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Space Ranger, Guardian of the Solar System, is a space-traveling adventurer and super-hero in the 22nd Century.He is an expert pilot, marksman, scientist and detective with an arsenal of futuristic gadgets and weaponry. Working as an executive at his father Thaddeus Starr's company Allie Solar Enterprises, he lives a double-life protecting Earth from invaders and other threats using his ship. Space Rangers 2: Dominators. 2005 video game. Russian Wikipedia genre interactive.
This is the first cartoon show in the. It has a mix of humor, violence, and use of drugs.
The cartoon has a very stereotypical neoconservative view on life, except for homosexuality, where the members of the crew (all male), seem to have sexual desires for one-another. Contents.Episodes. 1st Episode (GTA IV): The Rangers bomb an Agrarian orphanage then head to another planet.
A squid-like alien native of the planet says they must stop an evil alien from destroying their culture and taking their resources. The episode ends with both aliens getting shot. Episode 456: Trouble Brewing Down South: Seen in. Tired of his treatment, Butch leaves Commander and Dick. They proclaim that Butch has become gay and a communist. Homecoming: The Rangers return to Earth after being asleep for eight years, instead of eight hours, due to a mistake by Dick. They realize that the U.S.
Has aliens in it because of policies that did not protect the Home Land from aliens. They soon go to a Human and/or Other Species Reform Unit, and realize that country has an alien president, President Zane, whose head is shaped like a penis. The three decide to kill him as a terrorist act and blame it on 'Brown People'. With Commander stopping Zane's hovercar, Dick prepares to shoot. However, he misses and shoots Commander in the penis.The Cast.
Commander: Commander is the leader of the squad. He is always seen with a cigar in his mouth, even while sleeping.
He claims blogging is for communists and liberals and calls Butch 'Cyber-Shopper'. Dick: Dick seems to be second in command. He has a mustache and wears a red headband.
He hero-worships the Commander, and often wishes for the next time he might be subject to the Commander's 'warm, hairy embrace.' Although generally sharing the same bloodlust as his two companions, Dick has a shining moment of clarity by whispering, 'No, the enemy is inside' after the Commander screams that the enemy is 'out there boys!' Shortly after, however, he partakes in the genocide of an alien race with glee. He also makes sexual comments that are homosexual in nature. In the episode 'Trouble Brewing Down South' Dick proclaims that he was raised on a farm, when searching for Butch. In the episode 'Homecoming', Dick got a picture of himself by his cryogenic tube and he cannot spell four. It's also revealed that he was molested by his uncle and says 'it's a secret between me and Papa'.
Butch: Butch is the tall, obese pilot of the ship who carries two guns. He has a distinctive, hillbilly-esque voice and is the dumbest of the three.
His helmet's visor has his own spit on it. Butch's stupidity is often exemplified by groupthink actions (such as agreeing with the other two on anything) and his primitive desire to kill on sight, even though he 'don't really like that killing'. He becomes a fan of blogging and the internet by episode 2 and 3.Parody of/Trivia.
The episode in GTA IV of the Republican Space Rangers is a parody of modern, especially in Iraq. Their suits resemble from the series. Also, their ship gets caught by a -like object in the second episode.
Also, the fact that Dick hero-worships Commander may be a reference to the popular Halo-based machinima series, in which the character Dick Simmons is seen as a 'kiss-ass' toward Sarge, his Commander. Their spaceship is phallic in shape, continuing the tradition of phallic images appearing in GTA games.
Also, the missiles fired from the ship are shaped like sperm. insulted on how his gang's clothing style, claiming that they dress like the Republican Space Rangers.
was mentioned in the first episode as 'generous donations.' . In 'Homecoming', the Commander suggests a password to start up the ship, 'Clown's Pocket', but it doesn't work. This is also the name of a in Las Venturas.
The hovering robot that boards the RSR's ship in the episode 'Homecoming' has a striking resemblance to a from the Star Wars series. The sound that the RSR's ship makes when starting up has the same sound effect as the Medigun from the game Team Fortress 2. The RSR's assassination attempt on President Zane is a reference to the.
Also, President Zane's First Lady wears an outfit similar to. In the GTA V gameplay trailer, a man is shown dressed up in a costume of the Commander, much like the mascots who stand outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in real-life Los Angeles.Gallery.
Space Ranger | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Showcase #15 (July 1958) |
Created by | Edmond Hamilton (writer) Gardner Fox (writer) Bob Brown (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Rick Starr |
Species | Human |
Place of origin | Earth |
Abilities | Expert pilot, marksman, scientist and detective armed with vast variety of futuristic weapons and gadgets. Sidekick is an extraterrestrialshapeshifter. |
Space Ranger is a science fiction hero who was published by DC Comics in several of their 1950s and 1960s anthology titles. He first appeared in Showcase #15 (July 1958) and was created by writers Edmond Hamilton and Gardner Fox and artist Bob Brown.[1][2] The character has notable similarities to a preceding character named David 'Lucky' Starr, created by novelist Isaac Asimov in his 1952 novel David Starr, Space Ranger. After appearing in Showcase #15 and 16, the Space Ranger was given a cover-starring series in Tales of the Unexpected, starting with issue #40 and lasting until #82 (1959–64). Afterwards, he moved to Mystery in Space.
Publication history[edit]
In 1957, DC Comics editorial director Irwin Donenfeld held a meeting with editors Jack Schiff and Julius Schwartz in his office, asking them each to create a new science fiction hero: one from the present, and one from the future. Given first choice, Schiff chose to create one from the future.[3]
After a successful tryout in Showcase #15 and 16, the Space Ranger was given a slot in Tales of the Unexpected as of issue #40 (August 1959).[4] He moved to Mystery in Space for issues #92–99, 101, 103 (1964–65).[5]
Fictional character biography[edit]
Set in the 22nd century, Space Ranger is really Rick Starr, a seemingly shiftless executive at his gruff, cigar-chomping father Thaddeus Starr's Allied Solar Enterprises.[6] He took on the role of the superheroic interplanetary troubleshooter to battle space pirates, alien invaders, evil scientists and other futuristic threats both cosmic and criminal, hiding his true identity beneath a transparent blue helmet and operating out of a hidden asteroid base via his sleek super-swift scarlet spaceship the Solar King.
Possessing no powers other than his highly developed brain and brawn, the crew cut, yellow and red spacesuit-clad 'Guardian of the Solar System' (later 'Guardian of the Universe') armed himself with a vast variety of super-scientific gadgets like the all-purpose multi-ray pistol he wore on his weapon belt.
Space Ranger is assisted by the only two people who knew his secret, his loyal and highly efficient beautiful blond secretary/girlfriend Myra Mason and his plucky and clever cute little pink alien sidekick Cryll, a big-eyed, trunk-snoutedshapeshifter with the ability to transform into sundry super-powered extraterrestrial lifeforms who he had found frozen in suspended animation beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Space Ranger and Cryll have visited the 20th century on occasion, working with contemporary heroes such as Green LanternHal Jordan[7][8] and the Justice League of America, and in their own time have had adventures with a red-headed 22nd century descendant of Adam Strange.[9][10]
Starman[edit]
Space Ranger makes an appearance in Starman #55 (July 1999), in which Space Ranger and Ultra the Multi-Alien are riding in Space Cabbie's cab to find Starman IV's cosmic staff for the Space Museum. Each regales the other with different interpretations of Jack and Mikaal rescuing Starfire from a space pirate.[11] Space Ranger also appeared in the background on Hardcore Station in Mystery in Space vol. 2 #6 (April 2007).[12]
Trinity[edit]
Space Ranger has made regular appearances in Trinity, the weekly series published by DC from 2008–2009. In an alternate reality created by the absence of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, Space Ranger is a member of the League, a group of vigilantes hunted by Earth's registered superhumans. When the League goes public during a crisis, the Space Ranger reveals himself to be J'Onn J'Onzz, the Martian Manhunter, in disguise.[13]
Other versions[edit]
In the 'Without You I'm Nothing' short story written by Evan Dorkin and drawn by Steven Weissman, Cryll is one of a number of ex-sidekicks living on Skid Row. They include Cryll, Zook, Bathound, Proty, Doiby Dickles and many others, regardless of actual location of activity, time-period, or whether they are deceased, retconned, etc. Cryll organizes them into a superhero team, but they are roundly defeated in their first mission by Evil Star and his Starlings.
They then reorganize as an AA-type organization to help ex-sidekicks. During a meeting of such, Space Ranger enters and asks to Cryll to rejoin him. Cryll, however, feels he was abandoned and chases away Space Ranger. During the night, Cryll has second thoughts about what he had done, and leaves before dawn to rejoin Space Ranger, to the consternation of the others. The oddities in this and several other offbeat stories is 'explained' by crediting them to the pen of Bizarro.[14]
Starr also appears in DC's 2013 Threshold comic by Keith Giffen.
In other media[edit]
Television[edit]
- Space Ranger appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode 'The Siege of Starro' Pt. 1. He is seen helping the Green Lantern Corps fight the Starro-controlled superheroes and ends up falling under Starro's control.
- In Legends of Tomorrow, Martin Stein reminisces on reading 'Rick Star, Space Ranger'.
References[edit]
- ^Irvine, Alex; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). '1950s'. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 91. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.
Space Ranger...debuted in Showcase #15 in stories by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist Bob Brown.
CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) - ^Markstein, Don (2008). 'Space Ranger'. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
Editor Jack Schiff took charge of the character, and handed him over to writers Edmond Hamilton and Gardner Fox for development. Bob Brown illustrated their script.
- ^Amash, Jim (2004). 'Foreword'. The Adam Strange Archives Volume 1. New York, New York: DC Comics. pp. 5–8. ISBN978-1401201487.
- ^Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 188. ISBN9781605490540.
- ^Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 171. ISBN978-1605490458.
- ^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 277. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^Wolfman, Marv (w), Staton, Joe (p), Staton, Joe (i). 'The Space Ranger Strikes Back!' Green Lantern v2, 136 (January 1981)
- ^Wolfman, Marv (w), Staton, Joe (p), Staton, Joe (i). 'Time Times Two Equals Death' Green Lantern v2, 137 (February 1981)
- ^Wood, Dave (w), Kelsey, Phil (p), Kelsey, Phil (i). 'The Riddle of Two Solar Systems' Mystery in Space 94 (September 1964)
- ^Wood, Dave (w), Purcell, Howard (p), Purcell, Howard (i). 'The Return of Yarrok of Zulkan' Mystery in Space 98 (March 1965)
- ^Robinson, James; Goyer, David S. (w), Snejbjerg, Peter (p), Champagne, Keith (i). 'Taxicab Confessions' Starman v2, 55 (July 1999)
- ^Starlin, Jim (w), Lim, Ron (p), Hunter, Rob (i). 'Bugs!' Mystery in Space v2, 6 (April 2007)
- ^Busiek, Kurt; Nicieza, Fabian (w), Norton, Mike (p), Wong, Walden (i). 'The Last Stand' Trinity 38 (April 2009)
- ^Dorkin, Evan (w), Weissman, Steven (p), Weissman, Steven (i). 'Without You, I'm Nothing' Bizarro Comics 1 (June 2001)
External links[edit]
- Space Ranger at the DC Index
- Space Ranger at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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