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jumonji Guardian Devil
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Francesco wrote: | Nice stuff, but #10 is debatable. |
Actually, I think #10 is one of those things that creators have often missed (sort of like #11, by the way ), but I believe that the traditional portrayal of the character is as a south paw. I guess you could argue that, like many left-handed people, he's relatively ambidextrous. Suits me better than blaming sloppy continuity.
Nice list, blacktyphoid! _________________ The Other Murdock Papers |
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Matt's left handed? Since when? I don't doubt it's true but I'm just surprised that I never knew that. _________________ JC
So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing? |
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Francesco Underboss
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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But in fact he isn't. I thought so too, but I saw several examples of him using his right hand to write. |
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blacktyphoid Playing to the Camera
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Dimetre wrote: | Also in regards to #1, the Hulk debuted in his own comic, but maybe he's not regarded as a superhero? |
Hmmm, okay...Let's say Marvel's first COSTUMED superhero.
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Francesco Underboss
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Another factoid: There was a time DD's Billy-club was equipped with high potency mortar projectiles. |
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blacktyphoid Playing to the Camera
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Francesco wrote: | Another factoid: There was a time DD's Billy-club was equipped with high potency mortar projectiles. |
...and vitamin pills!
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Francesco wrote: | But in fact he isn't. I thought so too, but I saw several examples of him using his right hand to write. |
But is there ever a point in the book where he's referred to as left handed? _________________ JC
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blacktyphoid Playing to the Camera
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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blacktyphoid wrote: |
7) No less than four of DD's girl friends have died: Elektra, Heather Glenn, Glorianna O'Breen and Karen Page. Two others have been tortured: Black Widow and Milla Donovan.
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One modification to add to this point, so that it now reads as follows:
7) No less than four of DD's girl friends have died: Elektra, Heather Glenn, Glorianna O'Breen and Karen Page. Two others have been tortured: Black Widow and Milla Donovan. And one girl friend tortured him: Typhoid Mary Walker.
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Dash Flying Blind
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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With his super senses, I'm pretty sure he's ambidextrous.
What's Matt Murdock's middle name? I tried looking it up but couldn't find it. |
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Francesco Underboss
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Michael. |
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Dash Flying Blind
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Oh. yeah...
whats that from though? |
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Francesco Underboss
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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My DD-fu is a little rusty, but I think early Miller's run. |
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blacktyphoid Playing to the Camera
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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james castle wrote: | Francesco wrote: | But in fact he isn't. I thought so too, but I saw several examples of him using his right hand to write. |
But is there ever a point in the book where he's referred to as left handed? |
No. I don't think so. At least I haven't seen it. I base my statement on evidence that is far more circumstantial. Here it is:
In Westerns, right handed gunslingers always drew their weapons from holsters on their right thigh. In a gunfight, it made no sense for a right handed gunslinger to have to reach around his body to grab a gun strapped to his left thigh. By the time he tries, he dies. There's a natural anatomical connection: right hand = right thigh.
On that iconic, first ever Kirby/Everett cover of DD vol. 1, no. 1, it clearly shows Daredevil's left hand reaching into a holster strapped to his left thigh to grab his billy club. To me, that demonstrates that Daredevil, right from the get-go, was intended to be a left handed superhero. Left hand = left thigh - like the gunslinger, that's the quickest, easiest way to grab his billy club. And for a superhero who spends a disproportionate amount of his time travelling across New York on his billly club, he's got to be quick or he dies.
Therefore - and Kuljit take note of this point - Daredevil was unique for TWO physically-related reasons:
1) he has an impairment (blind)
2) he's left handed.
Any rate, that's my theory.
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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blacktyphoid wrote: | james castle wrote: | Francesco wrote: | But in fact he isn't. I thought so too, but I saw several examples of him using his right hand to write. |
But is there ever a point in the book where he's referred to as left handed? |
No. I don't think so. At least I haven't seen it. I base my statement on evidence that is far more circumstantial. Here it is:
In Westerns, right handed gunslingers always drew their weapons from holsters on their right thigh. In a gunfight, it made no sense for a right handed gunslinger to have to reach around his body to grab a gun strapped to his left thigh. By the time he tries, he dies. There's a natural anatomical connection: right hand = right thigh.
On that iconic, first ever Kirby/Everett cover of DD vol. 1, no. 1, it clearly shows Daredevil's left hand reaching into a holster strapped to his left thigh to grab his billy club. To me, that demonstrates that Daredevil, right from the get-go, was intended to be a left handed superhero. Left hand = left thigh - like the gunslinger, that's the quickest, easiest way to grab his billy club. And for a superhero who spends a disproportionate amount of his time travelling across New York on his billly club, he's got to be quick or he dies.
Therefore - and Kuljit take note of this point - Daredevil was unique for TWO physically-related reasons:
1) he has an impairment (blind)
2) he's left handed.
Any rate, that's my theory.
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Errr. I thought it was Random Daredevil Facts, not Random Daredevil Theories People Have Based on Very Little Evidence. _________________ JC
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blacktyphoid Playing to the Camera
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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james castle wrote: | blacktyphoid wrote: | james castle wrote: | Francesco wrote: | But in fact he isn't. I thought so too, but I saw several examples of him using his right hand to write. |
But is there ever a point in the book where he's referred to as left handed? |
No. I don't think so. At least I haven't seen it. I base my statement on evidence that is far more circumstantial. Here it is:
In Westerns, right handed gunslingers always drew their weapons from holsters on their right thigh. In a gunfight, it made no sense for a right handed gunslinger to have to reach around his body to grab a gun strapped to his left thigh. By the time he tries, he dies. There's a natural anatomical connection: right hand = right thigh.
On that iconic, first ever Kirby/Everett cover of DD vol. 1, no. 1, it clearly shows Daredevil's left hand reaching into a holster strapped to his left thigh to grab his billy club. To me, that demonstrates that Daredevil, right from the get-go, was intended to be a left handed superhero. Left hand = left thigh - like the gunslinger, that's the quickest, easiest way to grab his billy club. And for a superhero who spends a disproportionate amount of his time travelling across New York on his billly club, he's got to be quick or he dies.
Therefore - and Kuljit take note of this point - Daredevil was unique for TWO physically-related reasons:
1) he has an impairment (blind)
2) he's left handed.
Any rate, that's my theory.
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Errr. I thought it was Random Daredevil Facts, not Random Daredevil Theories People Have Based on Very Little Evidence. |
For a change, try to add something constructive to a dialogue, rather than acting like a **** moron. |
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