# Ask the comic guy 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700 "2003-07-07T03:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/81 "2003-07-18T20:50:56Z")
gonzoron: If I recall correctly, BatMite was a being from another dimension, somewhat on the order of Mr. Mzytptlk or however the hell you spell it, who idolizes Batman and sometime makes his life miserable. He was never a resident of the Batcave to my knowledge. Mockingbird: Why shouldn’t companies bring out Doc Savage comics? There are many of us who love those old pulps. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/82 "2003-07-18T22:02:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Interrobang!?, X-Statix is indeed in mainstream Marvel continuity I’am 100% positive on this. On the account of the Wolverine appearances and the upcoming appearance from Spider-Man (in the next storyline after this one). Do characters from X-Statix ever show up in other books? Has the Orphan appeard in Fantastic Four? U-Go Girl in Spider-Man? Has Dead Girl applied for Avengers membership? (I know about the Doop/Wolverine book, but I’m curious how often X-Statix characters appear in Marvel books outside their own title.) I don’t doubt your answer, but X-Statix seems to be doing something so unique that it’s hard to see how the rest of the Marvel U would use its characters, even though X-Statix uses other Marvel characters really well in its own book. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/83 "2003-07-18T22:30:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DK2 \* > \*\*Anyway if your a big comic buff like I’am you usually go and get your comics Wednesday so let’s hear what you got. \*\* Comic Book Guy, why _do_ comics come out on a wednesday? Some kind of tradition? I got 2000AD Prog 1349, end of current Lobster Random story 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/84 "2003-07-19T00:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, not the exact location, but it is supposed to be in Delaware, so that should narrow down the possibilities. No, Metropolis is in Delaware. Gotham is in New Jersey, which I guess makes it possible that the statue could be the Statue of Liberty. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/85 "2003-07-19T01:35:52Z")
The statue in question holds a sword, and is the famous Statue of Justice. I believe it first “appeared” in Kafka’s novel **Amerika**. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/86 "2003-07-19T01:45:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pushkin \* > \*\*Comic Book Guy, why _do_ comics come out on a wednesday? Some kind of tradition? > \*\* They just do at the moment. When Marvel tried to go through a different distributor, they came out on (IIRC) Fridays. When I started collecting comics, they came out on Monday afternoons (I used to wait at the newsstand for them). When I started working in a comic store, they came out Fridays. Somewhere along the line they were Saturday mornings, then Tuesdays. They’ve only been Wednesdays for about the last…5? 7? years or so. (Note, I’m trying to remember which days comics came out on 30 years ago…I may just _possibly_ have gotten the days wrong. But they’ve certainly changed multiple times over the decades. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/87 "2003-07-19T16:23:53Z")
X-Statix crossovers into other books have not happened in any major way. Seems like none of the other creators want to touch these guys. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/88 "2003-07-19T19:23:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*No, Metropolis is in Delaware. Gotham is in New Jersey, which I guess makes it possible that the statue could be the Statue of Liberty. \*\* I always get those two turned around. But as **DrFidelius** pointed out, it is definitely not the Statue of Liberty. Just another of those amazing coincedences between Gotham and New York. 😉 Lok ---
**Author:** ![DK2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@DK2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DK2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/89 "2003-07-21T03:21:29Z")
Here’s the list for this Wednesday’s comics: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 MARVEL Black Panther #62 Fantastic Four #500 Director’s Cut Edition Hulk #58 Hulk: Nightmerica #2 Hulk TP Vol 4: Abominable Inhumans #3 Startling Stories - Thing: Night Falls on Yancy Street #3 Venom #3 Mystique #4 X-Men Unlimited #50 X-Statix #11 DC American Century #26 Batgirl #42 Batman: Dark Knight Archives HC Vol 4 Birds of Prey #57 Eye of the Storm Annual Fables TP Vol 2: Animal Farm Jimmy Olsen Adventures by Jack Kirby TP JLA Scary Monsters #5 Lucifer #40 Outsiders #2 Robin #116 Robotech the Macross Saga TP Vol 3 Superman #195 Terra Obscura #2 Tokyo Storm Warning #2 Wildcats Version 3.0 #12 Wonder Woman #194 THE REST Artesia Afire #2 Assassin School #1 Bird TP Vol 2: The Mask Blankets GN Boneyard #11 Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59: Slayer Interrupted Part 4 BPRD Dark Waters Cain GN Castle in the Sky TP Vol 2 Comic Expo 2003 Cinescape Sep 2003 Comic Book Market Place #103 Comics Journal #254 