Re: Favourite Marvel Comics Character

by Lucy Ingram Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:12 pm

Over here you would be considered like unto a god.

by **tony ingram** Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:23 am

Silogramsam wrote:
nope - the bar's so high, here, that I'm just considered encouragingly smart but with great manual dexterity.

So, rather like a gifted chimp, then? Razz

by Lucy Ingram Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:22 am

Having just watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, I can say with great conviction: don't diss the chimps. They have guns Shocked

by **tony ingram** Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:24 am

Lucy McGough wrote:Having just watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, I can say with great conviction: don't diss the chimps. They have guns

Charlton Heston would have blown them all up regardless. Damn dirty apes.

by Lucy Ingram Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:28 am

We are apes. We're just lacking in the hair department.

by Silogramsam Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:48 pm

no the only gifted chimps (and I mean with $$) here are Trump and some of the Kardashians and by writing this, I realize I'm insulting the real chimps out there so I'll change that to chumps

by Lucy Ingram Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:07 pm

Trump can't be an ape. His hair is fake.

by Silogramsam Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:55 pm

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Is Trump balding, like this guy?

by Lucy Ingram Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:36 pm

Aha! Mystery solved.

by MajorHoy Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:57 am

Lucy McGough wrote:Trump can't be an ape. His hair is fake.

I never met Trump (thankfully), but (many) years ago I met Harry and Leona Helmsley (when they were still alive, mind you) and they seemed nice enough.

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by Lucy Ingram Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:29 am

Well, there's no law of nature saying you can't be rich and nice.

How did you happen to bump into them?

by Silogramsam Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:49 pm

Leona Helmsley wrote:

clearly, you saw her on a good day and you weren't her employee

by Silogramsam Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:50 pm

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a reminder of the intent of this thread...my second favorite Marveler but circa mid-60s only

by **tony ingram** Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:52 pm

Might want to shrink that down a bit...though to be honest, just seeing the Ani-Men again is good enough for me. I liked those guys.

by Lucy Ingram Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:17 pm

Link doesn't work for me.

by Silogramsam Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:54 pm

I actually edited out the original post of the Ani-Men as I couldn't see Murdoch. I replaced it with just Daredevil by Kirby.

by **tony ingram** Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:02 pm

Silogramsam wrote:I actually edited out the original post of the Ani-Men as I couldn't see Murdoch. I replaced it with just Daredevil by Kirby.

I preferred the Ani-Men. Bird Man was my favourite. Crying or Very sad

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:27 am

Lucy McGough wrote:Well, there's no law of nature saying you can't be rich and nice.

How did you happen to bump into them?

Silogramsam wrote:clearly, you saw her on a good day and you weren't her employee

I was doing an internship in the news department of a radio station in New York City my senior year of college when they were there for the taping of a public affairs program (talking about real estate, I believe) . . . I had to keep track of the timing and let the person doing the interview know when they were at the end of the time for the program.

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:31 am

tony ingram wrote:
Silogramsam wrote:I actually edited out the original post of the Ani-Men as I couldn't see Murdoch. I replaced it with just Daredevil by Kirby.
I preferred the Ani-Men. Bird Man was my favourite.

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by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:50 am

Great characters! And of the entire group (both line-ups) only Bird Man II and Dragonfly are still alive (apparently). What a waste of animal themed criminal potential.

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:25 am

Dragonfly would look so much cooler if she were green and iridescent.

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:54 pm

I've never really noticed what colour dragonflies were, to be honest. I assumed her colour scheme was more or less right. Embarassed

by Silogramsam Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:20 pm

What a waste of animal themed criminal potential. wrote:

don't you just feel that way all of the time?

by Silogramsam Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:21 pm

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for reasons I can't explain, I used to like Black Bolt

My knowledge of Marvel characters is severely limited to who was around from about 1964 to 1970. After that, I pretty much was gone from Marvel. I don't think I bought an issue of any Marvel comic until Spider-Man #1 came out.

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:26 pm

Black Bolt's not bad, but he's not one for scintillating wit, is he?

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:51 pm

"Behold the silent Black Bolt, ever regal, ever vigilant, as he glides o'er his land like an awesome, airborne wraith..."

See, THAT'S the kind of introduction that would make me want to read on. Cool name and costume too.

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:49 pm

tony ingram wrote:Black Bolt's not bad, but he's not one for scintillating wit, is he?

I have it on good authority he's the master of the bad pun . . . that's why he can no longer speak without creating destructive chaos.

by Silogramsam Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:34 pm

are inhumans different than mutants?

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:45 pm

Dunno. Did the spider's bite alter Peter Parker's DNA so that he is now a mutant?

by Silogramsam Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:57 pm

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mutant, DC style

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:33 pm

Mutants, in the Marvel Universe, are people born with the X gene. Inhumans are the descendants of primitive humans altered by the Kree using the Terrigen mists. Totally different thing.

by Silogramsam Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:38 pm

so would DC heroes with the metagene (is that still true in the Nu Earth) be mutants on Marvel Earth?

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:08 pm

Silogramsam wrote:so would DC heroes with the metagene (is that still true in the Nu Earth) be mutants on Marvel Earth?

I'd guess so. The difference being that the metagene requires a catalyst to activate it while mutants just manifest naturally at puberty.

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:44 pm

Is the X gene the same thing as the X chromosome? 'Cos I've got two of those.

by **tony ingram** Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:34 am

I dunno. Can you shoot lasers out of your ears?

by Lucy Ingram Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:36 am

I've never tried, and I fail to see how such a skill would be of any use in my day-to-day life.

by Silogramsam Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:18 pm

I've never tried, and I fail to see how such a skill would be of any use in my day-to-day life wrote:

who said anything about usefulness?

by Lucy Ingram Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:57 pm

Everybody else has a useful mutation. Apart from Cyclops.

by **tony ingram** Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:23 pm

Tell that to Eye Boy. Or Beak.

by MajorHoy Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:37 am

tony ingram wrote:I've never really noticed what colour dragonflies were, to be honest. I assumed her colour scheme was more or less right.

Apparently, dragonflies can come in a variety of colors / colours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

http://www.dragonflies.org/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html

by Lucy Ingram Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:04 am

Okay, fair enough.

by MajorHoy Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:01 am

And, for the other side, here's some guy's list of 10 Worst Marvel Heroes Ever.

(Though I disagree with some of them myself.)

Another questionable / debatable list I stumbled upon is The 12 Most Pointless X-Men.

by **tony ingram** Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:44 am

I like Squirrel Girl and Dazzler, but I'm pretty much in agreement with him on the others. Then again, I've never really accepted any X-Man who joined the team after Kitty Pryde, or at a push, Rogue.

by Lucy Ingram Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:11 pm

Hey, the Martian Manhunter has a fire phobia and he's rad!

by **tony ingram** Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:06 am

Lucy McGough wrote:Hey, the Martian Manhunter has a fire phobia and he's rad!

I never realized before that Captain Ultra was Marvel's J'onn J'onzz...

by Lucy Ingram Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:58 am

J'onn J'onzz could beat him in a fight with both hands tied behind his back.

by MajorHoy Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:34 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:J'onn J'onzz could beat him in a fight with both hands tied behind his back.

OI don't know if having one's hands tied one's back makes a difference when the person being bound has shape-changing / stretching abilities.

by Lucy Ingram Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:43 pm

A fair point, well made. But, you know, figuratively speaking.

by MajorHoy Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:53 pm

By the way, where does Captain Ultra fall on the scale of costumed eyesores?
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by Lucy Ingram Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:18 pm

He should've picked one colour and stuck with it. Two at the most. Four is OTT.

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