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by loki
Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:44 am
Forum: Issue Analysis
Topic: Mother Teresa of Calcutta #1 (1984)
Replies: 26
Views: 23927

Re: Mother Teresa of Calcutta #1 (1984)

Russ Chappell wrote: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:28 pm 616 stories are intended to be fiction. These two books are intended to be factual.
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by loki
Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:00 pm
Forum: Issue Analysis
Topic: Adventures into Weird Worlds #21
Replies: 4
Views: 6785

Re: Adventures into Weird Worlds #21

Maybe, but is it really plausible the writer thought that Hitler thought that Stalin might vouch for him? After all, he'd fought a brutal war with massive losses against the Nazi invaders. Height of the Cold War, when fear of Commies was at its peak? Who else would be considered so evil that the mi...
by loki
Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:08 pm
Forum: Issue Analysis
Topic: Adventures into Weird Worlds #21
Replies: 4
Views: 6785

Re: Adventures into Weird Worlds #21

I missed this one when I broke down Napoleon's chronology last year. Adventures into Weird Worlds #21 (Aug 1953) 2nd Story : SYNOPSIS: Hitler arrives in Hell but insists that he shouldn’t be there. The demonic creature he is speaking to agrees to let him leave if he can find a single person who wil...
by loki
Thu Mar 22, 2018 6:11 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Little Lizzie
Replies: 7
Views: 4126

Re: Little Lizzie

My take on this: I start from the assumption stories are in 616 continuity UNLESS there's reasons to believe otherwise. I concur with Russ in terms of art styles - a change in appearance is not proof that they are different characters. In terms of supporting cast, "absence of evidence is not ev...
by loki
Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:24 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: The Punisher in the Savage Land
Replies: 3
Views: 2864

Re: The Punisher in the Savage Land

I find "lost tales" fascinating, but I suspect the MCP won't want to go down the rabbit hole of listing them. Feel free to correct me Russ and co, if you think I'm putting words into your mouths! On a personal level, I take them case by case - could they still fit into continuity? Some can...
by loki
Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:15 pm
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven
Replies: 12
Views: 10260

Re: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven

I still want someone to explain how Two-Gun (Matt) could be present at the Battle of the Alamo, and how both the Matt and Clay Two-Guns could have so many identical adventures. Less flippantly: Matt's a time-traveller, so his presence at the Alamo (what comic claimed or showed that?) could be down ...
by loki
Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:42 pm
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Patsy Walker 122-124
Replies: 21
Views: 15631

Re: Patsy Walker 122-124

The Avengers Index backs this up by explicitly citing those issues of Patsy Walker as prior appearances of the characters. I personally feel that most issues of Patsy Walker (and related or similar titles) can be treated like Golden Age comics - semi-accurate (to varying degrees) accounts of actual...
by loki
Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven
Replies: 12
Views: 10260

Re: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven

vanhornluke wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:03 pm I still want someone to explain how Two-Gun (Matt) could be present at the Battle of the Alamo, and how both the Matt and Clay Two-Guns could have so many identical adventures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJerFXbUrNA
by loki
Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:56 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven
Replies: 12
Views: 10260

Re: Rawhide Kid - the Sensational Seven

In Avengers 141-143, Thor, Moondragon, and Hawkeye, with the aid of the Rawhide Kid, the Two-Gun Kid, Kid Colt, the Night Rider, and the Ringo Kid, tackle Kang in Tombstone, Arizona in 1873. Since Tombstone wasn't founded until 1879 in our world, this era of history must be vastly different in E-61...
by loki
Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rise of the Black Panther
Replies: 32
Views: 33755

Re: Rise of the Black Panther #1

My take would be that the T isn't silent, but that the way it is pronounced with a Wakandan accent means most non-Wakandans pronounce it incorrectly, and it's easier to ask them to just not pronounce it than get them to try and say it correctly. I've seen plenty of examples of this in real life, wh...
by loki
Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:02 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rise of the Black Panther
Replies: 32
Views: 33755

Re: Rise of the Black Panther #1

So it's possible the Wakandans themselves are heavy on the CH sound and pronounce it TCH without realizing it, and to a western ear, that sounds like the T is pronounced. So even when T'Challa is saying "Challa, no T, Kevin", Kevin is still hearing it as TCHalla. Hence his asking, "T...
by loki
Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rise of the Black Panther
Replies: 32
Views: 33755

Re: Rise of the Black Panther #1

Because earlier that issue, Kevin had heard Monica Lynne use T'Challa's name, and i guess she must have pronounced the T'.. Okay, even with that: 1) T'Challa literally just said the name to him. 2) If anyone outside of Wakanda would pronounce it correctly, Monica would. My take would be that the T ...
by loki
Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:06 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Toy (Tinkerer's robot pal)
Replies: 0
Views: 1775

Toy (Tinkerer's robot pal)

Toy's listing currently ends with

PPSSM 53

The character has another appearance in CAGE 13.
by loki
Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:05 am
Forum: Marvel Universe
Topic: Rise of the Black Panther
Replies: 32
Views: 33755

Re: Rise of the Black Panther #1

It's in a panel of Jungle Action #19! https://allofthemarvels.tumblr.com/post/168548261587/and-now-we-know-how-to-pronounce-tchalla-two But...if the T is silent, and Kevin literally only just heard T'Challa say his name (and didn't know how it was spelled to begin with?) then how come he thought th...
by loki
Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:11 am
Forum: Newswire
Topic: and then… CONAN
Replies: 15
Views: 20645

Re: and then… CONAN

Thanks. Loki. Didn't know about that one! "Those two" - separate stories. The first is from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series 2, in which Gullivar and Carter join forces to drive a hostile Martian species off Mars, unintentionally triggering H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. The secon...