Today in stupid origin stories

Posted on February 12, 2012 by | 9 Comments

(From "Blue Bolt" number 2, 1940.)

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9 Responses to Today in stupid origin stories

  1. Avatar abecedariusRex | February 12, 2012 at 9:51 am |

    they spelled “asteroid” wrong.

  2. Avatar Jeff Hebert | February 12, 2012 at 9:53 am |

    abecedariusRex: they spelled “asteroid” wrong.

    I definitely get the feeling that quality control was not exactly the Prime Directive in those days …

  3. Avatar Frankie | February 12, 2012 at 1:25 pm |

    Except for his ice-mohawk, this guy is actually better looking than Marvels original artwork of Iceman. Bobby Drake used to look like he was made out of snow, instead of ice.

  5. Avatar spidercow2012 | February 13, 2012 at 1:02 am |

    I gotta get me one of them atomic-ray guns.

  6. Avatar punkjay | February 13, 2012 at 6:23 am |

    Wow next you’ll tell me he was bit by a radioactive frozen asteroid!

  7. Avatar Dan Gonzalez | February 13, 2012 at 6:53 am |

    “Hmm. I wonder if I shoot this atomic ray-gun at my head something good might happen.”

  8. Avatar Jeff Hebert | February 13, 2012 at 7:04 am |

    Dan Gonzalez: “Hmm. I wonder if I shoot this atomic ray-gun at my head something good might happen.”

    That was my favorite part, Dan! Who has that kind of reaction as their first impulse? How many times in human history has “Shoot myself in the face” actually been a good idea?!

  9. Avatar Bael | February 13, 2012 at 8:37 am |

    Jeff Hebert: How many times in human history has “Shoot myself in the face” actually been a good idea?!

    Worked for Hitler. (cue rimshot)