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I didn't realize that about thor. Must not come up much.
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What, the reversion? I don't think it's applicable anymore because— unless I'm mistaken— he's separated completely from Blake now.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:41
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Thor only ever had a secret identity because they are just a thing super heroes had to have.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:42
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ManiacClown posted:What, the reversion? I don't think it's applicable anymore because— unless I'm mistaken— he's separated completely from Blake now.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:49
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Metal Loaf posted:Okay, so about 20 years ago there was a Simpsons comics crossover where everyone in Springfield except Bart gets superpowers when the nuclear plant explodes (I especially liked Troy McClure as the Sequelizer, who can create an infinite number of copies of himself, but each is only half as powerful as the one before it) and Bartman has to team up with Radioactive Man to stop them. Unfortunately I don't have a scan, but there's this great scene where Smithers has become "the Mighty Smiter" ("By the buns of Burns! I am surrounded by the renegade Fission Division!"), who wields "Kjolnir! Key to the Executive Washroom!" and says stuff like, "There is only one thing I can do, even though it breaks all the laws of physics! I must hurl Kjolnir skyward, neglecting to let go, thus achieving flight!" All the Springfieldianite super-characters are hilarious. The joke couldn't have carried on indefinitely (and I think Pieman and Cupcake Boy will bear me out on this), but for the short little thing it was, it was great. Wish I had the issues here to scan.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:52
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Ghostlight posted:Unless they changed it [again], there was no actual separate Blake - it was just false memories as part of his enchantment, and he stopped switching back and forth between them when he siphoned off his power to Beta Ray Bill. When JMS restarted the series he had Blake as a separate guy. WickedHate posted:Thor only ever had a secret identity because they are just a thing super heroes had to have. Same with his weakness where he can't let go of Mjolnir for longer than 60 seconds.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:54
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I recall Eric Masterson having that same weakness in Infinity Gauntlet.
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Numero6 posted:
Didn't Invincible have a running gag very similar to this panel where the person being carried would mumble,"This is so gay"?
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Jul 14, 2014 23:55
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Jerusalem posted:Didn't Invincible have a running gag very similar to this panel where the person being carried would mumble,"This is so gay"?
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Jul 14, 2014 23:56
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Senior Woodchuck posted:I recall Eric Masterson having that same weakness in Infinity Gauntlet. And as Thunderstrike.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:57
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Jerusalem posted:Didn't Invincible have a running gag very similar to this panel where the person being carried would mumble,"This is so gay"? I thought it was the other way around, Invincible or whoever was doing the carrying would say "this is so gay" while the one he was carrying would have a look of childlike glee while being carried.
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Sefer posted:I thought it was the other way around, Invincible or whoever was doing the carrying would say "this is so gay" while the one he was carrying would have a look of childlike glee while being carried. Yeah you're right. It happened at least three times.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:03
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There was also the time Thor had the identity Jake Olsen, but it was a strange one as secret identities go since the original Olsen was a thieving junkie who died, and because Thor was only using it like a Witness Protection Program for a while.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:39
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Senior Woodchuck posted:All the Springfieldianite super-characters are hilarious. The joke couldn't have carried on indefinitely (and I think Pieman and Cupcake Boy will bear me out on this), but for the short little thing it was, it was great. Wish I had the issues here to scan. Yeah, I used to have the Bartman TPB they put out, but I gave it away ages ago. I posted these panels earlier in the thread, though:    I believe these were from Simpsons Comics #5.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:55
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 Symbolism.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:57
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See? This is what happens when you let a woman wear shorts instead of a skirt. Next thing you know she's destroying phalluses left and right. Soon she'll be voting.
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Jul 15, 2014 01:39
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Cuchulain posted:Soon she'll be voting. Ha! And how would she get to the voting station with no man to drive her there? 
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Jul 15, 2014 01:45
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Cuchulain posted:See? This is what happens when you let a woman wear shorts instead of a skirt. Next thing you know she's destroying phalluses left and right. Soon she'll be voting. Supergirl doesn't seem to have much respect for elected authorities. (Via Supergirl #10, art by Saaf and Colletta) 
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Jul 15, 2014 03:43
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laz0rbeak posted:Supergirl doesn't seem to have much respect for elected authorities. (Via Supergirl #10, art by Saaf and Colletta) Oh man, Prez Rickard sighting!
