Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Comics' greatest unanswered questions.

I'm sure there are plenty, but here's a stumper:

Why was Veronica Lodge even attending a public school in the first place? And why would she hit it off with a poor girl who obviously had no appreciation for the things (fashion, etc.) that she held dear?

(That's not to say that these should be questions for which someone, sometime, hasn't attempted to provide an answer -- even an "official" one... Maybe the fine folks at Archie Comics have provided an explanation at some point for this headscratcher...)

How about ...

Mask glue: what makes it different from, say, Elmer's glue? And who sells it?

- Mike

I think Mask glue has been said to be spirit gum, the same thing actors use to attach prosthetic pieces or fake hair (beards, mustaches, sideburns, etc).

Does the Thing poop?

Yes. He sh*ts bricks.

More and more I'm convinced mask glue is the stuff magazines like MOJO and UNCUT use to attach CDs to the issues.

Oh, UNCUT's a music magazine, then?

It's a multimedia mag, really. It has features on music, film, and books.

For example, this last issue has U2 on the cover with a look at the Achtung Baby tour and a preview of the new LP, but the CD collects songs used in Martin Scorcese films, and there's also a lengthy piece on Goodfellas.

She was in public school because her grades were too low for snooty private schools and it was her low self-esteem that made her hang out with someone who she felt was even lower than her. She needed someone around her to feel superior to (not that I've ever read an issue of "Archie" or anything...)

Actually on her second intro (her first appearance in Pep Comics #26 was ignored) Ronnie was asked to the prom by Archie, who already had a date with Betty. When Archie realized this, he enlised Jughead to help him who proceeded to lead Ronnie through a graveyard and a patch of poison ivy. After the subsequent hijinx Ronnie asked her parents to move to Riverdale, most so she could get even with Archie. That's why she originally was attending public school.

As for me reading Archie? I've donated on a couple different occasions a 3'x3' box full of Archie digests to the local childrens hospital. I've also got all the Archie Americana books. They were the first comics I ever picked up as a kid.

And does Aquaman sleep with his eyes open?

An enterprising super-villain with some computer skills could figure out who in any locality is buying up large quantities of spirit gum -- those are the ones who are likely to have secret identities (and/or publish zines with free CD samplers).

Just who the heck *is* Donna Troy?

What came first, Krypton or Daxam?

Who were Huey, Louey, & Dewey Duck's mother and father?

Their mother was Donald's sister Della Thelma Duck, nicknamed Dumbella, and their father was an unnamed brother of Daisy Duck.

The brothers' full names? Huey is Huebert Duck, Dewey is Deuteronomy Duck and Louie's full name is Louis Duck.

First recorded history on Krypton (according to the World of Krypton mini-series) occurred around 500,000 BC. I don't know if it is still the accepted theory or not but if Daxam is a colony of Krytpon, then Krypton came first.

What is the Phantom Stranger's true origin, and what, if any, are the limits of his powers?

There was a great SECRET ORIGINS issue (a Legends tie-in) featuring four possible origins of the Stranger, but has there since been a definitive one?

I think Don Rosa has fleshed out the Duck family tree a bit more, including the nephews' parentage, in recent stories.

The question now is who are the parents of Daisy's nieces -- April, May, and June...

After Crisis, do we exist? ("Our" reality -- which had been depicted as one of the DCU's parallel realities -- was wiped out of existence by Crisis...)

That could explain how Bush won a second term.

Maybe their mother is Donna Duck ?

Of course there is the old classic of What is Mano's glove made of?