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Wolverine was once a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Carol Danvers was once even more high ranking, able to assume the station of a Colonel for her division:

https://s6d8.turboimg.net/t1/34741665_image.jpg


Source: Uncanny X-Men #158, Volume 1.

Good for Little Jimmy.

When, as a young teenager, the X-Men's Rogue was forced to run away and live on the streets, Mystique took pity on her and became her adoptive mother:

https://s6d8.turboimg.net/t1/34742598_image.jpg

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
When, as a young teenager, the X-Men's Rogue was forced to run away and live on the streets, Mystique took pity on her and became her adoptive mother:

https://s6d8.turboimg.net/t1/34742598_image.jpg

Which makes her and Nightcrawler sort-of siblings.

Marvel Comics' Medusa, wife of Black Bolt, has hair that responds to her mental commands. it is so long and thick that she goes through 30 bottles of shampoo per month! she can use it as a parachute!

https://s6d8.turboimg.net/t1/34742605_image.jpg

Source: Inhumans #12, Volume 1, 1977

Hawkeye wears a hearing aid.

http://www.cbr.com/wp-content/uploads/goodcomics/2016/07/hawkeyehearingdisplay.jpg

Rhino was the first Spidey villain that Steve Ditko didn't help create. He was made up by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.

Morbius was the first Spidey villain that Stan Lee didn't help create. He was made up by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane

Venom was originally conceived as fan fiction and bought by Marvel for $220.

Originally posted by riv6672

Venom was originally conceived as fan fiction and bought by Marvel for $220.

Little known, indeed! Man ... if Marvel was kind enough then to have cut that creator in for even 1% of the future earnings for his work ...

^^^...no joke!

Something similar with a T Bolts character, Charcoal. Creator won a contest and he became part of the MU for a time.
Not sure why, but Marvel hadda stop using him, he was cool though.
http://worldofblackheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/charcoal-6.jpg
https://static5.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/15659/3033204-charcoal-thunderbolts-enraged.jpg

"Ash"(who I doubt most of you have ever heard of) is the only comic book character who was a Firefighter before gaining his powers:

http://i.imgur.com/LjKOmtUm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pdCrAzCm.jpg

that's because all the cool characters are teachers.

herbcry

Captain Marvel is based on Fred McMurray in appearance.

Mister Miracle is based on Jim Steranko.

Up until the Crisis, Mr. Miracle was on Superman and Barda's level physically. In fact, he defeated Barda in a h2h fight (Although Barda wasn't in her right mind.)

Obviously, he's been depowered to Spidey level, give or take. Which kind of doesn't add up, when you consider all other New Gods are high end bricks, yet Scott isn't..

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Little known, indeed! Man ... if Marvel was kind enough then to have cut that creator in for even 1% of the future earnings for his work ...

They could have offered him the choice.

May have figured odds are, 1% (Or whatever) of a likely failed project vs rent this monrh

Fun fact...

George R.R. Martin(yes, the writer of Game of Thrones) was first 'published' in the letters section of F4 #20 (1963), when he wanked the bejesus out ofwrote to Jack Kirby and Stan Lee:

http://i.imgur.com/Gql0jHQl.jpg

Originally posted by Galan007
"Ash"(who I doubt most of you have ever heard of) is the only comic book character who was a Firefighter before gaining his powers:

http://i.imgur.com/LjKOmtUm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pdCrAzCm.jpg
Silly assumption.

Elvis loved reading comic books as a boy.
His favorite hero was Captain Marvel, Jr. In fact, according to legend, it was this character that inspired his jet black hair with the curl hanging down in the middle of his forehead.
Elvis was actually blond.

Originally posted by riv6672
^^^...no joke!

Something similar with a T Bolts character, Charcoal. Creator won a contest and he became part of the MU for a time.
Not sure why, but Marvel hadda stop using him, he was cool though.
http://worldofblackheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/charcoal-6.jpg
https://static5.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/15659/3033204-charcoal-thunderbolts-enraged.jpg

Thunderbolts also used the character Humus Sapien, who was also created by a fan for a magazine contest in 1973. As the winner he was supposed to be used in one of Stan Lee's stories but it never happened... until the Thunderbolts writer finally used him in a story in 2001.

