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|image = Image:BouncingBeatnik.jpg | |image = Image:BouncingBeatnik.jpg | ||
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|status = Inactive as this identity, beyond that, his current status is unknown. | |status = Inactive as this identity, beyond that, his current status is unknown. | ||
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− | {{KBAC1}} [[ | + | {{KBAC1}} [[{{KBAC1}} No.2|#2]] <br> |
+ | {{SA}} [[{{SA}} No.2|#2]] <br> | ||
+ | {{AC}} [[Astro City No.43|#43]] | ||
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− | An acrobatic and jive talking beatnik hero. He aided | + | An acrobatic and jive talking beatnik hero. He aided Honor Guard in the first fight against [[Shirak]]. |
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− | There | + | There is a definite sense of a long history associated with the Bouncing Beatnik, but to date, he has made very few on-panel appearances within the pages of ''Astro City'' comics. At least in this form, with this identity. |
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+ | According to a [[Pyramid]] computer file, he took down a Pyramid base in Los Angeles in the mid 1960s.<ref name="DA3:1">{{RefComic | title={{DA3}} | issue=#1 | link={{DA3}} No.1 | page=14|panel=2| }}</ref> | ||
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+ | * On '''Bruiser's''', the (now discontinued) Comics Forum dedicated to all things Astro City, Kurt mentioned, ''"There will eventually be more of the Beatnik -- or another of his incarnations. He has shown up in two forms, so far."'' | ||
+ | * '''[[{{VG}}]]''' notes he's never been an [[Honor Guard]] member in any of his incarnations. He's teamed up with them, but never joined. | ||
+ | * He has a yellowish/golden skin color, and only three digits on each hand, indicating he's not completely human. | ||
+ | * [[The Broken Man]] confirms the Beatnik is part of the legacy that began with [[Mister Cakewalk]], i.e. an incarnation of living music that manifests as part of a particular era's counterculture. | ||
+ | * People don't seem to like him for some reason. According to the Broken Man, this is key to something. | ||
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− | * | + | * In 1959, the Bouncing Beatnik teamed up with [[Max O'Millions|Max O'Millions']] freshly formed super-hero team, [[Honor Guard]] to turn back a dimensional invasion by [[Shirak|Shirak the Devourer]]. It seemed a rather odd collaboration however, given the cultural differences and fighting styles between the Beatnik and Honor Guard, especially with Max O'Million. Follow up commentary<ref name="KBAC1:2">{{RefComic | title={{KBAC1}} | issue=#2| page=20}}</ref> about the battle from reporters who frequented a local pub appropriately called the [[The Deadline|Deadline]], strongly reinforced this notion. |
+ | * The [[Halcyon Hippie]] as depicted in the early 1970s might be a subsequent presentation of what was the Bouncing Beatnik. Fan commentary and letters page response to his first appearance ({{KBAC2}} #1/2) hint that he might be an alternate reality's version of the Beatnik. A repeat appearance in {{DA1}} #4 strongly infers that the Halcyon Hippie is of this dimension as well. | ||
+ | * Based on certain physical similarities, it is possible that in addition to being the Halcyon Hippie, he could also have another identity as the Broken Man. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 29 August 2018
HistoryThere is a definite sense of a long history associated with the Bouncing Beatnik, but to date, he has made very few on-panel appearances within the pages of Astro City comics. At least in this form, with this identity. According to a Pyramid computer file, he took down a Pyramid base in Los Angeles in the mid 1960s.[1]
Observations
Speculations, Theories
Footnotes
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