# CandidGamera's Comic Book Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161 "2004-03-08T18:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![knarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@knarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knarf)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/201 "2004-05-05T19:13:31Z")
5-Lockjaw 6-Blue area of the moon? 7-Medusa 8-Something like being able to detect weak points and knowing how to strike them for maximum damage. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/202 "2004-05-05T19:22:04Z")
> [@knarf](#): > > 5-Lockjaw > 6-Blue area of the moon? > 7-Medusa > 8-Something like being able to detect weak points and knowing how to strike them for maximum damage. All correct. Good job! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/203 "2004-05-07T17:05:55Z")
Darkseid 1.) The Female Furies? Lashina, her dominatrix outfit is covered with special whips Stompa-This big bruiser has special heavy-matter boots Mad Hettie-Yellow-skinned, green-haired, laughing and insane. However, DC insists that she is no relation to the Creeper Desaad’s Sister- I can’t remember her name. But, her fahrenknife boils opponents from the inside. Big Barda- The lover of Scott Free, Mister Miracle, she defected to fight for New Genesis 2.) Granny Goodness 3.) The AntiLife Equation 4.) It was either Steppenwolfe or Kalibak. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/204 "2004-05-07T17:28:22Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Darkseid > > 1.) The Female Furies? > Lashina, her dominatrix outfit is covered with special whips > Stompa-This big bruiser has special heavy-matter boots > Mad Hettie-Yellow-skinned, green-haired, laughing and insane. However, DC insists that she is no relation to the Creeper > Desaad’s Sister- I can’t remember her name. But, her fahrenknife boils opponents from the inside. > Big Barda- The lover of Scott Free, Mister Miracle, she defected to fight for New Genesis > > 2.) Granny Goodness > > 3.) The AntiLife Equation > > 4.) It was either Steppenwolfe or Kalibak. All correct. Steppenwolf. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/205 "2004-05-07T18:36:33Z")
He didn’t call me overzealous this time. Hmm Granny Goodness also ran ‘orphanages’. She disciplined children through such things as metal collars to correct posture, starvation, electric shocks, and solitary confinement. When Highfather and Darkseid exchanged sons as part of a truce, Darkseid gave Highfather’s son to Granny. In the Superman Adventures animated series, the voice of Granny was provided by Ed Asner. AFAIK It’s unclear just what the AntiLife Equation is or does. Will it give Darkseid bigger and better powers? Will it be the basis of a devastating new weapon? Or will it’s discovery simpy obliterate all life. Metatron (creator of boom tubes among other things) did his own research on the subject it caused the Cosmic Oddessy miniseries. In the Elseworlds World’s Funniest Mr Mxyzptlk and Bat Mite destroy both Apokolips and New Genesis without really trying and then hand Darkseid a piece of paper. He begins laughing. The paper says simply (pic of Mr Mxyzptlk) + (pic of Batmite)= Anti Life Steppenwolfe wears a brown suit of body armor. Frankly, I know little about him. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/206 "2004-05-07T18:41:16Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > He didn’t call me overzealous this time. At this point, it goes without saying. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/207 "2004-05-12T17:13:54Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > 1. What’s Gotham City’s Baseball team? > > 2. What was Cable-nemesis Stryfe’s organization? Terminating these two. Gotham City’s sports organization is the Gotham City Knights. Stryfe led the Mutant Liberation Front. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/208 "2004-05-12T20:50:03Z")
I shall also give the obscure answer, to my almost-certainly-forgotten question. The obscure Marvel series, set in motion by Odin’s attempt to prevent Ragnarok was The Lost Gods. I remembered a miniseries. However, it actually was done in issues of Journey Into Mystery. The series opens with Red Norville (Odin had picked him as a replacement Thor, sometime back) and Odin in a bar. Only, Odin appears to have lost all his powers and most of his memories. And so have the other Asgardians. And somebody is hunting them down and killing them. Tom DeFalco wrote this. He had high hopes for it and saw it as an allegory for the state of Marvel at the time. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/209 "2004-05-20T15:03:48Z")
