UNCLE ELMER
Real Name: Waylon Wilkie
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Host of the "Uncle Elmer Show"
Group Membership: None
Affiliations:
Babette,
Lance,
Simon Williams
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Cable Studio#7 in
Manhatten, New York
First Appearance: (seen on a television screen):
Avengers I#194 (April, 1980); (fully seen): Avengers I#201 (November, 1980)
Powers/Abilities: Uncle Elmer had no superhuman
powers. He was a skilled children's television show host and was gifted at
tossing a pie.
History: (Avengers I#194 - BTS) - During
an episode of the "Uncle Elmer Show", Uncle Elmer introduced Simon Williams
as Mister Muscles. Simon lifted a child up using one arm, but the kid fell,
only to be rescued by Simon. Uncle Elmer then announced that Mister Muscles
needed to learn Elmer's first rule of good manners-"thou shall not screw-up."
He then prepared to hit Mister Muscles in the face with a pie.
(Avengers I#201) - As he taped the latest episode of the "Uncle Elmer
Show", Uncle Elmer once again introduced Mister Muscles and whispered to
him that his job was hanging by a thread. He also warned that Simon needed
to make the "whirl-a-round" skit a good one. As Simon spun a giant carousel
around with his bare hands, Elmer announced that any child who grabbed a
golden ring got a free meal at Burger Trough. As the children grabbed the
rings that Elmer held up, one child grabbed Elmer's toupee and pulled it
off on live television, revealing him to be bald. Elmer then ordered the
tape stopped and blaming Simon, fired him on the spot.
(Tales of the Marvels: The Wonder Years#2 (seen on a TV screen)) -
Following the "death" of Wonder Man, Waylon Wilkie (complete with a new toupee)
was interviewed about Simon's death. On screen, he explained that it took
him a long time to get the rough edges off of Simon's "Mister Muscles" act
on the "Uncle Elmer Show." He also added that despite that, Simon was a real
trooper and that he would always remember him as part of the "Uncle Elmer"
family.
Comments: Created by David Michelinie, George Perez,
and Josef Rubinstein.
Profile by
Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Lance has no known connections to
Uncle Elmer has no known connections to
Babette was a child who appeared on the episode of the "Uncle Elmer Show"
in which Simon Williams was fired. She rode the giant carousel along with
Lance.
--Avengers I#201
Lance was another child who appeared on the episode of the "Uncle Elmer Show"
that Simon was fired on. He rode the giant carousel with Babette.
--Avengers I#201
images: (without ads)
Avengers I#194 (April, 1980) - David Michelinie (writer), George Perez (pencils),
Josef Rubinstein (inks)
First Posted: 11/21/2006 Any Additions/Corrections? please
let
me know.
Non-Marvel
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Babette has no known connections to
Avengers I#201, p9, pan4 (Uncle Elmer, fullbody)
p10, pan1 (Babette)
p10, pan2 (Lance)
p10, pan4 (Uncle Elmer, headshot)
Avengers I#201 (November, 1980) - David Michelinie (writer), George Perez
(pencils), Dan Green (inks)
Tales of the Marvels: The Wonder Years#2 (September, 1995) - Dan Abnett,
Andy Lanning (writers), Igor Kordey (artist)
Last updated: 10/29/06
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