Aquaman vs Sandman

[Slade1]

Flint Marko is only the name Sandman calls himself as an alias. His real name is William Baker.

Ya have to wonder why 60s Marvel was obsessed with the name Marko though. Cain Marko, Flint Marko, Man-Mountain Marko.... there may be more.

And they’re all villains. It’s like Stan Lee reeeeeeally hated some guy called Marko.

It's like DC with using the letter L for names. Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Lana Lane.

[Slade1]

Well, it comes from a comic where a zombie Spider Man uses his veins/arteries as webs, eats the members of the Sinister Six except Sandman, and ends the issue by replicating the "Spider Man No More" scene by pulling off his skin and throwing it into a trash can.

So yeah, it's that kind of comic.

Matter Eater Lad would fit right in.

[The Chou Lives]

Zombie Matter Eater Lad, that’s a scary image.

And Cain Marko was pun of “ The Mark of Cain.”

Hinting at his bad nature.

[Shai-Hulud]

Zombie Matter Eater Lad, that’s a scary image.

And Cain Marko was pun of “ The Mark of Cain.”

Hinting at his bad nature.

Cain's mark was a sign that no man was to hurt him. And no man can hurt the Juggernaut. Pretty much.

[Beadle]

It's like DC with using the letter L for names. Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Lana Lane.

Nah, Marvel had their own version of that as well. Random alliteration. Just look at some of the 60s Marvel characters.

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington, Victor Von Doom, Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Crusher Creel, Pete Petruski, Blackagar Boltagon, Wyatt Wingfoot, Boris Bullski, Betty Brant, Michael Marko (the aforementioned ‘Man-Mountain’), J Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson....

It’s like Stan Lee couldn’t remember names without alliteration.

[Slade1]

Nah, Marvel had their own version of that as well. Random alliteration. Just look at some of the 60s Marvel characters.

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington, Victor Von Doom, Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Crusher Creel, Pete Petruski, Blackagar Boltagon, Wyatt Wingfoot, Boris Bullski, Betty Brant, Michael Marko (the aforementioned ‘Man-Mountain’), J Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson....

It’s like Stan Lee couldn’t remember names without alliteration.

I guess it was just the times where people had weird names.

[The Arbiter]

Blackagar Boltagon remains the dumbest/coolest name ever.

[Beadle]

Blackagar Boltagon remains the dumbest/coolest name ever.

I know. Originally my post said..

... Blackagar Boltagon (*sigh*)

Although names like E.Nygma, Roy.G.Bivolo, Basil Elks (Basilisk) always make me laugh as well. It’s like their parents wanted them to become super villains.

[The Drunkard Kid]

Didn't Aquaman used to have the ability to project/manipulate water in the comics?

[SpiderClops]

Nah, Marvel had their own version of that as well. Random alliteration. Just look at some of the 60s Marvel characters.

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington, Victor Von Doom, Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Crusher Creel, Pete Petruski, Blackagar Boltagon, Wyatt Wingfoot, Boris Bullski, Betty Brant, Michael Marko (the aforementioned ‘Man-Mountain’), J Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson....

It’s like Stan Lee couldn’t remember names without alliteration.

It's pretty much exactly that. He has admitted that he always had poor memory and that's why so many characters had alliterative names, to help him remember. And he still forgot the names.

[Beadle]

It's pretty much exactly that. He has admitted that he always had poor memory and that's why so many characters had alliterative names, to help him remember. And he still forgot the names.

Wow. Just.... wow.

He didn’t exactly have many characters at that point, and especially not characters who fronted their own books.

Also, I forgot Stephen Strange.

[Sharkerbob]

Just in case I've been unclear... NOT MY THING. I was more commentating on how that scan wouldn't seem so out of place in some of the more unsavory corners of the interwebs :P

There's a fetish for EVERYTHING, man. Some are just more blatantly obvious and disturbing than others.

But exploding enemies form the inside or drowning them with themselves is a legit battle tactic for that sort of elemental/shape-shifter.

[Sharkerbob]

Didn't Aquaman used to have the ability to project/manipulate water in the comics?

He briefly had the Water Hand, which replaced his harpoon prosthetic. It gave him magic and I think some water manipulation.

[Slade1]

Didn't Aquaman used to have the ability to project/manipulate water in the comics?

That was when his harpoon hand was replaced with a magical one. It didn't last very long.

EDIT: Got ninja-ed by Sharkerbob.

[nj06]

Or he does this:

What comic is this from?