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So THAT’S Where He Got The Idea!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 @ 12:00 am | Bad Science, The Spectre, What Were They Thinking

One of the most interesting modes of transportation for a Silver Age hero turns out to have Golden Age roots:

I always loved the Bad Science of the Silver Age Atom traveling through the telephone wire, and like it even more now.

TELEPHONES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

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  • Guys? The Spectre is magic. Making fun of the science in the strip is kind of beside the point.
  • If he's a ghost, he's supposed to be non-corporal so why does he have to shrink himself? He has no substance... That's some bad "ghost-science". And ghost or not, telephones do not work that way.
  • madwoman
    Is it just me, or does the Spectre look just like the Phantom with a cape?
  • Who drew this? A five year old? Or has the Spectre travelled to a world full of disfigured mutants?
  • Naryldor
    Well, what did you expect of a world were people don't freak out at the sight of tights-clad little men creeping in or out of phones' handsets?
  • Dr. Novakaine
    I wonder how the Spectre would do this in today's world, where cell phones have become the primary phone source for many people.
  • He'd handle it exactly the same as seen here. Remember, being in radio contact is just like having a wire attached, to the point of channeling lightning bolts from your remote-controlled robot into your hidden base.
  • Dierna
    There was an ep of Batman Brave and the Bold where Atom did the same thing and confused the heck out of Aquaman. *lol*
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