Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 259 Happy Thanksgiving 2025!
"Happy Thanksgiving to you and your wife, Commander."
Nov 28
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 148 Superman's Pal, President Kennedy
"A great job pulling multiple stories together and showing the overall shape.
I don't know about DC but Marvel during Nixon's first time had him show up multiple times.
What really puzzles me is that when Marvel used Khruschev or Castro they never…"
Nov 24
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 258 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V . . . Answers!
"I'm glad I didn't try brute force on the Wonder Woman question as I don't have that issue.
I didn't brute-force the Split Man question — I've read his first story and his sheer obscurity stuck in my mind. Including him in a blog post at Atomic…"
Jul 21
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"Those last two issues rank as one of the most ham-fisted reboots ever — as Bob Haney reset to the status quo next time he wrote Metamorpho, I'm guessing he didn't like it much either. I'd still like to know who the Prosecutor was working for, but…"
Jul 1
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"Have you considered "don't use search engines" as a condition of the quiz? It's a small enough group of competitors the honor system would seem workable.
And yes, Serpent-Man, as Philip mentioned above, would make an obvious fourth identity as he…"
Jul 1
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 257 The Silver-Age Challenge---DC Edition V
"1. Zook doesn't count? How disrespectful! But by that standard the answer is Batman in Detective 322, when Professor Hugo went from Bat-foe to Manhunter-foe. 
2. One I could solve by the brute-force, read-the-issues method ... if I had the time…"
Jul 1
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
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"Given that Bobby was almost killed by a lynch mob, the Drakes would probably have been open to a "I will teach him to use his powers, to reduce the risk of that happening again" pitch. But as you say, he didn't.
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May 28
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"Slightly OT, I really liked that Xavier's stepfather wasn't behind Charles' father's death, he simply stood back and let it happen — a flawed, weak man, but not a murderer. A nice character detail.
Reading Silver Age X-Men now, I'm struck by the…"
May 28
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"Which is why Claremont saw him as equally ruthless as Magneto. Though somehow, possibly because I was way young when I first encountered them, I've never thought of him that way. Insanely risky stuff like that is just what people did in comics, or…"
May 27
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"Given how routinely superheroes erased inconvenient memories back in the 1960s, I don't think that can be held up as proof of disdain for humans. You have a point bout his curtness to Iron Man."
May 27
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"And it makes her crushing on Cap reasonable too — he was probably early to mid-twenties when he went into the ice.
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May 27
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"One of Marvel's more annoying ideas (to me) is that in recent years everything has been extended back into history. The Avengers, SHIELD, Hydra, they all stretch back centuries or they had predecessors who did (though I admit I enjoyed Roy Thomas'…"
May 26
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"I think you did as good a job as feasible given the material you were working with. It is indeed obvious Lee and Kirby weren't thinking long range, not that I blame them for that. As a friend of mine pointed out a while back, Ben's a WW II legend…"
May 26
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"John Byrne offered a solution along those lines: a 12-year-old Sue staring up at grad-student Reed with an Oh He's So Handsome crush written on her face, Reed looking acutely embarrassed.
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May 26
Fraser Sherman replied to Commander Benson's discussion Deck Log Entry # 256 Reed and Susan, Sittin' in a Tree . . .
"That occurred to me too — there'd have to be some really good reason they didn't marry."
May 26
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