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As promised, the popular Sheep Game (as seen on Video Game Talk and Politics Talk) has come to Comic Book Talk!
For those of you who have never played before, the rules are simple. Below are 17 questions. Your mission is to send me a list of 17 answers, one for each question. Your goal is to come up with the answer that will be most popular. You will get one point for each person who matches your answer, including yourself.
So if the question is "Name a color in Superman's costume" and you and six other people say "blue," all seven of you would each get seven points. If four people say "red," each of those four people would get four points each. The exception is that unique answers get zero points, so if you say "green" and you are the only one who says so, you will get no points.
Send me your answers by Private Message. To make it easier for me to score, list one answer per line with no answer numbers. There will be a five point penalty if you do not do this.
The assumption is that you will answer these questions solely based on the knowledge in your head -- that is, without using Google, wikipedia, etc., and without thumbing through your longboxes or TPBs. If you need to use something outside your head, you may do so, but for each question for which you do so, you must indicate by putting an asterisk after your answer. For your first asterisked answer, you will be given a 1 point penalty; for your second asterisked answer, you get a two point penalty; a three point penalty for your third, and so on. This will give you an incentive not to use anything outside your head unless you really have to. We're on the honor system here, so I'm trusting you all.
The deadline for entry is 5 PM Pacific Time on Monday, June 22. Results will be announced thereafter. That gives you a week and a half to get your answers in, so no excuses! As Sheepmaster, I've already locked in my own answers.
1. Name a Golden Age character who has appeared regularly in comics at some point during this decade
2. Other than Jack Kirby, name a Golden Age creator
3. Name one of the original members of the Justice League of America
4. Other than Jack Kirby, name an artist associated with Marvel
5. Name a Silver Age Marvel character
6. Name a member of the X-Men
7. Name a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
8. Name one of Superman's powers
9. Name one of Batman's enemies
10. Name a character with a military rank in his superhero name
11. Name a comic set somewhere other than Earth.
12. Other than Marvel, DC, Image, or Dark Horse, name a company that published comics in the 80s or 90s
13. Name a comic that was published in black and white (black and white reprints don't count)
14. Name a Marvel or DC crossover or annual event that crossed into at least four different titles
15. Name one of the original Image creators (founders)
16. Name a comic (past or present) published under the Vertigo imprint
17. Name a movie based on a comic book
pinata242
06-11-09, 10:05 PM
Shit, I don't know what the Golden Age is :lol:
brianluvdvd
06-11-09, 10:10 PM
Just curious but why no answer numbers?
you want it like this:
blue
red
green
yellow
magenta
etc.?
Mhepburn20
06-11-09, 10:55 PM
Answers in.
dadaluholla
06-11-09, 11:13 PM
answers in!
ivelostr2
06-11-09, 11:47 PM
mine are in
JasonF
06-11-09, 11:54 PM
Shit, I don't know what the Golden Age is :lol:
I thought everyone knew the Golden Age and the Silver Age!
JasonF
06-11-09, 11:54 PM
Just curious but why no answer numbers?
Makes it easier to cut and paste into the spreadsheet where I'm tracking these.
you want it like this:
blue
red
green
yellow
magenta
etc.?
Perfect!
pinata242
06-12-09, 12:17 AM
I thought everyone knew the Golden Age and the Silver Age!
there's a silver age?!? My answers will be very risky. At least there's no wrong answers.
davidh777
06-12-09, 03:20 AM
Answers in, with some lameness
reverie
06-12-09, 09:52 AM
I'll join in as well!
Nick Danger
06-13-09, 07:23 AM
Not too tough. I haven't read superhero comics for a decade, and I could answer most of the questions.
CaptainMarvel
06-14-09, 10:24 PM
This looks like fun. Submitted.
MBoyd
06-14-09, 11:59 PM
PM sent
orangecrush
06-16-09, 12:14 PM
I now know what you fealt like in the videogame sheep games. Comics are my Halo.
brianluvdvd
06-16-09, 12:44 PM
Sent.
The Bus
06-16-09, 01:25 PM
Sent, although I'm not sure how good I'll be at something I haven't closely tracked since I was in 9th grade. :lol:
Palaver
06-16-09, 01:48 PM
I'm in. Sound like fun. Though I had to take the point penalty on on one of my answers. :( Already in the hole.
JasonF
06-16-09, 02:10 PM
I now know what you fealt like in the videogame sheep games. Comics are my Halo.
:lol: I tried to keep the questions easy, but I'm a long-time comic book nerd so what seems easy to me may seem super-obscure to others. Still, if you know the difference between Marvel and DC and know (roughly) what the Golden Age and Silver Age are, hopefully you can get most of these.
Orangecrush, Bus, and others who have played Sheep before -- what do you think of my solution to the Google/no Google dilemma?
maxfisher
06-16-09, 10:39 PM
I sent answers, but only because I enjoy following these games more if I'm in them. I had to use google for three answers, so will be six points down right from the get-go.
orangecrush
06-17-09, 01:36 PM
Orangecrush, Bus, and others who have played Sheep before -- what do you think of my solution to the Google/no Google dilemma?I actually like it quite a lot. It could help the closet googler's admit <s>our</s> their sins.
The Bus
06-18-09, 03:32 PM
I liked the solution. In regular Sheep, Google won't really help because it's not like it will tell you what the most popular answer is. But for Reverse Sheep, a person answering a question like "Name a dead character" would greatly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dead_comic_book_characters">benefit</a> from a wiki page.
The Bus
06-18-09, 03:33 PM
Do you have enough entries?
Prepper
06-18-09, 03:43 PM
I'm in.
