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Post by the4thpip on Mar 29, 2015 10:19:14 GMT -5
One of my pet peeves has always been when a new writer replaces the supporting cast when he or she takes over a title.
It's especially weird when the new supporting cast is so similar to the old one, like when Byrne replaced the Kapatelis (archaeologist mom with a teenage daughter who adores Wonder Woman) with the Sandsmarks (archaeologist mom with a teenage daughter who adores Wonder Woman).
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Post by Paradox on Mar 29, 2015 10:29:33 GMT -5
It was rumored at the time that the Sandsmarks were Byrne's new girlfriend and her daughter, but I never found out if that was true or not.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 29, 2015 10:41:22 GMT -5
I'm going to get this name wrong, but the American kickboxing champ who guest starred in MoKF for a couple issues - was it Rufus Carter? There are a bunch in MoKF, actually. e.g. Miss Greville, I remember liking, secretary who became Reston's love interest for a while. Yes! Rufus "Super midnight" Carter, whose nickname came from a type of carbon paper, as I recall! |
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 29, 2015 12:29:33 GMT -5
When I started reading comics, the Avengers support crew was active in Hama's Avengers and Gruenwald's Captain America. I was a big fan of the short-lived concept, which basically seemed to unite several obscure supporting characters, including Kevin's brother, Michael O'Brien. Plus John Jameson, Peggy Carter, M'Daka, Raymond Sikorski, Fabian Stankowicz... I was a fan of the concept. It really made better sense that the team had a whole support staff rather than Jarvis doing everything. I think they did away with it after the island ( hydrobase) was sunk in The Acts of vengeance crossover. It lasted a bit longer than that. They were the focus of the backup arc in the Crossing Line saga, for example. But were around generally after that throughout Hama's run. I think Bob Harras just forgot about them as they never appeared in his issues. But they continued to appear in Gruenwald's Captain America at least through Operation: Galactic Storm. I think they just disappeared. |
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Post by dupersuper on Mar 29, 2015 13:10:33 GMT -5
Scorn over in the Superman from the triangle era My first thought looking at the thread title was that I'd love to see whatever happened to him and Ashbury... |
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Post by fanboystranger on Mar 29, 2015 13:24:32 GMT -5
Willoughby Kipling, the cowardly, angry, perpetually drunk John Constantine surrogate from Grant Morrison's dOOM pATROL.
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 29, 2015 14:00:34 GMT -5
One of my pet peeves has always been when a new writer replaces the supporting cast when he or she takes over a title. It's especially weird when the new supporting cast is so similar to the old one, like when Byrne replaced the Kapatelis (archaeologist mom with a teenage daughter who adores Wonder Woman) with the Sandsmarks (archaeologist mom with a teenage daughter who adores Wonder Woman). There was a really good reason for this change, though: John Byrne is an utter tool. |
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Post by gothos on Mar 29, 2015 17:05:17 GMT -5
Alex the women in the fridge that launched a thousand rants, from Green Lantern fame. But didn't the writer say on the WIR site that he always meant to knock her off? |
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Post by gothos on Mar 29, 2015 17:16:21 GMT -5
QwspFirst appearance Aquaman #1 (January–February 1962) Created by Jack Miller and Nick Cardy Species Imp Aliases Quisp   Quisp or Qwsp is a mystical water sprite/imp in the DC Universe. The character, created by Jack Miller and Nick Cardy, first appeared in Aquaman #1 (Jan-Feb 1962). He was revised by Grant Morrison for the "Crisis Times Five" story arc published in JLA in 1999. Within the context of the stories, Quisp is a water sprite from the fifth dimension that befriends Aquaman and joins him on a number of adventures. Years later he remakes himself into a threat and convinces the imp Lkz to attack the third dimension. His plot is thwarted by the Justice League and Justice Society Then he reappeared possessing Jakeem Thunder in the fifth dimension, he was defeated by Saradin. Powers and abilities Quisp can manipulate time and matter with a thought and can impose new laws of physics just by thinking. Not to dump on your preference, but I didn't miss Quisp once he was displaced by another hard-water-using sidekick, Cardy's babelicious Mera! |
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Post by gothos on Mar 29, 2015 17:26:18 GMT -5
Anyone remember the name of a Native American woman Len Wein introduced to FANTASTIC FOUR?
She appeared to be designed as a new "flame" for Johnny Storm, but before Wein left the book he implied that she would end up with Wyatt Wingfoot. I thought maybe he was trying to take her out of play, so that no later writer would try to use her for good or ill. I don't know that she ever appeared again.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2015 17:32:59 GMT -5
Alex the women in the fridge that launched a thousand rants, from Green Lantern fame. But didn't the writer say on the WIR site that he always meant to knock her off? If he did, he never expected this reaction to her demise. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 29, 2015 17:37:53 GMT -5
Silver St. Cloud, from the Engelhart-Rogers-Austin Detective run.
That run always seemed more like an out-of-continuity mini-series anyway, so maybe it doesn't quite fit in with other choices here.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 29, 2015 18:19:08 GMT -5
Gwen Stacey. Cause what followed destroyed the title's potential for enjoyment.
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Post by benday-dot on Mar 29, 2015 18:31:52 GMT -5
Back in Daredevil #128 Marv Wolfman in the thick of a plot around the villain Death-Stalker introduced an ephemeral and unexplained ally of Daredevil, a spaceman, who took time out to aid DD while literally walking upwards to the stars.
That was... it.
Wolfman never got back to this left-field presence. Did anyone? What was that all about?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 20:28:25 GMT -5
Back in Daredevil #128 Marv Wolfman in the thick of a plot around the villain Death-Stalker introduced an ephemeral and unexplained ally of Daredevil, a spaceman, who took time out to aid DD while literally walking upwards to the stars. That was... it. Wolfman never got back to this left-field presence. Did anyone? What was that all about? The Marvel Database quotes Wolfman in an interview KM: In issue #128, there is a character who is walking around on 'light' and watching the battle DD is having with Death-Stalker. From what I remember, he was supposed to return, but he never appeared again in any of your issues. What were the plans for this character? MW: The sky walker was going to lead into DDs first real SF story. I felt DD needed something more than I was giving him. I was never very happy with my DD--I never found the thing that made him mine the way Frank Miller did a year or two later. So I was trying to find things to do that interested me and therefore, I hoped, the readers. Ultimately, I couldn't find anything that made DD unique to me and asked off the title. They list 3 appearances of the character, DD 128-9 and a Handbook. So it looks like that's a loose end nobody ever picked up on. |
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