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Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985):
“I Am Called Bad Guy, Mortal!”
by Don Simpson

Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3

Title: “I Am Called Bad Guy, Mortal!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1985

Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Written by: Don Simpson
Art by: Don Simpson


52 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Megaton Man Megaton Man (Trent Phloog)
(lead character)
hero
  The Megatropolis Quartet; VW Gang Kitchen Sink Press Image 65
Pamela Jointly Pamela Jointly supporting character
CBR Scale: M Liberal
The University of Michigan
[muckraking liberal columnist; attacks Megaton Man in print]
Kitchen Sink Press 10
Yarn Man Yarn Man (Bing Gloom) hero
  The Megatropolis Quartet; VW Gang
[parody of Thing (Ben Grimm)]
Kitchen Sink Press 26
See-Thru Girl See-Thru Girl (Stella Starlight) hero
  The Megatropolis Quartet; The University of Michigan
[parody of Invisible Woman; had affair w/Megaton Man]
Kitchen Sink Press 8
Preston Percy Preston Percy supporting character
  ICHHL
[Megaton Man's best pal; based in part on Jimmy Olson]
Kitchen Sink Press 19
Rudy Mayo Rudy Mayo supporting character
  [city editor; partially based on Perry White] Kitchen Sink Press 9
Professor Levitch Professor Levitch supporting character scientist based on a real person
  [based on Jerry Lewis] Kitchen Sink Press 3
Harry Foster Lime Harry Foster Lime supporting character based on a real person
  [based on Orson Welles] Kitchen Sink Press 8
Maynard F. Trombone Maynard F. Trombone supporting character based on a real person
  [based on Garry Trudeau; writes respected strip "Doomesbury"] Kitchen Sink Press 3
The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project supporting character group
  [newspaper Megaton Man and friends work for] Kitchen Sink Press 15
Kozmik Kat Kozmik Kat hero
CBR Scale: M uplifted animal
cat; The Megatropolis Quartet...  Kitchen Sink Press 4
Badguy Badguy (Bart Gamble) villain
  [1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)] Kitchen Sink Press 9
Partyers from Mars Partyers from Mars supporting character group
CBR Scale: D anarchist; alien
[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)] Kitchen Sink Press 3
Jenny Venturi supporting character
  [Yarn Man met her in post-apocalyptic future] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Captain (Jim) supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars (leader)
[based on Captain Kirk]
Kitchen Sink Press 1
Engineer supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars
[based on Scotty (Star Trek)]
Kitchen Sink Press 1
Science Officer (Pup) supporting character scientist
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars
[science officer; based on Spock]
Kitchen Sink Press 1
Helmsman supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars
[based on Hikaru Sulu]
Kitchen Sink Press 1
Media Officer supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars Kitchen Sink Press 1
Cruise Director supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars Kitchen Sink Press 1
Bones supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Partyers from Mars
[based on Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)]
Kitchen Sink Press 1
Roger Reckless supporting character scientist
  [technologist Yarn Man met in post-apocalyptic future] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Jeanie Reckless supporting character
  [daughter of Roger Reckless in post-apocalyptic future] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Brand Brace
(pg. 28-31)
supporting character
  [a leader in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Peggy Peggy
(pg. 28-31)
supporting character
  [post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to] Kitchen Sink Press 1
unnamed letterer
(5-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 3-6, 8)
supporting character
  [works on Trombone's "Doomesbury" comic strip] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale
(1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 3) 
lead character
CBR Scale: I Protestant
[farmer; student] George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc. 270
Toto Toto
(1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 3) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
dog
[Dorothy Gale's dog]
George M. Hill Company 36
Ootah Ootah
(1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 5)
supporting character
  [in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes
(someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 24, panel 7) 
hero
CBR Scale: U Anglican
[private investigator] Ward Lock & Co. 510
Captain Kirk Captain Kirk
(character based on) 
hero
  Starfleet; The Enterprise
[captain of U.S.S. Enterprise]
NBC Paramount Pictures, etc. 439
Spock Spock
(character based on) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: M Vulcan religion
human; Starfleet...  NBC Paramount Pictures, etc. 448
Scotty Scotty (Montgomery Scott)
(character based on) 
hero
  Starfleet; The Enterprise Desilu Productions NBC 330
Bones Bones (Dr. Leonard McCoy)
(character based on) 
hero
  Starfleet; The Enterprise NBC Paramount Pictures, etc. 362
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)] Shochiku Kinema 1,593
Sylvester Pussycat Sylvester Pussycat
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7) 
villain
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
cat Warner Brothers 742
Tweety Bird Tweety Bird
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7) 
lead character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
canary
[yellow canary]
Warner Brothers Looney Tunes, etc. 605
Klingons Klingons
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1) 
supporting character villain group
CBR Scale: M Klingon religion
[alien race] Desilu Productions NBC 268
Ms. Megaton Man Clarissa James
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 6) 
supporting character hero
  black; The University of Michigan
[daughter of Silver Age Megaton Man]
Kitchen Sink Press 6
Aunt Petunia Aunt Petunia
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1) 
supporting character
  [Megaton Man's poor, dear, sweet, fragile aunt] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Edna Edna
(mentioned, pg. 1, panel 1) 
supporting character
  [civilian blamed Badguy for his sister's hemorrhoids] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Timothy Leary Timothy Leary
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 6) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic (raised); Pagan (self-defined)
[outspoken psychedelic drugs advocate] Jerry Abrams 66
G. Gordon Liddy G. Gordon Liddy
(mentioned, pg. 12, panel 6) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[Watergate's chief operative of White House Plumbers unit] ABC 34
Janey Trombone
(mentioned, pg. 16, panels 1-2) 
supporting character
  [Pamela Jointly's sister; M.F. Trombone's wife] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Terry Kath Terry Kath
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 5) 
real/historical person
  [co-founder, guitarist of band Chicago] CBS 2
Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7) 
real/historical person
  [animator; film director...] Paramount Pictures 1
Bob Clampett Bob Clampett
(mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7) 
real/historical person
  [animator; film director...] Leon Schlesinger Studios Warner Brothers 6
The Crimson Mojo The Crimson Mojo
(mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6) 
villain
  [1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)] Kitchen Sink Press 1
The Leather Nun The Leather Nun
(mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6) 
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)] Kitchen Sink Press 1
The Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra
(mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6) 
villain group
  [musical group] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Bad Guy Bad Guy
(mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6) 
villain
  [criminal] Kitchen Sink Press 1
Weex Weex
(mentioned, pg. 29-30) 
supporting character
  [flew craft in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to] Kitchen Sink Press 1

Reprints of this comic:
Megaton Man (1990): "I Am Called Bad Guy, Mortal!"