Why Would They Name this Comic Dick Cole?

[@OtakuD50]

Dick Cole is a reliable fella. You can always count on him to come, no matter how hard it gets.

[@AxeGaijin]

It is rumoured that sometimes he even arrives too early, but I've been told that happens to the best of us....

[@rojaws1183]

He is usually a big softie.

[@alfan0079]

i see what you did there

[@bfdidc6604]

@@rojaws1183 But don't piss him off!

[@rojaws1183]

@@bfdidc6604 Yeah he can be a straight hard guy if he need to.

[@spectacularlysentimental]

"But after reading all 151 Dick Cole comics..." WHAT THE HECK? The amount of dedication to your videos are insane. Hope this does well!

[@ComicTropes]

Most of the stories were only 8 to 10 pages.

[@Enigmanaut]

@@ComicTropes So, 1200 to 1500 pages? Selling yourself short...

[@facespaz]

@@ComicTropes That's still an abnormal amount of Dick Cole

[@ridhosamudro2199]

That's a lot of Dick!

[@wellesradio]

@@Enigmanaut All in all, about 4-6 hours of reading.

[@MariaVosa]

Chris: The name was a deliberate innuendo Me: I'm not sure, what about Dick Grays... Chris: He had a brother named Rod Me: ... Ok, you're right.

[@a.champagne6238]

Dick grazing?

[@GleeChan]

I have to admit, I didn't think I'd see a video about Dick Cole coming. Thank you Chris for cranking these out. You're hard work really is a pleasure.

[@TheDing1701]

🤣🤣

[@Jezee213]

haha! ok, that got me, nicely done.

[@thattinawoman5119]

Every time I think about the panel with the tiny muscular baby posing under the heat lamp wearing sunglasses/goggles repeating "I am Dick Cole"...straight up giggles every time.

[@scriptmonkeys71]

I was saddened when you didn’t read the Professor’s dialogue bubble because it had to be the funniest one: “No one would believe me- no one would give me a chance to prove my theories. But now we’ll show ‘em, Dick!” Sage advice in any era.

[@Jackferrett6781]

Richard Head

[@dante_0962]

Richard Diamond.

[@Electric-vo9zv]

Mike Hunt

[@ragnadrabinowitz7629]

jack mehoffer

[@paulheap1982]

A company I used to work for had an area manager named Richard Cheese.

[@dc9662]

Headmaster Richard de Balzac

[@JonathanFournier]

A baby lounging in gamma rays and saying "My name is Dick Cole" may be my new favorite comic panel of all time.

[@JonathanFournier]

May have spoke too soon. Just got to the panel with the poor sea turtle.

[@trevorghalt1881]

Dick Cole looks like he got balls of steel and I feel like he would make a great seaman

[@michaelwalsh9616]

Fun fact about novelty: they made the blue bolt to be their big title ala superman. However the character didn't garner much attention, where as Cole who was published in side stories became more popular. Rather than immediately making a separate magazine for Cole, Novelty kept futily promoting BB, going so far as eliminating his fantastical origin and making him MORE like Dick Cole. By the time they did concied to giving Col his own title, the company was already falling under and the character had lost his initial popularity

[@TheEndKing]

Now that's some Vince McMahon thinking.

[@leress]

Comic Tropes did a video pretty recently about Blue Bolt.

[@michaelwalsh9616]

@@leress I learned about it from Austin McConnell who made a video about the blue bolt

[@leress]

@@michaelwalsh9616 Yeah, I got them confused I also watched that video from Austin. That was the video I was talking about.

[@cha5]

Blue Bolt’s glory days were during the earliest Simon & Kirby run IMHO, after they left that comic he was pretty much redundant.

[@alejoparedes2388]

"Our editors keep objectionable material out of this publication."

[@ComicPower]

I guess calling him Harry Balls would have been too much.

[@princecharon]

I wonder if a modern innuendo-laden Dick Cole comic would be able to take off.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

You might say it would face some ... stiff competition.

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

It could be like Venture bros

[@Clay3613]

Campy Gay military men?

[@benw9949]

He got his expert marksmanship award. they said he was a straight shooter. Well...possibly in one sense but not the other? Anyway, he had great aim.

[@Chairmangoodchild]

I certainly hope Dick will rise again!

