Thor

[Welverin]

He was called "Agent (Clint) Barton" they never called him by his codename (Hawkeye).

Well I recalled him being called by name, guess I just confused which one it was.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Technically, a "space alien," (which is exactly what I said), comes from outer space, not from an alternate dimension. My complaint was not that he was an "alien," (which he would have been in New Mexico if he were even just a Norwegian. My complaint was the came-from-space alien.

My favorite "continuity error" was how Loki and Thor were kids after the Big War, and so couldn't have visited Midgard to inspire legends about their fights against the jotuns.

Brad

 

[fanboy2000]

Thor started as a story in Journey into Mystery. So, yeah, I think his story was not originally intended to be a long running superhero comic.

Interesting bit about Marvel. They could only publish so many comics, so to publish one comic, they usually had to put them in another. Lots of Marvel characters started in magazines they were publishing when monster comics were fashionable. Spider-Man's debut was in the last issue of Amazing Fantasy. (Stan's wife said they were canceling the mag anyways, he might as well write a super-hero the way he wanted to).

Iron-Man's debut was in Tales of Suspense. Later, he shared the title with fellow Avenger Captain America. The last issue of Tales of Suspense was issue 99. The next issue was Captain America 100. Now it's up to the 600s. (Well, sorta.)

I now return you to your regularly scheduled internet forum discussion.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Why do you say that? Captain Mar-vel the kree warrior didn't seem anything like supermans capabilities (or were you thinking of Shazam captain marvel? I don't think he belonged to Marvel comics?)

Cheers

No, the Shazam one, he was Marvel's original answer to Superman... later when Marvel was acquired by DC (remember that brief period) DC took Captain Marvel, put him in the DC universe and then promptly retired him. Occasionally they trot him back out, but as far as lore, he was the original. Okay, my comic book nerdity has reached it's limit.

 

[Welverin]

No, the Shazam one, he was Marvel's original answer to Superman... later when Marvel was acquired by DC (remember that brief period) DC took Captain Marvel, put him in the DC universe and then promptly retired him. Occasionally they trot him back out, but as far as lore, he was the original. Okay, my comic book nerdity has reached it's limit.

Umm, no. Captain Marvel (i.e. Billy Batson) was never a Marvel (the company) character and DC never owned Marvel, though they did publish Marvel publish for a while (or printed, depending on the technicalities).

The character is also a regular part of the DCU, he just doesn't have the popularity to maintain his own book or a significant and persistent place in the DCU.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Umm, no. Captain Marvel (i.e. Billy Batson) was never a Marvel (the company) character and DC never owned Marvel, though they did publish Marvel publish for a while (or printed, depending on the technicalities).

The character is also a regular part of the DCU, he just doesn't have the popularity to maintain his own book or a significant and persistent place in the DCU.

Yep, I stand corrected, it was Fawcett that owned Captain Marvel first - okay, Thor is back on top, carry on..