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Item 1: Aquaman is cool. His powers are actually very impressive. Everyone, stop badmouthing Aquaman
Item 2: Just because someone is against the invasion of a country, doesn't mean they support the regime of said country before the invasion took place. A child should be able to understand this one.
Item 3: The mods seem to take a pretty harsh stance on flaming, so why does this little guy:upyours: exist? I can't think of any situation where he could be used appropriately. Well, except for just then.
Item 4: Captain Marvel is not just a cheap ripoff of Superman. They are two completely different characters who both happen to have super strength, speed and flight powers.
Item 5: If you owned a shop, what would it be called and what would it sell?
Item 6: Aresn't babies disgusting?

Okay, that's all I needed to say.

Items 1 and 4: I never really got into comic books when I was younger, at all, and I continue to ignore them now. Any discussion of the relative merits of fictional superheroes therefore passes far, far above my head, and I'm OK with that.

Item 2: True. Bear in mind though, that there are some children who have a really hard time grasping some concepts. Many of those children grow up into adults who still have a hard time grasping said concepts.

Item 3: A fine question. Presumably it's a standard jolt-issue emoticon, and gets heavy use elsewhere.

Item 5: It would be named "?", and it would sell clues (possibly on little rolled up bits of paper a la fortune cookies. Not sure how the shop name would be pronounced. Am also pretty sure it would fold pretty fast.

Item 6: No, not really.


I only replied to this post because I think Hanners is a pretty good character ;)

Item 5: It would be named "?", and it would sell clues (possibly on little rolled up bits of paper a la fortune cookies). Not sure how the shop name would be pronounced. Am also pretty sure it would fold pretty fast.
Neat. And a useful plot device for Real Life Adventurers.

Items 1 and 4: I never really got into comic books when I was younger, at all, and I continue to ignore them now. Any discussion of the relative merits of fictional superheroes therefore passes far, far above my head, and I'm OK with that.

Item 2: True. Bear in mind though, that there are some children who have a really hard time grasping some concepts. Many of those children grow up into adults who still have a hard time grasping said concepts.

Item 3: A fine question. Presumably it's a standard jolt-issue emoticon, and gets heavy use elsewhere.

Item 5: It would be named "?", and it would sell clues (possibly on little rolled up bits of paper a la fortune cookies. Not sure how the shop name would be pronounced. Am also pretty sure it would fold pretty fast.

Item 6: No, not really.


I only replied to this post because I think Hanners is a pretty good character ;)
I say it would be pronounced either "Hm?" or "Wha?"
Yes, I identify much with Hannelore. Like her, I have a severe obsession with hygeine, a rich and frightening mother, and a body shaped like a wooden spoon.

Perhaps one could use :upyours: in a thread about disgruntled proctologists.

Item 1: Aquaman is cool. His powers are actually very impressive. Everyone, stop badmouthing Aquaman
Item 2: Just because someone is against the invasion of a country, doesn't mean they support the regime of said country before the invasion took place. A child should be able to understand this one.
Item 3: The mods seem to take a pretty harsh stance on flaming, so why does this little guy:upyours: exist? I can't think of any situation where he could be used appropriately. Well, except for just then.
Item 4: Captain Marvel is not just a cheap ripoff of Superman. They are two completely different characters who both happen to have super strength, speed and flight powers.
Item 5: If you owned a shop, what would it be called and what would it sell?
Item 6: Aresn't babies disgusting?

Okay, that's all I needed to say.

1. *shrug*
2. yeah
3. *shrug*
4. *shrug*
5. my shop would sell food. i always wanted a restaurant called "Huw's Blues Bar"
6. not to me... just the stinky nappies

I would name my shop "Things and Other Stuff" and it would sell items.
Now, that is a place i would go for all my miscellaneous needs.

Item 5: If you owned a shop, what would it be called and what would it sell?

I would name my shop "Things and Other Stuff" and it would sell items.

1. Not really. Aquaman talks to the fish. It took him the loss of his hand, and decades to become remotely cool.
2. Uh, sure, whatever.
3. You'd be surprised what you can get away with, as long as you phrase it properly.
4. No, he really is a Superman copy. Supes is the Icon, the "Grand-daddy" and theres been several clones, and copies all over the place, and not just in the Golden Age of comics. The only major difference is the source of thier powers, one is solar, the other magically imbued. Captain Marvel is just one of the most famous Superman knock-offs. Even had his own show in the 70's. A cartoon as well, I seem to recall.
5. Porn, and fried chicken. It would be called "It tastes like chicken."
6. Theyre pissing, crapping, eating and crying machines.

