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Not bad... I would like for them to remove 'Walter' from his name, though. If they're not going to call him Ixis Naugus without invoking another lawsuit, then they should just call him Naugus. No one is going to take a villain named Walter seriously.
Ixis is a Satam name for Naugus that was never used Archie is free to use it if they want.
Here's what Ian said.
In SatAM, early development documents had him named "Ixis," but he was called "Naugus" in the final script of the one episode he was in.
During the Bollers/Gabrie era, he was introduced as "Ixis Naugus," and there were allusions to the Ancient Order of Ixis. During the Flynn/Pellerito run, this was expounded upon that "Ixis" was both a title and the name of the organization. Obviously, post-reboot, we can't continue on that approach.
The terms "Ixis" and "Naugus," however, are both SatAM in origin and thus safe to use. I have long-term plans for was "Ixis" is now (extremely long-term - as in who know if/when that'll see print). As for Walter Naugus, the reasoning behind the naming was two-fold. First, it was to make it clear we were in a new continuity. Secondly, it will have some alliteration with his other family member(s) (pending editorial approval).
It was not, in any way, shape or form, meant to reference Wally West/Flash. And the fact it happened on STH#252, prompting a lot of fans to call it "nu252," was 100% coincidence. We were too busy wrapping up "Worlds Collide" and plotting out the future to worry about any "cute" nods like that.
