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From: jordan@castor (USENET's Chuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Siderman 2099 #2
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:30:14 GMT
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Organization: University of Georgia

In article <1992Oct14.175935.18384@stsci.edu> wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor A. Morgan) writes:
>Is it Siderman who was rocketed by his father from the doomed
>planet Aluminum?  And that his real (Aluminum) name is Pan-El?

Weird.  I thought that Siderman's two young twin SIDEKICKS were Aluminum
and Vinyl.  If I recall correctly, Siderman's powers were that he could
withstand most any type of weather and what's more he never needed painting.
His one weakness was that he had to be installed by a professional from
Sears.  The only issue I ever bought was the one where Aluminum inhaled
some mind-altering fumes while on a visit to a cannery, and he decided to
wage a one-man war of vengeance against the British because they kept
pronouncing his name funny.

I think you might be thinking of The Recycler, a vigilante hero who came
to earth after his home planet Aluminum was crushed by a giant cosmic
machine.  He had a run-in with Plastic-Man once, as I recall, but other
than that was pretty nondescript.  Except for the closing scenes.  At
the end of each issue, after he had snatched someone from the clutches
of doom, he would carefully weigh them and give them 10 cents per pound.
It was a nice touch; back then heroes had class.

Chuck


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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach)
Subject: Re: Creators rule (was Re: NHS #$ (color))
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 03:42:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.004545.28473@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, tyg@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Tom Galloway) writes:
> In article <1992Oct14.235729.25691@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach) writes:
> >In article <1992Oct14.123622.21275@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, tyg@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Tom Galloway) writes:
> >> as a comics writer is that writer (Peter, Roland Mann), while the same name
> >> as an artist or writer/artist (Kevin Maguire, Art Adams, Michael Collins)
		     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> is not that artist. 
> >
> >No it wouldn't.  Ben is an artist AND writer.  The rule is unclear in such
			       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >situations.  :-)

<sigh>  What can I say... it's been One Of Those Days.

The argument be thine, Sir Galloway.
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:50:32 EDT
From: <JWS134@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Batman Adventures #2

 I have picked up and read this issue and I agree that it is pretty good. I enj
oy seeing small stories working together to form a bigger one (especially one i
nvolving the Joker). I wasn't sure that a book like this one would appeal to me
 like it did but being a true Bat-fan, I have since added this one to my subscr
iption. I can't wait to see the big story building up. The Joker is my favorite
 villain. Any comments out there? I'm curious to hear what others thought.


                                                                  Joker :-)

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From: jh20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Nathan Haralson, II)
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Subject: Re: CYBER FORCE #1
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:03:50 GMT
	<Bw2G2C.II@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I just wanted to touch on the point about having the mechanical arms on
one side of your body. I am an studying electrical engineering and am
currently taking a course in robotics, this by no means makes me an
expert on cybernetics. I just mention this point to lend credence to my
argument, much the same way artist do when they are arguing about
styles.  


  A common complaint is that Stryker is unbalanced because of the
non-symmetric configuration of his arms. This is not necessarily the
case.  One of the things people are assuming is that his right half
weighs more than his left half.  There are composite materials that
exist in our world that are 10 time stronger  and 5 times lighter than
steel. Granted they aren't silver and shiny and smooth but the due
exist.  So if you extrapolate this to the world of comics, it would be
possible to design the arms so that they balanced with his left side. To
be honest, from an engineering stand point, I find Strykers three arms
more feasible than say robotic armor that is super thin, strong enough
to with extreme impacts, yet folds like clothing into a briefcase, has
enough room for equipment that generates force fields strong enough to
withstand small nukes, has mechanical micro-motors that can provide
enough force and counterbalance to life 50 ton, (let me catch my breath)
still has room for spare supply of air, has communication systems, has
sensory devices, and still has room for a super computer powerful enough
to control all these functions when the user is unconscious. If you have
not guessed who I am referring to, can you say Iron Man.

