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Edge & Christian posted:John Byrne's whole thing by the early 1990s when he did Avengers West Coast (and only hardened going forward) was this sort of weird FRAMER'S INTENT philosophy. It got even worse after Kirby died and Byrne briefly batted around trying to take on the mantle of The New King, Heir to Jack's Throne before getting slapped down violently by well, everyone. this might actually be the most pompous thing I've ever heard jesus christ every Byrne story I've ever heard has been a horror tale
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Lobok posted:Former alias: Bambi...? Hey man, it's comic books. When you lose a parent you get into some weird poo poo in comic books.
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Lobok posted:Former alias: Bambi...? "mind transferred by Doctor Strange into body of fawn" What would YOU have called him afterwards?
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:I love Chondu the Mystic. Some other good Chondu looks: I think this guy was in the post Civil War "Heroes For Hire" series centered around Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. Someone else can probably confirm or deny.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:"mind transferred by Doctor Strange into body of fawn" This was in between him being Nighthawk II for a while and then being transformed into his Final Fantasy villain final boss form. This character needs to be in a movie* so he can join Ultron and Thanos in the "Technically A Disney Villain" shindig. * - Unless he already has? The name Chondu sounds familiar? E: Right right. Bad Blue Spacedad's name escaped me for a bit there. Rahonavis fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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You're thinking of Yondu from Guardians.
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Blockhouse posted:this might actually be the most pompous thing I've ever heard jesus christ I am admittedly extremely biased because I will never, ever forgive Byrne for touching Kirby's Fourth World.
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X-O posted:Hey man, it's comic books. When you lose a parent you get into some weird poo poo in comic books. It was Gerber's defenders run and completely batshit. Hulk made friends such a deer and named it Bambi.
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:I am admittedly extremely biased because I will never, ever forgive Byrne for touching Kirby's Fourth World. It was a Bad Touch.
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In John Byrne's defense, he did a pretty great Nixonian bit of begging the question rather than outright saying it. From 1993, when Kirby was still around and Next Men was new: quote:Once upon a time yours truly was considered the Number One Talent in comics, at least in terms of the available crop of comic artists. This is not ego speaking. This is a statement of simple fact. The mantle once worn by the likes of Jack Kirby and Neal Adams had settled about my shoulders. quote:Toward the end of the conversation [about Kirby's passing, Byrne's art dealer] said something that took me totally by surprise. "Better take care of yourself," he said. "You're The King now."
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Christ, what an rear end in a top hat. Also, I can't believe I'm the first one to bring up Radiation Roy from that DC page. How have I never heard of Radiation Roy?!
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hup posted:Christ, what an rear end in a top hat. Me neither, and I even read Who's Who countless times as a kid. Reminds me of Roddy Radiation, the lead guitarist of the Specials.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Reminds me of Roddy Radiation, the lead guitarist of the Specials. "Rat Race" could be Radiation Roy's theme song.
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Day 65: Tatterdemalion I'm not sure if I actually remember this guy from something or if I just remember someone that looks an awful lot like him. I know I've read some of the issues in his bibliography but I can't remember specifics.  
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X-O posted:Day 65: Tatterdemalion I remember saying something cute and innocent earlier about not being able to decide which of those hideous fleshpile villains was the grossest. Here's a dude who uses his body odor as a weapon. 
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So he's just an especially smelly and greasy tap dancer? How did he survive multiple encounters with a goddamn werewolf?
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Begemot posted:So he's just an especially smelly and greasy tap dancer? Peak human abilities, just like everyone else in these write ups it seems. I'm assuming Satanish is some sort of Demon he made a pact with?
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remusclaw posted:Peak human abilities, just like everyone else in these write ups it seems. I'm assuming Satanish is some sort of Demon he made a pact with? According to the appearance summaries, he only teamed up with Satannish in his last appearance. His first two were fighting Werewolf by Night and Spider-man!
