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Skip to comments.Newt Gingrich Says Illinois Primary Largely Will Be Romney, Santorum ["Reset This Whole Race"?]
Posted on 03/15/2012 8:47:45 PM PDT by Steelfish
Mar 15, 2012 Newt Gingrich Says Illinois Primary Largely Will Be Romney, Santorum
ELGIN, Ill.After two days of campaigning in Illinois, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told reporters that he believes the race in Illinois largely will be Romney and Santorum.
A poll last week from the Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV, showed Gingrich at 12 percent support in the state, while Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were neck and neck, with Romney at 35 percent and Santorum at 31 percent.
Illinois congressman and former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who endorsed Romney for president, told reporters on a fly-around of the state campaigning for Romney Thursday that while he still considered Gingrich a friend he did not support his candidacy for president. Youll find that a lot of people who worked with Newt Gingrich over those years arent supporting Newt Gingrich. This guy is all over the place. You cant trust him. Theres always a doubt out there about where this guys going to go, Hastert said.
When asked if Gingrich would have wanted Hasterts support in the state, Gingrich told reporters, That would have been fine.
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Im staying in the race to see if I cant in the second half of the race-Louisiana is sort of halftime. I want to see if we cant reset this whole race around the idea of really big ideas and really big solutions and insist that the American people have a chance to vote for a dramatically better future.
Some friend you are, Denny.
These primaries are scaring the snakes out of the grass for us all to see.
So now Newt is going to give IL to Romney. Gotta love it.
I am getting dramatically and fundamentally tired of hearing about "big ideas and big solutions". Time to exit right, Newt.
Maybe that's a not-so-subtle way of telling Newt to make a deal with Santorum or drop out altogether. Maybe not but it sounds that way to me.
Denny, Mr. political correct that lost...
Big ideas should buy a hint, he lost. Southern strategy with 2 and 1/2 states, that is so funny.
Hastert is a Tom DeLay crony who Gingrich fought on the George H. W. Bush "Read My Lips" tax increase. Hastert was for it. Newt was against it.
You nailed it. His quitting the race is long overdue. Internal polls show that 57% of Newt's vote would migrate to Santorum if he should quit. Without Newt in Arkansas, Santorum chalked up 51% of the vote. At this point, Newt is aiding and abetting a Romney nomination. Time for Newt's ardent followers to open their minds and ears to what is occurring and decamp him.
Newt needs to give a rest to his "big ideas" of permanent moon-based colonies within eight years and $2.50 gas/gallon within two years regardless of world markets or geopolitical conditions.
Cant we make them all exit, including Obama?
I dunno- maybe Newt's advice in opening a bar to high school students this morning might help him out?
"Hasert says Newt "is a friend", but "you can't trust him"."
This is true. The Republicans in the House never new what Newt was going to do next; balance the budget 4 years in a row, reform welfare, etc. While with Hasert as Speaker we could "trust" him to do nothing conservative at all.
I think sometimes you can judge a man by his enemies.
Is there any point to discussing Newt in this thing anymore? He is openly ceding IL to the two frontrunners, yet acts like he is going to be a factor somehow down the road. What type of strained logic is that?
You are either in this Primary to fight like hell for what you believe in and win or you are just wasting everyone's time.
Heck, newt is all over the place and can't be trusted as a candidate!
At least we find out this way and not with him as a president whom all of us would regret having supported.
And then Romney would get 42% of Newt's votes, and enough delegates to win before the convention. Is that what you want?
Newt needs to stay in the race to prevent a Romney nomination, just like he already said.
since he is conceding ILL, why is he campaigning there instead of MO and LA?
Or come to CT and keep MITT below the 50% threshold.
I am really shok that nobody got their name of the ballot for May primaries ... an alternative to MITT like Daniels.
If ROMNY fail, they do not give RICK nomination. They end up giving to somebody that never run. If somebody could run, he has more credible by win in Californie and Montanie and Jersie.
Excellent point. If Newt really wants to give Milt the shaft, there are some strategic places to make a real impact on him.
Illinois delegates... You vite twice, the popular vote and for delegate and alternates.
To get them lined up you have to start in September for the December filing....Where was Santorum in polling and money at that time ?
What Rick might be able to do is where there are a duplicate number of delegates on a cadidate slate get them to pledge to you and support those delegates. I don't know who his Illinois campaign manager is, but that is one option they could use.
Not quite. If the Newt supporters on FR are any reflection, about half of them won't vote at all if Newt drops out, with a large percentage of the remainder writing in Sarah Palin.
I trust Newt more than I trust Romney. This guy can't see the forest for the trees.
Santorum never gets any flak. Romney never gets any flak.
Newt has it up and all over from every whichaway, BECAUSE HE IS TARGETING THE ENEMY.
In complete agreement with you.The enemy has had him surrounded for quite a while but he doesn't give up.Go NEWT.
One could question why, if the race was fundamentally between Santorum and Romney, Gingrich opted to spend two days in Illinois. Given that Gingrich hasn't admitted he's a non-factor in Illinois, perhaps this should be a signal to Gingrich supporters in the state.
I guess he does. There are too many like you who slept through their history class when it covered the last effort to walk on the moon. Such things as the microchip, the CAT scanner, Satellite television, kidney dialysis, cordless power tools, water purification technology--are you falling asleep yet? The spin-offs from the last moon project brought a wealth to our nation that people who don't know their history would see Newt's call to go to the moon as so much lunacy.
If we don't get up there, we will get another lesson of history when China sets up a mammoth laser weapon which can zap out our entire satellite inventory and anything we fly in the air. So, a moon base is a national security matter that should not be left for amateurs.
We're talking about the Primary Elections, and how to keep Romney from getting the nomination.
