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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 2, 2007 16:50:52 GMT -5
Who was your favorite cornball bad-guy and why
for me there are several but one of the top cornballs is Batroc the Leaper. I mean he keeps thinking he's in Caps league. They even develop a relationship that is a little less antogonistic than most foes. I always liked him. I sum up his cornyness with the time in dissassembled when he takes a ball game hostage with a "bomb detonator" after Cap hand's him another defeat the detonator turns out to be a click pen which Batroc uses to ask for an autograph. All of his appearances are only just a little more serious than those hostess fruit pie ads. But he hangs in there.
I think he'd make a good thunderbolt
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Post by balok on Apr 2, 2007 17:49:00 GMT -5
Fabian Stankowicz (I might be misspelling that). Later the Avengers reformed him, but his early appearances were funny.
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Post by dlw66 on Apr 3, 2007 9:23:27 GMT -5
Rocket Racer and the Big Wheel
See ASM, circa the #170's.
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Post by Tone-Loc on Apr 3, 2007 11:03:03 GMT -5
Are the Tetrarchs of Entropy corny enough?
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Post by dlw66 on Apr 3, 2007 11:42:32 GMT -5
Yes, they are! I was off a bit on my previous post. Here is the cover in all its corny glory!! We went from a pretty good Goblin/gang war storyline to this...  |
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Post by uberwolf on Apr 3, 2007 21:56:08 GMT -5
When I read corny villain, Rocket Racer was the first name that popped into my head.
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 9, 2007 5:14:11 GMT -5
I would go with Doctor Bong, archnemesis of Howard the Duck, but then I guess the spirit of the question was "unintentionally corny", or at least not-quite-totally-intentionally corny villians...
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Post by Doctor Doom on Apr 9, 2007 5:31:07 GMT -5
Batroc did KICK ASS! Ze master of Savate! His biggest moiment of Glory was when Batman said he actually had some skill. That's pretty huge for a Z-lister. ...Does the Walrus count as corny? He's certainly the worst villainever but I think it was intentional. Oh! Oh!  |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 9, 2007 6:12:45 GMT -5
Who's the walrus...  Wasn't he John Lennon...? |
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Post by Doctor Doom on Apr 9, 2007 6:17:51 GMT -5
I'm so very glad you asked.
From spiderfan.org:
Background
The Walrus was created when his Uncle Humbert, a janitor, had a go at some technology, and after many tries managed to give Hubert (the nephew) super-powers. Hubert was stupid enough to allow his uncle to experiment on him, so when his uncle pointed him toward evil ways, he gladly went on a spree of mass destruction.
He adopted the name of The Walrus, because he had the proportionate strength of a walrus. Since walruses are bigger than men, he's weaker than one, but still pretty strong. He first fought the Defenders, and he almost won (don't ask me how), but Frog-Man intervened and defeated the Walrus.
In his second appearance (last to date) he was contacted by the White Rabbit to form the Terrible Two, whose goal was set on killing Frog-Man, since he had defeated her as well. In fact, her idea was to form the Terrible Four, but Speed Demon and Yellow Claw, the other guys who Frog-Man defeated, didn't want to tarnish their reputation by associating with her.
Now, once again we have the Walrus being talked into something stupid, as he starts wreaking havoc in Brooklyn. The White Rabbit follows his lead, and tells the reporters who arrive to cover the story, that they won't stop unless Frog-Man surrenders to her. Spider-Man is dining at Eugene's house (Spectacular Spider-Man #185) and sees that on TV. He swings for Brooklyn, with Leapfrog secretly on his trail, and Frog-Man secretly on the trail of them both. Spidey dodges a punch from the Walrus, bragging about how fast he was, to which the Walrus responds:
"Yeah, well - Don't underestimate ME, pal! For your information, I've got the proportionate speed, strength and agility of a WALRUS!"
With this, both Spider-Man and I started to laugh. Since Hubert is smaller than a walrus, he just stated he's slower and less agile than any normal walrus. He gets mad and punches Spidey, who was too busy bent over laughing to avoid it. As Spidey gets up, Leapfrog (Vincent) arrives and announces himself as Frog-Man. He dodges the Walrus' attempts to punch him and knocks him down with a powerful hook. The Rabbit tries to kill Leapfrog, but she's knocked out by the arriving, clumsy, and out of control Frog-Man (Eugene). The Walrus gets up, and Spidey sees it as an opportunity to shine, since he's been surpassed by a couple of frogs on live TV: he taps him with one finger and the Walrus goes down for the second and last time tonight."
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Post by dlw66 on Apr 9, 2007 9:49:52 GMT -5
Priceless fun  |
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Post by spiderwasp on Apr 9, 2007 10:04:15 GMT -5
Okay, I admit to liking Razorback as well, even though he isn't really a villain.
One of my favorite and greatly underused characters is Madcap. I think he's hilarious and I've loved his appearances in Captain America, She-Hulk, and Power Pack. His powers, an inability to die and a healing factor that makes Wolverine look like a wimp, is very similar to Mr. Immortal from the Great Lakes Avengers/X-Men/whatever they are this week, but Madcaps sense of lunacy and his ability to make people go insane by looking into their eyes makes him much more interesting. Unfortunately, most of the Marvel titles are so heavy these days, that he'd never fit in. Maybe they could use him in FN Spider-man or hey, maybe Dan Slott could do a showdown with Madcap and Mr. Immortal. It might even rival the old showdown between the Impossible Man and Warlock in New Mutants which I loved.
