# Some comic book trivia... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787 "2003-03-12T08:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/41 "2003-03-13T15:41:48Z")
Oops, TMNT was inspired by ronin. That’s what I meant. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/42 "2003-03-13T16:03:44Z")
When Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four first got married (in the early 60s), what supervillains crashed their wedding? Consequently, which superheroes came to their aid? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/43 "2003-03-13T16:42:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*When Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four first got married (in the early 60s), what supervillains crashed their wedding? Consequently, which superheroes came to their aid? \*\* The day was saved by the Sentry, the golden guardian of good! Then, we all forgot about him;) Re-MarvelMan Due to copyright law, the series was retitled MiracleMan here in the USA. An editorial told Americans of MM’s creation and publishing history. It ended with speculation that in case of another copyright problem, he’d just change the name again. So, readers should look out for issues of Mackerel Man. Re-Telku Keys These were the goals of The Adventurers. Imagine if Record Of The Lodos War had been made in America. Or imagine if the D&D film had been well written and epic. Marvelous sword and sorcery. There are cliches. But, they’re so well thought out and executed that you believe them again. I Highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/44 "2003-03-13T16:48:45Z")
A few more: RC11: In the comic continuity, what real-life person (i.e., not fictional) did Superman revealed his secret identity to? RC12: Who killed Thomas Wayne (in the comics, not the movie)? RC13: What movie had the Waynes just finished seeing when they were killed? RC14: Name the hero for each of the following comic sidekicks: a. Woozy Winks b. Ebony White c. Doiby Dickles RC15: What hero(s) originally fought the following villains? a. Terra Man b. _I_\* c. Abra Kadabra d. Star Sapphire e. Sieur Satan f. The Kidney Lady RC16: What well-known, award-winning science fiction writer appeared – very thinly disguised – as a villain who fought the JLA? RC17: What well-known (in his time) science fiction editor and writer’s name was used as the secret identity of a superhero? The editor and the hero also had an obvious physical attribute in common. RC18: Who was the rightful ruler of Gorilla City (though he was deposed a few times)? RC19: His nose twitched when there was a mystery. What superhero was it? RC20: “Affable Al” was a nickname used by what comic book writer? \*Bonus fact: this may be the only villain who was killed by the forces of good, even though he was no physical threat to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/45 "2003-03-13T16:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*A few more: > > RC11: In the comic continuity, what real-life person (i.e., not fictional) did Superman revealed his secret identity to? > > **JFK** > > RC12: Who killed Thomas Wayne (in the comics, not the movie)? > > **The late Joe Chill** > > RC14: Name the hero for each of the following comic sidekicks: > a. Woozy Winks > > **Plastic Man** > > ``` > b. Ebony White > > ``` > > **The Spirit** > > ``` > c. Doiby Dickles > > ``` > > \*\*Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern –Cliffy ---
**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:** [March 13, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/46 "2003-03-13T16:58:18Z")
RC12: Joe Chill, acting on orders of Lew Moxxon RC13: The Mark Of Zorro RC14 A Plastic Man B Dunno C Alan Scott/Green Lantern1 RC-15 a Dunno B Dunno C Barry Allen/Flash2 D Hal Jordan/Green Lantern2 E-Dunno F-Howard The Duck RC18- Either S something(Sorival?) or Grodd. RC19-Elongated man-actually it elongated and twitched but that would answer the question ---
**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:** [March 13, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/47 "2003-03-13T18:59:28Z")
Surprised this one lasted so long. **RC7** : Superman’s first case was tracking down the real murderer of a man named Jack Kennedy, including preventing the lynching of one falsely accused suspect and preventing the legal execution of another. ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/48 "2003-03-13T19:33:47Z")
Ok, I not a great collector like all of you , but, here it goes. 1.) What comic book hero? was reincarnated as a squirrel? 2.) What comic book (name and number) showed the goverments attempted assination of Magneto and the story of his life? 3.) In XO the main hero in the begining was from where? ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/49 "2003-03-13T21:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moeman \* > \*\*Ok, I not a great collector like all of you , but, here it goes. > 3.) In XO the main hero in the begining was from where? \*\* I assume you mean the valiant comic, he was a medieval barbarian I believe. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/50 "2003-03-13T22:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > 1.) What comic book hero? was reincarnated as a squirrel? Lobo, in…I think…the third issue of Lobo’s Back. He was subsequently killed when his own body fell on itself. (You had to be there.) The question mark next to “hero” was appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/51 "2003-03-14T03:48:38Z")
Heh. All the questions I can answer have already been answered, so I’ll ask questions instead. 🙂 What are the true identities of The Crimson Crusader and Imp? What are their powers and where do those powers come from? ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/52 "2003-03-14T03:57:11Z")
