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Post by dbutler69 on May 17, 2017 14:19:06 GMT -5
The Kangaroo isn't simply lame because he's based on a particular animal: it's also because his origin -- the non-superpowered boy who wanted to jump like a Kangaroo and so took to hanging out with packs of them in the Australian outback, until he could learn to jump like them -- is super lame. There's a Golden Age superhero with a very similar origin. I think it's the Black Condor, perhaps? Learned to fly by living with birds, basically. Yeah, right.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 17, 2017 14:40:15 GMT -5
Sorry to be pedantic, but an epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone. The word you wanted was 'epithet'. It's a very common error, which I am trying to make less common. Now I'm imagining some actual racial epitaphs, with and without epithets: "Here lies a white dude, RIP" "Here lies a slant-eyed chink, RIP"
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Post by Rob Allen on May 17, 2017 14:41:55 GMT -5
Also, dumb question, is it pronounced "Cannon" like a Cannon Ball or "Channon"? Like Cannonball. What gave you the impression that it might be pronounced the other way?
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Post by Batflunkie on May 17, 2017 15:16:02 GMT -5
Also, dumb question, is it pronounced "Cannon" like a Cannon Ball or "Channon"? Like Cannonball. What gave you the impression that it might be pronounced the other way? IDK the English language, as much as I'm familiar with it as a first language, is still an utter mystery to me sometimes For example, I used to think that Faux was pronounced "Pho"
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Post by Confessor on May 17, 2017 15:32:46 GMT -5
For example, I used to think that Faux was pronounced "Pho" It is pronounced as "pho"...like the beginning of the word phoney.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 17, 2017 15:36:02 GMT -5
For example, I used to think that Faux was pronounced "Pho" It is pronounced as "pho"...like the beginning of the word phoney. Well a lot of people had been jokingly calling Fox News "Faux News" and I guess it makes a lot more sense if you try and pronounce it literally
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Post by Rob Allen on May 17, 2017 15:44:34 GMT -5
You can't pin the weirdness of "Faux" on English - that's a French word.
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Post by hondobrode on May 17, 2017 16:11:49 GMT -5
There are a few animal-themed Spidey villains I like, but I really hate most of em. Almost any other hero has a better rogues gallery IMO.
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Post by Confessor on May 17, 2017 17:36:33 GMT -5
There are a few animal-themed Spidey villains I like, but I really hate most of em. Almost any other hero has a better rogues gallery IMO. Really? Wow...I think Spidey has absolutely one of the best rogues galleries in comics. I mean, it's right up there with Batman's in my view. Oh well, different strokes for different folks...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 17, 2017 17:53:32 GMT -5
There are a few animal-themed Spidey villains I like, but I really hate most of em. Almost any other hero has a better rogues gallery IMO. Really? Wow...I think Spidey has absolutely one of the best rogues galleries in comics. I mean, it's right up there with Batman's in my view. Oh well, different strokes for different folks... I was taken aback as well. Spider-man has generally been right there with Batman and Flash as the best overall rogues gallery.
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 17, 2017 19:10:58 GMT -5
Really? Wow...I think Spidey has absolutely one of the best rogues galleries in comics. I mean, it's right up there with Batman's in my view. Oh well, different strokes for different folks... I was taken aback as well. Spider-man has generally been right there with Batman and Flash as the best overall rogues gallery. Yeah, not to pile on hondobrode , but even some of the villains created solely for the Spider-man '67 cartoon were really strong: Parafino recalled Vincent Price in House of Wax, The Human Fly(ies) had a great design, superior to the later comics version IMHO, and The Fifth Avenue Phantom with his android mannequin women was as compelling as any villain that appeared in the Silver Age (again, IMO). Like the Zodiac, his identity remains unknown.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 17, 2017 19:36:31 GMT -5
Really? Wow...I think Spidey has absolutely one of the best rogues galleries in comics. I mean, it's right up there with Batman's in my view. Oh well, different strokes for different folks... I was taken aback as well. Spider-man has generally been right there with Batman and Flash as the best overall rogues gallery. "Spidey's rogues gallery is as good as the Flash's" was the first thing that popped into my mind. Now Batman's rogues gallery is so great that it's in a class all by itself. From the Joker and Catwoman and Poison Ivy and the Riddler and the Penguin and Two-Face all the way down to the other end of the spectrum where you have loveable losers like Double X, the Terrible Trio, Dr. No-Face. Mr. Polka Dot ... and Two-Tone!
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Post by Hoosier X on May 18, 2017 1:51:54 GMT -5
I read all 15 issues of the 1970s Freedom Fighters series. I was going to write an overview of the series, but there's still an issue of DC Comics Presents (Superman and the Freedom Fighters!) that I read about half of before getting a little bored (and I was also disappointed that Phantom Lady is missing. Booo!) and I still haven't finished it. And also I just got all eight issues of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1 to #8 in the mail just today. This is the 2006 series. (There was another eight-issue mini-series of the same title in 2008.) So I'm going to read those before writing the overview.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 18, 2017 2:03:53 GMT -5
And I'm up to Adventure Comics #353 in the run from #350 to #380. The conclusion of the first Fatal Five storyline. I like the way Mano looks like he's waving when he holds out his murder hand that I guess is supposed to be menacing. Also, the Emerald Empress is the sexiest woman that Curt Swan ever drew. You must admire the way Princess Projectra just kinda charges in and mixes it up with the rest of these super-powered being as if her illusions make her as powerful as Superboy or the Emerald Empress. The most important development in this issue is the heroic death of Ferro Lad. When I was reading LSH in the 1980s, you would see the statues of the honored Legion dead and everybody would get very solemn. It was three dead Legionnaires for a long time - Ferro Lad, Invisible Kid and Chemical King. I had the issue with the death of Chemical King way back in the late 1970s (I still have it), but this is the first time I've ever read the death of Ferro Lad. It seems like something I should have read a long time ago. I still haven't read the death of Invisible Kid. That will make me sad. Lyle Norg is one of my favorites in several LSH incarnations.
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Post by hondobrode on May 18, 2017 2:06:56 GMT -5
I was taken aback as well. Spider-man has generally been right there with Batman and Flash as the best overall rogues gallery. Yeah, not to pile on hondobrode , but even some of the villains created solely for the Spider-man '67 cartoon were really strong: Parafino recalled Vincent Price in House of Wax, The Human Fly(ies) had a great design, superior to the later comics version IMHO, and The Fifth Avenue Phantom with his android mannequin women was as compelling as any villain that appeared in the Silver Age (again, IMO). Like the Zodiac, his identity remains unknown. It's a me thing, but I hate almost all Spidey's animal-themed villains. Spidey villains I dislike include the Vulture, the Gibbon, Grizzly, Hammerhead, Hydro-Man, Kangaroo, Puma, Squid, Vermin, and White Rabbit, to name a few. Yeah, everyone's got some duds, but it seemed to me that Stan cranked out a ton of these lame animal villains. Turned me off. Ok, so cool Spidey villains, how about Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Mysterio, Doc Ock, Black Cat, Carnage, Venom, Jackal, Kingpin, Kraven, Lizard, Man-Wolf, Morbius, Prowler, Scorpion, Stegron, Tarantula, Tombstone, Will o' the Wisp, and I'm sure there's more I don't know about. Lord knows Batman, Superman, and especially Wonder Woman have had some super lame villains, but for some reason Spidey strikes me as having a large share of meh villains, at least to me. YMMV
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