Originally posted by riv6672
Elvis loved reading comic books as a boy.
His favorite hero was Captain Marvel, Jr. In fact, according to legend, it was this character that inspired his jet black hair with the curl hanging down in the middle of his forehead.
Elvis was actually blond.

Elvis' logo:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61VHG2Gv3UL._SY355_.jpg

TCB = Taking Care of Business. That lightning bolt? Shazam.

Also, his little cape thing.

Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Elvis' logo:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61VHG2Gv3UL._SY355_.jpg

TCB = Taking Care of Business. That lightning bolt? Shazam.

Also, his little cape thing.
^^^Awesome!
Originally posted by basilisk
Thunderbolts also used the character Humus Sapien, who was also created by a fan for a magazine contest in 1973. As the winner he was supposed to be used in one of Stan Lee's stories but it never happened... until the Thunderbolts writer finally used him in a story in 2001.
^^^and Awesome!

Aunt May & Uncle Ben once took care of a mermaid...

http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/strange_tales_97.shtml

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39Pe3THXjwo/Ta6CfOzSmrI/AAAAAAAAFUg/IpY1w2s1ykE/s1600/lindabrown1.JPG

Though she is now best known as a hero on Marvel Comics' "Defenders" team, the Valkyrie was originally a guise of the Thor villain Enchantress:

https://s6d3.turboimg.net/t1/34930909_image.jpg https://s6d3.turboimg.net/t1/34930910_image.jpg https://s6d3.turboimg.net/t1/34930911_image.jpg

In the 60s, the mostly 5 toed Hulk was occasionally drawn with 3 toes. Sometimes 4.
This was actually subtly addressed in AVENGERS FOREVER:
(Note the number of toes in the last panel on the second to last page)


http://i67.tinypic.com/2i8ivle.jpg
http://i66.tinypic.com/2qwezhh.jpg
http://i66.tinypic.com/16atsa8.jpg
http://i65.tinypic.com/2hwjh4.jpg

Great find

Spider-Man's webbing dissolves in an hour.

Originally posted by Parmaniac
Spider-Man's webbing dissolves in an hour.

How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.

--
Parker once mutated into a Spider-Lizard...

https://imgur.com/MZsxB

... and twice into a Spider-Hulk (first time green, then grey).

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/d/d0/Peter_Parker_%28Earth-616%29_from_Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_70_0002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081214005735

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100514192121/marveldatabase/images/thumb/6/68/Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg/520px-Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg

Now those are little known facts

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.

--
Parker once mutated into a Spider-Lizard...

https://imgur.com/MZsxB

... and twice into a Spider-Hulk (first time green, then grey).

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/d/d0/Peter_Parker_%28Earth-616%29_from_Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_70_0002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081214005735

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100514192121/marveldatabase/images/thumb/6/68/Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg/520px-Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg

Now those are little known facts

And once into a monstrous MAN-SPIDER, that was almost hunted down and killed by the natives of the Savage Land as a rogue predator!
Really kick ass art, but i can only find the cover:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5b/dc/19/5bdc1924cbedbf555011e98a2fe8b3ca.jpg

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.
http://shirtoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/captain-obvious1.jpg

^^^DC or Marvel?

Darvel Comics

Originally posted by leonidas
that's because all the cool characters are teachers.

Yes. Like Spider-Man.

Originally posted by leonidas
all the cool characters are teachers.

Originally posted by Digi
Yes. Like Spider-Man.




Haven't read Marvel Knights yet, have we ?



http://www.comicsrecommended.com/articles/marvel/spider-man-knights-012.html

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns...





To be fair, Spider-Man himself sometimes forgets that, and the formula of the webbing HAS changed, along with the total time it takes the substance to weaken and evaporate:


https://s6d2.turboimg.net/t1/34931872_image.jpg https://s6d2.turboimg.net/t1/34931873_image.jpg

Source: Amazing Spider-Man #18
Circa: 1963



Then, too, Marvel no longer seems to print gems like the following, which used to be found as informative inserts in the books every few months or so:



https://s6d2.turboimg.net/t1/34931874_image.jpg

Wolverine's a staunch atheist

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/psychogundam1/ffg_zpscafknuw8.jpg

^^^Good one.

