"Next moment, as Rip's smoke grenade explodes..."
Time for the last batch of Silver Age Rip Hunter scans! There, there. Don't cry.
This is the greatest cover I have ever seen. The mustaches some 1960s kid drew on it only make it better.
So...Hitler and Mussolini were lovers? That's what I'm getting from this, at least.
I love Rip's posture in the third panel. "Okay, Rip, easy...just walk away slowly...shoulders back...that's right, show 'em what you got. You're on a movie set. This is your big chance!"
I applaud this comic for taking a bold stance - in the 1960s! - and accurately depicting Richard the Lionheart's (in the blue) mega-gayness. With the wrong dude, but eh. Baby steps.
a) Rip's "How many times do I have to tell you" is literally the first time any explicit romance has come up between the two of them, so I'd guess the answer is "At least once."
b) In the third panel, Rip makes a daring attempt at the coveted World's Worst Human Award. Look at that form!
"I'm all yours...take me!" Hey, what did Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter have in common again?
So this comic has villified Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, and Scheherazade (she was totally real, right?), but I was pretty surprised that they hated on Queen Elizabeth. (Specifically, by portraying her as an ugly old hag who couldn't get anyone to marry her. Oy.) I mean, hasn't she been a pretty beloved figure in Anglo-American culture for centuries? Is that new?
Haha, Jeff hates old ladies! But seriously, this book's attitude towards women is vile.
I LOVE HISTORY.
A thorough and nuanced explanation of evolution.
So yeah, Rip is an inhuman monster. "We'll leave it comatose for decades or even centuries until it dies and let people pay to gawk at it!"
Okay but I firmly believe Rip was the world's most neurotic child/teenager so this makes me really happy.
I realize these comics were written to reflect a 10-year-old boy's idea of what romance is like, but seriously, no one in a relationship (oh yeah, they're, like, in a relationship now or something) talks like this.
And that's it for Silver Age Rip! Up Next: I promised you Jaime, didn't I? Well then, Jaime it is!
This is the greatest cover I have ever seen. The mustaches some 1960s kid drew on it only make it better.
So...Hitler and Mussolini were lovers? That's what I'm getting from this, at least.
I love Rip's posture in the third panel. "Okay, Rip, easy...just walk away slowly...shoulders back...that's right, show 'em what you got. You're on a movie set. This is your big chance!"
I applaud this comic for taking a bold stance - in the 1960s! - and accurately depicting Richard the Lionheart's (in the blue) mega-gayness. With the wrong dude, but eh. Baby steps.
a) Rip's "How many times do I have to tell you" is literally the first time any explicit romance has come up between the two of them, so I'd guess the answer is "At least once."
b) In the third panel, Rip makes a daring attempt at the coveted World's Worst Human Award. Look at that form!
"I'm all yours...take me!" Hey, what did Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter have in common again?
So this comic has villified Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, and Scheherazade (she was totally real, right?), but I was pretty surprised that they hated on Queen Elizabeth. (Specifically, by portraying her as an ugly old hag who couldn't get anyone to marry her. Oy.) I mean, hasn't she been a pretty beloved figure in Anglo-American culture for centuries? Is that new?
Haha, Jeff hates old ladies! But seriously, this book's attitude towards women is vile.
I LOVE HISTORY.
A thorough and nuanced explanation of evolution.
So yeah, Rip is an inhuman monster. "We'll leave it comatose for decades or even centuries until it dies and let people pay to gawk at it!"
Okay but I firmly believe Rip was the world's most neurotic child/teenager so this makes me really happy.
I realize these comics were written to reflect a 10-year-old boy's idea of what romance is like, but seriously, no one in a relationship (oh yeah, they're, like, in a relationship now or something) talks like this.
And that's it for Silver Age Rip! Up Next: I promised you Jaime, didn't I? Well then, Jaime it is!