Wednesday, October 03, 2012
// posted by Bill @ 2:36 PM 
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Because Sergeant and below are non-commissioned, Lieutenant is an also-ran, so other than Captain you've got Major, Colonel, and General, and the combinations with those don't work as well: look, up in the sky, it's Major Incident . . . Colonel Mustard . . . General Principle. See? Captain just works better.
Supervillain's are lucky-- name-wise at least. First of all, since they are usually surrounded by evil henchmen, they can pick names that suggest a command structure. Sidekicks notwithstanding, superheros are typically lone wolves, or members of teams of equals without the sort of hierarchy that military ranks imply.
(I suppose I should research how many characters are "Doctors", and how that breaks down. Doctor Doom, of course, and Doctor Strange. Doctor Fate. Doctor Octopus.)
(I suppose I should research how many characters are "Doctors", and how that breaks down. Doctor Doom, of course, and Doctor Strange. Doctor Fate. Doctor Octopus.)
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