Friday, May 05, 2006
Everything In Its Right Place
Random thoughts on zeitgeist:
Iron Man, created in March of 1963. After a piece of shrapnel lodged near his heart, millionaire industrialist Tony Stark created a superpowered suit of armor to keep his heart beating. Stark went on to adventure as The Invincible Iron Man and co-founded The Avengers.
Iron Man, created in March of 1963. After a piece of shrapnel lodged near his heart, millionaire industrialist Tony Stark created a superpowered suit of armor to keep his heart beating. Stark went on to adventure as The Invincible Iron Man and co-founded The Avengers.If he were created for DC, in a different place & time:
Ted (Wildcat) Grant, created in 1942, was inspired to become a superhero by following the exploits of Alan Scott, The original Green Lantern. Ted Grant went on to become a founding member of the pre-eminent super-team, The Justice Society of America. Wildcat has since gone on to train some of The DCU's greatest fighters (Batman, Black Canary, Catwoman & most of The JSA) in the art of hand-to-hand combat.If he were created for Marvel, in a different place & time:
Ted (Wildcat) Grant created in 1969, was inspired to become a superhero by following the exploits of Thomas Halloway, The original Angel. Ted Grant only had the one adventure and hasn't been seen since.
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In all fairness, it was Mark Millar who wrote the shocking death of Impulse (Bart Allen) and the much of the rest of Young Justice in Civil War #1. I don't know if I accept the rational that they were "over their heads" in taking on Chemo directly...
1st Issue Spectacular #14 was May '76, not March. The March issue was #12, featuring the all-new, all-different, all-doomed-to-never-reappear Starman.
# posted by 
: 12:44 PM
: 12:44 PM
I'm calling shenanigans on the second part of your post, because Roy Thomas woulda have brought back Wildcat in the pages of The Invaders.
I think Wildcat would have popped up in an issue of Steve Gerber's Avengers.
Tony Stark? He would have disappeared for about 30 years until he re-emerged as the head of Checkmate and shot Blue Beetle in the head!
Tony Stark? He would have disappeared for about 30 years until he re-emerged as the head of Checkmate and shot Blue Beetle in the head!
Over at DC, Bronze Age JLA-member and amiable street-level crime fighter Spider-Man is brought to the brink of madness and suicide when his pregnant wife Mary Jane is incinerated by a newly-deranged Wasp in an attempt to get Hank Pym to love her again.
# posted by : 3:46 PM
: 3:46 PM
JMS can retcon all the unsavory implications he wants, but he can't dim the memory of those spectacular Golden Age Captain America / Boy Commandos team-ups.
I just can't believe you found another neglected Golden-Age character named Tom Halloway.
And that I followed too links to find that out.
And that I followed too links to find that out.
Of course, the corollary is that there's a universe where Code Name: Assassin had three ongoing series during the '90s (along with the short-lived Wolverine/Assassin: Full Adamantium Jacket).
# posted by : 6:38 AM
: 6:38 AM
...speaking of which, "Its" (when it is a possessive pronoun) has no apostrophe.
When "it's" is a contraction of "it is," it has an apostrophe between the T and the S.
There is never a reason to follow "its" with an apostrophe.
When "it's" is a contraction of "it is," it has an apostrophe between the T and the S.
There is never a reason to follow "its" with an apostrophe.
# posted by : 6:40 AM
: 6:40 AM
Unless you're talking about something that belongs to Steve Its, penciler on the short-lived "Astonishing Adventures Starring the Atom".
# posted by : 5:58 AM
: 5:58 AM
That would actually be more properly rendered as Its's. Oft-neglected but technically true!
# posted by : 9:12 AM
: 9:12 AM
Am I missing something? There wasn't a 1st Issue Spectacular 14 was there? Or was it part of the Canceled Comic Cavalcade?
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