Comic Book Twenty Questions: Revenge of the Fumble Fingers!

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

Oh, guys, I'm so sorry.

I was answering questions on my tablet tonight instead of my laptop, and as I thought I was posting the answers, I hit something that said I wanted to delete the whole thread. And since it was waiting on me to post, and I wasn't used to doing this on the tablet, I clicked OK. And then it stalled, I realized what I'd done, and hit Cancel! Cancel! as often as I could...but it was too late. The thread was gone -- not just the post, but the entire thread -- and I don't see any way of bringing it back. I'm going to email Ning's support team to see if there's any way of retrieving it, but I think it's gone. 

In the meantime, all I can do is apologize profusely. Using my laptop, before I do any more damage. I'm so sorry, guys. Believe me when I say I'm mortified.

I'll recap the questions I've been asked down below, so we can proceed, but hopefully I'll get word from Ning on whether anything can be done in the next day or so. 

Rob

OK, since Luke had the foresight to keep a copy of the rules handy, I can reproduce them here...in bold!

I thought this game might work. The player holding the chair selects a character. The challenge for the other players is to guess who the character is. They get twenty questions.

 

All questions have to have to be framed so as to allow the answer "Yes" or "No". The chair can give extra information if he or she chooses, and frame an appropriate response if neither answer fits.

 

Players may only ask a fifth consecutive question if four hours have passed since their last one. (Since the guess, not the answer.) The first player to guess the answer takes the chair.

 

Only characters that have made at least two appearances are eligible. So Franklin Storm is, but not Tomazooma. Only characters that first appeared in US comic books are eligible. So not Captain Britain, Dick Tracy, Tarzan, Thor.

 

(revisions made to rules)

[Luke Blanchard]

7) Yes!

The Fly first appeared in The Fly #1 in 1959.

[Philip Portelli]

Hurray! But I wouldn't call the Fly a wannabe. He was Archie's most successful Silver Age hero and the lynchpin of their line.

But my pick is a DC hero but not from the Golden Age.

[Luke Blanchard]

I just couldn't think of a cleverer clue when I posted.

Did this character first appear in 1956 or later in a comic edited by Julie Schwartz, Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert, Dick Giordano, Jack C. Harris or Allen Milgrom?

[Philip Portelli]

1) Yes to the first part, No to the second.

Luke Blanchard said:

I just couldn't think of a cleverer clue when I posted.

Did this character first appear in 1956 or later in a comic edited by Julie Schwartz, Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert, Dick Giordano, Jack C. Harris or Allen Milgrom?

[Luke Blanchard]

Was this character, on his or her first appearance, the star or co-star of the feature?

[Philip Portelli]

2) No

Luke Blanchard said:

Was this character, on his or her first appearance, the star or co-star of the feature?

[Luke Blanchard]

Did this character first appear in a comic edited by Mort Weisinger or Jack Kirby, or in Batman's feature?

[Philip Portelli]

3) No and No.

Luke Blanchard said:

Did this character first appear in a comic edited by Mort Weisinger or Jack Kirby, or in Batman's feature?

[Luke Blanchard]

My fourth question: Did this character first appear (by cover-date) before 1980?

[Philip Portelli]

4) Yes

Luke Blanchard said:

My fourth question: Did this character first appear (by cover-date) before 1980?

[Luke Blanchard]

My time is up.

Did this character first appear (by cover-date) in 1970 or later?

[Philip Portelli]

5) Yes

Luke Blanchard said:

My time is up.

Did this character first appear (by cover-date) in 1970 or later?