If Newt drops out, Romney will super-blast Santorum, and Santorum will wilt and drop out within weeks, leaving Romney uncontested. That is unacceptable.
Not quite. If the Newt supporters on FR are any reflection, about half of them won't vote at all if Newt drops out, with a large percentage of the remainder writing in Sarah Palin.
We thought by hearing from the Newt supporters that Newt is a fighter, and never, never , never give up like Winston Churchill.... so what gives ? Now he is conceding IL ? What happen to that Churchillan never give up fighting spirit that the Newt supporters told us that Newt had ?
Wrong. He's on the ballot for all delegates in Illinois.
I really like Newt, but it's time to drop out.
I'd much, MUCH rather have Santorum than Romney. If Newt were to drop out, states like Illinois would most likely go to Rick.
Sorry Newt, it's time to bow out gracefully.
Why was Newt shilling to Union textile workers in SC? Newt IS a great guy but he has failings too. Santorum is just as good as Newt but with failings. Do as you please.
We'll see how Newt getting out of Illinois affects things there. Santorum will pick up most of his vote but not all of it. One thing will happen in addition to Newt's votes moving around to other candidates when he gets out. There is a 3 to 6 percent inevitable bump that Romney is getting. The more competitive Santorum gets the more that bump erodes. These are basic sheep voters who just want to vote for whoever they think is going to win anyway. Once there is not a "front runner" they scramble and either don't vote at all or disperse widely across the remaining candidates.
I didn't take that he was getting out. Is that from this article?
Well I don't think he is taking his name off the ballot but I thought not campaigning there was the thrust of the statement made. It also seemed to be the theme of some of the comments but I may have been reading something into it that was not there.
"Time for Newts ardent followers to open their minds and ears to what is occurring and decamp him."
The "ardent followers" are less likely to concede for the good of the nation because they are prone to infatuation as much as are the Romulans.
The CHRISTAN Newt voters I believe for the most part see the writing on the wall and despite their preference for Newt, will sensibly vote for Santorum in order to stop Romney.
The polls I saw in IL today show that Romney would win - because there are two conservatives in the race.
If Newt is really in this to stop Romney and he knows he cannot get enough delagates - he should FLAT OUT ENDORSE RICK IN ILLINOIS despite his intent to stay in.
If he splits that vote and gives Illinois that state - he will forever tarnish his name and go down in - infamy.
"The more the insiders talk, the more I like Newt."
Me too - I voted for Newt here in Florida. And the more I like Newt, the more I hate the fact that he is going to get Romney elected if he doe not leave this race or flat out endorse Santorum in Illinois while staying in the race.
He has basically, publically said that he's in it to stop Romney from getting the nomination - so why the hell not?
That would make it amusing at least.
Nevertheless, if Newt gets Romney the nomination, I sure as hell am NOT voting for the pathological lying Elmer Gantry pretending to be a Republican.
Hence, I embrace the apocolypse before I re-inforce the corrupt and ignominious behavior engaged repeatedly to nominate this sleaze they call Mitt. Secession I suppose it will be.
A big yawn without Newt in the race.
Newt basically told his supporters to go with Santorum as he would not contest in Illinois, so they can vote for Santorum.
That is his strategy and he will do the same in NY and Penn, giving his supporters to Santorum.
Let's see what Santorum do in these liberal/moderate states without Santorum. My guess is that Romney machine will clobber him.
With 175,000 Newt donors, if each donor gave an additional $200 each (on average) that would be $35 million.
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|Reviews for Firsts
| hervissa chapter 5 . 3/22/2014
Oh, Selina and Bruce.
These two are just the best.
I really liked this fic :) The way you write young-er-ish Bruce is simply excellent :)
So keep writing! :)
hervisssa :)
| hervissa chapter 4 . 3/22/2014
An excellent place to get together...unless one minds the inevitable chatter that will follow.
Heheeh ;)
Great chap! :)
hervisssa :)
| hervissa chapter 3 . 3/22/2014
One would say Selina would recognize the same brand of a kiss after just a couple of hours... ;)
It's really interesting to see the line between Bruce and the good ol' Batsy... :)
hervisssa :)
| hervissa chapter 2 . 3/22/2014
Well, that was quick ;)
Bruce is one hell of a Casanova... ;D
Great chap! :)
hervisssa :)
| hervissa chapter 1 . 3/22/2014
When Bruce Met Seli.
Heheheh ;3
With this kind of fics, I always find the he-seems-familiar-and-I-could-swear-I've-seen-those-eyes but insanely hilarious...and sweet at the same time :)
This started off very, very nicely and I NEED TO READ MOAAARRR :D
hervisssa :)
| Spock Uhura Fan chapter 5 . 9/5/2012
Why you ended the fic here? When fun was just begining.
| broken and forgotten chapter 5 . 1/19/2012
Ooh, continue please :)
| Anonimo chapter 5 . 8/10/2011
Maravilloso trabajo. Bruce y Selina,son mi pareja favorita y tus historias son tan realistas y sexis. Felicitaciones
| MegaMegan chapter 5 . 4/16/2011
This is so good. The long Halloween is my favorite and this is a great companion piece to it!
| Sailor Pandabear chapter 5 . 6/11/2009
| Firefly4000 chapter 5 . 12/4/2008
Wonderful story please continue I wish for more:)
| 24isover chapter 5 . 8/1/2008
hey, i found this gem of yours over on this site. I just read Lon Halloween a few weeks ago. I love your prequel to their romance in that book.
| Mendelbra chapter 5 . 7/27/2008
What? That's it? Aw, man.
