Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130110100903/@comment-1895174-20130113193854

Tupka217 wrote:

LoveWaffle wrote: That being said, it was a nice surprise that Mal became Guardian. I was expecting he'd become Vox or Herald (his most notable identities from the comics), or perhaps the show's version of Cyborg or Mr. Teriffic. Weisman played around with certain characters' origins and identities in a similar fashion for Spectacular Spider-Man (having one of the Enforcers become Shocker, for example), so it was a reasonable expectation. If it was a surprise, it was a surprise to you and a few others. It seemed obvious to me (and several others) from the moment they introduced Jim Harper's retirement. I still don't get why people think he could be combined with Cyborg or Mr. Terrific. That's as ridiculous as combining Robin with Stargirl or Captain Marvel, Jr.

As for your example, it's not the same thing. He's already done that, by making Static part of the Super Friends PC brigade, or Sportsmaster part of the League of Shadows.

The example is the same thing, you just misunderstand what I meant. Let me explain: The version of Shocker that appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man is also Jackson Brice, otherwise known as Montana, a character who is the Shocker in no other media. And he's not the only character like that - Fancy Dan becoming Ricochet, Walter Hardy being the guy who killed Uncle Ben, and "the Big Man" is more of a title used in place of "Kingpin" and used by both Tombstone and the Green Goblin.

So not unreasonable. Unlikely, but not unreasonable.