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Green_Hornet Member |
posted March 20, 2003 11:16 PM
  
I figured with all these knowledgable posters here, one of you would surley know one Irish super type person. The only one I can think of is the odd Jack O'Latern with the Global Guardians. Please don't tell me Jack and some sterotyped cops are the only Irishmen in comicdom... Thanks, IP: Logged |
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Stan Brown Member |
posted March 20, 2003 11:47 PM
Marvel had Banshee, a male mutant with sonic cry powers, who was one of the original New X-Men. IP: Logged |
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Green_Hornet Member |
posted March 21, 2003 12:41 AM
Banshee was a Scot though wasn't he? Not that there's much difference  -Bob IP: Logged |
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Corrosive Kid Member |
posted March 21, 2003 04:41 AM
Banshee was Irish, as was his daughter, Siren. Marvel also had a female Irish super-hero in Contest of Champions, whose name I believe was Shamrock. When did mick stop being an ethnic slur? IP: Logged |
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Unknown Question Member |
posted March 21, 2003 08:35 AM
Theres a fair few webpages out there that looks at International charactors.
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IndianaBoo New Member |
posted March 21, 2003 09:01 AM
Is Hitman of Irish descent? IP: Logged |
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rainjax New Member |
posted March 21, 2003 12:06 PM
Lar', how could ye forget oul Cassidy from Preacher! There's the finest Irish laddie in all of comics! IP: Logged |
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Green_Hornet Member |
posted March 21, 2003 03:56 PM
quote: Hmm, could've sworn he was Scottish. And I'd say mick stopped being offensive around about the same time honkie, cracker, and frog lost their sting. -Bob IP: Logged |
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Green_Hornet Member |
posted March 21, 2003 04:01 PM
quote: Thanks for the list, I'd forgoteen about the Gay Ghost. But isn't he the Grim Ghost now? And if you don't mind could toss me the links for one of those sites? Thanks to you and everyone else who replied. -Bob IP: Logged |
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The Anti-Life Equation Member |
posted March 21, 2003 08:33 PM
Kyle Rayner used to be irish american until it was discovered that his dad was mexican. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Joe Pacheco Member |
posted March 21, 2003 10:43 PM
The werewolf girl from the New Mutants? IP: Logged |
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Bgztl Member |
posted March 21, 2003 10:51 PM
quote: So now he's Mexican-Irish-American. He can join Martin Sheen and his progeny in good company I suppose. IP: Logged |
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captainswift Member |
posted March 21, 2003 11:42 PM
quote: Wolfsbane was Scottish. IP: Logged |
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Rob Staeger Member |
posted March 22, 2003 03:28 PM
quote: Yep, Tommy Callahan even went back to the old country for a couple issues. And we can probably add red-headed dead guy Jim Corrigan to the list of Irish-Americans. I don't know if his ancestry was ever firmly established, but it's not a bad assumption. Rob IP: Logged |
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Corrosive Kid Member |
posted March 22, 2003 03:50 PM
Remember the Mike Myers sketch on SNL where he used to play the proprietor of a Scotish giftshop? The one where he used to say, "If it ain't Scotish, it's crap!" He used to get upset with people who confused Ireland with Scotland all the time. It's a good thing that he's not reading this thread. :P IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted March 23, 2003 09:42 PM
quote: It's still an ethnic slur unless the person using it is Irish. IP: Logged |
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Drumore01 Member |
posted March 23, 2003 11:17 PM
<<Banshee was a Scot though wasn't he? Not that there's much difference>> Them's fightin' words!!! : ) You might be confused because he later dated (did they ever marry?) Moira MacTaggert, and they resided on Muir Island, Scotland. IP: Logged |
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profh0011 Member |
posted March 24, 2003 12:03 AM
"Please don't tell me Jack and some sterotyped cops are the only Irishmen in comicdom" Well, the FIRST Irish character that comes to my mind, of course, is Gotham City's own Chief O'Hara. I've never seen him in the comic-books, but I did see him in the 60's newspaper strip. "Banshee was a Scot though wasn't he? Not that there's much difference" My Dad used to play "ethnic Irish music" on the weekends, often for "fundraisers". A common first question, as so many people at these tended to be "right off the boat", was "So tell me, what COUNTY are ye from?" Most of these people could correctly identify WHICH county in Ireland someone was from, just by their accent! GOD FORBID somebody would dare to play a SCOTTISH song at one of these functions-- it might start a riot akin to the bottle-throwing scene in THE BLUES BROTHERS. "What are ye playin' that SCOTTISH TRASH for??" The regular band my Dad played in for a few years was often complimented on being "the best Irish music we've ever heard", patrons said on occasion. Nobody in the band told the customers, of course, that the 3 guys in the band were English, Scottish, and-- POLISH! "It's still an ethnic slur unless the person using it is Irish. Kinda like black folks and the N-word." Which is exactly why, in MY neighborhood, I avoid the "N" word at all costs-- preferring the "A" word, the "B" words, the "SOB" word, the "MF" word, or simply go with "stupid brain-damaged idiot" and other colorful metaphors. (Ususually, it's safer to insult a person's lack of intelligence than their race-- not that it stops them from doing it, OR, incredidbly, being offended for being called EXACTLY what they are...) IP: Logged |
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