That was such a great story. You're an amazing writer, and I wish I could see their reactions when they discovered who the other actually was.
| KittyBats chapter 5 . 12/26/2007
Of everything you've written, this is my favorite! I love the interactions between Bruce/Selina and BM/CW. You get all aspects of their relationship just right, so go on, write more! :D
| JenesisDark chapter 5 . 5/17/2007
Normally, I don't like fics that go back and forth... but you pulled it off very well! I really like when they're staring across the room at each other and thinking "WTF?" It's so cute!
I have to say, my favorite scene in Long Halloween was Catwoman kicking Ivy's ass. teehee


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Welcome to the five hundred and sixty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the first five hundred (I actually haven't been able to update it in a while). This week, in honor of the Punisher's TV debut this week on Netflix's Daredevil series, I thought we'd take a look at both the origin of the Punisher and one of his oddest moments of all-time. Who was the inspiration for the Punisher? Was Mike Baron forced to write the "Punisher becomes a black guy" storyline? And did Marvel have a special "black dialogue" writer on the storyline?
Let's begin!
NOTE: The column is on three pages, a page for each legend. There's a little "next" button on the top of the page and the bottom of the page to take you to the next page (and you can navigate between each page by just clicking on the little 1, 2 and 3 on the top and the bottom, as well).
COMIC LEGEND: The Punisher was inspired by Death Wish.
STATUS: False
COMIC LEGEND: The Punisher was inspired by The Executioner book series.
STATUS: True
As you all may have noticed by now, when it comes to "Character X was based on ____" legends, I take a pretty hard line on proof. Simply "they're similar!" isn't enough for me (so long as said similarities couldn't reasonably be explained any other way). And thus, for years, I have remained fairly agnostic when it came to whether the Punisher was based on Don Pendleton's The Executioner.
This first came up on the site a few years back when I did an Easter Eggs column where Erik Larsen drew a character that looked like Charles Bronson as a villain in a Spider-Man comic guest-starring the Punisher. Commenter Sean said in response to my point that it was odd to see Bronson there, "Wasn't The Punisher himself based on 'Death Wish'? That would seem to be the connection."
Another commenter, Antonio, suggested I do a legends on it, and Antonio also pointed out the main point I would use to show that Death Wish was an unlikely inspiration for the Punisher. The original Death Wish novel was released in 1972, but it was not very popular. It was when it was made into a film in 1974 that it exploded in popularity. The movie, however, came out eight months after the Punisher's debut in Amazing Spider-Man #129…
So I think it is clear that Death Wish wasn't an influence.
Trickier, though, was Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, star of the Executioner series of novels, about a Vietnam War veteran who fights a war on crime after his family is killed. This book series, which began in the late 1960s, WAS popular at the time.
It certainly SEEMED to be an influence.
And as the Punisher kept appearing early on, Conway clearly DID adapt elements of the Executioner, like in Giant-Size Spider-Man #4 (Punisher's fourth appearance – art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito), Conway adopted Mack Bolan's "Battle Van" and his war journal style of exposition…
But while Conway obviously adapted the character to match the Executioner in some ways, it doesn't mean he was CREATED with the Executioner in mind. It doesn't mean he wasn't, either, but I'm not going to make a "ruling" unless I have something else to go on, as "War vet fights crime" is such a generic baseline that I don't think it would be outside the realm of realistic possiblity that Conway came up with the idea independently and then just added in the Bolan influences later.
The problem for me is that while I have read many, many, many Conway interviews about the creation of the Punisher, I never came across him actually referencing Don Pendleton. But then, just this week, a reader named Jim S. filled me in on two good sources.
In 1987's Comics Interview #75, Conway spoke to Lou Mougin about the Punisher's inspiration:
I was fascinated by the Don Pendelton Executioner character, which was fairly popular at the time, and I wanted to do something that was inspired by that, although not to my mind a copy of it. And while I was doing the Jackal storyline, the opportunity came for a character who would be used by the Jackal to make Spider-Man's life miserable. The Punisher seemed to fit.
And then in 1997's Marvel Vision #15, in an article about the Punisher by Pat Jankiewicz, Conway noted:
I liked the idea of the Punisher, a loner, operating on the outside of the law and society, in a war to destroy all crime. I thought it would be interesting to have him go after Spider-Man, because the Daily Bugle had been calling him a criminal. The Punisher was a tough, unpredictable character. My inspiration was "The Executioner" series…the paperback books by Don Pendldeton. They're modern equivalent of the pulps. That's what gave me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger. he's a character lik the classic pulp heroes. There's even a little of the Shadow in the Punisher.
So there you go, Conway is pretty explicit about it all.
Thanks to Sean, Antonio, Jim, commenter PB210 (who brought this up a number of times over the years, as only he could) and, of course, Lou Mougin, Pat Jankiewicz and Gerry Conway for the information!
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On the next page, whose idea was it to make the Punisher turn into a black guy?
I never knew Marcus McLaurin was black. That explains why he was so good at writing black diction. Most comic writers back then tended to be very bad at that.
The colorist for the Punisher / Luke Cage scenes apparently couldn't tell them apart. Luke's wearing red and black, but the colorist gives him the Punisher's yellow and grey when the cop breaks a baton over his head. Also…
Luke Cage: No killing!
Frank: Didn't you just kick a cop off of a four story overpass? Do you think he's walking it off?
This story was odd at the time, but has just gotten worse over time. I think it was partly intended to launch a Luke Cage revival that didn't take.
RE: The Punisher/Executioner. Is "inspired by" what we're calling a hand over fist ripoff now?
Melsner, I could be wrong but I think the Cage revival had already started (but barely) when this issue hit. Again, it's been decades so I could be wrong here, but that's how I remember it.
No, it did work as a direct lead-in to the Cage series.
"Farshlngrbstfrkn" looks like something from a Volkswagen ad.
