tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post9021068656214171874..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 2114: Human Bomb’s explosive originPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-21503758932004727052017-10-16T15:49:18.640-07:002017-10-16T15:49:18.640-07:00IMO the Human Bomb is one of those characters wher...IMO the Human Bomb is one of those characters where the author was just blue-skying his ideas, and not really giving much thought as to how the ideas would work in a regular series.<br /><br />As the series wears on it gets more and more comic in tone. It's never a million laughs, but it has a few loony moments.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-52858878531391312852017-10-14T01:50:53.120-07:002017-10-14T01:50:53.120-07:00At some point, Roy's explosion-powers were con...At some point, Roy's explosion-powers were concentrated into his hands, freeing him from the "fibro-wax" suit. He had to wear gloves all the time, slipping them off when he wanted to punch someone/something. <br /><br />Even the Human Bomb got one of those silly sidekicks that almost all Golden Age heroes had (if they weren't flitting about with a young boy). Pathetic wimp Hustace Throckmorton received an emergency blood transfusion from Roy and subsequently gained identical powers; however, Throckmorton's explosive force generated specifically from his feet. (Hustace was replaced for two issues by the Bombardiers, a trio of young folks with similar powers. It was never explained how they got those powers, nor did we find out why they disappeared.) <br /><br />The hit manga/anime <i>My Hero Academia</i> features many characters clearly inspired by DC/Marvel superheroes and amazingly the Human Bomb is among them; perpetually-angry Katsuki Bakugo secretes a "nitroglycerin-like substance in his palms" which he can detonate at will with desired force from a series of sparks to a burst powerful enough to level a building. He can even propel himself through the air in this fashion. Apparently he was born tough enough to not be reduced to a deaf, blind, mindless puddle of flesh-soup by his lifelong use (and abuse) of this talent without any protection whatsoever. One wonders why Roy's ears didn't even ring.BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-73603422459424471662017-10-13T13:38:24.286-07:002017-10-13T13:38:24.286-07:00What, they didn't show the evil spy being blow...What, they didn't show the evil spy being blown to bits? That why I read these rags!<br /><br />As you said, the costume is a really bad idea. It's bulky, you can't show expressions very well, and the pure white is just eye jarring. It's actually an interesting power (and I assume he's bullet proof because the bullets explode when they contact with him, though I don't remember them explaining that.) That said, he doesn't really use it in an interesting way, he only threatens and kills with it. It's a clever power, but no cleverness in the story!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-62792963922767506642017-10-13T01:47:31.464-07:002017-10-13T01:47:31.464-07:00Perhaps I'm a philistine, but I have always li...Perhaps I'm a philistine, but I have always liked the coloring of these comic books, when it was applied to work of the sort that was being done by the artists of the Eisner-Iger shop. <br /><br />But the Human Bomb has always seemed a poor character. He's a one-trick pony in an indeed very boring costume. <br /><br />None-the-less, I wish that I'd been the one to see how Nietzsche's formula could be applied to the origins of some superheroes!Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com