I saw the suggestion of an all sentient car team in the comments and at first I thought I wouldn't be able to fit many of them on one cover. The idea stuck with me though, so I gave it a shot. It's been well over four decades since I watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, so I forget whether that car has a mind of its own, like the others. If not, this is the Earth-STF Chitty, a sentient variant!
Awesome! If there's a sequel, maybe Wheelie could guest appear.
ReplyDeleteJuly 24, 2021 Dateline The Auto Club gets a Major makeover. The fans explode with happiness as a small group of fans cobbled together the beginnings of a fresh new team!! WAHHHOOOO!!!
ReplyDelete"Road Warriors." Yep! Definitely better than The Auto Club.
ReplyDeleteAs for CCBB? Just picture her as a steampunk Transformer. Possibly even a contemporary of the one that was found frozen in the 19th century Arctic by Shia Witwicky's great-grandfather (in the first movie)!
Eh! I still prefer "The Justice Dealership."
ReplyDeleteIt's implied in the movie that Chitty has some basic awareness, as it follows Bomburst's zeppelin after the kidnapping.
ReplyDeleteIt strikes me that the Batmobile has enough onboard computing power to make it vulnerable to a hack from, perhaps K.A.R.R.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall how it was in the original CCBB book (yes, I did read it once or twice), but Badger58 is correct about the movie.
ReplyDeleteComposition-wise, this is actually one of your better team-debut covers, Ross. Sure, the artistic styles don't necessarily match up, but I've seen pages of panels with Superman interacting with Woozy Winks, so that's not that big of a deal. The only one that doesn't seem to fit the picture is Chitty, and that's just a matter of angles (from the Department of Whatcha Gonna Do).
I hope you can find an occasion to bring these guys back someday, perhaps facing the Constructicons or palling up with (the original) Robo-Force, or engaged in a race down Danny the Street. Or could K.A.R.R. and (Stephen King's) Christine start recruiting a team of their own?
Great new team for the STFU!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Schlepcar, aka Wonderbug!
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered if he was a victim of Magic Mongo's not-so-accurate genie powers.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget "My Mother the Car."
ReplyDeleteFun cover. I'm rather glad that you didn't include the Transformers. That would have been too easy.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, in Spider-Verse, the Siper-Mobile was sentient! It even stuttered, a la Speed Buggy.
ReplyDeleteBob Buethe, I'd rather forget My Mother The Car, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if motorcycles are included? For example since someone mentioned Wonderbug, but what about Wonder Wheels from the Skatebirds?
Speaking of sentient car crimefighters, I haven't heard anything new about since the announcement but there are/were plans for a show featuring the various Bat vehicles, led of course by the Batmobile, going off to fight crime Krypto The Superdog/Legion of Superpets style.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome! If there's a sequel, maybe Wheelie could guest appear.
I don't know if we need to add Wheelie, but the Chopper Bunch might make for a good villain team to battle.
In the books _ I don't remember whether the film followed this -- CCBB's number plates were something along the lines of GEN 1E', implying that it might have a non-technological cause of sapience.
ReplyDeleteThat's almost like an "Arabian Nights" fantasy, in itself, there.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Ian Fleming: "What's this one about, dear?"
Mr. Ian Fleming: "A Lad n' His Magic Car, Pet."
That must have been fun to make!
ReplyDeleteIt's for certain his brain was operating on all 8 cylinders. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI hope to see Goitrude make the scene in the sequel.
ReplyDeleteHeh, I was wondering why my name came up in the tags of a random blog post. I couldn't figure it out. And then I saw it. Awesome! 👍🏽
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