I want to say McLaurin had a mini profile on a Bullpen Bulletin page one month.
That was back when Marvel encouraged it's editing staff to have some writing credits under their belt so they knew how to think like a writer. Times have changed.
A bigger question id why Pendleton, or more specifically, his publisher, didn't sue. I guarantee you, had the roles been reversed, and The P unisher been first, Marvel would've handed them cease and desist. Incredibly, Pendleton's interviewed in The Punisher Mag without addressing it.
He seemed to be "Live and let live" about it. Ironic, considering his character.
"He is driving erratically due to still being doped up on pain meds."
"Some state troopers feel that he is violating the law against driving while black…"
Curious competing explanations for the traffic stop there, Cronin.
Would it have been worth suing Marvel back when The Punisher started? He was a guest star who showed up a couple times a year while there were a ton of Executioner knock off novels (many of whom were published by the same company that did The Executioner to begin with) that would seem like a bigger problem. By the time The Punisher had a series of his own in the 80's a publishing company called Gold Eagle bought the rights to The Executioner. I'm not sure why Gold Eagle didn't sue. Maybe it was because the original creator didn't seem interested in suing or because under Gold Eagle he became more of a secret agent/counter terrorist rather than a mafia hating vigilante.
Not really competing explanations. Driving erratically can get you noticed. But the cops here are clearly depicted as being racist. It seems pretty clear that they wouldn't be reacting the same to a white driver.
I'm pretty sure I've gotten off with warnings during routine stops when others might not have.
Len Wein, who wrote some of the early Punisher stories, also saw a clear connection Executioner stories. Be interesting to know if Conway and he had talked, or if he just independently saw the connection….
@Melsner and Carl
And remember this is 1991, when police racism towards African-Americans was a huge hot button topic after the Rodney King video.
Punisher 60 is cover dated Feb '92, Cage #1 is cover dated Apr '92, but I also remember Cage #1 first. I'm not sure whether it's because the Punisher book was running late or just that it sold out and I didn't see it until after Cage #1, but I do remember that specifically because I had no idea who Luke Cage was, but bought that Punisher because Cage #1 was out and I had seen it.
I agree "veteran who fights crime" is generic—it goes back as far as Bulldog Drummond and Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence. But "veteran who executes criminals outside the law because the Mafia destroyed his family" is a little more of a match. I'd alwaysas assumed he was a Mack Bolan riff–but I appreciate you're getting the confirmation Brian.
lil –
Sadly, it's still a hot button topic today.
Even the FBI warned of inflltration of law enforcement services by white supremacist groups.
Most super-heroes even going back to the Golden Age are characters grabbed from pulp sci-fi and stuffed into a costume and given a secret identity. Conway swiping from men's adventure novels, which were popular in the 70s, is just carrying on an industry tradition.
Frank Rook…interesting choice of alias.
It's kind of clever, but in a way Frank probably shouldn't be trying to be clever. (Assuming the bird even factored into the choice.)
I agree "veteran who fights crime" is generic—it goes back as far as Bulldog Drummond and Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence. But "veteran who executes criminals outside the law because the Mafia destroyed his family" is a little more of a match.
Oh, no doubt, Fraser, but the "mafia destroyed his family" angle didn't come about until his fifth appearance, by which point Conway had already adopted the Executioner war journal and the Executioner Battle Van. In his first appearance, there's much less of a connection.
Most super-heroes even going back to the Golden Age are characters grabbed from pulp sci-fi and stuffed into a costume and given a secret identity. Conway swiping from men's adventure novels, which were popular in the 70s, is just carrying on an industry tradition.
I'm definitely not begrudging Conway. I absolutely agree with that notion, that so many characters are inspired by other characters. I have no problem with it. I mean, Batman took so much from the Shadow. But he's still a cool character even with that in mind.
ASM #129: Punisher has Spidey's heart in his crosshairs, but his bullets are only lethal to the wall. Stormtroopers would be proud! (His ankle's toy gun is cute, too.)
GSSM #4: Punisher screams at the top of his lungs in the dead of the night, "WAR JOURNAL ENTRY NUMBER 342″! And one minute later, "JOURNAL ENTRY 342 CONTINUES!" (My ears burn!)
"This comes to a head in Punisher #59″ (I see what you did there!)
And because of his color, he becomes "Frank Rook" instead of "Frank Rambo". (Another Frank wrote: "Rodney King! Rodney King! Rodney King!")
I think the Punisher works in comic form because of the skull logo and the name. Punisher is a better name than Executioner and the skull fits perfectly. It seems more like how Batman was influenced by Zorro's stuff than an all-out ripoff.
I think the Punisher is more of a direct copy from Mack Bolan than Batman, Superman, and other Golden Age heroes are from their influences. At least with Batman the influences are mixed a little (Zorro, The Shadow, Dracula, etc.).
Batman's first appearance was literally a re-written Shadow story.
Brian –
Yeah, I've heard of that and it is shameless plagiarism. But I think Batman as a character is not as close a copy of the Shadow as the Punisher is of Mack Bolan. Though Batman in his first story was even more of a Shadow analogue – rich dude by day, spooky vigilante by night. But the characters became more distinguised as time went on, while with the Punisher more Mack Bolan elements were introduced.
"By the time The Punisher had a series of his own in the 80's a publishing company called Gold Eagle bought the rights to The Executioner. I'm not sure why Gold Eagle didn't sue. Maybe it was because the original creator didn't seem interested in suing or because under Gold Eagle he became more of a secret agent/counter terrorist rather than a mafia hating vigilante."
Might have been because of how copyright law works. By that point the Marvel character had existed for years without being challenged, so they might have been afraid that a court would have found in Marvel's favor by virtue of it not having been addressed earlier, especially when the original creator/rights holder clearly knew about the character.
