Wednesday, December 13, 2017

X-Men in the DC Universe



This is a cover that I have been looking forward to posting.  The advertisement for DC Comics themed Matchbox Cars had been in my image library for a long time, and I was determined to find a way to use it.  I finally cracked it, and the end result is a story that I think would be a hoot to read.
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14 comments:

  1. patinthehatDecember 13, 2017 at 8:08 AM

    Excellent! On several levels, this might be my favorite cover so far. I loved those ads for the superhero vehicles and you incorporated one of my favorite features- the wee heroes. The story you imply is absolutely in keeping with the traditions of the era without the pesky corporate limitations.

    Thank you for every day, but special thanks for this beauty!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 13, 2017 at 8:28 AM

    My goodness, a team up with vehicles???

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  3. AnonymousDecember 13, 2017 at 9:16 AM

    Ross , I don't write very often , but , this is another fabulous cover ! well done !

    Chris

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  4. CarycomicDecember 13, 2017 at 9:40 AM

    It'd be a bigger hoot if those Matchbox cars turned out to be robots in disguise (lol)!

    Seriously, though: thanks for posting this. It makes me fondly remember my favorite Matchbox car. The Splittin' Image!*


    *Picture a DeLorean...modeled after the North American F-82 Twin Mustang warplane.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 13, 2017 at 9:45 AM

    Priceless!

    Thirty down; nine hundred seventy to go.

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  6. SimreeveDecember 13, 2017 at 11:12 AM

    Wonderful!

    For some reason, this reminds me of the X-Men issue (an annual?) in which the Impossible Man's children came to Earth for a scavenger hunt...

    ^_^

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  7. GlennDecember 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM

    Too bad there were not enough X-Men for all of the vehicles.

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  8. MatthewDecember 13, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    Why do Superman and the Flash need cars? One can fly and the other is the fastest man alive.

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  9. Bob BuetheDecember 13, 2017 at 12:52 PM

    I can't speak for the Flash, but the Supermobile was shielded against kryptonite and red-sun radiation. And I think the van on the left was supposed to be Clark Kent's WGBS-TV van from the 1970s.

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  10. RossDecember 13, 2017 at 1:23 PM

    That's Captain Marvel's car, not Flash's.


    Glad you guys liked this one!

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  11. Kid CharlemagneDecember 13, 2017 at 7:07 PM

    Same problem for Cap, though. As Captain Marvel, he has the speed and flight of Mercury--and as Billy Batson, he's too young to drive! ;)

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  12. CarycomicDecember 14, 2017 at 10:28 AM

    @KC: In his presently ( And, IMPO, needlessly) less-than-pure-hearted incarnation, yes. In his Late Silver Age version from the mid-1970's, not so much.*

    *Shazam's astral self magically aged him six years, so he could at least mingle like a normal teenager of the pre-Bicentennial era.

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  13. AnonymousDecember 31, 2017 at 12:44 PM

    COVER OF THE MONTH!

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2018 at 1:22 PM

    What my namesake said.--Another Ymous

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