tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post6980011056767282177..comments2023-11-23T04:26:01.790-08:00Comments on Gone & Forgotten: TRULY GONE AND FORGOTTEN : YANK AND DOODLECalamity Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-14641983914375854262014-03-24T06:36:18.155-07:002014-03-24T06:36:18.155-07:00VERY LATE CORRECTION to my previous post: My bad! ...VERY LATE CORRECTION to my previous post: My bad! Upon review, in one of those preposterous comic-book co-inky-dinks, the kids' father figured out they were Yank & Doodle only a few hours before the original Black Owl approached him to become the new Black Owl.<br /><br />Pops kept quiet about it because he was seethingly butthurt that they never confided their secret identities to him.<br /><br />Dedication to the cause: Original Black Owl was clean-shaven, while Black Owl II had a mustache. What to do? (Because that was the only distinguishing trait between the two men, and because EVERYONE in Mippyville or wherever knew that Black Owl didn't have no dang ol' mustache.) Black Owl II shaved off his beloved 'stache, then applied a fake one <i>that he apparently had standing by just in case</i> because people would "get suspicious" if he just upped and shaved it off one day.<br /><br />Comics.BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-10320995582634089362014-03-08T12:33:14.310-08:002014-03-08T12:33:14.310-08:00"A skilled figure painter, James would freque..."A skilled figure painter, James would frequently begin his day with a little yank and doodle."neofishboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629678962112182828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-11716136846541253192014-03-07T09:24:01.299-08:002014-03-07T09:24:01.299-08:00Wa-a-a-all, I'll just draw a line through that...Wa-a-a-all, I'll just draw a line through that upcoming Black Owl article ...Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-9151046495314563202014-03-07T01:50:37.677-08:002014-03-07T01:50:37.677-08:00Wow, I know these clowns from pursuing Dick (no re...Wow, I know these clowns from pursuing Dick (no relation) Briefer's Frankenstein, but didn't realize what utter pricks Rick and Dick were. Their only charm point is that with the crummy design and simple-letter insignias, their costumes actually looks home-made.<br /><br />Their father's story is a bit funnier. The Black Owl was a separate feature for a long time until Prize Comics needed to trim some pages and realized a tired Batman knockoff wasn't cutting it. (I think the rest of the Invincible Bunch of Guys had already been axed by this point.) But someone got the idea that maybe a tired Batman knockoff <i>with two Robins</i> might stay afloat--so the original Owl spent a couple of weeks training Yank and Doodle's old man to be his replacement after he had signed up to fight the Germans.<br /><br /><b>This happened without either man knowing Rick and Dick were Yank and Doodle</b>, setting up a preposterous sitcom situation in which the kids and Daddy would split up when a crime occurred, only to team up in their costumed personas, then part ways to reunite in their civvies <i>none the wiser hyuk yuk.</i><br /><br />Yeah, that malarky couldn't stand up for long, so eventually they found out each other's identities with absolutely no repercussions. Then Daddy took an arrow to the kn--I mean, a bullet to the leg, and retired from adventuring while Yank and Doodle returned to solo duty for their few remaining outings.BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-76798703003833355412014-03-06T09:55:04.962-08:002014-03-06T09:55:04.962-08:00I like to think of them as "Jerk and Fiddle&q...I like to think of them as "Jerk and Fiddle"Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-76492083950033461552014-03-06T09:48:23.809-08:002014-03-06T09:48:23.809-08:00Wow, these two chose names that even The Whizzer c...Wow, these two chose names that even The Whizzer can laugh at.thanoseidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637046102575165203noreply@blogger.com