Thanks...?

I love this idea!

That might also explain why you keep calling them a Silver Age team.

If it makes you feel better, Atom-Smasher is the godson of Al Pratt, the Golden Age Atom (Al would later gain atomic strength if that helps figuring out a sub dial).

Also, Superman and Batman were honourary members of the first line-up (the one you're featuring) and Ma Hunkle was also there as the Golden Age Red Tornado.

In the future, before you write anything else under the "Comic Accurate" banner, I suggest you do your research.

Sure, we can all enjoy debating what dial to best use for characters not yet clixed.
But it's expected that you at least know who those chartacters are 1st. Likewise with the Gold/Silver/Bronze/Modern/etc terminoligy.

Exactly my point with the "epic fail" comment. I was so excited to see my favorite heroes on the front page, and then my high spirits just sank as it became obvious the original poster didn't know enough about what he was writing. Regardless of strategies and whatever, I cannot take anything he says about these characters seriously now. So... epic fail.

Someone must've....never mind.

Dudes, is it really that BIG of a deal that I got ONE character wrong?

Oh, well, when it comes to comic book fanboys, the answer is YES, I forget.

Let me go ahead and post what you sent me via PM here, just so people can finish that comment:

Maturity, much?

Fanboy aside (and yes, I admit, I am a JSA fanboy) - this is supposed to be a "Comic Accurate" article. So yes, given the context, it is a big deal. How would people feel if I called Wolverine or Gambit one of the original X-Men?

You're not just making a fun JSA theme team here, you're supposedly trying to give us a specific team lineup, this one from their first meeting. The fact that you at first thought Ray Palmer was the right character, and then thought it was Atom-Smasher, demonstrates that you don't know enough about the original team to write this article. Had you gone with a lineup from Geoff Johns' run or the new Willingham team, it wouldn't have been a problem. Or had you even acknowledged that you were making a substitution because the Golden Age Atom hasn't been clixed yet, I would have been satisfied... but you don't even know the difference between Golden and Silver Age.

Don't try to inform people about something when you have the facts very wrong yourself. Do your research before writing an article like this again, or just stick with modern teams that you do know. This just makes you (and by extension, HC Realms) look bad.

Well, if you're going to get riled up then here's your answer:

If you're posting something as "comic accurate" - whether we're fanboys or not - then, yes, it's important to have -accurate- information; ergo the title.

You also didn't just mess up one character, as noted by such things as the nomenclature you were using in reference to the team (i.e. - Silver Age).

It's, perhaps, even more important when you're talking to -non- Fanboys as, frankly, you're portraying yourself as an expert and they'll take your information as -accurate- (there's that word again). Inaccurate information spread by someone who's acting as authoritative becomes a vicious little weed.

Do we appreciate the fact you're willing to put yourself out on a limb by doing this? Absolutely. Folks are just saying they would apperciate your effort further if, well, they felt you had continued through and actually did 100% effort.

We all make mistakes. Would you rather us not inform you and allow you to go along doing Comic Inaccurate or help you learn?

Apologies to everyone.

Point(s) have been made.

I'll definitely put better effort towards comic book research in the future. Definitely.

That's all it takes and I, for one, will look forward to your next article.

I think you guys are being waaaaay too harsh.

Lancelot, you got two of them wrong, besides calling them Silver Age. You got the wrogn Atom, and Atom Smasher is a (relatively) modern character, debuting in the 80's and being a present-time character, not a WWII character. the rough equivilent is if you listed Cable as a member of the Invaders, a silver-age team.

That is just about when I started to read the JSA. I needed about 10 years' worth of back story to figure out Atom didn't equal Atom Smasher.

Thanks!

Precisely. Based on this, any chance this can be removed from the front page until it gets revised? Were I someone who was into the JSA and new to heroclix, and this was my first exposure to HCR, I'd just roll my eyes and go elsewhere on the 'net.

How about instead of "rolling your eyes and going somewhere else on the net" you give me some feedback, for once?

Who'd you sub in as Atom?

What changes?

Jeez...

Though not accurate, the idea of the article is great. I love the JSA, and I was totally looking into something similar the other day. I'd consider the Unleashed experienced Dr. Fate before the Origins one, though. It's not as diverse, but it's less points and higher DV, which team's TA is all about.

EDIT: I'm not sure who a good sub for Al Pratt would be... his son (Damage)??