Looks great, although you forgot to mention that Space Kid and Stella are secretly lovers.
Also, where does Space Kid get the money for his ship and space station? Usually in fifties-era pop culture, there is at least a pat explanation: "millionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne" comes to mind.
you forgot to mention that Space Kid and Stella are secretly lovers
>:P
where does Space Kid get the money for his ship and space station?
I dunno.
Usually in fifties-era pop culture, there is at least a pat explanation: "millionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne" comes to mind.
I was having this conversation with someone else just this morning: pre-1960, it was most common for a hero to be given a comprehensive origin if he was a superhero, and there needed to be some explanation for “how is he able to do the strange uncommon thing(s) he can do”. But characters who were simply “adventurers” with no superhuman capabilities, were often simply presented as a fait accompli. Or so it seems to me. (Sky Captain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow) gets it.) It was after JLA, and the Marvel age of shared universe, that continuity became such a bugaboo and full backstories became expected.
characters who were simply “adventurers” with no superhuman capabilities, were often simply presented as a fait accompli.
But in my pre-1960 example -- Batman -- notice that he has no superpowers, and the writers seem to have made him a millionaire specifically because they expected readers would wonder how Batman could pay for all of his Space Kid-like vehicles and personal equipment.
Yes, there are exceptions, my “rule” isn't absolute -- but this is also the slippery slope leading into the whole “Is Batman a superhero?” argument, and I don't wanna go there... :D (But in being launched with an origin story, he was certainly treated like one.)
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Date: 2012-02-14 09:58 pm (UTC)Also, where does Space Kid get the money for his ship and space station? Usually in fifties-era pop culture, there is at least a pat explanation: "millionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne" comes to mind.
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Date: 2012-02-14 11:23 pm (UTC)>:P
where does Space Kid get the money for his ship and space station?
I dunno.
Usually in fifties-era pop culture, there is at least a pat explanation: "millionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne" comes to mind.
I was having this conversation with someone else just this morning:
pre-1960, it was most common for a hero to be given a comprehensive origin if he was a superhero, and there needed to be some explanation for “how is he able to do the strange uncommon thing(s) he can do”. But characters who were simply “adventurers” with no superhuman capabilities, were often simply presented as a fait accompli. Or so it seems to me. (Sky Captain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow) gets it.)
It was after JLA, and the Marvel age of shared universe, that continuity became such a bugaboo and full backstories became expected.
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Date: 2012-02-15 12:38 am (UTC)But in my pre-1960 example -- Batman -- notice that he has no superpowers, and the writers seem to have made him a millionaire specifically because they expected readers would wonder how Batman could pay for all of his Space Kid-like vehicles and personal equipment.
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Date: 2012-02-15 01:28 am (UTC)