I have yet to find a definitive list, but nobody has a correct set of five yet-- I know of errors on both lists.

This list is from the second time they did the "more pages, new features, more money" thing, when they went from 40 cents to 50 cents.

The Whatever Happened to.... series was friggin awesome! The Crimson Avenger story still brings a tear to my eye.

I'll take a wild guess from memory here.....

Hawkman
The Atom
The Amazons
Patchwork Man (?)
Deadman
The Ray

I went with six in case Patchwork man wasn't his name. He was a Dikto creation I think.....

Right you are-- and that's The Odd Man, not Patchwork Man.

Link to the ad here, although I do believe there were more:

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com...plosion-ad.gif

I also believe you are right about the other list being the "2nd Explosion" of sorts. Aam Strange, for instance, was in the second wave. Firestorm certainly wasn't a backup feature, as his book was cancelled in the Explosion.


There were series not featured in this ad, however-- Golden Age Green Lantern, for one.

Ah, but Firestorm was a backup in the Flash during the "2nd explosion". Some of his better stories, actually. I'd love to see a collection of it.

Anyhow, I guess it's my turn at bat again!


Let's go wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back this time, and I'll throw a softball since I haven't had time to come up with a doozy yet:

In the Golden Age, Lex Luthor originally had Red Hair (although only for a short time), but during that time, Superman DID battle a bald scientist. Who is that scientist????

Gerard Shugel, the Ultra-Humanite.

HOME RUN!

You got it!

Your turn......

I actually remember that from the "Superman/Batman : Generations" book. And his real name from a recent storyline he was in.

Anyways...

Per Degaton, Despero, Ultra-Humanite, Mr. Mind, Rex Hunter, Black Beetle, and Booster Gold's father together formed a team. What was the team's name?


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When was he given a real name?

I only know this from the HeroClix character cards, but I think it's the Time Stealers.

It was in a recent Power Girl storyline. Gerard Shugel is a name derived from the names of Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. I think it was Jimmy Palmiotti who wrote it.

And it was also recently revealed (in the one year later storyline) that he got the ape body with help from Satanna and THEN the two of them became lovers. So, where Marvel's got incest running rampant, DC has beastality going on.

Well, no. They were actually the Pittsburgh Steelers.
I kid.

Yes, they were indeed the Time Stealers. They stole many a rolex and timex. But they felt jipped after one of them stole a "rodex" watch and so, they broke up.

The thread is yours, CuCr.

I know I'm going to regret this before I even ask, but where is this "rampant" incest in Marvel books?

--I apologize to the rest of the thread in advance.
wyld

I like the Power Girl series, but something about that origin seemed a bit off. It changed his origin bigtime, since it never mentioned the Movie actress or the bug bodies he also had his brain in. I guess those never happened post-infinite crisis now???

Most of my "name three" questions consist of two easy ones and one not-so-easy, so I'll cut to the chase with this one.

Three villainous Captains once teamed up for a crime spree that was stopped by Captain Comet and Black Canary. Two of them were Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang. Who was the third?