I know there's rules for copyright where if you don't actively defend your copyright you can lose it, but I have no idea if that would apply in a case like this.
Of course, in 1973, Marvel already had a character called the Executioner, introduced nearly a decade earlier in Thor (or Journey Into Mystery to be a little more precise). My dad had a few of those Pendleton novels when I brought home ASM #129, but I hadn't read them and didn't realize that the Punisher was a knock-off, although I do vaguely recall reading a few entries in the letters pages making note of it. Rather curious that two of the most popular characters of the '80s & '90s, the Punisher & Wolverine, were introduced as deadly anti-heroes in the '70s, with apparently little knowledge that they'd become the harbingers of a far darker age of superhero comics. But then, Sub-Mariner was there long before them, declaring war on the human race when the creators of the Punisher & Wolverine were still infants or had not even been born yet.
@ParanoidObsessive: it's actually trademarks that you can lose if you don't actively defend them, not copyrights.
FOOTNOTE: Don Pendleton had sold the rights to The Executioner to Gold Eagle Books in 1980 well before The Punisher's ascendancy.
By the time the Punisher's star was rising in the mid-1980s Gold Eagle was in a lawsuit with Don Pendleton over whether his Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective at Warnerbooks violated a non-compete clause that he had signed with Gold Eagle. It's possible neither really noticed tat that time to say anything, afterwards may have been too late to pursue it.
@Kamino Neko
I doubt the name choice has anything to do with the bird rook. It is presumably chess-based, either due to the rook being one of the pieces involved in castling, or due to some people associating the rook (a tower) with being a castle piece, or possibly even the combination of both.
Gold Eagle was an imprint of Harlequin. I always chuckled when we got a shipment from them, with a lot of dreamy romance books and blood and guts Mack Bolan and colleague books.
The Executioner wasn't anything particularly original, as said elsewhere. You can cite all kinds of pulps, westerns, detective/adventure stories and more. And, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. The character was distinct enough that it would have been a tough fight in court. The Battle Van had plenty of precedents, including the Batmobile, and the War Journal was also an old trope. I also think Pendleton and Pinnacle probably felt it wasn't competition and probably helped bring in other readers. Given the interview in Marvel Preview, I wouldn't be surprised if Marvel didn't pony up a little money to prevent a lawsuit. I've never come across anything, one way or another, so, who knows?
For my money, the only decent Bolan rival/rip-off was The Destroyer. At least he got a movie (mostly decent one, too, which is also more than I can say about The Punisher films). Bolan was forever being optioned and developed; but, nothing ever came of it. Supposedly, it's in development again, though the announcement was 2 years ago.
Innovation Comics finally gave us a Mack Bolan comic, just in time for the company to go under. They published 3 issues, but closed doors before the 4th issue was published. IDW later published a Bolan comic.
Francis Castiglione aka Frank Castle aka Johnny Tower aka Frank Rook. All chess analogies
Billy and Da Chef,
Good points, but don't you think that "Frank Rook" could still have been picked because of both the chess piece and the bird?
For instance, I can imagine Mike Baron coming up with several interesting surnames, including "Rook" from "Castle" and "chess". And then, on reviewing them, I can imagine him thinking that a rook is also a "black" bird (like the Punisher's skin, but also his costume), and decide that it'd make that one name more meaningful for this story than his other ideas.
Or maybe not, I'm not in Baron's head. But doesn't that seem plausible enough to realize it doesn't have to be just one reason or the other?
March 18, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Brian –
Yeah, I've heard of that and it is shameless plagiarism. But I think Batman as a character is not as close a copy of the Shadow as the Punisher is of Mack Bolan. Though Batman in his first story was even more of a Shadow analogue – rich dude by day, spooky vigilante by night. But the characters became more distinguised as time went on, while with the Punisher more Mack Bolan elements were introduced.
Besides the Shadow and Zorro influence, Batman was also influenced by the Phantom. And then there is the Black Bat, which some claim that Batman also ripped off. So Batman is what I like to cal an "amalgamated ripoff" character.
Good points, but don't you think that "Frank Rook" could still have been picked because of both the chess piece and the bird?
The Punisher has a long history of using pseudonyms based on his last name (like "Johnny Tower"), so I think it's a near certainty that the Rook usage was a reference to Castle, as well.
Oh, Rook is definitely a reference to Castle…just seemed an interesting time to break out that particular reference.
The thought process that Anonymous outlines is also the one I was thinking of. The cleverness only happens if it's referencing both the chess piece and the bird.
If he just happened to choose a castle reference that had a secondarily on-point meaning in the context, without ever noticing the secondary meaning…well, then, so be it…it happens.
There's an issue of Punisher War Journal (#6 or 7, I think) that's from 1989 that he uses some variation of Frank Rook (or it might have been Chuck Fort). I always felt like the three issue story arc where Frank turns black was so disjointed. The whole story was like it was just thrown together at the last minute. The "Final Days" story arc was so good that the next three issues were very disappointing.
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Yeah. Superman and Batman are more like a collection of influences. To me they feel less a rip-off than the Punisher.
Silly to justify The Punisher on the basis of "everybody does it" While the comics archetypes drew from elements of their pulp antecedants, Castle simply IS Bolan. And wouldn't exist as he does otherwise. It's Pendleton who coalesced factors from westerns, noirs, pulp fiction (esp Spillane). The Punisher simply scrapes off the serial numbers. It's more blatant than a Shadow to Batman, or Doc Savage to Superman.
Instead of Batman and Superman, I would compare the Punisher to DC's Captain Strong, or Marvel's Squadron Supreme. Just like Captain Strong was the result of somebody saying "What if Superman met Popeye?", the Punisher seems to be the result of "What if Spider-Man met Mack Bolan?". So he IS Bolan, much more than Batman is the Shadow.
