Comments on: The Clock as Superhero http://blog.onlineclock.net/clock-as-superhero/ All about the online alarm clock at OnlineClock.net Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:36:55 -0800 hourly 1 By: Online Clock http://blog.onlineclock.net/clock-as-superhero/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Online Clock Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:23:31 +0000 http://blog.onlineclock.net/?p=873#comment-176 Hello, PB210, Many thanks for your thoughtful analysis on this subject! There's something charming and "old school" about these mystery men (as you refer to them) who are basically normal people without any kind of super powers... I think these days writers have it too easy: people are accustomed to comic heroes having super powers, so they usually give their characters these. Hello, PB210,

Many thanks for your thoughtful analysis on this subject!

There’s something charming and “old school” about these mystery men (as you refer to them) who are basically normal people without any kind of super powers…

I think these days writers have it too easy: people are accustomed to comic heroes having super powers, so they usually give their characters these.

]]> By: PB210 http://blog.onlineclock.net/clock-as-superhero/comment-page-1/#comment-175 PB210 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:09:34 +0000 http://blog.onlineclock.net/?p=873#comment-175 Non-powered characters such as the Clock who do not use technology that significantly outpaces the current level of technology we should refer to as mystery men or masked heroes or costumed heroes or disguised heroes or agressors. This genre admittedly remained more common in the 1930's (the Shadow [who did not have psychic powers in prose], the Spider, the Gray Seal, etc.). Of course, since even films have started to feature unabashed metahumans (six Harry Potter films reached theaters in less than ten years), the support for normal human protagonists has declined. Non-powered characters such as the Clock who do not use technology that significantly outpaces the current level of technology we should refer to as mystery men or masked heroes or costumed heroes or disguised heroes or agressors. This genre admittedly remained more common in the 1930’s (the Shadow [who did not have psychic powers in prose], the Spider, the Gray Seal, etc.). Of course, since even films have started to feature unabashed metahumans (six Harry Potter films reached theaters in less than ten years), the support for normal human protagonists has declined.

]]> By: Online Clock http://blog.onlineclock.net/clock-as-superhero/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Online Clock Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:19:21 +0000 http://blog.onlineclock.net/?p=873#comment-116 Yes, DH - <strong>Zorro</strong> rocks. But <strong>The Clock</strong> was apparently the first masked superhero in comics. Personally, I'm more of a <strong>Green Hornet</strong> fan, myself, as long as we're talking about masked superheroes ;) Yes, DH – Zorro rocks.

But The Clock was apparently the first masked superhero in comics.

Personally, I’m more of a Green Hornet fan, myself, as long as we’re talking about masked superheroes ;)

]]> By: DH http://blog.onlineclock.net/clock-as-superhero/comment-page-1/#comment-115 DH Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:14:10 +0000 http://blog.onlineclock.net/?p=873#comment-115 <blockquote>the world’s first masked Superhero - The Clock!</blockquote> What about Zorro?

the world’s first masked Superhero – The Clock!

What about Zorro?

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