All posts by Lawrence King

<p>Gotcha. I do know how to do it manually, but doing it for a bunch of pages is annoying. Thanks! </p>

<p>Two of the three you deleted I can understand, but the Gerald Ford close-up is an excellent drawing of Ford, unlike the current (and only) image of Ford in our database, which nobody could possibly recognize. And the scan quality is very good; the original pulp paper quality is the only limitation. </p><p>I'm uploading it again; hopefully you will reconsider it! </p>

<p>Yesterday I uploaded four images, and it appears that you renamed two (thanks!) and deleted two. I'm not totally positive yet, because there's a time-lag on the wiki -- for example, [1] still shows the old names and one of the deleted images. </p><p>Why the deletions? </p>

<p>Thanks! </p><p>Do I have to manually create the "Gallery" page for characters who don't have them? </p>

<p>Supergirl is correct! She graduated from Midvale High School in <i>Action Comics</i> #318 (November 1964). </p><p>In the Silver Age, Supergirl was the first major character to actually have character development. She graduated from high school before any of the Teen Titans -- even before Peter Parker (he graduated in September 1965). Supergirl worked in secret for several years until Superman approved of her going public, changed her secret identity name from Linda Lee to Linda Danvers when she moved from the orphanage to a foster home, and then in 1964 graduated and began attending Stanhope College. I believe she was the first college-attending superhero, but I'm not positive on that point. And while other heroes had occasionally starred in two-part and three-part stories, Supergirl was the first character in the Silver Age to have a really long multi-part story: from Action #278 to Action #285 -- eight issues in all. </p>

Nope.

<p>To the best of my knowledge, Clark Kent's high school graduation was not shown or mentioned in the 1960s or earlier. I'm sure, if asked, the writers would have said that Clark Kent did finish high school, but we only saw Superboy in his school days, and Superman in his adult days. (There's at least one story set a bit later than the usual Superboy stories -- <i>Superman</i> #161, in which Ma and Pa Kent died -- but this story never says whether Clark and Lana are still in school.) If someone can point to a Clark Kent graduation referenced earlier than the graduation of the hero/heroine I have in mind, then that would count as a correct answer. </p><p>The same applies to Lana Lang. </p>

<p>Hint: This was in the Silver Age, and it's not a super-obscure character. </p>

<p>A flashback would count, as long as the character was a costumed hero/heroine in high school. So a flashback to Bruce Wayne's high school graduation doesn't count, not because it's a flashback, but because Bruce Wayne wasn't a costumed hero prior to graduating high school. </p><p>But whether or not it's a flashback, I'm looking for the first in <i>publication date</i>. For example, the Earth-Two Robin first appeared as an adult in <i>Justice League of America</i> #55 (August 1967). If his graduation had been mentioned or shown in a flashback in that issue (which it was not), then it would count as August 1967, even though theoretically that flashback might have taken place earlier than that. </p>

<p>Sandy Hawkins was still a kid in all his Golden Age appearances. His first post-Golden Age appearance was in <i>Justice League of America</i> #113 (1974), in which it was revealed that he had been imprisoned since the Golden Age. So I don't think he ever graduated from high school; maybe he never even attended. </p><p>Speedy was almost certainly out of high school by his heroin days in <i>Green Lantern</i> (Volume 2) #85 (1971). But he and the other Titans were all apparently in high school in 1966-1969, since their adventures at that time were high-school based, not college based (see <i>Teen Titans</i> #3, <i>Teen Titans</i> #16, <i>Teen Titans</i> #19). </p><p>Robin graduated high school in <i>Batman</i> #217 (1969). Kid Flash graduated high school, and revealed his secret identity to his parents, in <i>DC Special Series</i> #11 (1978). </p><p>The character I have in mind graduated before any of these. </p>

<p>Nope, he graduated even after Robin. </p>

<p>The graduation need not be shown, but it has to be at least mentioned. So the Earth-Two Dick Grayson doesn't count, because we can only infer that he graduated; it's at least theoretically possible that he took some kind of high-school equivalency test before going on to law school. </p><p>The Earth-One Dick Grayson did graduate in the comics -- but he wasn't the first. </p>

<p>Some of us old-timers remember the "He'll Always Be Mon-El To Me" filk song.... [1] </p><p>Who was the first DC hero to graduate from high school? </p><p>(To clarify: By "first" I mean first in terms of publication, not first in the fictional DCU chronology. And this person has to be a published DC hero/heroine while in high school -- so a flashback to Alan Scott's high school graduation wouldn't count.) </p>

"Legionnaire Lemon".

