Monday, March 18, 2019

The Coven (Vs. the Wicked Witch)



The Scarlet Witch will have her own mini series with the Vision on Disney's upcoming streaming service, which sound pretty cool.  When will we see Clea though?  Although a Doctor Strange sequel has been announced, I haven't heard confirmation that the character will appear.  I hope she will though, she was a big part of the Doctor Strange comics I read growing up.

The Coven first assembled in STF #920...

32 comments:

Glenn said...

Poses like that are why I love Zatana's outfit and that it is a feminine version of her father's makes it even better.

ideas man 2 said...

I think I suggested this a few years ago, but it would be great to see the wicked Witch of the West and J'onn J'onzz.

"Martian, want to play ball?"

Carycomic said...

WOW! Excellent compilation, Ross. The only way you might possibly surpass this is if you depicted a catfight, for your Mother's Day issue, between TWW and Endora (Agnes Moorehead)! Like, say, over the former giving all witches a cosmetically bad name for far too long?

Anonymous said...

Where did the artwork for the wicked with come from? Also, does she have a label? I couldn't see one.

Anonymous said...

When's Willow Rosenberg gonna join? ��

Ross said...

It's from a poster by JC Richard

Anonymous said...

Love his TV commercials.

"It's J. C. Richaaaaaaard!"

Bob Greenwade said...

Conceivably, this story could conclude with Glenda joining the Coven. I'd kind of like to see Jeannie as a part of the group as well, or at least be a part of a story if she's the wrong kind of magic-user. A future story could pit the group against the White Witch of Narnia.

jack-el said...

...or the White Witch from the Legion of Super-Heroes...
or any of the Charmed sister or the lead character from Wicked???
how do you do it so grandly all the time Ross????

Ross said...

Lots of good suggestions. I do try to keep the team rosters to a manageable size so the covers don't look like Where's Waldo pages(Not to mention each additional character increases the difficulty).

Anonymous said...

I never understood why the North American publishers renamed Where's Wally to Where's Waldo. If they had kept the original name used in the rest of the English-speaking world, there could have been a great cover with Kid Flash and Wally of Two Worlds.

Anonymous said...

Do you mean Glinda, the Witch of the South from Oz, rather than Glenda, one of the friends of Jason Blood?

Anonymous said...

@my namesake(s): Or, failing that, how qbout, in honor of National Women's Month, a three-for-all between Shi (Crusade Comics), Vampirella (Warren/Harris/Dynamite), and jade (Chaos!/Dynamite)?

Carycomic said...

@Anonymous: Ross might find that next-to-impossible. Considering Crusade went belly-up and Dynamite's relatively new "Chaos!" imprint has yet to even reprint Jade's old comic! Let alone publish further/new adventures of the 4000-year-old vampiric anti-heroine.

Bob Greenwade said...

@Anon, re: Glinda: Yes, Glinda, the Witch of the South. Thanks for the catch... This past week I've been really bad at speling.

@jack-el: I thought about the LSH White Witch, but Ross already has Zatanna and Madame Xanadu from DC, and I think he's set a limit of two from each of the Big Two for these things.

@Ross: Strictly speaking, a "coven" would have a roster of 13. Still, limiting things to 7 for these purposes would seem reasonable, or at least 7 in a particular cover.

Richard S. said...

Is that Tinkerbell in there?

jack-el said...

what about Witchie Poo from the Loonie Tunes cartoons or Sabrina from Archie comics or two live action TV series???

Anonymous said...

Speling. Nice touch.

Anonymous said...

Peter Pan and Wendy, the Good Little Witch?

Anonymous said...

@jack-el: or Witchipoo (H. R. Puf'nstuf) and Rita Repulsa (...Power Rangers)?

Bob Greenwade said...

Richard: Tink is sitting on Zee's left elbow.

jack-el and last Anon: Sabrina might be a decent fit, but the others you mention are all villains (at least technically). And the witch in the Loony Toons cartoons is called Witch Hazel.

Anonymous said...

@Jack-El: Bob is right. Witchiepoo was the main antagonist, played by actress Billie Hayes, from the live-action Sid & Marty Kroft production H.R. PUFNSTUF (starring the late, great Jack Wilder as Jimmy). While Witch Hazel was a Bugs Bunny foil character voiced by the late, great June Foray!

jack-el said...

OK, i was wrong about Witch Hazel from the Tunes... i stand corrected.... but now i pitch a new idea.... The Dark Coven comprised of the villainous witches from comics, cartoons, film and TV....
the previously mentioned Witchiepoo and Witch Hazel and Rita Repulsa and the Wicked Witch of the West along with...
Ursala the Sea Witch...
Madam Mim from the Sword in the Stone....
some version of Morgan le Fey...
Klarion the Witch Boy by Jack Kirby...
from Sabrina the Teenage Witch original TV show Pen Gillette as the Head Warlock...
Endora from TV or movie version of Bewitched....
(was the Sea Hag from Popeye a Witch???)
just some further thoughts on the subject...

jack-el said...

and on the GOOD Coven...
Wendy the Good Little Witch...
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, both Willow and Tara...

Carycomic said...

@Jack-el: yes, she was. And voiced by the same legendary character actress who did Olive Oyl's voice. Mae Questel!

In addition to also doing the voice of Betty Boop (both originally and recreated for a cameo/homage in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?), she did live-action stuff ranging from the "Aunt Bluebell" paper towel commercials of the Seventies; to her final film role--as the somewhat senile great-aunt married to William Hickey--in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION.

Brother Kellymatthew said...

Why is Solomon Kaine green?

Carycomic said...

Maybe he drank too much stout. ;-)

Brother Kellymatthew said...

He's a Fanatical Puritan he doesn't imbibe.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, right. And Richard Nixon was never a crook.

Brother Kellymatthew said...

@Anonymous know your Robert E. Howard.

Anonymous said...

I know he was born in Peaster, Texas, but later raised in Cross Plains. That he was part of "The Lovecraft Circle" by virtue of corresponding with that other Howard on the pros and cons of barbarianism vs. civilized society. And that he committed suicide before he was 31.


Sufficient unto the day thereto?

Matt said...

Great cover and a great group! How about a sequel including Samantha Stevens (BEWITCHED), Jeannie Nelson (I DREAM OF JEANNIE), Willow Rosenberg (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), Sabrina, Scarlet Witch and Zatanna?

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