Comments on: The Owl is wise to the monumental mischief of the Terror Twins! http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684758 Deidzoeb Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684758 I appreciate how these villains still make the effort to wear ties and dress the part. Not like sloppy villains these days. Suppose there's a backup story featuring Rorschach? I appreciate how these villains still make the effort to wear ties and dress the part. Not like sloppy villains these days.

Suppose there’s a backup story featuring Rorschach?

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684472 Jorpho Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684472 Is that a fighter of robots, or a robot that is a fighter?  Or is it... BOTH? Is that a fighter of robots, or a robot that is a fighter?  Or is it… BOTH?

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684426 Christopher Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684426 At first I wasn't reading carefully so I made the mistake of thinking the villains lost their loot on a trip to <i>their</i> grandmother's house. Admittedly that probably would have made a better story. At first I wasn’t reading carefully so I made the mistake of thinking the villains lost their loot on a trip to their grandmother’s house. Admittedly that probably would have made a better story.

]]> By: baronkarza http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684397 baronkarza Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684397 It looks to me like the Owl is the leader of the gang! He's out front in the flashy costume, letting his henchmen do all the lifting. It doesn't look like he intends to stop them, by the way he's smiling. Maybe J. Jonah Jameson was right all along about these costumed adventurers!  By the way, Owl Girl is kinda hot, and I hope she serves them all great martinis on top of their new giant Lincoln Head patio when they get home! It looks to me like the Owl is the leader of the gang! He’s out front in the flashy costume, letting his henchmen do all the lifting. It doesn’t look like he intends to stop them, by the way he’s smiling. Maybe J. Jonah Jameson was right all along about these costumed adventurers! 

By the way, Owl Girl is kinda hot, and I hope she serves them all great martinis on top of their new giant Lincoln Head patio when they get home!

]]> By: brucearthurs http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684357 brucearthurs Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684357 My thought exactly.  Does Lincoln's head vomit up piles of guns on the inside pages> My thought exactly.  Does Lincoln’s head vomit up piles of guns on the inside pages>

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684320 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684320 I can't believe I was actually curious enough to look up this character for more information.   And that he had a sidekick named Owl Girl.   http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/o/owl.htm I can’t believe I was actually curious enough to look up this character for more information.   And that he had a sidekick named Owl Girl.  

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/o/owl.htm

]]> By: Ǥɍǡḩḁᶆ Ӻᴙᴇᴇᴍᴀᴎ http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684314 Ǥɍǡḩḁᶆ Ӻᴙᴇᴇᴍᴀᴎ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684314  "The Origin of Zardoz"  ”The Origin of Zardoz”

]]> By: joegraphix http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684310 joegraphix Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684310 Walter White & Jesse...? Walter White & Jesse…?

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684226 pjcamp Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684226 A renegade heli-moped gang with a Lincoln fetish? I'll wait for the Classic Comic. A renegade heli-moped gang with a Lincoln fetish? I’ll wait for the Classic Comic.

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684196 signsofrain Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684196 The Owl looks like a cross between Nite Owl and Grunkle Stan The Owl looks like a cross between Nite Owl and Grunkle Stan

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684155 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684155 The Flying Menendez Brothers! The Flying Menendez Brothers!

]]> By: jbond http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684141 jbond Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684141 While, The Bee is unaware of the magnaminous politeness of the Sad Clown! While, The Bee is unaware of the magnaminous politeness of the Sad Clown!

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684128 theophrastvs Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684128 comicogenetically unrelated to a character in the watchmen pantheon, ja? comicogenetically unrelated to a character in the watchmen pantheon, ja?

]]> By: Bradley Robinson http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684106 Bradley Robinson Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684106 Gyro-copters seem decidedly lo-tech for a pair of villains that can remove and transport a stone of inestimable mass with red bolts of lightning from an unseen device.  Either that or they're steampunks before steampunking was cool. Gyro-copters seem decidedly lo-tech for a pair of villains that can remove and transport a stone of inestimable mass with red bolts of lightning from an unseen device. 

Either that or they’re steampunks before steampunking was cool.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684099 Preston Sturges Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684099  >>Shared inner torments that cannot be resolved by mere commercial success. Larry Ellison and Bill Gates had to learn that the hard way.  >>Shared inner torments that cannot be resolved by mere commercial success.

Larry Ellison and Bill Gates had to learn that the hard way.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684093 Nadreck Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684093 I had the issue where the villains hauled off their loot in a giant pelican-shaped helicopter.  Lost it on some trip to Grandma's house and have bitterly regretted that ever since. A little known fact is that on the back cover of Owl #1 in the "In the next exciting episode" feature the special guest villains (a bunch of guys in bird masks) are seen boasting of their up-coming crime wave in some verse decorated with musical notes.  Yes, a bunch of gangsters boasting to music!  Not only did Jerry Siegel invent Superman; he invented gangsta rap as well!! "I'm the Pelican Plane and I've got the loot  It's good you came or you'd get the boot!  You tell'em Eagle, cause you're backed by the Vulture.  He's for the birds!  His crimes all lack culture!" - Thanks to comic scholar Abie the Fish Peddler I had the issue where the villains hauled off their loot in a giant pelican-shaped helicopter.  Lost it on some trip to Grandma’s house and have bitterly regretted that ever since.

