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Well, personally, I had no idea what the Fantastic Four looked like, so I didn't know they all had matching costumes before. I was figuring this was more of the X-Men syndrome, where they should all have individual costumes, but the movies have them all wearing the same thing.
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They are from the World's Greatest Comic, after all.
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I didn't read comics. In fact, I don't know for certain whether I've ever actually seen a real comic book in person...
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: I don't know if you can all them "todays" superheros, since the Fantastic Four are really the oldest Marvel superheroes that anyone has heard of (anyone says "Sub-Mariner", they will be ignored).
Captain America?
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I don't watch A&E or TV in general. And I haven't seen King Arthur.
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quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim:
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: I don't know if you can all them "todays" superheros, since the Fantastic Four are really the oldest Marvel superheroes that anyone has heard of (anyone says "Sub-Mariner", they will be ignored).
Captain America?
Sub-Mariner, Captain america and the origianl (android) Human Torch were all around before they were Marvel properties.
Just as all of DC's Justice Society heros, Superman and wonder Woman were bought from other companies.
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Um, no. It was the same company, they just didn't change their name to Marvel until later. They were originally known as Red Circle, then Timely, and went by Atlas for a while but eventually took their familiar name, adopted from the title of the comic that introduced the Sub-Mariner and original Human Torch, Marvel Comics #1. (October 1939)
AFAIK, the same was the case for DC, which named themselves after their popular Detective Comics. I'm fairly sure that most of their major heroes were original crreations, with the notable exception of Captain Marvel, bought from the defunct Fawcett Comics in the aftermath of a civil suit levied by DC caliming that the character was too similar to Superman.
EDIT: I just dicovered that the Sub-Mariner *did* make a single pre-Marvel appearance in a failed promotional comic stip created by Funnies, Inc. called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly early in 1939.
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quote:Originally posted by WizArtist: I just hope it doesn't turn into the Fantastic Bore.
Jessica Alba could be my fantastic whore.
Any day.
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