FatTony
06-18-09, 03:51 PM
I'll be joining in, even though I haven't read comics regularly in over 10 years. Cross-posting this in the VG forum was a good idea. I didn't even know there was a comic book forum here!
Bandit03
06-18-09, 03:57 PM
Just entered
MBoyd
06-18-09, 04:20 PM
I'll be joining in, even though I haven't read comics regularly in over 10 years. Cross-posting this in the VG forum was a good idea. I didn't even know there was a comic book forum here!
That's how we suck you back in! bwahahahahah!
fumanstan
06-18-09, 04:30 PM
Sent mine.
Hokeyboy
06-18-09, 04:44 PM
Done and done.
JasonF
06-18-09, 05:42 PM
Do you have enough entries?
I think we're in good shape. Here's who I have entries for so far:
JasonF
Meatwad's Ghost
MHepburn20
dadaluholla
ivelostr2
davidh777
fujishig
reverie
Trevor
Rockmjd23
Nick Danger
dvdhook
CaptainMarvel
MBoyd
brianluvdvd
The Bus
Palaver
maxfisher
RKilgore
Mordred
Prepper
Bandit03
fumanstan
Hokeyboy
That's 24 players. Plus, the deadline isn't until Monday, so more people may join in.
Lokimok
06-21-09, 03:57 PM
I'm in - though 2 of my answers could be flat-out wrong & 1 is probably too obscure...
The Bus
06-22-09, 05:39 PM
What is "thereafter"?
fumanstan
06-22-09, 05:41 PM
What is "thereafter"?
Main Entry:
there·af·ter
Pronunciation:
\ther-ˈaf-tər\
Function:
adverb
Date:
before 12th century
1: after that
So after 5 PM. :p
JasonF
06-22-09, 06:19 PM
What is "thereafter"?
Main Entry:
there·af·ter
Pronunciation:
\ther-ˈaf-tər\
Function:
adverb
Date:
before 12th century
1: after that
So after 5 PM. :p
:lol:
I'm hoping to post the results tomorrow. It may bleed into Wednesday, but I may be able to get it all done in a day.
I almost sent you a note about Movie Sheep Result Day stepping on Comic Book Talk Result Day, but then I decided not to.
JasonF
06-22-09, 08:02 PM
Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages! The doors are now closed for Comic Book Sheep! We've got a great group of contestants this time. Let's gve a big round of applause to:
Meatwad's Ghost
MHepburn20
dadaluholla
ivelostr2
davidh777
fujishig
reverie
Trevor
Rockmjd23
Nick Danger
dvdhook
CaptainMarvel
MBoyd
brianluvdvd
The Bus
Palaver
maxfisher
RKilgore
Mordred
Prepper
Bandit03
fumanstan
Hokeyboy
Lokimok
burnside986
And I'm your Sheepmaster (and also a contestant), JasonF
Even as we speak, we are hard at work here in the Sheepcave feeding your answers into the Sheepomatic 9000 -- the most sophisticated and advanced computer ever employed in the service of a Sheep game. Everything should be tabulated by tomorrow, at which point we will begin announcing the results.
While we're waiting for the computer to spit out the results, I will tell you that there was one question for which everybody gave the same answer. Can you guess which question?
MBoyd
06-22-09, 08:19 PM
While we're waiting for the computer to spit out the results, I will tell you that there was one question for which everybody gave the same answer. Can you guess which question?
9. Name one of Batman's enemies?
Palaver
06-22-09, 09:16 PM
That would be my guess as well.
Trevor
06-22-09, 10:27 PM
That would be my guess as well.
You're joking, right?
Palaver
06-23-09, 09:50 AM
You're joking, right?
Do I look like I'm joking? ;)
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:06 AM
And we're back! The results are in and we are ready to go!
Before we get started, let's take a look at the initial standings:
Uh-oh! It looks like somebody didn't follow the instructions to put one answer on each line with no answer numbers. Don't worry, Meatwad's Ghost -- there's still plenty of time to make up the points once we get into the contest proper.
As for the question everyone gave the same answer to .... well, you'll just have to wait and see.
And with that ... away we go!
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:07 AM
Question 1: Name a Golden Age character who has appeared regularly in comics at some point during this decade
The Golden Age of comics began in 1938 with the introduction of Superman and continued until sometime in the mid-to-late-40s, when the public lost interest in superheroes. The Justice Society was a team of DC's pre-eminent Golden Age characters, and while Marvel Comics as we know it wasn't around then, its corporate predecessor Timely gave us Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch.
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:09 AM
And our answers to Question 1 are:
Superman (12): JasonF, Meatwad's Ghost, MHepburn20, davidh777, Trevor, Nick Danger, dvdhook, CaptainMarvel, maxfisher, Mordred, fumanstan, Hokeyboy
Batman (6): Rockmjd23, brianluvdvd, The Bus, Palaver, Prepper, Lokimok
Captain America (4): dadaluholla, ivelostr2, MBoyd, burnside986
Flash (3): fujishig, RKilgore, Bandit03
Spider-Man (0): reverie
Surprisingly, even though we had one entrant whose user-name qualifies as an answer -- Captain Marvel -- that entrant made the wise choice of answering something else.
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:10 AM
And after our first question, here are our Standings
Come on, people. Make some noise! This isn't going to be as much fun if you're not going to make fun of reverie for thinking Spider-Man was a Golden Age character.
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:19 AM
Question 2: Other than Jack Kirby, name a Golden Age creator
We had to take Kirby out of the equation, because let's face it -- Kirby is the King of Comics. All other take a backseat to him. So who are the others?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/creators.gif
Well, Siegel and Shuster are two of them ... but one of them didn't get mentioned at all, and the other got beaten by two other creators. Time to cross your fingers and hope you gave the most popular answer ...
