Talk:Flash and circle

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Use in popular culture

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It says here: "The symbol is used by Throbbing Gristle on promotional materials such as the album cover of CD1. It is similar to the "Superstar Shock" emblem as found on the album Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson. The logo of DC Comics' The Flash features a lightning bolt crossing a circle."

Are the symbols as used by Throbbing Gristle and by The Flash actually connected to the symbol used by British Fascists in the 1930s? If not, I think the text needs to be rewritten. Arms Jones (talk) 19:13, 29 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

The text as it reads is self-evidently wrong: comparison of the actual symbols reveals the TG symbol more closely resembles the lightning bolt used to indicate danger from high voltage on Electricity Board signage in the UK, and the colours are wrong, while The Flash's symbol in DC comics is also yellow rather than blue, and has two 'zigs' instead of one. The same applies in the case of the Superstar Shock logo. I am therefore removing this paragraph. Robocon1 (talk) 11:40, 18 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Having checked, I see the same is true of the symbol used in the film Flight to Mars. Once again, the colours are wrong, the flash is not tapered, and it protrudes beyond the borders of the circle. All these symbols only resemble the BUF symbol in the most general way, and obviously do not represent uses of the BUF symbol in popular culture, as the title of this section.Robocon1 (talk) 11:54, 18 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

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