(cartoon Justice League, from when I was a kid?)
That's from the wrong company. Maybe here?
the pantheon of minor superheroes is just too crowded, isn't it?
Who's on your pantheon of major?
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 8:40:38 am PDT #5208 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Jul 05, 2005 8:48:01 am PDT #5209 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That's from the wrong company. Maybe here?
Pretty sure not. If it was anything, it was some group-o'-heroes type of show, on TV, during the 80s. I literally did not know what the phrase "Fantastic Four" meant until recently.
Who's on your pantheon of major?
Hm. Batman, Spiderman, Superman. I think the only way Wonder Woman gets there is as an affirmative-action nominee, or as a "well, she's wearing hot pants and a bustier" nominee. Really, that's it, I guess. Or, possibly them and the Wonder Twins.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 8:50:52 am PDT #5210 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Your minor pantheon is more than overloaded.
Dawnstar, now she's a minor hero.
Jessica - Jul 05, 2005 8:54:52 am PDT #5211 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd heard of the Fantastic Four, but I didn't know who the individuals on the team were until recently. (And I'm pretty sure that it's not a permanent roster -- I know I've heard vague mentions of Spider-Man being a member at one point.)
Jesse - Jul 05, 2005 8:55:15 am PDT #5212 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This guy has Aquaman as a first-string Super Friend: [link]
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 8:57:59 am PDT #5213 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure that it's not a permanent roster -- I know I've heard vague mentions of Spider-Man being a member at one point.
From my medium-interest-in-comics viewpoint, that seems really unlikely. The Fantastic 4 were a group that got their powers at the same time in the same accident. Sue, her husband, her brother, and their friend. They may work with other people, but the four? Just them.
Maybe you're thinking of The Avengers?
Alicia K - Jul 05, 2005 8:59:51 am PDT #5214 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I kind of want tos see Fantastic Four, but the trailer clip in which whats-his-name shouts "FLAME ON!" just makes me want to pee myself laughing.
Jessica - Jul 05, 2005 9:03:03 am PDT #5215 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wikipedia agrees with me. (Mostly -- Spider-Man was in the New Fantastic Four, who were sort of a temporary replacement group for the main Four. But they also list members who shifted in and out of the core group for various reasons.)
askye - Jul 05, 2005 9:03:48 am PDT #5216 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
He's always said FLAME ON!! but it still makes me laugh.
I've known about the Fantastic Four for a long time. I watched all the super hero cartoons: FF, Super Friends, X Men, Spider man and his Amazing Friends (Iceman and Firestar), GI Joe, and Tarzan. And something with Plasticman.
Kathy A - Jul 05, 2005 9:13:01 am PDT #5217 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
But you'd heard of The X Men before their movie came out, yes?
I might have heard of them through the cartoon, but only through seeing it mentioned in the TV guide. The only comic-strip related cartoon I ever watched was the old Spiderman cartoon, and I did see some of the old George Reeves live-action Superman shows, as well as Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman and the 1960s Batman show. That's about it for my knowledge of comics, though.