Thomas Edison: Hero or Villain?
February 11, 1847--Birth of Thomas Edison. Click here for a list of appearances of Edison portrayed by actors on screen. 1868--JONAH HEX # 22-- Jonah Hex , a classic comic book western hero, recently had an adventure with Thomas Edison, as shown in Jonah Hex v2 #22 (2007). The villain of the story cited The Steam Man of the Prairies as an influence. 1876--Birth of Thomas Alva Edison Jr. 1878--VOYAGERS!-- a Voyagers! episode involving Edison shows, in an instance of history "going wrong", Edison and his team are trying to make a light bulb filament by rolling lamp black; they all fail, and when Jeffrey tears his shirt, Edison offers to repair it, then studies the thread as a potential filament 1878--TOM EDISON'S SHAGGY DOG-- Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog by Kurt Vonnegut (1953). A short story about Edison's accidental discovery that dogs have superhuman intelligence (and can talk) while working on an ...