As super-hero motorcycles go, there are a few that really stand out to me. Ghost Rider's of course immediately comes to mind, as does Batgirl's ride from the 60's TV show. Judge Dredd's Lawmaster has to be at the top of the list. Between the huge tires and gleaming eagle shield, it's just as imposing as its operator.
Too bad he wasn't at Marvel, they would have put him in S.H.I.E.L.D. and made his motorcycles able to fly.
ReplyDeleteNot bad! Although, I'm surprised you've never had Dredd meet time-traveling Jonah Hex.
ReplyDeleteA team-up of all three of the above three motorcyclists might make for an interesting cover -- though given what happened when Dredd and Ghost Rider met in #2126, it's a team that might not last long.
ReplyDelete@Cary: Several of us have been wanting to see future-flung Hex here, teamed up with various partners from Dredd to Cable (and it just now occurred to me that seeing his mechanical horse next to the mystical one of the original Ghost Rider would be quite a thing), but I suspect that Ross just isn't a fan.
Future Hex appeared in STF #1639 with Deathlok.
ReplyDeleteOK, I stand corrected (and slightly embarrassed). So let's see him again, with some of those other folks! (Spider-Man 2099 is another fun possibility....)
ReplyDelete@Bob: For me, the best part of the Ghost Rider movie was the montage of Cage's motorcycle and Elliot's ghost horse ride cross-country set to 'Riders in the Sky'.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover, and wish we could read it. It would be interesting to see how the Heroes for Hire team dealt with the futuristic criminals.
ReplyDeleteAlso wondering which Judge Dredd movie people preferred. The Judge Dredd (1995) movie with Sylvester Stallone or the Dredd (2012) movie with Karl Urban?
I liked the 1995 version, partially because of the bits of humor.
@Jay: Ditto. Close behind it was the scene where Johnny lays waste to a holding cell full of thugs (in large part for the half-minute that follows).
ReplyDelete@Unknown: The Urban version is still on my "want to watch" list, though I suspect I'd like it better than the Stallone version. I didn't hate the latter, but I felt that the humor was overdone, and the few Dredd conventions that I'm familiar with (such as the audience never seeing his face) were dropped.
@Unknown and Bob: to say that Stallone's original was inferior to the remake is simply an "Urban" legend.
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