Tuesday, April 17, 2007

"Lance"? Really? "Lance"?

I'm not a fan of the theory that every comics character with the same last name is related to one another. I understand it, since everyone with MY last name, "Padnick", IS related to me (ah, Ellis Island), but "Gordon" is a common name, so the Commissioner of Gotham City and the original host of Eclipso aren't necessarily related at all. AND I don't see how it helps the story to know that Jim Harper, The Guardian, happens to be the uncle of Roy Harper, The Red Arrow.

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If there is any justice in the world, it should somehow get back to the rest of the Green Lanterns that Guy Gardner is somehow, someway related to LANCE Gardner.

Oh please oh please oh please....

4 comments:

Sleestak said...

Yeah, can't fight Darth Vader just because he's evil...no! Gotta be related.

Anonymous said...

Gardner is a fairly common name.

Guy only has an older brother,so it's pretty unlikely that they're related, and if they are, they're cousins at best.

Tom Foss said...

I think Jim Harper is actually Roy's great-uncle. At least, post-Crisis.

SallyP said...

Guy does have an aunt, so it is possible that he has cousins, but she is on his mother's side. I have no idea if his father ever had siblings.