I usually try to come up with a text box, some dialogue or at least a story title for these lost issues but I liked the image on this one so much that I didn't want to clutter it up. These guys would usually have a lot to talk about though - they are both superhero archers famous for their trick arrows, trouble with authority figures and marrying their blonde superheroine girlfriends. Green Arrow got his biggest exposure ever recently as a regular character on Smallville and Hawkeye is about to hit the big time with the Avengers film (alas, with his more boring Ultimate look). It's taken decades, but these two are finally getting the mass recognition of their more famous Avengers and JLA co-stars. Can solo film outings be far off?
At one time they both had bare arms, too. Did you go with a 1980's Hawkeye just to give them some kind of visual differentiation, or (I'm guessing) because it's just easier to find a full length Hawkeye in the eighties?
ReplyDeleteI like that costume and the figures worked together...
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ReplyDeleteAwesome!
It's a shame that, except for JLA/Avengers or the DC Versus Marvel, characters like GA & Hawkeye have NOT been teamed up. It would be cool to see a GA-Black Canary / Hawkeye-Mockingbird crossover.
I liked Hawkeye's classic costume. Perez or Byrne really captured his look.
I would still like to see an Iron Man - Green Lantern - Daredevil team-up. That would be awesome, too.
This is a great team-up. Two of my three favorite comic characters.
ReplyDelete....well you went and opened up pandora's box, Ross! We'll be expecting a Bird's of Prey with: Black Canary, Mocking Bird, Electra, Catwoman, Kitty Pryd, Black Cat and both Batgirls! Don't disappoint!
ReplyDeleteMike W. Barr's (my favorite writer from the '80's) Green Arrow mini-series in 1983 was the first mini-series I brought as a child, and remains my most cherished.
ReplyDelete...both married their blonde superheroine girlfriends who are bird-themed.
ReplyDeleteI am loving this Super Family concept.....probably already in works but I would love to me Atom and Antman; Wonder Woman and Valkyrie ; Mister Fantastic and Elongated man and a 3-way with Captain Atom and Silver Surfer and Doctor Solar...........
ReplyDeleteI second the Three-Way with Capt. Atom, Surfer and Dr. Solar!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSome good suggestions here and at least one I beat you to...
ReplyDeleteThree-Way with Capt. Atom, Surfer and Dr. Solar ???
ReplyDeleteYou'll see at least a couple of them together eventually...
ReplyDeleteRoss, I think this concept will take you way into 2013. The possibilities and ideas seem simply endless.
ReplyDeleteI'm really loving this new idea you've been doing Ross! Amazing work. This is another cover I'm saving for my wallpapers!
ReplyDeleteThor/Orion
War Machine/Steel
Mockingbird/Black Canary
Black Widow/Black Canary
Cobra(DC)/Cobra(Marvel)
Scarecrow(DC)/Scarecrow(Marvel)
CapMarvel(DC)/CapMarvel(Marvel)
Powergirl/MsMarvel
Photon/DrLight(Kimyo)
Bronze Tiger/BlackPanther
Galatus/Anti-Monitor
Mxyilplx/ImpossibleMan/Batmite
Hawkman/Falcon
Hurculese/WonderWoman
SheHulk/WonderWoman
MsMarvel/WonderWoman
Superman/Hyperion
Batman/Nighthawk
Flash/Whizzer (GA versions)
Flash/Whizzer (silver age versions
Tigra/Vixen
Green Lantern(Hal)/DocSpectrum
GreenLantern(Kyle)/Quasar
Jarvis/Afred
MachineMan & Jocasta/MetalMen
Gaurdians of the Galacy/Legion of SuperHeroes
JSA/Invaders
FF/Challengers of the Unknown
Krypto/Lockheed
Ace the Bathound/Lockjaw
Sersi vs Cersi
Kazar/Kamandi
Zatanna/Scarlet Witch
Vision/Red Tornado
Atom/Antman/Giantman/YellowJacket
Just to name a few.
Scott - looking through your list, I can tell you at least 13 of those covers are already done and just waiting to be posted, so stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteYou do know that GA and Hawkeye did appear side by side in the JLA/Avengers crossover, don't you?
ReplyDeleteThey had an interesting relationship, with a (mostly) friendly rivalry going. It was one of my favorite bits in the mini-series.
Can't wait Ross! You're the man!
ReplyDeleteOne of those dream matchups I truly crave but one I doubt would actually happen because of the total symmetry of these two characters. I think writers and editors prefer a more asymmetrical scenario when it comes to teaming up two characters.
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