# Who are the superhero's on this T-shirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977 "2004-04-25T23:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 26, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/21 "2004-04-26T00:00:16Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Atom is the gent on the bottom with the leather truss. The other Mystery man is the Sandman, in his WWII uniform, the one without a gas mask. I believe Simon and Kirby came up with that one. Oi. I was only familiar with the gas-mask and super-hero-gasmask variants of his costume. This one is hideous, aside from the fact it’s painfully generic. And Atom’s costume there. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/22 "2004-04-27T03:44:15Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > 😃 Say, you didn’t answer my question. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/23 "2004-04-27T18:32:38Z")
> [@Papermache Prince](#): > > That’s the [Justice Society of America](http://www.toonopedia.com/jsa.htm). > At the top - Hawkman > Next row down - Dr. Fate and Starman > Then the Spectre in the middle > Dr. Mid-Night, Johnny Thunder (without his magic Thunderbolt) Wonder Woman and the Sandman > At the bottom the Atom Nitpick. According to the link given by **Mr Blue Sky** that is not Sandman, but [Sand](http://my.execpc.com/~icicle/SAND.html). The distinction is that this was the protoge of the original Sandman, not the original, although the powers and techniques are very similar. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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:** [April 27, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/24 "2004-04-27T18:51:37Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Nitpick. According to the link given by **Mr Blue Sky** that is not Sandman, but [Sand](http://my.execpc.com/~icicle/SAND.html). The distinction is that this was the protoge of the original Sandman, not the original, although the powers and techniques are very similar. > > Enjoy, > Steven No, Sand never wore the purple-and-gold costume… and at the time pictured of the JSA (1941-1945 or so) Sand was Sandy Hawkins, AKA Sandy the Golden Boy … his ‘Sand’ incarnation only manifested in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/25 "2004-04-27T23:29:40Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Say, you didn’t answer my question. Because I felt **PapermachePrince** answered it better. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 27, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/26 "2004-04-27T23:48:49Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Say, you didn’t answer my question. I think **JThunder** was referring to the comic book Johnny Thunder’s “magic words.” …from Toonopedia’s entry on [Johnny Thunder](http://www.toonopedia.com/jthundr1.htm) > [@](#): > > Born at 7 a.m. on the 7th day of the 7th month of a year ending in 7 (1917), Johnny Thunder was destined for a special fate. And indeed he found it. He was kidnapped as an infant by Badhnisian tribalists who thought he was the key to their mastery of the world. As a result of their mystic rituals, at age 7, he became master of a living Thunderbolt that could do anything — all he had to do was utter the words “cei u” (pronounced “say you”), and the Thunderbolt would do his bidding for an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977/27 "2004-04-28T00:04:21Z")
> [@Papermache Prince](#): > > I think **JThunder** was referring to the comic book Johnny Thunder’s “magic words.” Duh, of course he was. I completely glossed over the first two words. It’s been a long time since they used the “context” gag in the comics, so the comma threw me off. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-superheros-on-this-t-shirt/241977.md?page=1)