Sunday, March 28, 2021

Crimson Avenger and The Avengers

 


Thanks to comics' historian and Patron of this blog Marc Tyler Nobleman for suggesting this team up!

It's always a treat to feature the amazing artwork of Mike Allred.  Several years back, I was lucky enough to pick up some unused Allred artwork for a Justice League Monopoly game - for some reason they switched artists for the final product:








17 comments:

AirDave said...

O_O
I have the Justice League Monopoly!!! I'm wondering why Superman is on the currency - but not J'onn?!?!

Carycomic said...

Lol! For a second, I thought that Gotham Globe headline was in Transylvanian.

Seriously, though: let me be among the first to likewise thank Marc Tyler for making this suggestion. Such a brilliant sense of synchronicity irrefutably proves him to be a...noble man.

;-)

det_Tobor said...

Allred didn't use the Flash? Really? Ah well..get me Tic Toc Tyler for the win.

Bob Greenwade said...

Next, could we see the Toxic Avenger joining the Avengers?

Some of these Allred originals look like they could be used on this blog, Ross, particularly J'Onn and Supes. (J'Onn looks like he's trying to decide something like whether to let The Tick join the JLA!)

Ross said...

If they were in color, maybe!

Bob Greenwade said...

Aw, Ross, you've demonstrated that you're actually pretty talented at coloring. You've rebalanced and altered color; go ahead and try your hand at taking it from the line drawing.

To make it completely your own coloring job, you can have J'Onn evaluating Captain Klutz! (There are plenty of line drawings of him around.)

BigMike20X6 said...

New team idea... Crimson Avenger, Toxic Avenger, Duck Avenger and Birdman's trusty pet Avenger.

Bob Greenwade said...

@BigMike: That's not new. I've been trying to get Ross to do that for a couple of years. (Also Captain Avenger.)

Bob Buethe said...

There was also a 1955 superhero named the Avenger that ran for 4 issues... and the lead character of DC's 1975 "Justice Inc." (which also ran 4 issues, and was based on a pulp magazine series) was also called the Avenger.

The Man in Black said...

Whatever happened to the Crimson Avenger? is one of the best superhero stories I have ever read.

Ken Roskos said...

Nice one Ross! The stories of an outsider running the gauntlet to join a big league super-team are always great. Those Mike Allred originals are wicked. I haven't done it in awhile, but coloring original bw line art can turn into a chore. Even when the scans are clean and sharp, I'm always fighting anti-aliasing issues. Tweaking art that's already colored is more fun.

BigMike20X6 said...

Okay

Ross said...

I've tried coloring B&W once or twice (Calvin & Hobbes Covers), but I've never been crazy with the results.

Scott said...

@The Man in Black. Crimson Avenger was diagnosed with an incurable disease in DC Comics Presents #38. He went one one last mission to stop hijackers, who had stolen a boat, from blowing up a city and releasing chemicals in the atmosphere. He sacrificed himself by piloting the boat away from the city. A new Crimson Avenger was introduced in the JSA book but to my knowledge nothing is known about her or if there is a connection to the original Crimson Avenger.

Bob Buethe said...

@Scott: I think you misunderstood. The Man in Black wasn't asking what happened to the Crimson Avenger. He was saying that "Whatever Happened to the Crimson Avenger?" (the story you recapped) is one of the best superhero stories he ever read.

Carycomic said...

To all the color addicts who've been pestering Ross: just pretend Mr. Allred's b/w/ artwork samples are from an STF version of a coloring book. The kind that are now regarded as pop-culture collectors' items.

Mr.Zone1 said...

How about a pulp fiction cover ( akin the masks comic) where crimson avenger meets shadow, question, spider, spirit, rorshach etc... call it the fedora force or something :)

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