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'''James Dalton Trumbo''' (December 9, 1905 – ?), | [[File:Dalton_Trumbo_1947.jpg|250px|thumb|Dalton Trumbo asks hard questions.]]'''James Dalton Trumbo''' (December 9, 1905 – ?), is an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter. | ||
Trumbo and [[Alan Turing]] were life-long friends. | Trumbo and [[Alan Turing]] were life-long friends. | ||
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Trumbo delivered Turing's eulogy, and continued to champion Turing's name until his own disappearance some years later. | Trumbo delivered Turing's eulogy, and continued to champion Turing's name until his own disappearance some years later. | ||
Trumbo and [[C. Wright Mills]] are widely rumored to have formed a crime-fighting team which secretly took down [[Murder, Incorporated (nonfiction)|Murder, Incorporated]]. | |||
Trumbo | Trumbo is widely thought to have secretly played the role of [[Commissioner Gordon (nonfiction)|Commissioner Gordon]] in many classic [[Batman (nonfiction)|Batman]] stories. | ||
See [[The Big Con (nonfiction)]]. | |||
Trumbo | Trumbo wrote a prize-winning series about the [[Pi disaster]]. | ||
Trumbo discovered the source code for [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]] ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication"), a secret effort by [[The Allies (nonfiction)|the Allies (nonfiction)]] to [[SETI (nonfiction)|contact alien civilizations]]. | |||
Trumbo published a best-selling analysis of the ENIAC source code, along with much of the source code itself. | |||
Trumbo and [[Brainiac]] are enemies. | |||
Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include: | Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include: | ||
* Trumbo was murdered for political reasons | * Trumbo was murdered (or abducted and secretly imprisoned) for political reasons | ||
* Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity | * Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity | ||
* Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave | * Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave | ||
* Trumbo was not an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter at all, but a non-fictional man named [[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)]] | * Trumbo was not an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter at all, but a non-fictional man named [[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)]] | ||
== In the News == | |||
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File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Alan Turing]] | * [[Alan Turing]] | ||
* [[Brainiac]] | |||
* [[C. Wright Mills]] | * [[C. Wright Mills]] | ||
* [[ENIAC (SETI)]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)]] | * [[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Investigative journalist (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Murder, Incorporated (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:People]] | |||
[[Category:Crime fighters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:33, 24 June 2016
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – ?), is an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter.
Trumbo and Alan Turing were life-long friends.
Trumbo delivered Turing's eulogy, and continued to champion Turing's name until his own disappearance some years later.
Trumbo and C. Wright Mills are widely rumored to have formed a crime-fighting team which secretly took down Murder, Incorporated.
Trumbo is widely thought to have secretly played the role of Commissioner Gordon in many classic Batman stories.
Trumbo wrote a prize-winning series about the Pi disaster.
Trumbo discovered the source code for ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication"), a secret effort by the Allies (nonfiction) to contact alien civilizations.
Trumbo published a best-selling analysis of the ENIAC source code, along with much of the source code itself.
Trumbo and Brainiac are enemies.
Trumbo's disappearance has been widely debated. Theories include:
- Trumbo was murdered (or abducted and secretly imprisoned) for political reasons
- Trumbo faked his own death in order to pursue his goals under a new identity
- Trumbo took his own life in such as manner as to pursue his goals from beyond the grave
- Trumbo was not an investigative journalist and secret crime-fighter at all, but a non-fictional man named Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)
In the News
Dalton Trumbo refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year.