Yoko Tsuno has two male sidekicks. They are hardly on the comic covers.
Yoko Tsuno has two male sidekicks. They are hardly on the comic covers.
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
Avengers Mansion is based on The Cooper Hewitt on 5th ave.
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What U putting in your nose?
Is that where all your money goes (Is that where your money goes)
The river of addiction flows
U think it's hot, but there won't be no water
When the fire blows
First they came for the mutants, and I said nothing. Then they came for the chickens, and still I said nothing... -cyberhubbs
Adding some more on male sidekicks. The woman being the lead character and the male being the sidekick happens more often in other genres.
- Sugar & Spike--while they were equals, Sugar was the dominant personality and Spike was happy to win any attention from her (even when it was violent).
- Angel & the Ape--one might argue which was the more important character, but National Periodicals believed Angel was because they changed the title to put the focus on her, in the original run when they were trying to get more Archie readers to pick up their teen titles. The final issue was called MEET ANGEL and the Ape is nowhere on the cover.
- Blondie & Dagwood--while they might seem equal partners, the strip began with Blondie Boopadoop as a flapper and Dagwood her admirer--she was the star thus the strip being called BLONDIE.
- Diana Prince & I Ching--you can argue whether Steve Trevor is Wonder Woman's sidekick, but when Diana had no powers, the blind master of the martial arts, Ching, functioned as her sidekick.
- Black Canary & ?--when Dinah first showed up, she was a guest in Johnny Thunder's feature--and you could argue who was the lead and who was secondary during that transition--but then she took over the feature and now Larry Lance was her sidekick (one could argue). Then when Black Canary returned, she was paired with Green Arrow--depending on the writer, they were either equal partners or one was more important than the other.
- Modesty Blaise & Willie Garvin--"Willie and Modesty never had a romantic connection, something dictated by the respect the two have for each other."--Jerry Stanford, "Top 10 Forgotten Sidekicks In Comics."
- Tippy Teen & Tommy--from Tower Comics, Tippy was the star and Tommy her boyfriend.
- Go-Go & Animal--Tippy's gal pal Go-Go also got her own feature and her guy was Animal.
- Nancy & Sluggo--this strip was originally about Fritzi Ritz, then the focus changed to her niece Nancy and Nancy's male friend, Sluggo. While Nancy lives with Aunt Fritzi, Sluggo seems to live on the streets, a tough guy from the wrong side of town.
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
If I'm not mistaken, Fantomex was intended to be a X-Menized riff on the classic pre-pulp character Fantômas.
I can’t find any evidence that Captain Atom and Bombshell have ever met.
And yeah, that bugs me, as I’m looking for a pic of them together.
When they use cliche, time honored dialogue and nobody gives it a snappy come-back or second thought.
I mean come on "I've been expecting you" is like such easy bait, how do people just let that go?