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|speculations = Since both are Atlanta, Georgia based, the name is no doubt a tongue-in-check reference to one of many of the Coca Cola Company's slogans starting with 1969's "It's the Real Thing." | |speculations = Since both are Atlanta, Georgia based, the name is no doubt a tongue-in-check reference to one of many of the Coca Cola Company's slogans starting with 1969's "It's the Real Thing." | ||
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| + | It's very possible that he is a corporate superhero too. Kurt Busiek notes that we'll likely never see him on panel due to him likely being emblazoned with all kinds of trademarks of the Coca-Cola company.[http://busiek.com/site/2014/06/12/astro-city-mail-june-2014-2/ 1] | ||
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[[Category: Heroes|Real Thing]][[Category: Non-Astro City Based Heroes|Real Thing]] | [[Category: Heroes|Real Thing]][[Category: Non-Astro City Based Heroes|Real Thing]] | ||
Revision as of 00:14, 27 October 2014
PowersThe Real Thing is described as 'looming over the city [of Atlanta] and swatting Enelsian ships out of the sky. That would infer he, she or it as being some sort of large monstrous creature.
Speculations, TheoriesSince both are Atlanta, Georgia based, the name is no doubt a tongue-in-check reference to one of many of the Coca Cola Company's slogans starting with 1969's "It's the Real Thing." It's very possible that he is a corporate superhero too. Kurt Busiek notes that we'll likely never see him on panel due to him likely being emblazoned with all kinds of trademarks of the Coca-Cola company.1
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