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Andy E. Nystrom · 12/28/2020 11:32 am

For 15 I was thinking of a different one but you're probably right that that one is even more so. So I'll revise that question to:
15. Which 1980s multi-title crossover was the most tied to events in Green Lantern at the time?

18 is correct.

Sidney Osinga · 12/28/2020 1:57 pm

15. Millennium, then

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/28/2020 2:10 pm

Millenium is correct.

Loki · 12/28/2020 2:33 pm

4 Tom Kalmaku
9 Appa Ali Apsa

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/28/2020 2:47 pm

Those two are correct.

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/29/2020 7:00 am

Remaining answer:
20. Which Green Lantern was one of the first characters to learn that Supergirl was mortally wounded during the Crisis?
Alan Scott. He was the only GL to journey to the mission to the anti-matter universe.

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/29/2020 7:41 am

This quiz is on the All-Star Squadron, and includes the question promised in an earlier quiz.

1. Which Earth did the A-SS operate on Pre-Crisis?
2. Which other four Earths were seen at various points in Pre-Crisis issues of the series (and which one only in altered form)?
3. Which comic (exact issue) had a preview for All-Star Squadron?
4. What was the A-SS foe Real American's secret?
5. Who normally lead the team?
6. Which issue of the series was the first to be a Crisis crossover?
7. Who was the main villain of the JLA/JSA/A-SS crossover?
8. Which villain team was prominent in the above crossover?
9. Which series replaced All-Star Squadron?
10. Which minor Action Comics character became a foe of the team and under which name?
11. Who, after the Crisis erased a number of key members, claimed that anyone not in a photo of the team (replacing an earlier version of the photo) must be so obscure no one had ever heard of them?
12. Who were in the above photo but later deemed erased as well?
13. Which villain, in a pre-Crisis sequence recounting events in a 1940s title, had to draw a major villain differently than the original story, and why?
14. During the Crisis, which backup storyline spanning multiple issues recounted an All-Star Comics story?
15. How was Sandman and Tarantula's similar looking costumes at the time explained?
16. The main romance in the series was between which two team members?
17. What weapon of Hitler's prevented the more powerful members of the team from taking him out, and what was the precise effect of the weapon?
18. Aside from the villain team in question 8, which other villain team from the then-present appeared in the series?
19. Which hero team from the then present first appeared encountering the A-SS?
20. How many Annuals did the series have?

Sidney Osinga · 1/02/2021 5:57 pm

Wow, no one made any guesses. I've been holding off since I can answer most of them.

1. Earth 2
2. Earth 1, S, X, and Prime. The last one was in altered form
3. Justice League #193
4. He was an android provided by the Minitor
5. Liberty Belle
6. #50
7. Per Degaton
8. the Crime Syndicate
9. Young All-Star
10. the Ultra-Humanite and Delores Winters ?
11.President Franklin Roosevelt
12. Green Arrow and Speedy
13. ?
14. ?
15. They were both based on an design of Dian Belmont
16. Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick
17. The Spear of Destiny, which turned magically powered heroes evil and made them eager to follow the Axis powers
18. the Secret Society of Supervillains
19. Infinity Inc
20. 3

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/02/2021 6:51 pm

Most of those are correct (though Young All-Stars is plural). I can't count 12, though, because the Ultra-Humanite was a recurring Golden Age villain, and while he used her body, Winters was deceased in her A-SS appearances. However, you're on the right track.
To elaborate on correct answers:
In the case of the Real American, he was used ironically, posing as a white supremacist. I think him being an android works better than Marvel having some white supremacist organization leaders be black (e.g. Sons of the Serpent). It undercuts the racism without the problem of the villain acting against his best interests.

Earth-Prime only appeared in the series in the JLA/JSA/A-SS crossover, after Per Degaton had already changed history.

Just noticed that question 13 got a bit garbled:
13. Which major villain, in a pre-Crisis sequence recounting events in a 1940s title, had to be drawn differently than the original story, and why?

Sidney Osinga · 1/02/2021 7:06 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Most of those are correct (though Young All-Stars is plural). I can't count 12, though, because the Ultra-Humanite was a recurring Golden Age villain, and while he used her body, Winters was deceased in her A-SS appearances. However, you're on the right track.

I assume you mean 10

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/02/2021 7:11 pm

Yes, sorry, 10.

