Rocky Horror Picture Show Research Paper

THE SILVER AGE RIP HUNTER (Bonus: See if you spot the reference to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show')

In 1956 DC started a series named 'Showcase' intended as a venue to try new characters to see if readers would take to them. Creations such as 'Challengers of the Unknown', Sea
Devils', 'The Metal Men' and 'Adam Strange' went on to their own series, and some showed staying power into the present. Showcase also hosted revivals of Golden Agers The Flash, Green
Lantern, The Spectre and The Atom (Issue #4, cover dated Sept-Oct 1956, which featured The
Flash's reincarnation, is considered the first Silver Age comic). Rip Hunter- Time Master, one of the newbies, debuted in Issue …show more content…
The real Caesar, un- amused by this, vows revenge against her, but Rip reconciles them after regaining his identity.

Young DC fan Jerry Springer gets the idea for a new type of talk show.

Cleo pops up again in #21, 'The Beauty Contest of the Ages'. A Hollywood Producer talks to
Rip about helping stage the title event with several glamorous women of the past competing alongside his latest discovery (naturally he's rigged it so she'll win). The Producer has pledged some of the proceeds to charity so Rip agrees and leaves to gather the contestants: Cleo; Helen of Troy; Scheharazade and Empress Theodora. None of them need any convincing to participate, though Rip does have some trouble with husbands, boyfriends and various palace guards.
Unfortunately, this being a comic with little psychological depth, the girls main personality trait is vanity and they're soon at each others throats, making Rip regret his decision. A twist ending settles things neatly however.

At this point in the story the Egyptians start throwing toilet paper

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