Hawkman is one of the toughest looks to get right in live action. Previous attempts have always made the wings look too small to my eyes. The helmet is iconic, but tricky to get to look good from multiple angles. Plus, you need an actor with an incredible build to pull off the shirtless version. Aldis Hodge seems to have been working out, though (he would have to to be able to go up against The Rock!). Hopefully the costume designers for Black Adam will give him a suit and wings that finally do the character justice.
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"Dragon Con" (LOL).
Love that title!
"Nuff said."
That proves < i >We're not in Kansas anymore.< /i >
Have Hawkman meet Doc Savage. Have the Doc wanting to try on Carter's wings.
1. I echo what Cary said.
2. Neither Michael Shanks on Smallville nor Falk Hentschel on Legends of Tomorrow went shirtless, and they both seemed to work out costume-wise, at least to my eye.
3. Has this Daredevil ever shared a cover with Harley Quinn?
Bob:
1) Thanks!
2) They were big guys but the costumes kind of made their arms look scrawny to me
3)stay tuned...
Oh Ross, What a con job! Will anyone be going on a "Shore Leave" in Hunt Valley, MD. soon?
Hawkman has almost been difficult to do in cartoon form as well. Look at the first attempt done by Filmation in 1967. The Super Friends version did get it right, especially the head piece. Flying was something else. But I loved what they did with that version of Hawkgirl.
I loved the 1967 Filmation Hawkman. That cyber-cestus was so b****s!
Part of the problem is that the wings literally change size in the comics, depending on how big they need to be. Hawkman sitting in a room, in a chair, say at the JSA table? They're fairly small. Hawkman crashing through a giant window in a medieval castle? They're huge, filling the entire window frame. So big he could never move comfortably in a room in a modern house. That's going to be really hard to match in live action, without drawing attention to it.
Terrific cover Ross! I'm not familiar with this Daredevil, but I like the 1940's era heroes who can deal with the fantastic, as well as the street level adventures. I always thought these two would work well together. I tried a Marvel DD and Hawkman cover on my blog years ago, it's tougher than it looks.
Love it when you mash-up heroes from the golden age.
Thank you
Great! Love these old-school styled covers.
OK, here's something from The Department of Same Names: Bowser and Blitz from the animated C.O.P.S. (which also had a brief run with DC Comics) versus Bowser, aka King Koopa, from the Mario franchise. And, just for fun, throw in Jon "Bowzer" Bauman from Sha Na Na!
I'll second that emotion, Mr. G.
Dragon Con?? Ouch, I took pun damage from that one.
I haven't been to that con since 2016 and do miss it. But not this year, maybe next year in Atlanta.
Don't you mean, "Hot-lanta?"
Only if the dragon breathes, Anon.
Btw: I wonder if that dragon was created by The Claw?*
*Imagine a Skrull disguised as Fu Manchu, but the size of Henry Pym (as Giant Man).
@Cary, You know a Dragon's Claw is worse than his byte.
As in, Harrison Porter; sometime-enemy of Cindy "Silk" Moon? Or the 82nd-century rebel group?
@Carycomic & Tobor: the latter, methinks.
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