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caiusbackup) wrote2004-12-21 11:18 pm
caiusbackup) wrote2004-12-21 11:18 pm
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The Joys of Who's Who and Golden Age Hero/Sidekick Relationships
The Who's Who entry for Golden Age heroes T.N.T. and Dan the Dyna-Mite made me giggle uncontrollably. Some excerpts:
One evening while [Thomas H., aka Tex, aka T.N.T.] Thomas and [Daniel, aka Dan the Dyna-Mite] Dunbar were working on an experiment, Thomas' hand accidentally touched Dunbar's, and both teacher and student suddenly found themselves feeling much stronger....By touching each other, Thomas and Dunbar became charged with atomic energy and briefly possessed super-powers. They decided not to reveal their discovery publicly for fear it would be misused.
....T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite began to lose control of their powers and emit deadly radiation uncontrollably. Their powers grew so that if T.N.T and Dyna-Mite touched each other, a devastating explosion would result. T.N.T. went to the "bottle city" of Kandor for help, while Dyna-Mite went to live in a special chamber in Atlantis. It is unclear what happened to T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite after 1943 now that history has been changed in the "crisis on infinite earths."
from Who's Who #24, February 1987
They gain their superpowers by touching each other. Later, their touching triggers devastating explosions! The sheer subtext!
ETA: Linked to scan of full page.
One evening while [Thomas H., aka Tex, aka T.N.T.] Thomas and [Daniel, aka Dan the Dyna-Mite] Dunbar were working on an experiment, Thomas' hand accidentally touched Dunbar's, and both teacher and student suddenly found themselves feeling much stronger....By touching each other, Thomas and Dunbar became charged with atomic energy and briefly possessed super-powers. They decided not to reveal their discovery publicly for fear it would be misused.
....T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite began to lose control of their powers and emit deadly radiation uncontrollably. Their powers grew so that if T.N.T and Dyna-Mite touched each other, a devastating explosion would result. T.N.T. went to the "bottle city" of Kandor for help, while Dyna-Mite went to live in a special chamber in Atlantis. It is unclear what happened to T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite after 1943 now that history has been changed in the "crisis on infinite earths."
from Who's Who #24, February 1987
They gain their superpowers by touching each other. Later, their touching triggers devastating explosions! The sheer subtext!
ETA: Linked to scan of full page.
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(This is still probably not going to get him interested in Danny, who was fourteen at the time, but is there plenty of room to speculate about Danny's feelings? Oh yeah.)
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*HAHAHAHA* No. You are SO MAKING THAT UP.
....... You're really not, are you.
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(For example, I would also not be making it up if I told you that YOUNG ALL-STARS also featured a fur-clad Native American called the Flying Fox who was meant as a thematic replacement for the Golden Age Batman...)