[@catsofsherman1316]

Why did Marvel publish a comic called "Giant Size Man Thing"?

[@legoarkhamiteproductions4869]

I think that was intentional. If I’m not mistaken Steve Gerber created that title, and he loved jokes like that, particularly in Howard The Duck. The title I think was initially in reference to Marvel’s Giant Size issues, basically the equivalent of DC’s 80 Page Giants, but the innuendo probably made him want to use the title more.

[@patricktilton5377]

So, did Dick Cole ever wrestle with the One-Eyed Wonder Worm?

[@tinstrings6312]

See Dick Cole vault to the tip of his majestic pole! See Dick Cole doing his own sounding on the white water rapids! See Dick Cole dock his vessle with Carrot's dinghy! GET IT?!

[@Shamax0]

Just opened the video, but wanted to leave comment so I don't forget to do so later! Thanks for everything you do Chris, I've been watching for a while, and you definitely got me back into reading comics Wish you all the best man!

[@monoinyo]

I'm giving a like before I even watch because chris don't miss

[@aikisteven0616]

Wow, I'm going to have to find some of these Dick Cole stories. I never thought I'd be so interested in Dick, but I can honestly say I'd like to grab as much Dick Cole as I can get my hands on! Yes, from this moment on, I'm a big fan of Dick!

[@Rob_Gibson]

I needed to start my week with something silly. Superhero timing as always, Chris. Thank you!

[@enzovulkoor]

That comic just kept dad jokes going, in one, long, incredibly unbroken arc. Moving from innuendo to innuendo.

[@archmagefrey]

It was really quite hypnotic.

[@shavedape6679]

The first duty of every comic tropes video is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth

[@randomnerdery6511]

These golden age deep dives are literally the best!

[@TCMcBiscuits]

My favourite Dick Cole story is the one where he rescues his girlfriend Amy Atus from a one-eyed monster.

[@WanArk86]

I first thought that "Why does his named Dick but he's not a detective" until Rod was mention then I was like "Ahhh... Yeah that was intentional" Made me think that was one of the reason why it was much more popular then the Blue Bolt.

[@jameshowlettii761]

@@simonbrehm358 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀👌

[@albaniahenry-franklin2829]

Let us not forget there was also a syndicated radio program that starred our intrepid hero made in the mid 1940s! At least one episode is here on KZbin😉

[@BadMovieRealm]

I am very impressed by the restraint shown in this video in regards to not throwing in a ton of extra "Dick Cole" jokes and innuendo. I would not have been able to resist that low-hanging fruit.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

To the people claiming it was all innocent and we just have our minds in the gutter, I defy you to explain the panel at 6:26 that reads: Bongo ties Dick to the ducking stool with leather thongs taken from an exhibit. "I'm gonna dunk you, woodenhead, until you're waterlogged ... O-oh! Somebody's comin'!"

[@stephenmumford9995]

I also enjoyed reading The Adventures of Mike Hunt.

[@nobel11]

And who can forget when they had that epic crossover with Mike Ox?

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

@@nobel11 And the time he went up against Jack Mehoff.

[@deliusmyth5063]

And his brother Isaac.

[@kanna-san.]

​@@deliusmyth5063and their sister Yora.

[@martincann5052]

Remember: Dick Cole be strokin', not smokin,.

[@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.]

Yay, more golden age!!! My favorite content you make, Chris!

[@Ninjabread01]

This is the first new Comic Tropes video I've watched, so glad the intro got a facelift. Love the channel!

[@AshMashDashSplash]

These types of videos are my favourite, always really enjoy the humour

[@LorenzoVargas1981]

Man these Golden Age comics had a thing with these names,Dick Cole,Big Dix,Dick Tracy 😂lol

[@graphosxp]

Dick Cole was also a real dude! this comic character was *not* based upon him though. "Richard Eugene Cole (September 7, 1915 - April 9, 2019) was a United States Air Force colonel. During World War II, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942. He served as the co-pilot to Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle in the lead airplane of the raid by sixteen B-25 bombers, which for the first time took off from an aircraft carrier on a bombing mission."

[@mbp7060]

His friends called him Dick, everyone else called him Richard.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thanks for the golden age comics series.

