Comments on: Book Twelve Page 40

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:47:25 +0000

Well, now’s your chance! Howzabout Spire City Sentries! (Actually, seeing as they’re wanting to project continuity and security, chances of the name changing are slim to none, whatever Cap’n B. thinks.)

By: basic

basic — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:18:58 +0000

well there’s still the ghost of Benedetti…

By: Scott Story

Scott Story — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:28:07 +0000

Benita doesn’t like the “Squadron Premiere” tag either, and in the early days people would get confused and refer to it as the “Squadron Supreme.” Doh!

I’ll be the first to admit that not every idea I come up with is genius. In fact, in the early days of the comic, I wanted the team to seem a bit absurd, contrasting them with Johnny Saturn I. It was only later, around issue 3 and 4, that I really began to see their potential, such as when Staff of Life, Hyperspace, and Capt. Barometer teamed up in a last ditch effort to find and destroy Synn. It was then that I realized that Staff of Life had real emotional depth and tremendous heroism.

Funny how these things work out.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:22:18 +0000

Well, if the SP was strictly a ‘superhero club’ the way the Justice League was in the way-back (several cosmic reorganizations ago, I think, and about forty years or so, real-time), changing the name would make sense. But the Squadron Premiere (no offense, Scott and Benita, but I really hate that freakin’ name—every time I read it, I think of a red carpet, some overdressed, goofy-ass, halfwit actors and actresses, and Access Hollywood. Of course, that may be your point.) is a Government entity. That means the name will only be changed if there’s some political motivation to do so, not just because every person who was part of the original team is either dead, incapacitated, or otherwise retired. I mean, screw them, they’re just employees, right?

By: Scott Story

Scott Story — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:22:07 +0000

Poor Quadrophonic . . . I’ve been told he died because I didn’t like drawing him.

Alas, no villains showing up to pay their respects, mainly because this service was held in an undisclosed location for privacy. There was probably a public ceremony, too.

Strangely, funerals are usually turning points in this story.

When I was a kid, I kept wondering when changing out car parts, when the old car is now another, different car. I was an odd kid.

By: Rockidr4

Rockidr4 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:45:56 +0000

I think there is something to this… this whole story, the story of Johnny Saturn, started at a funeral.

By: Warsmith Bob

Warsmith Bob — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:56:26 +0000

Maybe with a “Greatest Beat downs” montage set to classical music. Or wearing a “I kicked Quadrophonic’s Ass and all I got was this lousy T-shirt”.

By: Alverant

Alverant — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:38:13 +0000

Man’s got a point. When does a team stop being a team? I’ve asked this question to sports fans. When the team line up change completely (all the players, coaches, etc have been replaced), is it still the same team? Should SP change its name? I would think it would be good to retire the name for a while and let a new team make a name for themselves. At least until they find members who are better suited to the spirit of the original.

On a side note, any chance we’ll see a villain appear? I don’t mean to fight, but to say a few words and pay their respects. “I fought against Quad several time. Man what a tough bastard. Actually he was always went down faster than a $5 hooker, but this is his funeral.”