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Post by rberman on Mar 2, 2019 14:15:57 GMT -5
Less of a comic book question but more of a site support question feel free to direct me to the right source if this isn't the place to ask such a question. But anyways....Do you have to be a certain status to create a new thread? Was thinking of creating one to discuss character evolution e.g. the difference between Superman's first appearances, his idealized version in my opinion, and his worst depiction in any medium for example. Though it would make for some interesting conversations if such a thread doesn't already exist. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. <iframe width="24.460000000000036" height="4.5800000000000125" style="position: absolute; width: 24.460000000000036px; height: 4.5800000000000125px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_29904231" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="24.460000000000036" height="4.5800000000000125" style="position: absolute; width: 24.46px; height: 4.58px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1163px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_23625491" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="24.460000000000036" height="4.5800000000000125" style="position: absolute; width: 24.46px; height: 4.58px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 168px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_87430091" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="24.460000000000036" height="4.5800000000000125" style="position: absolute; width: 24.46px; height: 4.58px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1163px; top: 168px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_25034280" scrolling="no"></iframe> Welcome! You have nearly reached the "I am not a bot" threshold of five posts that unlocks the ability to create new threads.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 2, 2019 18:19:21 GMT -5
Krypton's sun was named Rao in Superman #141 (1960).
Super Friends #47 (1981) established Rao as the Kryptonian God.
Superman started using the phrase "Great Rao" in the 1970's.
Thanks. Hm, interesting, I never would have suspected such a reveal within the pages of Super Friends. The thing people seem to forget is that E. Nelson Bridwell was the original continuity freak, a walking encyclopedia of DC lore, and didn't consider Super Friends non-canonical or consign it to Bob Rozakis' petty-ass Earth-B. To Bridwell, what happened in Super Friends *mattered* and he used it as his opportunity to revive forgotten characters, clear up old continuity glitches, and expand the Earth-One mythos in new and interesting ways (like introducing Dr. Mist and the Global Guardians). It's a great title, at least if you aren't insistent that super-heroes be serious and/or realistic.
Cei-U! I summon the spirit of ENB!
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Post by Chris on Mar 2, 2019 20:10:30 GMT -5
Krypton's sun was named Rao in Superman #141 (1960).
Super Friends #47 (1981) established Rao as the Kryptonian God.
Superman started using the phrase "Great Rao" in the 1970's.
Thanks. Hm, interesting, I never would have suspected such a reveal within the pages of Super Friends. That's because it wasn't. Rao was established as the Kryptonian god before that. The earliest reference I could recall offhand was Action Comics #484 (June 1978), three years before that issue of Super Friends... ...where it's pretty clear that Rao is a god. There were other references around that time where Rao is invoked and is clearly understood to be Krypton's god, but of course I'm drawing a blank on anything other than people exclaiming "Great Rao!" or "Flames of Rao!" The thing people seem to forget is that E. Nelson Bridwell was the original continuity freak, a walking encyclopedia of DC lore
As I said elsewhere, he might as well be known as Encyclopedia Bridwellica. He was not only versed in DC lore, but many other things as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2019 20:22:07 GMT -5
Thanks. Hm, interesting, I never would have suspected such a reveal within the pages of Super Friends. That's because it wasn't. Rao was established as the Kryptonian god before that. The earliest reference I could recall offhand was Action Comics #484 (June 1978), three years before that issue of Super Friends... ...where it's pretty clear that Rao is a god. There were other references around that time where Rao is invoked and is clearly understood to be Krypton's god, but of course I'm drawing a blank on anything other than people exclaiming "Great Rao!" or "Flames of Rao!" The thing people seem to forget is that E. Nelson Bridwell was the original continuity freak, a walking encyclopedia of DC lore
As I said elsewhere, he might as well be known as Encyclopedia Bridwellica. He was not only versed in DC lore, but many other things as well. You are probably right. Internet searches aren't always right. And I remember that scene. The marriage of the Earth 2 Lois & Clark/Superman.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 3, 2019 2:30:35 GMT -5
Problem with internet searches is that they turn up as much poor information as good; often in the same location (cough.....wikipedia.....cough)
I was once doing an internet search of info on an obscure Mexican lucha libre title, from the 90s and the only references I could find were my posts at the wrestling Classics message board, to see if anyone knew the background of the title. Talk about the snake eating its tail!
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Post by zaku on Mar 3, 2019 8:39:58 GMT -5
Thanks. Hm, interesting, I never would have suspected such a reveal within the pages of Super Friends. That's because it wasn't. Rao was established as the Kryptonian god before that. The earliest reference I could recall offhand was Action Comics #484 (June 1978), three years before that issue of Super Friends... ...where it's pretty clear that Rao is a god. There were other references around that time where Rao is invoked and is clearly understood to be Krypton's god, but of course I'm drawing a blank on anything other than people exclaiming "Great Rao!" or "Flames of Rao!" Dc wiki cites Superman #248 (1972) as the first time where they mention Rao as a God.
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Post by ant01 on Mar 5, 2019 9:10:24 GMT -5
Thanks Icctrombone and rberman. Only two more posts to go!
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Post by Mormel on Mar 7, 2019 4:35:13 GMT -5
Re-reading X-Men #65 and the appearance of Changeling in the flashback confuses me; particularly how he is drawn. He has a coat and a greasy hairstyle that both remind me of Mastermind. Now it couldn't have been the original intention for Mastermind to have been the sick mutant looking for redemption, as he appeared alive and well in another Neal Adams-penned issue, but then again, his powers of illusion could have been used in a similar ruse to Changeling's.
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 10, 2019 16:06:36 GMT -5
I was remembering my subscription Marvel comics coming in the mail in the early '80s and it lead me to wonder this question...
What did subscribers to cancelled titles get if they were still owed issues? Were they asked to pick out a replacement of some kind, or offered a refund/credit?
Remember how they often made a mention of "mailed flat" in the subscription ads? I rarely got one that was flat by the time it reached me. I did get some Archie's that way though, they were in a clear bag and a fairly thing card paper on one side. This would be when I sent in for the first bunch of Cheryl Blossom comics.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 10, 2019 16:18:01 GMT -5
Remember how they often made a mention of "mailed flat" in the subscription ads? I rarely got one that was flat by the time it reached me. I did get some Archie's that way though, they were in a clear bag and a fairly thing card paper on one side. This would be when I sent in for the first bunch of Cheryl Blossom comics. Can't help you with your first question; it's something I've wondered about myself on occasion. As for your second point, I had two subscriptions back in the early 1980s (X-men and Ka-zar) and they never arrived flat. They were always folded in half in that little brown sleeve - even if the mail carrier placed it in our mailbox flat, it was nonetheless folded somewhere along the way, as they were always warped down the middle.
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 10, 2019 16:28:54 GMT -5
Can't help you with your first question; it's something I've wondered about myself on occasion. As for your second point, I had two subscriptions back in the early 1980s (X-men and Ka-zar) and they never arrived flat. They were always folded in half in that little brown sleeve - even if the mail carrier placed it in our mailbox flat, it was nonetheless folded somewhere along the way, as they were always warped down the middle.
I had Micronauts and Ka-Zar coming in the little brown sleeves from when they became direct only (actually a couple issues after, I missed the first two or so direct issues) and also the X-Men. I remember ruining one Ka-Zar in order to make the 3-D Zabu paper sabretooth so I didn't have the collector mentality quite yet at that time, and had maybe been in a fullblown specialist shop not much more than twice.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 10, 2019 17:15:13 GMT -5
"Mailed Flat" was meaningless. Because once the books left the mailer they were at the mercy of the post office. And I never got a subscription comic that wasn't folded in half. And a number of them looked like they'd been through a gristmill.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 10, 2019 17:24:54 GMT -5
These days they mail them in plastic bags similar to the bags that were used to mail Playboy magazine. It protects it more than the old paper bag type of mailers they used back in the day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 17:31:07 GMT -5
in my experience, when a book you subscribed to (or a magazine. . which happened to me when CBG stopped publication), they didn't ask you what you wanted your remaining owed issues to be -- they just moved you to another title whether you wanted it or not.
as noted, just my experience, tho haven't had a comic subscription since Uncanny as a gift in the 80's and let that lapse, as they would arrive so damaged that I ended up buying a new issue at the comic shop anyways (which maybe is what Marvel were hoping for)?
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 10, 2019 17:45:59 GMT -5
I used to subscribe to a bunch of Marvel titles in the late '70s. When a title got cancelled before my subscription ran out, I was given the option of getting another book of my choice as a substitute (e.g., I picked up Spider-Woman when Howard the Duck got axed) or extending one of my other subs The only exception was FOOM, where I was just SOL. At least that's how I recall it four decades ago.
Cei-U! I summon the foggy memory!
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