Thursday, July 28, 2022

Nightwing & Flamebird and Power Man & Iron Fist

 

I thought that it was time to have a meeting between the coolest crimefighting pairs of the Silver and Bronze ages.  Sure the stories may now appear too quaint or the costumes too bright and bold to pull off in a modern setting, but I always got a kick out of reading about all of these guys. 

14 comments:

Jack_Acid said...

Power Man and Iron Fist are fantastic. Have you done a Heroes for Hire/ Dial H for Hero cover?

Ross said...

Not yet. Not a bad idea, though.

Carycomic said...

I'd classify N+F as Early Silver Age and Power-Fist as Late Silver Age...with the True Bronze Age being the first ten years post-COIE. But, that's more of a nitpick than an actual complaint!*

Otherwise, Jack Acid as take the words right out of my mouth with his evaluation. I think a better sequel, though, might be entitled..."The Kandor/Kun-lun War!" Special-guest antagonists?

Skeletronic Brainiac vs. Master Khan!

* "Potato/tomato" as the old song goes.

Carycomic said...

P.S.---for those who don't remember, Skeletron was a robotic version of Thanos take on by Quasar back in 1993. His look clearly modeled after the Wolfman/Kane/Hannigan redesign of Brainiac, introduced in Action Comics v.1/#'s 544-46, ten years earlier.

Anonymous said...

I've always felt that Skeletron was equal parts homage and pastiche. But, like the stand-up comic once observed: "You know what the difference is between a pastiche and an homage? An homage is French for 'tribute.' While 'pastiche' is French for 'rip-off!' "

Lol!

Bob Greenwade said...

I also like Jack's idea. "Dial H for Hired!"

filmsandvidgames07@gmail.com said...

i have a great 3 part story sliders enter the land of the lost pt 2 sliders enter the dc universe pt 3 sliders end up in marvel universe

Detective Tobor said...

Ross, you may be able to bottle your characters, but you can't bottle your imagination or your skills.

Anonymous said...

@Filmsandvidgames: you should consult with Ordinaryguy2 about such a project! :-)

Riverdale said...

It's been a long time since any of the Archie characters appeared here. How about Archie and Jimmy Olsen, Jughead and Shaggy, or Betty & Veronica and James Bond?

Anonymous said...

That'd be great! B & V could reprise their roles as Agents of R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.

Scott said...

I did not like Nightwing and Flamebird of the Silver Age, but I loved their redesign by James Robinson during his Superman "Return to Krypton" story ark.

Anonymous said...

Then, you probably love the Wolfman/Kane/Hannigan version of Brainiac.

:-)

Carycomic said...

Personally? Give me the verdant villain from Silver Age Colu, anyday!

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