Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #35!

By: Clyde Hall

Clyde Hall — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:18:39 +0000

I have a memory from childhood and wanted to check the veracity. When Marvel was publishing FOOM for their fans, they held a contest in which readers could submit an original character idea/drawing and the winner would get to have their creation drawn I think by Jazzy Johnny Romita. I recall seeing some pretty dramatic amateur art for a submitted character called Wolverine, down to extendable claws maybe…it’s been lots of years ago, in the early to mid-70′s. Did that have any part of the Wolverine genesis? Also wondered for a long time if any of those other fan-submitted ideas were harvested later for company characters.

By: M-Wolverine

M-Wolverine — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:05:53 +0000

Just for comment follow up…

By: M-Wolverine

M-Wolverine — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:25:37 +0000

I believe Len Wein, but how he thought yellow and blue with tiger stripes evoked a wolverine (and not a “Wolverine”…I wonder if there’s some trademark cya there), I’ll never know. The brown costume, maybe.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:36:36 +0000

Thanks, Julio!

By: Julio

Julio — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:28:25 +0000

Well, this post is a little old and I don’t know if anybody will read it again, but I’m from Argentina and I can translate that VERY WEIRD message (by the way, written in very bad spanish).
It says: ” Please, Superman is a character with charismatics face and body, He isn’t just muscles, because for being the Man of Steel He doesn’t need to lift weights and show up his muscles, His real face is that of the drawists Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Jim Money, Murphy Anderson, Kurt Schffenberger from the 50′s and 60′s and He never grows old, his clothes are unbreakable, He is not weak against any enemy from Earth or the universe. Please correct that bad action of the modern drawists, possibly since the 80′s, 90′s and 2000. Those drawist maybe has a pact with the devil Satan and because of that they draw Superman with a different face with a devilish, emaciated and weak look. Spread the word to this bad writers and drawists, for they can rectify. And too Smallville Tv Series is a fake, I know it’s true story and dont’ keep going with that huge lie, please do the true story”.
Well, Or He is a very angry ten years old boy or He has a serious mental illness.
I love this section. Yours Truly….

Julio Juri

By: Dan K

Dan K — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:37:45 +0000

He may have a point. I mean, would it suprise anyone to find out that Geoff Johns had made an agreement with Satan and his demons?

By: Dan K

Dan K — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:32:50 +0000

Here’s a bad translation:

please the hero SUPRMAN is a personage of face and charismatic body it is not at all muscles for which being a man of steel it does not need to raise weight and to show muscles his real face is that of the drawer curt swan, to the plastino, jim money, murphy anderson, kurt schffenberger of the epoch or years 50 and 60 and envejese his clothes are never unbreakable they are not weak before any enemy be of the tirra or of the universe please to correct this bad action of the modern drawers possibly from the 80s, 90s and 2000 from now on such drawers of these years might be persons who have agreement with the devil Satan and his demons that there draw to the HERO SUPERMAN with a face changed devilish gaunt aspect and weak pasr you aestos bad drawers and writers who are rectified and tambie the series esmollvill of clarck kent is a farce I meet his vredadera history and do not continue that like that please in similar lie it does the real history.

In brief, I think he’s pissed off.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:28:25 +0000

Yeah, I gave Babelfish a shot at first, and it was pretty indecipherable.

I know we must have some bi-lingual folks here, though, right? Help us, people!!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:06:57 +0000

Babelfish can’t decipher it into something readable. Something about the devil possessing current artists to explain why Superman’s musculature is so much more defined than in the days of Swan, et al?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:32:23 +0000

Translation, anyone?

By: alberto ramirez sanchez

alberto ramirez sanchez — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:19:54 +0000

por favor el heroe SUPRMAN es un personaje de rostro y cuerpo carismatico no es nada musculos por que siendo hombre de acero no necesita levantar pesas y mostrar musculos su verdadero rostro es el del dibujante curt swan, al plastino ,jim money, murphy anderson, kurt schffenberger de la epoca o aÃ±os 50 y 60 y nunca envejese su ropa es irrompible no es debil ante cualquier enemigo sea de la tirra o del universo por favor corregir esta mala accion de los dibujantes modernos posiblemente a partir de los aÃ±os 80 ,90 y 2000 en adelante tales dibujantes de estos aÃ±os podrian ser personas que tienen pacto con el diablo satanas y sus demonios por que dibujan al HEROE SUPERMAN con un rostro cambiado de aspecto endemoniado demacrado y debil pasr la vos aestos malos dibujantes y escritores que se rectifiquen y tambie la serie esmollvill de clarck kent es una farsa yo conozco su vredadera historia y no sigan asi por favor en semejante mentira haga la verdadera historia .

By: Paulo Coxinha

Paulo Coxinha — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:15:48 +0000