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|caption=Cover of Radioactive Man issue #1. |
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|character_name=Radioactive Man |
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|real_name=Claude Kane III |
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|debut='''In ''The Simpsons'':''' "]" (however, a comic book featuring an early prototype of the character appears in "]")<br>'''In Bongo Comics:''' ''Radioactive Man'' #1, 1994 |
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|status=Active |
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|alliances=Superior Squad |
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|knockoffs=Radiation Dude |
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|aliases=Radio Man, Radiation Man |
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|relatives=Camellia Kane/Pneumatica (mother), Claude Kane II (father), Rod Runtledge (ward)|powers=] |
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'''Radioactive Man''' is a ] ] ] in the ] ] '']''. |
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{{R avoided double redirect|Radioactive Man (The Simpsons)}} |
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==Role in ''The Simpsons''== |
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Within the Simpsons ], ] Man was created by Morty Mann. He has been portrayed in many media since his debut in "Radioactive Man" #1 in 1952. In addition to comic books, he was featured in at least one 1940s or 1950s era black-and-white serial, sponsored by ]. The serials featured fictional actor Dirk Richter — a parody of ] and ] — as Radioactive Man, and Buddy Hodges played Fallout Boy. Richter, reportedly born in 1922 (he was said to be "72 years old and … dead" in 1995), was apparently shot to death in a ] sometime in the 1960s<ref>Mentioned in ''The Simpsons'' episode "]".</ref> (a reference to the mysterious death of ], the first actor to portray ] on television). There was also a ]y early 1970s ] suspiciously resembling the '']'' TV series, and boasted the appearance of an extremely "flamboyant" ] called "The Scoutmaster", who resembled ]. Sometime in the 80s ] portrayed Radioactive Man in a ''Radioactive Man'' movie trilogy. ''Radioactive Man III'' featured ] as Krusto the Evil Clown (a parody of ]) and featured Buddy Hodges as Fallout Boy's great grandfather.<ref>Advertised on the back cover of ''Radioactive Man'' #412.</ref> The trilogy consisted of: |
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* "Radioactive Man" |
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* "Radioactive Man II: Bring On The Sequel" |
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* "Radioactive Man III: Oh God, Not Again" |
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In 1995, a ] studio attempted to film a Radioactive Man movie in ]. The movie starred ] (Springfield's answer to ]), as Radioactive Man. The role of Fallout Boy was cast from local children. ], a huge Radioactive Man fan, tried out for the part, but it went to his pal, ], due to Bart being an inch too short. The origin of Fallout Boy was changed for the movie: Rod Runtledge acquires superpowers after getting run over by an x-ray truck and blasted in the face by the x-ray machine it was transporting. Still trapped under the truck, he meets Radioactive Man when the superhero arrives on the scene to lift it off him. ] was cast as villains Dr. Clownius and Silly Sailor. The movie was never completed due to budget overruns caused by constant ] by Springfield vendors, and Milhouse snapping from the pressure of the role, and refusing to continue to portray Fallout Boy - former child actor ] attempted to take over the role, with predictably miserable results. The unfinished project was presumably shelved. |
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A ] of Radioactive Man exists. This comic book character is known as "Radiation Dude". Instead of using Radioactive Man's ] "up and atom!" he just says "up and let's go." |
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In the episode "]", it is revealed that comic writer ] (who voiced himself in the episode) had written several issues of Radioactive Man. He turned the character into a ]-addicted jazz critic who had no superpowers. |
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== The Bongo Comic == |
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Radioactive Man has escaped from the fictional world of Bart Simpson to appear in a real comic book intermittently published by ], which has also published, since 1994, a number of comics featuring ], the Simpson family, and other characters from the television show. |
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Issue #1 of the Bongo comic differs from ''RM'' #1 as seen in ''Simpsons'' episode "]". While featuring a similar scenario and accident (Claude getting his trousers caught on barbed wire just before a mega-bomb explodes. This is a parody of Bruce Banner getting caught by the Gamma Bomb in Incredible Hulk #1), the Bongo series' Claude was not wearing tattered clothes. In the books, Claude's survival is due in part to a large thunderbolt-shaped shard of metal embedded in his head by the explosion. Claude would attempt to remove the bolt throughout the book series, but each attempt has nasty consequences which results in it being put back in his scalp again. Additionally, the bolt's presence would save his life numerous times in increasingly bizarre ways. |
