The goddess of grain and fertility. A cybernetic mafioso. Almost a Sony movie star. A japanese warrior. A herald of Galactus. Deadly foes of Spider-Man. Which are Hot? Which are Not? Find out, as the Hot Squad begins its coverage of OHOTMU’s 12th issue and reveals how datable its characters are.
Featuring permanent panelists Elyse, Isabel, Nathalie, Josée, Shotgun, and Amelie.
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Great episode as always. Always good to enter work with a smile after listening on my commute.
Just a couple of comments.
I always thought that the Silver Samurai’s mutant power manifested on the sword because he had invested so much time in that study that it was simple to focus on it. He probably needs some sort of concentration to activate the power and since he is so ‘in tune’ with that, it is easy to place the energy there. He probably could do it with a stapler or a rolling pin but since those are almost foreign to him it would take him longer to juice it up. At least that is my head canon.
I’m a big fan of Sif and usually seek out her solo adventures more than read her as a supporting character in Thor. There was a recent (within last 10 years) run on Journey Into Mystery that was quite good.
I always get a kick out of getting the sigs at cons and I know there are a couple coming up yet to be handed out. I always say it isn’t just ‘hot or not’ but more like ‘cool/uncool’ or ‘would you/ would you not go out on a date’. Makes it simpler.
Lastly love the idea of the end story. I don’t hide that I am an Italian-American (grandparents were kids when they came over on the boat) so my fighting and defeating Silvermane to take over the Maggia was a hoot. Like Michael Corleone, I will promise to make the Maggia ‘legitimate’ but will surely fail thanks to my own foibles.
Thanks again!
There’s an Asgardian involved so you know that I need to comment, even without mentioning my name in the episode. 😀
Sif – While I am a Heathen, I have to say that I prefer the Marvel version of Sif to the actual one (and now I have to look out for lightning bolts coming my way). In the Lore, the blond-haired Sif is Thor’s wife (in fact her name literally means “Wife”) and part of the reason that Mjolnir is forged (I can get into a discourse about that, which does have to do with her hair, but I don’t think you have time). In Marvel she’s a warrior in her own right and, under the deft pen of Walt Simonson, set off with Beta Ray Bill to find new adventures not connected to Thor. Also allow me echo the ladies and say that Jaimie Alexander did an AMAZING job.
Silvermane – “I’ve an invulnerable cyborg, but here are all my vital organs on display.” Not the best design choice. In fact, I dislike this look so much that part of the plot of my latest FASERIP campaign was Silvermane making a deal with Doctor Doom to get a younger cloned body to replace the cyborg one.
Silver Sable – She was a big part of the Spider-Man comics when I was reading them, so I might have inflated her importance in the Marvel Universe. I’m a little disappointed that she’s in a ball gown as opposed to her battle suit, but that is one heck of a dress.
Silver Samurai – Someone call John Belushi! I don’t have any memory of reading a comic with Silver Samurai in it. He might have been mentioned or had a quick cameo, but I know he wasn’t a major part of the issue.
Silver Surfer – There are some good Silver Surfer stories out there and I have read some of them. Unfortunately they tend to get lost in the “Woah is me!” personality that writers (starting with Stan Lee) have saddled him with.
Sinister Syndicate – “We want to be the Sinister Six, but could only get 5 people.”
P.S. Since you asked, I have two swords, a dagger, an axe, and a machete. The dagger stays by the bed (just in case someone gets past the dogs) but I’ll send Siskoid a picture of the rest.
Sif: I really liked Jamie Alexander’s take on the character (I think she even appeared on Agents of SHIELD?), but they really gave her a bum rap in the later films. At least she wasn’t slaughtered and then basically forgotten like the Warriors Three, I guess.
Silvermane: There’s that whole weird thing where pre-cyborg he drank a youth formula that literally made him revert to a fetus then nothing! How he came back from that, I don’t reacall. So, guy has had one HELLUVA life!
Silver Sable: My vote for hottest illustration in the entire series. Humina-humina!!!
Silver Samurai: The letdown of The Wolverine film was the giant robot stand-in for this guy at the end. A pretty grounded film (given the subject matter) but it had to go “big boss” in the finale. Meh.
Silver Surfer: I wasn’t long after this they finally ditched the trunks for good, right? I always dug the visual, but I do agree with some others that I never cared for emo navel-gazing. I liked him as a guest-star, not to follow.
Sinister Syndicate: What, Frog-Man was too busy to join up and make this the Sinister Six?
Sif first appeared in one of the “Tales of Asgard” back-up stories about Thor’s youth, and she was blonde in that story. When she next appeared in Thor #136 (34 issues later, and her first “present day” appearance), she had black hair. The story of how her hair was cut off by Loki and replaced by dwarven magic didn’t appear until many years later, in the 1983 Thor Annual. I don’t know whether that story actually had any mythological basis, or whether it was a wholly original story designed to explain the discrepancy of her hair color in that first story, justifying the change in a suitably “mythic” manner.
I first encountered Silver Samurai in the Marvel Team-Up issue where Spider-Man met the cast of Saturday Night Live; Silver Samurai (understandably) took great offense to John Belushi’s caricature of Samurai’s heritage, though he did acknowledge that Belushi did show some courage in daring to cross swords with him. Of course, if Spider-Man hadn’t come in to save the day, Belushi wouldn’t have had a chance…
The story of Sif’s hair does have an origin in the Lore. In fact, the whole business ended up with many of the gods greatest items being made, including Mjolnir. You can read a quick version of it here: https://norse-mythology.org/tales/loki-and-the-dwarves/
First off – I have to ay “Beta Ray Billiards” is A+ work. Almost as good as Vegan/Vagan. And I felt that Siskoid dumping all over that retirement bit the girls were trying to do was tangled up in that Vegan/Vagan thing, and I am here for the drama. This was a fun episode, but I think the panel is suffering from silver fatigue.
Silver Sable: Sidewinder seems like a better boss that Silver Sable, but one of them kills for profit, and the other for socialism…..there’s a political joke here somewhere that I don’t even want to try to come up with.
Silver Samurai/Silver Surfer: Me listening to the Silver Samurai entry: “wow, I can’t believe no one has made a sword/dick joke. Perhaps the girls are maturing and refining their comedy…”
The girls: “but the sword is only so long” “that’s what she said”
Me: “there it is. Well, they won’t be able to come up with one for Silver Surfer.”
The girls then go on a five minute polish innuendo tirade.
Me: “I can never listen to this podcast without wearing my airpods.”
Also, i don’t have any swords, or daggers, or weapons….but I do have this cool thing that I can cut avocados with that has a part on it for the pit!