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THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81206 11/19/03 10:32 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 They appeared in that issue where Lu called Andy a dumbass. Don't believe me? Ask Eryk! So... were those worm thingies from the Bismoll system or what...? Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81207 11/19/03 10:36 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Aww, man! I had All-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies for lunch!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81208 11/19/03 10:38 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 They taste like rubber chicken! Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81209 11/19/03 10:41 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Rubber SPACE-chicken

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81210 11/19/03 10:42 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Speaking of, check this out:

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81211 11/20/03 02:08 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer Fat Cramer Time Trapper Fat Cramer Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer Further speaking of, we need an All-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingie smiley. Holy Cats of Egypt!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81212 11/29/03 12:28 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 I vow to go on a sleep strike until a flying worm swarm thingies smiley is delivered unto us! Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81213 11/29/03 08:39 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA Nightcrawler Wanderer Nightcrawler Wanderer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA Quote Originally posted by MLLASH: I vow to go on a sleep strike until a flying worm swarm thingies smiley is delivered unto us! No more requests! I'll get to everyone/thing eventually!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81214 11/29/03 10:44 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 But I was looking forward to sleeping until we got one! Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81215 11/29/03 11:59 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,843 S Stu Time Trapper Stu Time Trapper S Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,843 Anyone read the Xanth books? The metal-eating flying worm swarm thingies made me think of the squiggles (or whatever they were called) from the earlier books -- the ones that floated around and could drill right through anything.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81216 11/29/03 04:44 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 11,656 Paragon City on patrol Vee Time Trapper Vee Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 11,656 Paragon City on patrol Yeah! I remember those squiggles. "Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81217 11/29/03 04:46 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 11,656 Paragon City on patrol Vee Time Trapper Vee Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 11,656 Paragon City on patrol Curiously enough I seem to remember that they were in the Xanth book Vale of the Vole Notice the V(ee)s for Victory! "Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81218 11/30/03 11:44 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA Nightcrawler Wanderer Nightcrawler Wanderer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA Quote Originally posted by Fat Cramer: Further speaking of, we need an All-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingie smiley.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81219 12/01/03 03:06 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer Fat Cramer Time Trapper Fat Cramer Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer You're an artist, Nightcrawler! Holy Cats of Egypt!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81220 12/01/03 07:05 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,843 S Stu Time Trapper Stu Time Trapper S Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,843 Quote Originally posted by Nightcrawler: </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fat Cramer: <strong> Further speaking of, we need an All-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingie smiley.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81221 12/23/03 12:08 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,322 L lil'rhino Legionnaire! lil'rhino Legionnaire! L Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,322 Quote Originally posted by Nightcrawler: I would get this as a tattoo if I could get it to move like that! Perhaps bellydancing lessons? lil'rhino

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81222 03/08/04 08:23 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City New topic of discussion: Are the Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies rebooted Rojun Metal-Eating Living Crystal Currency Thingies?

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81223 03/08/04 08:35 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,613 Leap Year Lord in season Leap Year Lord in season Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,613 No.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81224 05/07/04 06:40 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 Why? Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81225 09/24/12 08:35 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Because, clearly, as I later discovered, the Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies are rebooted Super-Moby Dicks of Space, pre-growth to ginormous size!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81226 09/24/12 09:01 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH OP Time Trapper OP MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 Oh, yes. That was well-known. Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81227 09/28/12 03:51 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? So if Ferro Lad had fought the Super Moby Dick of Space, he would have been eaten too? The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81228 09/28/12 08:22 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City He'd have been gobbled up like a mineral person of Thanar!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! #81229 09/28/12 02:13 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ...

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #789652 10/04/13 07:47 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City In addition to Metal eating worm swarm thingies and Dxaundii, there's also "lunar leeches" from the LSHit21C #2. Strangely, however, lunar leeches seem to be made of metal themselves, so it seems like they would be vulnerable to attack by other metal eating space thingies.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #789654 10/04/13 07:52 PM Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,929 Power Boy Time Trapper Power Boy Time Trapper Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,929 this is a thread.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #789655 10/04/13 07:53 PM Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,929 Power Boy Time Trapper Power Boy Time Trapper Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,929 Originally Posted by MLLASH They appeared in that issue where Lu called Andy a dumbass. Don't believe me? Ask Eryk! So... were those worm thingies from the Bismoll system or what...? This is one of the only reboot issues I own. damn Alan Davis and his beautiful covers.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #789659 10/04/13 07:57 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City So many beautiful covers gracing so many crappy issues. This thread reminds me that we haven't peer pressured Nighty into creating a smiley in awhile.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #789690 10/04/13 09:53 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Maybe YOU haven't. This is just the beginning!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! Cobalt Kid #890259 03/12/16 03:49 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #890268 03/12/16 03:56 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Alas poor The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1004152 06/27/21 07:19 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,324 Liberty City From Strange Adventures #3, an early appearance of the Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies? Attached Images

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1004154 06/27/21 08:48 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR Oh, *that's* what that smiley is! I kept wondering what a jumping frog with green flames on it had to do with the comics. I thought maybe I missed the issue where R.J. Brande went back in time to meet Mark Twain! (Or Twain went to the future. Either way.) Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1004156 06/28/21 02:34 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Now that you mention, it does look a bit like a jumping frog! The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1004177 06/28/21 11:06 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR If it's really a frog, you'll know when it produces a banjo and goes on tour with Rainbow Girl. (Still mad that D*sn*y got its hooks into the Muppets. If only a superhero could liberate them. But of course now D*sn*y owns all the superheroes, too. ) Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1004179 06/28/21 12:23 PM Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,826 Ann Hebistand Independent Scholar Ann Hebistand Independent Scholar Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,826 I hear ya, Cleome. Which makes me even prouder that I keep refusing to subscribe to Disney Plus. And "The Rainbow Connection" really is a beautiful song. Still "Fickles" to my friends.

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1007009 09/13/21 03:30 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,441 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,441 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Ellis & Hitch plunder comics' rich metal eating flying worm swarm past... "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: THE ALL-Metal-Eating Flying Worm Swarm Thingies THREAD! MLLASH #1007014 09/13/21 04:22 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,423 Wouldn't you like to know? Only his husband is allowed to cover him in slime! The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!