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A writer or artist made a mistake and chose the wrong Scarecrow? (Just kidding I have a grand total of 2 Iron Man solo comics out of my 10,000 comics or so and both feature Doctor Doom. I'm sure I have read any OHOTMU entry this guy may have had, but can't remember more than that there were at least two scarecrows.)

He saw him on the tele?

What inspired the Scarecrow to become one of Iron Man's enemies?

He really really liked gadgets and was envious of Iron Man's genius - This Scarecrow was not a gadgeteer nor was he envious of Iron Man.~
A writer or artist made a mistake and chose the wrong Scarecrow - Not a writing/art error
He saw him on the tele - He didn't see Iron Man on the tele. But the answer is along that run of the mill, reaction to something Iron Man did.



Not
Iron Man's expressionless armor, made Scarecrow want to challenge himself/herself to cause fear - Also this Scarecrow is not fear based.
One of Tony Stark's companies caused his to go bankrupt - Also this villain has no business dealings with Stark

Did Iron Man, i dunno, destroy some farmland, which made Scarecrow angry because he was a farmer?

Did Scarecrow stand for anti-industrialism, since ol' Shellhead symbolizes industrialism?

What inspired the Scarecrow to become one of Iron Man's enemies?

Did Iron Man, i dunno, destroy some farmland, which made Scarecrow angry because he was a farmer? - Scarecrow was working in the city when he decided to adopt that identity. He has no real farm connections
Did Scarecrow stand for anti-industrialism, since ol' Shellhead symbolizes industrialism? - The Scarecrow isn't terribly opposed to anything Iron Man stands for.

Iron Man was doing something routine for him, when he encountered Scarecrow.


Not:-
Iron Man's expressionless armor, made Scarecrow want to challenge himself/herself to cause fear - Also this Scarecrow is not fear based.
One of Tony Stark's companies caused his to go bankrupt - Also this villain has no business dealings with Stark
He really really liked gadgets and was envious of Iron Man's genius - This Scarecrow was not a gadgeteer nor was he envious of Iron Man.~
A writer or artist made a mistake and chose the wrong Scarecrow - Not a writing/art error
He saw him on the tele - He didn't see Iron Man on the tele. But the answer is along that run of the mill, reaction to something Iron Man did.

Scarecrow was some sort of communist and saw Iron Man as a defender of capitalism???

(Dropping out because I accidentally read the answer and cheated.)

What inspired the Scarecrow to become one of Iron Man's enemies?



Don't let that stop you, if this one is going on a bit.

Not:-
Iron Man's expressionless armor, made Scarecrow want to challenge himself/herself to cause fear - Also this Scarecrow is not fear based.
One of Tony Stark's companies caused his to go bankrupt - Also this villain has no business dealings with Stark
He really really liked gadgets and was envious of Iron Man's genius - This Scarecrow was not a gadgeteer nor was he envious of Iron Man.~
A writer or artist made a mistake and chose the wrong Scarecrow - Not a writing/art error
He saw him on the tele - He didn't see Iron Man on the tele. But the answer is along that run of the mill, reaction to something Iron Man did.
Did Iron Man, i dunno, destroy some farmland, which made Scarecrow angry because he was a farmer? - Scarecrow was working in the city when he decided to adopt that identity. He has no real farm connections
Did Scarecrow stand for anti-industrialism, since ol' Shellhead symbolizes industrialism? - The Scarecrow isn't terribly opposed to anything Iron Man stands for.
Iron Man was doing something routine for him, when he encountered Scarecrow.

Iron Man was fitting a villain, and the battle injured Scarecrow/someone close to him, or damaged his property, causing him to seek revenge?

It's been a week so I guess I will pop in the answer.

Soon-to-become Scarecrow saw Iron Man chasing a villain (thief?) and used his contortionist abilities to stop the thief, allowing Iron Man to catch him. This inspired him to use his abilities for the force of ... uh ... himself and become the Scarecrow.

Bit of a twist on the idea of being inspired to heroics by helping a hero in action.

huh! interesting...! thanks, stile.

I think moving on, either you could ask a question, or thoth could ask another question. I am neutral as to which one we do.

Guess it's my turn.

Jimmy Olsen has quite a few interesting moments with Supergirl in the Silver Age, including an "imaginary" story where they get married before he even knows Supergirl exists, but what was the first situation on which they kissed?

Their wedding?

Kissing booth?

No, that happens later in an imaginary story.
That would certainly fit with the period but no.
In case it prompts any memories, this happens in the dark so Jimmy can't actually see who he is kissing.

Mistaken identity? Like maybe, he thought he was kissing Lucy or someone else, but it was dark?

was mind control involved?

No. The darkness was to hide Supergirl's identity from Jimmy becuase her existence had not yet been revealed, but Jimmy thought it was to hide Jimmy from whoever the girl was. (That's another clue by the way.)
No mind control. Supergirl was a willing participant and hoped that her kiss would help Jimmy. (And another clue)

Was it a mystery date type thing?

No.

Think about the very "special" things that used to happen to Jimmy all the time and then how a kiss might help.

Did Jimmy turn into a frog or something? and the kiss was meant to turn him back into a human?

That'll do. Jimmy drank an ancient mystic potion that turned him in to a wolf-man at night and could only be cured by the "willing kiss of a beautiful maiden". He made it through a few nights without Lucy or anyone else discovering his secret thanks to a costume party and a horror movie set but was about to give up when Superman brought "Miss X" to kiss him. Jimmy thought they kissed in the dark so Miss X wouldn't see his "hideous" face but it was actually to keep Jimmy from seeing her as Supergirl since she was still Superman's secret weapon at this stage. In a final panel Jimmy gives Lucy a kiss but only on the cheek as he is thinking "Will I ever meet and kiss Miss X again? Sigh!". (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen v1 #044)

The writers thought it was such a good plot that they revisited it a few issues later. This time Miss X's kiss (Supergirl is shown thinking "Jimmy's nice! I'm glad I can help him!") didn't work and neither did kisses from Lois, Lucy, Lana and even Lori the mermaid. This was because his transformation was thanks to Mr Mxyzptlk who had fallen for Lucy and wanted Jimmy out of the picture. Jimmy was cured by a kiss from a small woman who turned out to be Miss Gzptlsnz, the girlfriend of Mr Mxyzptlk from the 5th Dimension. She used her magic to cure Jimmy, tricked Mxy into saying his name backwards, and happily returned to the 5th Dimension promising to nag her two-timing boyfriend for the next 90 days. A final panel shows Jimmy asking Lucy for a kiss but she declares he has had enough kisses over the last few days to last months. (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen v1 #052)

Our fellow forum poster Comicsarcheology does a review of both comics including showing several panels on his website if you are curious. http://comicsarcheology.com/index.php/2020/09/10/jimmy-olsen-44/

Your turn Ibby.

These sound quite nice! thanks stile, for the write up and the link. I do appreciate that you always give such background on the questions after.

Lessee...

Who did Silver Sorceress disguise herself as, in Justice League Europe's battle against the Extremists?

Crimson Fox?