[@skarloey1214]

Before the video i got a survey about which store i would consider buying from and one of them was Dick's Sporting Goods

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

Wouldn't it be interesting if Dick's merged with Kohl's?

[@mizukarate]

I created a new character. The great grandson of Dick Cole.......Dick Cole the Third. This way we can have a variety of Dick Cole's.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sunilsdesigns1232]

Always enjoy watching your content, Chris, your channel is my favourite one for comics by far! Thanks for sharing your content, all the best!

[@Keihzaru]

Why WOULDN'T you call your comic Dick Cole if you had the chance?

[@jasonreid4220]

Kind of surreal. I'm sitting hear watching this @ work and had to pause and go back when Chris mentioned the Saturday Evening Post and Novelty Press being a subsidiary of Curtis Publishing. My job is in the Curtis Building, which I never expected to be tangentially referenced in a comic tropes video. Ha!

[@facespaz]

Holy innuendo Batman! Great job as always!

[@deathby1kslimes945]

Dick Cole and Rod versus the Goons in: the Powerful Stroking Race

[@profjeff9]

Great video. Hope you're doing okay. I remember you mentioned health issues earlier.

[@johnjohnson8575]

I had a teacher whose name was surnames was pronounced the same as "pretty". And his first name was Richard. I alway laughed at him being Dick Pretty or Pretty, Dick.

[@RickReasonnz]

Oh, that reminds me on when in school we had a Roll of Honour read out every year during our memorial day.. "Brown, I" says the headmaster, and the immature young kids would crack up giggling every damn time.

[@SoulStarSketchin]

There was more Dick in this episode than anything else and I managed to sit through it without laughing too much. I've seen this comic a long time ago somewhere at a comic shop but had no clue what in the world it was but the name was still laugh out loud funny and glad to see the creators were definitely in on the joke. Those times were wild man.

[@kennysp666]

No comment to the note "Our editors keep objectionable material out of this publication."?

[@ComicTropes]

I figured if I simply included it, plenty of folks like yourself would notice.

[@joedent3323]

" Dick Cole Vs. Fish Stix Vs. Fact Hunt "... now there is a slobber-knocker (arf) for the Ages. Fun video Chris. I like these light ones :) Cheers! JpD.

[@ramseydoon8277]

3:48 Carrot Smith looks like an evil scarecrow who found an ill-fitting human costume.

[@kanna-san.]

Jonathan Crane: Origins

[@lizardguyNA]

This seems like a character that'd star in an Adult Swim show.

[@kaboombox1581]

Missed opportunity to have his rival/arch nemesis be named Mike Hunt.

[@pattongilbert]

I actually already knew about Dick Cole! Austin McConnell made a video about Blue Bolt in his process of making a copyright-free superhero universe; he mentioned Dick Cole while telling the story.😊

[@jabezcreed]

You're the most awesome comic KZbin host, Chris. Videos like this prove it with your selection of topics.

[@jabezcreed]

Most commentators wouldn't touch a character like Dick Cole, but I think it's safe to say Dick Cole will be long remembered thanks to your work.

[@Aran_MD]

I can imagine the people making this comic, snickering all the time.

[@corrosivecabal]

All this modern-day "gay-panick" with children when meanwhile in the 1940's...

[@-Teague-]

The more things change the more things stay the same 😂

[@corrosivecabal]

@@-Teague- the joke is that they had more of a reason to suspect that was the case in the 40s, which makes it all the more obvious that people are just being intolerant bigoted liars today.

[@pious83]

This sounds like a character Grant Morrison or Alan Moore would have a field day with.

[@Reds_Scrapyard]

Carrot is yet another euphemism for penis...

[@danieldickholtz6405]

Given my own last name, I was a little wary of where this video was going to go. However, I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed hearing about all those weird and wonderful adventures!

[@KevinSorbo.]

Daniel dick holes is an epic name. Flex that shit

[@rykerblade_snb]

“Hey, I saved your life!” “You ruined my death, Dick!”

[@davidmcmahon4633]

You should review Crimebuster from Boy Comics. His costume is basically his school hockey uniform. I found many of the stories to be very entertaining.

[@slinktan]

This was a ri-DICK-ulous episode! Bwa Ha Haa!

[@Oddlogical]

Haha, this was wild! I've never heard of this character, but that's what I appreciate about your videos - they can bring such things to my attention!

