Thursday, January 2, 2020

Vigilante and Dazzler



In my younger years, I did lots of theater and musicals.  Acting was one of my passions right alongside comic collecting - so it's no wonder that I have a soft spot for characters that are performers as well as superheroes.  They may seem a little hokey to others, but I always got a kick out of them.

24 comments:

Sonofjack said...

They could open for The Impossibles....

AirDave said...

Ha!
Vigilante was an interesting character. Country singer by day; masked crime-fighter off-stage...

Cavillier1970 said...

I kinda like the idea here because I enjoy most genres of music, and can see them ending the case on stage singing "I'm a little bit country & I'm a little bit rockn'roll" Seriously I'm thinking this could the formation of a team, of music/singing based heroes, I'm thinking Songbird, Sticks & his band Powercord from Astro City.

det_Tobor said...

Considering Brave and Bold, you can also add many of DC characters: Batman (Piggy) with Black Canary, Huntress and Catwoman (Masks of Matches Malone) and the cast from Music Meister.

Carycomic said...

Gene Autry would be proud. :-)

Bob Greenwade said...

Another musical superhero, though not from comics: Sapphire (alias pop singer Corazon "Corrie" Valenzuela) from the Champions RPG.

Anonymous said...

@Bob: Cool! Pit her against GL Hal in "A New Star Sapphire Is Born."

BigMike20X6 said...

And there’s Lila Cheney from X-Nen and to go more obscure, Sleepwalker for Lullaby and Marvel’s attempt at a crossover sensation Night Cat
DC also had a few obscure ones like Kid Flash’s pal Silver Mask and Teen Titans friends the Flips
And the Maniaks! I should stop now lol

Cavillier1970 said...

I think I started something else here... again LOL

Bob Greenwade said...

And then again, we can turn to Pokemon for Jigglypuff.

@Anon: Against Hal? No, I think we should let Corrie fight Carol Ferris. On the whole, though, I'd rather focus on her musical side unless she's with the overall Champions team. (In both cases, assuming Ross can find an appropriate image for Corrie.)

Oh! How about this for a team name?: The Choir!

Bob Greenwade said...

Unrelated, totally crazy idea that came to me just moments ago:

Aquaman meets Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea Serpent (with or without Beanie).

Anonymous said...

@Bob: alright, then. Corrie/Sapphire vs. Star Sapphire vs. Starfire fighting over...Starfox of Titan!

Horsefeathers said...

;>O The stars are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas.

Kid Charlemagne said...

Roy (Speedy, later Arsenal) Harper belonged to a rock band called "Great Frog" for a while.

Simreeve said...

Carycomic said...
"Gene Autry would be proud. :-)"

He used to have his own comic, too; and so did Roy Rogers, Dale Arden, Pat Boone... and KISS!

(And the Ramones had a team-up with Archie...)

Anonymous said...

I thought the Impossibles looked cool in Future Quest comics where they more realistic-looking than in the animated cartoon where they, though syndicated with Alex Toth designed characters (Birdman, Mighty Mightor, etc.), were designed like human characters in "Secret Squirrel", "Atom Ant", etc.

Carycomic said...

That's because the Impossibles were meant to be a half-serious spoof a la the live-action BATMAN '66. Whereas series like SPACE GHOST, BIRDMAN, et al. were meant to be almost dead serious adventure dramas (a la JONNY QUEST:TOS). Hence, the more realistic human outlines among the latter animated figures.

Carycomic said...

P.S. @ Simreeve: and, when you think about it, even the Archies were occasionally superheroes! At least, in their eponymous comic books.

Simreeve said...

Simreeve said...
"He used to have his own comic, too; and so did Roy Rogers, Dale Arden, Pat Boone..."

OOPS!
that should have said "Dale Evans", not "Dale Arden"... different person altogether.

Anonymous said...

I can’t believe no-one has mentioned Josie and the Pussycats (whether or not in outer space)

Carycomic said...

I was going to say "Not to mention Josie and the Pussycats..." But, I then, I thought...

"Naaaaaaaah! Everybody hates that old joke."

Anonymous said...

From the way he's realigning his Stetson, the Vigilante apparently doesn't know what to make of the Dazzler and her lame silver (I mean, silver lame'!) outfit.

Anonymous said...

Hi, ho, Silver, away!

Brother Kellymatthew said...

You just can't shake that Rhinestone itch.

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