Eryk Davis Ester
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Fixed. I wasn't sure if Cobie meant to include Johnny Thunder as having the "thing in common" (though, if so, I'd guess it was "does not wear a proper super-hero costume").
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But... but... my guesses of the King and Zatara don't wear proper super-hero costumes... and I didn't get singled out for my brilliant guess-work... /cries/
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Hmm... I actually just came across a possible answer (from '41), but I don't see what it has in common with the characters in question.
But... unless Cobie is being really misleading in his question and hints, this can't actually be the answer.
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Curious to the guess! I'm def not being misleading though. This is actually a really cool bit of trivia I know.
It's not Supes but that's always a good guess.
Blacula, the King had a mystery man mask, correct? Anyway, not *all* of your guesss had the same thing in common with Miner's so I didn't want to tell you which ones had the same theme to make things easier.
One of you will get it shortly I think.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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There's actually a character called Gorilla with a Human Brain, who was featured in the original Blue Beetle (which, of course, wasn't actually a DC publication).
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Anyway, I'll guess Speed Saunders.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Anyway, I'll guess Speed Saunders.
And Eryk has it! Speed Saunders it is and the story in question is from August 1937 in Detective Comics #6, well before the creation of Batman and most of the DCU as we know it. "The Mystery of the Lost Ape", I'm quite certain is the first time a DC character deals with an ape with a human brain, as in the last year I have become quite knowledgeable about Golden Age history (I wanted to say "first time in comics" which it just might be, but I'm not 100% confident with that).
You'll note this story is well before the creation of Blue Beetle at Fox Feature Publications either.
I thought about saying "it's a non-superhero" character but that might give it away too easily, but the theme I was shooting for in Miner's guesses was indeed "not a proper superhero uniform".
I also almost said "he's still active in the DCU today" which I also thought would make things too easy.
BTW, Speed Saunders is one of the more awesome pre-superhero protagonists in DC history. This awesome website by Mike Grost gives a great explanation on him and is what got me interested in the character in the first place.
You're up, Eryk!
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Wow! My randomly selecting an early DC non-superhero worked!
Okay, next question.
In both the original Transformers cartoon and the original Transformers comic book, an Autobot spaceship (the Ark) crashlands on Earth roughly 4 million years ago. Which characters were on the crew of the comic book ship but not the cartoon ship when it crashed?
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The Constructicons? My Transformers knowledge is pretty limited...
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Eryk Davis Ester
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You're kind of on the right track, but pointed in the wrong direction.
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