A little known fact is that on the back cover of Owl #1 in the “In the next exciting episode” feature the special guest villains (a bunch of guys in bird masks) are seen boasting of their up-coming crime wave in some verse decorated with musical notes.  Yes, a bunch of gangsters boasting to music!  Not only did Jerry Siegel invent Superman; he invented gangsta rap as well!!

“I’m the Pelican Plane and I’ve got the loot
 It’s good you came or you’d get the boot!
 You tell’em Eagle, cause you’re backed by the Vulture.
 He’s for the birds!  His crimes all lack culture!”

- Thanks to comic scholar Abie the Fish Peddler

]]> By: Nell Anvoid http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684090 Nell Anvoid Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684090 If it weren't for those halloween skull front pieces on the cycle-copters, the twins would look more codgerly than terrible. Just saying... If it weren’t for those halloween skull front pieces on the cycle-copters, the twins would look more codgerly than terrible. Just saying…

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684082 Preston Sturges Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684082 Definitely a step down from "Magnus, Robot Fighter" Definitely a step down from “Magnus, Robot Fighter”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684075 Brainspore Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684075 That's just so the Terror Twins have a false sense of security until they get cornered by Rorschach, who subsequently breaks all their fingers and toes with a ball-peen hammer. That’s just so the Terror Twins have a false sense of security until they get cornered by Rorschach, who subsequently breaks all their fingers and toes with a ball-peen hammer.

]]> By: fredh http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684068 fredh Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684068 I'm guessing then that those are the skulls of their parents on the front of the bikes. Too dark? C'mon, these are the TERROR TWINS. I say not dark enough. I’m guessing then that those are the skulls of their parents on the front of the bikes. Too dark? C’mon, these are the TERROR TWINS. I say not dark enough.

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684065 jandrese Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684065 I love how the Owl's pose is all "I fell out of an airplane" and his expression is of mild confusion. I love how the Owl’s pose is all “I fell out of an airplane” and his expression is of mild confusion.

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684062 PhosPhorious Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684062  I was going to say that. . .  that's obviously Rusty Venture on the left.  I was going to say that. . .  that’s obviously Rusty Venture on the left.

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684061 PhosPhorious Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684061 He don't look wise. . .  He don’t look wise. . . 

]]> By: Timothy Krause http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684052 Timothy Krause Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684052 How can they be properly styled Twins when one of them is eyeless?  How can they be properly styled Twins when one of them is eyeless? 

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684040 Stefan Jones Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684040  If you look carefully, the "twins" are wearing very different outfits, and are riding different-colored HoverCycles. I imagine this is a rebellion against their mother, who made them dress in identical cutesy-pie outfits until they were 17. In any case, they clearly have issues. Shared inner torments that cannot be resolved by mere commercial success.  If you look carefully, the “twins” are wearing very different outfits, and are riding different-colored HoverCycles.

I imagine this is a rebellion against their mother, who made them dress in identical cutesy-pie outfits until they were 17.

In any case, they clearly have issues. Shared inner torments that cannot be resolved by mere commercial success.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684041 gwailo_joe Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684041 Why bother with propellers if anti-gravity tech has been developed? In fact, if levitating a massive stone Lincoln head is possible with a seemingly miniscule device; why have bikes at all?  Just fly freely, like...an owl! So much going on here; I can only imagine the awesomeness of the four color 32 pages this captivating cover contains! Why bother with propellers if anti-gravity tech has been developed?

In fact, if levitating a massive stone Lincoln head is possible with a seemingly miniscule device; why have bikes at all?  Just fly freely, like…an owl!

So much going on here; I can only imagine the awesomeness of the four color 32 pages this captivating cover contains!

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684036 Stefan Jones Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684036 "I'm writing scripts for 'The Owl' . . . for Gold Key comics . . . I've just got to say to myself . . . 'My God, what have I done?'" “I’m writing scripts for ‘The Owl’ . . . for Gold Key comics . . . I’ve just got to say to myself . . . ‘My God, what have I done?’”

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684014 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684014 I don't understand most supervillains, honestly.  Why would you steal Lincoln's head when you can just start selling flying motorcycles and make billions?  Or, hell, start a company that specializes in earth moving and demolitions using your fancy tractor beams?  If a crew of two can move that much at a time you could underbid everyone else and still have ridiculous margins. I don’t understand most supervillains, honestly.  Why would you steal Lincoln’s head when you can just start selling flying motorcycles and make billions?  Or, hell, start a company that specializes in earth moving and demolitions using your fancy tractor beams?  If a crew of two can move that much at a time you could underbid everyone else and still have ridiculous margins.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684015 Christopher Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684015 The Owl appears mildly amused by the antics of the Terror Twins. Maybe he's thinking, "Where are they gonna sell that, and what does a giant Lincoln head go for these days?" Or maybe he's embarrassed because he's just realized he's naked under his cape. The Owl appears mildly amused by the antics of the Terror Twins. Maybe he’s thinking, “Where are they gonna sell that, and what does a giant Lincoln head go for these days?”

Or maybe he’s embarrassed because he’s just realized he’s naked under his cape.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/the-owl-is-wise-to-the-monumen.html#comment-1684003 Brainspore Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219932#comment-1684003 He'll teach those guys not to litter! He’ll teach those guys not to litter!

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