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Maintaining the satirical standards of the television show, these comics often parody genre comic books, and the reader can follow the evolution of Radioactive Man from a 1950s irradiated hero through the politically reactionary or radical years of the 1960s and 1970s, and the dark, troubled years of the 1980s and 1990s comic book hero. Indeed, one comic displays a startling similarity to Alan Moore's ], with Radioactive Man taking the part of state-supported hero Doctor Manhattan. The comics are published as if they were the actual ''Simpsons'' universe's Radioactive Man comics; a "1970s"-published comic features a letter written by a ten-year-old ], for instance. |
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Within the Bongo Comics, Radioactive Man is secretly Claude Kane III, a millionaire playboy whose personality was well-intentioned, but bumbling and not overly bright. In addition (which became a recurring storyline element), Claude's personality was permanently stuck in a conservative 1950s outlook on everything, no matter what the time era in question was. A running gag is that in order to preserve his secret identity, Claude is constantly wearing various types of hats, in order to conceal the lightning bolt-shaped shrapnel sticking out of his head. |
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Simpsons Super Spectacular is a series published by ]. It was first released in June 2006, containing 5 stories. The series acts as a continuation of Radioactive Man comics with the inclusion of the Springfield-universe superheroes including ] as Pieman and ] as Bartman, as well as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl from '']''. One of the stories has Bartman and his sidekick ] meet their almost exact equals in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supersimpsons.com/ |title=SUPERSIMPSONS.COM: Bartman, Radioactive Man, & More! |publisher=Supersimpsons.com |date= |accessdate=2008-10-06}}</ref> |
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== Powers and abilities == |
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Throughout most of ''The Simpsons'' TV series, very few references to Radioactive Man's actual super powers have been made. As a result, the extent of his powers are not known. It can be inferred that Radioactive Man has some level of ] and invulnerability. In one ''Simpsons'' episode, Bart shows Lisa a comic where Radioactive Man is seen throwing a villain into the sun and quipping, "Hot enough for you?". In the planned Radioactive Man movie, a stunt was filmed in which he easily lifts a car off Fallout Boy. The Bongo comics expanded on his powers, giving him several which parodied those of ] including super speed, ], and the power to fire beams of "]" from his eyes. He is also bulletproof. |
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== Fallout Boy == |
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In the series, Fallout Boy first appeared in a 1950s ''Radioactive Man'' film ] shown at a comic book convention in the episode "]", and it was implied that the actor who played Fallout Boy might have been gay. However, unlike many ''Simpsons'' characters, he has only made a handful of appearances since. While Radioactive Man is a broad parody of many superheroes, most obviously containing elements of ] and ] (and the comic incorporates an origin story similar to ]'s ]), among others, Fallout Boy is mainly a parody of Robin (with his costume, references as being the 'young ward' of Radioactive Man, his younger age and sidekick status, and his ambiguous sexuality) with elements of Spider-Man (his fictional comic book origin, for example). His catchphrase: "Jiminy jillickers!" |
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Additionally, Fallout Boy also appears in a real-life comic book titled ''Radioactive Man'', published by ] (a comic created in part by ], the creator of ''The Simpsons''). In these comic books, Fallout Boy's real name is Rod Runtledge, he has a brother named Dodd Runtledge, and they live in Zenith City. Rod is a ] ] living with his aunt, Aunt June, an obvious reference to ]'s alter ego, Peter Parker, who lives with his Aunt May. |
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Fallout Boy was an average book worm, until one day, he was at a Radioactive demonstration, where he met up with Claude Kane (Radioactive Man). A tall piece of machinery fell towards them. Claude grabbed Rod and jumped over the rail, Claude holding onto the machine. The machine came to life, and as the ray passed through Claude, it hit Rod. Rod then got a pint sized version of RM's powers, and became Fallout Boy. |
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Milhouse was chosen to play Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man movie when Bart was rejected from the project because he was not 4 ft 1.5in tall. |
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The band ] named itself after the Fallout Boy character. The band Fall Out Boy performed a version of the show's theme song in the season 20 episode "]." |
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== Comic bibliography == |
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A list of the issues published so far, plus all other known appearances of Radioactive Man (organized by order released): |
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=== Pre-Bongo === |
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* ''Simpsons Comics & Stories'' #1: Features a page from ''Radioactive Man'' #418. |
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* ''Bartman and Radioactive Man'' #1: This comic book was an ] included in an issue of "]", in 1994. It contains a mini poster of Bartman and Radioactive Man. |
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=== Volume 1 === |
