Here's the latest 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.
Electro first appeared in Timely's Marvel Mystery Comics #4, 1940. Electro is a super-powered robot -- he can run 100 miles, can leap great distances, has super-strength, and is impervious to bullets and cannon-fire! -- created by Professor Philo Zog.
The modern-day Marvel Comics Electro, who first appeared in 1964's Amazing Spider-Man #9, is criminal Max Dillon.
Tomorrow: The letter "F!" Stay tuned!
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That's quite a make-over for Elctro from the 40s to the 60s!
ReplyDeleteYep. Totally different concept, just the same name.
DeleteSuper-powered robot eh?
ReplyDeleteHe ran for a little while, anyway...
DeleteThere have been a few versions of him lately it seems. Knew he had a few incarnations.
ReplyDeleteYeah. The robot one sounds like fun.
DeleteIt's interesting how art design changes. I realize they're different characters completely, but with the same name, one might think they'd have more similarities. I love the swirls in the background of the modern Electro.
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Visual effects in the printing process have come a long way. :)
ReplyDeleteWe just got Electro recently on the Marvel Avengers Facebook game. It was the classic costume too, none of the hoodie thing that they had in the recent Spiderman movie... :D
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I didn't care for the look of the movie version. I like the version I used here, even though that mask may not be very practical in real life.
DeleteThose are such two contrasting images.I like the modern version better because I can catch glimpses of his face.
ReplyDeleteI suppose the robot version had no face under his helmet.
DeleteGood grief! I had no idea about all these superheros (past and present. Dare I say all of them would make a better president than Donald Trump!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog, so I caught that reference.
DeleteI remember Electro when I was a young kid. Sure wish I had kept all those comic books.
ReplyDeleteSo do I.
DeleteI had no idea Electro had been rebooted.
ReplyDeleteWell, the word "electro" has been out there for a while.
DeleteWhat a huge change...I kind of like the original.
ReplyDeleteBulky but nice. Ha.
DeleteNice, well it is a very good name for a robot, lol.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it?
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