Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The Non-Legion Comics Trivia Thread Pt 5

Very close, EDE. It is a reference to a character from Greek mythology.

So... Tiresius?

That's the correct answer! Yay EDE!

One of her major storylines involves a cult named after the legendarily gender-fluid Tiresius.

It does. I can get why they reacted in horror. But there's a bit going on under the surface, that was getting resolved along the arc. That was the fun bit, watching them diverge from expectations while just about keeping within what had gone before. Killing him off, to explore how the network of agents would cope was a powerful idea.

Not having read it, I can't really make a counterpoint, except to say that I think it's an idea that would work better for some series than others. And I also doubt Andy Helfer would have executed it in a way that entertained me personally. Emphasis on personally, because different people have different tastes.

I've always thought that it would be an interesting plot for a detective story to have the detective killed off and all the other stock characters (the bumbling police inspector, the not so bright but loyal sidekick, the efficient secretary, etc.) would have to band together to solve the mystery.

New question:

What historically important comic issue features a story in which the main character is recruited by John Galt to investigate a series of crimes which turn out to have been committed by James Kirk?

No guesses?

Hint: This.issue features the first appearance of several well-known characters.

The first Gold Key issue of Star Trek?

I think I've heard this one. If someone manages to guess it, well done to them. I'll pop back with what I think it is, if none gets it.

It is not any Star Trek comic.

No idea but I will be interested to hear the answer.

ditto

I think it's a story in the comic that had Captain Marvel's first appearance. That would have been Whiz Comics.
I think the info got posted on here at some point.

Thoth has it! It's Whiz Comics #2, featuring the first appearance of Captain Marvel (and Dr. Sivana), Ibis the Invincible, Spy Smasher, and, relevant to the question, Scoop Smith!

The Scoop Smith story features the intrepid reporter investigating a radium theft from city hospital at the request of the hospital adminstratior John Galt. The perpetrator, the evil character known as by the rather common villain name of Doctor Death, turns out to be ex-hospital employee James Kirk!

As far as I know, neither John Galt nor James Kirk has any connection to the more famous fictional characters who would later bear the names, and its not unusual for characters to turn up in older fiction who bear names that would later become more famously associated with other fictional characters or even real life individuals, but it's kind of notable to have two in the same obscure little story.

nice Q EDE, and nice answering thoth!

nice bot of trivia too!

That is a cool but of trivia!!

And the fans with those wonderfully huge memories demonstrate their value once again! Great stuff. One of the best bits of these trivia questions is learning the trivia.

With both Vision & Scarlet Witch and Mantis & Swrodsman marrying, the Avengers are a bit short staffed. How do they end up looking for new members after looking up old comrades fails?

In a word: Tryouts.

Ann gets the win.

What made these unusual, was that Thor announced the tryouts on TV and they held them at Yankee Stadium .

Over to you Ann.

Yay!

Thanks, Thoth.

Little bit of Legion influence on the Avengers there? Maybe kinda sorta? Possibly unconscious on Steve Engelhart's part?

New question very soon.

Still working on the new question.

Any day now.

Okay. In the Lady Constantine miniseries, what is the truth about the relationship between Johanna Constantine and Mouse?

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