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Written by ]; publishing started 1994. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #1 ("1952"): The first appearance and origin of Radioactive Man; a parody of ] comics. Specifically parodying early issues of the Incredible Hulk. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #88 ("1962"): features a "retelling" of the origin of Fallout Boy; a parody of ] ]. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #216 ("1972"): a parody of the "relevant" age of 1970s comics, Radioactive Man discovered that Fallout Boy was a ] spoofing issue #85 of '']/]'' in which Green Arrow discovered his sidekick ] was a ] addict |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #412 ("1980"): a parody of the "]" storyline in the '']'' comics. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #679 ("1986"): a parody of several 1980s comic storylines, particularly '']'', '']'' and '']''. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #1000 ("1995"): a parody of 1990s comics, including ] '']''. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' 80-Page Colossal: a "reprint" of various "previous" Radioactive Man stories; a parody of various Silver Age ] stories, as well as DC's ]s, a series of 80-page-long reprints of previous material that DC published in the 1960s. |
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=== Between volumes === |
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* ''Simpsons Comics'' #36-39 / ''Radioactive Man'' #160 ("1968"): the flip-sides from all four issues form a parody of ]'s '']: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comics. Features Purple Haze, a character who parodies ]'s affinity for ]. |
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* ''Simpsons Comics'' #50 / ''Radioactive Man'' #99 ("1963"): features a one-page ad parodying the old comic advertisements for ] confections; also a backup story, "Planet of the Strange-O's," spoofing ] from Superman's comics. |
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=== Volume 2 === |
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Written by ]; publishing started 2001. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #100 ("1963") |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #222 ("1973"): a parody of the early 1970s Marvel Comics. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #136 ("1966"): a parody of ]'s ] line. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #4 ("1953"): a parody of Marvel Comics science-fiction comics. |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #575 ("1984"): a parody of various independent 1980s comics, particularly ]'s '']'' (Chaykin drew the cover for this issue). |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #106 ("1963"): a parody of ] |
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* ''Bongo Super-Heroes'' #7 |
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* ''Radioactive Man Movie Special'': the "official" comic book adaptation of the ''Radioactive Man'' movie (as seen in the ''Simpsons'' episode "]") |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #197 ("1971"): a parody of the '']'' comics created by ]. |
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Despite winning an ], volume 2 was cancelled, and ] and Radioactive Man were moved into writing smaller stories alongside ] stories and other miscellaneous Simpsons vignettes as part of ''Simpsons Super Spectacular''.<ref>http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004181 Accessed: 17 Mar 2007</ref> |
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=== Post-Volume 2 === |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #1: Flip side of comic has Radioactive Man in a parody of ]'s ]. Three stories are all based on early 1960s Captain Atom stories, as is the cover. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #2: "Bongos" a parody of ]/]'s ]. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #3: Lure Lass and Weasel Woman team-up adventure, battling the Crazy Cat Lady. Radioactive Man makes a short appearance at the end. Also Features "The Coming of Gastritus", a parody of ]'s ]. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #4: Radioactive Man battles the Cane Gang. After a run-in with them, he becomes deathly afraid of radioactivity, an obstacle he overcomes by the end of the issue. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #5: Radioactive Man battles Mufelatto, the Aliment Man in an homage to ] the Element Man drawn by ]. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #6: "Interminable Crises: The Extreme Alternate Edition" A parody of DC "Crisis" events |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #7: "The House of Westinger" A parody of Mort Weisinger era DC Superman comics. |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #8: Radioactive Man tells Fallout Boy, "The True Origin of Radioactive Man" |
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* ''Simpsons Comics'' #155: First part of a crossover |
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* ''Bart Simpson'' #48: Second part |
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* ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #9: "The Best Radioactive Man Event ever! Part 3" |
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* ''Radioactive Man'' #711: Produced exclusively for sale at ] stores in concert with the release of '']''. The issue itself gives a brief (8 page) ] of Radioactive Man's origin, followed by reprints of #4 and Simpsons Comics #50. |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* - A website that includes guides to comic book appearances of Radioactive Man. |
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