Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The World War II Career of Captain America
"Interesting cover art for Cap's costume here.  I don't think I ever saw a depiction before or since that made the pants look so little like spandex and so much like denim.It certainly helps in picturing this as a battleground 1940s situation."
Mar 18
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Which is also the first appearance of a character whose Earth-1 counterpart will become very well-known decades later... or rather, Earth-1 adjacent."
Mar 17
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"At this point I don't think we can even attempt to find a true "fix" that does not incorporate some sort of moving parts.Hyppolyta being the 1940s Wonder Woman was an interesting idea, but does not really work. Wonder Woman's mother is too central a…"
Mar 17
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas left a comment for Tom Brevoort
"Welcome!"
Mar 17
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Mar 17
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics for March 18, 2026
"Sentry strikes me as simply too unstable to be much of a main character.  A great supporting character or occasional antagonist, though.  Of course, it is possible that the character concept is being retooled.  The solicitation blurb does not make…"
Mar 14
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale
"Isn't that also similar to the plot of Halle Berry's Catwoman movie (2004)?"
Mar 14
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superboy (2025)
"Somehow that reminds me of Omega the Unknown."
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superboy (2025)
"I don't think I know who this Tomorrow Man is.I am assuming that he is a new character. "
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"Perhaps not?  There is another one with lots of green, a fairly similar head pattern and a sun chest pattern that was published by DC at roughly the same time (in another book)."
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superboy (2025)
"This is a homage cover, correct?  What would be the inspiration?"
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"Oh, I sure recognize that costume.  Hasn't it been brought back a couple of years ago or so (with a different character IIRC)?"
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"I was born in January 9th, 1969.The same day when Living Pharaoh and White Gorilla debuted, in X-Men #54 and Avengers #62 respectively.There may be a warning about how things repeat themselves in there somewhere.A new volume of Brazilian Portuguese…"
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Does Continuity Still Matter?
"While I think that continuity does in fact matter, I also think that it is difficult to maintain as the years accumulate, and perhaps for that reason Marvel and DC both seem to have embraced a very loose form of it - almost a "sliding window" model…"
Mar 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Golden Age Captain America Stories
"In Captain America #219 (1977-1978) by Don Glut, I think."
Mar 11
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Batgirl, the Dominoed Daredoll
"Cassandra Cain is this Batgirl, who debuted during "No Man's Land".  Daughter of Lady Shiva, as it turns out. She is not mute, but she has trouble speaking.  In a nutshell, her father was a killer-for-hire and raised her under so intense a training…"
Mar 10
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