From: [rettig c h] at [ucunix.san.uc.edu] (Craig H Rettig )
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info
Subject: Lobo FAFQ {7/4/96}
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 96 20:51:38 GMT
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FREQUENTLY-ASKED FRAGGIN' QUESTIONS
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LAST UPDATED: JULY 4, 1996
Maintained and written by this bastich: Craig H. Rettig
([rettig c h] at [ucunix.san.uc.edu])
Additional stuff by: Thomas Holmes & Marc Singer
Some guest-star info passed on by: Michael R. Grabois, Evan Long, and
Andy Mangels
NOTE: This document contains many spoilers. So don't come cryin' to me
if an ending or two get given away somewhere in here.
Lobo is TM and Copyright DC Comics, Inc. This document, however, is
Copyright by Craig H. Rettig. This document may be distributed freely,
as long as it is free of charge and kept in its entirety.
Table of Contents:
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1. Who is Lobo?
2. Wait a minute, did you say "killed every other member of his
race?"
3. Lobo, huh? Like the wolf?
4. What was Lobo's first appearance?
5. What comics does Lobo appear in?
6. Where has Lobo guest-starred?
7. How can I get Lobo via subscription?
8. Who created Lobo?
9. What are Lobo's powers?
10. What's with this clone thing?
11. Can Lobo die?
12. Are there other sources of Lobo on the Internet?
13. So, would I like Lobo? (by Thomas Alan Holmes & Marc Singer)
1. WHO IS LOBO?
Lobo is an alien humanoid being from the planet Czarnia. Lobo is 6'4",
210 pounds, with red eyes and dark grey hair. Lobo is the last
surviving member of his race, because he killed almost every other
Czarnian on a whim one day.
Czarnia was a planet of peace and tranquility until Lobo was born. No
one knows why he was the way he was, it just happened that way. Upon
his birth, he bit off four of the midwife's fingers. Lobo ripped out
his elementary principal's throat when he was five during a temper
tantrum. Lobo then got a radio receiver implanted into his brain,
which received Cosmic Rock Zombie Radio, a station where Lobo
threatened the DJ Wolfman Wilf to play "I Killed My Folks (No
Accident)" by Oedipus Wrecks 365 days a year, 24 hours a day under
penalty of mangling.
After leaving Czarnia, Lobo worked as a bounty hunter/assassin for a
while. On a personal mission to eviscerate Garryn Bek of L.E.G.I.O.N.,
who had accidentally run over one of his pet space dolphins, Lobo met
Vril Dox. While the two initally got along, both individuals' natures
took over, and the two fought to determine if Lobo would stay or not.
During this fight, Cosmic Rock Zombie Radio went off-the-air, and
Lobo, without his usual musical motivation, lost the fight to Vril Dox
and had to join L.E.G.I.O.N. When L.E.G.I.O.N. was taken over by Dox's
son Lyrl, Lobo was forced to join Dox's new group, the R.E.B.E.L.S.
Eventually, Dox got upset at Lobo and kicked him out of R.E.B.E.L.S.
Lobo has since gone back to bounty hunting.
In Lobo (regular series) #22, Lobo sold his soul to Neron to get his
radio receiver removed, because a stand-in DJ Tony LePoni decided to
play soul music. Lobo proceeded then to shoot Tony and blow up the
radio station.
2. WAIT A MINUTE, DID YOU SAY "KILLED EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF HIS RACE?"
Yep, Lobo excelled in the ways of science, and created an insect that
was 117 microns long, airborne, and of a scorpion-like appearance.
These little buggers would burrow into a person's skin and cause great
black blisters and severe blood poisoning, inducing paralysis but not
reducing the pain at all. Victims took about five days to die their
agonizing and messy death. The entire time, Lobo, who had made himself
immune to these creatures, sat up in his balcony getting drunk and
playing thrash metal on his guitar. Around five billion people died
over that short period of time, and Lobo just laughed.
