Spider-Woman has one of the coolest costumes in comics, and it is no surprise that it has stood the test of time. I'd love to see it in live action, but I wonder who has the rights? She has a lot of history with S.H.I.E.L.D. and is a well known Avenger, so one of the sequels to that franchise would be the perfect place to feature her. Then again, her rights may be considered to be part of the Spider-Man universe, and she may have to appear in a Spidey-related film. Hopefully whoever has the license to use Jessica Drew on the big screen will find a cool way to showcase her one of these days.
Cool team-up! Spider-Woman would make a great Bird of Prey!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dave; Jess would fit in well with the BOP!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm so glad you went with one of the non-slutty costumes for Helena.
I actually preferred Spiderwoman's saturday morning cartoon show in the late '70s over Spiderman's (until Spidey was rebooted with his Amazing Friends in '82. Then, there was no Spiderwoman on television after that. I always wondered why?)Her comic book was also hard to find. The newsstands in Brooklyn rarely carried them. But by the mid-'90s I lost interest in her Secret Wars rebooted character.
ReplyDeleteHow about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys teaming up with Doc Savage? I'm sure you could find some painted covers for both characters!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous (and Ross): For the record, the original run of SPIDER-WOMAN (1978-1983) didn't have painted covers but there has likely been one since she's been returned to that classic costume. I do remember that the last original issue had a photo cover, and there were a few of them for Marvel in the 90's, including AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, MARVEL TEAM-UP (SPIDER-MAN and CAPT. AMERICA), FANTASTIC FOUR, DAZZLER and maybe a few others. DC did more in the 90's, some courtesy of Gavin Wilson. I remember THE RAY, SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE, etc. There must be relatively greater difficulty blending these because the differences in lighting sources must be markedly more obvious than they are in line drawings. So, Ross, have you tried any of those before? Has anyone seen them convincingly combined before?
ReplyDeletePhoto covers are indeed very tough for the reason you mention, but I have done a couple of covers that come close, Sandman/Rorshchach and Superman/Iron Man (The Movie!)
ReplyDeleteHey Ross, how about Jessica Drew & Nancy Drew!
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