Wall street journal daily crossword Friday, April 9, 2021 0

[comicparadox]

Check out the clue for 43 across. 

[MatterEaterLad]

How many letters?

[comicparadox]

4 letters, starts with X.

[comicparadox]

I was hoping for Xemnu the Titan, 

but that’s too many letters.

[thehumantorch]

Just now, comicparadox said:

4 letters, starts with X.

Xforce?

[comicparadox]

I was hoping for Xemnu the Titan, but that’s too many letters.

Plus he’s the original Hulk, and that starts with “H”.

Edited April 9, 2021 by comicparadox
H

[comicparadox]

XBox? Maybe one of the newer mutants? Turns into a cube.

[vheflin]

Xylophone?

[Black_Adam]

Xorn

[shadroch]

Xela

[Ken Aldred]

2 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

Xorn

Did Lee and Kirby do a Xorn character before Grant Morrison?

Learned something.

Edited April 9, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

3 hours ago, 1 2 3 4 Thumb War! said:

Just like with Spider-Man, the hyphen gets no respect.

Yup. It’s quite unacceptable. You would expect the Wall St Journal to have a better standard of punctuation.

[thunsicker]

I'm at a loss.  We know it's not the X-Men since that was entirely a Jack Kirby creation, right @Prince Namor?

[snitzer]

Xulk? 

[Black_Adam]

28 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said:

Did Lee and Kirby do a Xorn character before Grant Morrison?

Learned something.

Lol, no. The Xorn is actually from the 1st edition AD&D Monster Manual (nothing to do with Lee and Kirby). Looks like Morrison copied Gygax!

[valiantman]

XMYN <--- because gender-specific X-Men have been cancelled.

[Comicshows]

Xena the warrior princess?

[kav]

XOXO

[1950's war comics]

that crossword clue has been around for at least 10 years now.......but thanks for the post !

[1950's war comics]

5 hours ago, comicparadox said:

4 letters, starts with X.

could be:

Xxax .. the creature who would not die !!

from TOS #64 ( i think)

Edited April 10, 2021 by 1950's war comics