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John Young
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 7:47am \| IP Logged \| 1

Mr. Byrne

I had a few questions about DU characters:

Golgotha – Is the head chest and arm Golgotha, and that he has plugged himself into other’s bodies? Or is what ever changed him only effected the left side of his body?
Hunk – did his body’s final metamorphosis end up being like that of Belabet, or was he just a human shaped/sized stone man?
Doc – What happened to the lower part of his body, as he metamorphosed into the big brain did his body atrophy away and the floating chair take over for his body functions?

I was rereading the comic and these questions started to bounce around.

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John Byrne

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 7:57am \| IP Logged \| 2

1. That would be telling.

2. Ditto

3. Doc's body shriveled as his brain grew.

This is actually based on a very disturbing moment I had back in my art college days. One of my fellow students was wheelchair bound, and appeared to have no legs. One day, tho, when we were all in the auditorium for a lecture, he parked his chair at the back and hand-walked down the backs of the seats to a position closer to the stage. As he passed where I was sitting, I happened to glance over and see, to what can only be described as my horror, that he did, indeed, have legs. Tiny, spidery, shriveled things, tucked up under (but as he moved, dangling from) his torso. That's what Doc looks like, arms and legs both, inside the flying harness.

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Ted Pugliese
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 10:45am \| IP Logged \| 3

I haven't read DU since it first came out, and I do not remember much about it. I sold the issues about 6 years ago, but recently bought the TPB. I will be reading it this week, and I really look forward to it. I also picked up two more JBNM TPB's yesterday. There are also on this weeks "must read" list.

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Jason Fliegel
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 10:51am \| IP Logged \| 4

I never read DU -- I think it was released at a time I had somewhat drifted away from comics. Is there any possibility that it will be reprinted? And speaking of reprints, has there been any further announcement on the JBNM reprints that were, last I heard, in the "talking about it but nothing definite yet" stage?

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Marcel Chenier
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 11:03am \| IP Logged \| 5

Question concerning DU for those in the know:

Are all the DU materials that have been published available in the
unfortunately short-lived comic run, or is there additional material
available in some kind of TPB format or possibly something else?

The reason I ask is mainly because there are, on occasion, questions
asked concerning it that refer to information to which I am
unfamiliar about the team, its villains, and its universe (i.e. John's
first question).

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David Whiteley
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 11:33am \| IP Logged \| 6

The comic run contains the Torch of Liberty back-ups, which is why I kept those issues when I got the DU trade paperback.

The trade contains a final page that did not appear in the series (JB mentioned, I think, that he did not want to end the series on a cliffhanger) as well as a four page preview that was in some Dark Horse book.

For completists, the two BABE mini-series were part of the DU universe and fans of DU would be interested in the end of the second series particularly.

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Daniel Kendrick
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 11:34am \| IP Logged \| 7

The four issue series and a convention short is in the trade. It also contains a one-page spoiler that didn't appear in the original one. The hardback contains a pin-up that I don't believe appeared elsewhere (DU on Easter Island).

DU made a one panel showing at the end of Babe 2 #2, along with the commission that JB did earlier this summer.

** Darn, Dave beat me to some of it.

Edited by Daniel Kendrick on 24 September 2006 at 11:35am

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John Young
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 11:42am \| IP Logged \| 8

Thanks for the answers Mr. Byrne

Marcel: the Trade has some extras one big one is the preview comic given out at a comic convention. Also some months back the DU time line was reprinted I am not sure were it is now. but someone may have it.

Man I am slow on the uptake two others already ansered the Q

Edited by John Young on 24 September 2006 at 11:46am

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Daniel Kendrick
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 11:51am \| IP Logged \| 9

I have the timeline on CD somewhere as well as printed out.

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John Young
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 12:04pm \| IP Logged \| 10

I found the DU time line

DANGER UNLIMITED "UNIVERSE" TIMELINE

SPOILER WARNING: This is EVERTHING. Secrets are revealed here.