Seaman>Aquaman

Okay which finger was it you hit with the hammer? :upyours:

1. Not really. Aquaman talks to the fish. It took him the loss of his hand, and decades to become remotely cool.
2. Uh, sure, whatever.
3. You'd be surprised what you can get away with, as long as you phrase it properly.
4. No, he really is a Superman copy. Supes is the Icon, the "Grand-daddy" and theres been several clones, and copies all over the place, and not just in the Golden Age of comics. The only major difference is the source of thier powers, one is solar, the other magically imbued. Captain Marvel is just one of the most famous Superman knock-offs. Even had his own show in the 70's. A cartoon as well, I seem to recall.
5. Porn, and fried chicken. It would be called "It tastes like chicken."
6. Theyre pissing, crapping, eating and crying machines.
1. He does not "talk to fish". He uses a form of telepathy which can also be used to communicate with any for mof sea life and also anything that evolved from sea life. He can also use it to disrupt normal thought and cause a seizure. His vast super-strength, which he needs to survive the crushing depths, allows him to throw a car several hundred yards. His swimming, which is faster than a submarine, translates on land into amazing leaps. And because of his body's ability to absorb water, he can dehydrate anyone by merely touching them.
3. Really? Interesting.
4. There are many major differences. Superman has heat vision, x-ray vision, freezing breath, and enhanced senses. Captain Marvel generates lightning bolts with a magic word. Superman is an adult journalist who is secretly an alien. Billy Batson is an ordinary human boy who physically transforms into a different persona. Superman has no Shazam figure, no guiding force in his career. Yes, there are many similarities, but you could equally claim that Wonder Woman is a ripoff of Superman if they weren't invented by the same company.
6. And they seem to generate stickiness wherever they go.

I'd sell replicas of the neckwear of famous figures in the criminal underworld. The shop would be called: "Alleged Mob Ties".

:D

1. He does not "talk to fish". He uses a form of telepathy which can also be used to communicate with any for mof sea life and also anything that evolved from sea life. He can also use it to disrupt normal thought and cause a seizure. His vast super-strength, which he needs to survive the crushing depths, allows him to throw a car several hundred yards. His swimming, which is faster than a submarine, translates on land into amazing leaps. And because of his body's ability to absorb water, he can dehydrate anyone by merely touching them.

Yah, I know full well what he can do... Im still not interested. Like I said, it took him decades to get good writers, and artists, and I have to wonder wich came first...Marvel's "Namor, the Sub-Mariner", from the 1940's comic "The Defenders", and later of "Avengers" and his own title.

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4. There are many major differences. Superman has heat vision, x-ray vision, freezing breath, and enhanced senses. Captain Marvel generates lightning bolts with a magic word. Superman is an adult journalist who is secretly an alien. Billy Batson is an ordinary human boy who physically transforms into a different persona. Superman has no Shazam figure, no guiding force in his career. Yes, there are many similarities, but you could equally claim that Wonder Woman is a ripoff of Superman if they weren't invented by the same company.

Like I said, Caiptain Marvel was a knock-off of DC's success with Superman. The "formula" worked well, and was copied by everyone, even Marvel Comics.
Minute details such as alter ego, or allies are just that, minor details.
Its those minor details that make for story, but the larger picture is the musclebound hero, with a cape and superstrength.

As for Wonder Woman, she too was a "clone" of Supes, if you will, this time only a woman. She fought Nazi's and other villians just like her male counterpart, only occasionally, she would get spanked, or end up in a bondage situation, because her creator was a lil kinky like that.
Another attempt to cash in on a growing market of the time.
Worked.

Edit: A quick Google has told me wich character came first, Namor, or Aquaman...

Aquaman: Aquaman is a fictional character, superhero in DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics # 73 (November 1941).

Namor:

First Appearance
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly (1939).

Seems Aquaman, is a knockoff himself.

My shops would be called Wal 'R' us and formed by merging two existing stores.

Item 1: is that the one in Big Daddy or whatever it was called?
Item 2: no argument there
Item 3: fair point
Item 4: ...?
Item 5: it would be called Awesome and it would sell Awesome Things
Item 6: in some ways, yes.