Marvel 1987 Quiz Time!!

Trivia time, true believers!! (Click to embiggen):

Now, I won't say this is obscure stuff, but even I got an extremely poor score on this.

For what it's worth, this was published in June of 1987, so take that into account when considering "heroes and events that have been in prominence over just the last year or so."

And your answers!

From Marvel Age Annual #3 (1987)

Quiz Time--Know Our War Weapons!!

To hell with the Sunday New York Time crossword puzzle--start your lazy Sunday with this quiz!

"Bicycle Troops"?? When the hell can we have a Spielberg movie about our bicycle troops?!?!

From Police Comics #16 (1943)

Friday Morning Quiz Time!!

Uncle Martin, everyone's favorite Martian, has a little quiz for you to ring in the weekend...Good luck!

From My Favorite Martian #4 (1965)

As if You Didn't Already Know The Answers...!

So, as promised, here are the answers to yesterday's scintillating quiz, which asked you to identify the X-Character from their egregiously over-written dialogue.

1) Beast
2) Phoenix (Jean Grey version)
3) Gambit
4) Colossus
5) Sinister
6) Juggernaut
7) Valerie Cooper
8) Havok
9) Moira MacTaggert
10) Banshee
11) Bishop
12) Wolverine
13) Charles Xavier
14) Cyclops

Happy?

BTW, are you as stunned as I that somehow we got no quotes from Nightcrawler & Rogue, to further the "dialect is character" school of X-writing??

X-Men Quote Quiz, Or, Why I Don't Read The X-Titles!

Hey, how about another quiz?

As a hint, I can tell you that this is from X-Men Unlimited #16 (1997). And, because I am a kind and loving Monstrobot, I won't make you come up with the issue the quote is from. Just gimme the character.

Ready? Go!

OK, OK, that one was too easy...

Nah, you won't get this one...

Sigh...if you guys are going to spell out every bit of dialect phonetically, this is going to be a pretty easy quiz...

All right, when you mention their specific mutant powers, that kind of give away the game, no? You're not guessing the mutant from "their choice of words."

Man, that quote pretty much sums up why I don't read the X-titles...

OK, this is a good one...

Meh. You won't get this one. Or maybe you will...

Because we're afraid the metaphor is too subtle, we had to drop the phrase "affirmative action" into there...

Seriously. The X-Franchise's crime against accents and dialects are never-ending.

And "eeewwwww".

Surprisingly subtle on the accent...

Truly, a heart-warming tale.

Oh, c'mon now!

Sigh...

Maybe because you're such a whiny putz...?

Answers, if you need them (or care) provided tomorrow.

Manic Monday--How To Alienate Neighbors And Relatives!

Ready for a Monday morning test?

Oh, don't fret...this is the type of test that can make you money!!

Woo hoo!! I'm on board!! Let's go (with a little help from whoever owned this book before it was exiled to the Quarter Bin):

Sure, we all do!

Well, as long as it's only a little work...

I run a blog--of course they trust me!!

Oh, sorry. You lose.

Let's be honest--I'm reading a Charlton romance comic--what are the odds that I even have neighbors or relatives that I know well??

It's probably for the best--any get-rich-quick-scheme from inside the back cover of a comic book that depended on dumping your goods on neighbors and relatives was probably one to avoid getting involved with...

Ad appeared in Secret Romance #28 (1973)

A Superman Quiz For Your Grandparents (Or Great-Grandparents)!

Remember when DC would give you a comic full of Golden Age stories for a quarter?

No Omnibi, no Absolute, No Chronicles, No Archives, no $100+ book with pages out of order or a binding that breaks easily...just a heapin' helpin' of reprint goodness!!

After all, that's what helped build up the awareness of (and love for) some of the more obscure DC characters--all the damned reprints they ran in the 60s and 70s, cheap enough for everybody to read without skipping a car payment! Continuity confusion be damned!

And DC knew that people would want to read 'em:

Before I was born? Hell, yes!!

$30? Thirty whole dollars?!? OMG!!!

I may be old, but my parents were too young to have read the first Mxyzptlk story (from 1944).

And look:

Superman the most popular action hero of all time?!?! Take that, Batman!!!

But back to the reason we're here:

Again, DC thinks my parents are ancient:

So, kids, see if you, or your parents, or grandparents, or your great-grandparents, can answer these questions:

Spoiler alert: I did pretty poorly on this....

Answers (click to embiggen):

From Superman #183 (1966)

Manic Monday Bonus--I Think They Went And Made The SAT's Too Easy!

Quiz time, kiddies!

Let's test out our science knowledge with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet:

Hmm...

Well, let me see...

Wait a minute, I might have a quibble with the wording here...

Mmm...coal candy!!

And don't stay up too late cramming for this test...

Because apparently, the Space Academy Test is kinda easy...

From Tom Corbett, Space Cadet #2 (1955)

Jimmy Olsen Quiz: The Answers!!

Quiz Time: Can You Tell Your Jimmy Olsens Apart???

All right, Mousketeers--you think that you know Jimmy Olsen?

Well, it's time to put that to the test:

Go ahead...name the artists...

Hint: the quiz was published in Superman Family #173 (1975).

If you're good, I'll print the answers later today...

Manic Monday--The Golden Age I.Q. Test!

From the pages of Aquaman #48 (1969), we present the "Golden Age I.Q. Test." No cheating, please:

And, because we love you, here are the answers: