Well the fact he got Banned (on top of not knowing nearly as much as 3-4 different posters in this thread) probably had had an impact on that issue.
Some of the action:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=156114
and probably here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=156130
Fenris it appears your crown is safe.
Maybe for general stuff, but when it comes to specialists, I have to doff my crown for Hastur and Chaim to name just two.
But it seems like there’s an interest in this thread, so now that I don’t have to worry about stealing Brighteyes thunder, I’d be interested in continuing, especially if others’ll join in and answer too.
So: got any questions that don’t involve X-Men from about 1986-1999 or Spider-Man during the Clone-Saga? 
Fenris
What ever happened to the Great Lakes Avengers? I read West Coast Avengers when they were introduced (and I loved that they were based in Milwaukee, not Chicago!). What happened to them after their illustrious debut?
I’ll take those Clone queries, and maybe any Ultimate Marvel questions. Actually, most anything Spider-Man.
The Great Lakes Avengers, IIRC, were last seen in the pages of Thunderbolts attempting to capture the titular group after having changed the GLA name to Lightning Rods. They even had a nifty battle cry: “Lightning Rods, Strike!!!” Of course someone pointed out to them that lightning rods don’t really strike anything. All the original members were still active, like you’d expect any less of Mister Immortal.
Hey Fen…Whatever happened to Longshot? He seemed to be a pretty popular character with some.
What form is The Thing in now? Thing, Ben, ultra Thing? I lost track a long time ago.
while I am at it…
-Anyone want to nominate worst story arc? I say Spider Clone was bad, so was bringing back Aunt May for that matter. Maybe that jackass killer who wiped out a bunch of no name characters saying “justice is served” all the while.
-Best story arc? I would say the DC Crisis was a godsend for the entire line and one hell of a gripping story (even though I did not know a lot of the heroes).
-Anyone read The Golden Age? What a story! I heartily urge you to go pick up the trade.
-Best parody of superheros? My vote is a split…Savage Dragonbert is hilarious if you like Savage Dragon, but I picked up one a couple of days ago that had me rolling…its called “The Pro”. Good lord, if you have not read this, you got to see it. It practically meltsdown the entire hero genre with the world’s only prostitute superheroine. It’s adult, but not in the way you think. Garth Ennis is a part of the team so you know what to expect in terms of humor.
TigoleBitties:
That was the Sin Eater, if I’m not too much mistaken. I don’t recall it being all that bad (in fact, I seem to think I liked it when it was released) but it’s been a metric buttload of moons since I read it, now. IIRC, he ends up getting "Jack Ruby"ed once he’s in police custody, by a never revealed perpetrator, who uses his own tagline after waxing him.
No, Sin-Eater was the one who snuffed whatshername…the lady police detective from Spider-Man (IIRC, it was also one of Peter David’s first stories).
Scourge was the “Justice is Served” guy. And what an idiotic concept that could only have come about in the late “I don’t like the toys, so I’ll break 'em” '80s. Why snuff villians that could be useful later? :rolleyes: (Real reason? Marvel was feeling spanked by DC’s more mature stuff and wanted to get rid of some of what they considered their “sillier” stuff.)
I think it turned out that Scourge was financed by The Red Skull (revealed around Cap #350 or so)
Longshot? No clue…I think he’s dead though. It’s part of that big incomprehensible X-Men era.
Thing: he’s back to his normal Kirby-era self.
Fenris
Best storyarc?
Moore’s Anatomy Lesson onward in Swamp-Thing. The best reinvention of a character ever.
The Dark Phoenix saga
The original Galactus story.
Steve Englehart’s Justice Leagues (JLA 139-150). Stunning stuff and completly forgotten.
The Return of Barry Allen storyline in Flash
I could keep going, but…
Worst storyarc? Um…Can I count every “Byrne decides to revamp a book”-storyline?*
Or how 'bout the way Nancy Collins(?) and later writers broke Swamp Thing? Hottest DC book for years and over about 20 issues, they ruined the character so badly that we’ve only seen Swampy about 15 times since his book ended about 10 years ago (the recent mini-series about his daughter notwithstanding)?
Or Gerry Conway’s Justice League with Vibe, Gypsy, Vixen and so on?
The Spider-Clone, of course. (Note to writers: don’t start a mystery until AFTER you’ve worked out whodunnit and why)
The Green Lantern/Green Arrows by O’Neil and Adams (IMHO, of course: I realized that these are loved by most people. But the characterization is just plain wrong (Hal’s not a snivelling wimp**), they’re preachy, the dialogue is terrible etc)
The three part “Emerald Twilight” crap. Like Kyle Raynor or not, “Emerald Twilight” makes no sense (to the extent that it does) unless you ignore the previous 20 issues (and they did).
[sub]I’ll stop now[/sub]
Fenris
*Note: I don’t dislike Byrne’s stuff, as long as he’s not breaking other people’s toys. And again, I highly recommend his current Elseworlds series for DC: Generations
**Allegedly, one of the reasons that Emerald Twilight happened (beyond the obvious: the Death of Superman and Breaking of Batman series sold really, REALLY well) was that the powers that be (including O’Neil) were upset that Gerard Jones, the writer prior to Emerald Twilight had done a short story arc explaining that Hal’s behavior in the O’Neil/Adams stuff was due to psychic brain-damage (Bwah-hahaha… I loved it…) and kicked Jones off the book.
A couple of things off the top of my head:
That’s Jean DeWolfe.
Actually, I’m pretty sure he’s alive and back on MojoWorld. I could be wrong though.
And while I’m here, I just want to thank you Fenris. I picked up The Legion a while back on your reccomendation and I’m enjoying it.
