Talk:Lobo (DC Comics)

Reversion
The general consensus throughout the comic books entries is that same-name characters are presented chronologically. The very popular motorcyle-riding Ghost Rider, for example, does not precede the Western hero named Ghost Rider. Chronological logic is one of the basic tenets of encyclopedic writing, which is different from popular-press magazine writing. To return to encyclopedic form, we're revising the Lobo entry to its previous outline. Don't sweat it, User:Ace ETP — there are lots of stylistic things in both Wiki in general and the Comics Portal community in specific. I've been doing this for more than six months and I learn some new technique or bit of etiquette still ... as you can see from the above!! — Tenebrae 20:20, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh my goodness no. Look up "The Sandman" on wikipedia and follow that example. The 3 incarnations have separate pages even though they are all made by DC, each new one being at least in part a reaction to the former. These Lobo-es aren't even remotely related. I know that they're fictional comic book characters, but this is something akin to having one page for Indira Ghandi and Mohandas Ghandi. There is in fact already a dead link to the 1960s comic on the disambiguation page. Now, you could argue that the sandman pages are only broken out because each has enough content, but I say they get separate articles because they are separate things. Things should not be a single article when all they have in common is a medium and a name. 66.41.66.213 20:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed, each character should clearly have a seperate entry.


 * I already went and gave the Dell Comic's version his own article.--KrossTalk 05:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I can certainly go along with the consensus. Not a problem. I don't understand, however, why the information about the 1960s Lobo being the first known African-American series star in comic books was eliminated. That's so historically important, why was that infornation and its reference at http://comics.org/details.lasso?id=220622 removed? Between this and the fact that whoever did this lowercased African American and did not wikilink it, this gives the appearance of some motives I would truly not wish to contemplate of my fellow editors. I thnk it would be only right for the person who deleted that historical fact, and the reference cited here, reinsert them into Lobo (Dell Comics). - Tenebrae 10:20, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I skimmed over the section referring to the battle between Lobo and Wolverine during the Marvel Vs. DC crossover and I'm confused about a few things. Why does Lobo remember some bald man paying him to take a fall in his fight with Wolverine and why is Lobo the only character to retain  any memory of the crossover. I thought the entire crossover would be considered non-canon? Also the statement, "Given Lobo's relative immunity to damage and death, it is unlikely that a simple stab wound from Wolverine could have defeated him easily.", sounds very much like someone's opinion rather than actual fact The way the fight actually ended was never shown in any of the panels, only Wolverine standing up from the floor and taking a draw off of a cigar. Exactly how it ended can only be speculated upon. The statement should be removed from the article. Odin&#39;s Beard


 * While that section is now gone from the article, I can answer one question: Typically, intercompany crossovers are not canon if they take place in a combined world where all the characters from both companies exist at the same time and can casually meet. If the intercompany crossover uses a parallel universe or similar plot device to explain why the characters aren't in each other's books all the time, then they're usually canon, like Marvel versus DC. Ken Arromdee 22:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you sure you don't have that backward? I've read that both companies consider the JLA/Avengers crossover to be canon and that crossover included the possibility of all characters existing and meeting at the same time. Beings that weren't exactly pivotal to the overall plot of the crossover such as Darkseid, the Taskmaster, Prometheus, etc. Odin&#39;s Beard 00:21, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I don't have it backwards. JLA/Avengers is a situation where the characters started and ended in separate universes.  The ability of characters to casually meet was a temporary effect that ended when the story itself did. Ken Arromdee 07:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Odin's Beard -- Lobo fans were upset that Lobo was beaten by Wolverine. In addition, DC was upset that it lost to Marvel (and that Marvel violated a contract to gloat about that). So it was written into a comic that Lobo took a fall, despite the fact that, as you say, it makes no sense within the larger story. It's just a sop for the fanboys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.23.40.34 (talk) 19:54, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

"Art of Exploding Numbers"
Under "powers" in the infobox was an entry "art of exploding numbers". This isn't explained or even mentioned anywhere else in the article, so I took it out. 69.141.234.83 10:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

This comes from Lobo's Fragtastic Voyage one shot prestige format special where he learns the art of exploding numbers by simply saying it in a certain fashion. The higher the number, the greater the explosion. It appears he's not very good at it since he can make small explosions by citing small numbers but when tallying up the bill for services owed, he blows up the solar system he was in. I have not seen it used outside of that one book. --12.161.232.140 (talk) 15:53, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Fictional Character Biography
Some of the language in here is predestrian, or even slang, i.e. ". . . a chance to score with the client, . . ." in the Lobo: One Million portion. The article syntax doesn't need to take on the subject's characteristics. The whole part needs to be re-worked or retitled, as it deals heavily in supporting character descriptions and jumps in and out of any chronilogical order.204.17.31.126 (talk) 19:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Lobo's Son
Is Lobo's son Thrust (half Czarnian half Durlan) still in continuity? And has his girlfriend Layla been in anything lately? --68.81.70.65 (talk) 19:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Lobo on Earth and Lobo in Hell
It should be made clear that time passes differently in Hell so all the Lobo we saw on Earth and in space could have been the real Lobo. Someone in 'Reign in Hell' said that a minute on Earth is a day in hell. But others say hell is all misdirection. Anywho, I'd put this in, but I'm not sure how to without sounding dorky. Lots42 (talk) 17:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

GCOE
I have copy-edited for readability and grammar, but have no expertise concerning the characters or plots, so expert attention is still needed in that area.

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The 2000 web cartoon should be a part of the article.
Someone removed the citations of the adult oriented Lobo cartoon. Cwf97 (talk) 16:50, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Rewrite
The page is messy, rambling and all that up to the quality Wikipedia seems to try for. It needs a massive rewrite by some up to the task 71.59.221.166 (talk) 05:42, 13 January 2023 (UTC)