Superman was meant to be a bad guy, that's why when he was such a dick when the original creators were writing him.

.

Originally posted by darthgoober
Cap's actually got a fair amount of creativity going for him too. A lot of people don't realize that Cap actually spent some time employed as a comicbook artist(ironically, drawing Captain America comics)

Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk character is rumored to have derived from DC Comics' character, Solomon Grundy:


https://amp.cracked.com/article_24432_5-beloved-characters-that-are-stolen-from-really-weird-place.html

Its a favt that that's a rumor yeah.

.

Fact: This is a really cheesy pun.

http://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/original/8/82452/1530032-408551_35172_kal_kent.jpg

On DC Earth, Gotham City is located in New Jersey.

Midvale and Metropolis are in Delaware.

https://s7d2.turboimg.net/t1/36072580_image.jpg

Alternate, slightly clearer view of the above.
Taken from the so-called "mod" era of Wonder Woman, if memory serves.



https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/36072616_image.jpg

In the DC comics, Keystone City is located in Kansas, across the Missouri River from Central City, Missouri.

https://www.hyperborea.org/flash/images/twincities-relief.gif

Not sure how little known this is: Kirby came up with the silver Surfer idea because 1) surfing songs, via the Beach Boys, were popular at the time; and 2) he was tired of drawing spaceships.

I'd heard the song part, not the spaceship part.

Black Canary is, apparently, a better Chess Player than Hal Jordan:



https://s7d2.turboimg.net/t1/38353633_image.jpg


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/books/turkish-gambit.html







Tag: The Amazing Kreskin, TurkTSCC The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Silver Surfer is a soulless abomination:



http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/2/27500/1535954-annihilation__3___page_11.jpg



The power cosmic EATS YOUR SOUL, and replaces it.


Considering immortal souls are a real thing in Marvel comics, that's pretty much the worst news ever for Surfer. It means he's no more Norrin Radd then Swamp Thing is Alec Holland. Except, Alec's soul is bumming around the afterlife, while Norris's was eaten by a soul parasite.

Huh!
So Mephisto was wasting his time back in the early days.

Yep.

They're bad for his health anyways, going by Panthers strategy:

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/123441/2850972-2602571_2289000_blackpanther05p19.jpg

Meph even shouted "THIS MANY PURE SOULS WILL DESTROY ME!"

So I guess pure souls are bacon strips? Eat a few, you're in heaven, eat a pack and visit the ER?

Besides being a formidable combatant, with or without powers, Storm possesses the sometimes useful skills of a master thief:

https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38456507_image.jpg https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38456508_image.jpg

https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38456509_image.jpg https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38456510_image.jpg

Source: Uncanny X-Men #103
Circa: January 1977



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeP3hrm__k



Tags: PataMkeba CairoFree MiriamMunroe

Good one.
Thats how she and Xavier originally met. She stole, or tried to steal, his wallet. Been a while, cant recall if she was successful.

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Black Canary is, apparently, a better Chess Player than Hal Jordan:


Black Canary can suck a nut.

In the minds of today's DC writers, she probably does.

Oliver Queen's, to be exact.



But she still apparently plays chess better than Hal Jordan.

Originally posted by riv6672
Good one.
Thats how she and Xavier originally met. She stole, or tried to steal, his wallet. Been a while, cant recall if she was successful.


Did some searching after you wrote this.

Marvel ultimately DID present that as Storm's backstory, but it would take a little while. The first published meeting of these two took place in a very different setting than the streets of Cairo, Egypt:

https://s7d1.turboimg.net/t1/38457323_image.jpg https://s7d1.turboimg.net/t1/38457324_image.jpg

https://s7d1.turboimg.net/t1/38457325_image.jpg https://s7d1.turboimg.net/t1/38457326_image.jpg

Source: Giant-Sized X-Men #1
Circa: 1975

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
In the minds of today's DC writers, she probably does.

Oliver Queen's, to be exact.



But she still apparently plays chess better than Hal Jordan.

You watch Arrow?

Little known facts about Iron Fist:

His fist isn't just a megaton punch. He's used it to crush a handgun to pieces. He could probably do the same to Spidey's fist.

He has several examples of defeating Luke Cage level characters and up without an Iron Fist.

