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Certainly makes sense, although he did claim to know of the Atlantis story only from his ancestors (hence Solon).

Not Edgar Cayce.

It's a bit early, but I'll throw outa hint here: for the second person, it's less Atlantis overall, and more Tritonis specifically.

Yeah, that's why I guessed Solon, as he was supposed to be Plato's source, having in turn learned the story from the Egyptians.

Hmm... not sure what the Tritonis clue would indicate, except maybe it's someone who is famous for descriptions of mer-people?

Hans Christian Anderson, maybe?

Not Andersen, but your reasoning is solid.

Hmmmm. Not sure on the tritonis hint either.

I'll go for Herodotus on the offchance it was part of his work.

Nope.

I feel like this is going to seem obvious once I hear it.

I'll try Homer, even though Sirens aren't actually mermaids.

Homer was up next for me too, EDE.

If Solon's source was Egyptian, and this being DC, is this linked to doctor fate? More specifically, a high priest or pharaoh Nabu served under. Was it Khufu?

Neither Homer nor Khufu.

Hint # 2: This individual lived within the last 1000 years.

Columbus?

Christopher Columbus is the correct answer! In the final issue of the Atlantis Chronicles, between stories that actually told us about Atlantean history, there is a small two-page chapter about one of Columbus's crew seeing a Tritonian mermaid grooming her pet manatee. When the crewman calls Columbus over to see her, Columbus sees only the manatee and tells the sailor he's been at sea for too long. This was no doubt inspired by the fact that Columbus, in one of his logs, actually reported seeing mermaids (though the log indicated that he himself was the one who saw them).

Your Q, thoth!

Good job, thoth!

I figured it was something like that, but I couldn't think of anyone well-known who actually reported mermaid sightings!

Yay! In a bit of synchronicity, there must have been a recent trailer for The Little Mermaid. There's been some tension over casting (I know. Mermaids). It was on the newsfeed I was reading at lunch, and mentioned Columbus.
So when Chaim gave the hint, it was the first name in my head.

DC's version of the Shadow ended rather abruptly after only 19 issues in the 1980s. Why was that?

Because he knew what evil lurked in the hearts of DC editorial?

Copyright issues ?

Funny, but nope. Although it could be argued editorial had a part to play.



That's what my first guess would have been. But DC had the rights to publish it, didn't impinge on anyone else's copyright, and it didn't finish due to a natural contract length.

The owners of the Intellectual Property didn't like the series creative direction?

I keep thinking that maybe it has something to do with the Alec Baldwin movie.

Good guess, but not in this case.

Because it was this. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? No one, as the writer killed the Shadow. But only for a while. Before bringing him back as a head (pre Pantha days) with trademark hat, on top of a large robot body. Street & Smith pulled the plug.

Some die hard Shadow fans weren't pleased with the Shadow changing guns. I guess others weren't happy about it being set in modern times. But it's a good, fun read. You could see hints of what was to come, so stopping it seemed a bit knee jerk, as they had a panic over their character.

That actually sounds pretty bad.

I agree with EDE. It sounds terrible. Just the sort of thing I'd expect from Andy Helfer.

New question coming tomorrow.

Apparently it was quickly replaced after cancelation with a more traditional Shadow series.

thanks for this thoth, quite a tidbit to learn about...

Okay. This one's a doozy.

What does Rachel Pollack's Doom Patrol run have in common with a song by Genesis called "The Cinema Show?"

They feature a transgender character?