tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post5211727893354774220..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Superman vs. Guy Wearing Green who Shoots Arrows. Prepare for Disappointment.Adam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-84105391556226299922015-08-10T17:32:44.120-05:002015-08-10T17:32:44.120-05:00Still, there might be more of a link between Arche...Still, there might be more of a link between Archer/Green Arrow than between the two cartoons 'cause Mort Weisinger is always cited as the writer-creator of Green Arrow, and MW was also associated with the Superman comic in some capacity (I'm not sure exactly what, because in different accounts it sounds as though both he and Jack Schiff shared duties on the various Super-titles). Still, I like the idea that MW might have had major envy-issues about the success of both Superman and Batman-- the latter being the character Green Arrow is most patterned upon.<br /><br />OTOH, costumed archers were nothing new. I think there's a solo comics feature called "the Arrow" that appeared before either of these. Also, writer Edgar Wallace did a "mystery man" novel, THE GREEN ARCHER in either the 20s or 30s. The Wallace novel is best known for being adapted as a serial in the very early 40s.<br /><br />Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-25434573420803318992015-08-10T17:01:21.162-05:002015-08-10T17:01:21.162-05:00Good one, Cfl! I remember Rhadspody Rabbit, but d...Good one, Cfl! I remember Rhadspody Rabbit, but didn't know of the Tom and Jerry version. Yeah, there's a lot of that... like that issue of Lightning Comics we read previously where both Flash Lightning and the Raven fought a different crook calling himself the Eel.<br /><br />And Wayne is referring to the Blimp! Oddly enough, the Inferior Five had an archer character called White Feather, but this guy today did indeed look a lot like more like the Blimp.Adam Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-23023784862008817462015-08-10T13:08:09.470-05:002015-08-10T13:08:09.470-05:00The archer actually looks more like the guy in the...The archer actually looks more like the guy in the green suit in The Inferior Five.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-69818416207809619302015-08-10T07:29:43.892-05:002015-08-10T07:29:43.892-05:00Adam, one need not blow his/her mind:artists don&#...Adam, one need not blow his/her mind:artists don't "plagiarize": they "paraphrase" or "cite", at most they "borrow". It may even happen that "they have the same idea at the same time", as it was established when, in 1946, Merrie Melodies released <i>Rhapsody Rabbit</i> simultaneously with MGM's <i>The Cat Concerto</i>, both featuring the selfsame central gag of a mouse pestering a piano player (Bugs Bunny and Tom, respectively) during the performance of Franz Liszt's <i>Hungarian Rhapsody #2</i>.Cflmaiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288582393372289687noreply@blogger.com