Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two

Getting closer! But not yet. Another hint: he came after the Crimson Avenger.

Golden Age Robotman?

You got it! Whew. I was wondering if maybe I'd gone *too* obscure. The Golden Age Robotman indeed was the Detective Comics star who once attempted to join the Cluesters. The story sounded like something irregular for him to do and regular for many of the series other stars so I figured it'd be a nice tricky question.

Robotman, like Johnny Quick, was one of the final Golden Age stars to linger on into the 1950's before being cancelled. A few more years and he might just have survived into the Silver Age.

You're up, 'Boot.

Trying something different here - find the connection between these characters:

Robert Bruce Banner, Wendell Vaughn, Warren Worthington, Barbara Gordon.

[As a mild hint, what I'm thinking of doesn't only apply to these four, they're just examples of the phenomenon]

They were all played by Yvonne Craig?

They all dated someone named Candy?

But seriously... they all had apendages removed from their body and then restored?

They all had their names changed when they appeared in other media?

Nope and nope.

And to save anyone from having to flick back a page:

Another character who'd fit the set would be Johnny Blaze.

Let's see if I can put this in words: They are all examples of characters who took on the "mantle" / " moniker" of an identity that was once used by someone else (not replacing them purposely as often the characters don't realize someone else used it prior); they then become the definitive version of that identity. Matt Murdock would fit in this group.

(double post)

Definitely close enough - for the record, I had it phrased as "characters who took on the codename of an earlier-by-publication character in the same universe, but who had nothing to do with their predecessor". The only real difference is that I wouldn't have counted Matt Murdock (since the GA Daredevil was from another publisher, and I'm not aware of a Timely/Atlas/Marvel DD created beforehand).

The previous Hulk, Quasar, Angel, Bat-Girl and Ghost Rider in question were later known as Xemnu the Titan, Neutron* (of the Imperial Guard), the Scourge of the Underworld (currently appearing as the GA Angel in Marvels Project), Flamebird and the Phantom Rider respectively. [*There was also a one-shot Iron Man villain called Quasar who has never appeared again.]

Your go Cobalt.

Awesome. I actually thought about that question in a work meeting yesterday. I'll follow the same style. Name the similiarity of the below characters other than they are Golden Age heroes published by companies that would become DC comics:

Tex Thompson / Green Lantern (Alan Scott) / Johnny Quick / Lt. Bob Neal

They all had fat, male, comedic sidekicks?

That was quick! You got it!

^^^ Only because I was recently thinking about Etta Candy's transformation from chubby, comedic "woot-woot" girl of the 1940s into the fit, take-charge, FBI-agent of modern Wonder Woman stories and that got me wondering about what happened to all the other fat supporting characters of that era.

Now I have to think of a question for you guys and dolls...

I'm going to answer now and avoid the rush.


Weird War issue #43

That's my answer and I am sticking to it.

Someone will probably get this one in a heart-beat but anyway...

Whose arch-enemy is Roberto Rastapopoulos?

How did you know Quis? My back-up question was going to be -

What comic's cover had a weird spectral skeleton playing chess with figurines representing GIs and Nazis?

You know, I recognize the name because I have been checking out stuff on Don Marstons Toonipedia. So I know the genre the answer is from but I couldn't answer honestly without looking it up.

It be Tintin.

Tintin it be.

You're up Reboot.

Give me the names of all the Livewires who got names, please.

The reason I haven't replied is I can't tell if this question is for the DC Universe various characters or the Marvel series which I know nothing about.

If it is the DC one: Garth Ranzz, Ayla Ranzz, Leslie Willis.

But since this is the Non-Legion comics trivia thead, I assume its the Marvel one you're asking about...in which case...I'd have to cheat.

Tell you what - I meant the Marvel series, but since no-one's come forward after a couple of days with so much as a guess, I'll just give it to you since the question IS a bit vague in retrospect, and you gave an answer which fits the question as-asked.

For the record, the answer I was looking for was "Social Butterfly, Hollowpoint Ninja, Gothic Lolita, Cornfed, Stem Cell and Homebrew."

[Oh, and I recommend people buy the digest if they can get hold of it.]

Away you go.

In the Golden Age a commonly used back-up was "Just Imagine..." in which a scenario was presented to the readers about something science-fiction or adventure related that might happen in the future. For instance: "Just Imagine the Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow". In the 1950's, this feature was reprinted in many of the science-fiction anthologies of the day.

Who are the two legendary comic book creators that developed this feature together?

Plus there was a minor Marvel villain who appeared in the early 60's--a cowboy with an electrified lasso...