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Post by batusi on Feb 5, 2018 17:28:49 GMT -5
Ha, as a hoot I just called the 1-800 number and a guy answered and said "Oregon Specialties, this is Phil, how may I help you?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 19:15:07 GMT -5
batusi ... I did one time for kicks and I had to use the upstairs phone in our house and what's your favorite DC Superhero and I said "Superman!" and they used the soundtrack of George Reeves flying in mid-air for a few seconds and click. That's the end of it. Call lasted 10 seconds and that's only time I called ...
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Post by batusi on Feb 5, 2018 19:26:56 GMT -5
batusi ... I did one time for kicks and I had to use the upstairs phone in our house and what's your favorite DC Superhero and I said "Superman!" and they used the soundtrack of George Reeves flying in mid-air for a few seconds and click. That's the end of it. Call lasted 10 seconds and that's only time I called ... That doesn't sound like what a "new report" ought to be about. Maybe you called at a time when they were transitioning to new messages? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 19:47:36 GMT -5
batusi ... I did one time for kicks and I had to use the upstairs phone in our house and what's your favorite DC Superhero and I said "Superman!" and they used the soundtrack of George Reeves flying in mid-air for a few seconds and click. That's the end of it. Call lasted 10 seconds and that's only time I called ... That doesn't sound like what a "new report" ought to be about. Maybe you called at a time when they were transitioning to new messages? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Maybe, but I did once when that ad came out and I don't know how long they been running it and I was curious at the time and that's all I can remember ... Sorry.
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 8, 2018 12:19:00 GMT -5
Did anyone call this 1-800 hot-line back in 1977, if so, what was your experience? ![](https://s19.postimg.org/sni7g3loz/detective_comics_468_020.jpg) I did many times. Still remember the number 1-800-223-7760. It was a recording that would change monthly with different DC staffers giving us updates on stuff. I remember Jack C. Harris telling us about Steve Ditko's incredible Shade the Changing Man coming soon ! I would sneak down in the middle of the night to our kitchen phone and take the phone into the bathroom (it had one of those long 70's cords - remember ?) and dial it up with the door as closed as I could. Thinking about it now it's sort of weird I was doing it in the middle of the night, but my mom wasn't big on comics, thinking they were a waste of money more than anything. Calling to get all excited about them would've been seen as child exploitation I'm sure. I didn't need her getting riled up. It was frustrating calling and it was the same recording. When are they going to change this thing ? It seemed like a good idea but apparently it wasn't worth the money. The kid from Crawford County Iowa drove up the expense calling constantly trying to get new info and they were paying for every call. Should've had Superman say, "Call on the first of every month to get the new information on great DC comics !"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 17:40:10 GMT -5
Norse & Roman/Greek mythology has been used in comics with Thor, Hercules, Atlas...
Egyptian mythology in Shazam & GA Hawkman.
Is there any other mythologies used prominently in super hero comics?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 18:32:46 GMT -5
Gateway of the X-Men is an Australian aborigine and the Dreamtime has been touched upon in some of the stories featuring him. The Dreamtime also played a role in one of the arcs in Planetary by Warren Ellis.
Coates is using African and Nubian/Egyptian mythology is the current storyline in Black Panther.
If you consider Lovecraftian Cthulhu mythos a mythology, it has been used prominently in Dr. Strange and other super-hero comics.
If you consider Hellboy super-hero comics, it draws on folklore and myths from several cultures from Russia to Africa and elsewhere around the world.
Native American myths have played a role in several super-hero characters, Shaman of Alpha Flight comes to mind off hand.
Arthurian mythology has played a role in a lot of super-hero comics, from Kirby's Demon to Shining Knight.
The Thunderbolt in Jonny Thunder is based off of djinni is Arabic mythology and others have used the idea of djinni in super-hero stories.
The Forgotten One is Gilgamesh from Sumerian/Babylonian mythology.
Lillith is from the folklore surrounding Judeo-Christian beliefs (a mythology from an anthropological point of view but calling it so might ruffle some feathers) as are elements of angels, demons, the Mark of Cain, Lucifer, etc. all of which have been used in super-hero stories, as well as stuff from apocryphal books such as the Nephilim is frequently used (everything form the Phantom stranger to Moore's Swamp Thing eun, Hellblazer and other elements of DC supernatural stories, Lillith and her children were the starting point of Marvel's Midnight Sons, etc.)
so the short answer to the question is yes, other mythologies have been used.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 8, 2018 20:41:28 GMT -5
Norse & Roman/Greek mythology has been used in comics with Thor, Hercules, Atlas... Egyptian mythology in Shazam & GA Hawkman. Is there any other mythologies used prominently in super hero comics? Usagi Yojimbo' epic Grasscutter storyline was so steeped in Japanese mythology that the first two issues were just the mythological backstory.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 20:48:06 GMT -5
Norse & Roman/Greek mythology has been used in comics with Thor, Hercules, Atlas... Egyptian mythology in Shazam & GA Hawkman. Is there any other mythologies used prominently in super hero comics? Usagi Yojimbo' epic Grasscutter storyline was so steeped in Japanese mythology that the first two issues were just the mythological backstory. As much as I love Usagi, I didn't mention it because I don't consider it a super-hero comic, which is what the question inquired about. I wasn't sure if Hellboy even qualified as a superhero comic, which is why I put the qualifier on it when I mentioned it. -M
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 20:51:18 GMT -5
If we are going outside super-hero comics, then things like Grant Morrison's Invisibles is built on major elements of Rosicrucian mythology and the occult mythology surrounding the Templar survivals.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 8, 2018 21:49:00 GMT -5
Native American myth is center to the first book of Scout, with the Apache legend of the Four Monsters. It is also there in Steve Engelhart's Coyote.
Celtic myth turned up, a bit, in Avengers, under Mark Gruenwald, as he had a monster called Balor, after the Fomor giant Balor One-Eye.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 9, 2018 5:48:51 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 9, 2018 7:35:03 GMT -5
Some of us have known for years that he is an idiot.
He's one of the creators I have the very least respect for.
Drew some decent stuff for Marvel.
I respect him for starting Image, for the spirit behind it, but the guy's work is probably the most overly rated material in the last 30 years IMO.
My dislike for Todd McFarlane is bigly indeed.
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Post by rberman on Feb 9, 2018 8:28:52 GMT -5
I kinda like his art, but I can also understand those who don't.
What's the problem with the video? Looks like he's just geeking out about comics that he loves. I like to see people liking things that they like. Is that his real voice, or is he doing a bit of a Harvey Plinkett impersonation?
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 9, 2018 8:30:23 GMT -5
Seems he is just celebrating the movie with his own story about the significance of those Kirby issues.
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