It's pretty cool when a hero has a motto or a slogan. Big Ben was "The Man With No Time For Crime." The Fantastic Four was "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine." The Doom Patrol were "The World's Strangest Heroes."
Sometimes, though, attempts at a slogan...just don't work. For example:
Wha' the?!? "The Masked Deb Who Makes A Four Leaf Clover Mean Poison Ivy To Crime"?????????
OK, how about in context (if not in less clumsy syntax):
Lady Luck? Who she??
Well, she was created by Will Eisner, and she was one of the "other" features in the Spirit insert. Her stories were reprinted in Quality's Smash Comics, and eventually they changed the title of Smash to Lady Luck, with all new stories written, drawn and inked by Klaus Nordling.
But who was she??
Oh, that explains everything. Sounds like she dated Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark a couple of times.
She had no powers...just a diaphanous gown, a translucent veil (which apparently no one besides the reader could see through), and lots of pluck.
Here's Brenda...
Damn, that's erudite. Maybe they should have let her come up with the book's slogan...
This leads to one of the more...interesting...costume changes of all time:
Oh, pre-Code books, how I love you.
Lady Luck #86 was published in 1949.
Sometimes, though, attempts at a slogan...just don't work. For example:
Wha' the?!? "The Masked Deb Who Makes A Four Leaf Clover Mean Poison Ivy To Crime"?????????OK, how about in context (if not in less clumsy syntax):
Lady Luck? Who she??Well, she was created by Will Eisner, and she was one of the "other" features in the Spirit insert. Her stories were reprinted in Quality's Smash Comics, and eventually they changed the title of Smash to Lady Luck, with all new stories written, drawn and inked by Klaus Nordling.
But who was she??
Oh, that explains everything. Sounds like she dated Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark a couple of times.She had no powers...just a diaphanous gown, a translucent veil (which apparently no one besides the reader could see through), and lots of pluck.
Here's Brenda...
Damn, that's erudite. Maybe they should have let her come up with the book's slogan...This leads to one of the more...interesting...costume changes of all time:
Oh, pre-Code books, how I love you.Lady Luck #86 was published in 1949.
Man, rich super heroes make me feel so guilty.
ReplyDeleteLone Ranger (the dude is rich enough to make all his bullets out of silver)Batman, Robin, Batwoman, Green Arrow, Green Hornet, Prof X, Iron Man, Jimmy Woo, Iron Fist, Night Hawk, Angel, and other mega rich heroes still find time to try to make the world a better place.
It makes me feel kind of bad because if I had that kind of money I would just hang out in clubs all night and then sleep all day at one of my many mansions.
Racy!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Brenda had an evil brother called Robin. ;-)