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dr_hermes (dr_hermes) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-25 20:36:00

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char: captain marvel/billy batson, era: golden age, publisher: fawcett comics, title: whiz comics

Captain Marvel's favorite part of a woman
How inexplicable. This is from WHIZ COMICS# 51 in 1944. Odd little throw-away moments like this are one of the reasons why I love Golden Age comics. Marvel has been asked to judge a beauty contest, but why he's doing that with the tape measure is not explained.

The question may come up in conversation, "what is the sexiest part of a woman?" or "what is your favorite part?" Guys, as you value your life, immediately say, "Her mind, of course." Eyes or smile are answers you might also get away with. But if you say, "Her forearm and it should ideally be shorter than 29 inches," everyone will draw away from you and you will receive puzzled looks for awhile.

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	fungo_squiggly 2009-05-25 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	Man, Billy is really pissed about that woman's less-than-ideal forearm. And now I'm remembering some scans I once saw of an extremely goofy Prince Namor being roped into grudgingly judging a baby contest... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-05-25 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	And the contestant looks so puzzled, too. "My forearm..?! What? Why didn't someone tell me about this?" I love the goofy faces in the audience. You can tell it's a wartime comic by the number of servicemen shown. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sailorlibra 2009-05-25 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	Dear God, now I have an irrational urge to measure my arm and find out if I'm a beauty or not. Must resist... Resist... Resist... Damnit. Where is that tape measurer, anyway? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-25 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	(I caved.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-05-25 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	You think you got it rough? I'm knitting. The tape measure is right here. Get thee behind me, ~~Shazam~~ Satan! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-25 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	From elbow to wrist, 29 inches is a REALLY LONG FOREARM. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-05-25 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	I just checked my own forearm, and you're not kidding. Either Marvel's nearsight and can't read the tape or that woman is part gibbon. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-05-25 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps he included the hand in the measurement as well? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-05-25 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	Imagine this woman is just five feet tall. That's sixty inches... her arm from wrist to elbow is half her height. Yikes. She could pull her socks up without bending over. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-25 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. Twenty-nine inches is nearly three times as long as my forearm. Spindly! (Reply to this) (Parent)

fungo_squiggly
2009-05-25 10:42 pm UTC (link)

Perhaps she, like most of the contestants, is actually a seven-foot-tall amazon of a woman. Captain Marvel is actually hovering a foot off the ground just so he can measure their mighty limbs without standing on tippy-toe.

Or maybe she just has freakishly long forearms, so that Billy was irresistibly compelled to measure them due to his morbid curiosity, even though that wasn't actually part of the beauty pageant.

"Twenty nine inches!? Good LORD, woman! What the hell is wrong with you!? Next contestant. Christ! Look at the size of her feet! Come here, you. I only hope this measuring tape is long enough..."

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	sailorlibra 2009-05-25 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	That's too awesome to not be the explanation. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-25 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	That lady must have very, very lengthy fingers. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-25 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Captain Marvel is bizarre in his predilections. But good advice re: mind/brain, eyes, smile. Forearm length is right out. Or if it's important to you, at least eyeball it. Best to avoid whipping out the measuring tape. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Not Trying To Start An Argument......

peur_evol
2009-05-26 12:54 am UTC (link)

DR Hermes:The question may come up in conversation, "what is the sexiest part of a woman?" or "what is your favorite part?" Guys, as you value your life, immediately say, "Her mind, of course." Eyes or smile are answers you might also get away with.

MysteryFan:But good advice re: mind/brain, eyes, smile.

In my own personal experiences with monogamy, the truth usually works.
Enjoying female companionship because of their intellect or charm is always great; but I've never had anybody hold it against me for liking any certain anatomical parts and saying so.
I guess it's in the context of conversations.

As for Cap'n Marvel, a forearm is an unusual fetish.....

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	Re: Not Trying To Start An Argument...... mysteryfan 2009-05-26 08:25 am UTC (link)
	I didn't think we were talking about person to person compliments, but instead generalizations. "What do you like in a woman?" "What do you like in a man?" Probably smart to err on the side of caution. I think the personally directed compliment is very appreciated by men or women, but that at the beginning, it's trickier. And agreed, context counts. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Not Trying To Start An Argument...... angelophile 2009-05-26 09:49 am UTC (link)
	I think we can all agree that when asked "What do you like in a woman?" "My wang" is almost always the wrong answer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Not Trying To Start An Argument...... mysteryfan 2009-05-26 11:38 am UTC (link)
	Tee hee hee. Yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Not Trying To Start An Argument......

dr_hermes
2009-05-26 02:41 pm UTC (link)

When asked "what part of a woman do you like to look at/', another wrong answer is "the top of her head." (har)

On the other hand, I've given lots of spontaneous compliments to women I don't know well, and they never seem to be taken badly. "Your hair looks nice in the sunlight," or "I like that mischief in your smile," or (at the gym) "you just look great all over." Maybe it's because I mean it and am not being pushy. Maybe it shows in your voice if you mean it honestly.

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	alschroeder 2009-05-25 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Wait a second... This is the successor to Scans_Daily... And NOBODY is asking... Did any of the women want to measure ANY anatomical part of Captain Marvel's??? Hey, it's not like they knew he's really just 14 or so... ---Al (Reply to this) (Thread)

jlroberson
2009-05-25 09:58 pm UTC (link)

You're imposing current values on an older, stupider and more innocent era. In the old days, any man could go up to any woman randomly and demand she produce her forearm for measurement. If of an abnormal length, it was then his obligation to make sure she was put in the van to the processing center, where her body would be rendered for make-up to beautify women with less grotesque forearms.

And this is what we have lost with all our modern times and stuff. Sniff.

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	filbypott 2009-05-25 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Size of a Salami! Heft of a Horse! Accuracy of an Arrow! ...! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-25 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	eyeball it. Best to avoid whipping out the measuring tape. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-05-25 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	So which of the ancient deities is responsible for giving him the fetish? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-05-25 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Can't have been Zeus, he slept with too many women to be this picky. Perhaps Hephaestus? A guy whose legs are mangled would seem like the type to really care about arms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-26 07:04 am UTC (link)
	Hephaestus had Aphrodite waiting at home, I doubt it would be worth this much effort to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	arilou_skiff 2009-05-26 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Wasn't the point that she was usually somewhere else, if you know what I mean? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-25 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	Hercules? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-05-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
	lol that was my choice also. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dustbunny105 2009-05-26 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Twenty-nine inches? Holy crap. From inner elbow to wrist, a person's forearm is generally the approximate length of his or her foot from heel to big toe. Is this why the women's feet have been cut out of the picture, maybe? (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-05-26 07:05 am UTC (link)
	I'm hoping it was for the whole length of the arm, otherwise I have to assume that Cap is checking to see if an orang-utan has managed to sneak into the contest and pose as one of the entrants. (Reply to this)

	besamim 2009-05-26 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Check out the googly-eyed fellow in the front row with the beard so long it rests on the stage. "Heh heh! I ain't seen so many beauties since that time in aught-six when I judged the Miss Ankle pageant." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-05-26 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	I like the contestant on the far right, glancing down at the excited crowd. "Looks like I'll be in a few dreams tonight." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	buttler 2009-05-26 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Looks like Billy has a serious cubit fetish, unless he needs help building an ark or something. (Reply to this)