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Suicide Squad actors
The Lexicon of Comicana
by Mort Walker
Sidekicks
Moon Knight
100
Marie Severin designed Spider-Woman’s original costume as well as Doctor Bong, a villain for this offbeat stogie-chomping character (voiced by Seth Green in Guardians of the Galaxy).
Who is Howard the Duck?
100
This actor has been in Six Degrees of Separation, Shark Tale, and Seven Pounds. He Will play Deadshot in the Suicide Squad movie.
Who is Will Smith?
100
This penciller is the undisputed master of “hites,” or motion lines, as evidenced by his work on the Flash during the Silver Age.
Who is Carmine Infantino?
100
His parents call him James Buchanan Barnes.
Who is Bucky? (The person who says the answer receives a special prize.)
100
One of three civilian aliases employed by Moon Knight (the other two being Steven Grant and Jake Lockley).
Who is Marc Spector? (The person who says the answer receives a special prize.)
200
Ramona Fradon is an artist who co-created [1] Metamorpho, the Element Man, and [2] this youthful Atlantean sidekick.
Who is Aqualad?
200
Margot Robbie, best known for The Wolf of Wall Street, will portray this mischievous character, first introduced in the 1992 Batman cartoon series.
Who is Harley Quinn?
200
This aggressive move is represented by a “swalloop.” There are plenty of these in the 1978 one-shot, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
What is a punch?
200
This dark parody of the superhero sidekick by Rick Veitch shares its name with the celebrity tabloid nickname for a group of young actors that included Demi Moore and Rob Lowe.
What is Brat Pack (by Rick Veitch)?
200
Moon Knight was recently a member of this covert task force led by Steve Rogers.
What are the Secret Avengers?
300
Creator of Lab Rats; Danger Unlimited; Next Men; You Go, Ghoul. Has written and/or drawn just about every major superhero for DC and Marvel. His son, Kieron Dwyer, is also a comic book artist. He does not build robots.
Who is John Byrne? (The person who says the answer receives a special prize.) (His site is ByrneRobotics.com.)
300
This actor has been in Dallas Buyers Club, My So-Called Life, and Fight Club. He will play the Joker in the Suicide Squad movie.
Who is Jared Leto?
300
The generic term for symbols representing profanity.
What are grawlix or grawlixes? (or profanitype, maledicta, or obscenicons)
300
Supergirl’s first and last names.
Who is Kara Zor-El?
300
This villain has the telepathic ability to induce nightmares. The longer he goes without sleep, the more powerful he becomes. (Unlike his namesake from Greek mythology, he does not have 1000 siblings.)
Who is Morpheus?
400
Batman debuted in 1939 and was created by artist Bob Kane and this writer.
Who is Bill Finger?
400
This actor has bane in Inception, Wuthering Heights, and will star in Max Max: Fury Road. He will play Rick Flag in the Suicide Squad movie.
Who is Tom Hardy?
400
The Italian-derived term for word balloons.
What is fumetti?
400
Wonder Woman’s friend who was known to exclaim, “For the love of chocolate!”
Who is Etta Candy?
400
This Egyptian moon god guides Moon Knight and provides him with enhanced strength, endurance, and reflexes.
Who is Khonshu?
500
Captain America debuted in 1941 and was created by artist Jack Kirby and this writer.
Who is Joe Simon?
500
She will play Amanda Waller in the Suicide Squad movie. She has been in The Help, Eat Pray Love, and United States of Tara. She does not play the violin, to the best of my knowledge.
Who is Viola Davis?
500
The term for the emanata used to show that a bowl of soup is hot.
What is indotherm?
500
Aquaman’s octopus sidekick in the Silver Age. (Now, he is more of a Lovecraftian leviathan.)
Who is Topo?
500
The writers of the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage would approve of the name of Moon Knight’s alternate crime-fighting persona, introduced in Vol. 5 (2014).
Who is Mr. Knight?