tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post8856078500944238329..comments2024-03-28T16:04:57.568+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Tales of Suspense #63. The origin of Captain America.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-91710897925575896082011-08-28T15:42:55.451+01:002011-08-28T15:42:55.451+01:00That's the problem with Cap. He's got no ...That's the problem with Cap. He's got no existence beyond his masked, shield slinging persona. Attempts to give Steve Rogers a life outside of Captain America have never worked. That's why I've always loved Captain America - but only when he's in a team book like the Avengers and the Invaders.Boston Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-25981337111524585152011-08-26T19:20:42.964+01:002011-08-26T19:20:42.964+01:00Don't know for sure when thought and whisper b...Don't know for sure when thought and whisper balloons as we know them today became standardized. In the early days, they were just normal balloons with (whisper) or (thinks) prefixing the content.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59581560316041528082011-08-26T19:01:59.786+01:002011-08-26T19:01:59.786+01:00Does anyone know when the thought balloon was inve...Does anyone know when the thought balloon was invented? I notice that, in the early Superman stories I've seen, when Supes needs to think things, he just says them out loud to himself.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-48173478660326476362011-08-26T16:08:46.917+01:002011-08-26T16:08:46.917+01:00I think the 'young readers to identify with...I think the 'young readers to identify with' was a later (but still quite early) rationalization, but it never rang true to me. I wanted to be Batman, not Robin and I'm pretty sure that most kids felt the same.<br /><br />Joe Simon, in his initial sketch of Captain America (I think - might've been somewhere else) wrote something like "We'd better give him a kid sidekick or he'll be talking to himself all the time."<br /><br />Of course, maybe Robin was introduced for kids to identify with, and Bucky was introduced as a sounding board - both explanations could be true. Still not convinced that the thinking behind the former stands scrutiny 'though.<br /><br />Incidentally, B SMITH - I think I've managed to track down those photos of Johnny's old premises I took a few years back. Keep your eyes peeeled on my blog over the next week or so.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-320706745035606302011-08-26T04:20:15.295+01:002011-08-26T04:20:15.295+01:00"As you know, kid sidekicks were really only ..."As you know, kid sidekicks were really only there so that the hero wasn't talking to himself all the time"<br /><br />Not for the young readers to identify with? That was one explanation I read years ago. And I recall an interview in the Comics Journal where Gerry Conway was rabbiting on about the strength of the father/son myth (must have been a truckload of Hollywood producers and directors reading that issue).B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016629838915185467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-49330516914011248972011-08-25T23:17:14.135+01:002011-08-25T23:17:14.135+01:00I always liked that story myself. As you know, kid...I always liked that story myself. As you know, kid sidekicks were really only there so that the hero wasn't talking to himself all the time. Either that, or Wertham was onto something with HIS explanation.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com