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Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397676 07/09/10 04:27 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY What, Static or Stactic?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397677 07/09/10 04:52 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Airwave Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397678 07/09/10 05:30 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston Quislet, Esq OP strange but not a stranger OP Quislet, Esq strange but not a stranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston Red Arrow is correct even though I mis-spelt Static Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397679 07/09/10 08:53 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Who's comic book outsold Superman in the '50s? Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397680 07/09/10 08:58 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Captain Marvel? Legion World's Badwill Ambassador

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397681 07/09/10 09:02 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Donald Duck?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397682 07/09/10 09:11 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Emily Sivana Legionnaire! Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,095 Illinois Captain Marvel is the correct answer. Too bad the lawsuit and anti-comic book sentiment caused Fawcett to get out of the super-hero business. Outdoor Miner is up. Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397683 07/09/10 09:34 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Real Fact Comics #6 is famous for being the first appearance of Tommy Tomorrow. It's also famous for having a letter column appearance by someone who would become an award-winning science fiction author. Name that author. Legion World's Badwill Ambassador

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397684 07/09/10 09:36 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY Gene Roddenberry? Did I spell it right?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397685 07/09/10 09:37 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society Total guess since it's the first name that popped into my head: Ray Bradbury? Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397686 07/09/10 09:41 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... No and no. Legion World's Badwill Ambassador

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397687 07/09/10 09:47 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society Philip K. Dick? Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397688 07/09/10 09:52 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Larry Niven?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397689 07/09/10 10:46 PM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Blacula Wanderer Blacula Wanderer Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Isaac Asimov

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397690 07/09/10 11:06 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... No to all. Hint: He's had some comic book work published recently. Legion World's Badwill Ambassador

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397691 07/09/10 11:13 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society Stephen King? (more of a horror guy, than a sci-fi guy...) Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397692 07/09/10 11:25 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,601 Liberty City Okay, so he must be old enough to have had a letter published in a comic in the late forties (which means probably born at least before 1940), but presumably he's still alive if he's had comic work published recently. Hmm... everyone I can think of seems to be either too young or dead.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397693 07/09/10 11:28 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society There's another good candidate who's name escaped me when I guessed King, but I have to wait 'til OM confirms or denies, dammit! I think my next guess is right, but I'm afraid someone else will get it first! Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397694 07/10/10 02:04 AM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Blacula Wanderer Blacula Wanderer Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Harlan Ellison?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397695 07/10/10 05:32 AM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 584 Dorset, England S stuorstew Active stuorstew Active S Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 584 Dorset, England Sorry guessed without checking the previous answers

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397696 07/10/10 09:52 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,248 The Underbelly of Society Quote Originally posted by Blacula: Harlan Ellison? That's who I was gonna guess but couldn't remember his name offhand for some reason! I bet that one's right! Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397697 07/10/10 10:40 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Outdoor Miner Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,670 A Huge, Pulsating, Ever-Expand... Indeed it is correct. Ellison recently had a story published in The Spirit. Great job, Blacula. You're up! Legion World's Badwill Ambassador

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397698 07/10/10 11:29 AM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Blacula Wanderer Blacula Wanderer Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,364 Australia Yay! What DC character originally went by the craptacular name Slagger for their first one or two appearances?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397699 07/10/10 12:22 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Sarcasm Kid Wanderer Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 6,764 Bronx, NY Isaiah Crockett, a.k.a. Slagger, Joto, and Hotspot.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #397700 07/10/10 01:06 PM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley Quote Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: No to all. Hint: He's had some comic book work published recently. that threw me off, since I read his to exclude his older comics work from the 80s. The childhood friend Exnihil never had.