Here's today's entry in the A-Z Challenge. My theme is "Golden Age Comic Book Characters with the Same Name As Modern-Day Characters."
Jack Frost -- no secret identity -- was a Timely (the original name of Marvel) Comics superhero (briefly revived in the 1970s), who first appeared in USA Comics #1, 1941. IIRC, he was supposed to be the "real" Jack Frost of legend, who came to the U.S.A. to fight crime. He can freeze things, and shoot icicles, basically.
Meet a newer Jack Frost, Gregor Shapanka, a different one from Marvel. This one was a villain, one of Iron Man's earliest foes, from Tales of Suspense #45, 1963. He later re-named himself Blizzard.
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Blizzard looks suitably nasty! Really, I am getting a education in comics/books this A-Z. Thanks!
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The second incarnation of Jack Frost looks much more scary! I think I prefer the original.
ReplyDeleteSusan A Eames from
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Well, yeah, the second was supposed to look scarier, since he was a bad guy!
DeleteJack Frost? Never knew that was ever used. Blizzard I knew though.
ReplyDeletePat dearyou are so young to know him (Jack Frost)
DeleteI WAS so little :)
Gloria's right. Blizzard's original incarnation -- the villainous Jack Frost -- was in the early sixties.
DeleteWhen I begin to read only read cartoons at first time :)
DeleteMe, too. It's how I learned to read.
DeleteWhen I saw the cartoon I knew who is Jack Frost.
ReplyDeleteI know the second Jack Frost lol
That's right! You were an Iron Man reader, weren't you, Gloria?
DeleteYes :)I read a lot of cartoons :)
DeleteWanted to say... thank you for being part of the Challenge and keeping up with it!
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DeleteWhy am I always drawn to the older style:) I must be retro girl as my friend calls me...but what would be my super power??
ReplyDeleteRetro Girl? Probably the same "power" as mine. The power to remember all this stuff like other guys remember baseball stats.
DeleteI think I like the nice Jack Frost better. Shooting icicles doesn't sound too bad.
ReplyDelete@WeekendsInMaine
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Not if he's shooting them at criminals!
DeleteAnd then there is Jack Frost from Jack of Fables :)
ReplyDeleteI do love it when comics use folklore characters :)
@TarkabarkaHolgy from
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MopDog
After having read your blogs for the past few days, I'm not at all surprised that you said that!
DeleteI love how two different creators can imagine someone so differently. And I love that one is a good guy and the other a bad guy.
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And a guy named Stan Lee created them both, over 20 years apart!
DeleteThe first Jack Frost looks like he could nip at noses during the holidays but the second one looks like he could bite people's noses off.
ReplyDeleteA very perceptive distinction!
DeleteMethinks you are making some of these up.
ReplyDeleteMe? Never. :)
Deletei like the first and last versions. the second one is sorta yeti meets freezer burn. i love how they made him turn from a good guy to bad.
ReplyDelete"Yeti meets freezer burn." Love that.
DeleteI'm thinking that V will be for Villain. Maybe I'll need you for some suggestions!
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If you use V for Villain, that should be hilarious.
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