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#737. J'onzz Family

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#738. M'aarell

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#739. J'karaa

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#739. J’karaa

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#740. Ancient Chian Ancestor

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#741. Ancient Danuuth Ancestor

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#742. Haly's Circus Trapeze Artists

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#743. Ghosts on the Bayou

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#744. Merlin

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#745. Juan Cordero's Mother

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#746. Juan Cordero's Oldest Younger Sister

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#747. Juan Cordero's Youngest Sister

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#748. Cassandra Savage's Half-Sister

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#749. Cassandra Savage's Half-Brother

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#750. Cassandra Savage's Stepfather

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#751. Sharon Hawkins

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#752. Jean Hawkins

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#753. Robert Hawkins

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#754. Bianca Reyes

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#755. Alberto Reyes

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#756. Milagro Reyes

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#757. Eduardo's Abuelo

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#758. Mrs. Josef Mueller

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#759. The Mueller kids

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#760. Jack

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#761. Greg Vietti

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#762. Brandon Weisman

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#764. Justin King VI

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#763. Philip Wilcox

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#764. James King VI

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#765. Henry Heywood

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#766. Behemoth

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#767. Diabolique

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#768. Champs Elysees*

*Note: No accents included, as Ask Greg can't seem to handle 'em.

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#769. Montmartre

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#770. Montparnasse

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#771. Seine

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#772. Rive Gauche

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#773. Principal Sanchez

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#774. Sackett

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#775. Flaming C

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#776. Blue Falcon

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#777. Dyno-Mutt

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#778. Brother Power the Geek

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#779. Flex Mentallo

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#780. Ulthoon

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#781. Bgztlqwar

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#782 Branwilla's Ghost

Time for a Breather

So...

I've been trying to answer at least five questions a day here, every weekday, for quite a few months running. I'm still nowhere near coming close to emptying the queue.

But, as I'm certain some of you have noticed, the questions are, well, starting to grind on me. To get on my nerves. To tick me off.

Sometimes it's folks asking questions that are clearly answered by the material itself. On screen or on the page.

Sometimes it's folks asking for story spoilers, when that's clearly something I'm not going to reveal.

Sometimes it's folks ascribing motives for what I do that they can't possibly know.

Sometimes it's folks demanding that I acknowledge that my show sucks, with intense explanations for why I should do that. I'm okay with people not liking my stuff - wish they did, but you can't please everyone, all the time - but I resent people trying to convince ME that my stuff is bad. Maybe it's all in the phrasing, but it is, frankly, infuriating. Besides, I like my stuff.

Etc.

I don't know if I've just hit a bad batch recently, but I think what's more likely is that I'm just burned out on it. That I'm reading negativity into perfectly innocent or at least neutral questions and statements. It's very possible I'm over-reacting.

Either way, my responses recently have been ire-filled, and I don't like that. It's not what I want ASK GREG to be. It's not, generally, what I think it's been for the last couple decades plus. (Give or take a tirade or smart-ass response, here and there.)

I took a few days off, posting Hercules premises, and thought that might help. And it did, a little. But clearly not enough. So I'm going to take an extensive break.

I'm tempted to close the question asking function for a time. But Young Justice: Targets is still coming out. And the new Gargoyles comic launches in December, and I want folks to be able to respond to those. So I've decided to leave the function alone for now. I realize that means that the backlog is going to continue to grow. But such is life, I guess.

I'm hoping that in a month or two, I'll be ready to come back. But for now, I need a break. Thanks and sorry.

One Last HERCULES springboard

This last HERCULES springboard I can recall must have only been a verbal pitch, as I don't seem to have a document to cut and paste here. So, I don't remember too much about it. But it was a Western pastiche, based on the television series BONANZA, called "Hercules and the Sons of Poseidon".

The idea was to treat Poseidon like he was Lorne Greene/Ben Cartwright.

And he had three sons:

THESEUS (Pernell Roberts/Adam Cartwright)
POLYPHEMOS (Dan Blocker/Hoss Cartwright)
TRITON (Michael Landon/Little Joe Cartwright)

Polyphemos, of course, is the cyclops from the Odyssey. Triton was going to be the youngest brother, but he was going to be the Triton who would someday grow up to become Ariel's father in THE LITTLE MERMAID.

And that's about all I can remember about the idea. Mark and Bob didn't go for it. But somehow, we took Theseus and found our way to making him the Grim Avenger for the one episode I DID end up writing for HERCULES.