"Thug" doesn't exactly fit, but I'm going with it. Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes #212, 1975, as Cosmic Boy, "on a break" from his relationship with Night Girl, though clearly still thinking of her, watches what I suppose is Death Wish: The Thousand Year Anniversary Special Edition. His date Sinde seems to like it - a girl who likes action movies might be a keeper, but Rokk is back with Lydda by the end of the story. Of course Lydda actually beats up bad guys on a regular basis, and looks good in her new costume, so I can't really blame the boy, even if having a girlfriend who has superstrength when in the dark might sometimes be problematic.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
When Comic Book Thugs Look Like Charles Bronson Part 4
"Thug" doesn't exactly fit, but I'm going with it. Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes #212, 1975, as Cosmic Boy, "on a break" from his relationship with Night Girl, though clearly still thinking of her, watches what I suppose is Death Wish: The Thousand Year Anniversary Special Edition. His date Sinde seems to like it - a girl who likes action movies might be a keeper, but Rokk is back with Lydda by the end of the story. Of course Lydda actually beats up bad guys on a regular basis, and looks good in her new costume, so I can't really blame the boy, even if having a girlfriend who has superstrength when in the dark might sometimes be problematic.
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I never thought this segment would last two installments, let alone four (how many examples could there be???). The wonders of comics!
I actually only first read that ish a couple weeks ago, so I was a little surprised myself how well it fit. Now I gotta scour some of the seventies Marvels with the "maggia", those probably have a few gems for the burgeoning field of Bronson-in-comics studies.
Yes! I was waiting for another one of these.
Thanks!
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