The only other Czarnian to survive this occurence was a Miss E. Tribb,
Lobo's fourth-grade teacher, who was off-planet at the time. Lobo did
break her neck, killing her, in the fourth issue of the first
mini-series.
3. LOBO, HUH? LIKE THE WOLF?
Um...no. Lobo comes from a Khundish dialect, and roughly translates to
"He who eats your entrails and thouroughly enjoys it."
4. WHAT WAS LOBO'S FIRST APPEARANCE?
Omega Men #3, dated June of 1983. Cover price was $1.00 U.S./$1.25
Can. The creative team was as follows:
Roger Slifer : writer
Keith Giffen : penciller
Mike DeCarlo : inker
John Costanza : letterer
Anthony Tollin : colorist
Marv Wolfman : editor
5. WHAT COMICS DOES LOBO APPEAR IN?
Lobo appears monthly in his own series, Lobo (Duh!). He has also had
numerous guest appearances, usually easy to spot. Also, here is a list
of all the Lobo series, mini-series, and one-shots he regularly
appears/appeared in:
L.E.G.I.O.N. '89-'94 #3-34,36-39,41-52,57-58,61-67,69-70 [4/89 - 9/94]
Lobo, Vol. 1, #1-4 (The Last Czarnian) [11/90 - 2/91]
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special #1 [12/91]
Lobo's Back #1-4 [5/92, 6/92, 10/92, 11/92]
Lobo: Blazing Chain of Love #1 [9/92]
Lobo: Infanticide #1-4 [10/92 - 1/93]
Lobo: Portrait of a Victim #1 [Spring/93]
Lobo Convention Special #1 [Summer/93]
Lobo: UnAmerican Gladiators #1-4 [6/93 - 9/93]
Lobo, Vol. 2, #0,1-up (Regular series) [12/93 - present]
Lobocop #1 [2/94]
Lobo: A Contract on Gawd #1-4 [4/94 - 7/94]
Lobo: In the Chair #1 [8/94]
R.E.B.E.L.S. '94-'95 #0-6 [10/94 - 4/95]
Lobo & Deadman: The Brave and the Bald #1 [2/95]
Lobo: Bounty Hunting for Fun and Profit [Late Winter/95]
Lobo's Big Babe Spring Break Special [Spring/95]
The Lobo Gallery: Portraits of a Bastich #1 [9/95]
Lobo: I Quit! [12/95]
Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho-Bikers vs. the Mutants from Hell [1/96]
Lobo Goes to Hollywood #1 [8/96]
TRADE PAPERBACKS:
Lobo: The Last Czarnian
Lobo's Greatest Hits
Lobo's Back's Back
LOBO SLIPCASE PACKAGE: (Contains the following:)
Lobo: The Last Czarnian
Lobo's Greatest Hits
The Wisdom of Lobo
OTHER PARAPHENALIA:
CARDS: DC Cosmic Cards (1992): #120, Hologram #7; DC Cosmic Teams
(1993): #80; DC Master Series (1994): #62, Spectra #5
T-SHIRTS: #1) Black with Bisley Lobo on front and #2) Navy with Lobo
logo on front chest, and "Bite Me Fanboy" logo in puffy ink on back
[Both by Graphitti Designs]
