Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Oops. My mistake. Sorry.
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14 hours ago
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Batgirl, the Dominoed Dare-Doll
"Batgirl may be one of the early, most notable stories of a character being allowed to grow and change organically - even if much of it involved her getting subtly younger along time, in a very gradual drift towards becoming Dick Grayson's love…"
14 hours ago
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I take it that you assume (as do I) that the "Ladd" surname is a reference to Alan Ladd, right, Captain?As I remember Jim Steranko's "History of Comics" Vol. 1 discussing Alan Scott, his appearance was based on Ladd's.  There was even a mention of…"
yesterday
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to JD DeLuzio's discussion Conventional Superheroes Today
"I think that technology has evolved to the point that it is impossible to keep secret identities.You could have some sort of superpowered villages, but they would only keep civilian lives among themselves.  By that point you would be very close to…"
Thursday
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Crimes of Two Face
"Yes, they are Jade and Obsidian. Check the bottom right corner."
Jan 3
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics shipping Dec. 31, 2025
"The current "Age of Revelation" has a bright moment here and there, but mostly it is AoA redux (and I am no fan of the original article).But it is also a three month storyline that is already ending.  The main post-Krakoa continuity is more diverse…"
Dec 27, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod's discussion Anything, Everything, or Nothing At All
"Sorry about your hardships, Philip.  Hope you find good fortune and healing."
Dec 27, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics shipping Dec. 31, 2025
"Krakoa had interesting ideas, but fell short almost immediately from running with them to their logical conclusions.At the end it was utterly unreadable.  Anything from "Sins of Sinister" up until the most recent redefinition of Phoenix was a waste…"
Dec 27, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"I sure hope you behaved!"
Dec 23, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"Amateur radio operation is very much a thing, and a regulated one at that.  "Radio amateurs", also called "ham radio" operators, are the people who have achieved a government-issued license for two-way communication over amateur radio stations in a…"
Dec 23, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supreme
"Probably. You almost get the sense that he is writing for himself."
Dec 18, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supreme
""Extreme Destroyer" was apparently a 9-issue (or twelve-issue, depending on how you count them) event that involved, besides the Prologue and the Epilogue, such memorable titles named with remarkable originality as "Maxi-Mage", "New Man", "NewMen",…"
Dec 17, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"According to some quick research, it was actually much later.  Fin Fang Foom first appeared in "Strange Tales" #89 (1961), and then in Astonishing Tales' "It the Living Colossus" feature (#23-24, 1974).  But It itself was only revealed to be part of…"
Dec 16, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
"I remember reading the Detective Comics issue that leads into this book (#566) in real time.  The story was named "Know Your Foes" and it was indeed a retrospective of what were at the time the main foes of Batman and Robin.  This pair of books is…"
Dec 13, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Bessie is back!  And her teeth are fine too!"
Dec 12, 2025
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"Is this issue the first to point out that this series is happening roughly in real time?"
Dec 11, 2025
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