Monday, September 21, 2020

Super Friends and Guardians of the Galaxy

 


As a kid I thought that The Wonder Twins were an improvement over Wendy and Marvin, who seemed pretty useless on The Super Friends.  At least they had powers and could join in on the action.  Still, if they had to have more teens on the team, I would have preferred they used established DC characters like Wondergirl, Aqualad or Kid Flash.

20 comments:

Davejonz said...

You guys see the Super Friends, I see the JLA. The Friends (presumably a TV show?) never came into my orbit. It's still a really effective team up. Great work fitting all those characters together so seamlessly.

Chuck Marshy said...

The Wonder Twins were supposed to represent Donny and Marie Osmond, who were huge at the time.

Ross said...

I never heard that but it makes perfect sense.

Arthur said...

AWESOMENESS πŸ’Ÿ.

Carycomic said...

They're not Skrulls, Charlie. They're mutant Vulcans!

Bob Greenwade said...

Half right, Cary. They're the product of the union between Simon Williams and a time-traveling T'Pau.

Bob Greenwade said...

And yes, that is a suggestion, Ross. So is this: Mogo vs. the Death Star.

Rick Dunn said...

There was an article about the Wonder Twins in an issue of Back Issue! that spoke about the Donny & Marie influence on the creation of the Twins. Wish I could remember which one.

Carycomic said...

@Bob: But, which T'Pau? The elderly matriarch who officiated at Spock's challenge? Or Tuvok's wife?

バーンズ エγƒͺック said...

BACK ISSUE 38: 'Purple Prose:The Perplexing Popularity of the Wonder Twins'... according to wikipedia, at least...

Anonymous said...

"Shape of a tidal wave!"

"Form of a white sperm whale who sounds like Lurch Addams!"

Bob Greenwade said...

@Cary: Sorry, I meant T'Pol. I don't know why I said T'Pau.

@Anon@5:45: That's funny; but Lurch didn't have a last name (he wasn't a literal member of the family).

Anonymous said...

@Bob: I know. But, if I said "...sounds like Ted Cassidy..." somebody is sure to have asked "You mean, the guy who was turned into Blue Devil?"

Ah! The jadedness of today's youth.

Carycomic said...

@Anon751: You mean, that superheroine who resembled the love child of Hal Jordan and the She-Hulk?


;-)

Anonymous said...

Maybe Jana could share a cover with the Jetsons; her frequent use of the catchphrase word "spacey" sounds like it belongs on "The Jetsons".

Carycomic said...

That'd be "spaceriffic!"

Anonymous said...

Great composition, Ross! Fun story too.

Anonymous said...

How about the Wonder Twins meeting up with Spaceman Spiff and Hobbes?

Tim said...

My money's on Spiff. I can see Spiff asking Hobbes what happened to the 'water guy', and a deadpan tiger stating, "I drank him."

Anonymous said...

Well, Monty Python always said that Hobbes was fond of his dram.

;-)

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