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 19:44
You're closer than you may think, JTR.
You're closer than you may think, JTR.
Well, I know for a time they dropped BM's color from his name, making him "Manta". But I didn't think that was a real name change. Unlike in the JLU series where he was named Devil Ray.
CustomCreator
08/17/2009, 21:33
Well, I know for a time they dropped BM's color from his name, making him "Manta". But I didn't think that was a real name change. Unlike in the JLU series where he was named Devil Ray.
Technically "black" is the absence of color, but yes, that's one of the two I was going for. What's the other?
Technically "black" is the absence of color, but yes, that's one of the two I was going for. What's the other?
That depends on which "Black" you refer to. You're thinking of the achromatic value. It's so hueless a color.
Besides which, Black Manta isn't really "Black" at all.
And has anyone else noticed that all the changes made in the bad guys by Neuron have all disappeared? So much for that.
I'll guess the Fisherman for the other one, who was known by his TV nom de plume, The Gorton's Fisherman.
--wyld
Technically "black" is the absence of color, but yes, that's one of the two I was going for. What's the other?
Oh, wait, if that counts, then so should the appearance of Jim Craddock. In the comics he's Gentlemen Ghost, but in the episode he appeared in, he was Gentlemen Jim Craddock. That was my fave episode.
I'll guess the Fisherman for the other one, who was known by his TV nom de plume, The Gorton's Fisherman.
--wyld
He of course is Aquaman's top arch-enemy.
His main weapon being a squeeze bottle full of tartar sauce.
CustomCreator
08/18/2009, 10:06
Oh, wait, if that counts, then so should the appearance of Jim Craddock. In the comics he's Gentlemen Ghost, but in the episode he appeared in, he was Gentlemen Jim Craddock. That was my fave episode.
Yup, that's the other one. In the episode he was called "The Ghost of Gentleman Jim Craddock" or simply "The Ghost". You've got 'em both, JTR.
And did you know Black Manta smokes Marlboro?
http://seanbaby.com/superfriends/images/bmantaback.jpg
Tsk Tsk Tsk
I'll be back with a new question shortly.
Is 25 hours your definition of shortly?
--wyld
Is 25 hours your definition of shortly?
--wyld
Considering the very universe, as is known to all of mankind, is roughly 15 Billion years old, I'd say 25 hours is a short amount of time. Unless you're a "creationist", then nothing is very old at all.
Considering the very universe, as is known to all of mankind, is roughly 15 Billion years old, I'd say 25 hours is a short amount of time. Unless you're a "creationist", then nothing is very old at all.
Hey now. Some of us "creationists" know perfectly well that the Universe is billions of years old. Not all of us are buggermonkeynuts (this coming from the guy who is The Sentry fanboy ) :laugh:Not offended at all by the way; just felt compelled to respond. I assumed JTR resided in a place outside of time and space. All the better to keep track of CuCr's movements.:classic:
Hey now. Some of us "creationists" know perfectly well that the Universe is billions of years old. Not all of us are buggermonkeynuts (this coming from the guy who is The Sentry fanboy ) :laugh:Not offended at all by the way; just felt compelled to respond. I assumed JTR resided in a place outside of time and space. All the better to keep track of CuCr's movements.:classic:
I dont' keep track of his movements. His wife does that. She especially likes his movements when he dances to the Bangles hit, "Walk Like an Egyptian".
"Mathilda" is the middle name of what golden-age heroine ???
Ma Hunkel???
(Red Tornado:laugh:)
CustomCreator
08/20/2009, 17:53
If memory serves right, Tom has it correct, but JTR has it wrong. I think Mathilda is her first name, and "Ma" a diminutive thereof.
Ma Hunkel???
(Red Tornado:laugh:)
Tom has it correct.
If memory serves right, Tom has it correct, but JTR has it wrong. I think Mathilda is her first name, and "Ma" a diminutive thereof.
Nope.
Unless there's been a retcon of her name since her first appearance, Abigail Mathilda "Ma" Hunkel is her name.
She just prefers to go by her middle name. It's not uncommon.