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/04/2021 6:02 am

Calling a day on the following (all All-Star Squadron):
10. Which minor Action Comics character became a foe of the team and under which name?
13. Which major villain, in a pre-Crisis sequence recounting events in a 1940s title, had to be drawn differently than the original story, and why?
14. During the Crisis, which backup storyline spanning multiple issues recounted an All-Star Comics story?

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/05/2021 8:53 am

Remaining answers:

10. Which minor Action Comics character became a foe of the team and under which name?
Terry Curtis, who Superman aided in Action Comics #21, was forced by the Ultra-Humanite to work for him as Cyclotron.

13. Which major villain, in a pre-Crisis sequence recounting events in a 1940s title, had to be drawn differently than the original story, and why?
Luthor. The Earth-2 Superman doesn't entirely jibe with the Golden age stories, which introduced elements linked to the Earth-1 version early on. So in the original story when Luthor used the Powerstone against Superman, he was bald, but in the All-Star Squadron version of the sequence, he had the red hair that Earth-1 Luthor lost in childhood.

14. During the Crisis, which backup storyline spanning multiple issues recounted an All-Star Comics story?
Lost in Space-Time. The original version had the JSA members sent to multiple planets in the solar system, all inhabited. Since what we know now makes that impossible, the retelling had them sent to other-dimensional worlds.

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/05/2021 9:33 am

This quiz is for answers beginning with H.

1. Who is one of Paragon's better known names?
2. The "Great Disaster" Hercules starred in which series?
3. Red Raven Comics became what with issue #2?
4. Which Superman foe was originally based on Reed Richards?
5. Abel was the narrator for which series?
6. This writer/artist co-created Mad
7. This is the American version of Metal Hurlant.
8. This comic strip character was part of Marvel's Star line.
9. The motorcycle riding superhero had his own magazine sized series
10. This comic character's weapon of choice is a lollipop
11. This Marvel villain's first name sounds like head gear.
12. The comic series was based on a toy car line.
13. This 1970s comic series reprinted adventures of both the Golden Age and Silver Age versions of the titular character.
14. This graphic novel was written and drawn by Jack Kirby.
15. Which artificial lifeform was romantically interested in Thundra?
16. This popular toy hero first appeared in DC Comics Presents
17. This was Marvel's anti-famine one-shot.
18. This was DC's anti-famine one-shot.
19. Who is the first hero to fight Oddball?
20. This villain team fought Blue Beetle and the Teen Titans

Loki · 1/05/2021 11:26 am

3 Human Torch Comics
5 House of Secrets
6 Harvey Kurtzman
7 Heavy Metal
8 Heathcliff
10 Herbie the Fat Fury. I'm gonna bop you with these here lollipop.
15 Hyperion (Reality-616 version created by Grandmaster)
16 He-Man
17 Heroes for Hope
18 Heroes Against Hunger
19 Hawkeye

zuckyd1 · 1/05/2021 11:35 am

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
This quiz is for answers beginning with H.

1. Who is one of Paragon's better known names?
2. The "Great Disaster" Hercules starred in which series?
3. Red Raven Comics became what with issue #2?
5. Abel was the narrator for which series?
6. This writer/artist co-created Mad
7. This is the American version of Metal Hurlant.
8. This comic strip character was part of Marvel's Star line.
11. This Marvel villain's first name sounds like head gear.
12. The comic series was based on a toy car line.
13. This 1970s comic series reprinted adventures of both the Golden Age and Silver Age versions of the titular character.
14. This graphic novel was written and drawn by Jack Kirby.
16. This popular toy hero first appeared in DC Comics Presents
17. This was Marvel's anti-famine one-shot.
19. Who is the first hero to fight Oddball?

1. Her
2. Hercules: Prince of Power?
3. Human Torch Comics
5. House of Mystery?
6. Al Hartley?
7. Heavy Metal
8. Heathcliff
11. Helmut Zemo
12. Hot Wheels?
13. Human Torch?
14. Hunger Dogs
16. He-Man
17. Heroes for Hope
19. Hawkeye?

EDIT: I knew I shouldn't have stopped to read the previous quiz's answers first!

Last edited by zuckyd1 (1/05/2021 11:37 am)

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/05/2021 12:00 pm

For 5-6 it's Loki's answers that are correct. Remember, for ABC quizzes I go by first names. 2 is also incorrect, Remaining answers all correct for both replies. Herbie's full name is Herbie Popnecker.