Crossovers #7 Crux #28 Art of Tim Vigil: Dark Utopia #7 Dogwitch #6 Extinctioners: Tales of the Endangered #1 Finder TP Vol 5: Dream Sequence Futabakun Change TP Vol 8 Futurama #14 GI Joe #19 GI Joe Frontline #9 GI Joe Transformers #2 Gold Digger #44 Gold Digger TP Vol 11 Growing Up Enchanted #4 Hell #1 How Loathsome #3 Invincible #5 Kolchak: Devil in the Details GN Legacy #2 Lenore #13 Love & Rockets Vol 2 #8 Luba #7 Luftwaffe 1946 #11 Manhattan Beach 1957 GN Mega Dragon & Tiger #5 Newtype Vol 2 #8 Aug 2003 Paradigm #10 Pete the PO’d Postal Worker #12 Previews Vol 13 #8 Aug 2003 Puffed #1 PVP #3 Route 666 #14 Saiko & Lavender TP Vol 1 Samurai Jack: Code of the Samurai TP Scion #38 Sheba Vol 3 #3 Silent Mobius TP Vol 11 Hell Skumm #3 Solus #5 Spectrum #33 Star Wars Empire #10: Yavin Base Part 1 Strange Killings: Strong Medicine #1 Terminator 3: Before the Rise #2 Three Strikes #3 Twisted Toyfare Theatre TP Vol 3 Usagi Yojimbo #68 Vagabond TP Vol 6 Vampi: Vicious #1 Vampire Princess Miyu TP Vol 4 Warrior Nun Areala #19 Weasel TP Vol 1: Ripple Predilection for Tina Write Now #5 Well it looks like a small week for me. I’m going to get Lucifer #40, Eye of the Storm Annual, Usagi Yojimbo #68, and X-Statix #11. How about you guys? ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/90 "2003-07-23T06:13:07Z")
So, what do you guys (and the average comic fans) think about anime? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/91 "2003-07-23T18:25:27Z")
Hey, been a while, but I’m back on the boards…like I was missed or something… Going back to my comment on shooting Batman, yes yes, I know if Batman was prepared he could defeat the entire heavenly host. I was more referring to the fact that all of Batman’s designs to defeat the JLA worked on using their powers and weaknesses against them. When it comes down to it, Batman is human and a well placed bullet would stop him. Hell, Harley Quinn could have done it in Mad Love. Batman was chained up over a tank of pirhana. He was pretty much screwed and Harley could have made short work of Bats if she’d not been trying to show Joker how it was done. This week all I picked up were the three GI Joe titles. I’m really enjoying Joe vs Transformers. ---
**Author:** ![DK2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@DK2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DK2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/92 "2003-07-24T02:38:51Z")
Wednesday’s picks: \*X-Statix #11- Pretty good issue but Milligan can do better than this. I just hope he’s not getting burned out like he was at the end of Shade, The Changing Man. \*Eye of the Storm Annual- Okay stories, nothing to write home about. \*Lucifer #40- Best Vertigo title on the stands today. \*Usagi Yojimbo #68- This book is always entertaining and clever and it proves it again in this outstanding issue. I would have picked up Hulk but Bruce Jones IMO has run out of steam on this title in a big way. I also think someone else should write Hulk because as of late Jones’ stories have been terrible. What did you guys think of this week’s comics? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/93 "2003-07-24T21:51:01Z")
Two, this time… 1. In a few “Superman” materials, I’ve heard references to a weapon called the BG-60 “Toastmaster,” an assault rifle designed by John Henry Irons (aka “Steel”). What does this weapon look like, exactly? Are there any pictures of it available? 2. How many times has a Green Lantern been shown in _animation_? ---
**Author:** ![DK2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@DK2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DK2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/94 "2003-07-24T22:15:31Z")
1. Honestly I don’t read Superman that much so I have no idea what the answer is but I’m sure their are Superman fans on here who know the answer. 2. Now this one I’m pretty sure I know. Green Lantern was first shown in animation on the Superfriends cartoon the GL shown was Hal Jordan. After that Green Lantern took a long break from animation untill the new Justice League cartoon on Cartoon Network the GL shown is John Stewart. Green Lantern will make his third appearance in animation in the Dock Dodgers cartoon, the Green Lantern that will be on the show will be the Hal Jordan Green Lantern. My source for the Duck Dodgers cartoon is from [comicon.com](http://comicon.com). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/95 "2003-07-24T23:32:27Z")
