That should be http://www.captaincomics.us/forums/index.php?act=SF&f=5&st=
An Arch-Nemesis is the same thing, but it sounds cooler.
Well, I was hoping to get more feedback on my definition, but I’ll designate #96 as the umbrella term Modern Age with subsets 96A for the Bronze Age and 96B as the Dark Age.
#97 is my definition for “Platinum Age”, although I sort of prefer the term Postmodern Age. It sums up the post-speculation bust, creator-owned, analog hero, imprint, VERTIGO, MAXX and ULTIMATE phenomenons.
We can get far past one hundred terms. We’re still just scratching the surface, IMHO. There’s still all those clothing accessories synonyms no one wants to tackle, and a few terms I said I would define later that I never did. Here’s two.
#98. Superhero wedding. One of the milestones of any person’s life is their wedding, and superhero weddings are special in that they mingle a joyous occassion of one’s private life and **secret identity ** with the assembly of many superheroes for a non-emergency crossover event. Superheroes usually attend such affairs in costume of uniform. Often in remote locations, but with much fanfare by the press. Superhero weddings may include disruptions by super-villains, which may include kidnappings or assassination attempts.
#99. Superhero museum. Often seen in the future, although some are seen in the present. Museums contain many artifacts and memorabilia relating to the career of a superpowered hero, usually in the city Central to that hero’s base of operations. A DCU phenomenon. Examples: Flash, Superman. SEE: Trophy Room.
Who wants to do #100?
Well, this isn’t best one but I am hurrying to fast to be **#100:****Brightly Colored Tights, The purpose of. ** some superheroes say they are a symbol of justice, others, a symbol of power. What it boils down to is a living symbol. By being brightly colored, and having an icon on their chest, they represent something, whether it is: Patriotism, such as Captain Brittan or The Shield; safety in ones own neighbor hood, such as Ma Hunkel- The Original Red Tornado, or The Guardian Angels; Elemental Forces, such as the Original Flash, who wore a costume reminiscent of the God Mercury; or childish fantasies of being a grownup., such as Captain Marvel.
Alternately, it is so the artist can draw them like naked Greek statues, all muscles and no clothing. That is to say, they are rendered as naked, except for the flesh being colored in as brightly colored clothing.
“Brightly Colored Tights, the purpose of?”
Gimme the keyboard. You’re not fit to surf the 'Net.
A bit tautological, though, given my definition.
Ok, then, you write the one hundred entry. I thought it was nice to point out why thry wear those silly looking tights.
Scottie—! I keed. Relax. Your entry’s fine, I thought it was funny.
I really oughta look into using them smilie icons so people will know I’m joking.
- Prep-Time. The notion that Batman can defeat any super-powered opponent from angry New Gods to insanely powerful malignant anthopomorphic metaphysical immortal abstractions armed only with 1) time to study his foe and 2) access to adequate resources for a devastating counterattack. This idea has been reduced to the classic four-word meme, "Batman, if he’s prepared."
The origin of this phrase began shortly on internet message boards after Grant Morrison’s JLA run – #4 – when the merely human but cooly superscientific Batman defeats several disguised White Martians with gasoline and a lit match.
A (partial) list of opponents Batman has been said by fans he could defeat using Prep-Time:
Reed Richards
Thor
White Martians
Galactus
Black Panther
Captain America
The Hulk
Daredevil
Locke
Superman
Moon Knight
The Saint of Killers
Spike
Jessica Alba
Lex Luthor
Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet
Seven of Nine
Sherlock Holmes
Hellraiser
John Constantine
The Living Tribunal
Eternity
Infinity
The In-Betweener
Mistress Love
Sire Hate
Mephisto
The Molecule Man
Freddy
Jason
Chucky
Candyman
The Blob
The Phantom of the Opera
The Living Zumi Warrior Fetish doll
Wolverine
Darseid
The Red skull With The Cosmic Cube
The Midgard Serpent
Bizarro
The entire Avengers
All the X-Men
The JSA
The JLA
The Authority
The Green Lantern Corps
The Amazon Army
The Atlantean Navy
The Ultramarines
The One
Two-Face
The Warrior Three
The Fantastic Four
The Fearsome Five
The Sinister Six
The Sovereign Seven
The Crazy 88s
Ten Little Indian Boys and Girls
The Ku Klux Klan
The Wu Tang Clan
Charlie Chan and The Chan Clan
God
Jesus
Baby Jesus
The Holy Ghost
The Virgin Mary
The Elite
The Atom
The Flash
Amazo
Ultron
Dr. Doom
Destiny
Death
Dream
Destruction
Despair
Desire
Delirum
Fin Fang Foom
,etc.
:mad: Gahahaha[SIZE=2]auipahahahahahahaahahah[/SIZE]!
