Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #5!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:58:21 +0000

I don’t know which is more striking, the quality of the snark, or the fact that you checked way back here within an hour of him saying that.

I see all the comments as they’re posted, so a comment posted on a 4-year-old post shows up at the same time a comment posted on a post from today.

From your comment from 4 years ago, I take it there used to be more comments on here?

The first 30 or so Comic Book Legends Revealed were transported over from our old website, goodcomics.blogspot.com, so these are just the comments that have popped up since we made the move to this site in 2006.

By: Lord Bounty

Lord Bounty — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:23:00 +0000

I don’t know which is more striking, the quality of the snark, or the fact that you checked way back here within an hour of him saying that.

From your comment from 4 years ago, I take it there used to be more comments on here?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:18:26 +0000

Awesome series, Brian. Please continue.

Thanks, Jacob, but I think that five installments is all I can muster.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:14:19 +0000

Jim, I believe you’re thinking of Gaard (not Skorr). He appeared in Fantastic Four 162 (last page) and 163.
I think there were 1 or 2 minor references to the character later, though the only such I can find online is Fantastic Forces 12, which I’m sure I never read.

I figured the hockey bit was a follow on to the Silver Surfer and the Black Racer, though given how goofy the latter was, maybe Gaard *was* a joke.

Awesome series, Brian. Please continue.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:19:58 +0000

While along the lines of weirdness and believe-it-or-not trivia, wasn’t there an issue of The Fantastic Four that featured a villian (Skorr?) which was a giant hockey goalie? I’m not making this up. The writer must’ve either been insane or done it as an April Fools’ Day gag.

By: Thenodrin

Thenodrin — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:41:10 +0000

Sorry for coming in so late, but I just found this site.

One of the reasons Liefeld cited for leaving Marvel to form Image was the lack of royalty payments and lack of credit to creators in general. So, I never understood how people could believe the myth that those three titles were re-launched to keep from paying him royalties.

Theno

By: steve

steve — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:23:11 +0000

i remember Joe Quesada saying it was because of royalties, back in 2002

By: Superecwfan1

Superecwfan1 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:02:17 +0000

Now that was a good column. I always heard that rumor ” Marvel changed Deadpool , X-Force and Cable ” due to Rob’s royalties. Its nice to see that debunked. Part of me even wondered how Rob could possibly still get money from that years after leaving the company.

And the All-Star Comics cross-over , the things you learn online.

By: Robert McKinney

Robert McKinney — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:08:37 +0000

The Maniaks did not appear in Showcase # 100, but (an older) Silver went on to become Joshua Power’s secretary in the Power Company series.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:30:10 +0000

Iâ€™ve been kinda neglecting my old passion for childrenâ€™s books until I saw Drawnâ€™s post on Lane Smith. Iâ€™ve read one of his books The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs (it was great), and now he has a new book out called John, Paul, Goerge

I don’t get the reference.

By: Rob Rogers

Rob Rogers — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:03:54 +0000

On the story about Agent X, Soldier X, etc.–I have a dim recollection that that was simply a move to make sure that all or most X-Men related books had “X” in the title.

As far as the Maniaks go, I can’t recall for sure, but I think it’s likely that they appeared in Showcase #100. That issue featured every (or nearly every) character who debuted in Showcase up until that point.