[@CthulhusDream]

Oh man, I haven't thought of Strokin' in years 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for reminding me

[@sablesanctum]

@4:48 Also notice how he's holding the dummy. While saying: Phony gag.

[@bengordon2330]

Thanks!

[@OomaGooma]

Videos like these are why I LOVE this channel. Never change, Chris.

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

Loved and studied comic books since the 70s and I've never even thought Dick Cole sounded like Dick Hole.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Sadly, after WWII, his fortunes took a turn for the worse and he took up organized crime under the name Big Dix.

[@skarloey1214]

Until he was beating by blue beetle

[@jasonbeatty831]

Do a feature on Holden and Sharon Cox next!

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

Nowdays you have to pray for your favorite hero to get a 4 issue mini, but Dick Cole got 151 comics

[@XcmShow]

I love golden age characters so much

[@philliphessel6788]

This research seems to counter Jeff Rovin’s old hypothesis that the height of Golden Age double entendres was the meeting of the Red Torpedo and Queen Klitra.

[@LandELiberation]

I assume the scientist said to say 'my name is dick cole' for the same reasons I'd get a baby to say that, pure comedy

[@theconqueringram5295]

Beavis and Butt-Head would've loved this comic!

[@cecilDisharoon]

@6:47 come on! This many panels of this...

[@will_sketch]

When you think you're so mature but a KZbin video about Dick Cole makes you laugh to tears. 🤦‍♂🤣🤣🤣

[@TheZooropaBaby]

I like that compared to other Golden Age characters, this one doesnt seem that bad, at least it's got variety in stories etc

[@SargentGrey]

Awesome video 🙂 Thank you. And I love the music intro/outro! Your content makes me feel good about comics again!

[@Vegitodraws]

Richard Rider. That's my response. If you don't get the joke, remember Nightwing

[@Sammmmmmmm617]

I find it hilarious how L.B. Cole bought the rights to Dick Cole 😂

[@richardcoleman3425]

Thank you for this, Chris! I'd never heard of this character, but he sounds hilarious! There'll be someone out there who is no doubt offended by this comic, by as a Gay man myself, I love both the comedy and the history. Brilliant! Thank you, my Dude. ;)

[@Tyrconnell]

No idea if someone else mentioned this, but Dick Cole is the name of the leader (since 1998) of Mebyon Kernow, the Cornish independance party in the UK. I do not know if he is aware of the comic.

[@futurestoryteller]

When people say "It was a more innocent time" they always mean "We had plausible deniability"

[@LukeST83]

All of the double entendre aside, the funniest part for me was his rowing team getting mad at him when his oar broke. It wasn't his fault!

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

This is already turning into one of the most entertaining comment sections in a long time. Thanks, Dick Cole!

[@ShadowEl]

Found myself laughing out loud at 6:00. I wonder if my grandpa ever read Dick Cole.

[@AugustNerdinIron]

I love the part where Dick is strokin

[@nobel11]

Thank you for this deep dive into Dick Cole.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Classic Comic Tropes humor! Great episode!😂

[@reytorcaza2770]

Greetings from Cali Colombia My friend,keep the great work!!

[@stanwright4110]

"Dick Cole was ahead of the curve on that one." I see what you did there.

[@robvangessel3766]

I think I spotted a dangling participle in there.

[@ComicDrake]

Oh wild! I just watched a video about Blue Bolt not that long ago.

[@matthewhood7844]

Another fun golden age examination. You switching places with your puppet kinda freaked me out.

[@mauriciomusso96]

Loving these editions

[@themoviemaniac8416]

Hahaha, often innuendo is always there when you're really LOOKING for it. Sometimes finding it says more about you than about what you looking at.😄

[@double0gold82]

This feels like a precursor to The Ambiguosly Gay Duo, from SNL.

[@reyluna9332]

Bart: I'm looking for a man. Last name Cole first name Dick. Moe: Hey, I'm looking for a Dick Cole. Anybody here, who's a Dick Cole?

[@allenniumfalcon]

Have you heard if the infamous Captain Pugwash characters, Seaman Staines and Master Bates ?

[@grantbaugh2773]

Clearly he should be called "innuendo man"

[@hawks4305]

Can’t wait for the team-up with Buster Tulips!