Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The Non-Legion Comics Trivia Thread Pt 5

Still drawing a blank with her. I'll benear my books at the weekend, so I'll take a look. And for a new Q too.

Angel Love has finally got to go out with the guy she's had a major crush on. But what problem does he have?

He’s secretly a werewolf?

He's a drug addict?

He was not a werewolf, although his personality did alter as...

...he had a coke habit.

Angel Love was something a bit different, back when DC were exploring new things.

Never read it but I thought I remembered some controversy about it.

What somewhat shocking retcon was given to the Metal Men in the 1990s and how was the retcon retconned?

first retcon: that they were humans transplanted into robot bodies when their human bodies were destroyed? (including Will Magnus himself at some point!)

retcon: Will Magnus was dreaming the whole thing up?

You got it. Your turn Ibby.

nice, thanks stile

let's see...

When Doomsday first appeared, the Justice League encountered him and were torn apart. Which Justice Leaguer tracked Doomsday alone, until their teammates could recover and help (not that it mattered...)

Blue Beetle?

Nope, Beetle was put in a coma so could not have volunteered

Ice?

you got it!

Beetle was heavily injured, and only Ice and Maxima were left standing. (for those keeping count, Fire, Booster Gold, Guy Gardner, and I believe Bloodwynd were all out too).

Ice convinced Maxima to fly Beetle to medical attention while she followed Doomsday herself...

I thought Booster, Beetle, Guy and Bloodwynd were all out of it but wasn't sure about the rest. Ice seemed the most likely. Good question and a bit surprised I didn't know the answer automatically.

Long before the 1986 Superman reboot there were plans afoot as comics entered the Bronze Age to cut back Superman's powers with half of them ending up in the hands of an interdimensional being. However this plan from writer Denny O'Neil and editor Julius Schwartz started by actually making him stronger. What was the radical change to Superman lore that made him even tougher?

A cosmic shockwave, or some such thing, renders Kryptonite inert. There's a delightful bit where Supes cheerfully snacks on a piece of Kryptonite that a bad guy tries to threaten him with.

Glad you liked it! I found the use of the League good - that scene with Ice convincing Maxima to save Beetle was well done/

Bingo. A science team are trying out an experimental Kryptonite powered reactor which runs wild and explodes, somehow turning all the Kryptonite into Iron. As the Daily Planet headline reads, "Now he's really invulnerable". This is followed by a series of stories where Superman is having to save the day with mysteriously having much less power than normal while being stalked in the background by a mysterious "sand" Superman.

The story was a valiant effort to reign in his power but following writers largely ignored the change apart from referencing the lack of Kryptonite so in the end it had little to no effect. There was a post-Crisis version written, pencilled and inked by Walt Simonson in 1992, which retold the story in a single Special. This time it was Luthor who was experimenting on Kryptonite but the change had less effect since it was far more rare after Crisis. The sand-Superman was the centre of the story and once again sacrifices himself for the real Superman.

Your turn Ann.

What was the Black Panther's true motivation for joining the Avengers?

To get help tracking down vibranium thieves?

No.

Hint: Black Panther's true motivation for joining the Avengers was a late-90s retcon by writer Christopher Priest, who was scripting the character's solo book at the time.

Proving himself to the Panther god?

Not that either.

His motivation had to do with security concerns.

He was worried about another of the Avengers being a security risk? (no way would that have been an original story line but I can imagine it being a retcon.)

Not quite, he was worried about the security of Wakanda. You're almost there.

Was it to keep tabs on Vision, who had already shown signs of being a threat?