JasonF
06-23-09, 11:22 AM
I see what the problem is. The Bus is running his Movie Sheep results at the exact same time as these results. What a jerk. We're going to delay our results until Movie Sheep is done, and penalize the Bus a million points for Sheep-blocking us.
fumanstan
06-23-09, 11:42 AM
D'oh!
davidh777
06-23-09, 12:57 PM
Come on, people. Make some noise!
:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap: go team!
CaptainMarvel
06-23-09, 01:11 PM
I'm guessing somebody (multiple somebodies?) said Stan Lee due to his fame. Even though he's most commonly associated with Silver Age Marvel comics, he's technically a Golden Age creator as well.
JasonF
06-23-09, 01:18 PM
Ok, even though most people are hanging out in Movie Talk, I'll dribble a few of these out. We'll really get into the game in earnest once The Bus wraps up the Movie Talk version.
Question 2
Bob Kane, who created (or co-created with Bill Finger, depending on who you ask) Batman (11): MHepburn20, dadaluholla, ivelostr2, Trevor, Rockmjd23, MBoyd, brianluvdvd, Prepper, fumanstan, Hokeyboy, Lokimok
Stan Lee, who cut his teeth working on Timely's characters during the Golden Age (7): Meatwad's Ghost, fujishig, reverie, The Bus, Mordred, Bandit03, burnside986
Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman and a slew of other characters (5): JasonF, Nick Danger, dvdhook, CaptainMarvel, Palaver
Steve Ditko, who didn't actually break into the comics business until just before the Silver Age (0): davidh777
Will Eisner, who created the Spirit and revolutionized the way comic book pages are laid out (0): maxfisher
Joe Simon, who collaborated with Jack Kirby throughout the Golden Age (0): RKilgore
Let's also give a shout-out to C.C. Beck, creator of Captain Marvel, who did not get mentioned -- not even by his creation's namesake.
JasonF
06-23-09, 01:18 PM
I'm guessing somebody (multiple somebodies?) said Stan Lee due to his fame. Even though he's most commonly associated with Silver Age Marvel comics, he's technically a Golden Age creator as well.
Come on, people. Make some noise! This isn't going to be as much fun if you're not going to make fun of reverie for thinking Spider-Man was a Golden Age character.
:(
I've never been good with the "Ages".
Palaver
06-23-09, 01:40 PM
Geez. I'm sucking over here too. :(
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 01:45 PM
Woot - too bad I am going to face an inevitable couple of rounds of ZERO when we hit some of the later questions. I was playing the game with my roommate last night (who has almost no comic knowledge) and her gut responses did not match mine at all. She would say batman where I say superman and vice versa - it was something of a disaster. Happy to hear it working out differently here.
JasonF
06-23-09, 01:46 PM
Qestion 3: Name one of the original members of the Justice League of America
Ah, the Justice League. Look how brave they all are in their debut fighting ... a giant starfish!? Do you ever wonder exactly what kind of drugs were in the drinking water at DC Comics back then?
For the record, Starro the Conqueror has been back many times to menace the Justice League and other heroes. He is currently battling the R.E.B.E.L.S. in the title of the same name.
The Flash (6): JasonF, ivelostr2, Trevor, MBoyd, The Bus, Prepper
Batman (3): MHepburn20, Palaver, Mordred
The Green Lantern (2): dadaluholla, RKilgore
Wonder Woman (2): Captain Marvel, burnside986
Aquaman and/or the Martian Manhunter:Not a soul
A few years ago, DC decided to announce that Superman and Batman had not been part of the Justice League originally. We can see how well that one caught on.
And then there were two people tied for the lead ...
Palaver
06-23-09, 01:54 PM
How is my "answer Batman for every answer" strategy not working?! :hairpull:
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 01:58 PM
Yay so far I'm a colossal NERD! :banana:
And thank Jebus for that, since I work in IT...
fumanstan
06-23-09, 01:59 PM
How is my "answer Batman for every answer" strategy not working?! :hairpull:
I guess you should have answered Superman for every answer.
I'm doing a lot better then Movie Sheep. Clearly, JasonF is a better Sheepmaster.
fumanstan
06-23-09, 02:00 PM
Yay so far I'm a colossal NERD! :banana:
And thank Jebus for that, since I work in IT...
I work in IT too :sad:
JasonF
06-23-09, 02:10 PM
I'm doing a lot better then Movie Sheep. Clearly, JasonF is a better Sheepmaster.
Yes! Suck it, The Bus!
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 02:11 PM
oh no! Fail. How could all you people who put Superman for number 1 repeat your answer. Where's your sense of fairness to the other characters? You fools! Batman will surely kick your ass now.
JasonF
06-23-09, 02:11 PM
Question 4: Other than Jack Kirby, name an artist associated with Marvel
Once again, we take Jack off the table, because let's face it -- Jack (and Stan) were and are Marvel.
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John Romita Jr. was the first artist whose picture came up when I Googled "Marvel Artists." Is Google's image search in tune with the Sheep Contestants?
JasonF
06-23-09, 02:16 PM
Question 4
Google's image search is not in tune with our contestants. Well, except for fujishig. Sorry, fujishig!
