tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post4842693047652932878..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Killer Moth Week, 7: Wrapping UpScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5047896635114029732013-01-23T20:31:11.529-05:002013-01-23T20:31:11.529-05:00About that Wikipedia entry ...
Killer Moth did ap...About that Wikipedia entry ...<br /><br />Killer Moth did appear quite a bit in the late 1970s. (Have you seen that Batman Family #10 appearance? Where he's teamed with the Cavalier? They should be a permanent team. They could be DC's Mr. Hyde and the Cobra.)<br /><br />The Wikipedia author (or authors) may have a very expansive idea of what the Silver Age is. I think most (99%, including me) would agree with you that 1977 is not the Silver Age by any meaningful standard.<br /><br />But maybe somebody originally wrote "through the 1970s" and the next person - through carelessness or ignorance - edited it to "the Silver Age" to streamline it a bit. (I work with professional copy editors who turn clear copy into gibberish all the time. And they would rather guess at what the reporter meant rather than call him or her.)<br /><br />I just want it to be clear that the Killer Moth, even though you are correct that he only appeared twice in the Silver Age, did make a number of notable appearances later in the 1970s, including a high point in Cancelled Comics Cavalcade #2 where he was recruited by the Silver Ghost's faction of the Secret Society of Super-Vilains to team up with Quake-Master to take out the Freedom Fighters.<br /><br />(That really happened! I swear!)<br /><br />The whole discussion has made me realize that Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) may well be a creation of the Silver Age, but it might be just as accurate to say she is a product of the Bronze Age. (And the real Silver Age Batgirl is Betty Kane!)<br /><br />By the way, the Killer Moth series has been AWESOME!Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-22232873161592027962013-01-23T09:07:08.720-05:002013-01-23T09:07:08.720-05:00Indeed. There is a huge difference between Bonsai...Indeed. There is a huge difference between Bonsai and Banzai, isn't there, LOL?<br /><br />And, yes, I would want Batwoman to be all red-and-black and rich and painterly and Killer Moth to be crude and stratchy and garish.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-92067753237408172512013-01-23T05:42:28.127-05:002013-01-23T05:42:28.127-05:00Dealing with something this silly and relatively h...Dealing with something this silly and relatively harmless is entirely outside Batwoman's wheelhouse...I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-32086742072212374112013-01-23T05:24:24.120-05:002013-01-23T05:24:24.120-05:00Excellent series of posts. DC should hire you as a...Excellent series of posts. DC should hire you as a story consultant or court historian or something.<br /><br />One minor quibble: it's Buckaroo Banzai<br /><br />- TheStrawManAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-966556284534601082013-01-23T03:31:29.891-05:002013-01-23T03:31:29.891-05:00In the Bronze Age, Killer Moth started teaming up ...In the Bronze Age, Killer Moth started teaming up with the Cavalier for some reason, usually to fight Robin and Batgirl in the pages of Batman Family.<br /><br />But, in one issue, they did fight Batgirl and the original Batwoman (which is kind of what you asked for, right?).Eric Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-85919616771047763942013-01-22T21:11:42.724-05:002013-01-22T21:11:42.724-05:00Super-villain time share. That is genius.Super-villain time share. That is genius.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.com