Talk:Dazzler (Marvel Comics)

message: Hi:
I don't want to add this without imput, but I believe Bill Sienkiewicz had a long streak as the cover artist for Dazzler in the early days. These were very striking covers from high talent. Looking back, I suspect that it may have been a choice to try to help establish the comic and character. Just my .02.
: Yes, Sienkiewicz did do painted covers with issue #27 in an effort to help boost sales (he also did some assisting art in Dazzler #29, and also the cover for Dazzler #18).  The embedded Dazzler: The Movie image is a Sienkiewicz piece.  
: I say add away under the Dazzler series bit.
: 69.222.154.10 00:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covers 

message: Per the WP:COMIC talk page, Ultimate character entries should be merged into the character's main article.--Chris Griswold 03:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: *Merge--Chris Griswold 03:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Is there a list of comics and issues this character has appeared in? I've always been a fan, and seek to have a more complete collection. Coolgamer 19:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Most major appearances occur in Dazzler #1-42, Marvel Graphic Novel #12 (Dazzler: The Movie), Beauty and the Beast #1-4, Secret Wars II #4, Avengers 211 and 221, Amazing Spider-Man #203, and Uncanny X-Men #130-131, #213 (I think), #217 - #260.  I'd throw in Deadpool #67 for good measure, and X-Men Unlimited #32.  There are more, but these are pretty much all the Ali you can handle!  You can always go to my talk page and I can offer some more if you want a "more complete" collection than this!  I b-lined most of the schizoid Mojoworld stuff. Novaya havoc 13:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apperences 

message: I don't think her description of her mutant powers are very detailed... I spruced up a few things, but simply added a few details, nothing major. Saintvrus22 21:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What issues detail her powers? If someone knows they should be referenced. Savre 01:54, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Powers 

message: In Dazzler's last issue of her series (#42). Dazzler did demonstrate the ability to convert light into sound. This act did leave her weak and she has not performed this stunt since (to my knowledge).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.124.5.75 (talk) 03:35, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Powers Light to Sound 

message: The Outer Limits continues to include Dazzler's resurrections as a "power," when this is an ongoing plotline and not confirmed in-canon.  Also, this "diving/swimming/barefoot" power has no basis in any Dazzler chronology I'm aware of.  Cite your sources, or stop adding junk info.  76.197.226.161 23:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Powers Vol. 2 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Wiki dazz initial.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Wiki dazz initial.jpg

message: Since this article has been tagged for image overuse, what images do you think should be kept and which scrapped? The infobox image seems fine as illustrating a current look. The images in the "other versions" section don't seem particularly illustrative, apart from the
Age of Apocalypse one which shows a different costume and power use. I would be in favour of keeping the Graphic Novel cover as an example of Sienkiewicz covers and illustrating a highpoint of Dazzler history. The Marvel Zombies image does show the original Dazzler look with the silver jump suit and mask make-up, but I would suggest replacing it with the Dazzler #1 cover which shows the full look, including roller skates, as well as being of historical value. That would be four images in all. Any comments?  Robina Fox (talk) 10:36, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Definately keep the main image and that of the Dazzler graphic novel.  I am impartial to the Alt versions, but if they were to be kept, I would say Ultimate, Apocalypse, M, End, Darkness in order of importance from greatest to least. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image Overuse 

message: Its possible that Dazzler is one of the twelve unofficially of course but I've noticed that members of the Twelve aren't only powerful but when it comes to there powers in one way or another there unique. The number of ways Dazzler can use her powers and the ways in which they work kind of hint that shes one of the Twelve.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.173.139 (talk) 00:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A possible member of the Twelve? 

message: There seems to be a lack of citation needed tags in this article. There are several entire sentences without a citation needed tag, and in some places it is almost possible to read the article normally wihout having one's reading constantly interrupted by citation needed tags. This is quite unacceptable. I would suggest a subheading "citation needed" whose text would entirely consist of the words "citation needed" repeated perhaps 50 times. This would help balance the woeful shortage of citation needed tags in the rest of the article.82.71.30.178 (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Word.  Most "citation needed" tags stem from the first cite to both references 1 and 2.  I guess I can link them all to that cite, but it seems redundant to me -- as much so as needing to cite "citation needed" after every cite when it's been cited and the link is provided under Links. 99.56.189.202 (talk) 01:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Pardon me -- cited under References. 99.56.189.202 (talk) 01:51, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Seriously.  Those two cites are all those "citations needed" as they stem from the two front links.  What more is possibly needed?  Sheez.  (Novaya Havoc)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.24.201.85 (talk) 07:31, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations Needed 

message: I added a bunch of Issue numbers as citations, but I don't know how to format them.  Someone should do that.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.255.24.138 (talk) 19:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Issue nos. 

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message: I've tried not to chop too much unnecessarily despite the whole X-Zombie vibe steaming off the page.
*Lead & Creation section
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*"Despite the fact that Dazzler was commissioned as a disco singer, the character shifted to other musical genres, including rock and adult contemporary."
:Feel like this needs a citation, and even then I'd question its' placing in the lead when the character didn't actually produce any music. Due to being a comic.
*"Dazzler was commissioned by Casablanca Records in 1978 as an animated special to be a multi-media cross-promotion with the character known as "The Disco Queen". Marvel Comics would develop a singing superhero, while Casablanca would produce a singer."
:The cited source for this only notes it was a joint venture between Marvel and Casablanca, and doesn't mention most of the above. Without wanting to be any more snippy than is necessary this isn't the only one I found that just did not line up with what the source actually says on the topic. 
*"The film project was ultimately canceled after Filmworks refused to let Bo Derek's husband, John Derek, direct the movie."
:Again, the cited source mentions nothing about this; JRJ mentions Dazzler for about a page in Modern Masters, and while he's clearly less than happy about the sassy black babe to blonde airhead change he says nothing about the film's cancellation and doesn't talk about anything really that happened after he stopped working on the book. Why make up something like that? There does have to be more to the story as I'm not sure how serious DeFalco is being about Tarzan (which after all took loads of money), but we can't just lie for neatness.
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:This I've removed only as I don't have it, it's not searchable on GBooks and there doesn't seem to be anything that isn't available in other sources; it's no shade on the source itself.
Edited
*"She was briefly a member of the spin-off group Excalibur but has since re-joined the X-Men."
:Is she still in the X-Men? Is she going to be a member of the X-Men forever and ever and ever? This sort of statement needs to be avoided, especially in a lead section as it dates far too easily. Have rewritten it to be more vague.
Querying
*creators = Tom DeFalco John Romita Jr.
:Basically every source seems to agree this was a committee thing, with Shooter, Mackenzie and Stern all involved to varying degrees, as well as some sources mentioning Louise Simonson (or Jones as I believe she was at the time).
Comment
*That TV special would have made the Star Wars Holiday Special look like Edge of Darkness and I hate everyone and everything who played any part in stopping it happening. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edited for various reasons 

message: The dates given for one the sections "===Dazzler (1981-1985)===" should be changed to "===Dazzler (1981-1986)===" 
While I understand the difference between cover dates and the date of actual publication, the final issue of the initial run is cover-dated March 1986, and it is confusing to assign it to 1985 (fwiw, the first issue was cover dated March 1981, and that year is not called into question) LabarreNicolas (talk) 14:03, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Lewcm Talk to me! 20:42, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2023