Looking back, it seems odd to me that for his first several appearances, The Falcon did not even have his iconic wings yet! How do you create a superhero named The Falcon, and not give him the ability to fly? Fortunately, that oversight was remedied before too long, completing one of the coolest looking Bronze Age hero costumes.
Green Arrow and The Falcon also shared an adventure in STF #2837...
If Marvel & DC ever do any more crossovers, I'd love to see a mini-series with all kinds of street level heroes teaming up. This is a great combo. And I've been dying for a Peter Parker/Dick Grayson team up for ages! The smart alec web-spinner and the Robin who cracked wise all the time.
ReplyDeleteThis, I think is a new style for the hero-name section, as far as on this blog, with the names down the middle and the heroes' full-length figures flanking. I vaguely recall DC (I'm pretty sure) doing this in the 70s, but I don't at all remember seeing it here. (Of course, I have a memory like a steel sieve, so....) I'd love to see more; it kind of places an adventure time-wise.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Ken on the Marvel/DC thing. Marvel vs. DC was OK, and Justice League/Avengers was great (enough that I'd love to see an MCU/Arrowverse version), but both naturally dealt with things on a cosmic level. If Geoff Johns' dream of a Secret Crisis comes to fruition, I'd hope to see some smaller-scale tie-ins, and not just obvious ones like Batman and Moon Knight. Spider-Man and Nightwing is one great idea; I'd also favor a Punisher vs. Guardian match-up (both in reality and on here), and of course Ambush Bug and Deadpool (who have, of course, met on this blog, with a reunion well overdue). And who wouldn't want to see a team-up of the Captains Marvel?
Of course, there are some DC/Marvel match-ups that are too bizarre to appear anywhere but here... like Dr. Strange and Detective Chimp!
I remember this cover! It was the very first Marvel comic book I ever bought in my hometown. Only 25 CENTS (plus sales tax)!
ReplyDeleteIf memory serves, this was the real Scorpion and Mr. Hyde who had just escaped cryogenic captivity at the hands of the time-traveling android known as Mr. Kline. And the young woman was Sharon "Agent 13" Carter of SHIELD.
P.S.---for some still-unexplained reason, robot doubles of Scorpy and Hyde had been used to attack Daredevil and the Black Widow.
ReplyDeleteYou missed a chance to have an all-green cont by not using Falcon's short-lived green costume.
ReplyDeleteI think that disappeared by January 1, 1970...along with the rest of the Sixties. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI, too, liked the experiment with the style up top; I imagine the use of a '70s inset piece lent itself nicely to this. Makes me wonder what you could do with a JLA inset from the Len Wein era or a Teen Titans inset from late in their first run ...
ReplyDeleteI can see the two heroes meeting in civilian identities with Falcon working in social work and Green Arrow being involved in many charities
ReplyDeleteEver since the late 70's, when I had Mego figures of both, I've always wanted this. There is just something about Ollie and Sam that says "these two would really appreciate each other, work well together, and become life time friends".
ReplyDeleteWish we could see this.