tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7549453398434829228..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Who's Manhunter I?Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-44995084626605471892013-10-23T07:24:40.839-03:002013-10-23T07:24:40.839-03:00Surely not Dan's good buddies!!!Surely not Dan's good buddies!!!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-15364265307242605522013-10-23T01:40:46.503-03:002013-10-23T01:40:46.503-03:00"Who shoots a dog?!"
http://www.volokh...."Who shoots a dog?!"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/10/police-should-stop-shooting-so-many-dogs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/10/police-should-stop-shooting-so-many-dogs/</a>Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-73106789521147035432013-10-22T15:35:07.457-03:002013-10-22T15:35:07.457-03:00I guess I lucked out!
Dumas was the villain from ...I guess I lucked out!<br /><br />Dumas was the villain from the first arc of the Mark Shaw Manhunter series, and through some convoluted story telling, Shaw ended up taking that guise to assassinate past Manhunters in the Kate Spencer series.<br /><br />Then again, Alexandre Dumas MIGHT have been a space robot judging from word count alone.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90532228032154584492013-10-22T15:26:24.412-03:002013-10-22T15:26:24.412-03:00I'm really enjoying this series - you're b...I'm really enjoying this series - you're bringing to life lots of characters I only know from their Who's Who entries.<br /><br />But not this time, for a change. I've just read 60 issues of Police Comics back to back, and I have to say you've managed to find one of the few entertaining "Manhunter" stories in any of them! Usually they are pretty dull things, with artwork that is uncharacteristically stiff and simplistic for Quality.<br /><br />"Plastic Man" is pretty much out-and-out comedy in all of them, and "The Human Bomb" rapidly became so - it's more about supposed light relief sidekick Hustace Throckmorton than the title character most of the time.The difference is that "Plastic Man" is actually funny, even now, while the appeal of Hustace's exploding feet fades rapidly.<br /><br />But who is this "Dumas persona" of which you write? Are you saying that "The Three Musketeers" was written by a robot from outer space?Steve Flanagannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-18178687346992412542013-10-22T14:53:55.167-03:002013-10-22T14:53:55.167-03:00Maybe not, but the story in this issue, as well as...Maybe not, but the story in this issue, as well as the Human Bomb's, is quite cartoony in its approach the violence.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35746093519652478282013-10-22T14:22:14.223-03:002013-10-22T14:22:14.223-03:00Was Golden Age Plastic Man really all that light-h...Was Golden Age Plastic Man really all that light-hearted fare? I sort of don't think it was...Jeff R/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-73507624587490073442013-10-22T08:06:15.528-03:002013-10-22T08:06:15.528-03:00Or that Thor can recover from gunshot wounds that ...Or that Thor can recover from gunshot wounds that quickly.<br /><br />Maybe he got zapped by Ian Karkull or something, so it all felt like par for the course.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-86635756381717561182013-10-22T07:41:08.782-03:002013-10-22T07:41:08.782-03:00
I like Dan Richards quite a bit, and hated the ar...<br />I like Dan Richards quite a bit, and hated the arc that decided to kill him off needlessly. (At least Kirk DePaul managed to come back from it.) I still love the fact that his dog living to be in his 40s never clued him into something being strange. :) American Hawkmannoreply@blogger.com