Thursday, April 21, 2016
R: Ragman
Here's yet another entry in my A-Z Challenge for the month of April. My theme: Golden Age Comic Book Characters with the Same Name As Modern-Day Characters.
The Ragman first appeared in Cat-Man Comics #1, 1940, from Holyoke. He was really Jay Garson, Jr. Jay had no powers, but he disguised himself as a derelict to fool criminals! (Pretty spiffy suit, for a derelict...)
DC's Ragman premiered in Ragman #1, in 1976. His real name was Rory Regan. He had "the agility of a world class acrobat, the strength of a circus strongman and the fighting ability of a heavy weight prize fighter."
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Ragman is another new one to me! The mind boggles at the creator's imagination!
ReplyDeleteSusan A Eames from
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Yep, there are thousands!
DeleteSome how The Ragman doesn't really strike fear in me. Sounds like an ocd janitor or something lol
ReplyDeleteAnd his thighs look like Easter eggs in that second drawing...
DeleteRagman is kind of a funny character that should be in that movie with Ben Stiller and William H Macy:)
ReplyDeleteMystery Men? Yeah, cool flick!
DeleteHa! I do love the patchwork outfit :)
ReplyDelete@TarkabarkaHolgy from
The Multicolored Diary
MopDog
Yeah, kinda cute and quirky!
DeleteReally I never knew this guy , curious cause I read a lot of comics !
ReplyDeleteHe's still around but they don't use him much at all.
DeleteDon't know this guy (so what's new?) but coming here with a 'clean slate' have to say Ragman does NOT strike me as a name of a guy who is a super strong, acrobatic, hot bod type of dude. Makes me think of rag dolls in floppy hats.
ReplyDeleteThey're not the preferred toys of the current generation of children, of course but 1940's those dolls would have been around, What was the designer thinking? :)
That's a good question!
DeleteHis thighs really do like easter eggs :P I'd never heard of him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. I'll be checking out your blog soon.
DeleteDC's Ragman also looks like he could carry off a scary looking camouflage, if that's what's going on in the picture.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like that all the time, but you're right. It would be excellent camouflage.
DeleteA friend of mine used to purposely bump into kids at the mall wearing camouflage duds and say "Sorry, I didn't see you."
i love the newer look of ragman. he appeals to me. the costume makes him menacing despite the colorfulness of it. sort of like a creepy clown thing.
ReplyDeleteIt is a unique look, that's for sure.
DeleteI really enjoyed the DC Ragman by Joe Kubert. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was well done. Too bad he never really caught on.
DeleteNever heard of. My bad.
ReplyDeleteAww, you're forgiven.
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