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Post by Rob Allen on May 11, 2015 17:24:29 GMT -5
How many times have you encountered someone with the same name as a comic book character or creator? I recently posted about the British MP named Simon Kirby. A few years ago back on CBR, I posted about my former co-worker Rick Jones. This morning, the newspaper informed me that Barry Allen (no relation) had been involved in a serious car accident: www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/05/cyclist_who_lost_leg_survives.htmlWho have you encountered? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 11, 2015 18:28:39 GMT -5
Ray Palmer was a real-life editor for, I believe, Amazing Stories-an SF pulp digest from the 40s and 50s. I think I heard Julius Schwartz named the Atom's civilian persona in Ray's honor
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Post by Pharozonk on May 11, 2015 19:16:28 GMT -5
The cafeteria manager at my university is named Tony Stark.
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Post by shaxper on May 11, 2015 19:30:55 GMT -5
Jerry Siegel is a very common Jewish American name.
Ralph Macchio goes without saying.
I went to school with a kid named Stan Lee. He was Korean.
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Post by Farrar on May 11, 2015 20:02:44 GMT -5
IRL I've only met one person named Alicia, and her last name was (is)--Masters! She's 30-something and not being a comic book reader, she'd never heard of the FF character until the FF movie in which Kerry Washington played Alicia. She said her parents weren't aware of the character either.
In the FF comics Alicia, who was introduced in FF #8, didn't have a surname--on panel anyway--until #49 when the Silver Surfer came crashing through her studio skylight. The "Masters" surname had been suggested by a reader in the lettercol a few issues before #49 as a tie-in to Alicia's step-father, the Puppet Master (who had no civilian name at that time).
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 21:05:35 GMT -5
I had a high school classmate named - Steve Rodgers and I also know another Steve Rodgers who is a mechanic who my Dad trusted in the 60's to 80's.
And, I had a girl in my College Class and her name was Diana Prince.
During my work years - I worked with a fellow named Wally West.
In trade school - I had a Student named Matthew Murdock.
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Post by dupersuper on May 12, 2015 19:50:59 GMT -5
Does any one remember Dooley, the guy who ran the cafe in the Daily Planet building?
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Post by coke & comics on May 13, 2015 0:44:06 GMT -5
Met a private in the army named James Barnes.
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Post by coke & comics on May 13, 2015 0:45:04 GMT -5
Tangential: in college, I resided in the dorms of Xavier Hall and then got an apartment on Parker Avenue.
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Post by justicefreak on May 13, 2015 9:22:09 GMT -5
Years back I met a woman who worked in a place that sold pools and her name was Kathy Kane(which would be Batwoman's secret ID)
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Post by Rob Allen on May 13, 2015 14:38:53 GMT -5
Some interesting numbers from howmanyofme.com/:There are 54 people in the U.S. named Stan Lee. There are 98 people in the U.S. named Jack Kirby. There are 1 or fewer people in the U.S. named Steve Ditko. There are 1,156 people in the U.S. named Roy Thomas. There are 91 people in the U.S. named Neal Adams. There are 735 people in the U.S. named Peter Parker. There are 7 people in the U.S. named Reed Richards. There are 35 people in the U.S. named Benjamin Grimm. There are 180 people in the U.S. named Anthony Stark. There are 430 people in the U.S. named Steve Rogers. There are 75 people in the U.S. named Matthew Murdock. There are 21 people in the U.S. named Charles Xavier. There are 7 people in the U.S. named Clark Kent. There are 16 people in the U.S. named Bruce Wayne. There are 57 people in the U.S. named Diana Prince. There are 369 people in the U.S. named Barry Allen. There are 15 people in the U.S. named Hal Jordan. There are 4 people in the U.S. named Oliver Queen. And... There are 8,670 people in the U.S. named Robert Allen. There are 135 people in the U.S. named Kurt Mitchell. There are 1,546 people in the U.S. named Daniel Bailey. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 13, 2015 17:36:29 GMT -5
I've met a dog named Rex
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Post by dupersuper on May 13, 2015 19:30:23 GMT -5
Was he with a boy named Sue?
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Post by Farrar on May 13, 2015 19:39:07 GMT -5
Also tangential: was Paul Simon a Marvel fan? Lyrics for his 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (emphasis mine):
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
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