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 9, 2007 10:18:04 GMT -5
I believe he also showed up in a few issues of Solo Avengers playing with Hawkeyes mind
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Post by spiderwasp on Apr 9, 2007 12:33:35 GMT -5
I decided that this thread was enough to finally inspire an avatar for me.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Apr 9, 2007 16:02:47 GMT -5
Who's the walrus... Wasn't he John Lennon...? Well, here’s another clue for you all: the Walrus was Paul. |
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Post by dlw66 on Apr 9, 2007 16:18:19 GMT -5
You sure? John sang lead on "I am the walrus". But then, I don't have the album cover in front of me just now...
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Post by dlw66 on Apr 9, 2007 16:20:53 GMT -5
To further confound this, from wikipedia (which I generally don't put much stock in due to its pedestrian nature...):
In the booklet that accompanies the Magical Mystery Tour album, "I Am the Walrus" is given the subtitle (in small print) "'No you're not!' said Little Nicola." The 1968 Beatles song "Glass Onion", written by Lennon, and featured on the White Album, refers to earlier Beatles compositions. Referring to "I Am the Walrus", Lennon sings, "Here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul."
In the 1980 Playboy interview, John responded to the confusion:
"I threw the line in — 'the Walrus was Paul' — just to confuse everybody a bit more. And I thought 'Walrus' has now become me, meaning 'I am the one.' Only it didn't mean that in this song."
Lennon also comments in The Beatles Anthology that he wrote the song at a point when the band was beginning to fall apart, and he hoped that by inserting this line in combination with "I told you 'bout the walrus and me man, you know that we're as close as can be man", he could begin to patch things up with the band.
Lennon said that the fact that McCartney was dressed as a walrus on the cover of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour LP inspired the line. Also, Lennon himself was dressed as a walrus in the music video for "I Am the Walrus", instead of Paul who is wearing a hippopotamus costume.
Paul also responded to the lyric in an interview broadcast on a Beatles documentary on WYNY 1981:
"[John] happened to have a line go 'the walrus was Paul' and we had a great giggle to say 'yeah, let's do that,' because everybody's gonna read into it and go crackers cause they all thought that John was the walrus."
On Lennon's 1970 solo album Plastic Ono Band, the song "God" contains the lines "I was the walrus, but now I'm John."
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 9, 2007 16:35:35 GMT -5
Anybody knows about how over at the Distinguished Competition they have (or had) Project Cadmus (at least I think that was the name...) and they interacted with other dimensional beings whose names & attributes borrowed heavily from Beatles songs & imaginarie...?
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Post by The Night Phantom on Apr 9, 2007 18:04:53 GMT -5
Who's the walrus... Wasn't he John Lennon...? Well, here’s another clue for you all: the Walrus was Paul. You sure? John sang lead on "I am the walrus". But then, I don't have the album cover in front of me just now... As you may have guessed when making your findings on Wikipedia, I was simply bursting into song, as I do sometimes.
Anybody knows about how over at the Distinguished Competition they have (or had) Project Cadmus (at least I think that was the name...) and they interacted with other dimensional beings whose names & attributes borrowed heavily from Beatles songs & imaginarie...? That’s news to me, but it reminds me of the Para-Troop, a superpowered criminal gang in D.P. 7 #30 (vintage New Universe!). Its members were Wild Thing, Aqualung, Purple Haze, Space Oddity, Acid Queen, Helter Skelter, Wipeout, and Wooly Bully. |
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Post by imperiusrex on Apr 10, 2007 17:22:30 GMT -5
I have but one sentence for you: Nobody laughs at Mr. Fish!! Well not to his face anyway because this may be one of the funniest comics ever. do a search on Luke cage mr. fish and you'll be stunned by the number of links ridiculing this book. Here's one of my faves... www.ga2so.com/comic2.php |
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Post by Shiryu on Apr 11, 2007 3:51:25 GMT -5
Project Cadmus was in the JLA cartoon, I've never heard of it in the comics (but I'm still weak on DC  ) I liked Batroc when it looks like Cap may die soon, and he decides to reform to honor him. Pity it didn't last... As of corny bad guys, mind goes to Past Pot Pete and Hypno Hustler. |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 12, 2007 11:45:57 GMT -5
"Paste Pot Pete" was a classic... Just to say it out loud...
"Trapster", by contrast, is a "better" name, but not nearly as interesting or memorable...
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Apr 12, 2007 12:30:09 GMT -5
Mojo Jojo, arch-nemesis of the Powerpuff Girls
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Post by The Night Phantom on Apr 14, 2007 15:59:03 GMT -5
For what it’s worth, the Walrus has a full-page entry in this week’s Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook (adorned with the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe name on the cover).
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 14, 2007 23:32:16 GMT -5
I love the site these come from,...  |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 15, 2007 5:36:45 GMT -5
Which site was it...? Could you please post a link to it...?
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Post by The Night Phantom on Apr 15, 2007 10:29:18 GMT -5
An inspection of the image Nutcase posted reveals that it comes from here: |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 16, 2007 14:50:08 GMT -5
I love the site these come from,... Well. I think he definitely owes something to the walrus from "Magical Mystery Tour"; even the "rainbow" "W" is similar to the rainbow on the album's cover... |
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 15, 2007 9:57:48 GMT -5
I've commented before on what a goof the Living Eraser was. I used to have a Tales to Astonish where he "erased" Giant-Man. I didn't know until just discovering the cover below that he'd had more than one appearance!  |
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Post by Tana Nile on Sept 15, 2007 11:49:18 GMT -5
That's where I first saw the inimitable Living Eraser! Even at that tender age, I sat there thinking, "what the f*** " |
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Wasn't he John Lennon...?
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