Manowar, the White Streak

[Roygbiv666]

Does anyone have any idea why this guy was "sub-titled" The White Streak, when his costume is red and blue, his face is orange, and his skullcap is green?

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/White_Streak

[Yoc]

Maybe someone forgot to tell the colourist?

[Roygbiv666]

That was actually my theory. QA/QC was not a big thing in Golden Age comics.

Maybe someone forgot to tell the colourist?

[John C]

He's an ancient American robot (or something) who shoots lasers out of his eyes.  Asking questions starts you down a path to someplace you don't want to be...

Sort of like Silver Streak, you could ask why his costume's red and the streak behind him is similar, but then you'll end up thinking about his origin.  And from there, it's just a few inevitable steps to worrying about Forces Man Was Not Meant to Know.

(All things considered, though, the way they call out the South America part, I have to assume it's because he's more or less Caucasian.)

[Roygbiv666]

Yeah. I think SS was supposed to be silver, but the coloring of the times would make him look gray(?).

I thought I might be missing something.

It's just relevant to a commission idea.

He's an ancient American robot (or something) who shoots lasers out of his eyes.  Asking questions starts you down a path to someplace you don't want to be...

Sort of like Silver Streak, you could ask why his costume's red and the streak behind him is similar, but then you'll end up thinking about his origin.  And from there, it's just a few inevitable steps to worrying about Forces Man Was Not Meant to Know.

(All things considered, though, the way they call out the South America part, I have to assume it's because he's more or less Caucasian.)

[jfglade]

 Wasn't Silver Streak, the book not the feature, named after a new Pontiac the publisher had purchased about the time he decided to publish a comic and he decided to go with an initial title in which the lettering of the title was not only silver in color but also reflective to draw attention? That's what I've read, but I've read a lot of things about comics history and no all of them have any basis in fact.

Yeah. I think SS was supposed to be silver, but the coloring of the times would make him look gray(?).

I thought I might be missing something.

It's just relevant to a commission idea.

He's an ancient American robot (or something) who shoots lasers out of his eyes.  Asking questions starts you down a path to someplace you don't want to be...

Sort of like Silver Streak, you could ask why his costume's red and the streak behind him is similar, but then you'll end up thinking about his origin.  And from there, it's just a few inevitable steps to worrying about Forces Man Was Not Meant to Know.

(All things considered, though, the way they call out the South America part, I have to assume it's because he's more or less Caucasian.)

[Roygbiv666]

I had read that somewhere, too. Doesn't make it true, but I do recall reading that.

The character, the Silver Streak, first appears as a cab driver hired (or brainwashed) to race the car, the Silver Streak - which was red. He does not appear in costume in that issue, but is referred to as "the Silver Streak" by one of the villains.

Wasn't Silver Streak, the book not the feature, named after a new Pontiac the publisher had purchased about the time he decided to publish a comic and he decided to go with an initial title in which the lettering of the title was not only silver in color but also reflective to draw attention? That's what I've read, but I've read a lot of things about comics history and no all of them have any basis in fact.

Yeah. I think SS was supposed to be silver, but the coloring of the times would make him look gray(?).

I thought I might be missing something.

It's just relevant to a commission idea.

He's an ancient American robot (or something) who shoots lasers out of his eyes.  Asking questions starts you down a path to someplace you don't want to be...

Sort of like Silver Streak, you could ask why his costume's red and the streak behind him is similar, but then you'll end up thinking about his origin.  And from there, it's just a few inevitable steps to worrying about Forces Man Was Not Meant to Know.

(All things considered, though, the way they call out the South America part, I have to assume it's because he's more or less Caucasian.)

[JVJ (RIP)]

Wasn't Silver Streak, the book not the feature, named after a new Pontiac the publisher had purchased about the time he decided to publish a comic and he decided to go with an initial title in which the lettering of the title was not only silver in color but also reflective to draw attention? That's what I've read, but I've read a lot of things about comics history and no all of them have any basis in fact.

That is the story that Michael T. Gilbert relates in the Introduction to the Dark Horse Silver Streak Archives #1. There's even a picture of the Pontiac, and also one of the train with the Silver Streak name. And from the cover of #1 on DCM, it does appear that the title and the "streak" of lightning across the cover might have been shiny.

I just got the Dark Horse volume yesterday and am still wondering why they started with issue #6 instead of issue #1 - and yes I do know that Daredevil begins in #6, but the series isn't being billed by Dark Horse as the Daredevil Archives, is it?

Peace, Jim (|:{>

[RJ Bowman]

Interesting. White Streak was created by Carl Burgos, creator of the original Human Torch, also an android.

[RJ Bowman]

I forgot: he also created the 1960's android Captain Marvel. The guy was really into androids.