The Teens

*1915

Paul Gibney (The Torch of Liberty) born in Des Moines, Illinois

*1916

John Delaney (The Blue Scorpion) born NYC

The Twenties

*1923

Robert Carson (Doc Danger) born in New York

*1925

Sally Compton (The Blonde Bombshell) born in Texarcana, Texas

*1929

Mike Worley (Hunk) born in Fort Worth, Texas

The Thirties

*1937

Penny Goode (Radio Girl) born in NYC

The Forties

*1941

Paul becomes Torch

Golgotha created

*1942

Torch's first battle with Golgotha

Robert Carson marries Carolyn Altman

Carson goes to war, Pacific Theater, day after wedding

Torch organizes Soldiers of Freedom

Membership: Torch, Blue Scorpion, Dr. Dark, Tin Soldier, John (sorry part missing-my words not JB)

Soldiers HQ beneath Stonehenge

*1943

Calvin and Connie Carson (Thermal and Miss Mirage) born NYC

Torch's first battle with Doctor Satan

*1944

Sally become Blonde Bombshell

*1945

Bombshell joins Soldiers of Freedom

War ends

Carson returns home

Soldiers disband

*1948

Torch learns Golgotha survived end of war

Travels to Germany once more, battles and kills Golgotha

*1949

Torch first considers retiring, starting family etc

Torch marries Bombshell - Bombshell retires

Torch "recruits" Radio Girl

The Fifties

*1950

Robert Gibney, Torch and Bombshell's son born

Robert Gibney killed by Doctor Satan, age seven months

*1954

Torch and Bombshell divorce

*1955

Carolyn Carson dies mysteriously

Begins transformation into Umbra

Torch (40) retires. Radio Girl (18) continues on her own

Bombshell comes out of retirement

Sentinels of Freedom formed

Membership: Radio Girl, Commie Smasher, Rocket King (later Missile Master), Whiz Kid, Blonde Bombshell, A-Bomb, Tin Soldier II

*1958

Torch comes out of retirement

Joins Sentinels of Freedom

Bombshell quits Sentinels

*1959

DU get their powers

The Sixties

*1960

DU revealed to world

Torch quits Sentinels, contacts DU, becomes their trainer

*1962

First battle with Umbra

Charles Delaney (Torch II) born NYC

Radio Girl becomes Telstar

*1965

Golgotha resurrected - first battle with DU

Marion Delaney born NYC

Ralph Rowan born in Los Angeles

The Seventies

*1971

First battle with Ultroid

Sylvia Perez born in Los Angeles

*1972

Cal marries Angela Ransom

Angela killed by Golgotha

Thermal kills Golgotha

Doc cures Hunk

Now has ability to change at will

Hunk proposes to Connie

*1973

Wedding of Hunk and Connie

The Eighties

*1985

Last known battle with Umbra - Umbra revealed to be Carolyn Carson

Doc seals wounded Cal in Pod with Gunk sample-pod is already set to control bio-functions because of Gunk storage

DU HQ is sealed in Time Lock

The Nineties

*1990

Death of John Delaney

Marion Delaney contacts Paul Gibney - Torch learns for the first time that his wartime best friend (Blue Scorpion) was African-American

Marion persuades him to train new Torch, her brother Charles

Original Torch "dies in battle" with Dr. Satan

*1992

Debut of Torch II

*1995

First appearance of Babe - Sally comes out of retirement

Second appearance of Babe

The 21st Century

*2009

Xlerii return to Earth - Earth/Xlerii war begins

Most superheroes vanish during first year of war

*2011

Xlerii "buy out" humanity

*2028

Davis Palmenter (Caucus) born in Philadelphia

*2034

Teresa LaFayette (Bellabet) born in New Orleans

*2059

Time Lock dissolves

Terry exposed to Gunk

*2060

Cal wakes. (Might not really be Cal)

Davis exposed to Gunk

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Marcel Chenier
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 2:28pm \| IP Logged \| 11

Thanks for the response, fellas. I've saved the timeline to a Word
file.

In the interest of not reading the spoilers in the time-line and
finding out too much too soon without enjoying the stories as they
were meant to be enjoyed, can someone post the books one needs
to fill in all the blanks?

Are we just talking about the four DU comics plus the TPB, or are
there other related sources of interest as well?

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John Young
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 7:15pm \| IP Logged \| 12

I would recomend the TPB.

To the Guardians of the Forum Could the DU timeline be added to the FAQ section?

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