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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jul 31, 2017 0:38:48 GMT -5
Has this guy been mentioned? " Chee, what fools Dees Mortals Be." The Fighting Hobo was a Marvel/Timely one-off character who was inspired to fight crime by The Complete Works of Shakespeare, which he found at the city dump. Oddly, he only appeared once and was never brought back in the modern age, despite being called the Fighting Hobo, which is undeniably awesome.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 31, 2017 13:50:11 GMT -5
Has this guy been mentioned? " Chee, what fools Dees Mortals Be." The Fighting Hobo was a Marvel/Timely one-off character who was inspired to fight crime by The Complete Works of Shakespeare, which he found at the city dump. Oddly, he only appeared once and was never brought back in the modern age, despite being called the Fighting Hobo, which is undeniably awesome. HOLY SHNEIKEYS, Repti! Never had even heard of this. Where'd you find it? Great discovery! "O, brave new world, that has such hobos in it!" |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jul 31, 2017 14:52:56 GMT -5
He was in one issue of Marvel/Timeley's USA Comics. (Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks USA Comics vol. 2) I can not believe that nobody has brought him back. Rock Man and the freaking Thin Man appear in post-bronze age comics, but no Fighting Hobo? It boggles the mind! (I am sure there is a relevant Shakespeare quote for "boggles the mind" but I can't think of anything.)
I'm seeing nothing but the splash page on the internet. I'll try to remember to get some more scans (Which involves finding my copy and bringing it to the library.)
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 31, 2017 16:57:14 GMT -5
In case anyone needs a refresher course: Treasure Chest, 1948  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 31, 2017 17:04:12 GMT -5
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Aug 9, 2017 21:07:27 GMT -5
Read this today and saw this line from Shakespeare  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 11, 2017 16:38:02 GMT -5
Look familiar? ( Weird Mystery 24)    |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 24, 2017 22:02:38 GMT -5
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 5, 2017 1:07:40 GMT -5
All-Flash #4 features a full-length time-travel adventure that has TWO Shakespeare references. In one segment, Flash is in ancient Rome with the scientist that invented the time pills that prompted all these pages and pages of time travel to many periods of history. They're running around with Julius Caesar when the soothsayer steps forward and says "Beware the Ides of March!" And somebody (I think it's the professor) says "He really said that! I always assumed Shakespeare made it up!" Near the end, the Flash is whizzing around England in the time of Queen Bess (as they call her) and Flash throws "To be or not to be ..." into his dialogue. Well, Shakespeare is at court that day and hears the Flash and writes it down and then asks who said it because he wants to give them credit. Flash says "William Shakespeare said it," and Shakespeare is very pleased at is own cleverness. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 7, 2017 9:11:37 GMT -5
Jim Starlin alludes to Macbeth:
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 7, 2017 11:25:17 GMT -5
So Thanos was a Caesarian!
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 7, 2017 12:21:03 GMT -5
Lay on, MacDrax!
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 7, 2017 12:55:18 GMT -5
It occurs to me that a couple of Starlin characters, at least, share names with Shakespeare characters: Egeus, also the angry father from A Midsummer Night's Dream; and Autolycus, the trickster/con man for Winter's Tale. I'll bet there are more.   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 8, 2017 14:10:20 GMT -5
Slam Bradley (not old curmudgeon Slam_Bradley) ran into some Shakespeare-lovin' crooks once...  Why the title would be printed on the back cover, I don't know, but if you check out the page shown in the last panel, you'll notice that Howard Sherman (the artist) or the writer (Unknown) took the time to quote some lines from Shakespeare... part of a speech by Parolles (Par.) from All's Well That Ends Well (4.3): Bertram. A pox on him, he's a cat still. First Soldier. His qualities being at this poor price, I need not to ask you if gold will corrupt him to revolt. Parolles. Sir, for a quart d'ecu he will sell the fee-simple of his salvation, the inheritance of it; and cut the entail from all remainders, and a perpetual succession for it perpetually. First Soldier. What's his brother, the other Captain Dumain? Second Lord. Why does be ask him of me? First Soldier. What's he? Parolles. E'en a crow o' the same nest; not altogether so great as the first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil: he excels his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the best that is: in a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in coming on he has the cramp." |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 18, 2017 16:11:59 GMT -5
From Spiderwoman 36. The Comicvine synopsis (https://comicvine.gamespot.com/spider-woman-36-the-wanderer/4000-21123/) reveals what happened here: "McCabe, and Drew, are summoned before the Matriarch of the Tsyrani, Elhalyn. It is Elhalyn's husband who has been killed by the townsfolk. Elhalyn is about to put the townsfolk to death, when McCabe gives an impassioned speech, quoting Shakespeare, calling for mercy. The Tsyrani are moved by McCabe's words." Well of course they are!  |
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