That also makes it easy to understand why Marvel was not sued. Like Annoyed Grunt said, the Punisher was, for many years, a guest star, little more than a gimmick.
It really makes no difference HOW Castle was used initially. The fact that it's an illegal appropriation of a revolutionary, influential character, cover featured left it wide open for a suit.
But Marvel was not sued. Nor was DC over Captain Strong, that also appeared in covers of Superman comics and was even more a copy of Popeye.
I suppose there is a sort of satirical aspect of taking a movie or book character, changing the name a little, and making an unofficial crossover with a funny book superhero like Spider-Man and Superman. It's still Spidey and Supes carrying the comic. So I can see why another company would not worry too much about their characters being used as occasional gimmicks in a Spider-Man comic.
But it IS surprising that the Punisher ended up becoming popular enough to carry his own comics and movies, unlike most of these unnoficial crossovers characters, like the Shiar Imperial Guard.
"Simply "they're similar!" isn't enough for me (so long as said similarities couldn't reasonably be explained any other way)."
I'm having a hard time reading that sentence… do you mean 'unless said similarities couldn't be explained…'?
Bolan and Castle are similar in that a myriad of similar characters, from things like Walking Tall to Death Wish to the Jack Reacher books, are similar. In his earliest appearances, sure, the Punisher is pretty much only distinguished from Bolan or Paul Kersey by having his own costume, but once creators actually came up with an origin for Castle things he clearly became his own character. From then on, outside of being Vietnam vets and killing criminals, he and Bolan weren't much alike.
Again, you can draw a direct line from Bolan to Castle. Whatever Marvel did to him after the fact, doesn't change that. He's not a parody, like Capt Strong, or anything that would justify fair usage. And if anyone thinks an Executioner rip-off wouldn't be successful, they don't know of the pb revolution that character created.
Dunno why Marvel wasn't sued. Maybe because of the different formats.
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How did his whole body turn black from a face surgery?
Because he's a costumed character in the Marvel Universe who was introduced as a criminal-hunting gun-for-hire. Beyond the Punisher's use of a war journal, and the term itself, there's too many aspects that show up with a variety of pop culture characters. The Punisher's "Battlevan?" He exists in a genre where everyone from Batman to Spider-Man has had a gadget-packed vehicle. What's left? Suing over them both being Vietnam vets? That they both kill criminals? That both had families that died (in completely different circumstances)? I have little doubt Conway was a fan of the Executioner books, but enough was changed that a lawsuit would have almost certainly been tossed out. There's simply too many aspects of both characters that AREN'T unique to them.
Bill thats like i cant create race car drivers, or police officers, because someone already did,
Nobody has a copyright on vigilantes.
Hi Nick. Lot's of people have copyrights of vigilantes. The Punisher is copyrighted and he is a vigilante. Batman is copyrighted and he is a vigilante and so forth.What they don't have is ownership of the concept of a vigilante. Although that being said DC exclusively owns a character named The Vigilante.
Castle is specifically a crime based vigilante coming out in the wake of Bolan's success. He's a version of THAT character, not a generic vigilante 567. His creator had admitted as such. George Lucas has sued, or threatened with same, what were perceived as Star Wars rip-offs. These were not seen as homages to old sci-fi serials, but openly copies of his work.
Harlan Ellison successfully sued James Cameron over THE PLOT of The Terminator. And had, according to Jim Shooter, equally strong case against Marvel re a Mantlo-written Hulk issue.
The plot of a movie is a very different thing than the broader ideas/stylistic choices/storytelling tropes in the movie. If Harlan Ellison was just suing over time travelling sentient robots, the suit wouldn't have gone anywhere. If there was a Mack Bolan novel about him being a costumed mercenary hired by a costumed baddie named "The Rodent" to kill misunderstood costumed super-hero name "Tarantula-Dude," then Marvel could have been sued over ripping off the plot. Instead they used common pop culture tropes (murdered family members, becoming a vigilante, killing criminals) and filtered it through their superhero universe. In short, it's at least different enough that a lawsuit would have been fruitless since no specific story was ripped off. Conway took something he had read and liked, and changed it enough (argue only just enough if you want) to make it something new.
Look at it this way: if 5 years before Batman appeared there had been a character who was a millionaire who say his parents killed as a child, pledged to avenge their murders, and then spent years training to become a guy who just ran around in regular clothes beating up criminals in, say, Chicago, the company publishing that likely wouldn't have had a case against Batman BECAUSE of the Batman aspect.
Kevin, I agree with you, but there have been cases of legal battles over stuff less derivative than Punisher-Bolan, like the Captain Marvel vs. Superman lawsuit (though that one was inconclusive). I do think, however, that the absence of a lawsuit was more due to the Punisher not being a big deal in the Marvel Universe for too many years.
None of these defenses seem conclusive. Castle is Bolan with a costume – that cosmetic addition does nothing to differentiate from what would be considered intellectual property. If there were a pre-Batman character that hewed that closely to Batman's origin and motivation, that publisher would have a case also. Even in those less litigious times.
Also the absence of an immediate suit may have been simply that neither Pendelton nor his publisher even knew of Castle's existence. Took Disney a couple of years to notice
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Anonymous –
"How did his whole body turn black from a face surgery?"
Based on Linkara's review, I believe the doctor tried an experimental melanin-based experiment on him.
Kevin –
"a costumed mercenary hired by a costumed baddie named "The Rodent" to kill misunderstood costumed super-hero"
Just being pedantic, but I'd have gone with "The Hyena" here. (Jackals aren't rodents, not even close.)