And we’re back, with a silly-comics salute! 1.) Who was Marvel’s much put-upon character who wore an iron pot to cover his head? 2.) What cooking implement did his girlfriend use to conceal _her_ identity? 3.) Marvel had a miniseries that told the story of a man who could transform into a living cartoon, complete with the ability to manifest a hammer from an extradimensional space. Name him. 4.) What If?, Marvel’s alternate-universes title, had one humor issue in each of its two runs. The humor issue had the same issue number in both runs. What was the number? 5.) Who was Captain America’s counterpart in Spider-Ham’s universe? 6.) What about Doctor Doom’s? 7.) DC had a pint-sized lovable hero in black and yellow with an oversized helmet. He wore polka-dot boxers over his costume… name him. 8.) Ambush Bug sometimes encountered a character named Jonni DC … what was her position when they first met? 9.) One of Ambush Bug’s chief nemeses could be said to be something of a woolly character. Name him. 10.) Which member of the Justa Lotta Animals wielded a power-ring? 11.) What is Green Lantern G’nort’s homeworld? 1. Who was the Silver Surfer’s DC counterpart, a man who hated G’nort with all the hate he could muster? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/210 "2004-05-20T15:21:58Z")
1. Forbush Man 2. Cap’n Applepie 3. Doctor Foom ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/211 "2004-05-20T15:41:22Z")
1. 'Mazing Man 2. Continuity Cop ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/212 "2004-05-20T15:45:10Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > 1. Forbush Man > 2. Cap’n Applepie > 3. Doctor Foom Well, #1 correct. #5 and #6 . .try again. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/213 "2004-05-20T15:52:01Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > 1. 'Mazing Man > 2. Continuity Cop Correct on both counts, sir. Did we ever resolve that third weapon of the Crimson Avenger Q you asked? ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/214 "2004-05-20T15:56:26Z")
1. Green Lampkin? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/215 "2004-05-20T16:06:55Z")
> [@Papermache Prince](#): > > 1. Green Lampkin? That sounds like a guess to me, but it’s very close… in fact, it’s **Close Enough[SUP]TM[/SUP].** Green Lambkin. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/216 "2004-05-20T16:29:29Z")
2.) Collander 3.) Slapstick. IIRC Big yellow eyes, white skin, purple hair. and I think that the series had a guest appearance by Speedball. 4.) 39? 9.) Aarghile, the evil sock from another world? He hated Ambush Bug because when Schwab found the crashed wardrobe from another world, he took the Bug suit but left the sock. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/217 "2004-05-20T16:47:56Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > 2.) Collander > > 3.) Slapstick. IIRC Big yellow eyes, white skin, purple hair. and I think that the series had a guest appearance by Speedball. > > 4.) 39? > > 9.) Aarghile, the evil sock from another world? He hated Ambush Bug because when Schwab found the crashed wardrobe from another world, he took the Bug suit but left the sock. #2, 3 correct. #4 No. #9 More or less. Spelling’s different. It’s like Arg!y’le - but I can’t remember how the punctuation appears exactly. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/218 "2004-05-20T17:10:24Z")
1. The Scarlet Skier. Btw, both he and G’nort appear in JLA/Avengers, each in the background in a different panel. You can only see the Skier’s feet though. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/219 "2004-05-20T17:22:03Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > 1. The Scarlet Skier. Btw, both he and G’nort appear in JLA/Avengers, each in the background in a different panel. You can only see the Skier’s feet though. Keerect. I caught G’nort’s cameo… I don’t recall noticing the Skier. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161/220 "2004-05-20T17:38:13Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Correct on both counts, sir. Did we ever resolve that third weapon of the Crimson Avenger Q you asked? The Crimson Gas Gun, which created: A) Thick, totally obscuring, concealing clouds of red smoke. B) A kind of red riot gas. He captured it from Nazi agents. Whether _they_ stole it or brought it from Germany is unknown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidgameras-comic-book-trivia/233161.md?page=12)