tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5374081016335059362..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: A favorite description of a literary character's existential plight:Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-73733612229914492662016-12-05T01:11:50.448-05:002016-12-05T01:11:50.448-05:00Well, his superhero identity was as Capt. Zero. Ab...Well, his superhero identity was as Capt. Zero. About like asking if Bruce Wayne's name is really (the) Batman...if they bothered to give the name any more rationale than he is invisible, I don't know what that rationale might've been...he, I believe, predated the first statement of the Asimov 3 Laws...even as a relatively late superhero pulp character (all that business was concentrated in the comics arms of most of the pulp publishers by then...)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-72127061297243810092016-12-04T04:03:50.963-05:002016-12-04T04:03:50.963-05:00Is his name really "Zero" or is this som...Is his name really "Zero" or is this something like Asimov's Zeroth Law of Robotics?John Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557999612244024954noreply@blogger.com