Chi amping and the Iron Fist amping are often treated as different things.

The Immoral Iron Fist series established Danny actually taps into the dragons chi, as a stream taps into the ocean.

The dragons has driven off full Phoenix Force.

Yet Danny could not handle Phoenix Five Scott.

You answered your own question. The dragons ran off the phoenix, not Danny. And he can only tap into their chi.

In that same arc, Thor knocked the entire phoenix tfo with the first hit then got owned and could do no damage to p5 members. Literally makes no sense.

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
You answered your own question. The dragons ran off the phoenix, not Danny. And he can only tap into their chi.

In that same arc, Thor knocked the entire phoenix tfo with the first hit then got owned and could do no damage to p5 members. Literally makes no sense.

Same deal with Danny, if you consider he beat the dragon to gain access to that chi.

P5 members > entire Phoenix Force, I guess.

Dragon was a submissive masochist, he had his biggest orgasm when he let Danny defeat him.

That's right, cd. Dragon beat itself.

Originally posted by Vanguard
You watch Arrow?


Only when there's been a crossover featuring Melissa Benoist.

I watched a few clips under Pr's influence and found the initial arc to be a virtual re-telling of Batman Begins, though.

Unmissable similarity there, really.

The Hangman from MLJ(Archie Comics) was the first superhero to die in action.

Every so often I actually get the attention of and interact with storied people.

I remember to this day Kurt Busiek surprising me by responding to a thread in which I shared an article on why Comics disappeared from newsstands and being literally very near everywhere newsprint was sold, to gradually becoming a niche item sold in specialty shops only (and now of course, the Internet where it's become or becoming big again). The author of that article made the surprising case that keeping the price of comics LOW, and thus theoretically more affordable for everyone, actually led to the decline. Reason was, from the perspective of a retailer who has limited shelf space, it made more sense to stock, say, Time or Life Magazine, which you could sell for at least a dollar a book versus Superman 132 or whatever, which gained you perhaps s quarter or so per sale, but used 4 times the space and often left you with a ton of overstock to recycle or throwaway.

Kurt also had an interesting perspective to share on why publishing rights are a big deal to Marvel and DC but not libraries.

Similarly, I actually remember getting into an argument with Jamal Igle about Supergirl and Superman. He asked me if I realized I was arguing with the artist of the then current series. I respectfully responded that I did, but that the title had also been subjected to NUMEROUS teams throughout its history and had a poor history of retaining its talent, no matter HOW good. History soon won that general point for me. Recently, the writers of the Benoist show won a 2nd.

Which is to say the staff of these companies are people not altogether TOO different from us, are sometimes gracious or simply interested enough to respond to an intriguing topic and talk with us regular folk, and, stranger things HAVE happened ...


Don't give up the faith, Riv!

You think you and i are regular?!?

Perused some Chris Claremont interviews for you.

Couldn't find him responding in video format to your specific question yet, but I'll likely continue the search at random in the near future.

I'm the meantime, I came across an interesting written interview with him:

https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/chris-claremont-not-to-show-that-she-was-better-than-men-but-she-was-the-best-person-for-the-job/


... as well as the following, which features some interesting thoughts on topics we actually touched on earlier in this thread like, NightCrawler's devout Catholic faith and Wolverine's initial atheism (unfortunately, as the image you or someone else gave of that was in Photobucket, it is now gone ... Photobucket has a nasty habit of breaking all your links anytime you rearrange any of your personal folders, word to the wise), Madelyne Pryor, loyalty in marriage, and Jean Grey:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9UwNWhgN70

Originally posted by riv6672



(Storm) and Xavier originally met (when she, as a young child) stole, or tried to steal, his wallet. Been a while, cant recall if she was successful.



Although it would take about 2 and half years, Marvel DID adopt that as the official "original" meeting of the two:

https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458779_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458780_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458781_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458782_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458783_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38458784_image.jpg

Judging from the above, though it's somewhat ambiguous going by the artwork, Storm did not succeed at taking Xavier's wallet.

Made an unexpected discovery when reading of the "original" Cairo Xavier/Munro meeting ...



