tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3042745867378489424..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Who's Bolt?Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88601063763783739202021-04-02T14:08:18.790-03:002021-04-02T14:08:18.790-03:00Besides my adoration of all things Blue Devil and ...Besides my adoration of all things Blue Devil and Will Payton, Bolt was THE perfect DC Heroes RPG bad guy to throw at your players as a random encounter. He got used A LOT. The Irredeemable Shaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620741461584124844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-19552551900099486382021-03-24T03:24:32.628-03:002021-03-24T03:24:32.628-03:00I'm also reminded of Arcade, who was said to h...I'm also reminded of Arcade, who was said to have had a successful career in assassination before the superheroes noticed him.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382811944483828955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25655409678573590922021-03-22T00:55:06.306-03:002021-03-22T00:55:06.306-03:00That's a good explanation. Kinda like maybe h...That's a good explanation. Kinda like maybe how stormtroopers and B-1 battle droids wreak havoc most of the time, but we only see them in the movies when Jedi are around to make them look like chumps who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.Jeremy Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398438801903631183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-28849429048993622332021-03-20T22:54:10.697-03:002021-03-20T22:54:10.697-03:00I imagine all these guys had successes in other co...I imagine all these guys had successes in other countries/cities, but if they ever hit one that had a starring hero, it all fell apart.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-65825352952680641342021-03-20T21:56:13.106-03:002021-03-20T21:56:13.106-03:00Yeah, Bolt appeared all the time in the mid-80s to...Yeah, Bolt appeared all the time in the mid-80s to early-90s. The funny thing about a "super-powered assassin" like Bolt is how he kept getting jobs despite hardly ever (never?) succeeding at the task given to him! He was able to "fail forward", even through a death.Jeremy Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398438801903631183noreply@blogger.com