# JSA comics question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596 "2015-12-28T22:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/1 "2015-12-28T22:22:25Z")
Is Hourman only able to take one pill a day, or is it that he has to wait an hour between pills? I’ve read both online. One a day is still interesting, but not as impressive. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/2 "2015-12-28T22:29:55Z")
If he turns into Four-Hourman, he needs to call his doctor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/3 "2015-12-28T22:33:57Z")
There have been two main Hourmen, multiple canonical reformulations of Miraclo, and a whole buttload of writers, over the ~70 years that Hourman has existed. I’m pretty sure every possible way of doing it has been done. The most recent that I can recall, I’m pretty sure he could take another dose as soon as the last one was worn off - the drawback was an addiction problem. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/4 "2015-12-28T22:35:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If he turns into Four-Hourman, he needs to call his doctor. 😃 Well, in comics there’s no short supply of folks called “Doctor.” Not sure I’d want to consult Dr. Doom about that sort of issue, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/5 "2015-12-28T22:37:42Z")
Hey, both Hourmen were on the team with Drs Mid-Nite. They totally had physicians right there. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/6 "2015-12-28T22:40:11Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Hey, both Hourmen were on the team with Drs Mid-Nite. They totally had physicians right there. Yeah, but a blind doctor? That’s like hiring a blind lawyer or a wimp as a reporter. Totally unsuitable for the job. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/7 "2015-12-28T22:44:38Z")
There was even one story where he had a concussion and lost track of how much time he had left on the dose he took. He fought the bad guys, won, and discovered the pill’s effects had lapsed before he woke up again. I’d count the android Hourman (the only one to carry a monthly title, I think) as a “major” Hourman. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/8 "2015-12-28T22:49:40Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Well, in comics there’s no short supply of folks called “Doctor.” Not sure I’d want to consult Dr. Doom about that sort of issue, though. 😃 DOOM is concerned about your sodium levels. You should cut back on salt. SUCH IS THE WILL OF DOOM! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/9 "2015-12-28T22:53:24Z")
On a related topic, would working out while he’s using the Miraclo make him more fit than a normal person, since he’s lifting incredible weights? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/10 "2015-12-29T21:44:56Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > There was even one story where he had a concussion and lost track of how much time he had left on the dose he took. He fought the bad guys, won, and discovered the pill’s effects had lapsed before he woke up again. This was well after the character’s initial heyday, though. The story was actually titled “Whatever Happened to Hourman?”, from _DC Comics Presents_ #25 (September 1980). Hourman was the first character chosen for the “Whatever Happened to…?” backup feature, which ran intermittently until issue 48 with various golden- and silver-age characters whose publication had lapsed, though many (including Hourman) would soon be revived in _All-Star Squadron_ in mid 1981. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/11 "2015-12-29T22:09:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > On a related topic, would working out while he’s using the Miraclo make him more fit than a normal person, since he’s lifting incredible weights? I would think it would depend on what the Miraclo was actually doing to his body. If it was letting him ignore a certain amount of pain and upping his adrenaline, so he could push harder, without actually altering how his muscles were working, I could see it working. If it was actually making him super strong, not so much. I’m pretty sure the latter is canon, or at least closer to, so… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596/12 "2015-12-30T03:41:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > This was well after the character’s initial heyday, though. The story was actually titled “Whatever Happened to Hourman?”, from _DC Comics Presents_ #25 (September 1980). Hourman was the first character chosen for the “Whatever Happened to…?” backup feature, which ran intermittently until issue 48 with various golden- and silver-age characters whose publication had lapsed, though many (including Hourman) would soon be revived in _All-Star Squadron_ in mid 1981. He was kind of a big deal in the 60s, with the “Hourman and Dr. Fate” series in **Brave and the Bold**. I couldn’t stand the younger version, married to Jessie Quick.