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The Overlord · Paradiso Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1095

Wilbur Day died a whle ago, so I thought I would ask if there was any way Stilt-Man could have fit in the post Miller DD world, besides as a joke?

Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

Have a psychotic killer escape from a mental asylum and stumble in a refuge where the late Wilbur Day was storing what would've been the ultimate version of his stilt-man armor, meant for his grand revanche. Complete with multiple lasers, buzz saws, missiles and flamethrower, not to mention improved adamantium plating, hyper-sophisticated stabilizing system and other enhancements.

Then, have him on a killing spree with said armor. Be sure to depict him as a bloodthirsty sadistic f**k, and to show innocent shredded by lasers (ala Resident Evil Movie), torched alive, crushed by the hydraulic stilts.

Then throw DD in the middle.

Oh, and... be sure to have the psycho kill Becky Blake.

comic boy genius · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: stilt man

How could one revamp Stilt man? T he guy even had Adamatium stilts at one stage but todefeat him you just knocked the guy off balance.Maybe if his stilts were more flexable and he did more than just raise or lower the stilts.I belive it is posasible to revamp the character with a fresh beginning and modified stilts with guns or something.Give the guy some "little man " syndrone to provide a reason why he likes to tower over the meek.His armour definitly needs some thing as its like watching the speeders circle the walker from the Empire Strikes Back .Well thats my two cents worth cheers comic boy genius

jumonji · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:10 am Post subject:

Yeah, revamping Stilt-man is a bit of a challenge. First of all, he has one major handicap in the supervillain department - he's incredibly silly-looking. Yeah, I know, there are other silly-looking villains, but Stilt-man is just... Well, it hard to respect the guy. And unless you do something about those long legs/stilts, all you really need to do is trip him and he'll fall over.

I'm sure a great writer could give him a make-over and do something with him (if he weren't dead), but the question is, why would anyone want to? It's not like there's some big vacuum for him to fill. And may I suggest some other villains I never want to see back on the pages of Daredevil? The Unholy Three. Animal costumes aren't really doing it for me...
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The Overlord · Paradiso Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1095

Gloria · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

Well, Stilt-man could be pretty scary

Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

Gloria, you want Stilt-man as a scary villain? Better be careful what you wish for. Because once he becomes scary he will necessarily do scary stuff.

Gloria · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject:

No, I just was pointing as an example of the past which Typolad just extracted from an old issue (click, click).

The Black Widow was scared, Typolad was scared, and the scene also scares the beejeezus outta me.
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The Overlord · Paradiso Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1095

Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

Dirty off-screen stuff.

jumonji · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I don't want to think about how there might be a third stilt in there somewhere. And I can't belive I actually wrote that "out loud." Shocked

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Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

Well, thank you for having said that for me. Wink

jumonji · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

jumonji · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:20 am Post subject:

This is kind of a fun list:

Top ten ways DD has defeated Stilt-man (from the Daredevil Resource).
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The Overlord · Paradiso Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1095

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