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For the Rob Liefeld one, you put False, but the article seems to indicate true.

During the Cataclysm story, DC put out a book set in a prison called Blackgate: Isle of Men. Say it out loud…

“For the Rob Liefeld one, you put False, but the article seems to indicate true.”

I think the fact that there’s no ‘hard’ evidence to support the claim is the reason for listing it as false.

“I think the fact that there’s no ‘hard’ evidence to support the claim is the reason for listing it as false.”
huh huh huh… you said “hard”…

I believe the Liefeld legend was marked false because the double entendre wasn’t in an “advertisement”, rather it was merely in a listing in Previews.

I always get a giggle out of ‘Darkhawk’.

Thanks! Now I have another reason to hate Rob Liefield. As if I needed another.

Just wanted to point out that Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, does have his face and enough of his body drawn on the bottom left panel of page 4 of Crisis 7.

Speaking of 7″ shafts - no one ever calls Pixar out on Buzz and Woody - there was either a BK or McDonalds toy bag that had something like…’watch your child’s eyes light up as they pull out a 6″ Woody’

-bh

Daredevil wasn’t the only Golden Age character Peter Cannon was derived from–his origin was extremely similar to another Golden Age character, the original Amazing-Man, who was created by Bill Everett. He also was raised by Tibetan monks and had a hooded archenemy who came from the same monastary (The Great Question.) According to Roy Thoma, Amazing-Man’s origin also inspired that of Iron Fist. Of course, Amazing-Man wasn’t the only character from that era to come from Tibet by any means, and there were plenty of hooded villains back then too. But the combination of the two and the fact that he was derived frmo another lesser-known but well-remembered Golden Age character already suggests that Amazing-Man was an influence on Thunderbolt.

Also–Rob Liefield’s shaft is what Alan Moore and Rick Vietch got. And, I love that “Awesome” logo on the side of the action figure. It really, really isn’t.

I think that the question is whether Liefeld used the double entendre in advertising, or whether someone else did.

Since I wouldn’t trust Liefeld to write a coherent grocery list, I’d assume that the “false” means that someone at Previews came up with the ad.

Theno

So then where did Marvel get the trademark to Daredevil? Was it just up for grabs by 1964?

I just did a fast check of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, I emphasize “fast,” and it doesn’t appear that anyone owned the trademark DAREDEVIL for use with publications until May 19, 1970, ownership was registered to Marvel (after filing for registration on August 21, 1967).

Did anyone notice Thunderbolt’s appearance in the Wonder Woman Annual? He appeared in the background of a panel, along with the other Charlton characters, in the back-up story that related WW’s, Nemesis’s, and Sarge Steel’s origins/backgrounds. Thunderbolt went unnamed, but then all the characters did, but what I found interesting was that all the Charlton “action heroes” were drawn to reflect their appearances during the 60s, except for Thunderbolt. He was drawn in a costume that resembled the one used in the 1992 mini-series.

Brian’s text, re: Shaft–”So it should not come as such [sic] of a surprise that this is, indeed, true.”

This proves inarguably that the word “False” in the intro was not Brian’s intent. Okay?

I think the main problem I’ve been having with a lot of these articles lately, is that you seem to be determined to give a true or false statement when sometimes none exists. In the case of the Rob Liefield’s Shaft legend, for instance, you should have really just put “Inconclusive” or something to that effect. I realize most of us will read the article, and the up front statement will have little bearing, but it does color our first impression, and leaves the reader dissatisfied at the end.

Yeah, I always got a kick out of marketing of the “Toy Story” figures. The kids of America had to choose whether they wanted a “buzz” or a “woody’!

So was/is Thunderbolt a speedster? I don’t remember Ozmyndias being one in Watchmen. So what were Thunderbolts powers?

Thunderbolt’s powers — such as they were — derived from his ability to focus his concentration, and thus operate at a peak level of human potential. Like Doc Savage, for example, or a somewhat less imposing Captain America.

[[Yeah, I always got a kick out of marketing of the “Toy Story” figures. The kids of America had to choose whether they wanted a “buzz” or a “woody’!]]

Well, thankfully, most people DON’T look for double entendres everywhere. I mean, seriously, thinking bad things about the Toy Story characters? Yeesh.

(Granted, certain words and names do gain the wrong meaning in popular use… like “gay”, for example, which originally just meant “happy.”)

damn i already can’t stand liefeld’s constipated art. but od we have to see it as three-dimensional-plastic ???