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Too bad all the entries in the Handbook weren't like Tatterdemalion's section on Personal Weaponry and written in reference to how much they could hurt or affect Wonder Man. (This post was enhanced by Satannish.)
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I guess grease and kevlar is enough to keep a Werewolf at bay. It would keep me away for sure.
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His stink is especially offensive to dogs.
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This dude looks like the first boss in a Castlevania ripoff.
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I like the raised eyebrow. He just smelt it.
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"The Tatterdemalion is mentally disturbed." Well yeah, look at those boots.
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FYI, "tatterdemalion" literally just means a person wearing ragged clothing. Synonymous with "ragamuffin".Lurdiak posted:This dude looks like the first boss in a Castlevania ripoff. He looks like someone crossed Scarecrow with The Shadow.
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Oddly enough, the only issues I bought of Avengers West Coast as a sallow teenager in the early nineties were the first two parts of the story involving Night Shift (enhanced by Satannish). From memory, they all had seedy, crappy origins - I think the Brothers Grimm were pornographers whose business was ruined by the Avengers or something. Unfortunately, I didn't get the third issue, so I was left with Spiderwoman, USAgent and Wonderman strapped to a giant spinning wheel, being menanced by a giant demonic claw.
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oh giant demonic claw, what high hopes we had for you.
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Tatterdemalion is awesome and I will fight you if you disagree. He is quite literally Captain Homeless Guy. He was a star, then he ran a casino, then the mob swindled him out of everything he owned, he started drinking, he became a derelict, he lived on the streets, and then he got recruited into an army of homeless people who were being controlled by ultrasonics on behalf of a group called The Committee - which was a bunch of L.A. businesspeople who thought a climate of fear would stimulate the economy. No, seriously. He wants to destroy money because it is the means by which the elite control the rest of us. He's the 99%.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Tatterdemalion is awesome and I will fight you if you disagree. Ahem, you neglect to mention, controlled by ultrasonics by a guy whose supervillain origin is that he got busted so hard for pirating casette tapes that he had no choice but to invent a whistle that could mind control homeless people AND ghouls AND werewolves. Werewolf by Night was a treasure.
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Finally an answer to the question: what if scarecrow and the shadow hosed?
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Day 66: Tiger Shark If you've been reading comics for any extended period of time you've probably run across some book where Tiger Shark was a minor villain. He started as a Namor villain but pops up from time to time it seems in many books. He's really goofy looking and impractical, his head is like a shark's fin. No relation to the '80s cartoon Tigersharks.  
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Tiger Shark is top of my 'looks most likely to get killed by Brock Samson' list of villains.
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RandallODim posted:Tiger Shark is top of my 'looks most likely to get killed by Brock Samson' list of villains. See also The Battling Bantam
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And yet this guy was worthy of a Marvel Legend, so someone must remember him.
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Tiger Shark is basically "what if Sabretooth was half-fish?"
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hup posted:Christ, what an rear end in a top hat. He's a Legion of Super-Heroes villain. Nobody's ever heard of, like, 99% of any of them.
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X-O posted:Day 66: Tiger Shark He went in for a bad back and walked out with shark + Namor powers. This might be the most amazing doctor visit ever. Also, wasn't he actually mutated into a shark/human hybrid at one point? I swear in the 90's Thunderbolts he appeared and was all sorts of "evolved"
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GPTribefan posted:He went in for a bad back and walked out with shark + Namor powers. This might be the most amazing doctor visit ever. "I made my patients faster and stronger and more alive than ever! And for that they took away my license! Called me a quack! Well I'll show them what it means to be a quack! They're about to get billed by... DOCTOR DUCK!!!"
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Rirse posted:And yet this guy was worthy of a Marvel Legend, so someone must remember him. Looks like Ed McGuinness' Tiger Shark. Only time I thought the character looked cool.
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Rirse posted:And yet this guy was worthy of a Marvel Legend, so someone must remember him.
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