Nitpick: Tin insisted that her name was “Beautiful”. After she was blown to scrap saving their butts, no one had the heart to argue. Also, all of the Metal Men had Metal Women counterparts at one time, and Tina had Platinum Man. It didn’t work out too well–none of them got along.
(I just know I shouldn’t have gotten involved in this–I’m totally outmatched in comics trivia–but Tin’s girlfriend met her end in one of my favorite Batman comics.)
And what did Doc Magnus call the “brain” he put into all his robot creations?
Dexter Giles was indeed the curator of the Flash Museum, and also a hammy Shakespearean. But who kidnapped him, then impersonated him, in an attempt on Flash’s life?
Incorrect.
Pre-crisis, Wonder Woman’s powers came from the gods and were:
Hercules: Strength
Mercury: Speed
Aphrodite: Beauty
Athena: Wisdom
She could glide on air currents as well.
Post-crisis, George Perez understood that the Greek and Roman pantheons are different and thus, Wonder Woman’s powers derived from:
Athena: Warrior skills and wisdom
Hestia: Power of truth
Hermes: Speed and flight
Gaea: Strength
Aphrodite: Beauty
Her bracelets were forged from the shards of Zeus’ shield Ageis, and her costume was created in honor of Diana Trevor(Steve Trevor’s mother) who crash landed on Themyscira and died defending the Amazons from Cottus, the monster who guarded Doom’s Doorway.
http://www.hastur.com/WonderWoman
The Phantom Stranger also refused JLA membership, but like Metamorpho was considered a reservist. Metamorpho later became a member of Justice League Europe.
Okay, okay, I’ve been called on this one already!! Sheesh! 
But I did just buy a couple of one-shots with him in them last week. They must have been there awhile.
Does anyone remember/miss Sgt. Rock, The Haunted Tank, Our Army at War, the one with the German WWI ace, and numerous other comics relating to our armed services? I know they’re not super-heroes, but alongside Batman and the aforementioned Blackhawks they were my favorite comics.
Do any of you comics gurus know why these were discontinued?
They were all DC comics so I was wondering if it had something to do with their troubles which led to Jeannette Kahn taking over as publisher?
From what I remember, these were well-written and well-drawn stories, and I wouldn’t mind seeing them again, if only as re-issues.
Q
I think this is close, at least - “responsometers”?
[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Fenris *
Scurvy: First mutant? Um…It depends how you count. I suspect you’re thinking of Sub-Mariner, but he isn’t a mutant, although there’ve been some later attempts to make him one. Professor X was the first X-Man to appear on panel, wasn’t he? You’ve got Miss America, but I don’t think she was a mutant back then. I give.
About five years ago, Marvel reprinted an old Amazing Fantasy issue with a man in a blue suit who could fly because, he decided, he was a mutant. It preceded Spider-man, and the reason they reprinted it is because he was, technically, the first mutant. Don’t ask for where it was reprinted, but it should be widely available because it was probably some giant milk-sucking special edition of some X-title.
Not everything in Marvel’s pre-Silver Age comics is in continuity. The first mutant to appear in a Marvel comic was Professor X, who was pictured alone in the first two panels of X-Men #1 before Cyclops, Angel, Beast and Iceman were pictured in the third. Although there was some question as to whether Namor is a mutant or not, originally he wasn’t.
–Cliffy
Presumably, the same way Air Force pilots board their stealth bombers. They feel around the hangar until they come across the fuselage, then they carefully climb in.
Responsometers. Yes.
Dare I say this? He’s going to get better.
Actually, in current continuity, she’s been sharing the name of Captain Marvel, thereby making her “the female Captain Marvel.” Unfortunately, due to some careless writers, many of the comics wound up calling her “Mary Marvel” nonetheless.
Supposedly, she now derives her powers from the same pantheon as the male Captain Marvel. This make sense, since Zephyrus was a male diety, while the others are all female. Moreover, while beauty has its applications (charming police officers, for example, or distracting hormonally crazed villains), it’s not much of a superpower.
His magic word was “Vlarem.”
O.K., bad trivia question:
In the late 80’s what writer killed off the entire Marvel Universe in ONE comic book?
Henbeck
Ooh, so close. Just missed by one hump!
–Cliffy
Hembeck.
Fred Hembeck, he of the curly-Q knees.
Damn, how’d that happen?
The Beyonder crap, right?
No, the above-mentioned comic is by Fred Hembeck. It was titled, IIRC, “Fred Hembeck Kills the Marvel Universe.”
–Cliffy
Oh, man! Talk about bringing back memories! I ran across Beanworld a couple of years ago at a comic store in Bethesda while on a lunch break from my old bookstore job. That stuff was pretty cool - the kind of thing that really made me want to get into comics myself someday. Thanks for throwing that out - something more to ask for on my upcoming birthday! You rock, Fiver.