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Sunday, May 9, 2021

DEPARTMENT OF COMICS CURIOSITIES #3

 Two things of interest in YOUNG ALLIES #5, scripted by Stan Lee and drawn by Don Rici:



First, the villain menacing the kid-heroes is named the Owl, but unlike the Daredevil villain he's got no particular owl-like characteristics, except maybe the shape of his head.



Second, whether or not it's the first time, Stan starts a rivalry between Bucky and Toro, mostly on Toro's side, since he doesn't like being bossed around by leader Bucky. I assume that Stan was following through on the Human Torch-Submariner animus, but it's interesting that he would play around with the "heroes who don't like each other" in this sort of kid-oriented book.

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