Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Well, when you find your brother's sheer pink blouse in his closet..."
Aug 4
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Works for me.  We should take a moment to reflect on Dr. McNider, who is legally blind, being allowed to enlist,  while poor Clark Kent couldn't because of a failed eye test.  Oh, and to bookend Clark,  since Roy Thomas made Dr. Daka canonical on…"
Aug 4
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Did Dr. McNider have an essential job?  After he was blinded,  he left his medical practice to become a true crime writer.  Dr. Mid-Nite performed a number of surgeries in blackout conditions,  but I don't think he practiced medicine again as…"
Aug 3
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Although it never seemed to come up, thanks to the absorbascon,  Hawkman & Hawkgirl should have known everybody's secret identity. "
Jul 27
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"To be fair, Dick didn't trust Duela with his secret, she figured it out on her own.   I've never understood the logic behind the way he figured out her real identity, since he just went through the school records looking for students with the same…"
Jul 25
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Which does make one wonder why none of them were reading Superman or Batman's comics.  Heck, they even knew Red Tornado's real name and gender! "
Jul 25
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"It was implied in All-Star  #3 that the JSAers all knew each other's secret identities right out of the gate, rather than them revealing them over dinner, with the disturbing Implication that they knew because they read each other's comics.  That's…"
Jul 25
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"In the 1960s Spectre series,  they played with the idea that the Spectre was adversely affected if he went too long without rejoining with Corrigan's body, but Jim didn't seem to experience any ill effects.   The Spectre didn't get weaker, tho, just…"
Jul 22
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Well, that's more than I expected,  and less messy than what Byrne did."
Jul 16
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"As near as I can tell, after Marston died and the B&D elements of Wonder Woman were down played, if not quite memory holed,  the magic lasso's most notable attribute was being unbreakable and infinitely elastic.  The mind control aspect came back…"
Jul 8
Dave Elyea replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Thanks!"
Jun 23
Dave Elyea replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Has that ever been collected?   I've only seen it as a series of articles run through several issues of Alter Ego (and some of Back Issue , if I recall correctly).   It would be handy to have it all in one volume. "
Jun 23
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"The way I heard it, GL's original creators wanted to name him "Alan Ladd" after "Aladdin ", his inspiration (although in Aladdin's case, the genie of the lamp and the genie of the ring were separate entities), and editorial insisted on a name less…"
Jun 22
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I always figured that Nichols' hypnotic time travel was inspired by the concept of using hypnosis to induce past life regression,  only he added some science fiction stuff so that, instead of Bruce Wayne sitting in Gotham City experiencing a sample…"
Jun 8
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"It would make more sense for the clone Newsboys to have been the time lost ones, given the presence of Flip and Bobbie, plus the fact that I doubt Jim Harper would have felt the need to become the Guardian at all if the Newsboys hadn't been in need…"
May 20
Dave Elyea replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 264 A Forgotten Gem: Adventure Comics # 359-60 (Aug. and Sep., 1967)---Part Two
"While their home worlds were unlikely to have much influence on Earth politics,  just because the Legion was made illegal on Earth doesn't mean they couldn't have been offered a headquarters and such on Cargg or Winath, so the UP could keep its…"
May 14
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