Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Challengers of the Unknown and Mister Fantastic




No offense to Sue, Ben and Johnny, but I think that this is a team much more suited to Reed Richards' personality than the FF.  He always considered himself more of an explorer than a superhero, anyway.   Family is important to him, but maybe he would be a more effective leader if he didn't always have to worry about putting them into jeopardy at work.
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10 comments:

  1. CarycomicJuly 19, 2017 at 7:53 AM

    Maybe Ben, Sue, and Johnny could move to Archie Comics and become the new Terrific Trio*

    *See MIGHTY CRUSADERS v.1/#4 (1966).

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  2. SimreeveJuly 19, 2017 at 8:56 AM

    Amalgam had the 'Challengers of the Fantastic': Reed, Sue, Johnny, & Ben, without superpowers but "living on borrowed time". It was one of several Amalgam 'series' that I'd like to have seen continued...

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  3. Mr. Morbid's House Of FunJuly 19, 2017 at 5:53 PM

    I could see a case being made in which Reed may find the Challengers a better suited team in terms of being n explorer more than a superhero, sure, but they wouldn't have the emotional ties that Reed needs, specifically from Sue and his family, to keep from going over the edge and becoming evil.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 19, 2017 at 6:52 PM

    DB's right. Remember how easy it was for Overmind to telepathically brainwash Reed from long distance (in FF v.1/#115)? Like it or not, it would be child's play for him to do the same with the rest of the Challs. In a situation like that, their (and Earth's) only remaining hope would be...Dr. Doom and the Doom Patrol!

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  5. IsaacJuly 19, 2017 at 7:16 PM

    @Anonymous- You just gave me an idea for the next Amalgam series if they ever come about again........ The Dr. Doom Patrol!

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  6. AirDaveJuly 19, 2017 at 9:32 PM

    Isn't "Prof" of the Challengers "Reed" from the FF? ;)

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  7. Mr. Morbid's House Of FunJuly 20, 2017 at 6:20 AM

    "Dr.Doom Patrol", nice. I don't see the Chief and Doom playing well with each other for very long considering the amount of ego those two have, but cute word play though @Isaac.

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  8. CarycomicJuly 20, 2017 at 8:36 AM

    @DB: Doom would probably swap bodies with him using the same Ovoid transmigration technique he once used on Daredevil.

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  9. Kid CharlemagneJuly 20, 2017 at 9:59 AM

    Nice work, Anon.

    If the Amalgamators could turn Magneto into a good guy (Magneto and the Magnetic Men), why not Dr. Doom as well?

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  10. Jay JohnsonJuly 20, 2017 at 11:55 AM

    @Air Dave: The Challengers came first (1957 vs. 1961), so its more like Reed is Prof. Both groups were loosely based on the 4 classical elements: Air (Ace, Sue); Water (Prof, Reed); Earth (Rocky, Ben), and Fire (Red, Johnny).

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