Both part of the clan destine family, Pandora, aka **Imp** is long lived because of her destine lineage. She is able to project focused light, such as battering rams or illuminating an area. Rory aka **Crimson Avenger** has control over gravity. He is also long lived. They’re powers do not function without each other near by. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/53 "2003-03-14T03:58:20Z")
I believe there power comes from their family being magical beings. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/54 "2003-03-14T04:39:29Z")
I get the feeling I may have some details wrong, but I’m sure I’ll be corrected if so: SG1: What was the name of the superhero organization from Earth-C Prime (Earth-C’)? SG2: Name five members of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (Members who have recently resigned are admissable). SG3: Who is the leader of the Rubber-Pants Commandos? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/55 "2003-03-14T04:44:28Z")
SG1-Captain Carrot And His Amazing Zoo Crew SG2-Abe Sapien, and I can’t remember any other actual names-ectoplasm in a bag guy, homonculus dude, Liz ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/56 "2003-03-14T04:59:26Z")
_RC11: In the comic continuity, what real-life person (i.e., not fictional) did Superman revealed his secret identity to?_ **JFK?** _RC15: What hero(s) originally fought the following villains?_ _a. Terra Man_ **Superman** _c. Abra Kadabra_ **Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash** _RC16: What well-known, award-winning science fiction writer appeared – very thinly disguised – as a villain who fought the JLA?_ **Isaac Asimov** ; I was going to say “Cary Bates,” but he may not be considered a “science fiction author,” and he wasn’t disguised at all, thinly or otherwise. _RC17: What well-known (in his time) science fiction editor and writer’s name was used as the secret identity of a superhero? The editor and the hero also had an obvious physical attribute in common._ **Matt Murdock** , blindness. _RC18: Who was the rightful ruler of Gorilla City (though he was deposed a few times)?_ **King Solivar** _RC20: “Affable Al” was a nickname used by what comic book writer?_ **Alan Moore** , in the 1963\*\* miniseries from Image. F1: What Palomar resident immolated herself, and who was badly burned in an attempt to save her? F2: Who is Carl and why does he keep dying in a car crash? F3: What general does the commander of The Haunted Tank take orders from? F4: How many puppies does Daisy have? F5: What is Cassidy’s real name? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/57 "2003-03-14T05:01:59Z")
_SG1: What was the name of the superhero organization from Earth-C Prime (Earth-C’)?_ **Just’a Lotta Animals** (Sorry, **DocCathode** ; Captain Carrot et al. inhabit Earth C (no Prime).) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/58 "2003-03-14T05:10:23Z")
F5-Proinsias (Prawn-shuss) ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/59 "2003-03-14T05:35:15Z")
Dammit, DocCathode beat me too it. Let me point out though that the question is incorrectly phrased. Since Cassidy _is_ his real name (or at least part of it) you should have asked what is his _full_ name or what is his _first_ name. Don’t mind my nitpick. Just bitter I didn’t get to answer first. Yes, I’m _that_ bored. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787/60 "2003-03-14T05:58:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*A few more: > > RC11: In the comic continuity, what real-life person (i.e., not fictional) did Superman revealed his secret identity to?\*\* JFK > [@](#): > > \*\* > RC12: Who killed Thomas Wayne (in the comics, not the movie)? \*\* Joe Chill > [@](#): > > \*\*RC13: What movie had the Waynes just finished seeing when they were killed? \*\* One of the Zorro flicks: Either “Zorro” or “The Mark of Zorro” > [@](#): > > \*\*RC14: Name the hero for each of the following comic sidekicks: > a. Woozy Winks > b. Ebony White > c. Doiby Dickles \*\* A) Plastic Man B) The Spirit C) Green Lantern Earth-2 \*\* > [@](#): > > RC15: What hero(s) originally fought the following villains? > a. Terra Man > b. _I_\* > c. Abra Kadabra > d. Star Sapphire > e. Sieur Satan > f. The Kidney Lady \*\* a) Superman b) ? c) Flash, Earth 1 d) Green Lantern, Earths 1 and 2 (but more famously, E-1) e) Hawkman, Earth 2 f) Howard the Duck \*\* > [@](#): > > RC16: What well-known, award-winning science fiction writer appeared – very thinly disguised – as a villain who fought the JLA? \*\* ??? Harlan Ellison? Wasn’t there a story during the crappy Mike Friedrich era about a guy who got “My wishes comes true” type powers? Harliquin Ellis or something? Circa issue 80-90? During the Earth-Prime story in 123-124, you could argue that Cary Bates and Elliot S! Maggin also became super villians, but they weren’t “well-known”, “award winning” yet. And they really weren’t Science Fiction writers. > [@](#): > > \*\*RC17: What well-known (in his time) science fiction editor and writer’s name was used as the secret identity of a superhero? The editor and the hero also had an obvious physical attribute in common. \*\* Ray Palmer, who was pretty damned short. And is more famous for A) The Great Shaver “Mystery” and B) editing “FATE” magazine than his editing nowdays, sadly. \*\* > [@](#): > > RC18: Who was the rightful ruler of Gorilla City (though he was deposed a few times)? \*\* Solivar > [@](#): > > \*\*RC19: His nose twitched when there was a mystery. What superhero was it? \*\* Ralph (The Elongated Man) Dibney > [@](#): > > \*\*RC20: “Affable Al” was a nickname used by what comic book writer? \*\* Al Jaffee? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comic-book-trivia/160787.md?page=4)