Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"8) One more try: Wally Bannister, "the World's Richest Playboy" (Sorry, Bruce!) from Metamorpho #16 who marries Sapphire after Rex Mason won't. He doesn't last long as he's killed off by #17, the last issue and the Element Man was framed for it! …"
Jun 14
Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"6) "About 100 yards" a helpful footnote said in Detective Comics #340 (Ju'65). I don't know if it was stated earlier or how to measure him, if they count his neck or not! "
Jun 12
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"Ah, friend Eric, it's always a pleasure to see you chime in.  Without comment on the accuracy of your answers, let me iterate (unless I haven't told you already), I'll be glad to use any questions/answers you may suggest.  Just send them to me in a…"
Jun 12
Eric L. Sofer replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"I shall mourn the loss of this quiz Commander... it's always such fun! But the intrusiveness of Google searches are likely to spoil it. I am filled with sorrow. (For what it's worth, I'd be glad to help you again... just ask!)
 
Now, some answers
1)…"
Jun 12
Commander Benson replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"Guther Balkan in Metamorpho #2 (O'65)
I don't usually step in while answers are being actively posted, but your response here, Philip, creates a bit of a quandry for me.  The marriage which gave Simon Stagg his first son-in-law (the one of whom I…"
Jun 11
Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"9) Apparently "The Adventures of Superman" or some version of it as seen in Wonder Woman #94 (N'57) as the real version was still on the air!"
Jun 11
Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"8) Guther Balkan in Metamorpho #2 (O'65). The son of crime boss Nicholas Balkan who owned his own island married his son to an unwilling Sapphire Stagg. The marriage could not be even remotely considered legal but everyone acted like it was,…"
Jun 11
Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"2) "The Diminishing Lady" My Greatest Adventure #85
4) The Atom, Justice League of America #60, though she saw him as Ray Palmer, she didn't know his name.
5) Professor Amos Fortune JLA #6 also appeared as Mister Memory #14, the Ace of Clubs #43 and…"
Jun 11
Philip Portelli replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"1) Batman (I think) when J'onn battled Prof. Hugo Arnold! 
7) Doctor Will Magnus Brave and the Bold #66 (Jl'66)."
Jun 11
Commander Benson posted a discussion
Ah, the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.  Those days of soda and pretzels and beer . . . and my annual Silver-Age trivia challenge! Even when my contributions to my Deck Log were restricted by work, I still managed to produce a trivia quiz every…
Jun 11
Commander Benson replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Aye, friend Jeff, I am most familiar with Honey West (ABC, 1965-6)---though I'll confess it wasn't until years later that I knew that her character had appeared in a book series by Forrest and Gloria Fickling.  The show wasn't, technically, a…"
Jun 10
Commander Benson replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"But my wife hasn't been enthusiastic about it -- "Can we watch something from this century?" -- so I have to watch solo . . .
 
I experience the same problem with the Good Mrs. Benson.  She had no interest in any of the above shows I watched,…"
Jun 9
Irma Kruhl replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"@Commander Benson: thank you for the kind words     "
Jun 8
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"Reminds me of THIS."
Jun 8
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"I have the same feelings about 67.
I came across a conversation on Reddit asking historians "how did people navigate before GPS?" As one who remembers I must be the ancient of days."
Jun 8
Commander Benson replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"One of the benefits of retirement and possessing a Roku-capable television set is that I get to binge-watch the complete runs of TV series I remember fondly.  Over the last two years, I have completed viewing the following runs, roughly in the order…"
Jun 8
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