You have to be at least a little nuts to dress in a costume and go out to fight crime, so it's always appealing to me when a hero is at home with that aspect of their personalities. The Creeper is one such character, and I got a kick out of the joy with which he approached his dual life.
Lol! You want nut-job superheroes who are comfortable with themselves? How about a team-up between Deadpool and the Badger?? Or, even Captain America's Kooky Quartet and the John Steed Avengers???
ReplyDelete"If sanity were beer, I'd be five cans short of a six pack."
ReplyDeleteAs a point of clarity, schizophrenia is not the same as Multiple Personality Disorder (and I take it you're meaning to refer to the latter).
ReplyDeleteAlong these same lines, you could also cook up a nice Moon Knight vs Eclipso adventure. You want to talk about lunacy...?!
Also, the Hulk was shown at one point to suffer from MPD, though I think I read somewhere that that was retconned out.
Of course we all know who the real nutjobs are: Impossible Man and Ambush Bug1
Great cover! I would never have thought to put these two together but it works on several levels(personality,power level,etc.).What is the crescent moon above Moon Knight's head about? It looks like it was from the original image but I'm unfamiliar with both the MK & Creeper images. Also,could you please start referencing the comic book issues & numbers that you get your pictures from? It would help a lot.
ReplyDeleteI've made 2 or 3 lists over the years of characters I would've liked to have seen on here over the years but I never got around to send them to you. So here are some of my F-U-N team-ups to give you some ideas/inspiration: the original Scooby(the seal from the Moby Dick 60's toon)v.s. Scooby-Doo(who ended up with the seal's name so it's ends up a name fight),Razorback & the C.B. Bears, Wolverine & Crazy Claws, Ka-Zar & Shanna enter The Valley Of The Dinosaurs, Dazzler & Plastic Man v.s. Disco Mummy(Plas toon foe),Dansen Macabre & Black Mamba(all 3 dancing villainesses),Ghost Rider & Devlin, H.E.R.B.I.E the robot & Rosie the robot & Marvel's Hercules meets The Roman Holidays('72 toon family).
ReplyDeleteBatgirl 2 & Devlin(both cyclists), Krypto Meets Astro & the Space Mutts, Wally Gator v.s. Killer Croc & the Gator Ghoul(from the old S.Doo toon), Speed Buggy meets Wheelie & the Chopper Bunch, Dick Tracy & Droopy Dog v.s. Pruneface(both droop), Garfield & friends meets Heathcliff, Topo & Squiddly Diddly, Hawk 2(always ruff) & either Dove 1 or 2 (always ready) meet Ruff & Ready, Tomax & Xamot (troublemaking G.I.Joe twins) v.s. Heckle & Jeckle (troublemaking bird twins), Fangface & Werewolf By Night, Space Ghost(minus his Phantom Cruiser) hitches a ride with Space Cabbie(both future heroes), Machine Man & Dynomutt(both telescoping robots) v.s. Queen Hornet(Dynomutt foe) & a DC Queen Bee(take your pick= both insect villainesses) & a cartoon Godzilla meets a film Godzilla(take your pick of which ones).
ReplyDeleteCount Vertigo & Twister(Titans foe) v.s. Loopy De Loop, Cavalier(Bat swordsman) v.s. Scooby-Dum(stupid dog) & Touche Turtle(sword turtle) with Dum Dum(his stupid dog sidekick),Silverhawks meet Battle Of The Planets (both have futuristic metallic bird ships,weapons,costumes,etc.),Dasterdly & Muttley (in their flying machines) v.s. Battle Of The Planets(in their flying machines),Shazam meets Shazzan(60's toon), Blue Falcon & Space Ghost v.s. Silver Ghost(has a color in his name & the word ghost), Clue Club v.s. DC's Cluemaster,Riddler & Puzzler(40's Superman foe who could be the villain's Grandpa in the Ross-verse), Johnny Storm & Jonny Quest meet(both young blond cartoon heroes who work in foursomes),U.S. Acres meet Cow & Chicken, Bam Bam(strong caveboy) & Peebles(resourceful redhead girlfriend) meet Gnarrk(strong caveboy) & Lilith(resourceful redhead girlfriend),Flintstones(Fred,Wilma,Sabertooth cat,baby Peebles & Dino) meet Titans(Gnarrk,Lilith,Pantha,baby Wildebeest,Changeling as a green painted Lockheed dinosaur?),Top Cat & his pals(Brain & Spook) v.s. DC's Wizard(top hat look) & his "pals" Brain(Titans foe) & Spook(Bat-foe),Marvel's Champion Of The Universe v.s. the Wacky Races's Peter Perfect(that asks how perfect a fighter is he?), George Jetson & Rosie meet Star Hawkins & Ilda(both are future "masters" & their "female" robot servents) & Pigpen(messy toon kid) meets Dirty Dawg(messy toon dog).