No prob, Trion. If you don’t mind one more recommendation, get Flash. There’s two trade paperbacks that’ll catch you up to near current: Geoff Jones is doing some amazing things in that book. And thanks for the info on Longshot. Didn’t he die at one point, though?
Fenris
Flash it is. I’ve gotta do something with that Gift Certificate to the comic shop my wife gave me for Christmas.
Regarding Longshot - I don’t remember him being dead, but considering that just about everyone was dead at one time or another I probably just missed it.
But it turns out that my info on Longshot was outdated. I just checked the X-Men Faq which tells me the following.
I disagree. I thought the Scourge story - especially the way it was built up with a glance here and there in most of the books, until after two years the character was dealt with in Cap’s book - was brilliant. And dead villains can always be replaced.
No, I think you’re thinking of Flag-Smasher. The secret behind Scourge was revealed in USAgent’s miniseries. Scourge turned out to be financed by the Golden Age Angel (a very old Timely character who had not been introduced into modern Marvel continuity until then, except possibly from Rick Jones’s mind in the Kree-Skrull war). That guy ended up dying at the end of that series, and a “Scourge” has since been seen quite a bit in the Thunderbolts series. But I don’t think that plot thread has yet been resolved.
Chaim Mattis Keller
Swamp Thing #84, the issue where Cable finally dies, has an appearance by Dream where he asks Cable if he’d like to come serve Dream and try to redeem himself. The appearance was done with Gaiman’s permission.
–Cliffy
It’s absurd to think of it as a gimmick – what’s gimmicky about getting a new regular penciller who’s very good at the job? I haven’t read it but I’ve heard it is somewhat blah. Of course, most of the people I talk to comics about don’t read superheroes (because the vast majority of superhero comics are crap), so maybe that’s just the audience.
–Cliffy
Is there any particular reason he’s never done the superteam thing? I mean, even Batman’s part of the Justice League, and Spider-Man doesn’t seem as introverted as the Caped Crusader. (I know, different universes.) In fact, he’s downright social.
Same question for Daredevil, without the “what a social guy” commentary.
Speaking of Daredevil, can someone give me a rundown on Elektra’s story, post-Bullseye story arc? Is she active? Dead? Retired? What? (And, while I love Jennifer Garner, is she really the best choice to play Elektra in the Daredevil movie?)
OK, this is marginal -
Anyone seen the re-issue of “Agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.”? The Lovely and Talented Mrs. Shodan got it for me for Christmas, and it has been on back order since late November.
I loved those comics when I was a wee Shodan.
If it isn’t good, please lie to me.
So - old Raven, or new?
Regards,
Shodan
Yeah, in issue 1 of ASM, Spider-Man did try to join the FF, but of course they weren’t hiring. Much later though, when the FF was in trouble/dead/in the Negative Zone (memory fuzzy), he teamed up with Wolverine, grey Hulk, and Ghost Rider to form the all-new, all-different Fantastic Four, but that only lasted 3 issues.
Spidey is not much one for taking orders or advice. He respects and admires a lot of the original heroes (Capt. America, Reed Richards) but he feels restricted when not allowed to cut loose and be unconventional. And I don’t think he likes being told to ‘quit cracking jokes.’
I think around Avengers #200, vol 1, DareDevil may have been considered for Avengers membership (he was on the cover, anyway) but either he turned them down, or the cover was full of crap.
Electra is currently alive (again) and well and working unofficially as a SHIELD assassin. You can check out the first part of her series online at www.marvel.com.
(I always feel like I have to preface any comic book discussion I join with the reminder that my moniker comes from the team of the university I attended and not the X-Men. But no more, this is my last time. I mean it. This is the last time. Until next time.)
Besides fighting alongside superhero teams, Spider-Man has been briefly with two teams. The replacement FF with Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Wolverine when the originals where thought dead. They didn’t last very long. Made an interesting What If? storyline when the original FF stayed dead.
The second was a group a ex-cons (at the time) who were trying to go good. Early '90s before the clone stuff. This included the Prowler, Sandman, the Rocket?, and the Jaguar?. I don’t remember what they were called but they were never an official group. Essentially they came together for a couple of issues to do some work.
As far as I know, the reason he doesn’t join a team is because he wants a normal life. Wake up, go to work, live the married life, be responsible with his power shtick. That sort of thing.
A team would take 1. too much time from his personal schedule and 2. expose family and friends to attacks from supervillans, crime lords, and numerous small time crooks he’s put away throughout the years.
That would be the Outlaws, brought together by Silver Sable who had employed each of them at one time or another. The two members in question are Rocket Racer and Puma. I believe when Thunderbolt came out of the closet (so to speak), the Outlaws went after them. Former criminals turned heroes chasing pretend former criminals turned heroes.
My particular expertise is limited, but I’m an in-depth specialist in The Maxx (and other Sam Kieth stuff) and Generation X. So if anyone has questions on those titles, ask away. (I’m also a recent Batman addict. I did know the answer to the Sasha Bordeaux question. (damn, I miss her…))
but I lost track of what happened to my favorite team after their book ended. I know Chamber joined the Uncanny team, I tried to follow him, but got bored after he dated that Britney Spears clone.
And I know I saw Emma on some New Xmen covers, so I assume she ended up there. I assume Banshee’s gone back to his second-string Xmen position. But has anyone heard from any of the following characters lately?
M
Husk
Jubilee
Skin
and especially Penance
It really pissed me off that they never resolved who the “new” Penance was after Monet was freed. (silly plotline anyway).
And to answer TigoleBitties, I assume Synch remained dead. Don’t know if he’s major enough to count, or if he’s been miraculously revived in the past few years, though.
Also, what issues do I need to get the whole scoop on Cain from Batman? The end of the Fugitive storyline was a bit lost on me since I didn’t know who he was other than Batgirl’s father.