No. I think Queequeg was Starbuck's harpooner. I mean the creepy Persian guy Ahab kept hidden until he revealed his own crazy plot to go out in the boat and hunt the whale himself!
Superboy is Starbuck, trying to be Ahab's conscience. The bubble helmet fella looks like he escaped the ship being eaten by Moby Dick, so he must be Ishmael.
Every time I see this cover, I snicker at Superboy proclaiming "You can't kill it! You know we Legionnaires never take life!" Yeah, right. Tell that to Zaryan rotting in his grave.
Isn't the guy in the spacesuit Ultra Boy? Didn't he wear the spacesuit because he could not be invulnerable and use his other powers?
It's been years since I read the story, but I remember him being swallowed by the whale and flashing back to being swallowed by the ultra-energy beast. Then Jo jams his flashlight into the Super Moby Dick's cavity in order to make the whale open its mouth so he can escape.
Does it even make up for all that stuff Nathaniel Hawthorne inflicted on us? Because once I read his works, I pretty much skipped the rest of my American Lit classes in college--they were that painful! Reading Goodman Brown was like going to the dentist.
I actually haven't read any Hawthorne other than The Scarlet Letter, which I didn't think was that bad, but Moby Dick blows it out of the water.
Though I have to admit when I read it at sixteen, I thought it was a complete waste of time. It wasn't until I re-read at 23 or so that I fell in love with it.
Hmm... come to think of it, it's about time to re-read it again!
Also: Read Edgar Rice Burrough's "Tarzan" and then re-read "The Lone Wolf Legionnaire". Read "Mutiny on the Bounty" (it's a trilogy) and then re-read "Mutiny of the Legionnaires".
Agatha Christie's "10 Little Indians", Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" will also remind you of other Legion adventures.
There's a "Lone Wolf Legionaire"/"Tarzan" connection? I must check that out! I'm thinking I may have a whole new perspective on Timber Wolf coming out of this!
That reminds me that I've never actually watched Stalag-17.
Moby Dick is the greates American novel. Seriously. You should read it, Cobalt Kid.
If that's not enough to convince you, consider this: it not only inspired a kick-ass Legion tale, but without it, we would not have the awesomeness that is Robert Shaw in "Jaws."
Originally posted by He Who Wanders: [QB]Isn't the guy in the spacesuit Ultra Boy? Didn't he wear the spacesuit because he could not be invulnerable and use his other powers? [QB]
Nah. (no pun intended) Jo wouldn't be caught dead in yellow pants.
I just checked my tattered copy of 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR DC-21 (Oct. 1973), which reprints "The Super Moby Dick of Space" -- and yes, it's Ultra Boy.
From the caption on Page 53:
"At this moment, Ultra-Boy, who can switch his ultra-energy into any single super-power, is using it for super-speed ..."
The two-page scene then proceeds as I described it, above.
Maybe yellow spacesuit pants were the latest fashion in 2965.
My assumption was similar but slightly different - "Dooks Orndee".
There is a recent computer game designed as a sequel of sorts to Moby Dick called Nantucket. You play as Ishmael who, after a few years, cannot free his own mind of his experiences and sets out to be whaler himself. It is an interesting game that I quite enjoy.
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