Xavier killed the first telepath he ever dueled with.


https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458816_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458817_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458818_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458819_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458820_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458821_image.jpg https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458822_image.jpg

Source: Uncanny X-Men #117
Circa: January 1978

Arguably the first he 'killed' was Cassandra Nova...

Well I know 2000AD has been around since the 70s, with Judge Dredd, so it was probably important only for Marvel.

Even then, the comics kids read were more comic. Think the Beano(1930s), or the Dandy (1937).

As for the big names, it'll be the same as in the US thanks to the films. Batman, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and the like.

Judge DRESS? Now -that- is a little known fact!

DS, you and your dirty mind...

?

Nice edit, but you can't retcon your KMC bio that easily.

"Is into strong men wearing dresses..."

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
https://s7d8.turboimg.net/t1/38458822_image.jpg

Source: Uncanny X-Men #117
Circa: January 1978
Mild "Legion" episode 2x03 spoiler:
It was ridiculously awesome to see this scene faithfully reproduced on "Legion" episode 2x03 (shown from Xavier's POV, so that only Farouk was seen). Shows the writers have done their research.

Probably not many caught this easter egg, so it should count as a "little known fact", too. :P

Originally posted by Magnon
Mild "Legion" episode 2x03 spoiler:




Sad to see how much Amahl Farouk was hated.
Even from the girl attending him you see only a moment of shock before, upon realizing Farouk's dead, she breaks into a smile ...

https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38459105_image.jpg

Why are you hiding your texts? Anyone who enteres this thread should know spoilers is inevitable.

Yeah, thats good manners in the TV and movie threads, though!

Originally posted by SquallX
Why are you hiding your texts? Anyone who enters this thread should know spoilers is inevitable.


I'm largely with you, and, in all but the rarest cases, think a truly good work proves itself by being just as good if not better on repeat viewings, but, consider something like Star Wars.

Would you really want to know, for instance, that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's fat-- ... uh, fated opponent?

Just imagine how your appreciation of the series might change if you knew that!

The Fantastic Four houses a nuke in the Baxter Building:


https://s7d5.turboimg.net/t1/38672665_image.jpg

Well that cant be legal.

J'onn J'onnz can increase his size, strength, and durability while in contact with the Earth virtually at will. Because of one notable instance of doing this, and confusion with a Manga artist's creation, he is known as The Jade Warrior in part of Japan.

https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727690_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727691_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727692_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727693_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727694_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727695_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727696_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727697_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38727698_image.jpg

Source: Martian Manhunter #2
Circa: January 1999

Nice. I've been told that also in Brazil, he's known as Ajax.

Actually, strangely enough, J'onn doesn't even need identifiable contact with Earth to gain size.
He apparently can just do it when the need arises:


https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38727699_image.jpg https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38727700_image.jpg


Imagine ... an unassuming man who can become green, bigger, and much stronger in times of crisis. Seems a shame no one save Ostrander really seems to have expanded on this idea ...

KMC has a significant following in India!




https://www.easycounter.com/report/killermovies.com

I should make clear:

Jonn'z did not kill anyone in the Antares encounter.
The crew had died long, long ago. Millions of years prior, in fact.
This was a telling of Ancient Alien Visitors, quite prevalent in Justice League stories.

-----------

As for the entry that followed that, while OneBigMob rightly divined my comment as a gentle poke, the demographics of KMC, according to that page linked above, DO surprise me. I mean, the prevalence of characters like Pr, OneAngryScot, and DarkSaint, make United Kingdom no surprise, but ... ahead of Canada?

And TAIWAN at #2? Ahead of Canada and the UK, with heavily populated China not even on the list?


Stats are everything but predictable, I guess ...

https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/38746436_image.jpg

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
KMC has a significant following in India!




https://www.easycounter.com/report/killermovies.com

Lmao

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
KMC has a significant following in India!




https://www.easycounter.com/report/killermovies.com It's abhi.

Joking aside, if you look on that webpage, though it breaks down data mined from literal thousands of participants, it conspicuously notes, after calling KMC a "trustworthy site with mostly negative reviews", iirc ...

... exactly ONE down vote in its visual thumbs up/thumbs down section.



If, as I suspect, they LITERALLY based worldweb judgement of KMC on that lone review, Abhilegend representing India might not be QUITE as improbable as we're all imagining ...

