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From: albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: adamantium
Keywords: sdrowyeK
Date: 13 Apr 1992 19:25:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine

In article <1992Apr13.183731.6138@en.ecn.purdue.edu> rymarz@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Daniel Rymarz) writes:
>What is the tensile strength of adamantium?
	Obnoxiously high.
>Brinnel hardness?
>Izod impact?
	Duh?
>Modulus of elasticity?
	Totally inflexible.
>Melting point? 
	Don't even bother.
>How do you sharpen adamantium claws?
	They are forged that sharp, and since it's unbreakable, they'll
never get dull.
>How unbreakable is unbreakable? Could you drop a tank of Wolverine and 
>have him come out smelling like a rose?

	Well, he wouldn't feel too good, but once someone pulled the 
tank off, he'd heal up from the 20 zillion bruises in a little while.

	Adamantium is made by mizing these two 'resins' (AD-Resin X, and
AD-Resin Y, if I remember correctly at some obnoxiously high temperature
and then manipulating it at that temperature with force fields or something
(maybe adamantium molds).  When it cools, it's tougher than an IRS audit.

	If you mix it with vibranium (a Marvel metal with even wierder
properties) you can get an even HARDER substance (Captain America's 
shield).
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From: MHART00@ricevm1.rice.edu (mason hart)
Subject: Re: Third Aardvark, woo!
Organization: Rice University, Houston, TX
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 04:04:36 GMT

I have a friend who insists that the Third Aardvark isn't Suenteus
Po, but Astoria's child.  Thoughts?

I'm new to this thread, so forgive me if this is an idea that's
already been beaten into the ground.


"If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong."

-- mason
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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: WELCOME TO REC.ARTS.COMICS
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:07:21 GMT


DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> 
> What exactly is the Floating Homosexuality Flamewar? Was this some
> kind of crossover series?

If this is serious (either way it's quite funny), it refers to the
fact that mentioning any of the following subjects:  homosexuality,
abortion, religion, politics, evolution/creationism, Amigas, will
result in a intense mini-flame war.  Some flamewar on these subjects
is _guaranteed_ by the Conservation of Flameage laws to be occuring
somewhere on the net at all times.
-- 
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From: mattel@auto-trol.com (Matt Telles)
Subject: Re: Batman's Dog
Organization: Auto-trol
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:23:58 GMT

In article <92106.165329UD137927@NDSUVM1.BITNET> <UD137927@NDSUVM1.BITNET> (David R. Henry) writes:
>Well, the trivia night at the bar in our town decided to honor me with
>another comics question again; and, once again, I was stumped.
>
>What was the name of Batman's dog?
>
>(the Joan Jett question decathalon I passed with no trouble, of course :-)
>
Sigh.  How come I *remember* this stuff?  I really must be getting old..

Ace, the Bat Hound.

Matt
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From: jrd@frame.com (James Drew)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: MISC: Presidents in comics
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:03:32 GMT

James Dusek (dusek@rtsg.mot.com) writes:

>	Least we forget the trouncing Bush (or should we say President
>Forrest) got in the A2001 Series.

Hey, I don't know that anything can top what Englehart did in Millennium, with
President and Mrs. Reagan.  You remember her.  The Manhunter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             |     Every time I go to the beach, I have to
Jim Drew                     | smile when I see how ridiculous people look with
jrd@frame.com                | vivid white sunscreen just on their noses.  That
(Furry: Randy Puritan)       | smile is the only way I can keep from laughing
"Innocent, but not naive."   | out loud.  When I went to the nude beach, and
B2h t w- c k s g+(p) rv p    | saw where else that sunscreen goes, I almost
S8/5 g l+ y+ o+ a+ u++- j++  | went into convulsions.
{opinions: mine != frame's}  |        - Marc Lynx, "Once More Into the Briefs,
                             | 				Dear Friend"
From: x9999bns@maple.circa.ufl.edu (David Isaacson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Youngblood I
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:41:00 GMT
Reply-To: X9999BNS%oak.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Organization: The CIRCA Underground

In article <1992Apr9.230217.26455@sol.UVic.CA>, jcowling@ophelia.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling) writes:
>
>Youngblood #1 is due next Wednesday (shiiping April 13th).
>
>------
>Scowling Jim Cowling (jcowling@butterfly.UVic.CA)

Hmm... I had heard it was shipping the 13th, but my comics store said it was
delayed yet _another_ week.


