I was a little to old to get into Transformers toys when they hit the scene, but Soundwave looked like one of the cooler ones. I like that he transformed from a cassette tape player that also worked in his robot form. I can imagine that made for lots of fun by swapping the recordings out..
This is the fourth adventure of The Silent Partners - they last appeared recruiting Man-Thing in STF #2250, they were targeted in STF #1650, and made their debut in STF #764...
a good writer would have a lot of hand signals in shorthand...but radio contact to see how each is doing?? a short hand morse code?
ReplyDeleteOccurs to me that Flash and Supergirl could use the Book of Destiny to change the anti-monitor in Crisis. Just like Barry & Oliver were changed.
There was a TV show a few years back called Transformers Prime that was actually pretty good. It had a limited number of characters in it (3d modeling expense restrictions), which meant they had to actually develop the characters they had instead of constantly introducing new ones.
ReplyDeleteThat show's Soundwave only said one line, once, in the entire show. He would have been the perfect villain for this team.
Great ensemble encore! I always thought Black Bolt looked incredibly cool. He always steals the show for me in this group.
ReplyDeleteMaybe next time round the Silents could face off against the Scream Team... Not too sure of the roster, but Black Canary and Banshee come straight to mind.
Has anyone noticed that Hoggish Greedly's (Captain Planet...") eyes are reptilian-looking, like a SNAKE"S?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be ironic if _none of us_ had anything to say about this particular team-up?
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Leader could be Jericho of Teen Titans as he is mute only when not using someone else's body.Same as Deadman who can speak yet can't be heard unless he uses someone else's body.
ReplyDeleteAw, and I'd been hoping that the Silent Partners' next foe would be Chemo. Well, maybe next time. And as Colin pointed out, Soundwave isn't exactly a bad choice either.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jericho, as Unknown pointed out, would be a good addition, as would Danny the Street. Too bad they're both DC, which already has two representatives here; the rule seems to be no more than two from the same company in any team. And of course Batgirl is (or was, the last I knew) speaking these days... well, maybe in some future installment she can leave the team and nominate Jericho in her place.
How about the original Daredevil (Lev Gleason) as a member? He didn't/couldn't speak when he first appeared.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to take a moment of silence
ReplyDeleteHow about Steve Ditko's Killjoy?
ReplyDeleteYou should do a team of heroes confined to wheel chairs. You can have Professor X, Oracle, The Chief, Joe Swanson, and Ironside.
ReplyDelete@ Skittle Dede - I second that!
ReplyDeleteWith Professor Forklift (ex-Plastic Man foe) as their arch-enemy!
ReplyDeleteSome bad guys just keep on truckin'. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo where's Henry? Or Ferd'nand? Or Mr. Mum?
ReplyDeleteYou should have the Color Bugs - Red Bee, Blue Beetle, Green Hornet, Yellow Jacket, and Black Widow.
ReplyDeletetruly interesting. you have Blind Justice and the Silent Partners. Do you have the Deaf Squad? if so, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil are covered.
ReplyDelete@Bradley Walker: Henry used to speak in his earliest strips; BYW, you could also (usually) add Pink Panther, Tom and Jerry, and the primary characters of the Roadrunner cartoons.
ReplyDeleteThere are cartoons where Pink Panther was voiced by Matt Frewer. Tom & Jerry spoke and sang occasionally in classic shorts and their first movie. Wile Coyote spoke when he encountered Bugs Bunny. Road Runner spoke in the comics.
Delete@Grape Ape: Yes, there were exceptions; also in comic books, Tom and Jerry, and Pink Panther spoke; although, what classic shorts had Tom and Jerry speaking (though in one short, Tom, when beaten up by a cornered Jerry after reading about a cornered mouse not fighting, said "Don't you believe it"(?))?
ReplyDeleteTom was always screaming. In a couple he directly spoke. He also sang in a couple. Jerry mostly just giggled.
DeleteAnother possible, though rather unlikely, Silent Partner: Gordon Freeman, from Half-Life. (I say unlikely, because that's a video game.)
ReplyDeleteThe only Half-Life I ever heard of was the one from DC that looked like a gamma-irradiated cross between Fonzie and Two-Face.
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