"Solid," as in "that's solid" or "you did me a solid." This guy is basically a rock-bodied juggernaut with super strength. He started out as just Solid, but not long after Image Comics came out, I added a secondary identity of Solid Bedrock. I hated that Hannah-Barbera forced Rob Liefeld to change "Bedrock's" name simply because "Bedrock" is the hometown of the Flintstones. The two are obviously different, but I guess they owned all rights or something. So I came up with calling my character Solid Bedrock as a way to get around that and simultaneously thumb my nose at H-B. I dream of being able to do these types of things if I ever got into comics. But okay, Solid Bedrock isn't a great name, and Rob flipped them off better by renaming his character Badrock. Score one for Mister Liefeld. The name stays on my list, because "never throw away an idea," but I'll probably never use it in a story. Incidentally, I also thought of renaming him Budrock, and characterizing him as a little more "country hick." I probably won't go there either, but again, "never throw away an idea. Wringing all the mileage out of it that I could, I thought of Bodrock too, as a play on "make your body rock," but that eventually got assigned to another character. It's possible that Budrock will emerge as a separate character one day as well. What I did eventually do is give him the real name of "Chris Solid." No, it's not me being meta. It's wordplay on "chrysalid." It has the advantage of making his super-name make sense beyond it being based on slang. (Source) |
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