Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Go the the Head of the Class

Hey, how well do you know your comic books? (They're those floppy things with colored pictures in them.) You may know what title Ant-Man debuted in (Tiny Heroes Monthly #39) or how much the Hulk beat the Thing (in the 1st round 6–1, 6–4; in straight sets in the second round), or why Superman wears wore a yellow belt (to keep his blue pants up). You may even know Iron Man's favorite brand of breakfast cereal (Kellogg's Whiskey-Pops)! But...and this is the important question here...how well do you know your comic book headers? Y'know, those taglines at the top of a comic cover that give you a hint or clue what the title is about, or maybe some outright hucksterism (World's Finest, my fuzzy butt!).

Why don't you drop whatever you're doing...c'mon, that Ming vase isn't that important right now!...and take my totally mind-baffling brain-twisting cheese-and-onion-flavored Comic Book Header Quiz. If you can name all 18, I will pat you firmly on the back and tell you you should get out more. If'n you wanna play, list your guesses in the comments (don't look at anyone else's), and I'll give you the answers tomorrow. (Don't lose any sleep about it or nothin', tho'.) And just because I like you guys and I am a very pleasant and polite little stuffed bull, I'll start the list out with some easy ones. Good luck, and remember...this is a quiz, not a race! No putting potatoes in each other's tailpipes. I saw that, Dick Dastardly!

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Do you have 'em all? Did you get that one, you know, the tricky one? Good! Tune in tomorrow night for the answers, and if you're not careful, we may just learn something!


5 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

1. Fantastic Four
2. Lois Lane
3. Avengers
4. Shazam!
7. Thunderbolts
8. X-Men
10. Daredevil
11. The Atom
17. House of Mystery
18. X-Men

Best Guess I can make. No internet cheating for me!

Chris Sims said...

1. Fantastic Four

2. Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane

3. The Avengers

4. Shazam!

5. Howard the Duck

6. The Inferior Five… no! Angel and the Ape!

7. Thunderbolts

8. (The Uncanny) X-Men

9. S*** W***

10. Daredevil

11. The Atom

12. The Witching Hour

13. Micronauts

14. Booster Gold

15. The Phantom Stranger

16. Swamp Thing

17. The House of Mystery

18. (The Uncanny) X-Men

How'd I do, Bully?

WizarDru said...

Ummm, let's see:

1.Fantastic Four
2. Lois Lane
3. The Avengers
4. Shazam / Captain Marvel
5. Howard the Duck
6. The Doom Patrol
7. The Thunderbolts
8. Uncanny X-men
9. Superman
10. ....?
11. The Atom
12. ...?
13. The Micronauts
14. ...?
15. ...?
16. Swamp Thing
17. The House of Mystery
18. X-Men

Anonymous said...

1. Fantastic Four
2. Lois Lane
3. The Avengers
4. Shazam
5. Howard the Duck
6. ?
7. ?
8. X-Men (Uncanny)
9. 2001
10. Daredevil
11. The Atom
12. The Witching Hour
13. The Micronauts
14. Booster Gold
15. The Phantom Stranger (?)
16. Saga of the Swamp Thing
17. The House of Mystery
18. X-Men (eventually Uncanny)

(Jonathan Miller, who wishes he didn't have to sign in using his Livejournal!)

-- MrJM said...

Trick Question!

They're all Millie the Model!

-- MrJM