Comments on: Look At All The Pretty Colors (of Diseases)

By: Polite Dissent » The Peril of…the “Crimson Virus”

Polite Dissent » The Peril of…the “Crimson Virus” — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:47:24 +0000

[...] 5. Despite being 1000 years in the future, the Legionnaires sure have some dismal medical care. Sure they have fourth dimensional surgery, but when you get down to it, that’s actually pretty backwards. An earlier issue showed that they keep a powerful healing urn stored in a museum — why not actually use it? This is what happens when you have a Coluan who thinks that he’s a doctor. Source: Adventure Comics #313, “The Condemned Legionnaires,” by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan Other colorful comic book diseases: Black Flu, Green Plague (1), Green Plague (2), Purple Plague, Red Rain, and Scarlet Jungle Fever. Tags: comics medicine legion of super-heroes virus supergirl super-pets kryptonite [...]

By: Melissa Gay

Melissa Gay — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:00:58 +0000

I used to think it was “Blue-bonic Plague.”

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:23:24 +0000

How about the ‘Orange Crush?’

By: Carl Fink

Carl Fink — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:18:37 +0000

Surely a GP hasn’t forgotten Scarlet Fever?

By: Really Likes Batman Better

Really Likes Batman Better — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:24:59 +0000

Orange Fever? Didn’t that heavily hit The Wonka candy factory in the early seventies and then some time last year?

By: Doug Dawson

Doug Dawson — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:21:07 +0000

I seem to remember that the “white plague” is another name for tuberculosis, and is certainly the name of a science fictional disease that kills only women, created by Frank Herbert.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:02:01 +0000

Purple Haze: Dementia, most likely drug induced, leaving the patient unable to distinguish day from night, happiness from misery, and tomorrow from the end of time.

Also creates a desire in the patient to kiss the sky (possibly “this guy”)

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:40:56 +0000

Don’t forget the “Blue Flu”, which strikes law enforement personel during labor disputes, and the “Purple Pox”, which keeps the Unniversity of Illinois athletics teams from defeating Northwestern. I thought there was a “Violet Fever” to match “Scarlet Fever”, but the Internet won’t back me up.

Orange is… Orange. I can’t even see comic book biology using that one.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:57:30 +0000

Good one Jeff, and I just re-read that story recently too.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:13:11 +0000

There’s also Scarlet Jungle Fever, a Kryptonian disease…