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Tweak says, "A duck!"

volksjager (volksjager) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-11 18:33:00

Current music:	Golgotha "may all you rabbits skin easily"
Entry tags:	char: asbestos lady, char: human torch/jim hammond, char: toro/thomas raymond, creator: roy thomas, publisher: marvel comics, title: the invaders

Asbestos Lady ?!?

I bet she came to regret this gimmick when she was older...

This really needs on of those "what ever happened to ..." stories where Jim Hammond/Human torch 1 goes to visit AL in modern times . She is 70 and hacking up her lungs from mesothelioma. She confesses a secret crush and that she only was a villain to get close to the Torch. She asks that they have sex before she dies (would an Android go for something like that ???).

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	Asbestos, we meet again galateus 2009-09-11 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Asbestos has always been Johnny's most treacherous foe. (Reply to this)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-09-11 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Bad touch! Bad touch! (Reply to this)

	pyrotwilight 2009-09-12 12:01 am UTC (link)
	She was later known as Cancer Chick. XP (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-09-12 12:43 am UTC (link)
	Mesothelioma-maiden? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Chemistry Doesn't Work Like That!

jlroberson
2009-09-12 01:08 am UTC (link)

See, this is exactly the kind of character that needs to be brought back to find out what happened to her.

"So HAK I HAK HAK HAK thought there were criminal HAK HAK HAK KAFF possibilities in asHAKbesHACHHHoh goddd..."
"You had it in the hood too?"
"Damn thing HAK scratched like a bitch HAK HAK HAK..."

I also think it's funny how the writer seemed to think the hazards of asbestos were somehow like uranium or something. And how they thought medication would help. Yes, special removing-microscopic-hooks-from-your-lungs medication!

What other hazardous materials were there for criminals and heroes to misunderstand? Seems like much of being a hero is ignoring warning labels. Great stuff for the kids!

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	blake_reitz 2009-09-12 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Nah, she needs to get together with this dude: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/asbestom.htm Although I could swear that he actually did die of asbestos... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-09-12 12:44 am UTC (link)
	I wonder what caused his partnership with "Balckie" Barker to end ?? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kenn_el 2009-09-12 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Wow! Bet she'd be jealous of Wanda! (Reply to this)

	cleome45 2009-09-12 02:05 am UTC (link)
	Nowadays, they'd give her a reboot as Blue Sky Lady (in honor of the Wittenoom mine in that Midnight Oil song). She'd be magically immune to cancer, but she'd be able to give it to all her foes. (What is it with catchy tunes about horrific disasters? I shouldn't love them like I do.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-09-12 02:37 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure Bendis is already on it ! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	timgueguen 2009-09-12 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Gotta love the term she-criminal, and the bit about "the criminal possibilities of asbestos." I do have to wonder if the writer actually knew what asbestos did to people. The early symptoms of lung cancer probably don't include dizzyness. I was also just thinking that its odd the Legion of Superheroes never had an Asbestos Lass turn up at some point, however briefly. (Reply to this)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-12 06:06 am UTC (link)
	You know, it's quite possible that the Asbestos Lady is not actually wearing clothes made of asbestos - they could well be made of something else that only mimics the properties of asbestos, similarly to how Iron Man's armor is not actually made of iron. She could call herself 'the Asbestos Lady' simply because it's more momorable than 'Fireproof Girl'. (Reply to this)

	tahngarth 2009-09-12 08:29 am UTC (link)
	Even Roy Thomas, who wrote this story made a comment on the health issue in his Saga of the Original Human Torch mini-series. Asbestos Lady was an actual golden age character, and Roy was just going with the flow, fanboy that he is. (Reply to this)

	kamikazescot 2009-09-14 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Asbestos is one of those words that just gets funnier and funnier every time you say it. And her "special bullets"? My mind went to all the wrong places. (Reply to this)