Back to J'onnz.


DC seems to have realized that MM having the ability to grow bigger and stronger might prove TOO Deus Ex Machina to create plausible tension in a story after awhile. Who could stand against him?


So it seems they QUIETLY began imposing limits on J'onnz.

Note that, by the time the 9th issue of that series rolled around, J'onnz was complaining about the stress of changing the proportion of his "Martian mass" for "Earth mass", whatever that means, even though J'onnz had substituted a literal skyscraper's worth just 7 issues prior.

Note that they impose no such limitations on J'onnz's green Martian counterpart, Malefic, however:

https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749663_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749664_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749665_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749666_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749667_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749668_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749669_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749670_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749671_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38749672_image.jpg

Denouement, Malefic saga:

https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749739_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749740_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749741_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749742_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749743_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749744_image.jpg

Source: Martian Manhunter #9
Circa: August 1999

J'onnz was once physically addicted to Oreo cookies.





https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749799_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749800_image.jpg

https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749801_image.jpg https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/38749802_image.jpg

Source: Martian Manhunter #24
Circa: November 2000












Chocos!!

Long as we're homaging the Hulk/Manhunter connection:

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Source: Unlimited Access #1
Circa: December 1997














BizarroJones

Although J'onn'z, as Fernus, performs the skyscraper trick in JLA: Trial by Fire, it's possible to argue that's not really J'onnz.

Rounding out selections for this topic, then, I'll highlight s case many people THINK they are familiar with, but actually are not.

Examine now, and notice for the first time, some of you, that J'onnz added mass to himself here as well, in the form of 3rd and 4th arms!


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Source: JLA #75
Circa: January 2003

Batman looks so much the part of Dracula that one young lady who happened to BE a vampire once mistook him for the same:

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Source: Action Comics Annual #1
Circa: 1987

Some interesting hits came up on Google when I was searching for the previous entry, which I re-discovered by typing in "Skeeter", the young vampire's nickname, along with "Batman" and "Superman".

The following was the most intriguing, dealing with a very different kind of "skeeter" and a very different set of world famous comic characters and their real-life locale:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_30jPKzWdN0

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Batman looks so much the part of Dracula that one young lady who happened to BE a vampire once mistook him for the same:

https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768241_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768243_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768244_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768245_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768246_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768247_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768248_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768249_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768250_image.jpg https://s7d3.turboimg.net/t1/38768251_image.jpg

Source: Action Comics Annual #1
Circa: 1987

Damn. That was a Good Comic. Sure don't make comics like that anymore.

Some jobs in the DCU are too tough even for The Flash to get hired on ...


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Source: Flash #237 Volume 2
Circa: April 2008

^^^The Flash cant dust at super speed.
He (Wally) tried it and wound up having to get his mom to move in to keep his place clean.

Originally posted by riv6672
^^^The Flash cant dust at super speed.
He (Wally) tried it and wound up having to get his mom to move in to keep his place clean.





Flash is all about family, in good times or ill.


Speaking of which, the mode of transportation he's got for them beats the conventional family van hollow:

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Source: Flash #237 Volume 2
Circa: April 2008

Zatara started in Action Comics #1, along with Superman.

The true first hero!

Sub-Mariners, most notably Namor and Namora, can recover from damage and become physically stronger in the presence of water:


https://s7d1.turboimg.net/t1/38771449_image.jpg

Source:Avengers #3
Circa: 1963


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Source: Agents of Atlas #5 Volume 2
Circa: 2009-2010

^^^i thought everyone knew -that- one!

^

It's a certainty that Carol does now!!

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Source: Agents of Atlas #6 Volume 2
Circa: 2009-2010

There are so many trivia gems in this entry it's hard to know where to begin.

Among other things:


* Namora served as a World War II hero alongside her cousin
* Atlantaean cities are supplemented with coral growth
* Jimmy Woo's spaceship can be used for underwater travel and is durable enough to endure a magma/lava bath
* Atlantis is hidden by a volcanic veil
* Loch Ness Monsters (plesiosaurs) survive in Marvel Comics' Atlantis!

As Marvel wisely mandated that allies must go through the formality of fighting each other whenever any major character greets another*, the Agents of Atlas and Namor dutifully follow suit ...



