Friday, September 19, 2025

Hourman and Spider-Man in: "Rex to the Rescue!"

One reason I always had a soft spot for Hourman was his somewhat baggy mask.  Most other heroes had form fitting masks that clung perfectly to their heads. Rex Tyler's looked more like something I would have come up with at home when trying to make a superhero mask out of a winter hat or something.  It made him kind of relatable.

These two heroes previously met in STF #1834, and first crossed paths back in STF #578,,,

 

5 comments:

Detective Tobor said...

Spectre's head cover is pretty much the same hoody type. But Rex's cape reminds me of a towel with that red stripe at the bottom. Being a scientist, i would think Peter & Rex might enjoy some long conversations.

Detective Tobor said...

And did Hourman ever get his tv series??

Carycomic said...

Unfortunately, no. The studio bigwigs must've changed their minds about that...in less than an hour.

Carycomic said...

P.S.---it looks like the Vulture has re-teamed with Dr. Noah Boddy.
And the latter has stolen one of Spidey's web-shooters!

Bob Greenwade said...

With this title, I imagine that the story consists of Rex bailing Peter out time after time. Most likely there's something throwing Pete off his game, and that's the overarching story here.

As for the mask, I do find it a little strange that there were so many Spandex outfits in the comics before the stuff was even invented (1958). Was there a suitable stretch fabric before that? anyone?

@Tobor: Sort of, actually. The junior Hourman was a regular character on the Stargirl TV show.

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