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To: Windflier

I grew up on superhero comic books, and had a taste for Golden Age Fawcett Captain Marvel instilled in me. I figured it would be too much to be Captain Marvel himself ... too much to live up to. Plus, the name has been used by MANY other characters due to a complex copyright history. His nemesis is Dr. Sivana, “the world’s wickedest scientist”, who predates Lex Luthor and is a possible partial inspiration (bald mad scientist trope).

Anyway, I figured it would be fun to take the name of someone who isn’t too well known, is very much a character, and allows me to poke fun at myself a little.

The main problem is that the character is lesser known, so that I am sometimes mistaken for being a real medical doctor.


5 posted on 07/23/2017 5:25:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Thanks for that bit of comic book trivia. Though I’m in my mid sixties, I wasn’t aware of that character.


19 posted on 07/23/2017 5:32:06 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Mine is my stage name from band days


146 posted on 07/23/2017 6:48:18 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Dr. Sivana

I was going to ask you a medical question once


236 posted on 07/23/2017 8:09:54 AM PDT by mowowie
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