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Re: (POLL) Obscure Marvel Comics heroes from the 1970s.

timtur...@gmail.com (Tim Turnip) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:51:55 UT

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:45:46 GMT, grinningdemon
Dr. Druid in fact pre-dates Doctor Strange and most of the Marvel
Universe, though he was called "Dr. Droom" in his early Amazing
Adventures stories.

Re: The Shi-Ar and the Imperial Guard

rays...@webtv.net (Raymond Speer) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:24:31 UT

My proposal is to retcon the Shi'Ar Government.
(Q.) Among the Shi'Ar, how are individual liberties protected in a
multi-species, multi-planet Empire?
(A.) Emperor Mucketty Muck VIII realized that centtralized authority
would result in autocrats as Emperor/Empress. Since the Empire had no
legislature and no elections, what was the alternate to autocracy?

Re: (POLL) Obscure Marvel Comics heroes from the 1970s.

vo...@webtv.net — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:46:15 UT

There was some really lame stuff like Team America, Shogun Warriors, It,
Crystar, I have never liked the Eternals so I throw them in too, Devil
Dinosaur really really stunk! I didn't lke Rom for a long time. When he
started interacting in the Marvel Universe he got a lot better. I'm not
sure, but I think Human Fly was cancelled because the real life guy

Re: New Publications Old Canon

kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net (Ken from Chicago) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:40:34 UT

Look at the, ahem, ... reaction ... by the fans at the time and that had
been suggested as being preferrable to the story that got published. Then
again considering TPTB also approved the whole Spidey clone fiasco it shows
the problem lies far higher than one (misblamed) writer.
-- Ken from Chicago

Re: New Publications Old Canon

kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net (Ken from Chicago) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:38:02 UT

And that she'd cheat on Peter--with the Green Goblin. Talk about pouring
acid on an open sucking chest wound.
-- Ken from Chicago

Re: New Publications Old Canon

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:23:47 UT

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:08:24 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
The story would have been a dog any which way.
I'd say most of that venom comes from the idea that Gwen would
WILLINGLY sleep with Norman...especially when she supposedly never
slept with Peter.

Re: New Publications Old Canon

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:20:58 UT

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:06:05 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
Well, it certainly would have made more sense that way...I could maybe
believe that Gwen would keep something like that a secret for the sake
of Peter and Harry...it's still a stretch but not nearly as far out of
character.

Re: (POLL) Obscure Marvel Comics heroes from the 1970s.

donnacha.delongnos...@tiscali.co.uk (Donnacha) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:03:46 UT

news:4177-48F2A303-773@storefull-3332.bay.webtv.net...
He was a 60s villain, he was in Count Nefaria's gang in the X-Men #22/23.
D.

Re: What do you think would happen to Iron Man,if he was left out in the rain overnight?

fal...@ntlworld.com (Fallen) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:46:08 UT

Joe wrote:
He'd betray his oldest friends, become a fascist and get Captain America
killed. Same as if you didn't leave him out in the rain.
Fallen.

Re: New Publications Old Canon

kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net (Ken from Chicago) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:08:24 UT

Yeah, that would have been hard to explain also--tho not quite the venom in
the fans' reaction as to Green Goblin and Gwen.
-- Ken from Chicago

Re: New Publications Old Canon

kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net (Ken from Chicago) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:06:05 UT

If you look at the pictures without the words, apparently the illustrator
thought it was a rape--because, you know, Osborne was a supervillain.
-- Ken from Chicago

Re: New Publications Old Canon

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:13:19 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:00:20 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
Seriously? I must have missed that one...how was it supposed to be
depicted?

Re: New Publications Old Canon

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:11:10 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:00:20 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
Fair enough...but do you really think people wouldn't have been just
as upset if the story had Peter as the father and Gwen never told him
about the kids? Or Mary Jane, who apparently knew this all along,
never told him he had kids? Because I think it would have been a

Re: (POLL) Obscure Marvel Comics heroes from the 1970s.

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:45:46 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:39:03 -0700 (PDT), OddsMkr...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
The Mimic, who could copy mutant powers and had permanently imprinted
the powers of the original X-Men (like Super Skrull with the FF) and
Changeling, who was a shapeshifting mutant who temporarily replaced
Prof. X until he was killed (he's also the prototype for Morph of the

Re: (POLL) Obscure Marvel Comics heroes from the 1970s.

grinningde...@austin.rr.com (grinningdemon) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:24:19 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:23:15 -0500, rays...@webtv.net (Raymond Speer)
wrote:
Weren't Porcupine and Armadillo on that list too?