Y'know, all this talk of vigilantes and similarity to others and such has brought up a point I've asked myself sometimes – which is, what's the point of a Punisher movie? What makes such a thing different enough to, say, Death Wish to make it a Punisher movie rather than a generic vigilante movie?
The skull on the t-shirt? They haven't even all had that. (Apparently when Dolph Lungren filmed it, the effects for a skull t-shirt were too expensive…)
I've thought, as a result, that a Punisher movie should probably have supers in it.
I mean, obviously the one that had Jigsaw as a villain at least tied in to him better than others, but the rest could be any character.
Actually, i seem to recall this very column saying that in the Captain Marvel vs. Superman lawsuit some of the writers actually confessed that they where told to rip-off Superman stories…
random –
It looks damning, but I don't think being told to copy something is any indication that actual plagiarism has happened. They may have been told to do something like Superman, but still changed enough so that the characters are sufficiently different.
Honestly, I think Captain Marvel was a very different character from Superman in the Golden Age. The facts that he is a child, magical, has a family of similarly powered characters (that Superman would only gain later), has goofiers adventures, etc.
I do think DC's lawsuit is particularly unethical when you consider that DC later actually copied a lot of traits from Golden Age Captain Marvel when they developed Silver Age Superman, and hired a lot of the same people who had worked on Captain Marvel.
Charles Fort was an alias used by Frank.
Also the absence of an immediate suit may have been simply that neither Pendelton nor his publisher even knew of Castle's existence. Took Disney a couple of years to notice
Howard T. Duck.
Pendleton was interviewed for Marvel Preview #2, starring the Punisher. So it seems unlikely that he was unaware of the Punisher (not impossible, of course, just unlikely).
As I said, Pendelton, nor his publisher may not have known of Castle when he was first introduced. Some people (GASP!) are barely aware of comics. Just as Disney would've slapped a cease and desist on Howard the Duck immediately had it known it existed from the start.
And I did mention the interview, which naturally contains no accusations.
Personally, I think the end result of the DC vs. Fawcett cases was a huge mistake. I agree with you when you point out how different Captain Marvel and his world were from Superman; so much of the argument came down to comparing Superman's feats with Cap's, and one of the judge's seeming to pretty dismissive of the whole "silly pictures" affair and wanting to get it over with. Couple that with how someone working for Fawcett reportedly admitted to being told to specifically copy Superman art (or some variation of this story; I've heard it repeated with different variations quite a few times without any one clear definitive version), and it really seems like Fawcett got the shaft. There were scores of characters similar to Superman after he become so popular, and some of them a helluva lot more of an obvious ripoff than Captain Marvel. This just seems like a case of DC desperate to take down the character who was actually outselling Superman.
"None of these defenses seem conclusive. Castle is Bolan with a costume – that cosmetic addition does nothing to differentiate from what would be considered intellectual property. If there were a pre-Batman character that hewed that closely to Batman's origin and motivation, that publisher would have a case also. Even in those less litigious times.
Things like the costume are critical to what makes him different; he's part of a world filled with costumed heroes and villains, and he's one of them himself. Plus, again, when he first appeared he WASN'T Mack Bolan with a costume; he was a costumed gun for hire who could be bought to take out criminals. Basically the "battle van" and the "war journal" are the most damning bits of comparison, and the vehicle issue could be easily argued away by the Punisher existing in a genre where there's "super vehicles" galore. Or the precedent of other characters like James Bond having his tricked out spy cars. The odds of them having won the lawsuit would have been a long shot, plus the Punisher ultimately developed into a very different character (and Bolan himself evolved into a VERY different character than what he started as). So Marvel wasn't sued…so what? Both characters and publishers went on to succeed with the characters in very different worlds and stories.
Kevin, Batman's origin wasn't created until several issues after his first appearance. Just like Punisher's origin wasn't created until several issues after his first appearance. Plus, if the owners of The Shadow tried to sue National over Batman, they'd have an even stronger case than the hypothetical one against the Punisher, since Batman, in his first appearance, was quite literally just The Shadow under a different name, and only later had differentiating features added to him.
William: I know Batman wasn't presented with his origin right away; I was just presenting a hypothetical situation that would be comparable to the publisher of Mack Bolan suing Marvel over the Punisher; that one character is a costumed hero IS a pretty huge difference.
A Shadow vs. Batman lawsuit would have been as asinine as the Superman vs. Captain Marvel one. Thankfully it never happened, given the thankfully non-precedent-setting decision of the latter case.
Kevin –
It figures that the judge was not a fan. Only a non-fan would have been taken by the rather superficial similarities between Superman and Captain Marvel. Anyone who reads the stories recognizes that they're very different. Fawcett's Captain Marvel was, by the way, different from anything else being published at the time. They pioneered the style that would later be the basis for the Silver Age.
When they speak of the trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, I marvel at how the true trinity in the Golden Age was Captain Marvel, Plastic Man, and the Spirit, if you take originality, quality and even commercial success.
Completely agreed; it's a real shame that Fawcett had the hammer dropped on them. If they had an editor or artist indeed copying DC art at times, alright, nobody's excusing that, but the idea that the Big Red Cheese and his family and world were a ripoff of Superman is a Superman. They really did boil it down to silly things like both having bald scientist foes, or a cover of Marvel hurling a car or marching with US troops that were only thematically similar to Superman covers as "proof" they were the same. It really did shut down something fun and creative and more interesting than the Superman universe at the time.
Amazing Spider-Man #129 is cover dated February 1974, so it came out in November of 1973, long after the novel Death Wish was published in 1972. It does, however, predate the July 1974 release of the film.
