Classic Comics Trivia #3

[dan bailey]

[QUOTE=Cei-U!]Rob and I, being old, lazy and suffering from kryptonite poisoning, could only come up with four questions but we think they’re doozies. Good luck, kids.

1. The cover of Fantastic Four Annual #3 is a virtual who’s who of the Marvel Universe circa 1965. Name the thirteen characters who appear on this cover (see attachment below) who do NOT appear in the story inside. (50 points each)

Heck, I probably can't make out 13 characters in total, given my eyesight these days. A wild guess -- Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, the Red Ghost, Hawkeye, Kid Colt, Sgt (as opposed to Nick) Fury, Medusa, the Hulk, the Red Skull, the Leader, the Super Skrull, Dragon Man & the Gray Gargoyle.

2. Which of these ten TV series were NOT adapted for comic books? (100 points each)

5. Gilligan’s Island
9. Peyton Place
10. Wanted: Dead or Alive

3. Match the classic underground “comix” character to its creator (50 points each):

1. Angelfood McSpade -- I. Robert Crumb
2. Dopin’ Dan -- E. Ted Richards
3. Harold Hedd -- G. Rand Holmes
4. Wonder Wart-Hog --J. Gilbert Shelton
5. The Checkered Demon -- C. Greg Irons
6. Trashman -- H. Spain
7. Gregor the Purple-Ass Baboon -- B. S. Clay Wilson
8. Rowlf --F. Richard Corben
9. Snappy Sammy Smoot -- A. Skip Williamson
10. Zippy the Pinhead -- D. Bill Griffith

4. Which of the following Golden Age super-heroes did we NOT make up? (50 points each)

2. The Bouncer
5. Golden Lad
6. The Green Giant
7. Kangaroo Man
8. Mr. Satan
10. The Spider Widow

[dan bailey]

I've got to say that I'm shocked and dissapointed at the lack of knowledge about Our Underground Heritage.

That's probably the question I did best on by far (I'm about 99 percent sure I got 6 of 'em right -- the Rand Holmes, Ted Richards, S Clay Wilson & Greg Irons ID's were guesses, pretty much), even though I've read very little underground stuff beyond Bill Griffith (finished the 2000 Zippy Annual just a couple of weeks ago, as it happens) & Crumb.

[Cei-U!]

ANSWERS AND WINNERS

First, the answers:

1. The cover of Fantastic Four Annual #3 is a virtual who’s who of the Marvel Universe circa 1965. Name the thirteen characters who appear on this cover who do NOT appear in the story inside. (50 points each)

Crimson Dynamo*, Hulk, Rick Jones*, Kid Colt, Leader, Loki, Medusa, Red Skull, Scarlet Witch, Sgt. Fury, Sub-Mariner, Wasp, Wizard (650 possible points)

* Identification questionable

2. Which of these ten TV series were NOT adapted for comic books? (100 points each)

Alias Smith and Jones, Charlie’s Angels, Dragnet, Gilligan’s Island, Peyton Place (500 possible points)

Note: Lost in Space, the TV series, was in fact adapted for comics in the ‘80s… by Bill “Will Robinson” Mumy, no less.

3. Match the classic underground “comix” character to its creator (50 points each):

3. 1I, 2E, 3G, 4J, 5B, 6H, 7C, 8F, 9A, 10D (500 possible points)

Angelfood McSpade / Robert Crumb
Dopin’ Dan / Ted Richards
Harold Hedd / Rand Holmes
Wonder Wart-Hog / Gilbert Shelton
The Checkered Demon / S. Clay Wilson
Trashman / Spain
Gregor the Purple-Ass Baboon / Greg Irons
Rawlf / Richard Corben
Snappy Sammy Smoot / Skip Williamson
Zippy the Pinhead / Bill Griffith

4. Which of the following Golden Age super-heroes did we NOT make up? (50 points each)

4. Amoeba Girl, Doctor Lemur and The Quiz Kid are the fakes. (350 possible points)

Our winner this week with 1450 points is Lone Ranger. Congratulations, Scott!

Here are the rest of the scores:

2nd Place (Tie): JKCarrier and Dan Bailey (1300)
3rd Place: Reptisaurus! (1000)

and

MGD (950)
Jonathan (950)
MWGallagher (900)
T Guy (850)
InfoBroker (800)
prince hal (500)
Sir Tim Drake (350)
benday-dot (300)

Well done, everybody. Hope you all had fun!

Cei-U! (and on behalf of Rob Allen)
We summon the huzzahs!

[Rob Allen]

Well done, everybody. Hope you all had fun!

Cei-U! (and on behalf of Rob Allen)
We summon the huzzahs!

Huzzah indeed!

Thanks for letting me help, Kurt! I just wish I'd double-checked Sammy Smoot.

[dan bailey]

Our winner this week with 1450 points is Lone Ranger. Congratulations, Scott!

... who just happened to have a birthday a few days ago. Uh-huh.

Recount! Recount!

[InfoBroker]

Dittos for the recount.

For FF Annual #3 I correctly listed:

Hulk, Rick Jones, Kid Colt, Leader, Loki, Medusa, Sgt. Fury, Subby. --> 400

So who is that guy with the tabby ears directly above Thor? He looks like something out of a Mighty Comic of the time.

Two right TV shows

Alias Smith and Jones, Peyton Place --> 200 points

One correct undergrounder (yea I am an embarassment to my name for these guys. I know several of the creators, but not their characters)

Zippy and Bill but that is still -->50 points.

As for the not made up goll-dern agers I had the following correct

2. The Bouncer
3. Captain Glory
6. The Green Giant

Thats another --> 150 points.

For a grand smacking total of 800!

You guys musta been standing somewhere in Ohio when you tallied these points.

And yeppers, I had a blast with this. These were very clever questions.

-jb the (not that I want to win and have to find time to do the next quiz) ib-

[Reptisaurus!]

3rd Place: Reptisaurus! (1000)

Whoo! Wasn't last that time!

[Cei-U!]

Dittos for the recount.

Please don't make little math-impaired me count this stuff all over again. Do you want to see me cry?

So who is that guy with the tabby ears directly above Thor? He looks like something out of a Mighty Comic of the time.

That's the Melter with his costume miscolored.

For a grand smacking total of 800!

Your score above is a typo. (Now you know why my checkbook's always off.) I'll fix it.

You guys musta been standing somewhere in Ohio when you tallied these points.

Don't blame Rob. I did the (ugh!) math.

Cei-U!
I summon the numeric dyslexia!

[InfoBroker]

Awwww... I only posted my little post for the "standing in Ohio" joke. I really do appreciate all the work you guys did to make this fun little bit of trivia so challenging. Sorry for seeming so vindictive and veng...

Don't blame Rob. I did the (ugh!) math.

<sniff><sniff> Wait a minute! Now I'm smelling a cover-up.

-jb the (Melter never looked so cute before or since) ib -

[Lone Ranger]

... who just happened to have a birthday a few days ago. Uh-huh.

Recount! Recount!

Well, I'll take the win.

I lucked out on the FF covers because I believe I read an article about it in the past few years, so picked up a copy off eBay and went through the whole process of comparing the cover to the insides (noting that the likes of Patsy and Hedy actually attending the wedding).

Great quiz guys - I'll hopefully have one up later today.