tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post4131880340856529236..comments2024-03-28T00:54:23.699-04:00Comments on Hero Histories: Reading Room: NOT WHO YOU THINK "Green Giant"Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-21208620211399861942012-02-16T02:32:34.937-05:002012-02-16T02:32:34.937-05:00Thanks. I've long been curious about this char...Thanks. I've long been curious about this character too. It was a fun old-fashioned read. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-3480714580497309242012-02-15T01:32:23.048-05:002012-02-15T01:32:23.048-05:00I think you mean "fleshed" out. ;-)
And...I think you mean "fleshed" out. ;-)<br />And I was wondering how a stockbroker had the scientific knowledge to come up with size-changing technology that would require a physicist with an expensive state-of-the-art lab to devise?<br />And most newspaper reporters and publishers turned masked hero were either non-powered guys with a couple of gimmicks (Green Hornet, Crimson Avenger), born super (Superman) or given abilities magically (Captain Marvel).<br />If it was stated that Brentwood had accidentally eaten or drank something that gave him size-changing powers, or was given the costume by aliens, I could go with that or any number of explanations that didn't involve technology that the average desk jockey couldn't have developed in a million years.<br />But in the Golden Age, the origin story was often <i>not</i> the first tale presented.<br />Unfortunately, we'll never know his origin, at least not the one intended by his creators. ;-(Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-6210933709330719622012-02-15T01:12:31.777-05:002012-02-15T01:12:31.777-05:00Great read for a character not quite flushed out c...Great read for a character not quite flushed out completely I think. And a stockbroker doesn't sound any lamer then a newspaper reporter or publisher.<br /><br />Great stuff,<br />BrianWeird WWIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808434475629751337noreply@blogger.com