Fastguy - Before The Flash character was created, Fastguy was a man who could move
faster than any human after getting a splinter. Unfortunately, Fastguy's speed was limited to 800
miles an hour, a flaw that his creator thought would be a fascinating character point but turned
off readers completely.
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Gallant Gourmet - A short order cook at a greasy spoon, Marcus Fortlog turns into a master
cook whose meals can kill villains with one swallow. His origin was never explained as he fought
foes with names like Indy Jeshton, Taste Monger and The Spoiler.
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Stumpman - This character had stumps for legs and arms but the disabilities were no match
for villains with normal bodies, no less super powers. Stumpman lost his limbs as the result of
swimming in nuclear waste (by accident) but also became strong enough to move around with speed and
agility. Though the character was supposed to show that disabilities could be overcome and attract
a large audience of unfortunate kids without limbs, it failed to do that. In fact, the first and
only issue of Stumpman did not sell one copy.
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Superette - Myrna Lucianamargoney was a normal high school student when she was stung by a
bee and became a gal with super strength who was able to defeat the swarm of evil characters that
came to the quiet Midwestern town of Gables, Indiana. In a test comic book, the people of Gables,
Indiana strongly resented the fact that a swarm of evil characters would be depicted in the comic
book, so they burned all of the test comic copies of Superette #1 in the town circle on Halloween
night, along with all books written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, James Fenimore Cooper and
a book of poetry by Carl Sandburg.
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Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You
can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.
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