tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post4956895390739947081..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: A Riotous Roundup of Enormous and Explicit Exclamations!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-66649230668506580632021-07-13T13:44:16.973-04:002021-07-13T13:44:16.973-04:00These marvellous mouthfuls were always fun "h...These marvellous mouthfuls were always fun "homework". They didn't hold me back too long, with the help of a dictionary.<br /><br />What always baffled me as a naive young lad in the wide open prairie were Marvel's swinging pop culture references. For example, I had to shrug my shoulders in my early <i>Avengers</i> collecting days when some character made a crack about "Mrs. Peel". I a couple of years of <i>Avengers</i> before I became aware of the British TV show with Steed and Emma.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-52197241409279720052021-07-13T13:42:01.092-04:002021-07-13T13:42:01.092-04:00You're right CF and there's also MJ's ...You're right CF and there's also MJ's hiatus between the mid 60s and early 80s but I'm not going to look through them all. But I'll come across it one day and when I do I'll be back to this post with the result!dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-76811347363925260282021-07-13T07:55:39.577-04:002021-07-13T07:55:39.577-04:00Funny how I tend to use "illuminate" mor...Funny how I tend to use "illuminate" more than "illumine," M.P., even though they're both verbs and mean essentially the same thing. Then again, I suppose that helps to explain why I occasionally get some use from a thesaurus. :)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-86251342975522479502021-07-12T20:48:06.113-04:002021-07-12T20:48:06.113-04:00A Marvel fan needed a gosh-darn dictionary to know...A Marvel fan needed a gosh-darn dictionary to know what was being said!<br />One word I remember that Stan used was "illumine." I can't remember which comic it was in, but I don't recall seeing it anywhere else. <br />And it's a real word; I hadda look it up!<br />Great post, C.F. I enjoyed it quite a bit!<br /><br />("pulchritudinous"...yep, passed the spell check. It must be kosher.)<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-62587266270294532862021-07-12T19:47:18.224-04:002021-07-12T19:47:18.224-04:00dangermash, Sounds like "copasetic" shou...dangermash, Sounds like "copasetic" should be considered a popular Americanism of the period - clearly across the Atlantic we weren't part of the cognoscenti!<br /><br />Comicsfan, your remark about the mid to late sixties made me realize we would have read a lot of those key Marvels in mid seventies British reprints, so my "slightly out of date" comment could be unfair - Stan may have been more of a hepcat than he seemed.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-62870723687252965142021-07-12T18:39:41.778-04:002021-07-12T18:39:41.778-04:00sean, methinks not! :) Besides, it's hard to ...sean, methinks not! :) Besides, it's hard to imagine Asgardians having a familiarity with the usage of such words--the exception probably being Don Blake, and, therefore, Thor. And were <i>he</i> to use them, even the most astute Asgardian would respond, "<i>What</i> sayest thou?"<br /><br />dangermash, I think I might have spotted that word myself while thumbing through Spidey issues for research, though I may have passed it by since it seemed to me like a lot of people were using the word "copacetic" in casual conversation in the mid- to late-'60s. But hey, look on the bright side: since it takes about forty issues for Mary Jane to be introduced in all her glory (and vocabulary), that leaves you just a little over 130 issues to go through!<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-60512096059059543882021-07-12T15:56:36.465-04:002021-07-12T15:56:36.465-04:00‘Tis the tintinnabulating truth!
As a ten-year-ol...‘Tis the tintinnabulating truth!<br /><br />As a ten-year-old sitting in class, the teacher was attempting to find the right word for something, at which I piped up “Suffice, sir?”<br /><br />A broad smile crossed his face, and he asked how it was I was so well-read.<br /><br />“Comics, sir!”<br /><br />The smile evaporated, and the mood was slightly frosty thereafter.<br /><br />That was in 1970...things might be different now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-89764288683793573132021-07-12T10:43:30.201-04:002021-07-12T10:43:30.201-04:00Great post.
I vaguely remember Mary,Jane using t(...Great post.<br /><br />I vaguely remember Mary,Jane using t(e word copacetic at some point in ASM #1-175. Can’t pin it down more accurately than that though, I'm afraid.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-578186372132488352021-07-12T10:13:29.426-04:002021-07-12T10:13:29.426-04:00PS Actually, I'm somewhat surprised there aren...PS Actually, I'm somewhat surprised there aren't any references to Thor comics in this piece, but verily Stan's faux Shakespearean was more about grammar than vocabulary. <br />Lo, another post shall that be?<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-81014200049336873722021-07-12T10:04:07.275-04:002021-07-12T10:04:07.275-04:00Well, I already knew the word "poltroon"...Well, I already knew the word "poltroon" from Tintin books Comicsfan, but yes - Stan certainly improved my vocabulary when I was a kid. Who says comics aren't educational?<br /><br />He also gave those of us growing up on the other side of the Atlantic an introduction to (slightly out of date) popular Americanisms.<br />I recall wondering for some time as a youngster who this 'Nuff fella was who said so much.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-70925360952778425282021-07-12T08:48:19.460-04:002021-07-12T08:48:19.460-04:00Two words that I first learned by reading Marvel c...Two words that I first learned by reading Marvel comics are 'intangible' and 'paragon'.<br /><br />But I first heard the word 'perspicacity' on The Simpsons when Lisa says "Oh no, I think I'm losing my perspicacity" and I didn't know what it meant (but the viewers probably weren't supposed to know what it meant as it showed how clever Lisa was). Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-90418239708115731452021-07-12T06:18:34.148-04:002021-07-12T06:18:34.148-04:00Boy are you dead on the money with this post!
I of...Boy are you dead on the money with this post!<br />I often think my excellent vocabulary (as well as a few grammar school spelling bee championships) results from Stan’s love of obscure yet colorful words. <br /><br />YoyoFactory Yoyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322226883823187246noreply@blogger.com