This proves inarguably that the word “False” in the intro was not Brian’s intent. Okay?

Thank you for setting the record straight on this extremely important matter. It is a serious issue and I, for one, appreciate your serious response.

For the Rob Liefeld one, you put False, but the article seems to indicate true.

Ha! Sorry, guys, for such trouble over a typo! Fixed it! Thanks!

A five-year-old child once told me he had a ten-inch Woody.

The next thing he said was “What’s so funny?”

“By the 1960s, the comic was finished completely, so when he was looking for a project to bring to Charlton Comics, which were producing some new superhero comics to coincide with the recent Silver Age superhero comeback.”

This sentence does not make sense. Otherwise, an interesting read as always, Brian.

To my surprise, Thunderbolt made a one panel cameo in a flashback sequence in a DC book which came out in the last few weeks.
Sadly, I can’t remember which one. All I recall is that it’s a funeral scene featuring the various Charleton heroes. Blue Beetle perhaps?

Paragraph 5 of the 1st urban legend:

By the 1960s, the comic was finished completely, so when he was looking for a project to bring to Charlton Comics, which were producing some new superhero comics to coincide with the recent Silver Age superhero comeback.

“He” is referring to PAM I presume but the last name mentioned prior to the pronoun is Daredevil. (The last non-fictional name mentioned is Brio.) The sentence itself is incomplete. It could be a complete, albeit IMHO poorly worded, sentence if the word “so” is removed.

“By the 1960s, the comic was finished completely, so when he was looking for a project to bring to Charlton Comics, which were producing some new superhero comics to coincide with the recent Silver Age superhero comeback.”

This sentence does not make sense. Otherwise, an interesting read as always, Brian.

Yeah, it looks like I just left out a clause there! Thanks, Da Fug! And thanks for the compliment!

Double entendres rule!

I was hoping Marvel MAX would bring back “Giant-Size Man-Thing”.

“Amazing Adult Fantasy” would be another.

Are you in the mood for some “Jungle Action”?

Or how about “Marvel Two-in-One”?

Where’s Pedro? He always shows up when people start to bash Liefeld. He’s be able to tell us if there was any truth to the expression ‘Truth In Advertising’.

A two part suggestion:

1) did Mark Millar intend for the superhero who started the Marvel Zombies plague to be Superman? The art in UFF #22 certainly seems to point that way, with only the coloring suggesting someone else.

2) if that’s the case, was this art for Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #2 redrawn to look more like the Sentry? His belt almost looks like an afterthought…

1) did Mark Millar intend for the superhero who started the Marvel Zombies plague to be Superman? The art in UFF #22 certainly seems to point that way, with only the coloring suggesting someone else.

Well it’s meant to be the Sentry, who is basically a Superman rip-off/stand-in.
(and who worked in that mini, but I just don’t see the point to him out of it).

Ah, the Shaft ad. Right around the same time as Todd McFarlane’s 12″ Violator.

Any vagueness in my depiction of the character was due to my not having sufficient reference and not really knowing what powers the character had. I thought he was a speedster.

Does anyone else find this answer to this great urban legend hilarious?

All the folks, “Hmm..sounds like it could be a legal thing.”
“I just didn’t know what he looks like”

I always wondered if the text for one of the early Apocalpyse figures (I guess late 80s/early 90s) was intentional.

“Slide a switch on his staff to expose a magic jewel”

Well it’s meant to be the Sentry, who is basically a Superman rip-off/stand-in.

Sure, now, but he’s never called the Sentry in the original book, and the costume didn’t have any blatantly “Sentry” elements other than the coloring. So did Millar plan for it to be the rip-off/stand-in, or the real thing? Did editorial come down and say “color him yellow and blue instead of blue and red so we don’t get sued”, and in the Army of Darkness crossover, did they make the artist add the more Sentry-centric costume elements?

[quote]During the Cataclysm story, DC put out a book set in a prison called Blackgate: Isle of Men. Say it out loud… [/quote]

I’m sorry. I don’t get it. what am I supposed to be hearing?

“I love men”

That’s nice, but what are we supposed to be hearing?

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Like all men Rob was lying… that shaft wasn’t even 5 inches tall.

I had forgotten the name, but looking back I realize that as a child I played with Rob Liefeld’s Shaft.