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[thebitterguy]

Just spoke to a bank teller from Napanee over the phone regarding our payment address. Oh, my, I'm suddenly very, very homesick.

You know what I miss? The old Batman and Green Arrow stories where they'd have these big reunions of their various international counterpats. Like GA would have the GAs of the world together, and there would be the Green Arow of Brazil with his Bolo Arrow, or the Green Arrow of England with his "Tea Arrow and crumpets", and they'd all have a wig wearing useless girlfriend of some kind. Or Batman would meet the Batmen of the World, and they'd all throw their Batarangs making strange foreign quips, and the Jokers of the World would fall down all tangled up.

That was the good shit.

Hauptmann Deutschland was just lame. I don't know what's worse, DC's crappy international heroes (Oh, Christ, don't fucking MENTION the Global Guardians. The Little Mermaid? Tasmanian Devil?) or Marvel's crappy international heroes (Shamrock, anyone?). The funny thing is the only decent non-American hero is from a fake country.

Feh. Tired. Have a good weekend.

Comments

[athelind.livejournal.com]

...should I even mention Alpha Flight, eh?

[thebitterguy]

It would be best if you didn't.

[lucien-soulban.livejournal.com]

Let's not forget Marvel's Arabian Knight. Who's ever heard of an Arab man running around shirtless and not a lick of body hair on him... Please!

[thebitterguy]

Well, the character WAS sponsored by Nair.

At least he was a hero for at least most of his career.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to track down those stories. That sounds just to great to miss.

[thebitterguy]

The Batman ones tended to be a little less silly, IIRC, since they were all different crimefighters, instead of there being a dozen guys around the world who fight crime with a green bow.