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Jul 15, 2014 04:53
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I had no idea until a few months ago that Prez Rickard was not a character Neil Gaiman just made up.
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Jul 15, 2014 05:41
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Gaiman has a great imagination but coming up with a character like Prez is way out of his wheelhouse.
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Jul 15, 2014 05:44
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I love his character info on Wikipedia.
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Jul 15, 2014 05:51
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Say Nothing posted:
I'm not sure Supergirl committing random acts of Superdickery means your mind warp worked, but tell yourselves that if it makes you feel better.
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The MSJ posted:I love his character info on Wikipedia. What? No mention of his ping-pong skills? 
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Jul 15, 2014 13:20
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The MSJ posted:I love his character info on Wikipedia. I'd never heard of this guy before, and now I'm convinced Jonz Rickard from Avengers Forever is a joke I missed.
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Jul 15, 2014 13:31
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Lobok posted:There was also the time Thor had the identity Jake Olsen, but it was a strange one as secret identities go since the original Olsen was a thieving junkie who died, and because Thor was only using it like a Witness Protection Program for a while. And also that time in Civil War when he was given a secret identity of a IT specialist.
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Jul 15, 2014 13:36
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Endless Mike posted:There was also the time Nick Fury gave him glasses and the identity of Sigurd Jarlson and worked construction and his boss thought he was Spider-Man. So fantastic.  I can't find the panel where Fury refers to glasses as "cheaters" and says "they always worked for that other guy".   The first one is, I think, from Walt Simonson's first issue of Thor. Not sure about the specific number. Or the number of the second one. 
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Jul 15, 2014 13:42
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Somebody please write a story where Spider-Man is busy so Thor puts on the costume to cover for him.
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Jul 15, 2014 14:53
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The MSJ posted:Somebody please write a story where Spider-Man is busy so Thor puts on the costume to cover for him. Even Loki couldn't wear that costume without it ripping. Thor's frame would tear it to shreds.
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Jul 15, 2014 15:14
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Lobok posted:Even Loki couldn't wear that costume without it ripping. Thor's frame would tear it to shreds. Spider-man's ultimate secret: really, he just wears a cup and the rest is body paint.
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Jul 15, 2014 15:25
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prefect posted:So fantastic. I like to think there were kids who read that and weren't familiar with DC, and it just never clicked for them who the bumbling reporter with the blue suit and extremely strong jawline was supposed to be, until it blew their minds years later.
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Endless Mike posted:And also that time in Civil War when he was given a secret identity of a IT specialist. That was Hercules, which makes it even funnier.
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Jul 15, 2014 15:56
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Gavok posted:That was Hercules, which makes it even funnier. Oh duh. Thor was dead during Civil War.
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Phy posted:I like to think there were kids who read that and weren't familiar with DC, and it just never clicked for them who the bumbling reporter with the blue suit and extremely strong jawline was supposed to be, until it blew their minds years later. You really think there's a lot of comic-reading kids out there who'd never heard of Superman?
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Not realistically!
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Jul 15, 2014 16:49
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I remember reading as a kid that there were three characters that literally everyone in the world knew -- Superman, Mickey Mouse, and I don't remember the third. Apparently if they'd had any contact at all with the rest of the world, there was simply no way to not know who those three characters were. This is something I only barely remember reading when I was, like, eight though, so take it with a grain of salt.
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Jul 15, 2014 17:10
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Lobok posted:Everyone in comics who can fly just loves zig-zagging around instead of taking the direct path. I'd be grumpy too. That's not really a zig zag. Wolverine weighs three hundred pounds and Storm was really wobbly getting into the air. AnonSpore posted:I had no idea until a few months ago that Prez Rickard was not a character Neil Gaiman just made up. You are going to freak out when you run into Brother Power. Not I'm thinking of all those other guys who lasted less than six issues from DC in the 70's. You can't get much worse than The Green Team.  (First Issue Special #2)
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CapnAndy posted:I remember reading as a kid that there were three characters that literally everyone in the world knew -- Superman, Mickey Mouse, and I don't remember the third. Apparently if they'd had any contact at all with the rest of the world, there was simply no way to not know who those three characters were. I think the third was Super Mario
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Random Stranger posted:Not I'm thinking of all those other guys who lasted less than six issues from DC in the 70's. You can't get much worse than The Green Team.  So which one's the Captain and which one's Tenielle?
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Dacap posted:I think the third was Super Mario It's either him or Jesus IIRC.
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