Sidney Osinga · 1/05/2021 1:37 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
This quiz is for answers beginning with H.
2. The "Great Disaster" Hercules starred in which series?
9. The motorcycle riding superhero had his own magazine sized series
13. This 1970s comic series reprinted adventures of both the Golden Age and Silver Age versions of the titular character.
20. This villain team fought Blue Beetle and the Teen Titans

2. Hercules Unbound
9. Hell-Rider
13. Human Torch
20. Hybrid

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/05/2021 1:43 pm

Those are correct. The 1970s Human Torch series has a different numbering than the 1940s series so I treated it as a different title.

The entire Hercules Unbound is collected in B&W, along with the entire Atomic Knights run, etc. in Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster. As with the final volume of Essential Tomb of Dracula, stories are presented chronologically in terms of when the story takes place rather than in publication order (though the Dracula stories are set in the past while the Great Disaster was DC's post-apocalyptic future).

Sidney Osinga · 1/08/2021 5:29 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Remaining answers:
14. During the Crisis, which backup storyline spanning multiple issues recounted an All-Star Comics story?
Lost in Space-Time. The original version had the JSA members sent to multiple planets in the solar system, all inhabited. Since what we know now makes that impossible, the retelling had them sent to other-dimensional worlds.

I checked (the All-Star Companion vol. 2) and the storyline is listed there as "Shanghaied into Hyperspace!"

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/08/2021 6:55 pm

My mistake in terms of the title. It's been quite a few years but that sounds right, which probably would have made the ASC story title Shanghaied into Space.

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/11/2021 8:09 am

Calling a day on the following:
4. Which Superman foe was originally based on Reed Richards?

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/12/2021 7:48 am

Remaining answer:
4. Which Superman foe was originally based on Reed Richards?
Hank Henshaw

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/12/2021 8:23 am

For this round, the I's have it. Usual letter rules.

1. During the Crisis on Infinite Earths, who was one of the villains killed in a trip to the past?
2. This 1940s giveaway had "stay alive" somewhere in its title
3. Who was an heroic incarnation of Kang?
4. Legend of the Shield was part of which line?
5. What was Wolverine's first appearance (in cameo before his first actual adventure)?
6. Iceman's never explained ability to create this happened only in X-Men (first series) #4
7. This obscure post-Zero Hour member of the Legion of Superheroes got her own limited series.
8. Don Newton's final work was in this series
9. What is the Impossible Woman's nickname?
10. Which entity is entirely in alternating black and white?
11. What is the villain IQ's real name?
12. Which 1970s superhero not created for DC had their own DC series in that decade?
13. Which Milestone hero was most like Superman?
14. What was Eddie March's superhero identity?
15. This was the heroic alter ego of Lana Lang on at least two Earths?
16. This comic company published 1963
17. This team had branches in all fifty states
18. This hero briefly took on the Flash's mantle

Loki · 1/12/2021 8:42 am

3 Iron Lad
4 Impact!
5 Incredible Hulk II#180
9 Impet
12 Isis
13 Icon
14 Iron Man
15 Insect Queen
16 Image
17 Initiative
18 Impulse

zuckyd1 · 1/12/2021 8:48 am

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
For this round, the I's have it. Usual letter rules.

6. Iceman's never explained ability to create this happened only in X-Men (first series) #4
10. Which entity is entirely in alternating black and white?

6. ice cream
10. In-Betweener

Last edited by zuckyd1 (1/12/2021 8:49 am)

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/12/2021 8:49 am

Those are all correct. Impact actually went by !mpact, so technically I fudged a little on the ABC, but I were to do a quiz on things beginning with !, it would be a very short quiz. The Marvel No-Prize Book has a bit of fun with the ice cream power.

Sidney Osinga · 1/12/2021 9:26 am

1. the original Icicle
7. Inferno
11. Ira Quimby

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/12/2021 9:49 am

Those are correct. Only two left:
2. This 1940s giveaway had "stay alive" somewhere in its title
8. Don Newton's final work was in this series

Sidney Osinga · 1/12/2021 11:14 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
2. This 1940s giveaway had "stay alive" somewhere in its title

It's Fun to Stay Alive