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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 29, 2015 20:55:15 GMT -5
Hob Gadling. Great character that only appeared in...I believe...three issues.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2015 21:08:25 GMT -5
What Title is this from ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 21:10:06 GMT -5
What Title is this from ? It's A Gaiman character, from Sandman originally. -M |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 29, 2015 21:13:40 GMT -5
What Title is this from ? It's A Gaiman character, from Sandman originally. -M Yep. Upon further review...seven appearances in Sandman. |
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Post by berkley on Mar 29, 2015 22:50:25 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. I like hearing little things like this that show how writing comics was more than just a job to some of these guys - wanting to make something special and if it wasn't happening, voluntarily asking to leave, even if the work was more than passable, as I think Wolfman's DD was. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Mar 30, 2015 9:52:11 GMT -5
Hob Gadling. Great character that only appeared in...I believe...three issues. Hob Gadling is my favorite Sandman character. He also appeared in Brubaker and Talbot's Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detective mini.
I'm not a big continuity buff when it comes to Superman, but it's been established that Hob's Bay in Metropolis is, in fact, named after Hob Gadling from the days when he was a sea-captain. Does anyone know if Hob's Bay pre-existed Hob's first appearance in Sandman, which makes this something Gaiman extrapolated when he created Hob, or was this a later nod to Gaiman's work by the Super-office? It's one of the those things I also wanted to know, but never really thought about asking people who would know.
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Post by benday-dot on Mar 31, 2015 19:56:33 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. A belated thank you for that jodoc. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Mar 31, 2015 20:51:39 GMT -5
Howsabout...
Earl Crawford - the reporter trying to get to the bottom of the supernatural presence that's killing criminals in unusual ways in Wrath of the Spectre.
Shondra Kinsolving - introduced at a critical juncture in Batman's life and then tossed away. Bruce Wayne has just had his back broken and she's the doctor who knows that his explanation for his injuries doesn't add up. Also vows to help him with his psychological issues. Very interesting, very believable character who is suddenly revealed to have psychic powers that can magically heal Batman and she becomes a child or something.
Sally Selwyn - appeared in two issues of Superman written by Jerry Siegel in the mid-60s. When Clark Kent loses his powers and memory he meets Selywn who loves him as Kent who reciprocates her affections. Fate unfortunately, had other plans.
Clark Oppenheimer/The Caped Wonder - First superhero we see The Tick meet in his debut issue. Made a return later on in the series but that was it.
Harvey Hainer - the guy whose job it was to switch on the Bat-Signal for Commissioner Gordon. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 31, 2015 21:00:16 GMT -5
Sally Selwyn - appeared in two issues of Superman written by Jerry Siegel in the mid-60s. When Clark Kent loses his powers and memory he meets Selywn who loves him as Kent who reciprocates her affections. Fate unfortunately, had other plans.
I wish they had done more with this; it was a great story. A little like a romance comic, but then so many Superman stories were. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Mar 31, 2015 21:20:22 GMT -5
Hob Gadling. Great character that only appeared in...I believe...three issues. Hob Gadling is my favorite Sandman character. He also appeared in Brubaker and Talbot's Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detective mini.
I'm not a big continuity buff when it comes to Superman, but it's been established that Hob's Bay in Metropolis is, in fact, named after Hob Gadling from the days when he was a sea-captain. Does anyone know if Hob's Bay pre-existed Hob's first appearance in Sandman, which makes this something Gaiman extrapolated when he created Hob, or was this a later nod to Gaiman's work by the Super-office? It's one of the those things I also wanted to know, but never really thought about asking people who would know.
I have an old DC RPG Atlas (never played the game, just loved to collect such things) that talk's about Hob's Bay in the write up of Metropolis. The book is dated 1990, which would have been around the time Hob first appeared in Sandman. I'm thinking that's it's likely that Hob's Bay pre-dated Hob Gadling and was retroactively given that backstory. |
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Post by DubipR on Mar 31, 2015 21:39:11 GMT -5
I always liked Captain Jean DeWolff  |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 1, 2015 18:11:41 GMT -5
There are a ton of great supporting cast members from Spider-Man comics, who have come and then suddenly vanished over the years. Off the top of my head, some of my favourites are/were Nathan Lubensky, Cissy Ironwood, Sha Shan (Flash Thompson's Vietnamese girlfriend), and Sarah and Gabriel, the infamous twins from the "Sins Past" storyline.
There are also a load that I loved from Marvel's old Star Wars comic, such as Jaxxon (obviously!), Valance, Drebble, Fenn Shysa, Shira Brie, and the trio of Rik Duel, Dani and Cheedo to name but a few.
I also miss the reporter Sally Floyd, who worked for the Front Line newspaper with Ben Ulrich and starred in such mini-series as Generation M, Civil War: Front Line and World War Hulk: Front Line.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 1, 2015 18:20:57 GMT -5
I really liked what Paul Jenkins did with Spider-man's supporting cast a decade or so back. It was in one of those periods where Mary Jane was dead, and he tried to build a new, funny, and quite engaging supporting cast for Peter from basically the ground up.
I can't BELIEVE Kevin the Cheese never got his own comic.
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Post by the4thpip on Apr 2, 2015 12:28:19 GMT -5
Anyone remember Kropotkin the Great from Incredible Hulk?
Back when I first read those stories, I found it a little odd how quickly Jim Wilson and the flamboyant older man bonded and drove out to find adventure together. Of course, when Jim's bisexuality was revealed later shortly before he died of AIDS, it made a lot more sense.
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Post by DubipR on Apr 2, 2015 13:30:09 GMT -5
Wyatt Wingfoot  |
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