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In another topic about Clark Kent's glasses and the Master Mesmerist of Metropolis, we discussed Mopee stories (such as Clark using his Kryptonian glasses to hypnotize others to see him frailer and weaker than Superman, or Bruce Wayne’s older brother Thomas or Jor-El and Lara still alive but floating through space in suspended animation.)
Mopee was a character in The Flash #167 who claimed that he was responsible for Barry Allen becoming the Flash. The story was promptly forgotten and written off.
A lot of these type of stories appeared in Bob Haney's "Brave and the Bold" stories... occurrences and characters that were used for the expedience of the story and then dumped.
If you're not beholden to continuity, these probably don't mean anything to you. But I always saw these and twitched really hard... I think others have too.
So what are some of these stories or events that you liked - or hated? Some of mine are...
Green Arrow using telepathy to communicate with Aquaman's pet octopus, Topo.
Ben Grimm with super breath.
Wonder Woman's Amazon Guardian Angel.
And arguably my favorite... the Captain America story with this dialogue spreading over two pages... "Only one of us is going to walk away from this fight..." "...And it won't be me!"
What are your favorites?
Incidentally, some writer (I don't recall who) once postulated that all these "imps" were associated - Mr. Mxyzptlk, Bat-Mite, Mopee, Kwsp, Zook, etc. A silly idea... but I would have loved to see Mr. Byrne's take on this (as his Generations' treatment of Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite was incredible.)
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