Apparently the editors of ADVENTURE COMICS #371 (AUG 1968) felt that the people of Thrann and a few of the Super-Companions should be white/anglo-saxons rather than their more colorful, racially diverse selves from SUPERBOY #101 (DEC 1962)! Blue Othar & orange Stormboy both turned pink! Greyish Shadowman bleached out! And what’s with aging brown-haired Liquidman into a dark haired fellow? I thought the 60’s were a time of enlightenment!
It’s an outrage I tell you!
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
It's a conspiracy!
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
I guess enlightenment didn't kick in until the creative team started taking hard drugs, as evidenced by the stories in Archive volume 9....
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I... I just don't know what to say...
Posted by MLLASH on :
Bah! The original colors were incorrect.
Besides, everyone knows Bobb Barker and Shadow were non-caucasian before their powers kicked in! Othar had to be changed so everyone wouldn't think he was from Talok VIII.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Ah, but this *totally* gives me an idea for MEL:TS...
Posted by MLLASH on :
Weepin' jeepers!!
Posted by Candle on :
1. Where's the girls?! 2. How's the story end? I'm dying of curiosity! (What a strange, stiff, story.)
Posted by Sketch Lad on :
It was actually a pretty decent story! I've been so displeased with re--reading the Conway era, that it was quite nice to go back and read this light little tale.
Candle, I'll post a review of the story when I find a few spare moments (unless someone else beats me to it).
But no, there are no girls amongst the Companions.
Posted by Malvolio on :
I guess "Companion" was a euphemism for, well, you know....
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