Who is the Lamplighter, you ask? Good question. Let’s look at his origin!
Also, yet another example of someone who could have been insanely rich just by using the thing that gave him his powers.
What an Origin!
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8 responses to “What an Origin!”
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This looks like a job for… Dr Mid-Nite!
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Who is the Lamplighter, you ask?
No, not really.
Good question.
Um.
Let’s look at his origin!
Oh, good grief. I hope this doesn’t involve his parents having sex.
*reads*
“Stimulate the organs of sight”? That’s certainly more than this art is doing.
Still, you gotta love how comic book scientists can instantly grasp and utilize the wholly unexpected and wildly improbable phenomena they encounter, yet they can’t think of a way to monetize them.
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Oh, lordy…that explanation, it hurts my brain. That’s not how the eye works, that not how the brain works, that’s not how light works, that’s not how ANYTHING WORKS.
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Great. Electromagnetism again.
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In the second panel, the doc looks like he’s auditioning for the role of floating head in Zardoz!
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One has to wonder if good ol’ Doc’s difficulties with his experiments are as related to his sight impairment as to the fact that it’s extremely difficult to do any precision work whilst keeping one of your hands busy holding an ancient lantern, regardless of how “ultra” is the light it produces.
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Wouldn’t it be simpler to … I dunno … hire an assistant, Doc?
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It certainly seems large enough for Sean Connery to crawl into.
That’s an ugly mug even by the not-so-pretty standards of GLs world.
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