| Expectant parents spend a good deal of time prior to the
birth of their child choosing the right name for the new
arrival. The parents choose the name with a number of
criteria: does the name have family meaning, does it flow
pleasantly from the tongue, does the name have a positive
connotation. All of these things are factors for the parents
to be. But those who live on worlds where people fly unaided
through the skies, where evil geniuses often try to end all
life on earth, where spandex is a highly sought commodity
must take special care in choosing their children's name.
Consider the case of the Blaze family. We presume this family
realized the dangers inherent to their child by having the
last name "Blaze," but they let their selfish desires rule
them and did not change their name to something like Brown
or Smith. Instead the let their child grow up to be known
as Johnny Blaze. They should have known that by saddling the
poor child with this name that he would one day sell his soul
in an unholy bargin with a demon and be cursed with having
to share his existence with a demon who thirsted for vengence,
becoming known as the Ghost Rider.
Or take the case of T.O. Morrow, a second-rate mad scientist,
whose parents strapped him with the initials T.O. and a last
name Morrow. Didn't they realize they were sending him down
the path to perdition? What else is a young man in college
to choose for a career but world domination if your name spells
out a future time period?
And lest we forget the parents of one Doiby Dickles. These
two should have been brought up on charges for naming their
child Doiby. It is obvious from the first time everyone
laid eyes on the boy, that he had no other choice in life than
that of comic sidekick and all of the inherent dangers that
go with it. Even worse, because of the strong Brooklyn accent
of Doiby, he was cursed with an unstylish choice of headgear
for all his days.
So, remember should you find your city is often besieged by
those with powers and abilities far beyond mortal man, pick
carefully the names of your offspring, for in that name, you
may well choose their course in life. | 