BUTTONS: "Bite Me Fanboy" giveaway button with Lobo's Back #1
POSTERS: #1) Simon Bisley, #2) Val Semeiks(?), #3) DeVito
6. WHERE HAS LOBO GUEST-STARRED?
A complete list would be VERY exhaustive, but here it is (as far as I
know):
Action Comics #651; Adventures of Superman #43,464, Annual #2,4;
Ambush Bug Nothing Special #1; Aquaman, Vol. 4, #4; Armageddon:
Inferno #2-4; Bloodbath #1; Bloodwulf #2 (parody shot); Bob, the
Galactic Bum #1-4; Captain Atom #57; Comic Book Week #5; Comic Buyer's
Guide #1095; Comics Interview: Lobo Super Special; Darker Image #1
(parody shot in Bloodwulf); Darkstars #11; DC vs. Marvel #1,4; The
Demon #11-15,19,21,31-37; Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2; Green
Lantern #44-45; Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #8; Guy Gardner: Reborn
#1-3; Guy Gardner #8; Guy Gardner: Warrior #29,34; Justice League
America, Vol. 2, #57-59; Justice League Europe #32-34; Justice League
International #18-21; Kingdom Come #1 (caricature only),2; Legion of
Super-Heroes, Vol. 4, #21-24; Marvel vs. DC #2,3; Mr. Miracle, Vol. 2,
#13-14; Omega Men #3,5,9,10,19,20,37; The Ray (mini-series) #6; The
Ray (regular series) #8; Showcase '95 #6,9; Sovereign Seven Annual #1;
Starman #42-44; Superman, Vol. 2, #14,41; Superman: The Man of Steel
#20,30; Underworld Unleashed #2, Valor #3-5; War of the Gods #1,3,4;
Who's Who #17; Who's Who in the DC Universe #8; and Wonder Woman, Vol.
2, #60; to name a few.
If you notice something not included here, please E-mail me at
[rettig c h] at [ucunix.san.uc.edu.]
Some info provided by Michael R. Grabois ([o--b--t] at [ix.netcom.com]), Evan
Long ([d--l--g] at [idirect.com]), and Andy Mangels ([andym 19] at [northwest.com]).
7. HOW CAN I GET LOBO VIA SUBSCRIPTION?
Lobo is available through DC Comics' subscription service. The cost is
$23.40 for a 12-issue subscription (Add $8 if you live outside the
U.S.). Send a check or money order (payable in U.S. funds), payable to
DC Comics, to:
DC Comics Subscriptions
P.O. Box 0528
Dept. A-6
Baldwin, NY 11510 U.S.A.
Or, if you want to use your MasterCard or Visa, you can call DC
between 9:00am-5:00pm EST, toll-free in U.S. and Canada at
1-800-887-6789. (Foreign orders must be sent by mail only.)
All this information is taken from the comic itself, and note DC
sometimes has special subscription prices, saving you some money.
8. WHO CREATED LOBO?
Credit is given to Roger Slifer for the character concept, and Keith
Giffen for the character's visuals.
9. WHAT ARE LOBO'S POWERS?
Lobo is extremely strong and resilient to damage, on par with
Superman. Lobo also heals extremely quickly in addition to his
durability. Lobo possesses a tracking sense that locks onto a person's
aura, and he can track them across the universe if necessary. Lobo
apparently does need to breathe, as he has been subdued by gas in the
past, yet he is able to survive in the vaccuum of space unaided. Lobo
formerly had the ability to make clones of himself by spilling a drop
of blood. In L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #7, Vril Dox, leader of L.E.G.I.O.N. at
that time, poisoned Lobo to remove this ability. However, Lobo had a
clone escape, who may have replaced the original Lobo, that still
possesses or possessed the ability to replicate.
10. SO WHAT'S UP WITH THIS CLONE THING?
NOTE: This section contains spoilers. You may or may not want to skip
it.
This entire paragraph is recounted in Lobo, Vol. 2, #9. When Vril Dox
killed the drug-lord Kanis-Biz, Biz's followers attacked L.E.G.I.O.N.
headquarters. Vril Dox had Lobo make clones of himself to repel the
attackers. Dox then poisoned Lobo so he could not make any more
clones. All but one of the clones were killed in the fight. The one
that remained smelled a suicide mission and hung back. This clone had
not been poisoned and therefore could still make clones. This clone
left Cairn and went to the planet Kannit, where he started building a
new faction to conquer the universe. At the conclusion of the issue,
Lobo and the clone were fighting, and one of them walked out--No one
knows which one. Therefore, if the clone Lobo survived, then Lobo
still has his ability to replicate, otherwise not.
Speculation: Due to Neron's removal of Lobo's radio transmitter in
Lobo, Vol. II, #22, since non-organic material cannot be cloned, it is
generally assumed that it was, in fact, the original Lobo, and not the
clone, who survived.
