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| '''Radioactive Man''' is a fictional ] ]. The character was heavily featured in the episodes "]" and "]".<ref name="Mackey"/> Within the ''Simpsons'' universe, he was created by Morty Mann. He has been portrayed in many media since his debut in the first issue of ''Radioactive Man'' in 1952. He was featured in at least one 1950s era black-and-white serial, sponsored by ].<ref>Mentioned in ''The Simpsons'' episode "]".</ref> There was also a ]y early 1970s television series resembling '']''. In one episode of ''The Simpsons'', a Hollywood studio attempted to film a Radioactive Man movie in ]. The movie starred ] as Radioactive Man. The role of Fallout Boy, Radioactive Man's sidekick, was cast from local children and went to ]. 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.<ref>Season seven episode "]".</ref> | |||
| {{mergeto|List of recurring characters in The Simpsons}} | |||
| {{In-universe|date=October 2009}} | |||
| {{Refimprove|date=August 2010}} | |||
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| |image=] | |||
| |caption=Cover of Radioactive Man issue #1. | |||
| |comic_color=#c0c0c0 | |||
| |character_name=Radioactive Man | |||
| |real_name=Claude Kane III | |||
| |publisher=] | |||
| |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 | |||
| |creators=] | |||
| |alliance_color=#ffc0c0 | |||
| |status=Active | |||
| |alliances=Superior Squad | |||
| |knockoffs=Radiation Dude | |||
| |aliases=Radio Man, Radiation Man | |||
| |relatives=Camellia Kane/Pneumatica (mother), Claude Kane II (father), Rod Runtledge (ward)|powers=] | |||
| |}} | |||
| Outside of ''The Simpsons'', the Radioactive Man character also appeared in a real comic book series based on him that was first published by ] in 1993.<ref name="ugo">{{cite web|url=http://simpsons.ugo.com/?cur=radioactive-man-comic&gallery=true|title=Radioactive Man|accessdate=2008-08-03|publisher=]}}</ref> The Bongo comics expanded more on the character, including his powers, giving him several which parodied those of ] including super speed, flight, and the power to fire beams of "]" from his eyes. The character has also appeared in issues of ''Simpsons Comics''<ref name="ugo"/> and '']'', and in the 1992 video game '']''.<ref name="Mackey">{{cite web|last=Mackey|first=Bob|title=Retro Revival Retrospective: The Simpsons Part 6|url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8991894|work=Retro Gaming Blog|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-08-03|date=2009-05-31}}</ref> | |||
| '''Radioactive Man''' is a ] ] ] in the ] ] '']''. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| ==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 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: | |||
| * "Radioactive Man" | |||
| * "Radioactive Man II: Bring On The Sequel" | |||
| * "Radioactive Man III: Oh God, Not Again" | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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." | |||
| 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. | |||
| == The Bongo Comic == | |||
| Radioactive Man also appears 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. | |||
| 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; subsequent stories have established that the bolt is required to moderate the level of his powers, with its removal causing Radioactive Man to increase in power to the extent that he could potentially explode, the increased power level sometimes affecting his mind and turning him against his heroic intentions. Additionally, the bolt's presence would save his life numerous times in increasingly bizarre ways. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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, with varying success (He once tried wearing a backwards baseball cap that was just slightly too small to effectively conceal the bolt). His sidekick is Rod, AKA Fallout Boy, a young boy whom he rescued from a particle accelerator ray that was about to fall on them, the ray emitting energy that was filtered into Rod's body through Claude, causing him to develop a variation of Radioactive Man's powers. | |||
| 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> | |||
| == Powers and abilities == | |||
| 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 the future 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. | |||
| == Comic bibliography == | |||
| A list of the issues published so far, plus all other known appearances of Radioactive Man (organized by order released): | |||
| === Pre-Bongo === | |||
| * ''Simpsons Comics & Stories'' #1: Features a page from ''Radioactive Man'' #418. | |||
| * ''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. | |||
| === Volume 1 === | |||
| 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. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #88 ("1962"): features a "retelling" of the origin of Fallout Boy; a parody of ] ]. | |||
