And Furthermore
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 @ 12:00 am | Bad Science, Cliches, Freudian Images, Starman, What Were They Thinking
Why’s it even called a Gravity Rod, anyway?
It’s got nothing to do with gravity, as we can see from the above. Indeed, it should be a star rod, no (and eventually, it gets called a “cosmic rod”).
You can all guess how it works, right?
It’s a stellar-powered-vibrating-gravity-phallus that works… magnetically.
It’s almost like the creator of Starman traveled forward in time, read this site, and created the perfect item of mockery.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Bah ha ha ha ha! I love it!
I have to wonder why so many comics were pulled into the allure of magnetism as a mechanism for everything. It's almost like some force was attracting them to it…
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:31 pm
It seems like it was the Golden Age equivalent of the Silver Age's nuclear energy or the modern age's genetic engineering.
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
That lower left hand corner panel up top is so clearly not drawn by the artist who did the rest, I can only assume it marks the first published work of Bryan Hitch.
And, can I just ask, what good is a mask that doesn't cover your face?
February 4th, 2010 at 12:06 am
“It’s almost like the creator of Starman traveled forward in time, read this site, and created the perfect item of mockery.” In fact, we even have what surely is a martian moon in panel 3. This one's too good… xD
Anyway, the thug looks like he's in the middle of a “Smooth Criminal” dancing performance.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:46 am
You've developed a cheap, compact anti-gravity device that recharges itself from an effectively limitless source of energy. What do you do with this technology?
In the real world, you patent it and license it to government and industry, becoming the world's richest man and changing the face of global technology and politics.
In the comics, you build one unit, put on a bright circus costume, and fly around zapping random thugs.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:09 am
Y-ow-ww!!!!!!!!!
February 4th, 2010 at 11:56 am
So it uses the power of the stars magnetically….
Boy Im glad that the nutty Starman doesn't use that thing…..he'd probably notice the phallic nature and make fun of it every chance he got.
February 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Was this before or after the Mary Tyler Moore show?
February 25th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Longtime reader, first time commenter… rather late on the ball, but ah well.
Is it just me who sees the text in the second panel and thinks 'male escort' rather than 'superhero'?
“Now for some action!”, indeed.
February 26th, 2010 at 1:35 am
Longtime reader, first time commenter… rather late on the ball, but ah well.rnrnIs it just me who sees the text in the second panel and thinks ‘male escort’ rather than ‘superhero’?rnrn”Now for some action!”, indeed.