LNH: Legion of Net.Heroes wikipedia stuff...

[Arthur Spitzer]

in article 1146065284.008812.119430 at j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, Tom
Russell at milos_parker at yahoo.com wrote on 4/26/06 8:28 AM:

> 
> martinphip... at yahoo.com wrote:
>> Cheesecake Eater Lad originally being married was retconned by wReam:
>> originally it was his wife who made the cheesecakes and his power was
>> to fart; wReam decided that Cheesecake Eater Lad's power was to make
>> his own cheesecakes.
>> 
> 
> I don't remember him having the power to fart; I didn't know that wReam
> retconned the marriage away, or that, in fact, the wife appeared after
> the original LNH thread/origin story.  Was there an in-story reason for
> the retcon, like some artifact, or was it just a, well, he wasn't
> married after all, that story was wrong type retcon?
> 
>> Martin
> 
> I might just keep the origin as is anyway-- in the story, CEL has lost
> his memory and recaps his origin as he regains his memory/personality,
> and so maybe he might remember the marriage...?
> 
> --Tom

Here's the original Cheesecake Eater Lad post...

And I did a little more searching on Google and I think this was the guy who
created Cheesecake Eater Lad: Matthew Jotham Millheiser.

From:    KALIBAK
Date:    Sun, May 3 1992 9:28 am
Email:   st883... at pip.cc.brandeis.edu (KALIBAK)
Groups:  rec.arts.comics

As Cheesecake-Eater Lad, I received my powers one night when I was working
in my lab on a solvent that develops limited super-powers such as
super-plotz, super-runs, and my patented super-saturated-fat particle beam.
Unfortunately, my wife was at the same time baking a lovely cheesecake for
the Winchesters.  Our recipes got mixed up, and as I tried a slice A Hero
Was Born (TM). 

My powers are primarily bodily function related, but they are potent.

"And such it is as this, while the Dark Flan lies pummeled at my feet, have
the Gods cursed me, Condolia Boonspackle, life known only to me
as...Cheesecake-Eater Lad!"
                                                  -- C-ELad #3, 1962

P.S.: Power limitation: I need a slice every fifteen minutes or my body goes
to pot. 

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I'd go with this guy being the Pre-Cry.Sig C-ELad and the one we know and
love as the Post-Cry.Sig C-ELad.  I don't think there's really any point in
trying to incorporate their origins.  Maybe C-ELad has vague Pre-Cry.Sig
memories, but I think he should be a separate character from this guy.
Maybe there's an alternate universe where Cry.Sig didn't happen where this
guy still lives.  But it's up to you Tom.

As for Cheesecake Eater Lad's powers, well he's called Cheesecake Eater Lad
and not Cheesecake Maker Lad for a reason.  I do think C-ELad's primary
power should be being able to eat any kind of cheesecake (even if it's
radioactive, full of razor blades, made of diamond, you name it).  I've
certainly read stories where he was using wrist bands to make cheesecake.  I
suppose he doesn't need wrist bands, but he has them...

Arthur "But do whatever you like Tom" Spitzer