Whether or not you like Stryker from a visual stand point will vary from
person to person.  I think it is cool, because I can see a group of
engineers and surgeons talking to this mercenary who has lost his right
arm and part of his face. I can see this group telling him that he would
be a more efficient merc if he had more than two arms, and Stryker
replying "Hell no you are not cutting of my one good arm so that you can
put multiple arms on me."  The group is stuck for a minute until someone
comes up with the idea to put more than one arm on the right half of his
body.  The group loves the idea because it provides some unique
challenges and give them a chance to test a few theories, while Stryker
is willing to give it a try as long as he keeps his left arm. Yeah I
know that's a lot of inferring after only one issue but I'm entitled to
my imagination.
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From: sewon@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (WAYNE WONG)
Subject: Re: CYBER FORCE #1
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In article <QerP_6a00UhWA393NA@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Joe Nathan Haralson, II" <jh20+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
> 
>Whether or not you like Stryker from a visual stand point will vary from
>person to person.  I think it is cool, because I can see a group of
>engineers and surgeons talking to this mercenary who has lost his right
>arm and part of his face. I can see this group telling him that he would
>be a more efficient merc if he had more than two arms, and Stryker
>replying "Hell no you are not cutting of my one good arm so that you can
>put multiple arms on me."  The group is stuck for a minute until someone
>comes up with the idea to put more than one arm on the right half of his
>body.  The group loves the idea because it provides some unique
>challenges and give them a chance to test a few theories, while Stryker
>is willing to give it a try as long as he keeps his left arm. Yeah I
>know that's a lot of inferring after only one issue but I'm entitled to
>my imagination.
> 

Having three arms on one side of the body might allow him to "do" more, like 
hold a couple of extra guns, but the two extra arms could hinder the 
character in many cases.  Certainly, having multiple arms stacked on top 
of each other would restrict the motion of any one arm.

Usually, a lot of eye/hand coordination is needed to manipulate oblects.  
Since the character only has one set of eyes, he is limited in what he can 
do with his other hands.  For instance, He may be able to hold four guns, 
but he can only aim at one target at a time.  He may be able to use the 
guns to put multiple holes in any one enemy but he can't shoot four targets 
at once.  Using a single rapid-fire weapon would accomplish the same thing.

Of course, the Terminator and Rambo like to carry around multiple weapons 
so maybe I'm wrong.   :)

 - Wayne.
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From: baarniy@iastate.edu (Scott A Coon)
Subject: Zoo Crew
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 07:17:21 GMT

Hi.  My first posting to this group, so apologies if this is
a FAQ (although for some reason I doubt that it is....)
    I'm sure almost everyone remembers Capt. Carrot and His Amazing
Zoo Crew (from around 1982).  Wildly unsuccessful series, which
happens to be a personal favorite of mine.  There was a three-
double-size issue miniseries set in Oz and Wonderland about 1986,
I think.  The totality of Zoo Crew literature that I'm aware of,
then, is the two years of regular issues and this miniseries.  I ask
you, is that IT?  Is DC just allowing these characters to languish
in oblivion?  I don't think they were destroyed in the Crisis....
    Does anyone know of ANY other Zoo Crew stuff out there?  Or any
rumors of future plans?  Thanks.

baarniy
(Scott C.)



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From: aoki@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki)
Subject: cerebus 162 - the clinician
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:01:08 GMT

Hey!  Blossom isn't the waitress from Dino's pub with a dye-job and
a fake-o Jaka-type accent, is she?

Things are tough all over, I guess ..
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From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Flash #71 & high school chemistry
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:09:23 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

"That sharp acrid scent...He's bumped all the oxygen in the room
 up the Periodic Scale...changed it into Unbreathable Ozone."

I want to know where it's written that kids who intend to be writers
aren't required to attend science classes. :-(

-----
Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

   God helpe the man so wrapt in Errours endless traine  -- Edmund Spenser
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: LSH #36:  BIG SPOILERS!  I MEAN IT!  THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN THIS ISH!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:32:20 GMT

Okay, I have no idea how to get a functional ^L, so...

























Good.
     Okay, page by page, shall we?
1: Well, I still think Jacques is risking it sleeping with Infectious Lass.
2: Okay, there were no survivors, Reep Jeckie and Val of v2.0 (actually...more
     on that later) are DEAD.
3: AAAAGHH!  Those *EYES* are back on Duo Damsel!  RUN!
4-5: Circe is really losing it.  More later.
7: Foreshadowing of the younger Daxamites doing the "god-thing" Valor had a bad
     experience with.
9: Bounty seems to have emotional addiction of some sort.
10-13: The Big Fight.  Sade mortally wounds Bounty.
14: BOUNTY'S BODY was Dawny, but Bounty itself is a 'possessor' type!  Okay,
     everyone search back issues for that kinda foe.
15: Dawny will live, Brainy admits to knowing that for a fact and Rokk says
     "Well, we all kinda knew" but they were thrown by the different persona.
16: The Kids are the originals, the elders the clones.  Tah dah.
17: Jacques will likely stay prez.
19: Scratch what I said about Dirk the Elder surviving last week.  The large 
     missing part of his brain spattered against the back wall kinda lowers
     his survival chances.
20: Two for the price of one.  Poor Circe, she ate the wrong end of a gun.
21: Mon-Elder is outtahere for awhile.
22: So is Jan.
23: Vi the Younger and Devlin seem to now be a definite match.

