tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post111930556260992781..comments2024-02-25T21:57:57.876-08:00Comments on "Seven Hells!": Slade? Who The Heck Is "Slade?"Devon Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post-1119362424303772542005-06-21T07:00:00.000-07:002005-06-21T07:00:00.000-07:00And yet, thanks to JLU, my nephews will call me up...And yet, thanks to JLU, my nephews will call me up to also ask me about those characters who HAVEN'T been updated. In the past few weeks, I've found myself summarizing the backstory of many characters for them, characters heretofore completely unknown outside of the dankest, littered-with-Hot-Pockets-wrappers, geek circles.<BR/><BR/>The Question. The Vigilante. <BR/>Prince Gavyn Starman. (And, to my eight year old "girl power" niece, Huntress, Vixen, Plastique, and Tala.)<BR/><BR/>These are characters I knew when I was their age, and it's an odd feeling to actually impart that same geek knowledge, intact, unto a younger generation. <BR/><BR/>I suppose it's what other uncles feel like when they talk unbelievably arcane sports trivia with their nephews and nieces. Instead of box scores, it's Booster Gold. <BR/><BR/>It won't make superhero comics the hot property among kids it once was -- Dorian over at Postmodernbarney is absolutely right: each generation inevitably rejects what the preceding generation embraces -- but, for this window of time, my nostalgia fuses with their new interest. I'll enjoy it while it lasts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com