Steve "I co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange" Ditko (11): JasonF, Meatwad's Ghost, dadaluholla, davidh777, Trevor, Nick Danger, dvdhook, RKilgore, Mordred, Prepper, Hokeyboy
John "I took over Spider-Man when Ditko left" Romita (3): MHepburn20, MBoyd, fumanstan
Stan "I'm not actually an artist, but I wrote everything for the first half-decade of Marvel's existence" Lee (3): The Bus, Palaver, Bandit03
Todd "I was the Spider-Man artist before I left to found Image" McFarlane (2): CaptainMarvel, brianluvdvd
John "You may remember me from such books as the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and She-Hulk" Byrne(0) : ivelostr2
John "I'm a chip off my dad's block in the kick-ass art department" Romita, Jr. (0): fujishig
Mark "Did you know that I won the Marvel Try-Out Contest in the 80s?" Bagley (0): reverie
Joe "I never actually worked for Marvel, but I did co-create Superman" Shuster (0): Rockmjd23
Rob "I was in a Levi's commercial" Liefeld (0): maxfisher
John "I had two different superstar runs on the Avengers, not to mention Conan" Buscema (0): Lokimok
Jim "My run on S.H.I.E.L.D. is the stuff of legends" Steranko: Burnside 986
This is our first question where there may be some controversy. Doe JRjr count the same as John Romita? I say no, and since fujishig specified jr. when nobody else did, I counted his answer separately. Agree? Disagree?
reverie
06-23-09, 02:28 PM
JRjr is certainly not the same as Romita Sr. :)
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 02:32 PM
This is our first question where there may be some controversy. Doe JRjr count the same as John Romita? I say no, and since fujishig specified jr. when nobody else did, I counted his answer separately. Agree? Disagree?
Two completely separate people... and professionally, John Romita and John Romita Jr. have both had long, established careers at Marvel to carve out their own identities. :shrug:
fumanstan
06-23-09, 02:36 PM
They're definitely separate, I put in John Romita thinking of Sr. specifically.
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 02:38 PM
I too put in John Romita thinking Senior. They have certainly had different careers, but I also would have thought more would put in jrjr.
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 02:39 PM
also shocked at only one John Byrne
JasonF
06-23-09, 02:44 PM
Since everyone agrees that the two John Romitas are not the same, they will be counted as separate answers
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THE JUDGE HAS SPOKEN!
Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, a single player has sole possession of first place. Hokeyboy is now the player to beat -- but with 13 more questions, it is still anyone's game!
fumanstan
06-23-09, 02:45 PM
Damn you Steve Ditko.
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 02:46 PM
:banana: Eee!
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 02:46 PM
Once we hit 11-13, I am surely doomed.
reverie
06-23-09, 02:58 PM
Damn you Steve Ditko.
No kidding. Although, even if Bagley isn't exclusive to Marvel anymore, I kinda thought his name was synonymous with the company these days.
Look at all those Silver Age Marvel characters? Which one did you pick? More importantly, which one did everyone else pick?
fujishig
06-23-09, 03:00 PM
Argh... more nerds here than I thought. I was thinking Superman for the first answer, but I put him for JLA founder (even though in current continuity he wasn't technically a founder... or was he? I'm confused), so I didn't want to put him twice, and I wasn't sure how many would consider him a GA character.
Also, I thought people would have a more modern tint to their answers, so I put JRJr instead of Sr. or Ditko (and I didn't use a google Image search... though I wish others had). I also thought Bagley, who drew Amazing for so long and then Ultimate Spidey forever, would've gotten more votes.
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 03:01 PM
Our Geek-Fu is STRONG!!! *breaks concrete block with polybagged, foil-card-inserted copy of NINJAK #0*
JasonF
06-23-09, 03:05 PM
Let's see how stong your geek-fu is when it comes to Question 5
The Amazing Spider-Man (21): JasonF, Meatwad's Ghost, MHepburn20, fujishig, Trevor, Rockmjd23, Nick Danger, dvdhook, Captain Marvel, MBoyd, brianluvdvd, The Bus, Palaver, maxfisher, RKilgore, Mordred, Prepper, Bandit03, fumanstan, Hokeyboy, Lokimok
The Invincible Iron Man (2): dadaluholla, ivelostr2
The Incredible Hulk (0): davidh777
Captain America (0): reverie
Kamandi (0): burnside986
I didn't deduct points from those of you who said "Spiderman" even though the character has a hyphen in his name. But what I really want to know is how Captain America managed to escape the Silver Age without getting one of Stan Lee's patented adjectives.
Phew, I was going to put Maggot or Dr. Reyes or Mimic, but changed my answer at the last moment to Wolverine.
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 04:02 PM
Was "Mimic" the one from the animated series?
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 04:02 PM
So my only sort of interested in comic books roommate is now officially beating me. She's following along in the thread and wanted to let me know. She literally has read Fables and that's about it. Shame!
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 04:05 PM
So my only sort of interested in comic books roommate is now officially beating me. She's following along in the thread and wanted to let me know. She literally has read Fables and that's about it. Shame!
Turn in your geek card immediately. Then go out and score lots of babes, make truckloads of cash, and wield immense power and influence that actually makes a difference in society.
You are no longer one of the self-important nerdlings of the Internet!! :mad:
JasonF
06-23-09, 04:06 PM
So my only sort of interested in comic books roommate is now officially beating me. She's following along in the thread and wanted to let me know. She literally has read Fables and that's about it. Shame!
Wait until she gets to the "Name a Vertigo title" question.
JasonF
06-23-09, 04:06 PM
Question 7: Name a member of the Legion of Superheroes
Mordred, Wonder Woman was not actually in the Legion of Superheroes. Then again, Wildfire and Cosmic Boy were and you didn't do any worse than me and Prepper.
By the way, we have our first Googlers: Nick Danger and fumanstan each get a one-point deduction from their scores this round.
reverie
06-23-09, 04:11 PM
I know I certainly wasn't thinking (the probably obvious) Superboy!
