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Perhaps she was adopted formally and so took the same name. Or her mother chose to name her that.
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Or maybe the writers were just lazy.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I suppose since Herman was adopted, it might make sense if the "plainness" of Marilyn was explained by her mother marrying into the same (presumably non-monstrous) family that adopted Herman.
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That seems like a plausible explanation to me!
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Except that Herman explicitly said that Marilyn was Lily's sister's daughter and that her looks surely didn't come from his side of the family.
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Herman Melville's Moby Dick was one of the first books I ever read. We kept joking about the sperm whale named Dick.
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Moby Dick received terrible reviews at the time it was published. It was only with the passage of time that its status as a classic was cemented.
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I appreciated the lessons behind it.
From a childish point of view, we giggled that the sperm whale was white.
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In an early Facts of Life episodes, one of the girls tries pot, gets stoned and writes a book report on Moby Dick saying that Moby wasn't a whale, but rather a giant marshmallow sundae.
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My cousin shared what seemed like a fake article. A dad caught his son with ecstasy, and force-fed him the whole back. The son almost died, but the dad was not remorseful at all. I call BS on that. http://wundergroundmusic.com/father...-him-lesson-by-making-him-take-them-all/
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I think dealing openly with drug abuse is one of the marks of the transition from the Silver Age of comics to the Bronze Age. In 1969, Brin's addiction is to "lotus fruit", a fictional fruit with a name that is a reference to The Odyssey. Just two years later, Roy Harper is caught shooting heroin.
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Light Lass was really impressive in that lotus fruit story.
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Even though I generally love Ayla, I think the Lotus Fruit story is kind of silly, a bit too "on the nose" as the saying goes.
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The border between the Silver Age and the Bronze is probably the most debated. At least for DC, the Golden Age is usually from Action #1 (first appearance of Superman) to All-Star #57 (last appearance of the JSA). Showcase #4 (first appearance of Barry Allen) is almost always cited as the start of the Silver Age. The Crisis on Infinite Earths is the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of whatever comes after it.
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... a bit too "on the nose" as the saying goes. Well, better on the nose than up it I think dealing openly with drug abuse is one of the marks of the transition from the Silver Age of comics to the Bronze Age... There were pre code comics that mentioned drugs. If anything the code got in the way. {quote=Rockhopper Lad...a book report on Moby Dick saying that Moby wasn't a whale, but rather a giant marshmallow sundae.[/quote] "Call me Ishmael," is supposed to be one of the best openings. But my edition had several pages explaining whaling before that. I think they were by Melville too. Don;t talk to me about prefaces. They be opening lines they be, ahaaaaarrrrgh!
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Speaking of noses, mine itches. Drura!!
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The border between the Silver Age and the Bronze is probably the most debated. At least for DC, the Golden Age is usually from Action #1 (first appearance of Superman) to All-Star #57 (last appearance of the JSA). Showcase #4 (first appearance of Barry Allen) is almost always cited as the start of the Silver Age. The Crisis on Infinite Earths is the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of whatever comes after it. I personally consider the end of the Bronze Age to be the launch of New Teen Titans, the first Marvel-challenging success that DC had had in many years (and, tellingly, from a creative team made up of ex-Marvel creators.)
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I usually use the Legion as my frame of reference, si I associate the end of the Silver Age with the end of the Advebture/Action Era.
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EDE once said words to the effect that The Great Darkness Saga could be considered the end of the Bronze Age Legion.
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I seem to remember that. There was a discussion that the tone of the shifted after GDS,
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Yes, he said he thought Levitz became more deconstructive towards the Legion after GDS.
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They did seem less cohesive in terms of camaraderie. In End of an Era, the Time Trapper said the peak of the team's camaraderie was just before Ferro Lad's death. I tend to agree.
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I prefer that deconstruction era of the Legion, though that does NOT include the 5YL Legion.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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There were some great stories then, but I prefer my Legion to have a high amount of camaraderie and friendship.
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Oh the Silver Age Legion holds a special place in my heart too!
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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