Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Captain America and The Flash in: The Malevolent Return of Mopee!"

 


Mopee was a magical Imp supposedly responsible for granting Barry Allen his speed powers in a story so immediately rejected by Silver Age readers that he was barely ever mentioned again.  I was surprised when adding the labels to this post, that I had already featured Mopee once on this blog, way back in 2010, and had completely forgotten about it.  I guess that's another tale of his that's been erased from memory!

Captain America and The Flash previously shared an adventure in STF #726...

24 comments:

betajoe4306 said...

don't make mopee angery....you wouldn't like him if he was er...oops wrong guy....never mind....lol

MarchHareSupreme said...

I only saw Mopee once, in a comic parody. Where was this image from?

Bob Greenwade said...

It might be interesting to see Mopee show up on The Flash to "reveal" his involvement, only to have Mxyzptlk show up and bust him for lying.

Other than that, though... yeah, let's wait another decade before we remember him again.

Is the Red Skull/MODOK mashup from a What If...?, or from Marvel's recent self-mashup event?

Ross said...

Bob, it's From the awesome Assistant Editor's Month!

Ross said...

MarchHare, from his original appearance, I assume

Carycomic said...

I agree with you and my fellow Silver Agers, Ross. Mopee would've been going to the mischievous extra-dimensional alien well, once too often, for DC. I also remember (quite fondly) your Flash trilogy from 2014!
I now wonder if that "demon" might have been the ghost of the Joker from DC's "Dark Matters" multiverse? The one killed off by He-Who-Became-The-Batman-Who-Laughs.

If so, might I humbly suggest a future cover featuring the latter versus...Lord Voldemort? If only to see which of them would be forced to play anti-hero!

det_Tobor said...

Cary said a mouthful in a couple words. DC found Mxyzptlk worked with Superman so Batman got Bat-Mite, Aquaman was given Quisp and Flash got a wet noodle of a Beyonder.
(Tho Martian Manhunter did get Zook.) The irony being with all these magical beings, the then hero of magic, Wonder Woman, never got her own imppet. ((Did the F.F.'s Impossible Man fit in this group?))

Nice to see the Red Sink again.( They threw in everything else that month.)

emsley wyatt said...

I remember the Mopee story. Dumb!!!!!

alxjhnsn said...

Here’s my master list of imp or imp-like side-kick/adversaries:

Companions to DC Super-Heroes

These were clearly "5th dimensional" beings:
Superman - Mxyzptlk
Batman - Bat-Mite
Aquaman - Quisp
Johnny Thunder - Yz, the Thunderbolt

It's less certain that these were:
Wonder Woman - Moon O'Day (twice)
The Flash - Mopee (once and quickly forgotten)

Probably an alien, but …
The Challengers of the Unknown - Cosmo
Martian Manhunter - Zook

alxjhnsn said...

Wonder Woman had Moon O’Day, a leprechaun.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/moon-oday/4005-121918/

Paul Green said...

As a huge SA Flash fan, I am relieved that I never encountered Mopee in any stories I read! I remember an origin story about a "flash force" of some sort, where Barry happened to be the next in line for the power! I also reject it for canonical Flash story! But I still enjoy Flash whenever you work him into a cover with a good costar or villian or situation!

Bradley Walker said...

And, of course, Flash comics have used "Mopee" (unsure of spelling) as an illegal narcotic.

Unknown said...

What, where, and how did the Red Skull and MODOK get mashed together?

Bob Greenwade said...

Totally off topic, an idea inspired by a title: Hank McCoy and Zorro, in "The Mark of the Beast!"

Brother Kellymatthew said...

M.O.D.O.G.S MENTAL ORGANISM DESIGNED ONLY for GOOSE STEPPING.

Bobbo said...

How about a patriotic issue with Cap, Wonder Woman, Super Patriot and the Shield?

Glenn said...

As a kid I read that comic and memory went into bit bucket; even with me rereading my entire Flash collection with originals as far back as #109 I do not remember the character Mopee. That is one special superpower.

Alec Semicognito said...

Don't forget the imp-like Great Gazoo from The Flintstones.

Horsefeathers riding on the wind said...

Wait till Alan Moore does Mopee.

Anonymous said...

Let me get this straight: Aquaman once battled a Post Cereal mascot?!

Carycomic said...

@Anonymous:

1) Wrong Quisp.

2) And he worked for Quaker Oats!

Brother Kellymatthew said...

@Glenn don't forget Miss & MS Victory (AC/Americomics) Liberty Belle (DC Comics) Miss America (Public Domain) Liberty Girl (Heroic Publishing).

Anonymous said...

Dear BKM: that was Bobbo's suggestion. Not Glenn's.

Anonymous said...

@Unknown: at a head shop?

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