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Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398526 02/21/11 11:03 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 I'll be thinking of a question and post one tomorrow Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398527 02/22/11 09:52 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 Ok, in the MAD parody of the Superman comic (Superduperman), who was the Unknown Monster? Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398528 02/23/11 06:41 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati L lancesrealm Wanderer lancesrealm Wanderer L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati Stan Lee?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398529 02/23/11 06:39 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 nope. The Story was written in 1953, so Stan wasn't a threat to DC yet. Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398530 02/23/11 08:37 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Captain Marbles?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398531 02/23/11 08:44 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 Yes, Captain Marbles (aka Captain Marvel) was the Unknown Monster. SHAZOOM! Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398532 02/23/11 08:49 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Wow... that was a complete shot in the dark. I've never even read that era of Mad, just read about it in articles and such.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398533 02/23/11 09:13 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Which Golden-Age DC hero appears on the cover of "The Big All-American Comic Book," but does not appear in a story contained within?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398534 02/23/11 09:27 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,247 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,247 The Underbelly of Society Total guess: Mr. Terrific? Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398535 02/24/11 08:16 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Nope, Terry Sloane got "Fair Play" with an internal story (the only Mr. Terrific story I've ever read, actually) but another character did not.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398536 02/24/11 10:15 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... The King?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398537 02/24/11 10:57 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Nope... no King appearance, inside or out. The question again is, Which Golden-Age DC hero appears on the cover of "The Big All-American Comic Book," but does not appear in a story contained within?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398538 02/24/11 11:03 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Sargon?

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398539 02/24/11 11:07 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Bingo! That's the one. Sargon the Sorcerer is peeking out of the second row on the cover, but is nowhere to be found inside.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398540 02/24/11 04:53 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati L lancesrealm Wanderer lancesrealm Wanderer L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati Wow...this was included in the DC Comics Rareties archive, which I have suddenly decided I really want.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398541 02/24/11 07:25 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati L lancesrealm Wanderer lancesrealm Wanderer L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati Hey..turns out a local library has this. Cool!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398542 02/24/11 09:18 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 Exnihil Legionnaire! Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695 I think you'll love it, Lance. Apart from the Big All-American, which is a great Golden Age sampler, it also contains the two issues of World's Fair Comics, which are a wonderful and, at times, bizarre look at the world of 1939. My wife got me that archive for Christmas a few years back and it's one of my favorites.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398543 02/25/11 12:03 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati L lancesrealm Wanderer lancesrealm Wanderer L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,267 Cincinnati Will probably get it Saturday. Thanks for disrupting my weekend, Ex...

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398544 02/25/11 11:40 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... The Golden Age was filled with anti-Nazi tales in which heroes battled Adolf Hitler analogues. The answer is one of the best. Which golden age hero battled a Hitler analogue whose country was called Kampfland, (re: Deutschland + Mein Kampf).

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398545 02/25/11 12:07 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,247 The Underbelly of Society L Lard Lad Time Trapper Lard Lad Time Trapper L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,247 The Underbelly of Society Supes? Still "Lardy" to my friends!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398546 02/25/11 12:16 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Not Supes, though this sounds like the quintessential Siegel wartime Superman story.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398547 02/25/11 03:15 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 The Spirit? The childhood friend Exnihil never had.

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398548 02/25/11 06:48 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,049 Perth, Australia Xben Leader Xben Leader Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,049 Perth, Australia The American Crusader Legion Creators Hall of Fame - 2021 Inductees The truth set me free

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398549 02/25/11 08:21 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 Captain Marvel? Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two #398550 02/25/11 08:28 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... All good gueses but incorrect!