The Incredible Hulk And Betty Ross

According to Marvel Comics, the Betty Ross of the old Captain America comics and the Betty Ross of the Incredible Hulk comics are not supposed to be the same character, even though they have the same name

 But they are.


The first issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA introduced the hero and his supporting cast, which included Bucky Barnes and Betty Ross, also called "Betsy Ross" in some stories.

Creators Simon and Kirby were fired by Marvel Comics after the tenth issue and went on to work on a variety of other comics at different companies. For a time they were publishers themselves.




 When Simon and Kirby did their version of "The Shield" for the Archie Comics Group, it was almost as if they'd gone back to working on Captain America again. Among other similarities, they still seemed to have about the same girl character in the story. Originally the girl had been called "Betty Ross". Here, the girl was called "Georgia Smith".

 

 

 

 

 Georgia Smith's uncle is a Colonel in the army and the commanding officer of Private Strong, who is secretly the Shield.

 

 

 

 Much as in the Captain America stories, nobody suspects that private Strong is secretly The Shield.

 

 

 

 

 He fools them completely

 

 

 by pretending to be a dunce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually the uncle and niece here are about the same characters as General Thunderbolt Ross and his daughter in the later Incredible Hulk comics.

 

The daughter is named Betty Ross, same as the girl in the old Captain America comics. 

 

 

 

 

 General Thunderbolt Ross has a higher rank than"Colonel Smith", but is otherwise similar.

 

 

 The secret base he has in some of the comics is also similar to the secret base in Simon and Kirby version of the Shield.

 

Kirby would frequently continue to use elements from earlier stories in his later work. But there are those who tend to downplay his involvement in the creative process that produced these comics, even though these elements are still there for anyone to see today.  

Captain America and Golden Girl:
http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2012/09/captain-america-and-golden-girl.html

Captain America and Sharon Carter:
http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2012/11/captain-america-and-sharon-carter.html

Simon And Kirby Shield:
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/12/14/comic-blogs-should-be-good-simon-and-kirby/




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Misty At Comic Con In San Antonio

My niece Misty Staten writes:

"Hello Benny,

 I am attaching some pictures, William Shatner, Lou Ferrigno, Bruce Campbell, and Stan Lee. I volunteered for Comic Con in San Antonio and Austin this year- all of their floor workers are volunteers so it saves the price of admission and at the end of the event everyone receives the extra merchandise and autographs so I hope I get selected.


Misty"


Here are the pictures of she sent that show her with-



                                                                  Bruce Campbell

 

 

 

 

Stan Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 Lou Ferrigno ( "The Incredible Hulk" )

 

 

 

 

 

And William Shatner ( "Captain Kirk" ).

Guess I missed out on this one too.




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Hulk's Friend Irma

The Incredible Hulk in his secret identity was staying at a rooming house for a while, the same place that a blonde was staying at, and a character called "Professor Kroptokin". This looks like a reference to "My Friend Irma" because Irma stayed at the same rooming house as a "Professor Krepotkin". Marvel of course published the comic book MY FRIEND IRMA back when they were known as "Atlas", some years before they started publishing THE INCREDIBLE HULK.


Here are a couple of pages from issue #231 of THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

This "Kropotkin" resembles Orson Wells.

 

 

 

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