Comments on: Colorful Diseases of the Golden Age: The Green Plague

By: dr pepper

dr pepper — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:39:25 +0000

A newspaper comic in the mid 60s (forget the name) had a storyline like that. For some reason, the military wanted to fake a plague, so a bunch of enlisted personnel were ordered to take a swim in green dye, go out and mingle, and react in horror when apprised of their condition. They called it the “green goombles” or something like that.

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

Polite Dissent » The Peril of…the “Crimson Virus” — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:47:44 +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: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:11:12 +0000

Years later, the punks would rediscover the Green Plague and take it up as a bold fashion statement.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:08:45 +0000

Ah, the Golden Age…when beautiful young women were named “Agatha”, and the mobs only wanted $500.

The man in frame 2 should be shouting “Help! My face is turning 50% gray!”

By: ScienceGiant

ScienceGiant — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:37:47 +0000

“Wuxtry, wuxtry! Dialogue balloon filled with exposition. Read all about it!”

“Let me see that, son. My god, the lad’s right — there’s not a hint of decompression in this comic!”

“Hey, mister. For a nickle, Bendis will stretch this one panel out into a trade.”

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:14:39 +0000

“Thanks to his magic cutlery, he could fly, make pithy comments, hypnotize criminals, and smoothly slice a tomato even after cutting through a concrete block.” LMAO!

“The Green Plague” sounds familiar to me. I recall reading a book about “urban legends” or “1,001 interesting myths”, about a story that kinda fits.

The mob/mafia used to shake down restraunts and demand protection money. Parsley (green) would be sold to the unhappy restraunt owners, at severely marked up prices. It’s not extortion to sell parsley. If the bagman was pinched by the police; he would have an air tight alibi. He was only selling parsley. (maybe The Green Plague was slang for the parsley protection racket.)

It would be doubtful that anyone would not pay the “parsley tax”, as they would have had their windows broken or a kitchen fire.

I’ve always wondered if that was a myth or not.

(By the way if pregnant, don’t ingest parsley.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley

Parsley should not be consumed as a drug or supplement by pregnant women. Parsley as an oil, root, leaf, or seed could lead to uterine stimulation and preterm labor.[3]