After a recommendation by someone on this board, I ordered a copy of "Was Superman Really a Spy?" by Brian Cronin. It's a clever premise for a book, promoted as a National Enquirer tabloid book, but really just highlighting interesting background of how various books, heroes and characters came about.
I had read columns and articles by Cronin before, so I trusted that it would be enjoyable, and I have not been disappointed.
I didn't know the history behind the supression of a few Superman comic adventures, which is what the lead story is all about. But it didn't really break any new ground for me, as a Marvel fan...as I had heard or read his columns in the past.
However today, as I walked into work, a fellow Dr. Who/Star Trek/Sci Fi fan/geek greeted me with the question, "Did you know Michael Jackson wanted to buy Marvel Comics at one point?" We chatted a little about MJ's desire to play Spidey...
And he dropped another tidbit: "Did you ever hear of Doctor Droom?" Now I was intrigued and since I had just recently read about his short run in Amazing Adult Fantasy as well as his comparatively recent re-invention as "Dr. Druid", I turned the tables and lectured HIM about what I knew. His eyes glazed over.
I asked where did he learn about this, and he told me he had stumbled upon some video that discussed Marvel Legends and Secrets. I had not heard this before, but found it interesting.
What have you heard? Have you seen this video?
What long burried Marvel trivia do you have to share?
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I also was prompted to order a copy of Was Superman a Spy?, but haven't gotten too far into it yet. So far I really like it.
I read all the Dr. Droom stories (such as they were) in the Amazing Fantasy Omnibus, which I was lucky to get at a reasonable price.
Haven't heard a video of Marvel Legends and Secrets. There is a line of trivia games called Scene It, and there is a Marvel version. These are interactive DVD's where the players answer questions. I haven't seen the Marvel one, but based on the Disney one I saw it's oriented toward movies, not comics.
I think my buddy may have seen the video "on-line" or perhaps somehow affiliated with Netflics... at least that's how he's gotten his Dr. Who copies, and has watched all the Nu-Who up to the current season, one at a time...
Richard, I also found Dr. Droom in the Amazing Fantasy Omnibus, which I was lucky to get at a (ahem) reasonable price.
I enjoyed the volume, who am I kidding.
... but I was also struck by the fact that it had section headers/esays just as the introductions to Marvel masterworks volumes do. So I was wondering if there were any chance that they had been prepared for two volumes of Amazing Adult Fantasy Masterworks and Amazing Fantasy Masterworks, if you know what I mean.
PS: I got my used copy of Was Superman a Spy through Amazon, and as I recall, I think I paid something like 9 cents for it, plus $3.99 shipping. A bargain to say the least. I think it may have come from a Goodwill store out west, but I don't recall.
I bought my copy of the book when Borders was going out of business. I really enjoyed it. Glad you guys are liking it.
There was a follow-up book, Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?
Well, obviously, to repel sharks! Duh!
Bats ain't gonna be no victim of the Sharknado!!
Shark repellent as in an inflatable rubber shark pulling on his leg?
"Oh, it's almost like some some sinister riddle...RIDDLER?"
Suspension of belief, man, suspension of belief!
Remember the noble porpoise and go with it!
Kirk G said:
I can't believe we remember so many of these lines!
But what about the Ghost Shark?
Philip Portelli said:
Here's one I hope you've heard before, but never had posited:
Was Hawkeye supposed to turn out to be Steve Roger's illegitimate son?
1) They look similar without the costumes.
2) They quarrel all the time (especially during Cap's Kookie Quartett)
3) Steve was frozen in ice all the while (20 years) that the kid would have grown up
4) Hawkeye has close to superhuman strength and endurance with the bow, etc.
5) Hawkeye has acrobatic skills enough to swing from trappesse and shoot on target
6) Hawkeye was an orphin, raised by the Barton family.
7) Clint COULD have been Peggy Carter's love child after Cap vanishes in WWII
What about Hawkeye's brother, Barney?
Also would the government not know about such a birth? Would the Army have given Cap that much privacy that an affair could have occurred?Any offspring of Captain America would have been monitored and classified.
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