Lorendiac’s Lists
Lorendiac’s Lists: 14 Motives for Becoming a Supervillain
Here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest!- BC. Given that some characters find themselves with extraordinary powers, weapons, scientific genius, or other skills and gimmicks, why do so many of them choose to use their advantages for criminal purposes? Last year I cranked out a long list [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: The Master List of U.S. Flagsuit Characters (Second Draft)
Here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest list, a special Fourth of July treat for you fine readers!- BC. In June of 2007, on various forums, I requested help from my fellow fans in compiling a list of “Flagsuit Characters” who like to dress and act in [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: Who Knew Bruce Was Batman, Pre-Crisis? (2nd Draft)
Again, here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest list- BC. A few months ago I posted my latest draft of a list of all the people who, in the years since 1986, have known Batman’s secret identity and in some cases have then “lost” the knowledge (by [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: Timeline of when Gold Kryptonite Has Been Used (1st Draft)
Again, here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here – BC. Last summer I suddenly started wondering just how often Gold Kryptonite, arguably the “ultimate weapon” to use against a super-powered Kryptonian, has actually been used to depower someone. In theory, the Earth-1 Superman (of the Silver and Bronze Ages) constantly had the [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: What To Do With a Supervillain After You Catch Him/Her: 6 Options
(For an archive of Lorendiac’s Lists, click here – BC) Imagine that you’re a superhero. Once again, you have identified the villain of the week who must be stopped, and you’ve tracked him down, fought him in a massive slugfest, and finally defeated him. Terrific! Now that you’ve got him on the ropes, what do [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: Who Knows Batman is Bruce Wayne?
Just over a year ago, I stumbled across a thread on DC’s boards in which a bunch of people were throwing out names of people who knew Batman’s secret identity. However, no one had bothered to try to compile all the suggestions into one neat, orderly list, to make life easier for those of us [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: A Few Requirements For Being a Hero
This is a revised version of something I wrote and posted in 2004. Years ago I asked myself what the basic ingredients were that made a fictional character qualify as a “hero” in my eyes. Just winning lots and lots of fights with “bad guys” didn’t prove you were a much better person than your [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: The Comic Book Fan’s Bill of Rights (First Draft)
I wrote most of this a few months ago, after I had stumbled across a blog entry at http://www.engel-cox.org/textvision/a_funny_book_bill_of_rights.html in which Glen Engel-Cox posted his own criticisms of a work called “Comic Book Reader’s Bill of Rights Version 1.0.” If I’m reading things correctly, the original was written by a guy named Marc Mason for [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: 12 Rationales for a Hero-Versus-Hero Slugfest on the Cover
12 Rationales for a Hero-Versus-Hero Slugfest on the Cover So you want to have the cover show two (or more?) superheroes going at it hammer and tongs. Of course, if both combatants are superheroes then theoretically they ought to be on the same side . . . most of the time. How do you rationalize [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists Archive
Awhile back, Lorendiac began sharing with us his latest cool lists that he does. I showed an archive of his past lists, but as they were on geocities at the time, the traffic we sent over was a bit too much to handle. Luckily, he has since archived his lists on livejournal, so you can [...]
Lorendiac’s “Character Aliases That Marvel and DC Have Both Used” (2nd Draft)
Part 1: Preamble and Ground Rules Pop Quiz! Study these lists carefully before committing yourself! Remember, spelling and punctuation count for a lot! LIST #1 Magneto Professor X The Vulture Spider Girl Blink Dr. Doome Yellowjacket The Wasp Bull’s-Eye Molecule Man And then we have: LIST #2 Huntress Impulse Manhunter Oracle Raven Specter Ravager Zealot [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: 13 Reasons to Quit the Superhero Racket
Several months ago I wrote a piece entitled “10 Types of Superhero Successors” (linked at the bottom of this piece.) The mission statement was to list all the rationales I’ve seen different writers use for having a “new guy” step forward to replace an “old guy” in the superhero racket while recycling the same heroic [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: An Introduction
The poster named Lorendiac has been doing a series of numbered lists examining various cliches and the like that are peculiar to superhero comics. He attempts to identify every possible, say, “excuses for bringing back a dead character” or “ways to end a superhero’s romance,” and then he proceeds to detail each one, with examples [...]
