tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post115053424925213907..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Professor RadiumScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-59146696069917436942012-05-14T08:16:22.116-05:002012-05-14T08:16:22.116-05:00Yes, Donald; he is a supervillain.
The post expla...Yes, Donald; he is a supervillain.<br /><br />The post explains who he is, I believe.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40199860458487037132010-09-29T01:29:16.288-05:002010-09-29T01:29:16.288-05:00Who is this professor radium is he a super villian...Who is this professor radium is he a super villianDonaldhttp://authenticbatmancostume.com/Batman-Robin-Costume/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150747661101126202006-06-19T15:07:00.000-05:002006-06-19T15:07:00.000-05:00The problem, Bill, is that it takes 17 years to re...The problem, Bill, is that it takes 17 years to recharge them.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150746629606872692006-06-19T14:50:00.000-05:002006-06-19T14:50:00.000-05:00Robotic cicadas? I AM SO THERE!(word verification:...Robotic cicadas? <BR/><BR/>I AM SO THERE!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(word verification: <BR/>wstwo<BR/><BR/>"WSTWO HO")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150721016608350272006-06-19T07:43:00.000-05:002006-06-19T07:43:00.000-05:00Thank you very much for this post Scipio. You're ...Thank you very much for this post Scipio. You're like a rogue DC Historian. See, I'm now too lazy to look up characters I don't know (compared to a year ago) because I know sooner or later I'll get the straight dope here, er, straight radium poison in this case.<BR/><BR/>I need to learn the crotch-table shot now.joncormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865627865285684437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150717750079897462006-06-19T06:49:00.000-05:002006-06-19T06:49:00.000-05:00Any particular reason you listed dogs before child...Any particular reason you listed dogs before children when it came to those who got dropped in the Golden Age? Did more dogs die than kids? Or do you simply value dogs more than kids?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150679581846364622006-06-18T20:13:00.000-05:002006-06-18T20:13:00.000-05:00Bless you Scip for digging up gold like this.Bless you Scip for digging up gold like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150676211894316582006-06-18T19:16:00.000-05:002006-06-18T19:16:00.000-05:00"I'm mad! Ha ha! I'm crazy!" = Best dialogue ever...."I'm mad! Ha ha! I'm crazy!" = Best dialogue ever.Bill Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811238618910477219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150649997145318632006-06-18T11:59:00.000-05:002006-06-18T11:59:00.000-05:00The panel where the not-so-good doctor screams the...The panel where the not-so-good doctor screams the radium is driving him mad is actually pretty creepy ...Marc Burkhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949686463975572297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150642098294416542006-06-18T09:48:00.000-05:002006-06-18T09:48:00.000-05:00Even with the reboots and restarts and "turning of...Even with the reboots and restarts and "turning of the back to the Golden and Silver" that we see at DC, it makes me happy when we get something like this.<BR/><BR/>DC has some great villains hidden back in the cobwebs back there.<BR/><BR/>I'm still holding out for the return of Funnyface to...well...face off with Superman. I mean, c'mon, a villain who can bring newsprint characters to life. How sweet is that?<BR/><BR/>Mark "Puff" AndersonMark "Puff" Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06586250842952809933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150631187379312912006-06-18T06:46:00.000-05:002006-06-18T06:46:00.000-05:00You're definitely on to something with this GA mur...You're definitely on to something with this GA murder thing. Even Killer Moth killed two guys in one panel in his first appearance (hence the name Killer).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150627771672353892006-06-18T05:49:00.000-05:002006-06-18T05:49:00.000-05:00I'm a Classicist, BB; we don't really make up word...I'm a Classicist, BB; we don't really make up words, we just uncover ones that no one has yet used.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150613876696966682006-06-18T01:57:00.000-05:002006-06-18T01:57:00.000-05:00The whole scientists-experimenting-on-themselves b...The whole scientists-experimenting-on-themselves bit is closer to the truth than you might think. JBS Haldane and his dad used to experiment on each other and any one else who happened to visit, including memorably on one occasion the Spanish Ambassador to Britain. These expeiments included toxic gases, asphyxiation and investigating "the bends"- they didn't kid around. In fact there could be an argument based on the Haldane approach that scientists involved in animal testing are simply wimps.<BR/>As for Doc Radium...deploy the Bathound!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150601346910276402006-06-17T22:29:00.000-05:002006-06-17T22:29:00.000-05:00Scip, did you just make up the word "canoid?" Beca...Scip, did you just make up the word "canoid?" Because if you did, that makes you even more awesome than I thought was humanly possible. (And your whole post already took you to as-yet-unscaled heights of awesomeness.)Jeremy Rizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480479249595700846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150600137950527502006-06-17T22:08:00.000-05:002006-06-17T22:08:00.000-05:00Dammit, Scipio. Now I'm this close to picking up "...Dammit, Scipio. Now I'm this close to picking up "Battle for Bludhaven," and like Chinatown and the 'Nam, that's just somewhere I never thought I'd have to go back to again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150596540642725182006-06-17T21:09:00.000-05:002006-06-17T21:09:00.000-05:00That Doc Radium/ Geiger conversation was the exact...That Doc Radium/ Geiger conversation was the exact point I stopped being indifferent towards <B>BfB</B> and learned to love it.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681540647028985792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150595736849637532006-06-17T20:55:00.000-05:002006-06-17T20:55:00.000-05:00I can attest to the Golden Age murder sprees to se...I can attest to the Golden Age murder sprees to serve plot purposes. I have been recently buying a lot of DC's 100 page giants from 1973 and they have a lot of Golden Age reprints in them and the amount of unmourned deaths is something I was amazed by. <BR/><BR/>Husbands, wives, significant others, security guards, construction workers, bank tellers, etc. all sacrificed to show the power/ruthlessness/resolve/tragedy of a particular villain.<BR/><BR/>At least Dr. Radium's girlfriend got one panel alive before her demise; sometimes these characters are introduced already dead with their legs and arms askew in a rictus pose similar to the dead cockroach.<BR/><BR/>It reminds me of the red-shirted security guys in the original Star Trek. James T. Kirk just wouldn't take you seriously until you offed a disposable member of his away team in a horrible manner akin to the Golden Age Spectre.<BR/><BR/>Yail BloorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150593585147523332006-06-17T20:19:00.000-05:002006-06-17T20:19:00.000-05:00Clearly this was resolved in a great lost tale of ...Clearly this was resolved in a great lost tale of Ace the Bat-HoundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1150591563449047112006-06-17T19:46:00.000-05:002006-06-17T19:46:00.000-05:00Okay, my next superhero RPG character is now going...Okay, my next superhero RPG character is now going to be Radium Hound.<BR/><BR/>Ideally, this will be in a DCU game.<BR/><BR/>(Verification word: hmrpytu, which is a noise I make all too frequently during allergy season.)Your Obedient Serpenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133256640355844314noreply@blogger.com