tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post7544060330399025856..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Undercover Girl underwaterPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-48815670062438730152020-09-17T20:44:54.345-07:002020-09-17T20:44:54.345-07:00I imagined a Grand Whitney Crossover Comic, in whi...I imagined a Grand Whitney Crossover Comic, in which all of the recurring protagonists whom Whitney drew would appear. But then I realized that such a story would require Undercover Girl and any other Whitney heroine to go gaga over Herbie; that was simply too disturbing. <br /><br />Giant clams used to figure large in popular fiction; now there's scarce a giant clam to be found. In any case, the villains should have been able to discern that they were held-back by their anchor, and to respond by cutting the rope. <br /><br />The invention here reminds me of the Overkill Horn, which figured in a Nick Fury story. The Overkill Horn would denonate nuclear bombs where they sat. As a kid and still to-day, I thought that, if I had such a device, then I would effect a demostration, and announce that, in <i>n</i> days I would release the design to the world. The value of <i>n</i> would be chosen to give the nuclear powers just a little more than the minimal time needed to dismantle their nuclear arsenals. But Nick didn't seem to see that possibility; or maybe he saw it but didn't like it, fearing that conventional war would quickly follow. <br /><br />In the case of this UG story, the invention is presented as more like an ABM device, detonating bombs before they reached their targets. But it seems that the underlying technology should work as soon as the warhead were armed, if not before arming; after all, a bomb could have a target very near to the launch site.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com