Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #124

By: macsnafu

macsnafu — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:06:25 +0000

Thanks for the Thunderbolt legends. I’ve long liked Morisi’s Thunderbolt issues for Charlton, but didn’t know that he was originally supposed to be a revamp of Biro’s Daredevil. And Perez’s idea that Thunderbolt was a speedster is natural enough, given the character’s name. However, I’m not sorry that DC doesn’t have the rights to the character, given how they treated him in the DC series. Capturing Morisi’s magic on the character won’t be easy.

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By: Chris Stansfield

Chris Stansfield — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:38:28 +0000

I think in order to get a definitive “true” or “false” answer someone is going to have to personally measure.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:27:17 +0000

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

By: RorySm

RorySm — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:30:10 +0000

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

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By: yo go re

yo go re — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:32:20 +0000

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

wokka wokka wokka!

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:07:07 +0000

“I love men”

By: JMCampbell

JMCampbell — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:49:22 +0000

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

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

By: yo go re

yo go re — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:00:22 +0000

Well itâ€™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?

By: viscous

viscous — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:33:11 +0000

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”

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:26:32 +0000

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”

By: Jim M

Jim M — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:29:58 +0000

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

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:23:57 +0000

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).

By: yo go re

yo go re — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:11:05 +0000

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...

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:58:23 +0000

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’.

By: Wilbur Lunch

Wilbur Lunch — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:14:50 +0000

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”?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:34:03 +0000

â€œBy 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.â€

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!

By: Lothor

Lothor — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:08:11 +0000

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: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:06:20 +0000

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?