Favourite Marvel Comics Character

actually, more people here do try to do something about the gun laws...unfortunately, there are too many powerful people with $$ to stop much of the changes from happening and then they're the nutjobs who don't really care what the law is anyway.

Of course, making an issue of this while considering fictional characters such as Cap and Bucky (both of whom are from the 40s and a time, frankly, when individual gun violence was not prevalent like today), is, well, stupid.

Of course, there are other countries that put children in danger in other ways...

Silogramsam wrote:Of course, making an issue of this while considering fictional characters such as Cap and Bucky (both of whom are from the 40s and a time, frankly, when individual gun violence was not prevalent like today), is, well, stupid.

Guilty as charged...  

Silogramsam wrote:Myfirst exposure to Captain America (and Bucky) was in Fantasy Masterpieces #3 (I tried to cut-and-paste the cover but it's not working for some reason) . . .

Silogramsam wrote:actually, more people here do try to do something about the gun laws...unfortunately, there are too many powerful people with $$ to stop much of the changes from happening and then they're the nutjobs who don't really care what the law is anyway.

By the way, I live a couple of towns away from Newtown, CT . . . one of the comic book shops I go to sometimes is in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, CT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting

Hey, Hoy! (I always wanted to write that). Thanks for the Fantasy Masterpiece save! I don't know why but none of the enhancements tools are working for me right now - not even bold or underlining.

and now it is.  ...so let's try this:



Sub-Mariner:  reason #1 why I didn't prefer Marvel as a kid and this was my first issue of the Avengers

tony ingram wrote:

Lucy McGough wrote:Yeah, they should've made him a child and a trained killer, like Damian Wayne. It's not like the country Captain America represents has any qualms about endangering children, or they'd reform their gun laws.

Lucy, if children didn't have access to guns, how would they be able to protect themselves from the other children with guns?

Sorry but making a joke about this is pretty poor taste.
And, less you forget, Damian Wayne was created by a Brit.

and the system's not working for me for some reason

It was my fault for derailing the thread. I'm sorry. And the forum software can be dodgy sometimes.

Seems to be working okay for you now

Silogramsam wrote:
Sub-Mariner:  reason #1 why I didn't prefer Marvel as a kid and this was my first issue of the Avengers

But . . . he was a Golden Age classic!

Silogramsam wrote:and the system's not working for me for some reason

All looks fine to me...

MajorHoy wrote:But  . . . he was a Golden Age classic!

He wore budgie smugglers.

Lucy McGough wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:But  . . . he was a Golden Age classic!

He wore budgie smugglers.

An eminently practical form of attire for someone whose area of operation was underwater.

Aquaman never wore budgie smugglers.

No, he wore an incredibly impractical outfit which would have trapped water and been incredibly heavy.

tony ingram wrote:No, he wore an incredibly impractical outfit which would have trapped water and been incredibly heavy.

they do wonderful things with synthetics in Atlantis

But they have lousy colour sense. Green and orange? Ugh.

tony ingram wrote:But they have lousy colour sense. Green and orange? Ugh.

I take it you don't have any Irish blood in you?

(I'm half Irish, by the way . . . as well as about a quarter German, a quarter English, and some Dutch mixed in there somewhere.)

tony ingram wrote:But they have lousy colour sense. Green and orange? Ugh.

they live in seawater..you know what that does to the eyes, all that rubbing of the eyes too?  No amount of Visine helps so if they need some loud color (sorry...colour) combinations, what the heck.

MajorHoy wrote:

tony ingram wrote:But they have lousy colour sense. Green and orange? Ugh.

I take it you don't have any Irish blood in you?

(I'm half Irish, by the way . . . as well as about a quarter German, a quarter English, and some Dutch mixed in there somewhere.)

Scots, yes. No Irish.

Silogramsam wrote:if they need some loud color (sorry...colour)

You can say 'color' if you want to. I think this forum software is from France anyway.

Lucy McGough wrote:

Silogramsam wrote:if they need some loud color (sorry...colour)

You can say 'color' if you want to.

Don't encourage it!   

I think this forum software is from France anyway.

That explains a lot...

tony ingram wrote:Don't encourage it!   

Or "encorage" it"....

Lucy McGough wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:But  . . . he was a Golden Age classic!

He wore budgie smugglers.

Would you have preferred this?



  

God almighty, Major-have you never heard of the Geneva Convention?   

It could be worse. He could be not wearing it   

Lucy McGough wrote:It could be worse. He could be not wearing it   

He almost is not wearing it.

tony ingram wrote:God almighty, Major-have you never heard of the Geneva Convention?   

The thing is, I never heard of "budgie smugglers" before . . . I thought it meant a swim suit you smuggled budgies in.

Sort of yes, but sort of... no.

Lucy McGough wrote:Sort of yes, but sort of... no.

I guess that's good . . . those little beaks could do some damage down there.

 The mind boggles.

Well, mine does anyway. Your mind may be made of sterner stuff.

Lucy McGough wrote: The mind boggles.

Well, mine does anyway. Your mind may be made of sterner stuff.

It takes a lot boggle my mind these days.

Is your mind pretty unbogglable?

Lucy McGough wrote:Is your mind pretty unbogglable?

Not so much as it's been pretty bogged down over the years, though I've never been to a cranberry bog.

We don't have those in the UK. We have... um... peat bogs? Whatever those are.

Our national fruit is the banana (imported).

Lucy McGough wrote:We don't have those in the UK. We have... um... peat bogs? Whatever those are.

Our national fruit is the banana (imported).

We don't appear to have a national fruit, but states have official state things like fruits, fossils, and so much more.

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

Just checked . . . my state doesn't appear to have state fruit.

But Connecticut's State Animal is the sperm whale.

And we have a state tartan, too. http://ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246526

That's mental. I love it

My county has its own cheese: Cheshire cheese.

MajorHoy wrote:Just checked . . . my state doesn't appear to have state fruit.

But Connecticut's State Animal is the sperm whale.

And we have a state tartan, too. http://ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246526

Are there a lot of sperm whales in Connecticut?

It does have a coastline.

The state motto is Qui transtulit sustinet, or "He who transplanted sustains (us)."

But how many actually live in the state? And what kind of state are they in?

I don't know. I don't speak cetacean. I'm sure they are fairly happy, now that they are not being hunted any more. Have you read Moby Dick?

tony ingram wrote:But how many actually live in the state? And what kind of state are they in?

Actually, they were chosen state animal not so much because they hang out in Connecticut but because of their importance to the state's history.

The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) was designated the state animal of Connecticut in 1975. This animal played a significant role in the history of Connecticut (in the 1800's Connecticut ranked second only to Massachusetts in the whaling industry). . . .

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Connecticut/animal_sperm_whale.html

And I'm not sure how many would want to live right off the coastline of the state . . . we're not directly on the Atlantic Ocean.

Does Connecticut, like, give money to cetacean welfare charities?

Lucy McGough wrote:Does Connecticut, like, give money to cetacean welfare charities?

I don't think so, but I really don't know.

Besides, pinnipeds are cuter (though their scat can be stinky).

Yes, but whales are more intelligent, and can sing.

Lucy McGough wrote:Yes, but whales are more intelligent, and can sing.

Pinnipeds are pretty intelligent, and they also can communicate.

Whales are bigger

Lucy McGough wrote:Whales are bigger

I've never worked with whales, but I worked in the same place as seals.

(And I've been a shark, too.    )