::collapses from exhaustion::
Wait, do you say:
Oh…
Ok, then.
I need to find out where the “Is it important for Jesus to have died thread” was heading while I was logged off; by here is my contribution for now. It is a little rushed.
- Crime scanner radio/computer: This is the method most heroes use to find where the villains are. It is far more effective than a nighly patrol. It can be anything from a simple police band radio built into a helmet, to as complex as a semi-autonomous AI computer program that analyzes Ham radio, shortwave, television news, and every part of The Internet (Goooo Usenet! Rah, Rah, Rah!) to look for both emergencies, and making links between events that would indicate a possible act of villainy in progress.
Jessica Alba?
BUMP’ED!
Come on, there must be more to contribute. I don’t think the following have been defined yet, according to the “searrch this thread” tool:
Hoax, Dream, Imaginary Story:
Bizarro World
Splash page/panel.
Infinity covers
Maledicta
homage
Right, but that was the part that was supposed to be funny.
I believe Scott’s “crime scanner” entrey would be 102. I’m taking up my numbering from that point:
-
DIMENSION: One of a limitless number of planes of existence within each PARALLEL UNIVERSE. Beings can shift from dimension to dimension by using either MAGIC (Mr. Mxyptlk’s preferred method) or SCIENCE (see the Fantastic Four and the Negative Zone). The environments and fundamental laws of nature can vary wildly from dimension to dimension. Other dimensions can also closely resemble our own, but they generally do not feature ALTERNATE VERSIONS of characters.
-
PARALLEL UNIVERSE: An entire cosmos that encompasses all planes of existence, including DIMENSIONS, AFTERLIVES, POCKET UNIVERSES and ANTI-MATTER UNIVERSES. An infinite number of parallel universes exist, allowing for all possible events to take place. This produces **ALTERNATE VERSIONS ** of familiar characters.
-
UNIVERSE: The interweaving CHARACTERS and LOCALES in which a creative entity’s stories usually take place. See, for example, the **MARVEL UNIVERSE ** or the BUFFYVERSE.
-
ALTERNATE VERSION: A variant (often from a PARALLEL UNIVERSE) of a standard character. Alternate versions feature differences from the standard character that can range from minor (small differences in ORIGIN and COSTUME for the Batman of Earth One and Earth Two, for instance) to major (Superman’s Earth Three version being a criminal known as Ultraman).
Obviously I have included a number of highlighted terms that still need to be defined. I invite anyone who’s interested to tackle those
Clark K. Way to step up the game. Glad you can join us!
FETCH THE KRYPTONITE-COVERED GOAT, LADS!
Now Clark K , you need to close your eyes, try to find your Happy Place, and bend over.
-
GOD: the supreme being and creator of the cosmos. Often shown as a disembodied voice or indistinct rays of light.
-
god: any member of a variety of religious PANTHEONS based on mythology (see, for example, Marvel’s Thor). These lower-case gods sometimes acknowledge a supreme God or unspecified greater power. Lower-case gods enjoy great strength, magical powers and control over portions of the natural universe. Generally, however, they do not have the power ascribed to God to create life and manipulate existence.
**109:**Speechify: make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; “These costumed heroes speechify on every occasion” While a monologue is usually used by villains, both them and heroes as diverse as Cutey Honey and Kirby’s Sandman, The Sandman can speechify. Though it is an awkward sounding phrase, it is all the writer of this entry can think about, having just have spent some time reading Cutey Honey stuff.
110)Maledicta: Offensive and negatively-valued words. In other words, the symbols used to indicate whre a curse word would go in a comic book marketed to small children. What a small entry. I just wanted to bump this thread so that more fans could contribute to it. @#$%*!
Four pages into Cafe Society, and almost as many bumps. Hmmm, time to give up hope for more defintions perhaps?
No, not when I’ve founf the following great link:
http://www.geocities.com/mh_prime/index.html
It covers obsquire facts of Marvel, including an archive of “Mark’s Remarks” featured on letter pages from 1986 to 1996. I have the following comic book industyjargon, which I am not numbering, due to the fact that they wear not written by me:
http://www.geocities.com/mh_prime/9103.html
Except for GOD-MAN! 
- Timeline – essentially synonymous with “parallel universe,” but specifically connoting a parallel whose differences exist because of some event in the past which happened differently. E.g., the Age of Apocalypse.
These next couple are a bit meta, and BBVLou and anyone else who hung around the WEF will recognize them.
-
Cat-Piss Man – The sterotypical (but unfortunately not inaccurately so) adult comics nerd who has developed no social skills whasoever and is known for his casual misogyny and aversion to bathing.
-
LCS – Local comics store. Can also refer to the owner or manager of said store.
–Cliffy