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John Byrne
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Which prompted this exchange over and over..."Hey, It's Shazam!" "No, I'm Captain Marvel. Shazam is the magic word Billy Batson says to turn into Captain Marvel." "...Okay..." •• I had that exchange, approximately, with a young artist in the halls of DC shortly after I agreed to do Captain Marvel. HE: "Oh, you mean Shazam." ME: "No, I mean Captain Marvel." HE: "Well, I'm a purist. I call him Shazam." And, by the way -- Shazam? Stupidest superhero name EV-ER!
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Aaron Smith
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I had the Batman costume when I was five or so. Somewhere, I have a photo of me in it.
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Nathan Greno
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Craig: Is that Batman mask altered to be Daredevil?
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It's a 1966 "Daredevil" costume.
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Nathan Greno
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In 1957, how many kids wanted to be Mandrake???
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Jodi Moisan
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I had the Batman one and did a pretty mean Bat Dance when I wore it. But dang it made your face wet from the sweat.
It's funny, my oldest had costumes that I made him and I must say they were pretty awesome, but one year he pleaded "mom I just want a bought one with a mask." So he got one from the Goosebumps line, he soon realized all it does is make you sweat and limits your eye sight. So that was the first and last mask.
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Peter Martin
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I'm ashamed to admit I somehow had that She-Hulk mask... I don't understand how or why. I suppose my Mum must have picked it up at a jumble sale. I had no idea it was supposed to be She-Hulk. We thought it was just a generic horror mask...
Couldn't I just have had Captain America instead, huh, Mum?
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Keith Thomas
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Hah I was Spider-man for 3 years in 70's wearing one of these then Star Wars came out and I was Vader and then Boba Fett.
Edited by Keith Thomas on 16 February 2012 at 2:55pm
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Noah Smith
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Were there really that many little girls lining up to be Dazzler or pre-Avengers She-Hulk for Halloween? I can't imagine more than a dozen or so were sold for that actual purpose. Spider-Woman, I could understand; SHE had her own Saturday morning show.
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Jodi Moisan
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Noah they were made when actual kids read comics. :0)
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Ronald Joseph
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And, by the way -- Shazam? Stupidest superhero name EV-ER!
I'll see your Shazam and raise you one Matter-Eater Lad!
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Ray Brady
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In case anyone was still in doubt...
Kids today have no idea how good they've got it.
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Thom Price
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I distinctly recall wearing such a costume for at least one Halloween, but curiously I have absolutely no memory of which costume I wore. I can remember the rigidity of the plastic and the snap of the rubber band, like it was yesterday -- but have no idea which (presumed) superhero's costume I was wearing.
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