John Hays
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 October 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 20
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| Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | 1
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John: where do you draw the line in your "legacy" theory? I mean, by some
of the arguments you are putting forth, you could say that the Gladiator
who fights Daredevil and the Gladiator who is a member of the Shiar
empire have a "legacy" relationship, just because they have the same
name.
Or the Cyborg who is a member of the Teen Titans has a legacy
relationship with the Cyborg who battled Superman.
Or the Catain Marvel who died of Cancer to be related to a certain Billy
Batson.
Sometimes a shared name is just a shared name. For it to be a legacy,
wouldn't there have to be an attempt to fulfill / continue that legacy (a la
Phantom - handed down)? Are Dave Pruitt and I legacy relations?
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Yeah, I admit there probably would have to be at least SOME intention by the person coming afterward to carry on the name of the previous one. That's why I said what I did about Hal Jordan in an earlier post.
I'm not all the familiar with the origin of the silver age Atom, so I don't know for sure if he was honoring Al Pratt or not.
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