| * ''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 | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #412 ("1980"): a parody of the "]" storyline in the '']'' comics. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #679 ("1986"): a parody of several 1980s comic storylines, particularly '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #1000 ("1995"): a parody of 1990s comics, including ] '']''. | |||
| * ''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. | |||
| === Between volumes === | |||
| * ''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 ]. | |||
| * ''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. | |||
| === Volume 2 === | |||
| Written by ]; publishing started 2001. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #100 ("1963") | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #222 ("1973"): a parody of the early 1970s Marvel Comics, the cover parodies the ] #45 cover. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #136 ("1966"): a parody of ]'s ] line. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #4 ("1953"): a parody of Marvel Comics science-fiction comics. | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #575 ("1984"): a parody of various independent 1980s comics, particularly ]'s '']'' (Chaykin drew the cover for this issue). | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #106 ("1963"): a parody of ] | |||
| * ''Bongo Super-Heroes'' #7 | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man Movie Special'': the "official" comic book adaptation of the ''Radioactive Man'' movie (as seen in the ''Simpsons'' episode "]") | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #197 ("1971"): a parody of the '']'' comics created by ]. | |||
| 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> | |||
| === Post-Volume 2 === | |||
| * ''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. | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #2: "Bongos" a parody of ]/]'s ]. | |||
| * ''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 ]. | |||
| * ''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. | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #5: Radioactive Man battles Mufelatto, the Aliment Man in an homage to ] the Element Man drawn by ]. | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #6: "Interminable Crises: The Extreme Alternate Edition" A parody of DC "Crisis" events | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #7: "The House of Westinger" A parody of Mort Weisinger era DC Superman comics. | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #8: Radioactive Man tells Fallout Boy, "The True Origin of Radioactive Man" | |||
| * ''Simpsons Comics'' #155: First part of a crossover | |||
| * ''Bart Simpson'' #48: Second part | |||
| * ''Simpsons Super Spectacular'' #9: "The Best Radioactive Man Event ever! Part 3" | |||
| * ''Radioactive Man'' #711: Produced exclusively for sale at ] stores (hence the issue number) 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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Revision as of 19:07, 9 August 2010
Radioactive Man is a fictional comic book superhero. The character was heavily featured in the episodes "Three Men and a Comic Book" and "Radioactive Man". Within the Simpsons universe, he was created by Morty Mann. He has been portrayed in many media since his debut in the first issue of Radioactive Man in 1952. He was featured in at least one 1950s era black-and-white serial, sponsored by Laramie Cigarettes. There was also a campy early 1970s television series resembling Batman. In one episode of The Simpsons, a Hollywood studio attempted to film a Radioactive Man movie in Springfield. The movie starred Rainier Wolfcastle as Radioactive Man. The role of Fallout Boy, Radioactive Man's sidekick, was cast from local children and went to Milhouse Van Houten. The movie was never completed due to budget overruns caused by constant price-gouging by Springfield vendors, and Milhouse snapping from the pressure of the role, and refusing to continue to portray Fallout Boy.
Outside of The Simpsons, the Radioactive Man character also appeared in a real comic book series based on him that was first published by Bongo Comics in 1993. The Bongo comics expanded more on the character, including his powers, giving him several which parodied those of Superman including super speed, flight, and the power to fire beams of "clean, nuclear heat" from his eyes. The character has also appeared in issues of Simpsons Comics and Simpsons Super Spectacular, and in the 1992 video game Bartman Meets Radioactive Man.
References
- ^ Mackey, Bob (2009-05-31). "Retro Revival Retrospective: The Simpsons Part 6". Retro Gaming Blog. 1UP.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- Mentioned in The Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book".
- Season seven episode "Radioactive Man".
- ^ "Radioactive Man". UGO Networks. Retrieved 2008-08-03.