Comments on: Comic Book Legends Revealed #205

By: M-Wolverine

M-Wolverine — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:51:39 +0000

I hate to have everyone have a “new message” message just to say this, but I have to say finding the “real” Hall of Justice was one of the most awesome Legends yet. That’s so cool, and the picture is great.

So to make up for it, for those who were wondering about the Superpowers Hall of Justice, here it is in all it’s glory-

http://youtu.be/pzdOVqZg7Lk

By: buttler

buttler — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:09:46 +0000

During Morrison’s run, Wally was briefly replaced by a double from an alternate universe who turned out to be bad news, but that was in his own comic. This “Dark Wally” may have shown up in Morrison’s JLA (I don’t remember whether he did or not), but if he did it would have just seemed like Wally was acting a little unusual.

By: ASD

ASD — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:52:49 +0000

Hi there, I’ve been reading these articles and have greatly enjoyed them and the information they offer (I plan on getting the book too someday).
I’m just wondering about something though…did they really replace Wally West as The Flash? I’ve read Morrison’s JLA run and really love it, but I don’t recall Wally nor Kyle ever replaced by other people as Flash or GL. Was that just a random comment?

By: Zor-El of Argo

Zor-El of Argo — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:08:38 +0000

@ taffysaur

Tina was Wally’s first girlfriend after becoming Flash. Her back story on the show and in the comics was the same, except that her husband in the comics was still alive.

By: taffysaur

taffysaur — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:41:43 +0000

Squashua:-
Yeah, Linda Park was on the show quite often, but she was just “The TV News Reporter”. She was at the scenes of crimes and stuff sometimes, telling her camera (and thus the audience) what happened here.
She had no connection with The Flash or Barry Allen though.

Interestingly enough though, when the series begins, Iris is Barry’s girlfriend. She breaks up with him within that first episode (for his pathological tardiness of course) to kind of set up his bad luck with women.
She even comes back more than once, and we remember who she is. I don’t know why they (clearly) deliberately chose Tina over Iris for the show. Maybe just ’cause they needed someone they could turn into a scientist.
(Or even better, was she a scientist in the books? I don’t know her outside the show.)

By: nerdbastards.com | Did You Know The Bat Cave Almost Never Existed?

nerdbastards.com | Did You Know The Bat Cave Almost Never Existed? — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:29:59 +0000

[...] Notice Alfred sitting there. Also according to Comic Book Legends Revealed (which you can read here), the serial is also the origin of the “thin Alfred” [...]

By: Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Weekend Couch Potato

Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Weekend Couch Potato — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:17:37 +0000

[...] Nevertheless, it’s a mildly interesting historical curiosity — this is the first appearance ever of the Batcave, an idea the comics promptly stole for themselves right down to the grandfather-clock entrance. Also this is the movie that prompted the comics to slim down the originally plump Alfred the butler to match his screen incarnation, as played by William Austin (Brian tells you more about that here.) [...]

By: Mateo

Mateo — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:09:23 +0000

Thanks dan.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:49:25 +0000

Number 2 was Pat Broderick I believe. It came up a bit recently in the forums. IIRC Ellis and Broderick have very different versions of what happened.

It would make an interesting legend if we can get the full story.

By: Mateo

Mateo — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:21:14 +0000

Just spent the last two days reading your whole archive. Very cool. I have a couple for you, although I am not sure if they exactly qualify.

1) Dave Sim has mentioned in a couple places a planned issue Cerebus #301, to be created by the Swamp Thing team of Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben. He states that the issue is dead in the water due to a “Don’t darken my door” sort of situation between those three or some such. What was/is the status or plan behind that proposed issue? I thought it sounded like a great idea.

2) Warren Ellis has stated he got an established penciller fired off of one of his earliest Marvel jobs for deviating from his script. I have guessed this may be Doom 2099, but I just don’t know enough about Marvel to know. Seems extreme, especially if it was a 2099 property.

I hope these are helpful. I am especially interested in Cerebus #301, so I hope you find something interesting out.

Thanks
Mateo

By: Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Comic Book Legends Revealed #206

Fri, 08 May 2009 14:23:53 +0000

[...] week, in discussing how the various film and television versions of Alfred (Batman’s butler) have af…, commenter Buttler remarked: We have Lynda Carter to thank for ending the powerless I Ching era of [...]

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:46:51 +0000

Brian,
Book arrived last night from Amazon.co.uk!
Looks great!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Fraser,

I think if Flash had more than one season the relationship with Tina would have developed, much like on Lois & Clark. Unfortunately, CBS put the show in a timeslot that seemed designed to kill the show quick!

By: Fraser

Fraser — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:41:14 +0000

I don’t count Tina as Barry’s girlfriend in the TV show: They had exactly one kiss and came off much more like hero/sidekick. She did get a little possessive when PI Megan Lockhart started sleeping with Barry but that seemed as much about not being the only one trusted with Barry’s secret.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:16:32 +0000

“Also, in pre-Crisis JLA Flash(Barry Allen) had a romance going with Zatanna. Meanwhile, in his own book he was engaged to and planning a wedding with Fiona Webb who, as of her wedding day, did not know Barry was Flash. This indescretion was never dealt with in either book…though it might be why the JLA got exiled to Detroit without the heavy hitters.”

Quick, someone alert Geoff Johns so he can retcon that before it soils Barry Allen’s saintly reputation!

By: JB Grantham

JB Grantham — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:21:09 +0000

In the screen tests for Adam West and Lyle Waggoner for the Batman 60′s tv show, Aunt Harriet is referred to as “our housekeeper, Mrs. Cooper”. I thought that was interesting, as the show was still in the casting process, and apparently the producers had not yet decided that she would be Dick’s “Aunt Harriet”. Alfred is not even mentioned in the screen test scene; it’s possible that Alfred was not a character on the show at this point in production.

For the screen tests, go to http://www.batfriend.com/home.htm, and find the video pages. Fascinating website!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:14:50 +0000

Long-time reader – just wanted to say the book is awesome

By: Squashua

Squashua — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:17:30 +0000

Based on the prices at comicspriceguide.com compares to #1 ($10), Howard the Duck #2 ($4) is not that rare.

By: steven C

steven C — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:54:17 +0000

was that even remotely true?

By: steven C

steven C — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:53:51 +0000

As a kid I ( when I say “I” I mean the gang of kids that used to hang out at the comic store every weekend) was once told by my local comic book store owner that Howard the Duck #2 was rare because a delivery truck carrying thousands of copies got into an accident on the Brooklyn bridge and the copies were destroyed in the resulting fall into the East River.