     Okay, lotsa stuff wrapped up, lots more opened up.  Until the renaming 
madness hits with _Legionnaires_, I propose we call the kids by the suffix 
-alpha, to keep things relatively clear.  Yes, this notation is ripped off from
WJWilliams's _Voice of the Whirlwind_ before anyone points it out to me.
     Repurcussions:  Dawny is back, sans wings.  A disturbing trend of killing 
off either the alpha or beta of any given Legionnaire continues.  Writers free 
to completely rewrite Dirk-alpha's personality as he tries to avoid falling 
into the same traps as his beta.
     Dangling threads hopefully to be resolved:
     1: The Gands remaking Earth and the universe in their image of ideal.
     2: Assuming that the betas of Vi and Ayla are in fact lovers, what 
happens when the alphas find out?
     3: Will Jan go looking for Sean Erin?
     4: Can the universe long survive two Tenzil Kems?  }->
     5: Effects on Dirk-alpha over death of beta.
     6: A host of others.

     Dave Van Domelen, thinks the title is actually improving a bit now.
From: rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Slapstick?
Date: 10 Oct 1992 10:30:04 -0700
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Just wanted to know, does anyone have any comments on Marvel Comic's SLAPSTICK
limited series?

My two bucks is that it's silly, it's irreverent, it's camp, it's the perfect
compliment to Groo, and I want to see more of the character...

                                                --R.J.
                                                B-)

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From: kiemschies@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Superman - a definition for THE Man of Steel
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:36:23 EDT

In article <Bvq60y.E6F@cs.dal.ca>, smith@ug.cs.dal.ca (Sean Smith) writes:
> In article <rorrossiter.3.718363418@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au> rorrossiter@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (RON ROSSITER) writes:
>>Now being a huge fan of the Man of Steel, I was just wondering
>>if anyone out there could give me a little information. I was 
>>hoping that someone could give me a list of powers (and limitations
>>to) that the post-crisis Superman is currently attributed with,
>>as well as (if I'm not asking to much) a little insight into
>>the _possible_ revival of our favourite superhero.
> 
> 	For a list of post-Crisis powers, see _Who's Who #1_ (Aug. 1990).  It
> has it, along with some other stuff on him.
> 
> 	As for a revival, I've been thinking (I know, that's dangerous, but...)
> lately.  I'm wondering if there mightn't be some retreat (gasp! ;) from 
> Crisis here.  If y'all remember, in the last issue of Crisis, Kal-L and 
> Superboy from Earth-Prime ended up on an "Earth" inside Alex Luthor (I'm kinda
> fuzzy here - it's been a while).  I wonder if DC mightn't resurrect either 
> or both of these 2 incarnations as a replacement...
> 
> 	Either that or it's all Lois Lane's bad dream like in "Dallas".  ;)
> 
> 	Sean
> 
> -- 
> Sean Smith - Dalhousie University               Bill and Opus in '92 in the US!
> Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada                    Don Cherry for Prime Minister in
> 01SSMITH@AC.DAL.CA or smith@ug.cs.dal.ca	'93 in Canada!
> Disclaimer:  These ideas are mine...ALL MINE!!  'Cause noone else'd want 'em.
I just hope they don't weeken him too much when he gets back. With a planet
full of Daxamites, there really isn't much use to weakening him, but not them.

                                                        ---Ollie
P.S. 
   About the Daxamites, I assume they can break the light barrier. If that is
true it's pretty sad that Superman cannot. Or perhaps he has never really
tried. It's not something that would seem to intuitive (rember Superman learned
he could fly at all by accident) to someone that doesn't even know the physics
of faster than light travel. It might just be a matter of know-how, and not
powers. 
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From: morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Elmo's Glue)
Subject: Re: PAD.  Is it really him?
Organization: Bounces off Me and Sticks to You
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In article <1992Oct13.224343.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>, birmingh@fnalo.fnal.gov (Phillip J. Birmingham) writes:
> In article <1992Oct13.222526.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>, morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Elmo's Glue) writes:
>> In article <1992Oct13.224849.17874@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, tyg@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Tom Galloway) writes:
>>> Besides, most of us have already been noticed by Peter...right Sgt. Tang,
>>> Security Redshirt Meyer, Atlantean Dan'l, and Admiral (but still second in
>>> Admiral's rank due to dual seniority nyah nyah nyah) Williams? :-)
>> 
>> 	Yeah, but I used to be the guy's Pope, and I still have yet to see
>> PFC elmo, or random street lunatic elmo, or cannon fodder elmo, or fuzzy
>> magenta mutant elmo, or soggy crustacean elmo.
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think this one's my favorite,
Peter.  Say, you wouldn't be in the middle of writing an Aquaman mini-series or
anything, would you? :-) :-)

