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Topic: Was the "Starfinger" name really worth fighting over?
Eryk Davis Ester
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posted July 06, 2004 09:30 PM
I mean, couldn't Char Burrane just have come up with another name? It's not like Starfinger was really a big name villain, or that the name was so intrinsically cool that it by its nature it struck fear into the heart of the Legionnaires. Yet you get this whole war between rival gangs over the name! What gives?
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MLLASH
bite into the all-caps
posted July 06, 2004 09:36 PM
One of the BLAH-er storylines of the Baxter era. Me? I prefer the name "Spacefinger"! -------------------- Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/
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Eryk Davis Ester
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posted July 06, 2004 09:43 PM
I mean, if I were going to kill a villain and steal his name, I think I'd pick someone like the Persuader. I mean, compare: "Look that's the new Persuader!" "The guy who killed the old Persuader?" "Yeah! He's one badnass!" versus: "Look that's the new Starfinger!" "Who?" "The guy who killed the old Starfinger!" "Who?" "You know, that guy who once kidnapped half of Duo Damsel!"
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Eryk Davis Ester
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posted July 06, 2004 10:01 PM
I suppose it could be worse. I mean... he could have thought to himself, "I, Char Burrane, will adopt the villainous identity of Vibrex II!" [ July 06, 2004, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: Eryk Davis Ester ]
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MLLASH
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posted July 07, 2004 04:02 AM
Where's the Vibrex smiley...? The all-VIBREX thread...? -------------------- Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/
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Pov
Paraplegic tree sloth that's been sedated
posted July 07, 2004 06:21 AM
Vi-Brek? Now that might be interesting... If she had his powers also, and was stuck at 6 inches or less, she could use the codename SNOWFLAKE! ....MAAAAYbe not...
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Kent Shakespeare
Spectacled Legion
posted July 07, 2004 02:06 PM
Starfinger, Badfinger, Goldfinger, Butterfinger... I'd give the originators of all these names the finger.
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Future
The Present is Past
posted July 07, 2004 02:38 PM
For the sake of argument, shouldn't the original be called Starfingers , seeing as how he used all four and his thumb with his powers? -finger does seem like an overplayed suffix for a 60s villain. But Starhand or Stardigit sound incredibly silly, I suppose. More people should have fought over the powers and equipment/weapons than the name.
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Pov
Paraplegic tree sloth that's been sedated
posted July 07, 2004 04:08 PM
I blame Bill Finger... even though I'm sure he had nothing to do with ANY of them...
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Super Lad Kid
part-time lurker
posted July 07, 2004 06:03 PM
Perhaps he should be updated for the new millenium and be called Starmember? Maybe not.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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posted July 07, 2004 06:06 PM
quote: Originally posted by Super Lad Kid:Perhaps he should be updated for the new millenium and be called Starmember? I can distort your powers with various rays from my...
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rickshaw1
Leader
posted July 08, 2004 10:58 AM
Could have been worse, he could have been "Pullmyfinger". -------------------- Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops! Something pithy!
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Pov
Paraplegic tree sloth that's been sedated
posted July 08, 2004 11:14 AM
That was Gas Girl's original codename.
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rickshaw1
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posted July 08, 2004 11:41 AM
-------------------- Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops! Something pithy!
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He Who Wanders
Light on my feet.
posted July 08, 2004 10:12 PM
This is a good example of why you shouldn't tamper with an original creation. I didn't even remember that there had ever been a second Starfinger until recently, when I was going through some back issues. It makes no sense that a new villain would want to use an old villain's name. But that's comic book logic for you. --------------------The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
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