Comments on: 8/7 - Curious Cat Asks...

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:47:43 +0000

The "real" name of The Vanisher is Telly Porter.

By: Joshua Strasburg

Joshua Strasburg — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:55:51 +0000

Marionette, your screenname reminds me of another one I like: I just finished reading Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim. In it, there is a short comic featuring a marionette character named Mary Annette.

By: Marionette

Marionette — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:11:06 +0000

The one that made me wince most recently was Ice Kate from the original Batman & The Outsiders.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:29:05 +0000

How is Hein-9 a pun, but L-Ron isn't??
Hein-9 is a reference to Robert Heinlein another Sci-Fi writer...

Just remebered anotehr great 2000AD one: Armoured Gideon...

Story was so-so, but the pun was great. Giant robot smashing things...

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:53:51 +0000

This thread's about dead I guess but I just remembered my favorite pun name!

From the pages of the original X-Force/Cable, but now Punisher War Journal, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent...

George Washington "G.W." Bridge.

I grew up in the Bronx and it took my mother to point that out to me, when I was like 12.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:09:21 +0000

Stefan's right: "Douglock" isn't any kind of pun, it's just a merging of two characters' names when they themselves merged (more or less). Since Betsy Braddock didn't merge with any sort of Warlock when she got her codename, that's not the same thing. The name, for those keeping track, is just dropped on us out of nowhere in New Mutants Annual #2, right on the first page. No explanation or origin.

Actually the only other one I can think of is the little robot girl Elsie Dee, from Larry Hamaâ€™s Wolverine run

You wouldn't beLIEVE how long it took me to get that one...

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:25:08 +0000

Scott Free was mentioned a lot earlier on.
I purposely didn't mention L-Ron, as it's not a pun.
Most of Manga Khan's other robots aren't mentioned more than once--but there was one issue that listed several--all named for SF writers--as was referred to above.

One of those robots was Hein-9, which is a pun.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:48 +0000

Dinah Soar, actually. Because, see, she can fly...

By: sononsj

sononsj — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:11:55 +0000

Dinah Sore, from Byrne's run on West Coast Avengers.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:54:51 +0000

Jack Russel terrier.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:05:20 +0000

Claremont had nothing to do with Douglock. That was Scott Lobdell. Lord knows Claremont fell from grace but I don't think his names ever approached that level of atrocity. The Psylocke / Psy-Key finally thing occurred to me a few years ago, and I really don't know whether Claremont intended it or not. I always saw it as a play on "Shylocke." The best one that hasn't been mentioned so far is the original Mister Miracel, Scott Free. Who else hasn't been mentioned? Actually the only other one I can think of is the little robot girl Elsie Dee, from Larry Hama's Wolverine run... Somebody mentioned Jack Russel. That's the Werewolf By Night. Am I dense? Where's the pun? Is it a kind of dog or something?

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:20:36 +0000

@Eliot

H'lven & The Chipmunks

By: ZZZ

ZZZ — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:56:07 +0000

The Ch'p and D'll one reminds me of the Shi'ar Imperial Guarsdman Warstar, who's actually two symbiotic aliens, B'nee and C'cil.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:33:02 +0000

The warlock idea is a much bigger stretch than Claremont throwing us a terrible punâ€¦

Claremont had already done it with "Douglock" and he's the best there is at cannibalizing his own ideas.

By: Eliot Johnson

Eliot Johnson — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:25:38 +0000

The Green Lantern Ch'p, with his friends D'll and M'nn'e. Their planet was H'lven, which may be a pun I'm not getting. There are several puns in the GL Corps but i'm kinda blanking beyond ch'p & co.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:03:29 +0000

How is "Abe Sapien" a pun?

And yes on the terrible "Psy-key" gag. The warlock idea is a much bigger stretch than Claremont throwing us a terrible pun...

By: Dan K

Dan K — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:47:40 +0000

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Harley Quinn.

My favorites have to be:

3. U-Go Girl from X-Force
2. The Sawn-off Shogun from Sinister Dexter
1. Count Rushmore: The All American Vampire

Admittedly that last one comes from a comic which only exist inside my own head, but I'm going to allow it.

I think Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein should win the award for most bizzare naming pun.

By: Rhod

Rhod — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:30:50 +0000

I'm a big fan of Common Grounds, The Tick and Asterix so I second all the votes for those, also to throw in my own 2 pence:
Venus Bluegenes, from Rogue Trooper

By: joshschr

joshschr — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:23:06 +0000

@ Sigma7:

I was going to pull out the Inigo Montoya "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" on you, but I see it now. Wet fish to the face indeed...

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:43:48 +0000

Building from Nun of the Above, John Rozum's Xombi series had some really goofy names (despite being an AWESOME book that deserves trade paperback treatment!). Xombi once fought Manuel Dexterity, a man from the waist up and a giant hand from the waist down. His wife? Manuela Dexterity!

Also, there were the Sheer Shears, hooded figures with scissors sticking out like beaks from their faces. They were immune to written knowledge, or for those of you that missed it, "paper".