Was the LOBO series serious or humor?

[glue]

I have no idea why I'm interested in this, but I am.

[lonewolf23k]

I have no idea why I'm interested in this, but I am.


Humor. Definetly Humor all around.

[glue]

A tip of the hat to you!

[Scavenger]

Lobo was serious humor!

[NotSuper]

Can Lobo even be done without humor? After all, if his character was played completely serious, Superman would have thrown him into the Phantom Zone a long time ago. (He did destroy his entire race.)

[Sean Walsh]

Seriously tiring humor.

[PastePotPete]

It was a product of its time.

When I was 11 years old (around the time Lobo was popular) I remember thinking "Wow! This is edgey stuff! Really pushing the limits!" Now I look back on it and think "Yeah, an 11-year-old would love that."

However, I'd love to see someone take another stab at the character. I think we need less paragons and a few more rabble-rousers in the DCU. The old (eighties, early nineties) DC Universe had so many smart aleck troublemakers. I miss them.

[NotSuper]

I'd had some ideas on Lobo as a serious character, but if implemented they might not go over well with some longtime fans. Sometimes I think that characters like Lobo and Ambush Bug should be free to run wild in their own universe (Earth-Lobo?).

[The Adventurer]

I like Lobo, not nessisarily as the Black Humor foil he is, but as the dangerous bastard that he is. As previously said, the guy is so dangerous Superman should activily worry about him and try to detain him. Because the guy will go to any length to get what he wants, and has the power to do it.

I can't wait to see how 52 handles with the guy, with his creator Giffen involved I'm sure it will be impressive.

[SteelChrysanthemum]

IMHO, the Lobo was the early L.E.G.I.O.N. was somewhat serious and came off as a very dangerous character/troublemaker. The limited series changed all that by putting him on mega steroids and turning him into a violent clown. Part of the early appeal of the character for me was that he didn't look all that big, powerful or dangerous. Back then he didn't need to.

[NotSuper]

I've always wondered whether Lobo inspired the Hells Angels look in the DCU or if he copied it from them.

[The Adventurer]

Lobo was a product of the "Heavy Metal" generation, popularized by guys like Spawn and Cable.

However, what Lobo has that real clunkers like Spawn don't have, is a potencial to be MORE then a cardboard flash in the pan, and grow out of his roots.

[Scavenger]

Lobo was a product of the "Heavy Metal" generation, popularized by guys like Spawn and Cable.

However, what Lobo has that real clunkers like Spawn don't have, is a potencial to be MORE then a cardboard flash in the pan, and grow out of his roots.


Lobo predates Spawn & Cable.

Thing is, there's 2 Lobo's. There's the "real" dcu Lobo..the one in LEGION, Omega Man, JLI, then there's the one that's in the Bisley mini-series, Lobo solo series, etc, that's just over the top comedic violence. The problem was, DC ignored this and tried putting comedy Lobo in real stories...and it doesn't work*

(though it does in the DCAU for some reason).

[NotSuper]

Why did Lobo get rid of his early bright costume anyway? And why does an alien bounty-hunter resemble a Terran biker? I think that some good stories could be written by starting at these questions.

[dancj]

Why did Lobo get rid of his early bright costume anyway?

Because it looked stupid

[Agentum]

He was just for fun but got popular and then overused by people without humor.

I miss Ambush bug, those where the times when DC dared to thow in some fn in the books, today people gets angry if something is funny in a comic book.