OFF: Anime, Tick, Ambush Bug, Spawn

[Hall, Russell J]

Lets not forget his super power - he does have one you know.  He teleports.

He is also the head of the Superman fan club - the hero he idolizes most.

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> From:         Andrew A. Apold[SMTP:mordru at FLITE.NET]
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> Sent:         Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:52 PM
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> Subject:      Re: OFF: Anime, Tick, Ambush Bug, Spawn
>
> ><<"When a nice clean brain tumbles to the dirty street to lie among the
> >discarded wrappers and spat out gum wads of wickedness, you can't just
> pick
> >it and wash it off with soap and water; you gotta think it clean from the
> >inside out." - The Tick>>
> >
> >
> >Ambush Bug?
> >>Who is this Ambush Bug?  Sounds right up my alley.
>
> Well, his origin goes like this:
>
> The Secret Origin of Ambush Bug:
> We thunk him up!
>
> okay, well, there is another version, involving a wardrobe
> sent from a doomed planet that got bitten by a giant cosmic
> radioactive space spider....
>
> He's one of those where he knows he's in a comic, and treats
> it as a job (and often gets fired).  Among more amusing characters:
>
> Villian the Villain.  Took his name to teach people the proper
> way to spell "Villain".
>
> Argh! Yle, evilest of socks.  Ambush bug left behind one item of
> clothing from the wardrobe of Brum-El, a sock which achieved
> sentience and vowed revenge.  He could animate other abandoned
> socks to do his bidding.
>
> Cheeks, the Toy Wonder.  A stuffed doll.  Was killed when Ambush
> Bug left him next to a bomb with orders to defuse it.
>
> Jonni DC - this DC mascot appears frequently as a continuity cop.
>
> Darkseid - issue after issue, the last page featured a cliffhanger
> confrontation with Darkside, promising the next issue to be
> "When Titans Clash" (the most over-used title in comic-history)
>
> ..........
>
> In particular, if you like to see a universe skewered (far better
> than any of the "Sergio Aragones destroys the (insert name)
> Universe", and at least as good as the Fred Hembeck versions,
> Ambush Bug's "History of the DC Universe" (Ambush Bug (1st series
> issue 3)) was incredible.  All the characters DC tried to shove
> under the rug, including Egg-Fu, Wonder Tot, The Green Team,
> Sugar and Spice, the evil starfish army, Binky... and perhaps...
> the greatest:
>
> Ace, the Bathound.
>
> Lessee if I can recall how this one goes:
>
> Bruce Wayne discovers an abandoned dog.  Searching for his owner,
> he puts a picture of himself with the dog in the local paper.  Later,
> an emergency arises.  He changes into his Batman uniform, and with
> Robin, leaps in the batmobile.  Before the door closes, the dog leaps
> in with them.  There is no time to turn back.  However, Batman
> realizes that the dog's picture is in the paper, and if anyone
> sees Batman with the dog then people will (gasp!) draw the link
> between Bruce Wayne and Batman.  So.... while speeding to the
> crime scene....  they cut out a mask for the dog to conceal
> his secret identity....
>
> you had to be there....
>
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> "I was corrupt before I had power!" - Random
>
> Andrew Apold
>