Tuesday 30 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day- Mr Freeze


o Mr Freeze is one of the big time players in Gotham City. Terrorizing the world with sub-zero weapons whilst encased in his giant robotic-like armour which keeps is body below zero degrees.

Victor Fries aka Mr Freeze first appeared in Batman #121 (1959) and has used his ice-cold weaponry to inflict serious damage to the civilians of Gotham and securing millions of dollars that he and is cold-hearted gang have accumulated over the years.

But did you know that Mr Freeze does actually show off his human side. He mainly uses all of the money that he has collected over the years, from a series of crimes, to actually fund his research into curing his beloved wife, Nora Fries, who he has put in a cryogenic sleep in order to preserve he body for the disease that she is dying from

This genuine act of love, be it outside of the law, is the reason why Batman and other members of Batman Incorporated have left him alone over the years (unless he's actually done something really bad of course)

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Monday 29 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day-Stan Lee & Bob Kane


Stan Lee is one of the most recognisable writers/ person to work for comics in possibly the entire world. Introducing some of the most famous marvel characters that have graced the pages of comics including; Spiderman, Hulk, Thor, Ironman plus many other characters and major events throughout his years at Marvel!


But did you know that Stan Martin Lieber ‘Lee’ attended the same high school, Dewitt Clinton High, as the man known for effectively creating graphic novels, Will Eisner as well as the creator of Batman and the majority of his famous enemies, Bob Kane. Who, along with Stan ‘the man’ Lee, is one of my favourite people within the comic book industry. 

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Friday 26 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day-The Avengers

Today we will be looking at the avengers.

 A hit movie released in 2012, it allowed for many people to start getting into superheroes and comics as well. The film allowed viewers to witness the partnership between Ironman, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Nick fury, Black Widow and Hawkeye. 

But did you know the original line-up for the avengers (that was introduced in 1963) consisted of; ant man, Thor, ironman, Hulk and Wasp. Obviously ant-man and wasp never made an appearance, well they could have, but they were probably too small for anyone to notice ..... 

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Thursday 25 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day - Hush

Today we will be looking at one of my personal favorite villains hush. 

Thomas Elliot aka hush is one of smartest villains that has ever been in Gotham city.  
Hush and Batman have a strange relationship due to the fact hush wants to ruin Bruce Wayne but runs to him for help. 

One incident that happens between hush and batman which shows this is when a bomb is planted within hush's body by the joker. 
This in turn leads to Hush seeking Batman's help to remove the bomb. What happens after this point is that batman lies to hush and actually leaves the bomb within his body meaning that hush could be sentenced to death and batman would have been the reason why Tommy Elliot had died. Not the usual mind-frame for the bat.....


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Wednesday 24 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day-Green Arrow/Deathstroke

Ok so today's fact is not really based on a comic book, but rather a comic book character, specifically Oliver Queen aka the Green Arrow.

After only seeing one episode of the T.V series Arrow on Sky 1, I thought that it wasn't too bad; seeing Deadshot appear looking  bad-ass was a pretty good introduction for me. When I was flying to Florida I decided to watch the very first episode.

Did you know that when they were explaining how the billionaire returned to Starr City it shows the island in which Queen is stranded? On that island there shows a mask. A black and orange mask. Any guesses who this mask may belong to?

That's right, it belongs to Slade Wilson a.k.a Deathstroke, or sometimes known as Deathstroke the Terminator.
What does this mean? Well, most people know but it's still a pretty cool way to open a T.V series thinking that the deadliest man in the entire DC universe is somehow involved - meeep!


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Tuesday 23 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day-Superman

Today's little bit of nerdy knowledge looks at the 'Man of Steel' himself, Superman.

Superman has been a staple hero for DC comics and is classed as one of the best superheroes of all time, especially in the DC universe. But even the most powerful superheroes can die. In Superman #75 Superman and Doomsday have an almighty battle, possibly one of the best one on one fights in comic history which leaves both Doomsday and Superman dead at the end of the issue.

Obviously this does not last for long though as it is explained that Superman was actually in a coma and not dead which kind of takes away from the huge battle although it was great news for all the Superman fans. Can you imagine life without Superman? The JLA and other factions would crumble, Metropolis would never be safe and neither would the whole of the DC Universe.

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Monday 22 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day- Deadpool

Today we will be looking at Deadpool, Yayyy!

Probably one of Marvels most popular characters, this anti-hero is probably the most psychotic person ever to grace the pages of comics and yet we all love him! The fact that he is getting his own game, which looks awesome and should be out this Summer!!!

Anywho, Did you know that Deadpool was part of Department K (in Canada) which was secretly working on the Weapon II-X project (where Wolverine was upgraded). By going rouge, Wade Wilson was sent to The Hospice were rogue superheroes were sent for rehabillitation. This was just a place where the people in charge Doctor Killebrew and Ajax tortured Wade, putting a 'dead pool' on him where people bet to see how long it would take him to die and thus this is how he turned into a nutcase and how Wade Wilson will always be better known as Deadpool

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Friday 19 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day- Infinity Gauntlet

Continuing with your daily trivia, here's some more!


Today we will be looking at the infinity gauntlet, possibly the strongest weapon ever in the world of comic books, certainly more powerful than any green lantern ring. 
Thanos created the gauntlet in order to become the strongest entity in the universe, and wielder of the worlds. Thanos created this great feat by collecting the 6 infinity gems; Time, Space, Mind, Soul, Reality and Power.

Thanos managed to wield the gauntlet to wipe out over half of the universe including the Fantastic 4, the majority of the X-men and Daredevil as well. Eventually Thanos was defeated by his Granddaughter, Nebula


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Thursday 18 April 2013

Comic Trivia Of The Day -Clayface


So today we will be looking at another aspect of Batman with this time looking at the villain Clayface. The original Clayface (aka Basil Karlo was introduced to the DC universe in 1940 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.

But did you know that, so far, there have been a total of 8 people who have used the Clayface persona although the 6th Clayface, Peter Malley, actually went under the persona of Claything.

Clayface's malleable  skin allows him to morph into any object or person he wants with pin-point accuracy, well externally anyway. Due to his ever changing appearance,  Clayface does not actually have any bones as such and this can be discovered whilst playing Arkham City when Clayface portrays the Joker.

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Wednesday 17 April 2013

Comic Trivia of the Day-Fantastic Four

Did you know that, according to the new magazine, Marvel Fact Files, that the very first magazine only cost 10 cents in 1961 but in 2012 it would set you back around $300,000.

That is obviously if its a pristine unused, unread copy which a collector had enough sense to invest in. With a 3,000,000% inflation rate over the past 51 years (averagely it would be about
58823.53% per year although this clearly did not happen every year)

So people resist the urge to open your awesome comics and save them for the future!!!! Jk i couldnt wait 50 years to becone rich knowing that im missing out on the good stuff, just sell 'em on ebay once your favourite hero or villain is dead.


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Tuesday 16 April 2013

Comic Trivia of the Day-Bat-Girl


So today on the Comic trivia expedition we are looking at the original Bat-Girl Bette Kane who is also known in more recent years as Hawkfire.

So, did you know that the original Bat-girl was introduced in to the Batman in 1961 just to silence any critics that said there was a homosexual relationship/indications between Batman and Robin. This seems stupid now as many people probably won't care due to tolerant times but it was thought, that back in the late 50's/ early 60's that it was deemed necessary.

However when the new editor, Julius Schwartz came onto the Batman scene he deemed this notion silly and scrapped the character Bat-girl as well as her aunty Kathy Kane aka the original Batwoman however the original Bat-girl did crop again throught the pages of DC comics as a number of different heroes called Flamebird and Hawkfire




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Monday 15 April 2013

Comic Trivia of the Day- The Joker

So this is a new thing that I want to do. I want to provide everyone with a bit of comic knowledge that they may not be floating around in normal nerdy conversations.  Hopefully you'll all enjoy it :)
It will be posted every weekday :)

So the first piece of trivia is about my personal favourite character in the whole of the comic-book land,  The Joker.

Introduced in the very first issue of the Batman Comics (Spring 1940), The Joker has been around constantly through all of the different periods and is still the most dangerous and unpredictable person that has ever been shown on the comic-book pages as well as in other media as well (notably his role in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City)

But did you know that according to one of the origin stories of the Joker (and regarded to be the most accurate one) Joker was the original Red Hood which was forced into committing the crime at the Ace Chemical Processing Plant where he worked. This is where he and Batman first encountered each other and this is also the site of the Jokers change from a bumbling frightened man into one of the most sadistic and dangerous villains of all time.
The Red Hood identity is now more famous by being portrayed by Jason Todd, the second Robin, who the Joker killed.












"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day" - Joker

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