11. CAN LOBO DIE?
Number one, he's very tough to kill, but he or his clones have been
killed on a few occasions:
* Clones: Large explosions in the airborne ships they were piloting.
(L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #7)
* Alternate future Lobo: Disintegrated by beams from Vril Dox/Lady
Quark amalgam. (L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 Annual 2)
* Lobo: Blown in half by large gun. (Lobo's Back #1)
* Reincarnated-as-a-woman Lobo: Blown apart by WWII-era artillery.
(Lobo's Back #3)
* Reincarnated-as-a-squirrel Lobo: Squashed when top half of Lobo's
original body fell on him. (Lobo's Back #3)
* Clones: Killed by large salvos of missiles fired by Vril Dox from
a L.E.G.I.O.N. ship. (Lobo, Vol. 2, #9)
* Lobo or Clone: Killed by the other. (Lobo, Vol. 2, #9)
* Lobo: Charged with 500,000 volts, inhaling poisonous gas, a spike
in the brain, and at least 17 severe blows to the head by a
hydraulic hammer. (Lobo/Deadman: T.B.A.T.B. #1)
Due to the ending of Lobo's Back #4, one can make the assumption that
Lobo can never be permanently dead, because he is neither allowed in
heaven or hell.
12. ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF LOBO ON THE INTERNET?
Sure, probably lots of 'em, but here are the only ones I know of:
1. Bastich, Inc. -- http://ucunix.san.uc.edu/~rettigch/Lobo.html A
site I maintain with every Lobo link I know of, plus a few
pictures.
2. The Lobo Picture Site -- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~trondr/lobo.e.html
3. Lobo's stats for the Mayfair DC Heroes Role-Playing Game --
http://silver.ucs.indiana.edu/~rmaple/lobo.html
4. Of course, this document at
http://ucunix.san.uc.edu/~rettigch/Lobo.FAFQ
5. rec.arts.comics.dc.universe
6. rec.arts.comics.misc
7. Occasionally, rec.arts.comics.info (moderated)
13. SO, WOULD I LIKE LOBO?
Dunno, I'll let you read this article by Thomas Alan Holmes and its
reply by Marc Singer from rec.arts.comics.misc and you can (if you
haven't already) decide for yourself whether or not this kind of thing
appeals to you:
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Article 118422 of rec.arts.comics.misc:
Subject: Re: LOBO
From: [m--r--s] at [wam.umd.edu] (Marc Singer)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 23:03:08 GMT
In article , wrote:
[Are you a potential Lobo fan?]
>I guess you should ask yourself a few basic questions.
>1. Did you laugh along with the Joker in the first Burton BATMAN
movie?
>2. When you watch/read A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, do you see why Alex enjoys
himself in the early parts?
>3. Do you think the Three Stooges would have been better if they had
used live ammo?
>4. Do you wish Sam the Butcher had gotten the Brady kids into the
meat locker?
>5. Would HEATHERS have had a positive influence on you had you seen
it in high school?
>If you can gleefully answer "yes" to four of these questions, then
LOBO may be for you.
Or, if you don't have the patience to answer five questions (which may
itself be a big clue as to whether you're a Lobo fan), just try this
easy, one-question test!
1. Will you find the replacement of normal words with
pseudo-obscenities like "frag" and "bastich" funny, not just the first
time but the thousandth?
LOBO HUMOR EXAMPLES
Goldfinger -> Fragfinger
The Piano -> The Frag
The Godfather -> The Frag
Days of Our Lives -> Frag frag Frag Frag
If you laughed all four times, YOU'RE a true Lobo fan! This test may
also explain the large number of people who enjoy both Lobo and the
Flintstones.
Marc
:-) :-) :-) :-)
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"He is an anarchic force. Only if that force is controlled by some
outside agency could he ever become the threat that I must
neutralize." -- Waverider, regarding Lobo [L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 Annual #2]
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