Comments on: Thursday WHO’S WHO: The Monster Society of Evil

By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:11:23 +0000

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@Christian: Oh, my God. NO, it’s not Michael Moorcock who wrote that story.

Harlan. Ellison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_that_Shouted_Love_at_the_Heart_of_the_World_%28short_story%29

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:05:22 +0000

“The Beast-Man Who Shouted ‘Hate’ at the Heart of the U.N.”” – thats a riff on the Micheal Moorcock story ‘The Best Who Shouted ‘Love’ At the Heart of the World’

By: NCallahan

NCallahan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:43:39 +0000

One of the great things about DC is that all the rogue galleries have a unique theme behind them. Superman’s villains are all twisted reflections of him, vying philosophies of what makes a “super man”. Batman’s villains each exemplify an anxiety of modern man whipped into a killing frenzy. Wonder Woman fights about the dark dead-ends and criticisms of empowerment. The classic rogues of The Flash mix common sense and fraternal affection into their culture.

The Monster Society of Evil, meanwhile, is a bunch of guys who find stumbling down the street, drunk, at four in the morning, constantly running into each other and belligerently yelling, “Fuck Captain Marvel! Fuck that guy!”

By: Cap'n Carrot

Cap'n Carrot — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:20:29 +0000

“Of course, these guys got their asses handed to them too, because surprisingly Captain Marvel had no weaknesses involving banjos or racism.”

Ah the memories this stirs in brain. Simply awesome. As laughable as this group is they would still clean the floor with Flash’s Silver Age Rogues.

Oh, and Chris R. thanks for that Hoppy link. I’m still hoping that DC will wise up, kill off Freddy Freeman and give the power of Shazam! to the one rabbit who truly deserves it.

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:43:40 +0000

Mr. Atom isn’t around, he self-nuked Marvel’s hometown.

By: Samus

Samus — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:35:10 +0000

Chris: “It was really great to meet you, Marvel Bunny!”

I laughed my face off.

By: Charles Sperling

Charles Sperling — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:56:43 +0000

Mr. Mind was put on trial for the deaths of 186,744 people, I believe. The exact number is in Richard A. Lupoff’s look at “The Big Red Cheese” in *All in Color for a Dime.*

His own lawyer wouldn’t even defend him, and the jury didn’t even have to go out to deliberate!

As Steamboat would have put it, “Hooray!”

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:50:56 +0000

Black Adam should add to his badassery by going down that roster list and killing every single one of them.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:23:57 +0000

I will track down that episode and revise my opinion accordingly on viewing.

They changed his name a bit (maybe there were rights issues with REH’s estate?) and blended in a bit of Vandal Savage too. Still, fun ep.

By: J.H.

J.H. — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:20:24 +0000

As to the “Nazi=Sharp Dressers” equation… As a jew even I got to admit they were sharp dressed (more so the SS than your standard brown shirt). I mean what else are ya gonna do when Hugo Boss designs your outfits, fight the Russians naked in Jackboots and a Kaiser Helmet?

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:07:46 +0000

Honestly, these bozos look like rejects from ‘The Venture Brothers,’ as they somehow manage to be more lame than deliberately ridiculous evildoers like Truckules, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Nightmare Coat, Girl Hitler or Manta Claws.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:19:32 +0000

By the way, folks, I’ve talked to Doctor Who and he’d like to say that he deeply and sincerely apologizes for that time he spent bumming around the universe before he went to grad school. He was young, and fell in with a bad crowd.

By: MDF

MDF — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:56:56 +0000

End,

Thanks. I know nothing about the DC King Kull.
Making a poor joke on name basis alone.

I will track down that episode and revise my opinion accordingly on viewing.

By: End Of The World

End Of The World — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:52:37 +0000

Hey now, King Kull was pretty good in his recent appearance on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Let’s not trash talk him.

Is there a society for people who are just totally ambivalent about Captain Marvel? Because I would like to join that team. We wouldn’t hate Captain Marvel, we’d just never be happy to see him either.

“Look! Up in the sky! It’s Superm… oh wait, no. It’s Lightning McManchild. False alarm everyone, sorry.”

By: MDF

MDF — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:43:45 +0000

And…King KULL?

DC was lucky the ghost of Robert E. Howard didn’t rise from his grave and smote them.