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Mike Norris
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He's invisible to technology through artifical means. It's a power in the web shooter sense, not the stick to walls sense. To me it makes sense that he can find away around his own technology.

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last i saw it clearly stated, it was the T-Spheres and Costume that created the Non-Detectable Zone, not a "power" as he says to Black Lightning, whom he was jibing with - not lame writing, just too much assumed from a throwaway line - Mr. Terrific's power is simply that he is terrific at everything - science, athletics, etc. -- just like the original.
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Thanks Ian for answering my question
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No problem, Eugene. I couldn't even remember who asked it.

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I think the new Mr Terrific is a really good second tier character and I hope they just let him be that way, too.
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JB: Ah, but here on this side of the pond, traditionally, "comics" has meant the Sunday newspaper supplement containing the likes of Dagwood and Dick Tracy. This is why the original form of our beloved product was dubbed "comic books" -- it reprinted the Sunday Funnies, but not in the same format.

I know. I've got used to it. It only feels odd now when I talk to civilians. But it reminds me of my father, who used to call Reader's Digest his books.

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What's odd is that comics have been accused ot pretention when referred to as "comic magazines". "Books" is not pretentious, but "magazines" is?
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I notice that Stan used to refer to the comics as "mags" more than any other term. This term seemed to fall out of favor in the 80's.
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