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... whereupon we learn, happily, Namor and Namora are actually quite distant as far as cousins go. Hopefully. REALLY hopefully ...


Source: Agents of Atlas #6 Volume 2
Circa: 2009-2010



*they might not have, but I'm trying to think of a book written in the last 10 years where this DOESN't happen and am drawing a blank

Matt Murdock and Tony Stark are among the best of friends!

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mmm


(Although, maybe not the VERY best ...)

The following character is totally not Jean Grey:

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There's a real good chance (not making this up) that one of the above characters IS Martian Manhunter, though!

Hitman was never called that in his own series. He called himself that, in his debut from Bloodlines, but every other time he was Tommy Monaghan.

Ennis also seriously downplayed his X-ray vision powers, until he phased it out completely. Really, the powers were pointless, the way Ennis wrote him.

The mutant eyes did make for a memorable moment when Noonan died, and he couldn't cry any tears for him.

A more memorable moment:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/79/Wonder_Woman_0200.jpg

Interesting accidental timing ...


I'd planned a few secret origins for my next submissions.

Given your entendre entry, seems strangely appropriate the following was the first item:

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Source: Countdown (to Final Crisis) #37
Date: August 15, 2007

Parallax.

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Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Parallax.

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I remember reading some issues of Countdown JUST to see the bios at the end.

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Interesting accidental timing ...


I'd planned a few secret origins for my next submissions.

Given your entendre entry, seems strangely appropriate the following was the first item:

https://s7d5.turboimg.net/t1/38811509_image.jpg https://s7d5.turboimg.net/t1/38811510_image.jpg

Source: Countdown (to Final Crisis) #37
Date: August 15, 2007

Nooice.

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The imagery in the section following the above was more violent than I care for, so I'm omitting the visual portion. However, the narration reads:


" Ironically, Slade later saved the Titans from an Azarathuan-possessed Joseph.
To spare his son's soul, Deathstroke terminated Jericho himself.

Later, Slade attempted to take his illegitimate daughter Rose Wilson, as his apprentice.

She was skilled with weapons ...

... and loyal to a fault."


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Source: Countdown to Final Crisis
Circa: 2007-2008

Seeing as it's close to the topic, genuine question here: How old was Terra when Slade boinked her? I don't recall ever finding out just how close to illegal it was.

Yeah. And Deathstroke is what, in his 30s?

Originally posted by -Pr-
True. It just makes it worse when you think about it.

Yeah, it does.
I got the below from an Origin synopsis of his:

Slade Wilson was sixteen years old when he first enlisted in the United States Army, having lied about his age. After serving a stint in Korea, he was later assigned to Camp Washington where he had been promoted to the rank of Major. In the early 1960s, he met Captain Adeline Kane who was tasked with training young soldiers in new fighting techniques in anticipation of brewing troubles taking place in Vietnam.

So he served in the Korean war at 16. That jibes with him being in his ate 40s during Judas Contract.

Bloody cradle-robber.

mmm

If you feel that way about Slade, something tells me you two are going to find the following a bit ... challenging ... to say the least:


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Source: Action Comics #260
Circa: January 1960

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
The imagery in the section following the above was more violent than I care for, so I'm omitting the visual portion.

https://media.tenor.com/images/bdb72352ccb9562ca07989a35d37744a/tenor.gif

Besides being able to heal from what would be fatal damage to most opponents, the Wendigo also has an enchantment that blunts the full power of some opponent attacks:




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Source: Uncanny X-Men #140
Circa: December 1980

Seduction of the innocent, indeed.

I make it a point not to read almost any precrisis Superman stuff bar like, say, the Alan Moore one-shots. Shit like that is why. It's just ludicrous.

^^^i grew up on those books, but couldnt read them now if i tried. Thet did not age well.

Originally posted by cdtm
Up until the Crisis, Mr. Miracle was on Superman and Barda's level physically. In fact, he defeated Barda in a h2h fight (Although Barda wasn't in her right mind.)

Obviously, he's been depowered to Spidey level, give or take. Which kind of doesn't add up, when you consider all other New Gods are high end bricks, yet Scott isn't..

