Difference between revisions of "Bob Cobb"

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'''Bob Cobb''' is a fictional identity adopted by [[Mon-El/Pre-Crisis|Mon-El]] during the few times when he lived in [[Smallville]] and needed to adopt a civil identity.  He was a salesman specialized in domestic use brushes.
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'''Bob Cobb''' is a fictional identity adopted by [[Mon-El/Pre-Crisis|Mon-El]] during the few times when he lived in [[Smallville]] and needed to adopt a civil identity.  He was a traveling salesman specialized in domestic-use brushes.  The name was suggested by [[Jonathan Kent]].
  
 
The Bob Cobb identity was used only briefly, but in at least three distinct occasions, one of them between Crisis and Zero Hour.
 
The Bob Cobb identity was used only briefly, but in at least three distinct occasions, one of them between Crisis and Zero Hour.
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*In his origin story, published in [[Superboy v1 89]] (June 1961).
 
*In his origin story, published in [[Superboy v1 89]] (June 1961).
 
*In the first Mordru story, in [[Adventure Comics 369]] (June 1968).
 
*In the first Mordru story, in [[Adventure Comics 369]] (June 1968).
*The post-Crisis appearance was in [[Legion of Super-Heroes v3 37]] (August 1987) and [[Superman v2 8]] (also August 1987).
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*The post-Crisis appearance was in [[Legion of Super-Heroes v3 37]] (August 1987) and [[Superman v2 8]] (also August 1987) (both books cover the exact same scene, in flashback in the Superman book).

Latest revision as of 22:22, 14 September 2012

Bob Cobb is a fictional identity adopted by Mon-El during the few times when he lived in Smallville and needed to adopt a civil identity. He was a traveling salesman specialized in domestic-use brushes. The name was suggested by Jonathan Kent.

The Bob Cobb identity was used only briefly, but in at least three distinct occasions, one of them between Crisis and Zero Hour.