<p>The "Winter" issues fall into three categories. </p><p>(1) Books dated "Winter" published between 1939 and 1976. This was used only for books that were published quarterly (although some books, like <i>All-Star</i>, went back and forth between quarterly and non-quarterly). A full list of these "Winter" books is here: [1] As I mentioned earlier, DC was inconsistent about what year to list in the indicia for a Winter issue; you can get that date from GDC's links, and then use the "cover gallery" link to see where this issue fits chronologically and determine what the actual year was. </p><p>(2) Books dated "Winter" published in 1988. A huge number of books fall into this category, and they all use the same sequence: December 1988, Winter 1988, Holiday 1988, January 1989. A <i>partial</i> list is here [2], but I believe GCD occasionally erred in its listings of these, simply repeating "December, December, December" for all three sequential issues. This is probably because, in some cases, DC didn't print the date on the cover of the issue (e.g, Doom Patrol #16-17 and Batman #427-428, which are Winter 1988 / Holiday 1988 issues according to the indicia but not the cover). </p><p>(3) Books dated "Winter" published between 1990 and 2001. During this time, seasonal dates were used only for books that were published quarterly. I am 90% sure that during this era, the year was always the later year (in other words, "Winter 2001" means 12/21/2000 to 3/20/2001), although in some cases they actually specified both years (example: [3]). A full list is here: [4] Note, however, that GCD itself has errors in the year: if you look at the Batman Chronicles you'll see that GCD lists both #11 and #15 as "Winter 1998", when the latter should be "Winter 1999". </p><p>DC never used "Winter" between 1977 and 1987 inclusive (proof: [5]), nor between 2002 and the present (proof: [6]). </p><p>If you follow these links and then click on "Refine your search using the advanced search", you will see the fields I used to search for these, and can modify them accordingly. Be sure to select "Cover" in the "Type" box, or else you will get duplicate listings, one for each story, ad, and so forth in the comic. </p><p>Anyway, I agree that, if the software supports it, this wiki should actually display "Winter", "Summer", "Holiday" instead of converting it to a month that did not actually appear on the cover. If we do so, we still have to decide whether to force consistency on the <i>years</i> of Winter issues. </p><p>It's less important to display a "March-April" issue as "March-April"; many websites simply list such as "April" (GCD is one of the few websites that consistently records double-month dates). Using the second month doesn't cause any problems, although in the late 1960s it occasionally produces slightly strange results: for example, Batman #185 was "Oct-Nov 1966", #186 was "Nov 1966", #187 was "Dec-Jan 1966-67", #188 was "Dec 1966" -- but that was because Giant issues always got two months and regular issues one month, even if the results occasionally seemed to go back in time. </p>

<p>From the 1930s until the early 2000s, DC sometimes put a season on the cover. Thus <i>Superman</i> #1 has a cover date of Summer 1939, and <i>Batman Chronicles</i> #19 has a cover date of Winter 2000. It appears that you are replacing Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter with March, June, September, December, respectively. Is this correct? </p><p>The problem with this system is that DC has, over the years, been very inconsistent with the year associated with "Winter" issues. Example: at this moment (in the northern hemisphere), we are in the "winter" which began in 12/2016 and will end 3/2017. Should this be called "Winter 2016" or "Winter 2017"? DC has varied on this question. </p><p>So you should be clear what our policy is here. When we have a Winter issue, should the year be listed as (a) the year in which this winter began; (b) the year in which this winter ended; or (c) whatever year DC happened to print on the cover? </p><p>If you use option c, the results will be crazy, especially if you continue to convert "Winter" to "December". Example: <i>Batman Chronicles</i> #19 was dated by DC "Winter 2000", by which DC meant 12/1999 to 2/2000. But you have converted that date to 12/2000 -- which is an entire year after this issue's actual cover date! Notice that, by doing so, you have given <i>Batman Chronicles</i> #19 a date <i>after</i> the date of <i>Batman Chronicles</i> #20. </p>

<p>Yes. </p><p>In the original <i>Watchmen</i>, Hooded Justice's fate was unknown; he retired in 1955 and nothing more was heard from him. In his book <i>Under the Hood</i>, Nite Owl speculated that Hooded Justice was a wrester named Rolf Müller who had been found dead shortly after HJ's retirement. Elsewhere in <i>Watchmen</i>, it was hinted that perhaps the Comedian had killed him. But for an interesting alternative theory, see this: [1] </p><p>Back to you! </p>

<p>Okay, keeping on the Alan Moore theme: In the <i>Watchmen</i> universe, who was the first masked vigilante hero, and what was his final fate? </p>