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 04:13 PM
Out of curiosity, how do you spot a Googler?
fujishig
06-23-09, 04:16 PM
Not that I want others to get even more points, but should Superman and Superboy be considered the same answer in this question? I mean, it's the same person (let's not get into the whole Crisis/Superboy thing).
And wow, Matter Eater Lad with 2! We do have nerds here! If we weren't considering what other people would pick, I would've picked Wildfire myself.
reverie
06-23-09, 04:18 PM
Was Superman as a grown-up ever in Legion? I've never really followed it that much at all (just the random cross-over).
JasonF
06-23-09, 04:19 PM
Out of curiosity, how do you spot a Googler?
When you clicked on this thread to get the questions, a client was downloaded to your computer. We use that client to track your searches and determine whether you are using Google or wikipedia. The application also converts your computer into a webcam so that we can monitor whether you checked your longboxes or trade paperbacks.
(Actually, people were told in the instructions to let me know when they use Google. It's an honor system.)
JasonF
06-23-09, 04:23 PM
Not that I want others to get even more points, but should Superman and Superboy be considered the same answer in this question? I mean, it's the same person (let's not get into the whole Crisis/Superboy thing).
And wow, Matter Eater Lad with 2! We do have nerds here! If we weren't considering what other people would pick, I would've picked Wildfire myself.
Both Superman and Superboy were in the Legion at separate times and in separate continuities, which is why I counted them separately.
Superboy was in the Legion from the time it debuted in 1959 until the original Crisis.
Then, for a long time, no Superboy.
Then, about 2-3 years ago, they brought the new Superboy (the one who is a separate character from Clark Kent) into the Legion. But then (spoiler alert!) he died in Infinite Crisis.
Just recently, Geoff Johns brought Superman into the Legion for the Legion storyline he did in Superman and for the Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds mini.
Hokeyboy
06-23-09, 04:24 PM
When you clicked on this thread to get the questions, a client was downloaded to your computer. We use that client to track your searches and determine whether you are using Google or wikipedia. The application also converts your computer into a webcam so that we can monitor whether you checked your longboxes or trade paperbacks.
(Actually, people were told in the instructions to let me know when they use Google. It's an honor system.)
Hahahaha.
Stop staring at my ass. :mad:
JasonF
06-23-09, 04:41 PM
Anyobody want to try to convince me to count Superman and SUperboy as the same answer? Going ... going ...
fujishig
06-23-09, 05:03 PM
Anyobody want to try to convince me to count Superman and SUperboy as the same answer? Going ... going ...
That's cool, I understand your reasoning.
JasonF
06-23-09, 05:07 PM
Gone! Superboy and Superman are separate answers. Which means ...
Hokeyboy hangs onto his lead for another round, but there are still plenty of people nipping at his heels!
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 05:07 PM
I would like to actively argue against counting them together and not just because I didn't pick it, but clearly the superboy who WAS a member of the legion is vastly different than the superman they foolishly made an honorary member during what was a terrible recent arc in JLA. Thanks to the various crisis and zero hours they are literally different characters.
Mhepburn20
06-23-09, 05:21 PM
So in this game there is no penalty for wrong answers, right?
JasonF
06-23-09, 05:43 PM
So in this game there is no penalty for wrong answers, right?
Correct, other than the fact that probably nobody will match you.
If/when we do a round 2, I will throw in some reverse sheep questions where the goal is to pick the least popular but still correct answer. Then we will have to argue over whether particular answers are right or not.
OK ... I said I was going to wait until The Bus finished Movie Sheep and then I wound up giving out half the results today. So I will leave everyone overnight with one more question and then we can come back tomorrow to find out the answers.
So many to choose from. Batman has one of the best rogue's galleries in comics. Which one did people pick?
fumanstan
06-23-09, 05:59 PM
Clayface!
fujishig
06-23-09, 06:07 PM
I would like to actively argue against counting them together and not just because I didn't pick it, but clearly the superboy who WAS a member of the legion is vastly different than the superman they foolishly made an honorary member during what was a terrible recent arc in JLA. Thanks to the various crisis and zero hours they are literally different characters.
I would argue that the people who put "Superman" probably meant it as "Superboy," (just like I would guess that if they put Superboy, they meant the classic character not Kon-el) but with this crowd, who knows? It seemed to me that John's story (Superman and the Legion) was retconning (or re-conning?) Supes into the Legion as a boy, but I can no longer follow DC's continuity...
fujishig
06-23-09, 06:09 PM
I would be extremely surprised, given the nature of this contest, if the winning answer was not a semi-landslide... that answer being, of course, Killer Moth.
JasonF
06-23-09, 06:22 PM
Sorry -- in light of the question, I should have said:
WHICH VILLAIN WILL TURN OUT TO BE MOST POPULAR?
WILL HOKEYBOY RETAIN HIS LEAD!?
DID ANYBODY PICK MR. ZSASZ!?
TUNE IN TOMORROW. SAME BAT WEBSITE, SAME BAT THREAD!
Trevor
06-23-09, 06:44 PM
Great job Jason. You've made this more fun than I expected.
Mordred, Wonder Woman was not actually in the Legion of Superheroes. Then again, Wildfire and Cosmic Boy were and you didn't do any worse than me and Prepper.
By the way, we have our first Googlers: Nick Danger and fumanstan each get a one-point deduction from their scores this round.
I would argue that the people who put "Superman" probably meant it as "Superboy," (just like I would guess that if they put Superboy, they meant the classic character not Kon-el) but with this crowd, who knows? It seemed to me that John's story (Superman and the Legion) was retconning (or re-conning?) Supes into the Legion as a boy, but I can no longer follow DC's continuity...
