Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"My head Canon was that the "phantom effect " depended on the method of time travel: while it generally was in play with Superman/boy, it rarely if ever was addressed with other time travelers.   Not that I  can think of any cases of Flash, Green…"
Sep 3
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"For some reason,  Degaton always seemed to leave one thing behind when time snapped back.  In the first story, the JSA found themselves with a bronze shield autographed by Alexander the Great,  with no idea how they came to have it.  Thanks to…"
Sep 2
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"On the one hand, since at this point in his career,  Degaton was a self erasing time traveler,  so no one had to worry about revealing anything about the future,  as once Degaton was defeated,  everything would reset, and none of these events would…"
Sep 2
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Back in the day,  there was a fan theory that, rather than being destroyed in JLA #83, the Spectre was actually scattered across the multiverse,  so all the subsequent versions were splinters of the original,  which is why they were so different…"
Aug 31
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I have often suspected that much of the JSA's post Golden Age lore exists largely to reinforce the trope "Writers are bad at math.""
Aug 31
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I don't have the issue number handy, but in one of the Jimmy Olsen letter pages during the Kirby run, it was specified that the pre-clone Guardian was an Earth 1 character,  which made it easier to eventually make him Roy Harper's uncle.   Given…"
Aug 27
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I'm pretty sure Suicide Slum wasn't set in Metropolis until Jimmy Olsen needed the Newsboy Legion to be around. "
Aug 27
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I knew Jim Corrigan eventually enlisted,  which is why I specified that Diana served for the entire duration of the war.  I am curious as why the Spectre had to be invisible while Jim was in the Army (other than plot convenience).  If the theory…"
Aug 26
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Um...Diana Prince was in the Armed Forces pretty much from day one.  True, she didn't enlist in response to Pearl Harbor,  but that's because she was already serving,  making her the only JSAer in uniform for the entire war.
The Golden Age JSA…"
Aug 26
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I said Fox got it "part right" because Hawkman's first foe had the god Set referenced in his name, "Hath Set", even though the rest of the mythology was messed up.  I guess when you're turning out as many stories as Fox was in the day, there's no…"
Aug 26
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I always assumed that Ninth metal was inspired by the Eighth ray from the Barsoom novels,  since that was the source of their anti-gravity propulsion.   Of course,  their Ninth ray was used in their atmosphere plant, so my theory may not hold much…"
Aug 25
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I suspect that at least some of Roy's choices regarding characterization comes down to how unrelentingly similar all the idle rich JSAers were in the Golden Age.  Back in the day, super teams could get away with simply distinguishing the heroes just…"
Aug 22
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Which is why I specified "flag clad", which was a bit more pertinent for a series set in World War 2."
Aug 17
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I suspect that Steel was mostly brought in to give the Squadron a Captain America type, which Golden Age DC was clearly lacking.  I assume Wonder Woman was subject to the same editorial preference to limit the appearances of heroes that were…"
Aug 17
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"My guess would be that the Gravity Rod (and the various Cosmic Rods and Star Scepters that succeeded it) required some incredibly rare elements to function, so it took decades to achieve enough to make the handful of devices that we've seen so far."
Aug 16
Dave Elyea replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I was thinking more about the reaction of his fellow students.  He got enough grief just for being short, being a runt who either washed out or chickened out would have made that much worse.  I knew the college would be more than happy to keep…"
Aug 15
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