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[...] About a year ago, I did a column including a legend about whether John Byrne drew a silhouetted penis in an issue of the.... [...]

By: scrooge

scrooge — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:13:23 +0000

lol

By: Desert Son

Desert Son — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:50:48 +0000

Something tells me that the people seeing a penis in that panel see penises all the time in other things, too.

By: H-B

H-B — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:39:57 +0000

What the...
Whether it was intended or not, there IS what seems to be a penis in that panel

By: Chance

Chance — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:18:52 +0000

[quote]Well, there was a place in the DC Universe where masturbation existed at the time it was banned in DC Comic books: Themiscyra, also known as Paradise Island. It was during the visit of several political and religious delegates (as well as reporter Lois Lane), way back during George PÃ©rezâ€™s run. The delegates asked if it was not too hard living without men, and Wonder Woman answered that some chose the way of Artemis (no sex whatsoever), others the ways of Narcissus, and othersâ€¦ Well, as Peter David wrote, thereâ€™s a reason why itâ€™s called â€œParadise Islandâ€. Given that Narcissus is famous for being in love with himself, I think what â€œThe Ways of Narcissusâ€ referred to was pretty obvious. Donâ€™t you think so?[/quote]

Peter David was implying that the inhabitants of Themiscyra were lesbians. That was in the "all-female team" issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE TASK FORCE:

http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/51/24168_20060311013038_large.jpg

...I can't believe I just admitted to reading that title, but it was Peter David.

By: Requin

Requin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:20:25 +0000

I finally found back the old French-Canadian black and white copy of Fantastic Four when I first thought I've seen it so many years ago. Here, I highlighted the alledged penile area:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/steverequin/FF_penis2.jpg

Could be a coincidence, of course. I'm not saying John Byrne put it there. I'm just saying I'm seeing it.

By: Brand Echh

Brand Echh — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:31:47 +0000

Well, if you're going to mention penises in comics, you can see Namor's royal member, at least in outline, in Marvels #1.... or is that just an urban legend?

By: KAM

KAM — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:09:17 +0000

Years ago there was a Canadian show called Prisoners Of Gravity & Morrison talked about the no masturbation thing there. Funny interview if you can find it.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:30:14 +0000

I noticed a Groo "Secret Message" in the recent one-shot from Dark Horse to celebrate groo's 25th Anniversary.

By: Mark S

Mark S — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:15:28 +0000

The Lobo-penis-arm mentioned earlier was actually featured on this very website:
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/02/02/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-36/

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:25:23 +0000

Surely we are all of the consensus that you can see a bit of Commissioner Gordon's penis in The Killing Joke though!

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:24:23 +0000

Secondly, I remember back in an issue of Groo when it was published by Epic said that every issue included a secret message (Usually â€œTis is the secret message.â€ That issue had a list of where they could be found but is this still true? Does every issue of Groo still contain a hidden message or was was that something they did for a joke to get people to look for a secret message and then after that there really wasnâ€™t one?

They did used to do it every issue, but even when I went through a detailed list of them I could only find about a quarter of them. They announced in the letters column (don't ask me where) that they weren't going to do any more though.

Thatâ€™s hilarious, because that is quite literally the third DIFFERENT place Iâ€™ve seen someone say is the penis.

That picture shows it exactly where I see it. TBH, it's clear as day to me. I don't see how anyone can miss it (though I still don't rule out the possibility of it being accidental)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:22:56 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, Jono! It's one I've been working on for awhile - it'll likely pop up some time in the future!

By: Jono

Jono — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:16:52 +0000

Here's an idea for an Urban Legend. I heard that Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Mark Waid, and Tom Peyer had a failed proposal for Superman to radically overhaul the character into a more proactive, politically influential, populist hero sort of thing. Is that true?

By: BPJerusalem

BPJerusalem — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:07:53 +0000

I see John McCain's face.

It's a sign!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:31:06 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, Ethan!

By: Ethan VS

Ethan VS — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:24:41 +0000

Grant didn't know I was doing it. I let my inker and my colorist know, and that was it.

Grant approved later though, laughed, and told me I should have told him. He thought it was funny.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:23:06 +0000

So was Morrison just covering Sciverâ€™s ass then, when he stated in interviews around that time that it was all his idea?

Maybe, or maybe Morrison suggested the idea, and Van Sciver just ran with it.

I dunno.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:19:21 +0000

So was Morrison just covering Sciver's ass then, when he stated in interviews around that time that it was all his idea?