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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 7, 2019 22:33:59 GMT -5
Would a "Big Red Cheese" by any other name not be as electrifying? I liked the Don Newton version for realism... Mac Raboy was there first though. I might have to check out Ordway...
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 8, 2019 1:02:46 GMT -5
I've given myself a headache explaining to non-comics fans the different Captain Marvels between the three companies that have used the name. Four companies: Fawcett, Milson, Marvel, DC. I don't blame you for forgetting the Milson version. I wish *I* could forget that one.
Cei-U! I summon the travesty!
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2019 4:48:41 GMT -5
I don't care what he's called. I don't remember ever reading a Shazam Captain Marvel that ever interested me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 6:48:46 GMT -5
Quora is an odd place for superhero-related questions.
There are some good ones, e.g. "What are some good Joker stories I should read?" and "Can anyone sum up the legal stuff pertaining to Captain Marvel's name?" Some people are seeking facts, some people are seeking opinions. And some questions are just fun, e.g. "Could Juggernaut beat Destroyer?"
However, some are odd. Let me explain why.
I received one question: "Who is hooked up romantically with who in comics?" Not only is that vague, it would take forever and a day to list every romantic attachment in comics!
Someone sent me a question: "Who was around first, Moon Knight or Batman?" Has to be a joke, surely? By the time that questioner has typed that out on Quora, he/she could have Googled that. Another one I had was, "Is Hellboy DC or Marvel?" Not only is he neither, that's a quick question to Google.
The latest one was, "What is the name of the Hulk's alter ego?" I cannot believe it was quicker to type that out than it would have been to type "Incredible Hulk" into Google - and find out Hulk's alter ego.
A person I mentioned this to said it was laziness. But it isn't. It takes more time to type out "Is Hellboy DC or Marvel?" than it would do to simply type "Hellboy" into Google and find out he's Dark Horse Comics! As for "Who is hooked up romantically in comics?", is the questioner really thinking such a vague/broad question could be answered?
People are a very peculiar form of life!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 8, 2019 7:39:58 GMT -5
I have no idea what Quora is, but I find it shocking that there is still a site online that does that 'ask jeeves' routine... we do have search engines. Does it do something more than one can do with a search engine or wikipedia when people aren't using it to ask dumb questions?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 8:02:31 GMT -5
Well, it's about people asking questions and hoping that the answer person can provide a personal perspective.
Example: someone might be considering a career in IT. They will ask something like, "What are the pros and cons of working in IT?" That way, IT professionals, or retired IT professionals, can answer. And it provides that personal answer in a way a bland careers site couldn't. A bland careers site would regurgitate IT industry jargon. An experienced IT professional can provide a better answer.
Some of it is, as I say, about fun, e.g. how would Iron Man handle Lex Luthor or whatever.
But, really, I despair of having my notifications clogged up with the questions I mentioned earlier. You add a "credential" on the site, e.g. "Retired IT professional" or "Been reading comics for 30 years" or whatever. That means, question askers (is that a word?) will request answers from you personally. So a retired fire chief would get a lot of firefighting questions and the like if he'd added his credentials.
However, I am thinking of wiping "comic fan" from my credentials. Quite frankly, the questions are absurd - and when you see 20 or more notifications, just go away! Asking if Hellboy is DC or Marvel is ludicrous; asking me what year Batman debuted is absurd; and I am bewildered by anyone who expects me to name the list of all romantic couples in comics (that'll take 1,000 years). These people are obviously on the internet and must know what Google is, so wasting people's times with questions like that is not good. A lobotomized amoeba would know how to Google something within seconds.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 8:37:27 GMT -5
I should add that (yawn, yawn, yawn), the majority of questions being sent to me right now are "Where can I download the Joker movie for free?" Honestly, I may delete Quora by the end of the day - or at least go private/hide my 'credentials' on there. No wonder I can be a misanthrope at times!
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Post by Duragizer on Oct 8, 2019 17:00:18 GMT -5
Anarcho-communist Superman vs. Randian Batman. That's an Elseworlds I'd like to see.
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Post by rberman on Oct 8, 2019 21:55:20 GMT -5
Anarcho-communist Superman vs. Randian Batman. That's an Elseworlds I'd like to see. Will Superman: Red Son do? It has Communist Superman vs Anarchist Batman.
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Post by Duragizer on Oct 8, 2019 22:08:13 GMT -5
Anarcho-communist Superman vs. Randian Batman. That's an Elseworlds I'd like to see. Will Superman: Red Son do? It has Communist Superman vs Anarchist Batman. Eh. Too Marxist-Leninist for my tastes.
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Post by Farrar on Oct 8, 2019 23:35:44 GMT -5
I've given myself a headache explaining to non-comics fans the different Captain Marvels between the three companies that have used the name. Four companies: Fawcett, Milson, Marvel, DC. I don't blame you for forgetting the Milson version. I wish *I* could forget that one. Milson published Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, which parodied Captain Marvel and other superheroes, by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. But in terms of another Captain Marvel, there was M.F. Enterprises and Myron Fass's rather, er, creative version of Captain Marvel ("Split!") 1966
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 23:38:52 GMT -5
Four companies: Fawcett, Milson, Marvel, DC. I don't blame you for forgetting the Milson version. I wish *I* could forget that one. Milson published Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, which parodied Captain Marvel and other superheroes, by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. But in terms of another Captain Marvel, there was M.F. Enterprises and Myron Fass's rather, er, creative version of Captain Marvel ("Split!") 1966 I wonder if those back issues cost an arm and a leg in the current market? -M
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 9, 2019 4:46:29 GMT -5
How could he not be cool? He yells SPLIT when he goes into action .
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 9, 2019 8:56:50 GMT -5
Four companies: Fawcett, Milson, Marvel, DC. I don't blame you for forgetting the Milson version. I wish *I* could forget that one. Milson published Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, which parodied Captain Marvel and other superheroes, by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. But in terms of another Captain Marvel, there was M.F. Enterprises and Myron Fass's rather, er, creative version of Captain Marvel ("Split!") 1966 That's what I get for not taking the extra ten seconds to double-check. Yes, MF Enterprises, not Milson.
Cei-U! I summon the boo-boo!
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 9, 2019 13:23:34 GMT -5
Milson published Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, which parodied Captain Marvel and other superheroes, by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. But in terms of another Captain Marvel, there was M.F. Enterprises and Myron Fass's rather, er, creative version of Captain Marvel ("Split!") That's what I get for not taking the extra ten seconds to double-check. Yes, MF Enterprises, not Milson.
Cei-U! I summon the boo-boo!
Eh, you're still doin' better than the guy who didn't take ten seconds to realize he was calling his company "MF Enterprises." I've heard MF was a kind of dedicated sleazebag, but from what I've seen he could be a surprisingly decent penciller.
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