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Eryk Davis Ester
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quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid:I Batman and Doctor Death
I think SK's got it, unless there's a recurring Sandman villain or something.
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quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Captain America and the Red Skull?
Though Cobie isn't completely explicit in his question, I think he meant DC characters, Quis:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
Superman was the first protagonist at DC to have a recurring nemesis in his feature, which was the Ultra-Humanite. Who was the second protagonist to have a nemesis who recurred (meaning an enemy who returned for a 2nd appearance), and to show off how smart you really are, who was that nemesis?
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Anyway, Captain America and the Red Skull weren't introduced until '41, well after many of the other guesses!
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I agree, by the way, that Sarky's probably right, after researching Doctor Death. Even though he only appeared in consecutive issues of Detective Comics (29 & 30) before disappearing for over 40 years, DD qualifies as having had a second appearance. Unless Cobie has someone else who trumps this.
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Hmm... I thought there were couple of issue between DD's appearances. It's been awhile since I've read the Batman Archives, but I'm sure he's the first recurring Batman villain, and appeared before most of DC's other heroes, so he sounds likely.
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Hm. I guess SK has it right but in my mind, that is all actually one story in Detective #29 and #30, so that wasn't actually what I had in mind, since #30 picks up right after #29 where Batman learns Dr. Death may still be alive. But some time has elapsed between the two stories, so I guess you could say it is two different, stand alone stories.
So I guess, SK wins! Which means that actually, this predates the Ultra-Humanite's 2nd appearance of Oct 1939, making Dr. Death the actual first recurring villain.
The character I had in mind was Tex Thompson. His major nemesis in the Golden Age was the Gorrah, who was like one of Indiana Jones enemies. The Gorrah appeared early on (Action #3?) but then also recurred in the very same issue of Action that the Ultra-Humanite recurred, #17 in Oct 1939, so he's only after the U-H by technicality since he's later in the issue.
But I'll give it to SK! Well done and great memory of the early Batman stories!
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Shirley Manson of Garbage and Trent Renzor of Nine Inch Nails?
(I wanted to say Marilyn Manson but I kind of remember 666 being more rugged looking).
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