Tom has the thread.
CustomCreator
08/21/2009, 08:04
Unless there's been a retcon of her name since her first appearance, Abigail Mathilda "Ma" Hunkel is her name.
She just prefers to go by her middle name. It's not uncommon.
My error. ..............
My error. ..............
No biggie. You've got a lot on your mind, what with you being Vice President and all.
CustomCreator
08/21/2009, 11:45
No biggie. You've got a lot on your mind, what with you being Vice President and all.
Once again, if I truly were VP, you'd be in Gitmo. Right between Didio and Quesada (assuming they're not actually the same person.)
Ignatz_Mouse
08/21/2009, 12:08
Is is too late to put Kevin Dooley in there?
Once again, if I truly were VP, you'd be in Gitmo. Right between Didio and Quesada (assuming they're not actually the same person.)
Nah, not with Obama shutting the place down. Besides, you'd be too busy checking out the hot babes from the Ukraine.
OK, since we have been trending from trivia to hopelessly obscure, how about this -
What obscure Golden Age hero's secret identity is Larry Jordan?
BTW, if someone can answer without researching this one I'll be amazed!
CustomCreator
08/21/2009, 22:58
The original Air Wave, and I didn't research it. (You know me, Tom; another Golden-Age fan from long ago!)
CustomCreator
08/21/2009, 22:59
Is is too late to put Kevin Dooley in there?
Yeah, sharing a cell and a bar of soap with Mike Carlin!!!
The original Air Wave, and I didn't research it. (You know me, Tom; another Golden-Age fan from long ago!)
OMG, the original Airwave!
Correct of course.
your thread, Oh Master of Minutia!
:laugh:
Ignatz_Mouse
08/22/2009, 18:27
I could have answered with no research as well. Not only did I remeber it, I just reread GL #100, when his son is introduced.
CustomCreator
08/22/2009, 21:55
OK, try this one on for size. This super-villain:
Had the same name as a super-hero
Was the first, but not last, spouse of a super-hero
Had two children, both of whom have been super-heroes and one of whom has been a super-villain
Once teamed up with two other super-villains who had the same names as super-heroes
Confused? You won't be after this week's episode of--wait, wrong intro.
I could have answered with no research as well.
I could've answered it as well, but CuCr got to the thread before I did.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/23/2009, 07:38
OK, try this one on for size. This super-villain:
Had the same name as a super-hero
Was the first, but not last, spouse of a super-hero
Had two children, both of whom have been super-heroes and one of whom has been a super-villain
Once teamed up with two other super-villains who had the same names as super-heroes
Confused? You won't be after this week's episode of--wait, wrong intro.
Thorn? Gotta be thorn.
It's only that last one that I don't know for sure... I'm guessing Huntress and somebody else.
My first thought was Brain Wave, but I think Thorn's the answer.
Nice question, Custom.
--wyld
Knightwraithe
08/23/2009, 10:35
OK, try this one on for size. This super-villain:
Had the same name as a super-hero
Was the first, but not last, spouse of a super-hero
Had two children, both of whom have been super-heroes and one of whom has been a super-villain
Once teamed up with two other super-villains who had the same names as super-heroes
It's already been answered with what is the right answer...but GREAT question CC.
CustomCreator
08/23/2009, 12:39
Thanks, Knight! Yep, Iggster got it first and correct! It was the original Thorn!
She was the first spouse of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern; his second spouse is Molly Mayne, the original Harlequin.
Her two children, of course, are Jade and Obsidian, both of whom have been super-heroes, and Obie has gone over to the dark side on occasion.
She once teamed up with the original Sportsmaster and Huntress (All-Star Comics #'s 72-73), both of whose names were later used by super-heroes.
All you, IgMo!
Ignatz_Mouse
08/23/2009, 13:33
Roy harper was in a band for a while. What was his role in the band?
Bonus points if you can name the band.
CustomCreator
08/23/2009, 13:36
He was the drummer for Great Frog.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/23/2009, 13:50
Wow. Did you just happen to read GL #100 too?
