tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post6497104849133430334..comments2008-07-10T02:50:55.807+01:00Steve Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-77443058568486245022008-07-10T02:50:00.000+01:002008-07-10T02:50:00.000+01:002008-07-10T02:50:00.000+01:00I quoted you here: http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/07/08/wal-mart-stocks-racist-comic/#c9945<BR/><BR/>I hope you don't mind. Rock on! -RustyRustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05673189030644074151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-11338160258651725372007-05-15T10:42:00.000+01:002007-05-15T10:42:00.000+01:002007-05-15T10:42:00.000+01:00Steve, I think you're right. I remember stories in which Ebony went nuts over ice cream but he seemed to be interested in girls as well, so mid teens is probably a good estimation of his age. That said, Sammy was younger than his mid teens.Ivynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-60645427493653498952007-05-14T21:19:00.000+01:002007-05-14T21:19:00.000+01:002007-05-14T21:19:00.000+01:00Ivy, I don't think that Eisner ever specified an age for Ebony. In the 1946 story "As Ever, Orange", Ebony is courting a girl who is old enough to also be seeing a USAAF pilot, Fraternization H Shack. At the end of the story, he decides to go back to school to get rid of his "minstrel accent" (unsuccesfully, alas). Taking these facts together suggests that Ebony was in his mid to late teens.<BR/><BR/>Cooke has Denny Colt ask Ebony, "Are you sure you're old enough to be driving?", which suggests much the same age.Steve Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-24017501083426930972007-05-13T19:46:00.000+01:002007-05-13T19:46:00.000+01:002007-05-13T19:46:00.000+01:00Well, yeah, but when I was reading Hussein, I saw him as playing the part. In the Satin story, especially, he's laying the "I'm a poor, stupid forigner who <B>loves</B> America! How could I possibly be a threat to you?" on so thick, You'd have to be blind not to see it as a play.Arsnofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777241514338310412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-6688046364764326262007-05-13T12:46:00.000+01:002007-05-13T12:46:00.000+01:002007-05-13T12:46:00.000+01:00The new Ebony is close to the original version, I suppose. But in the late 40s and early 50s, wasn't Ebony supposed to be a child? When he was replaced by Sammy, (who was white) Sammy was a child.Ivy Garlitznoreply@blogger.com