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Chauncey.
Throttlebottom... the third. Wow. What a bizarre name.

Posted by brappy | October 1, 2007 1:24 PM
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Personal note to Paul -

My dad drew the Legion of Superheroes in the early 70s, and redesigned most of the characters. Somewhere in my collection of his stuff is a copy of an in-house gag he drew while at DC. It features Matter-Eater Lad, eating a trophy labeled "Most Useless Power". (Though I would argue that Bouncing Boy deserved that trophy).

Posted by Ivan Cockrum | October 1, 2007 1:28 PM
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Hear that? I think Paul's head just exploded. Nice one, Ivan.

Posted by Levislade | October 1, 2007 1:31 PM
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Posted by monkey | October 1, 2007 1:42 PM
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It's worth mentioning that Matter-Eater Lad is currently appearing in animated form on the Saturday morning WB cartoon "Legion of Superheroes" -- this past Saturday, he took a big bite out of the Emerald Eye and went a little crazy from having eaten some of its cosmic energies.

Posted by Peter | October 1, 2007 1:49 PM
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Wait a second -- the son of the late (great) Dave Cockrum reads Slog?

So cool -- Ivan, your dad was a hero of mine growing up.

Posted by Peter | October 1, 2007 1:54 PM
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It's true. Dave Cockrum is one of the comic-book greats.
And, also, Bouncing Boy would entirely suck donkey balls except for he married Duo Damsel, who has the power to split into two girls, which means he gets hot threesome action whenever he wants.
(sigh)
I could talk about the Legion of Super-Heroes forever.

Posted by Paul Constant | October 1, 2007 2:05 PM
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You should check out the "Absolute Power!" 5-minute comics by Joe Sayers. I think they run them in the Merc. He makes up really funny super-heroes like "The Man With X-Ray Pee!" and "The Man Who Can See Into the Past!" They are compiled in a tiny little book called "Teen Power!"

Posted by Ari Spool | October 1, 2007 2:13 PM
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So is Triplicate Girl just like Duo Damsel, only she can split into three? Or is she just really good at typing on carbon paper?

Oh, and it's "apropos."

Posted by Levislade | October 1, 2007 2:14 PM
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Matter-Eater Lad used his superhero celebrity to become a public servant, just like this guy!

Posted by the man who couldn't blog | October 1, 2007 2:42 PM
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Sadly, Duo Damsel *is* Triplicate Girl, after one of her three forms was killed.

(There also appears to be "Una", a "the other two are dead" version, in the current JLA/JSA, but that whole thing is so retcon I haven't wrapped my head around it yet)

Posted by torrentprime | October 1, 2007 2:44 PM
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Matter-Eater Lad's only problem is that his power was poorly marketed. He should packaged himself as Jaws: The Lad Who Can Bite Through Anything (TM). (Who can incidentally digest whatever he bites through.)

Biting through anything is not exactly a great super power, but it's no worse than a lot of them.

Don't laugh. Super heroes are utterly superficial: it's all about how you package it, not the content. What is Batman but The Vagabond with a gothy bat theme instead of a seedy bum theme?

Posted by elenchos | October 1, 2007 3:49 PM
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Ivan, big props to your dad for his LSH work, and my condolences, as a Legion fan, on his recent passing.

Posted by Kynn | October 2, 2007 5:24 PM
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Don't forget Speedball.

Posted by Scotto | October 3, 2007 3:47 PM

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