This cover not only marks the 10th appearance of the Hawkeye/Huntress team, but also the 12th appearance of the Moon Knight/Elongated Man team. I figured it was time for these two pairings to team up their partnerships. As I mentioned in an earlier comments section, STF #3600 will feature the first time that two team groups created for this blog will be clashing with each other. After so many covers, Earth-STF continuity is beginning to fold in upon itself!
Thanks, Ross! And Ralph in his classic starter costume - yay!!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun! This foursome really works and I hope you put them all together again! If you need a name for the new STF team I'm happy to give you the rights to use my suggestion - The Fantastic Foursome!
ReplyDeleteAnd how about we see them squaring off against the FF?
LOL! I love the way Ralph is drawn with his arms a certain length apart. It makes me visualize him quipping to Apocalypse (while still pretending to be mind-controlled):
ReplyDelete"Yes, master! Just let me get your neck size so we may properly design the collar of your arrow-shirt."
....i think The Fantastic Foursome is a great name for this new team....
ReplyDeletesee Ralph is a stand in for Reed while the brother/sister of Torch and Sue is filled by Hawkeye and Huntress leaving Moon Knight as the replacement Ben Grimm....
another "can't wait to read" issue/cover Ross...
With Moon Knight and Apocalypse on the cover together, can Poe Dameron be far away?
ReplyDeleteIt's fun seeing two blog-made partnerships teaming up. This is only the second time that I can think of (after a WW/Cap and Power Couple double-date one Christmas). Another possible future "double-date" might be the Strange Brothers and the Danvers Twins.
I'd also love to see Apocalypse being pestered by Ambush Bug, if only to see Irwin use my favorite nickname of "Ol' Puckered-Lips" (which I came up with watching the '90s X-Men cartoon).
Oh, and if you take Dave's and jack-el's suggestions, you might take a look around to see if the four heroes have suitable images to drop them in on a replica of the cover of Fantastic Four #1. (Hawkeye would probably be the most challenging.)
@Bob: failing that, maybe a superimposition of the Elmentals on Mole Man's monster from FF v. 1/#1?
ReplyDeleteI love the randomness of this quartet!
ReplyDeleteShirley McLaine says nothing happens randomly. ;-)
ReplyDelete@Anon@8:33: She's right about that much; and indeed, each of the two pairs of this quartet is together for a reason: H&H are brother and sister, and MK/EM are Ross' dream pair. I'm not sure what inspired Ross to put these two pairs together, other than all being "street-level" heroes versus the mega-powerful Apocalypse, but even if that's the only reason it's enough.
ReplyDeleteBrother and sister? One uses a bow all the time and one does more often than not. I get some of these though like Ms. Marvel and Supergirl.
DeleteThough it seems EM and MK are just thought to be a cool pair.
I would like to see more inter-company crossovers.
Originally it was just going to be EM and MK vs. Apocalypse and then I remembered the 4 horsemen concept and needed another pair.
ReplyDeleteWith four-of-a-kind like them, they could even take on the Royal Flush Gang!
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ReplyDelete"Brother and sister? One uses a bow all the time and one does more often than not."
Ross decided that Hawkeye's real surname was Bertinelli, but that he'd been raised as 'Barton' -- derived from that, of course -- instead to hide him from the family's enemies.
@Unknown: I found that explanation easy to follow. Khonshu?
ReplyDelete@Cary: They might want to bring Jack of Hearts along, since he has some experience in dealing with the RFG.
ReplyDeleteI'd B-4 that. ;-)
ReplyDelete*GROAN!!!*
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