Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985):
“I Am Called Bad Guy, Mortal!”
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 (Trent Phloog) (lead character)		The Megatropolis Quartet; VW Gang	Kitchen Sink Press	65
Pamela Jointly	Liberal	The University of Michigan [muckraking liberal columnist; attacks Megaton Man in print]	Kitchen Sink Press	10
Yarn Man (Bing Gloom)		The Megatropolis Quartet; VW Gang [parody of Thing (Ben Grimm)]	Kitchen Sink Press	26
See-Thru Girl (Stella Starlight)		The Megatropolis Quartet; The University of Michigan [parody of Invisible Woman; had affair w/Megaton Man]	Kitchen Sink Press	8
Preston Percy		ICHHL [Megaton Man's best pal; based in part on Jimmy Olson]	Kitchen Sink Press	19
Rudy Mayo		[city editor; partially based on Perry White]	Kitchen Sink Press	9
Professor Levitch		[based on Jerry Lewis]	Kitchen Sink Press	3
Harry Foster Lime		[based on Orson Welles]	Kitchen Sink Press	8
Maynard F. Trombone		[based on Garry Trudeau; writes respected strip "Doomesbury"]	Kitchen Sink Press	3
The Manhattan Project		[newspaper Megaton Man and friends work for]	Kitchen Sink Press	15
Kozmik Kat	uplifted animal	cat; The Megatropolis Quartet...  VW Gang	Kitchen Sink Press	4
Badguy (Bart Gamble)		[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)]	Kitchen Sink Press	9
Partyers from Mars	anarchist; alien	[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)]	Kitchen Sink Press	3
Jenny Venturi		[Yarn Man met her in post-apocalyptic future]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Captain (Jim)	alien	Partyers from Mars (leader) [based on Captain Kirk]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Engineer	alien	Partyers from Mars [based on Scotty (Star Trek)]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Science Officer (Pup)	alien	Partyers from Mars [science officer; based on Spock]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Helmsman	alien	Partyers from Mars [based on Hikaru Sulu]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Media Officer	alien	Partyers from Mars	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Cruise Director	alien	Partyers from Mars	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Bones	alien	Partyers from Mars [based on Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Roger Reckless		[technologist Yarn Man met in post-apocalyptic future]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Jeanie Reckless		[daughter of Roger Reckless in post-apocalyptic future]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Brand Brace (pg. 28-31)		[a leader in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Peggy (pg. 28-31)		[post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
unnamed letterer (5-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 3-6, 8)		[works on Trombone's "Doomesbury" comic strip]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Dorothy Gale (1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 3)  Kosmik Kat: "We're a long way from Kansas, Uncle Toto!" Yarn Man: "Since when did you learn to talk?!!! And can ya learn to shut up!"	Protestant	[farmer; student]	George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc.	270
Toto (1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 3)  Kosmik Kat: "We're a long way from Kansas, Uncle Toto!" Yarn Man: "Since when did you learn to talk?!!! And can ya learn to shut up!"	anthropomorphic animal	dog [Dorothy Gale's dog]	George M. Hill Company	36
Ootah (1-panel cameo, pg. 29, panel 5)		[in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Sherlock Holmes (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 24, panel 7)  Quote: "Preston Percy appears dressed as Sherlock Holmes"	Anglican	[private investigator]		510
Captain Kirk (character based on)  "Jim," captain of the Partyers From Mars, is a parody of Captain Kirk.		Starfleet; The Enterprise [captain of U.S.S. Enterprise]	, etc.	439
Spock (character based on)  The science officer of the Partyers From Mars is a parody of Spock.	Vulcan religion	human; Starfleet...  The Enterprise; Vulcan	, etc.	448
Scotty (Montgomery Scott) (character based on)  The engineer for the Partyers From Mars is a parody of Scotty.		Starfleet; The Enterprise	Desilu Productions	330
Bones (Dr. Leonard McCoy) (character based on)  "Bones," the ship's doctor for the Partyers From Mars, is a parody of Dr. Leonard McCoy.		Starfleet; The Enterprise	, etc.	362
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1)  headline of column in newspaper (written by Pamela Jointly, referring to Megaton Man): "If Hitler Had Him, He'd've Won the War!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Sylvester Pussycat (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7)  Preston Percy (telling Megaton Man about his past with Pamela Jointy): "She didn't share my taste for Frank Tashlin, but she did enjoy an occasional Bob Clampett Tweety and Sylvester."	anthropomorphic animal	cat		742
Tweety Bird (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7)  Preston Percy (telling Megaton Man about his past with Pamela Jointy): "She didn't share my taste for Frank Tashlin, but she did enjoy an occasional Bob Clampett Tweety and Sylvester."	anthropomorphic animal	canary [yellow canary]	, etc.	605
Klingons (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Engineer of the Partyers From Mars: "I never seen a-nuthin' like it, Cap'n, Sir! She just won't stay on the bloody course! It's like she's got a mind of her own!!!" Captain: "Science officer! Explanation!" science officer: "Captain, a Klingon Party Store has us in some sort of tractor beam!!! Resistance is futile!"	Klingon religion	[alien race]	Desilu Productions	268
