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    Default The Forgotten & The Forsaken: Awesome characters sadly unremembered or demoted

    This thread is both to inform about and honour interesting comic book characters and superheroes that have sadly fallen to the ravages of time, narrow-minded editorial or because they didn't sell, even if they were sound in writing/depiction.

    The idea came from this article about Agent Carter

    Given that this is a new thread, I will make the first step



    Louise Grant
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    An initial thought to get into the right mindset: It is actually fairly difficult to make a female character look both bad@ss AND gorgeous and yet still keep the balance between the two, particularly given the means (both technical and financial) of the time and the commercial niche (it was cheap pulp fiction with pictures, not any recognized form of higher art at the time)

    Now feast your eyes upon this

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    I kid you not, had I been a 8-14 year old boy in that era, I would have devoured this comic, looking at Louise Grant like a cool big sister I sadly don't have. (To give a frame of reference, I was born in 1986 and I an elder and a younger brother, no sisters)

    PS: most of the characters appearing here will likely by ladies given the inspiration for the thread, however men are welcome too I also started the thread in Marvel Comics, because the inspiration for it and the first depicted character are both from Marvel. Don't be afraid to write about DC characters. If the mods don't agree, we can still open a sister thread over in the DC corner.
    PPS: I deliberately made only links and only spoke the barest of the character to encourage readers to add with comments, thoughts and discussion. So post away
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    How about 1944's Miss America from Timely (Marvel) Comics:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Am...Marvel_Comics)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inhuman X View Post
    How about 1944's Miss America from Timely (Marvel) Comics:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Am...Marvel_Comics)
    Very nice, keep them coming and feel free to comment and share your thoughts.

    Also, the characters needn't all be from the earliest era of comics. Those from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's and even 00's are good, too.

    Edit: Ninja'ed: Very nice, go into details and don't be afraid to fanboy/girl out a bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Platinius View Post
    Very nice, keep them coming and feel free to comment and share your thoughts.

    Also, the characters needn't all be from the earliest era of comics. Those from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's and even 00's are good, too.

    Edit: Ninja'ed: Very nice, go into details and don't be afraid to fanboy/girl out a bit.
    Hehe, cool.

    I wish I knew more characters of the older forgotten eras, but I only started reading comics in the '90s and never really bothered to go back... ^_^;;
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    Cardiac; Monica Rambeau; Luke Cage circa 1986 - 1992 and 1994 - 2002; Blade circa 1979 - 1992;

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    Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you from the magical year of 1940, the one, the only, the original Vision! An alien law enforcement officer named Arakus, hailing from another dimension entirely, the Smoke World. He only came to earth to aid us due to pleas sent by radio to the stars by our very own scientists. He could generate illusory images, fly, create ice and extreme cold, and teleport wherever there is smoke. That'll teach villains to not puff on a cigarette... Had he endured in publication he would have been more the Martian Manhunter than the Martian Manhunter is today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hypestyle View Post
    Cardiac; Monica Rambeau; Luke Cage circa 1986 - 1992 and 1994 - 2002; Blade circa 1979 - 1992;
    Cardiac's still kickin'. I think Peter Parker hired him for one of his free clinics. Blade was at Deadpool's wedding. Luke Cage also showed up in a recent Deapool comic. Deadpool also remembered the Gibbon, sadly, but you didn't mention him.

    Let's throw Morbius and all the characters that came from his 90's comic (seriously, no one's EVER caught that brain-eating mad scientist?). Oh, and Lilith and any Lilin.

    I'm glad Judas Traveler's forgotten, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Starleafgirl View Post
    Hehe, cool.

    I wish I knew more characters of the older forgotten eras, but I only started reading comics in the '90s and never really bothered to go back... ^_^;;
    Same here, same here. The thread hopefully becomes self-sustaining, my interest is simply in getting readers a chance to talk and share about their hobby
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starleafgirl View Post
    I only started reading comics in the '90s and never really bothered to go back... ^_^;;
    I definitely suggest checking out The Rawhide Kid and the other western heroes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Platinius View Post
    Also, the characters needn't all be from the earliest era of comics. Those from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's and even 00's are good, too
    Okay, then, how about Kid Colt?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inhuman X View Post
    How about 1944's Miss America from Timely (Marvel) Comics:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Am...Marvel_Comics)
    Loved Miss America. I have the digital copies of her old adventures. She got knocked out A lot lol.

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    Hey Platinius, can you do one of these threads in the DC forum?
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    I miss Blink and Mimic the most:



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    Master Mind Excello, the Phantom Reporter and the original Black Widow. Have they appeared anywhere since The Twelve? Have any of the Twelve shown up since that book was finally completed?

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    I miss Gambit a lot.

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