Pragmatic response:
Egon is actually bald. His brown hair and his blond hair are very realistic wigs that attach with Applied Phlebotinum.
Egon's Hair
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14 years, 11 months ago
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14 years, 11 months ago
ghost_buster_x;165843
I read in a rgb comic, marvel U.K. i think. That Egon's hair turned blond because he ate some kind of mushroom by accident because of Slimer
The UK ones are pretty much all crap. I wouldn't even consider them fan fiction cannon.
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I read in a rgb comic, marvel U.K. i think. That Egon's hair turned blond because he ate some kind of mushroom by accident because of Slimer
Cute idea, but it just doesn't work. Egon has a couple of blond ancestors who pretty much look just like him (Zediciah in “Egon's Dragon”; Eli in “If I Were A Witch Man”); his Mom is blonde (“Till Death Do Us Part” and “Ghostworld”); and perhaps most tellingly, when Egon de-ages in “Three Men and An Egon” he's still blond.
Basically, in the cartoon continuity, he's always been blond.
The UK ones are pretty much all crap. I wouldn't even consider them fan fiction cannon.
I gotta agree with that.
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14 years, 11 months ago
Wasn't it the UK comics that coined the idea of Slimer being an ancient king?
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i believe so, yes
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14 years, 11 months ago
Then more proof of Crimsons Point.
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Alright, champ, if you want my summation of the UK comics here's an example:
Page one, Egon: “I made new glasses”
Page two, Egon: “These glasses see ghosts”
Page three, Egon: “Oops, these can't see ghosts.”
I would go on, but that's an entire comic. I shit you not.
Page one, Egon: “I made new glasses”
Page two, Egon: “These glasses see ghosts”
Page three, Egon: “Oops, these can't see ghosts.”
I would go on, but that's an entire comic. I shit you not.
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14 years, 11 months ago
Pretty much. I think the Marvel UK stuff probably could have been better if they weren't so brutally restricted for page counts; it's hard to tell a good story when the longest you can possibly be is about five pages.
But some of it is obviously creators that didn't care–they were just there “paying their dues” until they could be allowed to work on Marvel's “real” characters.
Even when they had a half decent story, they'd ruin it with a stupid plot twist. “ECTO-X”, for example (reprinted in Now's RGB#21) featured a relatively decent story…until the end, where the Deus Ex Machina is Venkman spontaneously developing a telepathic link to Slimer.
So yeah…the Marvel UK stuff, as a rule, stunk.
But some of it is obviously creators that didn't care–they were just there “paying their dues” until they could be allowed to work on Marvel's “real” characters.
Even when they had a half decent story, they'd ruin it with a stupid plot twist. “ECTO-X”, for example (reprinted in Now's RGB#21) featured a relatively decent story…until the end, where the Deus Ex Machina is Venkman spontaneously developing a telepathic link to Slimer.
So yeah…the Marvel UK stuff, as a rule, stunk.
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ghost_buster_x;165843
I read in a rgb comic, marvel U.K. i think. That Egon's hair turned blond because he ate some kind of mushroom by accident because of Slimer
I think this image represents quite well how a lot of fans feel about that:
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14 years, 11 months ago
In fairness, the Marvel UK comics were intended for a much younger audience, whereas the undeniably superior NOW series was aimed for the early ten, older child market, the Marvel UK series was intended for younger children, hence “groaner” comedy, and rather simplistic stories.
Even now the UK is still behind the US in terms of accepting that comics “aren't just for children”, 20 years ago things were much less developed.
Even now the UK is still behind the US in terms of accepting that comics “aren't just for children”, 20 years ago things were much less developed.