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bartl
04-25-2007, 07:53 PM
Strangely enough, I was thinking of starting this thread on another board based on something I read yesterday, and then I saw it in Steven's column.

The first time I recall a hero being fouled up by his cape was Steve "Captain America" Rogers' first foray as Nomad in Captain America #180 (I looked up the issue) in 1974. Strangely enough, drawn by Gil Kane...
Rhydaman
04-26-2007, 04:52 AM
It definitely featured in the Watchmen too. I think there was a 40s hero that was sponsored by a bank, who insisted he wore a cape with his outfit. It got caught in their revolving doors.
dancj
04-26-2007, 05:02 AM
It definitely featured in the Watchmen too. I think there was a 40s hero that was sponsored by a bank, who insisted he wore a cape with his outfit. It got caught in their revolving doors.

Beat me to it. Yup - that was Dollar Bill and that immediately sprung to my mind when I watched The Incredibles
Steven Grant
04-26-2007, 12:05 PM
The first time I recall a hero being fouled up by his cape was Steve "Captain America" Rogers' first foray as Nomad in Captain America #180 (I looked up the issue) in 1974. Strangely enough, drawn by Gil Kane...

Pretty sure it was drawn by Sal Buscema, with Gil and Frank Giacoia doing the cover...

- Grant
mattx110
04-26-2007, 08:12 PM
cap doesn't normally wear a cape, he's allowed to mess up.
it's a skill as much as anything.

there are ways to use the system and do an anti-cape thing, but if batman starts tripping on his cape 10 years into being batman, it doesn't make sense.
bartl
04-27-2007, 08:44 PM
Beat me to it. Yup - that was Dollar Bill and that immediately sprung to my mind when I watched The Incredibles
Except that was well over a decade AFTER the Captain America incident.
bartl
04-27-2007, 08:45 PM
Pretty sure it was drawn by Sal Buscema, with Gil and Frank Giacoia doing the cover...

- Grant
That's what happens when I look up the info on Wikipedia.
dancj
04-30-2007, 06:35 AM
Except that was well over a decade AFTER the Captain America incident.
I know, but Dollar Bill is the one I knew about
Phthano
05-01-2007, 05:09 PM
Dollar Bill (Alan Moore's Watchmen) is also the only one that sprung to mind for me, but I do recall that he *didn't* want the costume that was settled on, rather, he wanted a more utilitarian costume. The bank insisted on the flashy costume instead of the useful one, because they were bankrolling him.

No pun intended.

That was great, though. The idea of a costumed hero actually being killed because of his cape is just amazing.


"Beware evil doers!"

*Revolving Door of DOOM*

"Ahhh! Noooo! MY CAPE IS STUCK!"

And he's promptly pistolwhipped to death.

-Phthano