> 
>          That's due to the schism, heathen! The Elmotic Sect of the First
>     Church of Peter David is nothing more than a raving band of heretics!
> 
>          We all know who the pope of the One True Church was. :-)

	Ah, yer mudda's mustache.  Was it not _I_ who used secret Zoroastrian
logical techniques to merge Jewish religious guilt with Catholic religious
guilt, producing a hybrid religion of such strength and power that even now it
pays upwards of $250 a week for psychotherapy?
	I spit upon your One True Pope.  Feh.
	For all interested parties:  There will be a Holy War between rival
popes Elmo and Phil Birmingham, Friday, in Muncie IN in the Ball State Physics
Department.  You may choose your weapons, Your Unwashed Holiness Birmingham...
-- 
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"Plato is a bore."--Nietzsche                                                  
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"I'm not going to climb into the ring with Tolstoy"--Ernest Hemingway          
"Hemingway was a jerk."--Harold Robbins                                        
  
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From: mmunoz@vxcrna.cern.ch (MUNOZ,MARC./DG)
Subject: Re: Corto Maltese
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In article <1992Oct16.004846.867@ousrvr.oulu.fi>, pkor@phoenix (Pasi Korhonen) writes...
>Hannes Faestermann (hfaester@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE) wrote:
>: 
>: At last something else than superheroe stuff in this newsgroup.
>: 
>	At last somebody else who understands the greatness, the 
>	subtle finesse of Corto Maltese tales.... :)
> 
>:   the colored stuff is pretty good, too. Any other opinions on this ?
>	
>	Agreed, the coloring is tasteful and doesn't look like
>	it's just glued on a b/w series.
         Yes, but I like more the B&W ones.
> 
>:   About the character of Corto I like most that he's not presented as
>:   a hero but more like someone trying to avoid adventures.
> 
>	Face it, dude, the man is COOL ! He likes adventures but is
>	all for good. Not trying to tell anybody else what is right and
>	what is wrong but acts for good when necessary.
> 
>: would be interested to learn for which languages there are translations.
> 
>	I have albums in Finnish and English.
            I've see albumes in French, Italian, Spanish,Catalan...
> 
>: That's it for now - I'm looking forward to lengthier discussions :)
>: 
>	Me too !
         We are three
> 
>	Wiedersehen, Hannes
> 
>	Pasi
>--
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> 
> 
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               MArc
From: ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew C. Plotkin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Cerebus #162
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:40:22 GMT
	<1992Oct6.164537.16254@twg.com>
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.comics.misc: 6-Oct-92 Re: Cerebus #162
David Herron@twg.com (1270)

> In article <1992Oct2.215605.15725@netcom.com> dani@netcom.com (Dani
> Zweig) writes:
> >Who's the old aardvark Cerebus flies past?  And was that Astoria still
> >in chains?  I thought she was out getting spruced up for her meeting
> >with Cirin.

That was Cirin!?! 

Damn if I know. It *looked* like Cirin, at least the head did. But it
was awfully flat-chested, compared to the, um, generous endowment that
we usually see on Cirin... under her robes.

I'm going to be *incredibly* pleased if the leader of the Terimist
matriarchy turns out to be a drag queen. So to speak. :-)

(I have to go back and look over the earlier issues, especially the one
in which Cirin has a nightmare and is shown waking up in bed.)

--Z



"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
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From: morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Elmo's Glue)
Subject: Re: PAD.  Is it really him?
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In article <1992Oct13.224849.17874@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, tyg@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Tom Galloway) writes:
> In article <c4r402wR25ml01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> branwen@cerebus.ccc.amdahl.com (Karen Williams) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct12.214954.15925@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> glocke@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Gordon Locke  ) writes:
>>
>>>	You guys ... you're all just trying to get noticed, aren't you?
>>
>>It must of worked. You noticed us, didn't you? :-)
> 
> Besides, most of us have already been noticed by Peter...right Sgt. Tang,
> Security Redshirt Meyer, Atlantean Dan'l, and Admiral (but still second in
> Admiral's rank due to dual seniority nyah nyah nyah) Williams? :-)

	Yeah, but I used to be the guy's Pope, and I still have yet to see
PFC elmo, or random street lunatic elmo, or cannon fodder elmo, or fuzzy
magenta mutant elmo, or soggy crustacean elmo.
	There just ain't no justice.

	:-)
-- 
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--Unknown                                                                      
  
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From: tweaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (T.C.Weaver)
Subject: Re: Sandman dream artists (no pun intended)
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 10:54:55 GMT

 rglass@pcs.cnu.edu (Randall Glass) writes:

> I'd also like (dream) to see H.R.Giger do the art on a
>futuristic Sandman story.

Ah, yes. _Do Aliens Dream of Electric Sheep_?

Tanaqui
 
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