David Isaacson           VAX:  Fraenhawk@maple.circa.ufl.edu
                               X9999BNS@maple.circa.ufl.edu

                         Unix: fhawk@nerix.nerdc.ufl.edu
From: gmf2@quads.uchicago.edu (gary michael feldman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Marvel's overused lines
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:49:36 GMT
Reply-To: gmf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <9354@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Iain McCord) writes:
>The psychic knife: a demonstration of how wimpy I am these days, when I once
>let loose and flash fried a guy for making improper advances.
>		~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not to mention that fact that this "Focused totality of her powers"
doesn't seemt o do much  anyway!  Psylocke has yet to kill
someone with it or do any real damage.
From: dethomas@amherst.edu (The Human Torch)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: STARWARS Strips Collection
Date: 31 Mar 92 07:12:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: amherst.1992Mar31.031237.1
Organization: Grucci Fireworks Inc.

In article <22759.29d4bb59@amherst.edu>, kehandley@amherst.edu writes:
> In article <92085.212802EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu>, Ernie Oporto <EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
[stuff about ordering from Russ Cochran deleted]
> 
> I haven't seen this particular collection, but everything I have seen that
> Russ Cochran has published has been first-class, production-wise (and content-
> wise, too).  I suspect that the strips will be reproduced from the best
> possible sources, and they will be reprinted at a fairly large size.  The
> book will probably be well put together and beautiful.  But, as I said, I
> have not seen this particular item.

Well, having read the EC reprints (Keith's no less!) I would say that I would
buy from Russ Cochran if I had the money. I have coveted Keith's copies of the
EC stuff since I read them a year ago. I'm gonna get 'em someday too! :-)

later days!
--dt

-- 
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From: albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: DC:  92 Preview
Date: 9 Apr 1992 15:25:30 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine

In article <9204082251.AA03700@lynx.frame> jrd@frame.com (James Drew) writes:
>Gary Lewandowski (lewandow@floss.cs.wisc.edu) writes:
>>Peter Cannon-Thunderbolt
>>[he] learned how to use 100% of his mental capacity,
>
>New Teen Titans #2.  Ravage.  The Terminator's son.  Burned himself out.
>Maybe they'll tone this down to only 90%, and do a Deathdtroke cross-over.
>*I* can *har*dly *wait*.

	Well, from everything I've heard about Thunderbolt, he's a 
Remo Williams clone  (uses a mystical martial art to harness 100% of
the body's capacity).  Ravage burned out because it was an artificial
process that did it.  If Thunderbolt learns to harness it properly,
then he doesn't necessarily need to melt down like Grant Wilson.
-- 
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From: dethomas@amhux1.amherst.edu (Cerebus in '92!)
Subject: Re: More comic artists endorsements!!
Organization: Amherst College
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 23:42:14 GMT

gl1e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Greg G Levrault) writes:
: Has anyone seen the ads that Denys Cowan is doing for some scotch(I
: don't remember the brand)  I receive the Smithsonian magazine, and the
: back page ad has Cowan in those distinghuished profile ads. I wonder how
: long it's going to be before he's accused of selling to minors.
: Does anyone remember the brand of scotch he's selling?

That would be Dewar's. They managed to get all sorts of interesting
people to do their adds, among them Peter Norton of DOS utility fame,
someone I never thought would end up in an ad for anything other than
computers. I liked the ad series simply because it used "real" people,
rather than flashy models and TV stars and the like.

later days!
--dt

--
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dethomas@amhux1.amherst.edu 	   |     what do do with me, how could I 
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From: visser@convex.com (Lance Visser)
Subject: Re: Project: Pegasus
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 21:12:27 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <167C313817.REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Rebecca Drayer) writes:

+>Just for kicks, I picked up issue #8 of Dazzler, and found her kidnapped by
+>an energy research project called Pegasus.  Has this group been portrayed
+>elsewhere, and have any other Marvel characters been involved with them?

	There was like a six part storyline in marvel-two-in-one 53-58
about Pegasus.  Thing and quasar were the main characters.  I think Pegasus
also appeared in marvel two in one 42.  I think it made an appearance in
one of the marvel team up annuals as well (this was the serpent crown story).
There were lots of other tiny appearances here and there but these were the
main ones I think.
From: dougm@hal.com (Doug Moran)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: META: Re: RAC SPLIT:NO!!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:29:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: hal.1992Apr7.232923.5641
Reply-To: dougm@hal.com (Doug Moran)
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.; Campbell, CA

In article <1992Apr7.111328.1@fnalc.fnal.gov>, birmingh@fnalc (Phillip J. Birmingham) writes:
>    In article <1992Apr7.070924.22185@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
>    bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews) writes:
>
>> I guess my major complaint with this idea is that it shows a great deal
>> of intolerance.  "I don't like this publisher, so I want a group without
>> them in it."  Yes, I know people who want to read all the posts can read
>> all the groups.  That's not the point.  The point is that I find it sad
>> that some want to divide one of the best "on-line conventions" in the
>> world for the sake of convenience.
>
>         Up until last night, I was not opposed to a split of r.a.c.
>    However, the fact is that a split would be personally inconvenient.
>    This is compounded by what I see as an offensive degree of snobbery on
>    the part of a few split proponents. If this ever comes to a vote, I'll
>    vote no.

All right, I will put all snobbery aside.  The situation is, the traffic
in r.a.c has reached a fairly high level.  Since my request for opinions
about a split a couple of months ago, I have kept an informal running
count of messages/day.  Despite the statistics mailed to me by a kind
r.a.c. reader (I forgot your name; my apologies) that stated that our
volume was of the order of 75 postings/day, we have been averaging more
in the range of 110/day.  In fact, by my count, there have been only two
days in the last six weeks where we have dropped below 100 (89 and 93).

The possible solutions that I have heard have been:

a) Use the headers in the Subject line (e.g., "META: SPLIT NO!)
b) Use your kill files
c) Wait while groups slowly split off naturally (e.g., r.a.c.strips)

Pro and con:
a) Pro -- would make option b viable.  Con -- not everybody does it, and
   given the influx of students every fall, there is a high probability
   that there never will be a time that a large fraction of people do
   it.  Aside -- perhaps a formal proposal that all articles carry a
   header?
b) Pro -- no change required to current setup.  Con -- some people don't
   have killfile capabilities; kill files frequently become unwieldy
   when you try and cover all the permutations.
c) Pro -- no huge amount of work required by some poor slob who would
   otherwise have to run the split.  Con -- will take quite a while;
   will make little short- or middle-term impact on the volume.  Aside
   -- is there anything other than strips that we can think of to split
   off at this time, something that would help decrease the volume?

Questions:

o What have I missed?
o Anyone have any other potential solutions?
o Should you drink red or white wine with feticcini and pesto sauce?
-- 
     Doug Moran     | "Just because I wear this dress doesn't mean I don't put
{...}!hal.com!dougm | my panties on one leg at a time, if you know what I mean."
   dougm@hal.com    | "Not really."
From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Sandman Movie?!?  (and Sam & Max)
Date: 13 Apr 92 04:51:17 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <1992Apr12.012336.5189@cs.umn.edu>, lsmith@cs.umn.edu (Lance "Cogsworth" Smith) writes:
> In article <ewf2.703039302@Ra.MsState.Edu> ewf2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Eric "JUICE" Fritzius) writes:
> >lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba) writes:
> >
> >>In the latest issue of Aboriginal SF, Susan Ellison's film column has
> >>this comment:
> >>"Adding to the list of growing comic book translations are an animated
> >>_Elfquest:_The_Movie_ and a screen version of the successful DC comic
> >>_Sandman_, written by Neil Gaiman."
> >
[...]
> >The reason for my confusion is that Gaiman has recently said in
> >an interview, in either Wizard magazine or Comics Scene, that
> >he knew of the Sandman movie but would not be writing it
> >or in fact getting involved at all.  He did say he would
> >go see it. 

I don't think I would.  Given Hollyweird's recent track record regarding
the transition of comic book characters to the silver (or phosphore) screen,
I think you'll understand why I hope this project will NOT be completed.

> Now when can we expect to hear talk of a Sam and Max film?

Funny you should mention that.  The (now defunct) proposal for a Sam and Max
prime-time TV series was posted by the authors to rec.arts.animation some
time ago.  Frankly, I didn't care for it.
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From: jcowling@ophelia.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling)
Subject: Youngblood etc etc
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 23:18:12 GMT

In article <92100.094132EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu> Ernie Oporto <EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Apr7.184513.1@runt.appstate.edu>, grs02500@runt.appstate.edu
>says:
>>
>>Has anybody heard anything about the new youngblood series.  It hits the
>>stands
>>in a week and I just found out about it.  It appears to be a new mutant group
>>in another marvel universe.  What's the deal, didn't marvel already find out
>>that "New Universe's" are not hip.  But I'm looking forward to Rob's work on
>>the comic.
>
>I couldn't help but laugh when I read this.  Youndbloods is a book being
>published by Malibu comics, as Marvel has just given Robbie the boot.
>As a side note, dont expect it to be out for a little while more.  Malibu is
>up to its armpits in lawsuits by Marvel due to a lot of the Youngbloods
>Universe stuff.  The Savage Dragon first appeared in a Spider-Man book,
>making him Marvel's property and the YB characters are copies of Robbie's
>X-Force characters.

No, The Dragon first appeared in _Megaton_ (as revealed in CBG).  A character
in a crowd scene with a physical similarity to The Dragon does not ownership 
make.

