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In 1999 I put on a Comics Pub Quiz night at the Princess Louise in
Holborn to support Hackney Health Action Zone's TLC project, where my friend Christopher
Burrows was working at the time. I had a lot of fun putting the quiz together,
Diamond were very generous in donating prizes and a good time was had by all.
The
questions were in ten themed rounds, and maybe some of them were a bit tough,
but you can be the judge of that. Remember the quiz was written in late 1999 so
lots of questions were topical then.
Round 1 - 1969
Which
was the top selling American comic of 1969 with more than half a million copies
per issue ?
Which young Marvel intern helped
Roy Thomas plot X-Men 59, the third part of the Neal Adams Sentinels story ?
The
first issue of Vampirella came out in September 1969. Which female comics artist
designed her costume and which male artist painted the cover having only heard
the costume described on the phone ?
Why were
Dick Grayson and Alfred crying in Batman issue 217 in December 1969 ? Because
a) they thought Batman was dead, B) they were slicing onions, C) Batman had broken
his back and they thought he was going to have to retire or D) young master Dick
was leaving Wayne Manor ?
What price did Marvel
and DC comics rise to in the summer of 1969 ?
Zap
became an anthology with issue 2 in 1969. Which four artists contributed to Zap
2 ? One point for two, two points for four
Scooby
Doo debuted in 1969. Who voiced Shaggy in the show ?
Which
was the last issue of the Fantastic Four to be cover dated 1969 ?
Round
2 - The Beano
In which year did Dennis
The Menace first appear on the cover of the Beano ? A) 1938 B) 1953 C) 1960 D)
1974
Who was the original artist for Roger
the Dodger ?
Which Beano character debuting
in 1953 had control of an army of toy soldiers ?
Who
was the cover star of the first issue of the Beano in 1938 and what was the free
gift ?
What was the cover price of the first
issue of the Beano and how much is the current issue ?
What
was the Bash Street Kids originally called ?
The
Beano made it to which landmark issue number this year ?
Who
was the original artist for Minnie the Minx and Little Plum ?
Round
3 - Gimmicks and Other Mistakes
What exciting
gimmick was used to promote Gen 13 issue 13 ?
Dr
Octopus got rather confused in issue 3 of Amazing Spider-man back in 1963. What
did he call Spider-man ?
In 1986 Marvel launched
the New Universe, which they claimed was the most spectacular comics event in
quarter of a century. Of the 8 titles debuting how many can you remember now ?
One point for five, two for all eight.
Which
early 60s Marvel comic carried the by-line 'The magazine that respects your intelligence'
?
Pop music. Charting in 1961 which song about
a comics character starts "There's a guy in the funny papers we all know…"
? One point for the character and one point for the group ?
Which
cartoonist sparred with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their Bed-In in 1969 ?
Everyone
knows that Shaking Stevens and Mick Hucknall have played for Fulchester United
in Viz, but which mid eighties pop star played for Roy Race's Melchester Rovers
?
Who appeared in comic book ads for the Famous
Artists School saying 'We're looking for people who like to draw' ?
Round
4 - Comics in Film
Who played the Riddler
in the 1966 Batman film and who played the Joker in the 1995 film Batman Forever
?
Who designed the animated section of the
Pink Floyd film, The Wall ?
Which James Bond
appears in the 1980 Flash gordon film ?
Who
played Prince Valiant in the 1954 film of Harold Foster's Arthurian strip ?
Ray
Park, who played Darth Maul in some film or other, is playing which character
in the forthcoming X-Men movie ? A) Nightcrawler, B) The Toad, C) Gambit or D)
The Juggernaut
Which artist designed Duran
Duran's Wild Boys video ?
Who directed Barbarella,
the 1968 film version of Jean Claude Forest's strip ?
Snow
White and Pinocchio were the first two Disney animated features. What were the
next two ?
Round 5 - The Rest of the
World
Herges Adventures of Tintin. What
was Herge's real name ?
Which two Tintin books
feature the Moon ?
Where and when is Akira
set ?
The writer of Lone Wolf and Cub and the
artist of Mai the Psychic Girl worked on the story of which tattooed assasin ?
Which
Milo Manara graphic novel features an invisible man ? A) Indian summer; B) Click;
C) Butterscotch D) An Author In Search of Six Characters
Draw
the Cigars of the Pharaoh badge
Who published
French SF comics magazine Metal Hurlant ?
Who
is the artist of the Pokemon comics series ?
Round
6 - 1999
This year through the partnership
of Wildstorm and DC Alan Moore returned to mainstream comics with the America's
Best Comics line. Name the four titles in the ABC line. One point for two, Two
points for all four
Alan had said he would
never work at DC again after editorial arguaments about Watchmen and Swamp Thing.
Give one of the concessions DC had to make to win the hairy one back.
Which
interesting character featured in this year's issues of Eightball ?
Which
artist is pencilling retro X-Men series, X-Men Children Of The Atom for Marvel
?
Which artist is painting the covers of Spawn
spin-off Sam And Twitch for Image ?
Which benefit
comic is the longest comic strip in the world and who is in aid of ?
Which
will be the last issue of the Fantastic Four to be cover dated 1999 ?
Posy
Simmonds returned to the Guardian this year with a graphic novel in daily parts
through the Summer. What was its title ?
Round
7 - The Classics
Who created Uncle Scrooge
McDuck ?
Master Race by Bernie Krigstein is
one of EC's most famous stories. In which comic did it appear ?
Who
is Plastic Man's rotund helper ?
Little Billy
Batson changes into Captain Marvel whenever he says Shazam, an acronym for six
of the mightiest heroes of all time. Who are the six mythic heroes that Shazam
stands for, one point for three, two for all six
Who
was artist of the Kin-der-Kids from April to November 1906 who later became a
major Bauhaus painter ?
Krazy Kat and Pogo
are two comic strip classics. For one point each where were these two strips set
?
Which Dick Tracy like detective appeared
in Li'l Abner ?
Who is Superman's editor at
the Daily Planet ?
Round 8 - What
were they previously ?
The comics below are the first issues of their respective
titles. What was each comic previously called ?
