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We don't see much of Napoleon here on the blog, but this page reminds us that hot dogs and hamburgers could be purchased for just a dime in the late 1930s.
Skyroads has a history lesson for us today - this page is taking place during the little-known (today) Second Italo-Ethiopian War!
Hairbreadth Hairy continues its bizarre space epic. Here, they are terrorized by a giant named Gwuncho. Gwuncho seems to be between 40-60' tall, making him a titan in H&H terms (statted in Supplement I: National).
What Hero doesn't want a box of dynamite? The Heroes in my Home Campaign of H&H recently acquired 12 sticks of dynamite and it will be interesting to see what they do with them. They'd best be careful, though, as dynamite has a habit of going off prematurely in the comics!
Motor launches would also make good transport-trophies.
Is this another new spell? The Phantom Magician seems to be protected by a spell that turns all impaling weapons into rubber...or is this just flavor text for the Shield spell (this spell is from Supplement I)?
The Phantom Magician's Cloak of Flying is only a slight variation on the traditional Flying Carpet. It can even, apparently, carry more passengers like a flying carpet, without choking the wearer to death.
Ride a street car for just a dime, according to Connie.
According to Homer Hoopee, an average doctor can whip up a powder from an ordinary medicine cabinet that can put someone to sleep for 12 hours. More likely, though, this doctor has a level or two in the Scientist class (as found in Supplement III: Better Quality).
(Scans courtesy of Digital Comic Museum)
An exploration of the Golden Age of Comics, through the lens of Hideouts & Hoodlums, the comic book roleplaying game.
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
Famous Funnies #30
We'll start today with War on Crime and the oft-ignored "no. appearing" stat for mobsters (so oft that you'll only find it in Supplement I: National!). As you can see here, G-Men really like to outnumber the mobsters they hunt down -- in this case, by a factor of 8 to 1!
Goat joke #6 (I told you I was going to start keeping track!).
First appearance of throwing knives as weapons?
I love this page of Scorchy Smith. We don't see much of the hidden hideout, but that it is accessible via a rope ladder concealed among overhanging vines, and then you climb up onto an overgrown ledge with a short, locked door, which leads into a laboratory -- those are great details for a hideout.
Also note that Scorchy picks the lock, a skill normally associated only with Mysterymen, but here performed by an Aviator. Hmm...
A new mobster type: fortune hunter, hoodlums who seduce rich women? Or is this just a slick hoodlum?
Another terrain map for someone to use in their Hideouts & Hoodlums campaigns.
It's not surprising for a page like this to have its facts wrong, but snakes aren't all this slow. According to a quick Internet search, black mambas can move at 10 MPH. I might need to double-check how fast I have snakes moving in their stats...
Goat joke #6 (I told you I was going to start keeping track!).
First appearance of throwing knives as weapons?
I love this page of Scorchy Smith. We don't see much of the hidden hideout, but that it is accessible via a rope ladder concealed among overhanging vines, and then you climb up onto an overgrown ledge with a short, locked door, which leads into a laboratory -- those are great details for a hideout.
Also note that Scorchy picks the lock, a skill normally associated only with Mysterymen, but here performed by an Aviator. Hmm...
A new mobster type: fortune hunter, hoodlums who seduce rich women? Or is this just a slick hoodlum?
Another terrain map for someone to use in their Hideouts & Hoodlums campaigns.
It's not surprising for a page like this to have its facts wrong, but snakes aren't all this slow. According to a quick Internet search, black mambas can move at 10 MPH. I might need to double-check how fast I have snakes moving in their stats...
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