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Good guesses, but it's more like Frankenstein than the others, as the film versions of Shelley's work have a little bit of sci-fi in them.
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Hrm...
Journey to the Center of the Earth?
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Blacula has it. Now I can go and post something in another thread, without giving it away. I'm reading a "sequel" to it by a hard sci-fi writer. He's a pretty good one too. But Scarlet Traces catches the social background to what a country would have been like with a victory, and Martian technology, on its hands so much better. It gets thoth's BIg Thumbs Up for those who haven't read it. They did a straight War of the Worlds interpretation first, and that's always good to get an introduction to Scarlet Traces. Over to you Blacula!
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OK this is only tangentially comic-related but hey! - it gets difficult coming up with an interesting question for these threads every few days! DC Comics' old series The Witching Hour memorably bore the phrases "It's 12 O'Clock... The Witching Hour" and later "It's Midnight... The Witching Hour" atop each of its covers. This was a catchy slogan but there was just one problem; 12 o'clock/midnight is NOT (traditionally) 'the witching hour'. What is and why is it so?
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The witching hour is... 3 o'clock? It's when ghosts come out?
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It would be 3-4 here too.
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You’re both correct in that 3am - 4am is traditionally ‘the witching hour’ but I need more information as to why.
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it’s when witches stay awake to talk to ghosts and harness their evil spirits for magic and stuff? like when witches are most active?
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State religions had/have set prayer times and The Witching Hour should fall right in the middle of the gap between Go-Sleepy prayers and Up-With-The-Dawn prayers.
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<---- is wondering if IB thinks ghosts and witches are real based on the declarative format of his guesses? IB had half of what I was looking for and TL pretty much filled in the rest with his reference to the absence of prayers during this canonical period. Over to you TL.
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<---- is wondering if IB thinks ghosts and witches are real based on the declarative format of his guesses? If you only knew how superstitious people from my country tend to be...
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All a complete waste, as witches work normal hours just like everybody else. You try reading a font size 4 herbalist book with no natural light or try to find the right bottle by candlelight.
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It's not magic if you waste it so much that it becomes commonplace.
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As Zatanna found out when her powers were diminished way way back in the Satellite League era...
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Since Crisis has just got a thread... and I was desperate for a question...
Who was Hector Hall eying up on the Monitor's satellite?
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was this from the original series? because there was a “retcon” series where Vibe was checking Kole out
mmm let’s see. three characters were expositing...
Pariah?
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was this from the original series? because there was a “retcon” series where Vibe was checking Kole out Ah, thanks for explaining. The checking out was done firmly in the 1980s. And it wasn't Pariah (and I'll reveal it wasn't The Monitor or Harbinger either)
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I can sort of remember the panel and want to guess Swamp Thing but I'm not sure if you mean "eyeing up" in a sexual way... and that would be weird (although I've never read a Swamp Thing comic so maybe plant creatures were presented as desirable beings in them?).
So I'll guess... Starfire?
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It was indeed Starfire, and he got a thump to the ribs from Fury as a result.
Over to you Blacula!
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I’m going to have to keep an eye out for that during the reread !
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Please name 10 Titans who have used at least three costumed identities.
Please answer in the following format:
0. Dick Grayson: Robin - Nightwing - Batman 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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