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Peter Martin
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Posted: 27 February 2015 at 8:45am | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Interesting! Like the intensity of that stare.
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Robert Bradley
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Is it possible you don't realize that was SUPPOSED to be a goofy character?


No, I read that issue when it came out.

But I don't find him any more goofy than the Impossible Man, who was introduced as a serious character and brought back as a goofy in-joke.

I feel sorry for any comic book fan who can't appreciate that a character like Detective Chimp can be used for entertaining stories.
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Posted: 27 February 2015 at 9:56am | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Detective Chimp was similarly intended as a light-hearted feature, answerable to no other strip or character for its whimsical, kid-friendly nature. His "intrinsically silly" name perfectly summarizes what you're getting with that strip. The character's name is actually Bobo, but hey, when you're raggin' on DC, actually knowing what you're talking about is completely beside the point, I know.
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Hey now! It wasn't a diss! I like some of these characters! They were something that made DC different from Marvel!

It was kind of sad that after CRISIS that DC mostly bent over backwards to distance itself from ever having published "light-hearted" characters.

Take Krypto. I love Krypto. But rebooting Superman means we gotta get rid of Krypto, right? Because there's no way those "serious" Marvel readers buying X-Men (for instance) will ever buy Superman comics if that silly flying dog with a cape is still around, even if he only occasionally pops up.

(No offense meant to JB, by the way. I'm not blaming him for "erasing" Krypto. I do blame Jeanette Kahn and Dick Giordano.)
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The cover of Mystery in Space #104 -
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Take Krypto. I love Krypto. But rebooting Superman means we gotta get rid of Krypto, right? Because there's no way those "serious" Marvel readers buying X-Men (for instance) will ever buy Superman comics if that silly flying dog with a cape is still around, even if he only occasionally pops up.

(No offense meant to JB, by the way. I'm not blaming him for "erasing" Krypto. I do blame Jeanette Kahn and Dick Giordano.)

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Ease back on the snark a bit there, buckaroo! And you can let Dick and Jeanette off the hook completely while you're at it.

When I took on the Superman assignment, one of the most important things, for me, was to restore his position as "sole survivor of the doomed planet Krypton." As DC's oldest superhero, Superman had been "de-uniqued" more relentlessly than any other, and I made it clear that in "my" Superman there would be no Phantom Zone, not Kandor, no "survival zone," no zoo animals, no Supergirl, no Beppo ---- and no Krypto.

As a kid I had loved Krypto, but even then he made little sense. Jor-El launched him in a model of the prototype of the rocket? Is that like, to borrow a line from Alan Sherman, a genuine copy of a fake Dior? Not to mention the immeasurable trauma inflicted on little Kal by his father's actions. I had a whole lot of Lost Pet issues myself, growing up, and knowing Superboy would be reunited with Krypto didn't help.

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Posted: 27 February 2015 at 10:25am | IP Logged | 6 post reply
Not to mention the immeasurable trauma inflicted on little Kal by his father's actions.

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No trauma if, in the revised continuity, Kal is still only a few months old (or not even born yet) when Krypto is launched into space.

But I get your point re: de-uniqueing. I must admit I didn't see why Supergirl needed to be erased after she was already dead.
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As Wallace mentioned:  Even without color, I can tell that the right and left sides of Ultra's torso are different.

I noticed that too.  Great stuff!  
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JB said: "...Lad Lass and Lass Lad..."

I snorted and laughed out loud - NOT the thing you want to do when in a coffee shop with free wi-fi !
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Really nice. Beautiful anatomy on the forearms.
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Harri Jokinen
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But I don't find him any more goofy than the Impossible Man, who was introduced as a serious character and brought back as a goofy in-joke.


Serious character? I don't think he's changed a bit since his first appearance.

And hey, Porcupine and Stiltman are awesome characters! This is badass!
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Brian Hague
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Impy's been made into a cosmic-level character whom Galactus takes it upon himself to redress and reprimand for his chicanery. At the same time, he's also become a family-man schlub and schlemiel with forty-thousand kids and a disapproving wife dogging his every step.

I think Impy's changed a little bit.

And Jason, my apologies if I misread your intent and tone concerning DC's "intrinsically silly" array of characters.
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 Robert Bradley wrote:
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But I don't find him any more goofy than the Impossible Man, who was introduced as a serious character and brought back as a goofy in-joke...






The Impossible Man was a "serious" character? He was intentionally a comical character, though he posed a serious threat because of his powers.
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