I have no idea what any of this means. I just guess "Superman"
The Bus
06-23-09, 06:51 PM
Sorry -- in light of the question, I should have said:
WHICH VILLAIN WILL TURN OUT TO BE MOST POPULAR?
WILL HOKEYBOY RETAIN HIS LEAD!?
DID ANYBODY PICK MR. ZSASZ!?
TUNE IN TOMORROW. SAME BAT WEBSITE, SAME BAT THREAD!
Wait... no! I need answers!
Mordred
06-23-09, 06:56 PM
Mordred, Wonder Woman was not actually in the Legion of Superheroes. Then again, Wildfire and Cosmic Boy were and you didn't do any worse than me and Prepper.DC and their stupid Legions and Leagues and Lasses can kiss my black ass.
If it's not Image it's crap!
Clearly I missed the instructions allowing us to use Google.
Rockmjd23
06-23-09, 07:12 PM
Joe "I never actually worked for Marvel, but I did co-create Superman" Shuster (0): Rockmjd23
oops. Actually he was pretty much the only other artist I could have named at all.
fumanstan
06-23-09, 07:54 PM
I hate it when the answers aren't finished :sad:
Trevor
06-23-09, 08:47 PM
Great job Jason. You've made this more fun than I expected.
JasonF
06-23-09, 09:45 PM
Great job Jason. You've made this more fun than I expected.
I'm going to go ahead and assume you were expecting "three-way with two Playboy Bunnies" levels of fun, but are actually having "four-way with two Playboy Bunnies and a Penthouse Pet" levels of fun
Meatwad's Ghost
06-23-09, 09:53 PM
Finally got off work and noticed I missed a lot today. I went with Superman everytime he was a option since Jason used him as an example in the first post, I thought people would go that way. I know in the next group of stuff that sounds like it will come up tomorrow I'll be in trouble I used some more obscure stuff there.
Also with my answers I'm going with the older references of books, I really haven't read anything from Marvel or DC published after 1996, I has some trades after that just haven't gotten around to reading them.
And Jason a Reverse Sheep would be really interesting.
Still can't believe I missed a question, though I had them all :-(
JasonF
06-23-09, 10:20 PM
Still can't believe I missed a question, though I had them all :-(
It's not that you missed a question, it's that you numbered your answers when you sent them to me.
Trevor
06-23-09, 11:20 PM
I really haven't read anything from Marvel or DC published after 1996
You're better off that way.
MBoyd
06-23-09, 11:24 PM
Yeah this has been fun. I wish I had gotten in on the movie game. Didn't notice the thread. I kind of just take my the first answer that pops into my head. I should take a little more time with it.
Mordred, Wonder Woman was not actually in the Legion of Superheroes. Then again, Wildfire and Cosmic Boy were and you didn't do any worse than me and Prepper.
By the way, we have our first Googlers: Nick Danger and fumanstan each get a one-point deduction from their scores this round.
Arrgh! My strategy to answer "Superman" whenever possible has failed me!
orangecrush
06-24-09, 09:23 AM
No pictures in a Comic Book Sheep contest? I would be disapointed if it were the Bus, but Trevor was right. This does look more fun than I expected ;)
JasonF
06-24-09, 11:17 AM
And, we're back. But first, let's take a moment to address some reader questions.
No pictures in a Comic Book Sheep contest? I would be disapointed if it were the Bus, but Trevor was right. This does look more fun than I expected ;)
Dear orangecrush,
First of all, that's not a question. Second, you must have your browser settings configured to hide pictures, since there has been a picture for each and every question. But I will assume what you really meant to say is that you want more pictures -- or, to put it in terms you will understand:
And, we're back. But first, let's take a moment to address some reader questions.
Dear orangecrush,
First of all, that's not a question. Second, you must have your browser settings configured to hide pictures, since there has been a picture for each and every question. But I will assume what you really meant to say is that you want more pictures -- or, to put it in terms you will understand:
Well, ask and ye shall receive. Today's set of results will have more pictures!:lol:You are right about the first part. To be honest, I don't know why I can see all the pictures the Bus posts. But, I welcome more pictures, even if I can't see them :up:
orangecrush
06-24-09, 11:26 AM
Question 9
Let's try to build a little suspense here by putting the scores in spoiler tags!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/riddler.jpg
The Riddler: Nobody
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/19783joker3.jpg
The Joker: Everybody
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/simpsons_CrazyCatLady.gif
Catwoman: Nobody:lol: Almost as good as the spoiler tree. I wish I had participated. I know who Stan Lee and Superman are.
JasonF
06-24-09, 11:30 AM
Standings
Nobody had to use Google for this one, so everybody adds 26 points to their score!
Ironically, once again CaptainMarvel did not use "Captain Marvel" as his answer.
What does everyone think -- is Sergeant Fury the same as Colonel Fury? I say no.
Mordred
06-24-09, 11:49 AM
*hangs head in shame for not remembering Captain America*
JasonF
06-24-09, 11:53 AM
Google would have been helpful for me here.
*hangs head in shame for not remembering Captain America*
I read your first post and I thought "Well, if he didn't use Google, odds are he was one of the jillions of people who went with Captain America." Then I checked the roster and saw your actual answer.
At least Sergeant Slaughter did make it into a comic, so he's not an incorrect answer.
fumanstan
06-24-09, 11:54 AM
What does everyone think -- is Sergeant Fury the same as Colonel Fury? I say no.
I say yes, since the question was "name a character." It's still Nick Fury in both cases.