ReplyDeleteYogi Bear(big leader),Boo Boo(little buddy),Ranger Smith(smart screw-up) & Cindy Bear(fashion lady with parasol) met Skipper(big leader),Gilligan(little buddy),Professor(smart screw-up) & Lovey Howell(fashion lady with parasol)from Gilligan's Planet toon, Snoopy(doghouse pilot) meets Red Tornado 2(winds blow him around/along),Captain Planet recruits Bette Kane(original young blond American Bat-Girl) to replace Linka(young blond Russian) to battle Prof. Pyg & Hoggish Greedly(swine foe of Capt. Planet), Kobra & Eve vs. Lady Shiva, Celsius & Hadji(all have India ties), Mr.Mxyzptlk (a toon version) & Great Gazoo vs. Batmite(70's version) & Batmite(Brave & Bold version) to create a cartoon imp battle royal,the Attack Trak (talking He-Man vehicle) teams with the Mystery Machine(Scooby-Doo toon) to help their owners, Alley-Kat-Abra(feline) & Yankee Poodle(canine)go on a double date with Tom(feline) & Spike(canine),Little Cheese(mouse) & Rubberduck(duck) meet Jerry(mouse) & Quackers(his talking duck pal),Superman meets Ghost Super Goof, the Beagle Boys meet the Hamburglar(masked thieves with black & white striped suits), Space Ghost,Jan & Jace meet the Invisable Woman(the time traveling mom to the twins in the Ross-verse), Birdman,Birdgirl,Birdboy,Avenger & Falcon 7(their boss) meet Hawkman,Hawkgirl,Golden Eagle,Big Red & Fel Andar(their boss),DC's Elu(from Omega Men) meets Shmoo,Gloop,Gleep(from Herculoids toon),Hong Kong Phooey(with his pals Sarge,Rosemary & Spot the cat) team up with DC's Richard Dragon,Sarge Steel & Oracle to battle Marvel's Spot, King Shark & Jabberjaw vs. Marvel's Orka,& last(for now) but not least Rosie(in Cosmic Boy's place),Astro(in Lightning Boy's place)& Judy Jetson(in Saturn Girl's place) vote on Matter-Eater Lad(in Superboy's place) as their future President as a Adventure #247 knockoff(sorry to get political on you but I couldn't resist that one).Hope that gives you some fun ideas for future covers.Good night all.
ReplyDeleteWhoops! I forgot a comma after Rosie & H.E.R.B.I.E. as they are not grouped with Hercules & the Roman Holidays. Sorry about that. I forgot one last one on the back page. It's Bugs Bunny & Hoppy the Marvel Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd(Bugs's bald meanie with shotgun) & Dr. Sivana(Hoppy's bald meanie with raygun). I originally had Fudd & Sivana switching rabbit opponents for something new. Hope you use a couple of these in the coming year. Peace.
ReplyDeleteThat's from a Moon Knight/Wolverine image by Mark Texiera (a trading card I think - the crescent is Moon Knight's Ship. I try to always include the artists but many times I forget or just don't know the actual issue an image came from by the time the cover gets posted - besides I don't want to give away all my secrets.
ReplyDeleteSome cool suggestions in there even if I haven't heard of many of the characters you mention. So me are pretty obscure as well. Cartoony type characters are tough to pair with more standardly illustrated heroes unless I can find a cartoon version of those heroes as well (as I did in the recent Watcher/Charlie Brown cover).
One suggestion you list has already been created and is waiting to be posted down the line. I like the ida of an all-imp team, I've been thinking about something along those lines.
And, here, I thought my suggestions--at the top of the page--might have been one too many. LOL!
ReplyDeleteC.C.: Please use your Return key! It would make your posts a lot easier for the rest of us to read! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry Bob! I wasn't aware of how long a post could be at the time & was trying to see how many words & lines I could squeeze into each one (which is why each one of my posts got longer).
ReplyDeleteI didn't know if this site limited how many posts you could submit (like in a 30 day period for example) & I just wanted to get them all out in 1 sitting.