And, ya know, I still don't get how Youngblood is a copy of X-Force.  In what
way?  None of the characters physically resemble each other, none of the
powers match -- and so they all have bad attitudes, but so do most spandex-
types these days.

Youngblood #1 is due next Wednesday (shiiping April 13th).

------
Scowling Jim Cowling (jcowling@butterfly.UVic.CA)
Creative Writing Department, University of Victoria
(opinions disassociated, but what can they do about them?)
"...an eternity with Beelzebub and all his hellish instruments of death shall
 be a picnic compared to five minutes with me...and this pencil."
					-E. Blackadder
------
From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: MARVEL: Claremont: Wolverine's Death
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:47:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucsu.1992Apr13.024757.15802
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <1992Apr12.224804.22532@descartes.waterloo.edu> dfmaki@descartes.waterloo.edu (Dean Maki) writes:
>
>
>I was wondering if it was true that Claremont had planned to kill Wolverine off
>sometime this year.
>
<stuff deleted>
>
>Also wondering....Is this one of the reasions Marvel gave Chris the boot?  Or is
>Lee's wanting to do the plotting the only reason?  Marvel really shot themselves

Well, I hadn't heard about either of these.  I'd heard that Claremont was planning on revealing Wolvie's past within the next few years, but Weapon X(total ick,
IMHO) screwed that idea.

Also, I'm not sure if it was that Lee wanted to plot, as much as Harris wanting
Claremont to just script.  I have a feeling that Harris is exerting more plot control on the X-books (except maybe X-Factor) than we think.
Y'know, he kind of reminds me of those parasite bugs from the first season
of ST:TNG...

-------SCAVENGER

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From: bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu (Brian Perler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: X-notes
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:19:57 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Apr14.141326.21330@wpi.WPI.EDU> paladin@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ever Shifting Bearlike being...) writes:
>In article <92104.114205ALWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> ALWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
>>
>>  Just a few comments:
>> 1) Some are posting about a love triangle between Cyclops,Jean and Psylocke.
>>    Since to my knowledge there were never any hints about Cyclops and
>>    Psylocke, it could just be (IMHO) that Cyclops was just checking her out
>>    as men usually do at the beach. Psylocke is after all supposed to be the
>>   sex symbol of the group.(At least she has been drawn that way and mentioned
>>    by other X-men as gorgeous).
>
>	true... and she was a model before she took up superheroing....

True... and she was also a white, British model who probably couldn't
perform a single ninja action if her life depended on it.  Nor could
she endlessly prattle on about her "psychic knife."  But then, I'm
just nitpicking here.  (Personally, I think she was using her powers on
Cyclops, but I have no idea why.  Maybe Psylocke is the traitor...)
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From: jcowling@ophelia.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling)
Subject: Re: META:  Saving Grace of all this crap
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 06:20:39 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.044224.550@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
>>Good for you.  Nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you don't
>>waste everyone's time with it (like most of the Marvel fans here).
>>
>Oh.  And I thought you were talking about the endless (yikes) supply
>of pseudo-intellectuals who feel compelled to post the results they
>obtained while examining the latest Cerebus under an electron microscope.

Such posts number (maybe) twenty or so per week, max, whereas the X-drivel
constantly spewing forth from the mouths of the adolescent fanboys number
several times that per day.  Hence, I have no problem with them -- although
I skip past the bulk of those as well.

This all ties in well with the Endless Recurring Split Discussion.  Why split
when it's far easier to hit "j" or "k" and not read the message?  Certainly
99% of what one doesn't want to read can be gotten through this way.  However,
I'm still anoyed by the way every March and April the traffic in this
newsgroup increases to the point where it becomes difficult to do so.  The
rest of the year, it's fine.

Hence:

A split is not necessary because come May it won't matter, and

My "saving grace" treatise also applies only to the March-April upsurge.

>Silly me.

Yes, I'd say so.

-------
Scowling Jim Cowling, Universal Life Church
University of Victoria Creative Writing Department
Opinions Disassociated

	"Shapeshifter.  Darling.  Not only are you one twisted bitch, you
  	 are one really stupid twisted bitch."

				- Jeanette Ambrose-Crane aka Morningstar
-------
From: sasha.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: The Little Mermaid #4: Submerged in Horror
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:44:29 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Peter_A_David@cup.portal.com writes:

> The conclusions that academics came up with for "Mermaid?"  Oh, that it was
> misogynist.  That Ursula suffered from penis envy for Triton, symbolized by
> the sceptre.  That Ursula's hangout was designed to look like a womb and
> Ariel was symbolically seeking out a mother figure.  That the movie implied
> that women are nothing but sexual figures or dangerous.  That sort of thing.

Actually, the penis envy part is somewhat understandable if they saw the 
sublim in the MERMAID movie poster.


                                 - Sasha



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