Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The Question Vs. The Answer



This is a match up that I have gotten a few different requests for.  I have to admit that I had forgotten about The Answer, he never really rose to the top of Spider-Man's rogues gallery.  Get a kick out of that costume, it just screams the 80's.  I have to believe that metallic thigh high boots would be tough to move around in.
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22 comments:

  1. CarycomicSeptember 17, 2019 at 7:31 AM

    Yes-yes-YES!!! :-D

    Thank you, Ross. It seems like forever ago that I requested this pairing. But, you have finally justified my faith in the virtue of being generically patient.

    As for the difficulty of moving around in thigh-high boots? Given that the Answer's super-power is to spontaneously develop whatever ability he needs to counter some otherwise insurmountable obstacle, I'd say he's probably either using telekinetic levitation or generating anti-gravitons.

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  2. Anony mouseSeptember 17, 2019 at 8:55 AM

    You mean The Answer is blowing in the wind? What does he do when he goes against The Taskmaster? That IS the Question!

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  3. SimreeveSeptember 17, 2019 at 9:37 AM

    Carycomic said...

    "Given that the Answer's super-power is to spontaneously develop whatever ability he needs to counter some otherwise insurmountable obstacle"

    i wonder whether he's an ancestor of Nemesis Kid? Matching him against the latter's archfoe the LSH's Karate kid (who spend some time in [what was then] the present day, after all...) could be interesting.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 10:02 AM

    Good question, Simreeve. But, that, in turn, raises an even more interesting question. Could Element Lad's people have been descended from Metamorpho via Space Ranger's wife (nee Myra Mason II)?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 10:03 AM

    oh yEah, for those who don't know, the Question is back in lois lane.

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  6. emsley wyattSeptember 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM

    Darn, someone beat me to the Dylan reference. Still, I kind of remember The Question but was not familiar with The Answer at all.

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  7. Alec SemicognitoSeptember 17, 2019 at 10:41 AM

    Maybe the Question will challenge the Answer to a riddle contest.

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  8. Bob GreenwadeSeptember 17, 2019 at 10:58 AM

    As the most recent person to post this request, I'm very happy to see t his match-up. The names just scream for it; on Earth-STF, these two would have to be arch-foes.

    Once Spider-Man eventually returns to the MCU (given this guy's connections to HYDRA, or in this case the organization's remnants), I think that the Answer would be a good choice of villain. The costume designer probably should rethink those boots, of course.

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  9. Comment Deleted could not haveSeptember 17, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    There's always the new way to look at things. Jeopardy puts the answer in the form of the question and the question is the answer. See how the two of them work that situation out.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 12:01 PM

    They could have a Face Off. ;)

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 12:18 PM

    @my namesake: Imagine what complications might ensue if a Space Phantom from Limbo alternatly impersonated both the Question and the Answer!

    Ross would have to entitle it..."Double Jeopardy."

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 5:27 PM

    or, "final jeopardy".

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  13. IsaacSeptember 17, 2019 at 8:08 PM

    Wow, such a cool cover and great comments. Here's one I don't think you've done Ross. How about Pennywise the clown vs Pennyworth the butler.

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  14. CarycomicSeptember 18, 2019 at 8:01 AM

    Pretty good, Isaac. :-)

    That way, Ross could entitle it... "In For A Penny."

    Unless, of course, he's saving that for an Inspector Gadget team-up with "Inch High, Private Eye" and "Agent Tom of T.H.U.M.B." ?

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  15. IsaacSeptember 18, 2019 at 10:04 AM

    Only if they're rescuing the Pound Puppies! :-)

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 9:56 PM

    You mean, to keep them from being turned into M.A.D. dogs?

    ;-)

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  17. IsaacSeptember 19, 2019 at 1:33 PM

    Wow, that's ruff! ;-)

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  18. CarycomicSeptember 19, 2019 at 4:56 PM

    Then, you better get "reddy."' Cuz, here they come!

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  19. CarycomicSeptember 20, 2019 at 9:46 AM

    Sorry! There's just no resisting some Temptations. ;-D

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  20. cbishopSeptember 23, 2019 at 12:43 AM

    I have ALWAYS wanted to see this crossover happen. Wordplay-wise, it's a no-brainer.

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2019 at 12:04 PM

    Only a hypothetical numbskull would fail to realize that. ;-)

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2019 at 2:43 PM

    OOOPS! I thought this was STF #2712. I guess that makes _me_ the hypothetical numbskull.

    X-D

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