#70s comics
Highly recommend checking out Spidey Super Stories (the best fodder for No Context Spider-Man)
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Comic Books: The Human Fly #3
“The wildest Super-Hero ever–Because, He’s Real!”
I take it many younger Marvel fans won’t or don’t recognize this. Here’s a brief history lesson before we continue.
There are 2 characters who have used the name “Human Fly” The first and possibly the most recognizable rendition was the super villain who battled Spider-Man in the 1970′s. Very true to his villainous name this version, whose real name was Richard Deacon not only had the flying powers of a fly but he also had the behavioral tendencies that came with the insects such as eating garbage. Other attributes included having the eyes of a fly. He was defeated by Spider-Man.
The second version was a Super-Hero whose identity is still unknown. That’s not a gimmick either. His identity was never revealed by the writers. Other than suffering severe injures due to a car accident and having most of his skeleton replaced with steel (60% i believe), our hero doesn’t have much of a backstory either. He has no superpowers. At all. Marvel has used this gimmick with other heroes such as Shang-Chi, Captain America and Dare Devil but here, it’s legit. There’s no serum, no chi magic and no radar like senses to give our hero a boost in reflexes. He literally is as real as they get or at least as real as someone with an almost steel made skeleton. He’s Marvel’s forgotten Dare Devil as his career was just that. He performs stunts for various charities that aid disabled children. The character was based off of the real stunt man, Rick Rojatt.
Sounds silly? Boring? Perhaps. While he might not work with audiences in 2016 I must say, some his comics were written quite well. While the common criminals in the stories were usually out to steal the money gathered by the events, it was actually a breath of fresh air to read something more down to earth. Although villains like The Red Skull and Dr. Doom were far more threatening, when you sit back and think about it, they would never actually rob money from a charitable event. That’s despicable even by their standards. The fact that his identity was never revealed, only added to mystique of the character and his actions also drew the attention of Spider-Man who who mistook him for the super villain mentioned earlier. He didn’t last very but it is a nice little obscurity that you will either love or hate.
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If the two of you will quit trading kudos, we can get on with this.
Face it, girls—you’re through!
It’s Superboy!
But first, where is he?
What? Irma, talk sense!