'nother one… Can anyone tell me what comic [this scan](http://www.home.pon.net/phoebeg/mayday_comic1.jpg) comes from? I found it online awhile back, and it’s apparently May “Spider-girl” Parker, but I’ll be danged if I know what issue it came from. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/96 "2003-07-25T05:36:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DK2 \* > \*\*1. Honestly I don’t read Superman that much so I have no idea what the answer is but I’m sure their are Superman fans on here who know the answer. > > 1. Now this one I’m pretty sure I know. Green Lantern was first shown in animation on the Superfriends cartoon the GL shown was Hal Jordan. After that Green Lantern took a long break from animation untill the new Justice League cartoon on Cartoon Network the GL shown is John Stewart. Green Lantern will make his third appearance in animation in the Dock Dodgers cartoon, the Green Lantern that will be on the show will be the Hal Jordan Green Lantern. My source for the Duck Dodgers cartoon is from [comicon.com](http://comicon.com). \*\* Ya left out the episode of Superman adventures featuring the origin of Kyle Rayner. Toastmaster- Actually, John developed the BG 60. A woman going by the name of the White Rabbit upgraded to the BG 80. IIRC they look something like the gun Ripley uses in Aliens. Each shot is roughly the size of a fist. A hit leaves a human being with a big hole, as well as instantly charbroiling them. Hence the name. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/97 "2003-07-25T07:08:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DK2 \* > \*\*1. Honestly I don’t read Superman that much so I have no idea what the answer is but I’m sure their are Superman fans on here who know the answer. > > 1. Now this one I’m pretty sure I know. Green Lantern was first shown in animation on the Superfriends cartoon the GL shown was Hal Jordan. After that Green Lantern took a long break from animation untill the new Justice League cartoon on Cartoon Network the GL shown is John Stewart. Green Lantern will make his third appearance in animation in the Dock Dodgers cartoon, the Green Lantern that will be on the show will be the Hal Jordan Green Lantern. My source for the Duck Dodgers cartoon is from [comicon.com](http://comicon.com). \*\* Green Lantern was first shown in 1967 in the Justice League of America cartoon as well as his own solo cartoont that was a part of the Superman/Aquaman Hour by Filmation ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/98 "2003-07-25T07:53:46Z")
Info on the series: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0231046](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0231046) ---
**Author:** ![DK2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@DK2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DK2)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/99 "2003-07-27T02:05:11Z")
This week’s comics and a possible spoiler behind the identity of Hush (people currently reading Batman know what I’m talking about). Wednesday, July 30, 2003 MARVEL Fantastic Four #501 Punisher: Born #2 Silver Surfer #1 Spectacular Spider-Man #2 Thor: Vikings #1 Ultimates #11 Ultimate X-Men TP Vol 6: Return of the King Weapon X #11 DC Batgirl: Death Wish TP Batman #617 Catwoman #21 Beware the Creeper #4 Empire #1 Flash #200 Global Frequency #10 Green Lantern #167 Hellblazer #186 JLA #83 Legion #22 Losers #2 Red #1 Swampthing TP Vol 6: Reunion Sweatshop #4 Tomorrow Stories TP Vol 1 Trinity #2 THE REST American Geisha: Art of Olivia HC Black Images in the Comics SC Boys Over Flowers TP Vol 1 Brain Powered TP Vol 2 Brigadoon TP Vol 1 Brit #1 Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow TP Vol 6 Chobits TP Vol 7 Clamp School Detectives TP Vol 3 Comics Journal Library TP Vol 2: Frank Miller Crimson Embrace TP Vol 6 CSI: Thicker than Blood Demonslayer: Lords of Night #1/2 Demonslayer: Lords of Night #1 Dr. Who Magazine #332 Dragonball Z TP Vol 12 Dragon Hunter TP Vol 2 Dragon Knights TP Vol 9 Exel Saga TP Vol 1 Exotic Art by Lassen Extraordinary Worlds of Alan Moore TP Femme Fatales Vol 12 #4 Forbidden Dance TP Vol 1 GI Joe Frontline #10 Gold Digger End of Summer Swimsuit Special 2003 Graphic Classics TP Vol 6: Ambrose Bierce G-Gundam TP Vol 2 Heirs of Eternity #3 How to Draw Manga Vol 8 How to Draw Manga More About Pretty Gals How to Draw Manga Supersized TP Vol 3 Jing King of Bandits TP Vol 2 Joe Chiodo TP Judge Dredd Necropolis GN Vol 2 Jungle Tails Vol 4 Juxtapoz Sep/Oct 2003 King of Hell TP Vol 2 Kissing Chaos: 1000 Words Lost World TP Love Hina TP Vol 13 Lupin III TP Vol 6 Marmalade Boy TP Vol 8 Mars TP Vol 13 Marshal Law: Fear Asylum TP Masters of the Universe Vol 2 #5 Protoculture Addicts #77 Queen & Country: Declassified TP Vol 1 Samurai Deeper Kyo TP Vol 2 Savage Dragon #109 Shaolin Sisters TP Vol 4 Soul of the Samurai #2 Starburst #300 Star Wars Republic #56: Battle of Jabiim Part 2 Summer of Love SC Tarot #21 Tokyo Mew Mew TP Vol 3 Tomb Raider: Epiphany Transformers Generation One Vol 2 #4 Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Official Guide #4 Transformers War Within TP TV Zone #165 Vampire Game TP Vol 2 Vampirella & Witchblade #1 Video Girl Ai TP Vol 6: Cutting Room Voltron #3 Witchblade: Blood Relations TP Wizard #0 X-Day TP Vol 1 Looks like I’m getting Born #2, Batman #617, Catwoman #21, Flash #200, Global Frequency #10, Hellblazer #86, and Losers #2. Anyone else have an idea about what they’re going to pick up? Well here’s the souce to the possible identity of Hush. It could be a hoax but it looks pretty real to me. If it’s real I will be very disappointed at Jeph Loeb for pulling such a cheap stunt. Source: [http://www.swpalace.net/jtp.jpg](http://www.swpalace.net/jtp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-comic-guy-2/186700/100 "2003-07-27T13:24:47Z")
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