Maybe Pendleton/publisher didn't sue because they were flattered that someone liked their idea, changed it enough to be enough different. And then thought "hey, this might cause people to check out our stuff!" If Marvel started writing competing Punisher novels might have been a different story.
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Fountain of Youth winner Soldat worked four furlongs in 49 seconds early Friday at the Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach in his final prep for next Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
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19-year-old Ryan Blair was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on North Enon Road near Fowler Road.
Blair was traveling through farm fields in the area of North Enon Road when his ATV struck a fence, ejecting Blair, said The State Highway Patrol. The crash happened at about 4:14 a.m.
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment, and services worldwide. This dividend champion has paid distributions since 1954 and increased dividends on its common stock for 31 years in a row.
The company's last dividend increase was in March 2013 when the Board of Directors approved a 10.90% increase to 71 cents/share. The company's largest competitors include Airgas (ARG), Praxair (PX) and Air Liquide (AIQUY).
Over the past decade this dividend growth stock has delivered an annualized total return of 10.80% to its shareholders.
The company has managed to deliver 11.20% in annual EPS growth since 2003. Analysts expect Air Products and Chemicals to earn $5.50 per share in 2013 and $6.08 per share in 2014. In comparison Air Products and Chemicals earned $4.66/share in 2012.
Air Products and Chemicals is expected to post growth in sales, due to strong demand for industrial gases in rapidly growing economies in Asia. Long term growth will be driven by acquisitions, expansion into rapidly growing markets in South America and Asia.
While European divisions have been operating in a tough environment, Air Products and Chemicals is attempting to streamline operations and manage costs strategically.
The priorities that have been outlined in the latest annual report included increasing volumes in the merchant segment, plus executing new projects on time and budged in the tonnage segment, while focusing on plan efficiency improvements. In addition, the company is focusing on major customers in the electronics and performance materials segment, while also introducing new offerings that would hopefully increase margins and returns. Other important priorities include focusing on the pricing and the right mix of productivity and cost reductions, in order to hit profitability and margin goals set for itself.
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The return on equity has increased from 11% in 2003 to 22% in 2011, before slipping to 16% in 2012. Rather than focus on absolute values for this indicator, I generally want to see at least a stable return on equity over time.
The annual dividend payment has increased by 11.80% per year over the past decade, which is higher than to the growth in EPS.
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ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police hope a photograph of a severely beaten teenager will jog the memory of witnesses who can help piece together how he was left to die in an abandoned downtown home.
Police are investigating the assault on James Clinton, 18, who was found Monday night unconscious and in critical condition in a home scheduled to be demolished Wednesday. The home is a block away from the main Anchorage federal building, which includes the federal courthouse.
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to protect hundreds of walrus that have gathered on Alaska's northwest coast.
Spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros said Wednesday that the agency has begun its protocol to prevent stampedes among the animals that gather in close quarters on remote Arctic beaches. The measures include limiting flights in the area and warning nearby villages to avoid walrus herds.
ANCHORAGE — The state of Alaska wants ConocoPhillips to reopen its mothballed Kenai Peninsula liquefied natural gas plant to provide an incentive for petroleum companies to explore and invest in Cook Inlet.
In a Sept. 5 letter to ConocoPhillips President Trond-Erik Johansen, Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash requested that the company apply for a three-year federal LNG export license for the plant at Nikiski, about 70 miles southwest of Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE — Critics of offshore Arctic drilling say $1.1 million in fines levied against Royal Dutch Shell for air pollution violations show that the petroleum giant is not ready to safely drill off Alaska's northern coast.
A Shell spokesman says the fines are part of learning how to operate complex equipment in a harsh environment.
ANCHORAGE — Affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell PLC have agreed to pay $1.1 million for violations of air permits by two drill ships operating last year in Arctic waters, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.
The settlement calls for Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Offshore, Inc. to pay a $710,000 penalty for violations of the Noble Discoverer in the Chukchi Sea and a $390,000 penalty for violations by the Kulluk in the Beaufort Sea.
ANCHORAGE — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has completed a firsthand look at a remote Alaska national wildlife refuge that shelters millions of migratory waterfowl but said Tuesday she's set no timetable for deciding whether to allow a road though it to improve medical access for a nearby village.
Wrapping up nearly a week in Alaska, Jewell said at a press conference Tuesday she continues to review information on Izembek National Wildlife Refuge near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, the finger of land at the start of the Aleutian Islands.
ANCHORAGE— The federal government has rejected an endangered species listing for a seal species that relies on sea ice for molting and reproducing.
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Tuesday that it has rejected listing ribbon seals as a threatened or endangered species despite evidence that its habitat is impacted by climate change.
ANCHORAGE — Federal crash investigators are looking at foul weather as a factor in an Alaska crash that killed a Washington state pilot and two South Carolina passengers on a commercial tour.
The June 28 crash in Broad Pass in the Alaska Range near Cantwell killed Dale Hemman, 61, of Steilacoom, Wash., and passengers John Ellenberg, 74, of Greenville and Laurie Buckner, 52, of Simpsonville, S.C.
ANCHORAGE — Background checks on people who want to buy firearms at gun shows would not prevent all of the nearly three dozen murders a day in America or the 10 mass shootings a year, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Tuesday.
Some of those tragedies, however, would be stopped, Mark Kelly told reporters.
"We'll prevent some of them if we take some reasonable steps that most Americans agree on," Kelly said.
ANCHORAGE — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her former astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, are in Alaska to lobby for expanded background checks for gun sales.
On Monday, Giffords visited a Las Vegas-area range and shot a gun publicly for the first time since surviving a 2011 attack.
Kelly started Tuesday at an Anchorage shooting range and shot a variety of guns and rifles.
They hope to emphasize that they support Second Amendment rights but also believe additional background checks will save lives and keep guns out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them.
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