CustomCreator
08/23/2009, 17:05
Wow. Did you just happen to read GL #100 too?
I wish I could say I did, but the geeky truth is I just remembered it!
OK, new question. Thar and Berra were the parents of what super-hero?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/23/2009, 20:36
Big Barda????
new question. Thar and Berra were the parents of what super-hero?
Yogi Berra.
Or Garth/Aqualad/Tempest
Kamandi?
(wild guess # 417)
CustomCreator
08/23/2009, 21:59
Yogi Berra. {/quote]
It ain't over till it's over, Boo Boo!
[quote=Mr_JTR;4310299] Or Garth/Aqualad/Tempest
And now it's over. Yep, King Thar and Queen Berra of the Idyllists were Aqualad's parents. All yours, JTR.
It ain't over till it's over, Boo Boo!
Does this make you the ranger?
And now it's over. Yep, King Thar and Queen Berra of the Idyllists were Aqualad's parents. All yours, JTR.
For a second there, I was going to post "Aquaman", but I couldn't remember the histories. Then Garth popped into my head, thinking about the time he changed his ID to Tempest and found his Mom was still alive and swimming. Lovely woman, lots of charm.
Anyhow, new question coming up in just a moment.
I've got me a hankering for a pic-a-nic basket full of goodies.
This is probably going to be too easy:
Who was it that gave Jean Loring the black diamond of Eclipso ???
Ignatz_Mouse
08/24/2009, 15:33
The Spectre.
...
CustomCreator
08/24/2009, 15:34
I'll guess it was Black Adam.
The Spectre.
...
Nope. She used it to turn into Eclipso then went after the Spectre and seduced him into going after everything magical, but he didn't give the diamond to her.
I'll guess it was Black Adam.
No. No member of the Marvel Family, or Black Marvel family member, gave her the diamond. You may be thinking of the time Black Adam gave Mary Marvel her powers since she'd lost hers and Jean as Eclipso got in tight with her and turned Mary evil to the point where Mary did the nasty with Darkseid.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/24/2009, 15:41
I read this story, but it was so bad my brain has rejected the details of it.
Felix Faust?
CustomCreator
08/24/2009, 17:39
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana? (To this day I can't read his dialogue without hearing Howard Morris' voice.)
adam1der
08/24/2009, 17:48
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana? (To this day I can't read his dialogue without hearing Howard Morris' voice.)
As campy as that show was he was PERFECT as Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana!!! :cool:
I read this story, but it was so bad my brain has rejected the details of it.
Felix Faust?
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana? (To this day I can't read his dialogue without hearing Howard Morris' voice.)
Nope, none of those people.
This person gave Jean Loring the Black Diamond in her cell in Arkham because Alexander Luthor made this person do it.
Calculator?
I have no idea.
--wyld
CustomCreator
08/24/2009, 22:28
As campy as that show was he was PERFECT as Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana!!! :cool:
Totally off-topic here: I've long had a half-formed theory about Dr. Sivana's children.
As most comics fans know, Sivana had four children: Magnificus and Beautia, who are the Olympian ideals of physical perfection; and Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia, who look uncannily like their dad.
My theory is that one set of kids are his biological children, while the other are lab-grown clones that he tweaked to come out exactly how he wanted. The theory is half-formed because I can't decide which set makes more sense to be the clones; would Sivana strive to create ultimate physical specimens a la the Master Race, or would his colossal ego lead him to create near-physical duplicates of himself?
Ignatz_Mouse
08/24/2009, 22:52
I thought their mom was perfect/beautiful, and two kids took after their mom, two after thier dad.
Calculator?
I have no idea.
--wyld
Not him either it was...
Psycho Pirate did it
Damn it. And here I was about to point out that Monday's "Pearls Before Swine" would be a hint.
On that note, let me just say, Pirates make lousy Dry Cleaners.
Yes, Psycho Pirate, who was killed by Black Adam in a most undignified way, did indeed toss the Black Diamond into the cell with Jean Loring.
And, don't forget kids, Psycho Pirate is back in action as a Black Lantern.
Anyhow, Vamroc has the thread.
