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| ParanoidObsessive 08/22/20 8:45:22 PM #175: | Metalsonic66 posted... I thought it was Captain America crossed with the Joker Charlton was a comic company in the 1940/50s that had a bunch of original characters of their own, but they eventually went out of business in the 1980s, and DC bought all of their assets. They had a bunch of characters people today might find familiar (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, The Question), and a few most people have never heard of (like Peacemaker and Thunderbolt). When DC got control of them all they told Alan Moore to come up with a story to use them, and that was the origin of Watchmen. About halfway through the process, DC got cold feet about burning all the Charlton characters in a single storyline, so they told Moore he couldn't use the actual characters. So he basically just tweaked them all to make them a bit darker and "original". So Blue Beetle became Nite Owl, Captain Atom is Dr. Manhattan, The Question became Rorschach. The Comedian was Peacemaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacemaker_(comics) Some of the original Charlton characters were introduced to mainline DC in the 80s and 90s (which is why they're more well-known today), but even the lesser known ones have showed up in other comics by now. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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