Clarissa James (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 6)  Stella Starlight: "I'm heading to my women's encounter group." Pamela Jointly: "Women's encounter group?" Stella: "Yeah. Clarissa invited me. I've never been to one before! It's all about self-awareness and stuff!"		black; The University of Michigan [daughter of Silver Age Megaton Man]	Kitchen Sink Press	6
Aunt Petunia (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Megaton Man (thinking): "Work-- Ha! If only dear, sweet Aunt Petunia knew! My job as a cub reporter here at this metropolitan newspaper is merely a cover for my true identity-- Megaton Man!!!"		[Megaton Man's poor, dear, sweet, fragile aunt]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Edna (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 1)  Civilian watching battle between Badguy and Megaton Man: "He must be behind my sister Edna's hemorrhoids!" A crows of civilians blames Badguy for EVERYTHING that has been going wrong lately, including things which are quite ridiculous which Badguy could not possibly be responsible for.		[civilian blamed Badguy for his sister's hemorrhoids]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Timothy Leary (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 6)  Pamela Jointly (thinking, or writing in journal): "I am practically an 'artist in residence'! On campus I am treated very cordially by both faculty and student body. I'm the biggest thing since the Timothy Leary/G. Gordon Liddy show, I am told."	Catholic (raised); Pagan (self-defined)	[outspoken psychedelic drugs advocate]	Jerry Abrams	66
G. Gordon Liddy (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 6)  Pamela Jointly (thinking, or writing in journal): "I am practically an 'artist in residence'! On campus I am treated very cordially by both faculty and student body. I'm the biggest thing since the Timothy Leary/G. Gordon Liddy show, I am told."	Catholic	[Watergate's chief operative of White House Plumbers unit]		34
Janey Trombone (mentioned, pg. 16, panels 1-2)  Pamela Jointly (talking to M.F. Trombone on phone): "Just because you're married to my sister does not give you the right to put my personal life into your stupid strip!... So how's Janey? ...Janey, my sister?!! ...You're married to her?!! ...Yeah, that one. ...Well, give her my love, and my lawsuit's in the mail."		[Pamela Jointly's sister; M.F. Trombone's wife]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Terry Kath (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 5)  Preston Percy (telling Megaton Man about his past with Pamela Jointy): "We met at the ivy-covered halls of higher learning... This was the mid-Seventies, mind you, and the Sixties hadn't completely died out-- Terry Kath was still around, and so forth."		[co-founder, guitarist of band Chicago]		2
Frank Tashlin (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7)  Preston Percy (telling Megaton Man about his past with Pamela Jointy): "She didn't share my taste for Frank Tashlin, but she did enjoy an occasional Bob Clampett Tweety and Sylvester."		[animator; film director...]		1
Bob Clampett (mentioned, pg. 24, panel 7)  Preston Percy (telling Megaton Man about his past with Pamela Jointy): "She didn't share my taste for Frank Tashlin, but she did enjoy an occasional Bob Clampett Tweety and Sylvester."		[animator; film director...]	Leon Schlesinger Studios	6
The Crimson Mojo (mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6)  Preston Percy (recounting Pamela Jointly's beginnings as a columnist writing about Megaton Man at the Manhattan Project): "She chronicled -- and criticized -- his every move, battling the Crimson Mojo, the Leather Nun, the Electric Light Orchestra, and even the original Bad Guy!"		[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
The Leather Nun (mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6)  Preston Percy (recounting Pamela Jointly's beginnings as a columnist writing about Megaton Man at the Manhattan Project): "She chronicled -- and criticized -- his every move, battling the Crimson Mojo, the Leather Nun, the Electric Light Orchestra, and even the original Bad Guy!"	Catholic nun	[1st app: Megaton Man (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985)]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
The Electric Light Orchestra (mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6)  Preston Percy (recounting Pamela Jointly's beginnings as a columnist writing about Megaton Man at the Manhattan Project): "She chronicled -- and criticized -- his every move, battling the Crimson Mojo, the Leather Nun, the Electric Light Orchestra, and even the original Bad Guy!"		[musical group]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Bad Guy (mentioned, pg. 26, panel 6)  Preston Percy (recounting Pamela Jointly's beginnings as a columnist writing about Megaton Man at the Manhattan Project): "She chronicled -- and criticized -- his every move, battling the Crimson Mojo, the Leather Nun, the Electric Light Orchestra, and even the original Bad Guy!"		[criminal]	Kitchen Sink Press	1
Weex (mentioned, pg. 29-30)  (pg. 29) unidentified woman: "Weex!" (pg. 30) unidentified person on flying craft: "Weex! We're cuttin' it really close!"		[flew craft in post-apocalyptic future Yarn Man went to]	Kitchen Sink Press	1

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