Genuinely asking where you get this. I've read almost all of MISTER MIRACLE under Kirby and Scott didn't show anything like that during those comics. He arguably was stronger and faster than human, but not clearly. Have the Barda fight or reference? I have not seen that.

Originally posted by Delta1938
Genuinely asking where you get this. I've read almost all of MISTER MIRACLE under Kirby and Scott didn't show anything like that during those comics. He arguably was stronger and faster than human, but not clearly. Have the Barda fight or reference? I have not seen that.
I found this:

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11134/111347817/6351679-dc+comics+presents+012-14.jpg

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Every so often I actually get the attention of and interact with storied people.

I remember to this day Kurt Busiek surprising me by responding to a thread in which I shared an article on why Comics disappeared from newsstands and being literally very near everywhere newsprint was sold, to gradually becoming a niche item sold in specialty shops only (and now of course, the Internet where it's become or becoming big again). The author of that article made the surprising case that keeping the price of comics LOW, and thus theoretically more affordable for everyone, actually led to the decline. Reason was, from the perspective of a retailer who has limited shelf space, it made more sense to stock, say, Time or Life Magazine, which you could sell for at least a dollar a book versus Superman 132 or whatever, which gained you perhaps s quarter or so per sale, but used 4 times the space and often left you with a ton of overstock to recycle or throwaway.

Kurt also had an interesting perspective to share on why publishing rights are a big deal to Marvel and DC but not libraries.


I remember a while back I was in an argument over something in JLA/AVENGERS (actually no, not Superman vs Thor ) and went to Busiek's site and emailed him through it. To my surprise he gave a quick response (like about 10 minutes). I know he at least used to be active on message boards(I do believe the DC boards when they were around, and I've seen him on other boards but not sure if it was verified to be him or not, but at least once mods at least believed, so maybe), so he doesn't really have issues with interacting with fans.



It gives the home page, I think it's possible that has more views than the forum. It could be the site has such negative reviews because it hasn't updated in over 6 years.

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Back to J'onnz.


DC seems to have realized that MM having the ability to grow bigger and stronger might prove TOO Deus Ex Machina to create plausible tension in a story after awhile. Who could stand against him?


So it seems they QUIETLY began imposing limits on J'onnz.

Note that, by the time the 9th issue of that series rolled around, J'onnz was complaining about the stress of changing the proportion of his "Martian mass" for "Earth mass", whatever that means, even though J'onnz had substituted a literal skyscraper's worth just 7 issues prior.

Note that they impose no such limitations on J'onnz's green Martian counterpart, Malefic, however:

From what I recall, the issue was from when he faced his death, putting his brain(and maybe other organs) into his arm, cutting it off his body, and leaving it to crash in a ship so his brother thought he was successful. He gathered Earth mass to REPLACE what he lost in his body, and it was adjusting, trying to turn it to Martian. So different than him taking mass for a temporary increase in size. He was also unable to use some of his powers while this adjustment happened.

Originally posted by cdtm
Hitman was never called that in his own series. He called himself that, in his debut from Bloodlines, but every other time he was Tommy Monaghan.

Unless I'm mistaken, he called himself "Hitman" when he went to try out for the JLA solely to look at Wonder Woman with his X-Ray vision. I think the scene went, "Hi, I'm Hitman. I kill people." "Er uh sorry, you're not what we're looking for." "That's ok, I just came to check out Wonder Woman with my X-Ray vision. Now I can die happy."

Originally posted by riv6672
I found this:

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11134/111347817/6351679-dc+comics+presents+012-14.jpg

I'll have to check the comic, see if it tells why he's suddenly that strong(or it might have happened earlier in another comic). Thanks.

No worries.

The Joker once served as the Iranian ambassador for the United Nations.

https://image.ibb.co/judUWd/F9_C472_B9_9877_4574_9_B66_D6_F9735984_E9.jpg

Originally posted by Delta1938
Unless I'm mistaken, he called himself "Hitman" when he went to try out for the JLA solely to look at Wonder Woman with his X-Ray vision. I think the scene went, "Hi, I'm Hitman. I kill people." "Er uh sorry, you're not what we're looking for." "That's ok, I just came to check out Wonder Woman with my X-Ray vision. Now I can die happy."

That's how i remembered it, too, but shit, i guess not!

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