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'Nuff said.

Perhaps the all-new Fiddler and Hornblower can team up with other questionably-named folks and form a Super NC-17 Squad!

I'll never forget Hornblower #50, "To Blow No More" from DC Comic Series that never existed. What a great/heartbreaking issue! Especially the scene at the end with the final blow!

Cobie, what did you think about the controversial issue #69 "The Lowest Blow"?

I thought "The Death of Hornblower Kid" was particularly touching as well as the introduction of Hornblower Lass in "Lo, There Shall Come A Sign"

Unfortunately, the possibility of a Super NC-17 Squad - while fans clamor for it - seems to be lost due to editorial dictatorial direction (apparently they can no longer use anyone associated with Superman, and without Streaky, Beppo, as well as Kandor's Nightwing & Flamebird, what would the Super NC-17 Squad be?)

i did hear the The Secret Society of Super NC-17 was a go -- should be out somewhere around Gay Pride next year

I've been laughing so hard everyone near me is wondering what's going on!

Hornblower Lass is a welcome addition too, Andy!

BJ the Hornblower-Hound is most definately not!

My fav was issue #23, where our hero goes back in time to teach his younger self all the skills he has learned. "I was a teenage hornblower!" Ah, what a classic.

BWAhahahaha!!!

You guys rule! I want a series proposal for THE HORNBLOWER FAMILY, stat! I want Hornblower, Hornblower Lass, BJ the dog, and a cat, monkey and horse! Plus a plucky girl reporter!

Ah, but who can forget issue #4, the introduction of Hornblower's arch-nemsis, "Glory Hole!"

I'm literally crying now! "Glory Hole"!!!!

Plucky Girl Reporter Fay Shell will be a major part of this series. Her relationship with the whole Hornblower family recieve some serious screen time...

My favorite character was Hornblower's aunt Cora Nett. She was not your typical elderly character you see in comics. She added much to the series and when the new creative team wrote her out, I stopped reading the Hornblower for a whole year.

Who could forget when Aunt Cora almost married Hornblower's nemesis Doctor Cockatrice? A classic story (#131-133), despite the cheesiness of the plot.

I don't know why they wrote her out in the first place, especially since Hornblower Lass's boyfriend, Munch, left the series too.

I haven't read the series since the new creative team took over around #90 and tried making the book more "hip"!

Glory Hole as Blowhard? Bah. I wasn't quite thrilled with the developments they made to Hornblower Lass's pet cat Tootsi, revealing her to be a minion of G.H.

He had a pretty good Rouges Gallery too. The Tuba, Mute-Master and Professer Sousaphone - the reverse Hornblower.

I think my favorite run was issues 253-264 where Hornblower gets transported to an alternate dimension and for the whole year the stories feature only the supporting cast trying to find Hornblower and get him back.


I was lad when they got rid of the Golden Bassoon of Xnathia. I felt it was too much of a deus ex machina.

I always considered the reverse Hornblower to be an even better villian than Glory Hole or Doc Cock.

I did like the "Hornblower, Hornblower Lass and Fay in Space" storyline though.

That alien guy Fell was pretty creepy looking! The people of 'A-tio' were a very original idea.

I agree. When it was used to wish away the Symphany of Dimension-X in one panel after 20 pulse pounding pages, I felt very let down. I was kind of hoping Hornblower Lass would be the one to save the day--all she did was get her hair pulled all issue.

there were lots of great Hornblower villains:
Horn-E - the Hornblower of Earth E
King Callous - the evil criminal mastermind
Evil Fang - the twisted Miss America reject
Mash Mouth & the Blue Boys
The Crab
Gossip Maven - who could make loose lips anywhere

I'm glad the current creative team respects the classic villains so much. It's been great seeing them taken so seriously.

I remember the Crab terrifying me as a kid. I've never looked at Crabs the same ways since...

I really liked the crossovers with "Mick Anger, Agent of B.R.A.S.S." especially when it turned out that the Conductor had secretly infiltrated and taken over B.R.A.S.S. The flashbacks with Anger and the Golden Age Hornblower were pretty cool too.

I hope they ignore the protests of the 'hipper than thou' fans and bring back the HORNBLOWMOBILE.

What a masterpiece of aerodynamic engineering!