EDIT: Although it could be argued that neither is really his "superhero" name!
maxfisher
06-24-09, 12:00 PM
God damn it to hell. I only sporadically read comics these days, but just finished going through everything on the Civil War dvd. Somehow Captain America completely eluded me as having a rank in his name and I could only think of Fury. Oh well.
Trevor
06-24-09, 12:02 PM
Same here. How the heck did I forget Captain America?
JasonF
06-24-09, 12:08 PM
I say yes, since the question was "name a character." It's still Nick Fury in both cases.
That's a good point. Allright, you've convinced me. maxfisher and brianluvdvd get 2 points each for matching on Nick Fury
EDIT: Although it could be argued that neither is really his "superhero" name!
Then again, neither is Sgt. Slaughter or Sgt. Rock. I'm still counting them -- the people who picked those answers have already been punished enough for not picking <strike>Superman</strike> Captain America.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/a-young-dawn-wells-as-mary-ann-on-g.jpg
All the Rest (0 points each): The New Gods (davidh777), Guardians of the Galaxy (fujishig), Sandman (reverie), Adam Strange (Trevor), Secret Wars (Rockmjd23), Aliens vs. Predator (dvdhook), Quasar (The Bus), Planet Hulk (maxfisher), Elfquest (Hokeyboy), Starjammers (burnside986), Nexus (RKilgore), No answer (Bandit03)
And Hokeyboy stumbles! Will he fall from first place!?
Dvdhook and maxfisher each get a one-point penalty for Googling, and Bandit03 gets the special reading comprehension award for his answer.
Mordred
06-24-09, 12:34 PM
Quasar (The Bus)My dad bought me the first issue of this comic which he saw at the grocery store one night because he thought a #1 might be valuable. It was the only time he ever bought me a comic book without me being there and asking for it. It was one of those incredibly nice things he would occasionally do that I still think about fondly when I remember him.
All that to say, if this had been a reverse sheep game I would have answered Quasar because I didn't think there'd be anybody who would have remembered it. Boy did that comic suck.
fujishig
06-24-09, 12:37 PM
Darnit, does nobody read Guardians of the Galaxy? It's got Rocket Raccoon, the old Guardians of the Galaxy, Adam Warlock, Quasar, a living tree, a former member of the Micronauts, Star Lord, and Cosmo the talking dog, with their base as the decapitated head of a Celestial.
About 2 minutes after I submitted my answer, though, I knew I should've put GL Corps. Didn't even think of Star Wars, let alone Bone.
JasonF
06-24-09, 12:38 PM
I liked Quasar. Mark Gruenwald was one of those under-rated writers who, if he's remembered at all these days, is really only remembered for Saquadron Supreme and the fact that he died so young. But his Quasar and Captain America (especially the first 3 or 4 years of his run) were usually pretty good.
(Not always, though. One time, he turned Captain America into a werewolf. That was weird).
Valiant was actually pretty mainstream back in the day. Before they imploded, Valiant -- along with the four I exempted from the question -- were considered the Big Five publishers.
Hokeyboy
06-24-09, 12:46 PM
I actually got into Valiant on the ground floor with MAGNUS: ROBOT FIGHTER #1 in 1990. I loved the retro art and storyline, and basically collected everything Valiant had to offer afterwards. Even scored a "Gold" Archer & Armstrong #0 for sending them a Valiant comics database I built for them.
Two years later, the company EXPLODED and many of my back issues were worth dozens of dollars apiece, some well over $100. In the summer of 1993, at the height of the speculator boom, I sold the entire collection for over $400 and spent 2 amazing weeks on vacation in Chicago. Was totally worth it =) Especially considering how the company, quality-wise, completely fell to pieces after Shooter was shoved out.
Trevor
06-24-09, 12:46 PM
Should have figured that most people here are younger and would have gone Valiant. when I think of the big companies outside of DC/Marvel, my first thoughts are still Comico, Eclipse, and First.
Mordred
06-24-09, 12:47 PM
Valiant was actually pretty mainstream back in the day. Before they imploded, Valiant -- along with the four I exempted from the question -- were considered the Big Five publishers.Valiant was big because they somehow became the hot collectible publisher and a few month old back issues were going for $20-50. Once they started ramped up production to meet the new demand I think everybody quickly lost interest.
Edit: I forgot about the whole Shooter thing as well.
JasonF
06-24-09, 12:48 PM
Should have figured that most people here are younger and would have gone Valiant. when I think of the big companies outside of DC/Marvel, my first thoughts are still Comico, Eclipse, and First.
Me too. To be honest, I had completely forgotten about Valiant when I wrote the question.
JasonF
06-24-09, 12:49 PM
Time for ...
Question 13: Name a comic that was published in black and white (black and white reprints don't count)
I actually got into Valiant on the ground floor with MAGNUS: ROBOT FIGHTER #1 in 1990. I loved the retro art and storyline, and basically collected everything Valiant had to offer afterwards. Even scored a "Gold" Archer & Armstrong #0 for sending them a Valiant comics database I built for them.
Two years later, the company EXPLODED and many of my back issues were worth dozens of dollars apiece, some well over $100. In the summer of 1993, at the height of the speculator boom, I sold the entire collection for over $400 and spent 2 amazing weeks on vacation in Chicago. Was totally worth it =) Especially considering how the company, quality-wise, completely fell to pieces after Shooter was shoved out.
That wasn't the ground floor... you needed the licensed Nintendo comics... :)
I really, really wish I got rid of all my Harbinger issues before the market imploded. I even had extra copies because I sent in the little coupons in them to get Harbinger #0...
maxfisher
06-24-09, 01:04 PM
Note to self: if you play in another round that allows wikipedia and it provides no help with knowing how to answer a question, just leave the damn thing blank instead of putting an answer and taking the penalty.
