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aka the Hulk, according to Len Wein in The Incredible Hulk 181 - other examples of this kind of phrase-making pl

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Giant-Sized Man-Thing takes the cake, no?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

GL was at least once called the Emerald Detective!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO (to GSMT)

You're looking for something like "Ochre-Colored Colossus", right, Ward?

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Denny O'Neil was a master of these tropes in his 70s Batman stories.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

THE EBONY SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

Who's that?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

Superman.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

Fine, be that way.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

You think I'm joking?!?!?

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

Deep-Girdled Aphrodite

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

The Ebony Spirit of Vengeance is surely Dan Perry's next screen name.

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

yes david, you've got it! eg batman = the dark knight, superman = man of steel, spiderman = webslinger, only more esoteric examples pl

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 23 September 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

this kind of phrase-making

= epithet

Denny O'Neil was a master of these tropes in his 70s Batman stories.

OTM. f'rinstance, Bats earned the Dark Knight sobriquet back in the 40s. DO'Neil revived it as "Darknight Detective."

"the Eerie Nemesis of Crime" - Best Batman Epithet Ever?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:39 (twenty years ago)

"martian manhunter" has always had a certain sum'm

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

clown prince of crime
sorcerer supreme

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)

The Ebony Spirit of Vengeance is surely Dan Perry's next screen name.

ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

the swine of steel
the porcine powerhouse
the malleable mallard
the reptilian rocket

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:54 (twenty years ago)

Ralph Dibny to thread:

"The Ductile Detective", "The Stretchable Sleuth", "The Malleable Manhunter", he was the lot of them. Before he became dark and crazed and hunted the crims with his stretchy gun.

― Vic Fluro, Saturday, 24 September 2005 10:34 (twenty years ago)

WHO IS THE EBONY SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 26 September 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

The Scarlet Swirler!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

I already told you, Huk!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Please explain, then! Surely, I mean, wtf? The only way I can imagine Superman being the Ebony Spirit of Vengeance is maybe as Nightwing in the bottle city of Kandor?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

OK, fine, I'll come clean. I was just making it up. Is it really that farfetched, tho? IS IT?

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

"Yeah, from now on I want you all to call me The Ebony Spirit Of Vengeance. I'm getting a special black costume made with ESOV on the chest, all in black, even the cape, and the chest symbol is like shiny black on black. With this executioner's hood! It'll be wicked!"

― Vic Fluro, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Coming in 2007 - ROB LIEFELD'S SUPERMAN!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

http://www.actuabd.com/IMG/jpg/Supreme-_-Alan-Moore-_-Rob-.jpg

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

pwned

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Alan Moore? Rob Liefeld? Who's zoomin' who?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it even says AWESOME on the side.

― Leeeeeeeee (Leee), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

ULTIMATE SUPREME AWESOME!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

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