Rose and the Thorn is another great concept that I wish would have caught on more with readers. I love the idea of a dual personality where one half is a crime-fighter, unknown to the other half. It might be cool to see her show up on Arrow, she would fit into that world and could use the exposure to a larger audience..
Yes! Rose & the Thorn would be absolutely brilliant on Arrow! It would not only bring some attention to the character, as you say, but it could also become a serious look at Dissociative Identity Disorder, bringing awareness to that condition.
ReplyDeleteI agree that R&T could work well on Arrow, and would be easy to write in -- just make Rose one of Dinah's neighbors while Dinah is coming to grips with having a masked identity and mistaking Thorn as being in the same situation.
ReplyDeletePart of the reason I think R&T never caught on is that originally she was stuck in the horrible 1970's Lois Lane book, and later the Enchantress was much better at the split personality shtick.
I could seriously envision Spidey crossing paths with Rose Forrest as part of some effort to keep the Maggia and the 100 from starting a gang war for control of New York City.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Ross! :-)
Rose & the Thorn's whole origin story was tied into fighting The 100, the same villainous group that'll be part of the Black Lightning television series. If there's ever to be a live action Rose Forrest/Thorn, it would now make more sense there.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter note: how about Hanna-Barbera's Moby Dick vs. Fin Fang Foom?
ReplyDeleteI've never read anything with Rose and Thorn, but I'm a fan of Mike Baron's Badger. Badger had multiple personalities one which was the superhero Badger, another his real identity et cetera.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever done a Badger cover?
FreeLiveFree asked, "Have you ever done a Badger cover?"
ReplyDeleteI knew he had, but then I checked the tags list (left column) and no Badger. Did a word search on the page. The trick is, he's filed under "The" along with several other "The..." characters.
Why libraries use the "Badger, The" form. :D
Thanks, Mindful!
ReplyDeleteI am a great admirer of Rose and Thorn, to the point that I am writing a biography about her, I need some stories, but I can not access them, any of you will have them and you could do me the favor of scanning them and sending them to me, my name is Ybrahinn Cordero Rojas, from Venezuela,my email ybrahinn@gmail.com, artgnosis@gmail.com
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