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:04 PM
Question 14: Name a Marvel or DC crossover or annual event that crossed into at least four different titles
And for the first time, all of our contestants have broken into the triple digits!
Hokeyboy
06-24-09, 01:15 PM
I was *this* close to going with "Bloodlines"...
FatTony
06-24-09, 01:18 PM
I'll be joining in, even though I haven't read comics regularly in over 10 years. Cross-posting this in the VG forum was a good idea. I didn't even know there was a comic book forum here!
Dammit! I totally forgot about this. I had my answers ready and everything (just hadn't formatted them yet). Oh well, guess I'll just play along with the home version.
reverie
06-24-09, 01:21 PM
With a little thought, I can't believe I didn't go with "Secret Wars"..
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:21 PM
I was *this* close to going with "Bloodlines"...
For about 2 seconds I thought about asking people to name one of the characters who debuted in DC's or Marvel's 1993 annuals (the DC ones were the Bloodlines Annuals and the Marvel ones were so pathetic they didn't even have a name for the annuals as a collective group). But I immediately rejected that question since it's way too obscure and all the characters except Hitman suck.
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:22 PM
Hold on to your hats, folks .... things are about to get even more exciting.
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:22 PM
Question 15: Name one of the original Image creators (founders)
From left to right, we've got Jim Lee's nametag, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, Rob Liefeld, and Whilce Portacio. Which one did you name?
fumanstan
06-24-09, 01:27 PM
Damn it, I knew I should have put Crisis or Civil War, I just couldn't remember what Crisis was what.
One of these is a very good answer and one is a very bad answer. Which is which?
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:37 PM
Sandman is the very good answer. Doi.
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:37 PM
I lost one of my Sandman TPBs. :(
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:38 PM
BTW, I hope you know I meant "Civil War" in my answers. Don't penalize me for not reading mainstream comic books in the past 16 years. :(
I figured you meant World War Hulk. The Bus's exact answer was "World War (the HUGE recent one, forget the name since I don't collect anymore)"
What do people think?
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:38 PM
For about 2 seconds I thought about asking people to name one of the characters who debuted in DC's or Marvel's 1993 annuals (the DC ones were the Bloodlines Annuals and the Marvel ones were so pathetic they didn't even have a name for the annuals as a collective group). But I immediately rejected that question since it's way too obscure and all the characters except Hitman suck.
I was into comics so briefly that the only annuals I remember getting were Scattershot. Which was pretty awesome. I kind of liked Mojo.
Todd "I'm too good for comics anymore" McFarlane got more than Jim Lee? This is a travesty.
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:39 PM
I figured you meant World War Hulk. The Bus's exact answer was "World War (the HUGE recent one, forget the name since I don't collect anymore)"
What do people think?
I meant the big event that was taking place in the comics world, that was recent. I knew it was something-War. I don't have a (good) horse in the race, so any answer is fine.
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:40 PM
Todd "I'm too good for comics anymore" McFarlane got more than Jim Lee? This is a travesty.
He's busy making dolls!
Mhepburn20
06-24-09, 01:40 PM
and this one better be a lot of sandman and no fables, or I will not be able to go home again.
fujishig
06-24-09, 01:40 PM
I lost one of my Sandman TPBs. :(
Good excuse to upgrade to the Absolutes? :)
Mordred
06-24-09, 01:40 PM
I figured you meant World War Hulk. The Bus's exact answer was "World War (the HUGE recent one, forget the name since I don't collect anymore)"
What do people think?Because I answered Civil War, I'm pretty sure that Bus meant Civil War and not World War Hulk.
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:41 PM
Because I answered Civil War, I'm pretty sure that Bus meant Civil War and not World War Hulk.
:lol: You're biased.
reverie
06-24-09, 01:41 PM
I voted Sandman, though I *loved* Preacher.
JasonF
06-24-09, 01:42 PM
and this one better be a lot of sandman and no fables, or I will not be able to go home again.
You might want to bookmark this link:
http://www.apartmentfinder.com/Default.aspx
The Bus
06-24-09, 01:42 PM
Because I answered Civil War, I'm pretty sure that Bus meant Civil War and not World War Hulk.
This is pretty bad.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vCqNV5lcY48/Sd1Snb1qTyI/AAAAAAAABJk/F2saNVX6yhU/s400/fail-owned-spiderman-comics-fail.jpg
I have no idea what the comic writers are supposed to be showing here. I'm pretty sure a villian shoving his fist up Spidey's ass wasn't in the script. What is exploding?
from the worst things a villain has done thread.
I know the picture is a little adult, but I didn't think there was a Spidey/vertigo crossover like that...
On the cross-over event question, I can't believe I didn't pick Crisis. I love that series and think of it often. But for some reason, I had it in my mind (wrongly!) that none of the tie-in issues were "official", in that they actually had "Crisis Cross-over" printed on the covers. So even though that I knew of the 80 of so tie-ins (I'm counting the un-official ones and all the pre-Crisis Monitor appearances), I was figuring that others wouldn't.
So I picked a series that had "official" cross-overs, except that I left off the 2 apparently. Secret Wars had no official cross-overs, where as Secret Wars 2 had a bunch.
The Bus
06-24-09, 02:07 PM
You owe me 10 points. :mad: I meant Civil War.
JasonF
06-24-09, 02:07 PM
There's one question left. Will Hokeyboy be able to retain his lead, or will one of the challengers surge past him on the last question? Get your wagers in now, folks, because we are about to take a look at the final sheep question!
fujishig
06-24-09, 02:07 PM
Only one more question... the obvious answer being Dr. Strange, of course.
Buy: