User blog:Johnnybravo44/Nuisances... all three of them.

Hello, this is Johnnybravo here with my weekly blog, roughly at 5 o’clock each week. Basically I’ll be talking about a new event, a certain character, or another new story from Marvel, or possibly be asking a question, or maybe even a rant (sorry Vulcan!). So keep your eyes peeled each Friday!

This one’s a little short, but it had to be said. Here’s a little pet peeve of mine: when two different characters throughout the Marvel Universe have the same first AND last name. Not alternates, but two completely different people having the exact same name.

Sure, with so many characters one could argue it would make sense, but it’s so dang confusing.

Off the top of my head, I can think of three occasions, but I know there is more out there:

John Steele and John Steele.

Hamilton Slade and Hamilton Slade.

Lance Temple and Lance Temple.

The strange thing is, the first two of these instances apply from characters appearing in the 1940’s, and then others later on. Did the later on artists know this? Did they want to pay homage to them? Or did the names just sound familiar and they truly had no idea..?

The first John Steele was an American soldier, so it could make sense why a later an agent for the government had his name. Presumably paying an homage to.

The first Hamilton Slade was the first Ghost Rider, and actually, the Clan Akkaba member was living around the same time I believe (this was shown through flashbacks of a story).

And... the Lance Temple situation, the most confusing of all. I hardly understand it myself, and keep on forgetting they are, in fact, two different people. Both fought in the Civil War. Both first shown in the '50s. Both "Kids".

Oh well.. I'll probably talk about how certain descendants are all related one later week, which also involves Lance Temple..

So all in all a short blog post, but I wanted to inform those who were unaware of these instances. Is there another instance like this I'm unaware of this? I'd love for you to prove me wrong below.

--Johnnybravo 44 (talk) 22:55, March 11, 2011 (UTC)