And now it begins! Here's my very first entry in this year's A-Z Blogging Challenge. My oh-so-specific theme: Golden Age Comic Book Characters with the Same Name As Modern-Day Characters. (It should probably be reversed, with "Modern-Day" coming before "Golden Age," since the Golden Age characters came first, but oh, well... I wanted to give the Golden Age top billing!)
For my "A" entry, I've chosen a hero called Amazing-Man (alter ego, John Aman). Delineated by artist Bill Everett, creator of the Sub-Mariner -- another hyphenated dude! -- Amazing-Man first appeared in Amazing-Man Comics number 5 (there were no Amazing-Man Comics #1-4!), in 1939.
In 1983's All-Star Squadron #23 (from DC), writer Roy Thomas and artist Jerry Ordway introduced a new Amazing-Man (complete with hyphen as a subtle nod to the 1939 original). They even named his alter ego Will Everett in honor of the original A-Man's creator, Bill Everett!
That's it for "A!" Tune in tomorrow for "B," and thanks for your time.
Stopping by from a to z challenrge. I am also doing a to z comic book heroes but not as specifically as yours. http://ybdave.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-is-for-alfred.html
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely check out your blog! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteHi, Silver Fox - I only know a few comic book heroes, so you've already educated me this morning!
ReplyDeleteI always like to enrich the public's knowledge of life's truly important things. Thanks for checking out my blog.
DeleteI never heard of Amazing Man. My husband is into things like this; I will have to see if he has heard of him. Great start to the challenge!
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DeleteI've seen the second Amazing Man in pics before. Never knew there was a first one. Nice of them not to just rip it off and throw nods to the original.
ReplyDeleteRoy Thomas, co-creator of the second Amazing-Man, has a great respect for the old characters!
DeleteHello from A to Z! That's a nice way to remember the original creator.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by the idea that Amazing-Man started at comic #5. Reminds me a bit of Star Wars. I do wonder though why the creator decided to do it that way.
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Nowadays everybody loves number one issues, but it was different then. There are two reasons that happened a lot back then. Sometimes they'd change the title of a book and keep the numbering of the old title so they didn't have to pay. (Something to do with mail rates at registration time, IIRC.) Some companies, and I believe Centaur was one, would often start a series with #5 or #10 to fool readers into thinking that a new series was an old, established, successful title.
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ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. Checked your blog but it made me comment as David M. Lynch, my not-so-secret identity.
DeleteWow, that looks like a LOT of work gone into your posts, kudos. Not aware of Amazing-Man either golden or modern (1939 is slightly before my time :) but can appreciate the art and the impressive amounts of research you've done.
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Nilanjana.
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1939's before my time too. Heh. I'm just a student of comic history. Thanks for appreciating the work that went into this.
DeleteI missed out on Amazing Man.
ReplyDeleteThe original? Me, too. The second was a recurring character in All-Star Squadron, from DC in the eighties.
DeletePretty cool factoids there! I honestly never heard of either Amazing Man. But, then, I have never been big on comic books.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Caneyhead!
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DeleteSo what was so amazing about Amazing-Man? Was that hyphen a secret weapon? :) I'd never heard of him before.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was the fact that he looked so much like Sub-Mariner... since both were drawn by Bill Everett.
DeleteI never heard of Amazing-Man. I have to say...I like his original tattered loin cloth look
ReplyDeleteSome of those old outfits were really scandalous.
DeleteHaha! I love this theme :D Characters sometimes have names that just sound like "Dude... the deadline is tomorrow, we gotta name this new superhero... screw it, let's call him Amazing-Man!" XD
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Yep, some certainly did sound that way.
DeleteI know nothing about the golden age of comic books but I do love a good super hero. What a fun theme!
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Thanks!
DeleteAh! You know your heroes! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteSome of this month's entries will be really obscure!
DeleteI'm a collector, but I know very little about the Golden Age.
DeleteI've been a student since the early 1970s!
DeleteIt is cool to see something so early. I love that he actually got to make the first flying character. (Sub-Mariner)
ReplyDeleteWith those cute little wings on his ankles!
DeleteLol, yep.
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