TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

The first appearance of a real computer in a comic book

117 pointsby ADavison2560over 4 years ago

6 comments

jim_lawlessover 4 years ago
Some comics used to try to pass off source code ... often BASIC ... as programs on the screens of the computers in the story&#x27;s. I had seen a couple of these instances in Jim Starlin&#x27;s &quot;Dreadstar&quot; comic. One of them was a printer dump routine from 80 Micro magazine for a TRS-80 that included the original author&#x27;s contact info on the screen:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jiml.us&#x2F;i&#x2F;dreadstar-basic.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jiml.us&#x2F;i&#x2F;dreadstar-basic.jpg</a>
jmkbover 4 years ago
I think the 4th head in the Batman comic is supposed to be Arthur Christopher Benson. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;A._C._Benson" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;A._C._Benson</a>
评论 #24599405 未加载
robvirenover 4 years ago
A machine that we can ask any question and get an answer, aghast! Fun to realize what was top level science fiction at the time is now our mundane daily life
评论 #24599486 未加载
评论 #24599871 未加载
评论 #24598467 未加载
masswerkover 4 years ago
Anyone noticed the reference <i>&quot;A colossal task!&quot;</i> in that Wonder Woman strip? (In 1948 this was highly classified.)
评论 #24615680 未加载
klmadfejnoover 4 years ago
&gt; Later in the story, the &quot;Poe&quot; head is asked to deduce Batman&#x27;s identity. Fortunately, Alfred (Bruce Wayne&#x27;s butler) manages to throw a monkey wrench into its card reading slot. This causes Poe to malfunction, as depicted by assorted &quot;pop&quot;, &quot;crackle&quot;, and &quot;bang&quot; sounds, and it decides that Batman is actually Alfred.<p>With some careful wording of the question, I&#x27;m almost certain you could get GPT-3 to say the same thing haha.
评论 #24600133 未加载
tyingqover 4 years ago
Not an &quot;early&quot; comic book, but this Radio Shack sponsored Superman &amp; Wonder Woman comic, featuring the TRS-80, is amusing: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazonarchives.com&#x2F;all-titles&#x2F;date&#x2F;1980s&#x2F;1982&#x2F;superman-and-wonder-woman-the-computer-masters-of-metropolis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazonarchives.com&#x2F;all-titles&#x2F;date&#x2F;1980s&#x2F;1982&#x2F;su...</a>
评论 #24599461 未加载
评论 #24599458 未加载