.
CustomCreator
08/24/2009, 23:23
I thought their mom was perfect/beautiful, and two kids took after their mom, two after thier dad.
Well, that may be the post-Xerox Hour explanation. Pre-Crisis it was never explained; actually, I think his Aryan-perfect kids, from the very early stories, were completely forgotten about when they brought in the lookalikes sometime in the mid-40s, and only brought back when DC acquired the characters.
Your explanation makes more sense, but mine is more comic-booky fun!
Totally off-topic here: I've long had a half-formed theory about Dr. Sivana's children.
As most comics fans know, Sivana had four children: Magnificus and Beautia, who are the Olympian ideals of physical perfection; and Thaddeus Jr. and Georgia, who look uncannily like their dad.
My theory is that one set of kids are his biological children, while the other are lab-grown clones that he tweaked to come out exactly how he wanted. The theory is half-formed because I can't decide which set makes more sense to be the clones; would Sivana strive to create ultimate physical specimens a la the Master Race, or would his colossal ego lead him to create near-physical duplicates of himself?
Just remember Ben Reily. And the Alamo. And the Maine.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/25/2009, 08:38
Well, that may be the post-Xerox Hour explanation. Pre-Crisis it was never explained; actually, I think his Aryan-perfect kids, from the very early stories, were completely forgotten about when they brought in the lookalikes sometime in the mid-40s, and only brought back when DC acquired the characters.
Your explanation makes more sense, but mine is more comic-booky fun!
I wasn't referencing a specific explanation, that's just always what I imaged was the case. And it's golden-age silly as well, which is why I like it.
I didn't know that they had been introduced separately. I haven't read much golden age Cap. I *am* a fan of the 70's stories though-- I am probably the only person who loved the Don Newton version.
I am probably the only person who loved the Don Newton version.
So much so, you were willing to bear his children?
Ah, Don Newton. I recall his brother, Isaac. Strange guy, had a bunch of silly ideas. Called it "Gravity".
Ignatz_Mouse
08/25/2009, 10:56
Don Newton is sadly overlooked by history. I thought he was a great artist.
CustomCreator
08/25/2009, 11:20
I wasn't referencing a specific explanation, that's just always what I imaged was the case. And it's golden-age silly as well, which is why I like it.
I don't think that the kids just turned out that way is "golden-age silly". My wife and I both have brown hair, are somewhat shorter than the average, and to be honest could stand to lose a few pounds; both of our children have red hair, are very tall for their ages, and don't have an ounce of fat on them. (Cue JTR with the snarky comment about the kids not being mine.)
And I agree on Don Newton. I don't especially think his style worked for Captain Marvel--not how I envision that character--but no denying that it was beautiful artwork. And his Aquaman and Batman, while again not my favorite versions of the characters, are superb.
(Cue JTR with the snarky comment about the kids not being mine.)
Now now. That would only happen based on what the mailman and/or milkman looked like.
Really tho, that stuff happens. Like my Mom was tall, but her mother and father were short for their gender. And my Mom's kids were considerably taller then either parent. It's all about throwback genes.
And if you heard about it the other day, scientists are just about ready to create a new form of life in a matter of months, all because of playing with the genes of things. Makes you wonder...
Makes me wonder when are these scientists going to learn not to fool with Mother Nature. Everytime they do, some gets screwed up.
(Cue JTR with the snarky comment about the kids not being mine.)
And, furthermore, as long as your kids aren't either Joephisto or Dido, you needn't worry about them going through your comic collection with scissors and editting things out.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/25/2009, 11:56
Well, Golden-Age silly in the complete extremes to which they turned out that way. Not unlike the Shoveller's mixed-race kids in Mystery Men (half the kids are white, half are black).
And I liked Don Newton on Cap, even though it was quite different. The realisting-leaning style (even compared to other artists) coupled with the silliness really worked for me.
Seeing as one of the "power cards" handed out refers to Turtle Man I ask the question how did the original Turtle die
Ignatz_Mouse
08/25/2009, 13:57
Did he drown?
I have no idea.
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