Here's my penultimate listing for April's A-Z Challenge! And the theme is, "Golden Age Comic Book Characters with the Same Name As Modern-Day Characters."
Yellowjacket debuted in Yellowjacket Comics #1, in 1944, from Charlton. He was really Vince Harley, “one of those rare people that bees don’t sting.” Okayyyy...
The Modern-Age Yellowjacket, a/k/a Henry Pym, first appeared in The Avengers #59, from Marvel Comics in 1968! (Pym himself had first appeared -- sans costume -- as "The Man in the Ant Hill!" in Tales to Astonish #27, in 1962. He next appeared -- in his superhero outfit as Ant-Man -- in Tales to Astonish #35, also in 1962!) In his superhero career, Pym has also gone by the names Giant-Man and Goliath, by the way!
Yellowjacket debuted in Yellowjacket Comics #1, in 1944, from Charlton. He was really Vince Harley, “one of those rare people that bees don’t sting.” Okayyyy...
The Modern-Age Yellowjacket, a/k/a Henry Pym, first appeared in The Avengers #59, from Marvel Comics in 1968! (Pym himself had first appeared -- sans costume -- as "The Man in the Ant Hill!" in Tales to Astonish #27, in 1962. He next appeared -- in his superhero outfit as Ant-Man -- in Tales to Astonish #35, also in 1962!) In his superhero career, Pym has also gone by the names Giant-Man and Goliath, by the way!
Make sure you tune in tomorrow, fellow babies, to see the final installment in my A-Z Blogging Challenge!
Thanks for your time.
The stripes on the cape of the first Yellowjacket makes him look more Yellowjackety than the second one.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's hilarious! 'One of those rare people that bees don't sting'!
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Isn't that great? There was also a short-lived 1940s character named The Red Bee, who carried around vials containing trained bees!
DeletePym sure gets around. Guess he just never found the right name
ReplyDeleteHe's certainly had more problems than the average Marvel hero or villain, that's for sure.
DeleteEither he's a very talented man or... he's got a split personality or... the comic book writers were having writer's block that day...
ReplyDeleteMultiple personality disorder, mental breakdowns, etc. This is what was done to a character by multiple writers over 30-40 years!
DeleteOkay. He makes my skin crawl. I have a very irrational fear of wasps. He's will definitely not be on my top ten faves.
ReplyDeleteDuly noted. Heh.
DeleteIf I remember my old comics correctly, Hank Pym created Ultron. Oops!
ReplyDelete[In best Ed McMahon voice:] You are correct, sir!
DeleteI never knew there was a super hero called Yellow Jacket. I know from experience, I'd walk a chalk line if I were a bad guy and there was a super hero out there like that!
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Another vote against yellowjackets in general, I see...
DeleteNow he seems pretty kick ass and my hubby would not like him since he was once stung by over a 140 yellow jackets
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