![]() James started his life of crime in an honestly awesome fashion - he would slip on the Airwalkers, and go robs planes mid-flight. James idolized his near namesake so much that when he invented the Airwalkers, James decided to use them to commit crimes. See, James was obsessed with his name and how close it was to a rather famous figure in American history, Jesse James. Now, like I said, James had himself an invention that could make him super rich if he sold it, but he decided to go a different way with things. He could literally walk on air with these things. What James ended up doing was inventing “Airwalker Shoes”, shoes that allowed him to hover off the ground. In the comics, they would sometimes say that James was acrophobic, suffering from a fear of heights, but considering what he ended up doing, I would say he suffered from basophobia, a fear of falling. Unlike his siblings, James hated doing the trapeze act. James Jesse was the youngest member of the Flying Jesse’s, a famous acrobat family. Like so many characters of the late '50s and early '60s, the origin of Trickster lies in a guy who is super smart and could make millions by selling his invention but chooses instead to go into a life of crime for no real reason. WRONG! WRONG I SAY! Trickster is his own man with his own amazingly fun origin! Is he more like Joker? Or maybe Riddler is a better connection? Surely it’s one of them, right? ![]() And sure, Heat Wave and Firefly share the same shtick, but I think everyone agrees Firefly sucks, so Heat Wave should win that. Yes, Captain Cold is very similar to the better known Mister Freeze, but old Leonard Snart made his debut a few years before Victor Fries so that isn’t very fair. There’s a truth to this, but also a lot of lies. Now, depending on the store and the people, there’s really two ways this discussion goes either Spider-Man gets cut because so many of his rogues are, on their own, not very interesting, or Flash gets cut because a few of his rogues are kind of like PG-13 versions of Batman’s, and everyone agrees Batman is in the top two, so he’s not going anywhere. It doesn’t happen too often because once you get rid of the one goober who thinks Aquaman has great baddies, you tend to be left with three heroes to talk about. ![]() A debate that doesn’t happen as often as you may think, though, is “who has the best villains?”. Who’s stronger? Who’s faster? Who’s cooler? Who’s the goofiest? Ra knows I’ve spent many hours in various stores taking part in these talks. In comic shops all over the world, there are certain conversations that are bound to happen. Follow BMD’s fantastic Flash reviews here ![]()
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