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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2014 18:58:11 GMT -5
Snapper Carr, where art thou? Last time I saw him around was during the Infinite Crisis/Final Crisis craziness where he was a member of Checkmate or something incredibly stupid that only the DC editors would think of. Has he popped up since then?  I completely forgot about Snapper Carr. I wonder what became of him. I can't Imagine a more useless character that was ever a part of a comic than Snapper. |
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Post by the4thpip on May 27, 2014 7:15:10 GMT -5
I completely forgot about Snapper Carr. I wonder what became of him. I can't Imagine a more useless character that was ever a part of a comic than Snapper. He was pretty cool in Hourman. The dynamic was VERY similar to Rick Johns/Genis Vell in PAD's Captain Marvel.   |
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Post by Jesse on May 27, 2014 7:27:56 GMT -5
DC needs to bring back Bibbo Bibbowski.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 27, 2014 7:37:07 GMT -5
DC needs to bring back Bibbo Bibbowski. He's my fav'rit. Cei-U! Somebody had to say it! |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 27, 2014 10:24:47 GMT -5
Flippa Dippa is the one I want to... Bwaaaah! ha! ha! ha!!! His name is Flippa Dippa!!!  Priceless. |
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Post by fanboystranger on May 27, 2014 14:07:14 GMT -5
I can't Imagine a more useless character that was ever a part of a comic than Snapper. He was pretty cool in Hourman. The dynamic was VERY similar to Rick Johns/Genis Vell in PAD's Captain Marvel. was an excellent series. Really offbeat, but well-plotted, intelligent, and fun. Snapper's the major reason why-- he's the former sidekick all grown up and unsure what do with the rest of his life. He becomes something of a slacker mentor to Hourman, who is similarly trying to find his place in life. I really wish DC would reprint the series. |
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Post by gothos on Jul 9, 2014 15:38:29 GMT -5
What's the current status of the second Doctor Light?
More importantly, whose "baby" was she? Wolfman and Perez created her in CRISIS, but it seems likely to me that they did so only to turn her over to whoever intended to use her on a regular basis-- someone associated with JLA at the time, I guess. Certainly Yolanda Montez's appearance in CRISIS, even though it wasn't her 1st appearance, was intended to hype her appearances in INFINITY INC.
So does anyone remember any rationale from the pros at DC for a heroic Doctor Light?
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Post by foxley on Jul 9, 2014 18:14:22 GMT -5
Kimiyo Hoshi hasn't appeared yet in the New 52.
I suspect, although I have no confirmation, that she was created for Crisis so that there would be a 'new' character who would need to have things explained to her, thereby serving as an info conduit for the readers. Wolfman and Perez were certainly experienced with the original version of Dr Light from their run on Teen Titans, and maybe they thought it would be fun to create a heroic, female version of a male villain with a loser rep.
But that's just speculation on my part.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 10, 2014 9:17:27 GMT -5
 Earlier I mentioned the Bat Squad as perhaps the only Silver Age DC characters never to reappear later on. Maybe Unit 3 should join them on that short list. |
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Post by gothos on Sept 22, 2014 18:06:44 GMT -5
Here's a strayed plotline I'd pretty much forgot about:
Mike Madrid's SUPERGIRLS asserted that Marvel's Black Widow was an uncommonly strong female character. So far, so good. But one of the examples he uses to prove this assertion is to say that Black Widow was independent enough to brush off Daredevil when she was given the opportunity to join the "prestigious" Avengers.
Well, I went back to DAREDEVIL #99 and AVENGERS #110-112, and I see why I didn't really remember this moving renunciation scene: because it doesn't quite happen that way. DD and BW team up with the Avengers for the space of one adventure-- AVENGERS #111. DD decides that Avengers membership is not for him. Black Widow accepts-- but her thought-bubble tells us that it's because she wants time to re-think her current relationship with Daredevil. Hmm, not exactly a resounding feminist moment, there.
Then, after all this stuff about needing time, the Widow decides to leave the Avengers a couple of issues later. Then she keeps showing up in Daredevil's mag for some time. Her name doesn't share the marquee with that of the Man Without Fear, her image is still on the cover for a handful of issues. Finally she ceases to be a regular presence in the DD book, though she still makes periodic re-appearances.
It would be interesting to know what motivated these turnabouts. My first speculation would be that the sales figures on the joint "Daredevil/Black Widow" setup weren't all that impressive, so the decision was made to give DD his single-hero status again. Still, the off-again, on-again Avengers thing was an odd way to do it. Black Widow, after having hung around the 1960s Avengers for quite a few issues, suddenly drops out-- making way, incidentally, for Steve Englehart's femme fatale Mantis.
Anyone have any perspective on the matter?
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 22, 2014 22:26:09 GMT -5
I can't Imagine a more useless character that was ever a part of a comic than Snapper. He was pretty cool in Hourman. The dynamic was VERY similar to Rick Johns/Genis Vell in PAD's Captain Marvel. Grant Morrison said at the time it was one of his favorites. I should probably revisit it. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 23, 2014 12:10:31 GMT -5
Earlier I mentioned the Bat Squad as perhaps the only Silver Age DC characters never to reappear later on. Maybe Unit 3 should join them on that short list. Hey, Unit 3 evidently made 4 appearances in the DC war books! The Minute Commandos, who appeared in All-American Men of War #74, back in 1959, never appeared again. I ran across this story a couple of years ago, and it's obviously a pilot for an ongoing feature (with the traditional "Write to us if you'd like to see more of the Minute Commandos" final panel blurb). It's another inventive take on a war series, from Robert Kanigher, who brought us The War That Time Forgot. This one is about soldiers who are shrunk to doll size and continue to serve as a "secret weapon" in WW II. It's notable for preceding DC's Atom by several years, and would certainly have had a lot more attention if the series had been continued. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 23, 2014 19:13:14 GMT -5
First of all, MW, it's great to see you posting agin, especially since I have long shared your love for the Brave and the Bold. Second, thanks for the tip on the Minute Commandos. Never had heard of them, and I love hearing about these kinds of series. Oh, and I know Unit 3 appeared a couple of times; I think they were being tested as a possibility for their own strip, too. I just meant that like the Bat-Squad, they never reappeared after the Silver Age. Many of the short-run and one-time characters wound up in cameo appearances, as supporting characters, or even in their own titles, thanks mostly, I assume, to writers who remembered them fondly. I'm thinking of characters like Prez, Animal Man, Element Girl, etc. BTW, any thoughts on the thinking behind the creation of the Bat-Squad? Haney wrote it, so I assume it was not written for another Batman title. Can't think of anything in pop culture that might have led to its creation: Mod Squad, maybe? Oh, and according to siskoid.blogspot.com/2011/04/b-2-in-1-round-5-bat-squad-vs-iron-fist.html, the letter column in B&B #94's "reveals 'overwhelming' support for the team, garnering more letters 'than any other event in B&B...' " |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 11:20:36 GMT -5
I regret to inform the community that Ch'p is dead. He was run over by a tractor trailer in Green Lantern: Mosaic #2.  R.I.P. little guy |
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Post by Pharozonk on Sept 24, 2014 11:22:23 GMT -5
Ugh, I hated that they killed of Ch'p like that. He was my favorite alien Green Lantern.  |
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