It's been, like, twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union. Isn't a twenty-something character named after a symbol of communism a little anachronistic?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
If anything, the rise of super-gangsters could make Red Star's new adventures the equivalent of a Russian Batman *and* Superman!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Agreed. But he needs to lose the stereotypically Soviet codename and pick up a stereotypically Russian codename.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Czar Star?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Ooh! I like "Star Czar" as a name, though it sounds more like a villain.
Posted by Jerry on :
Isn't that the name Snapper Carr used when he went bad?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I can't remember his first name, but if it was Peter, you can't get much more stereotypical than Peter the Great!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
According to Wikipedia, Red Star's real name is Leonid Konstantinovitch Kovar
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Star Kovar!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I was trying to come up with some Ursa Major reference last night that would keep the "star" theme and invoke the "Russian Bear" idea, but I couldn't come up with anything catchy.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I've been trying but I can't come up with anything that works. I mean, you can't name him something related to vodka.
Unless we use the standby references to winter or how big Russia is.
Winter Star!
Big Star!
Giganto Star!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... I *still* can't come up with anything.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
The Keeper of Pantha's head or KPH
Posted by Exnihil on :
In Soviet Russia, Red Star renames YOU!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... Star Cossack?
Posted by Power Boy on :
Anastasia?
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I like Cyrmson Crockpot. Hot, red, and cooks.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I keep wanting to suggest something along the lines of "Absolut Star", but that would be Swedish.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :