Joe Kubert didn't do much work for Marvel, so it was always a treat to see his take on one of their characters. I wonder which one of them I would most have liked to have seen him illustrate an extended run of. A Joe Kubert Thor series would have been amazing.
I'm guessing that gloved hand holding the Luger on Sgt. Rock is the Iron Major. But, could the man in the red-and-gold armor be...Howard Anthony Stark?
ReplyDeleteThink about it. What other scientific genius on the Allied side, during WWiI, could design and build a suit of exo-skeletal armor patterned after GI Robot Jake? And who's to say that the mainstream Tony Stark didn't get the inspiration for his prototype armor (while a captive of SE Asian warlord Wong Chu) from a half-remembered glimpse at some abandoned plans of his father's.
As our host so wisely (and frequently) points out: "Anything is possible in the Ross-verse!"
Wow! A Joe Kubert Thor series WOULD have been amazing....
ReplyDeleteIron man wearing an army helmet is like having him wear a football helmet if he wanted to play football not needed
ReplyDeleteI initially thought the same thing about J.A.K.E. (the G.I. Robot) wearing a helmet. But, I gradually got used to it.
DeleteP.S.---another brilliantly unexpected pairing, Ross. It gives me hope that, one day, we might get to see Tim Hunter meet Harry Potter!
ReplyDeleteThey met in 2019: https://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2019/10/harry-potter-and-tim-hunter.html
ReplyDeleteThen, they're undeniably overdue for a sixth anniversary reunion! ;-D
DeleteHow about Tony was sent back in time to that era. Built what he could with that available tech. Wore the helmet as a respect for the guy who lost it saving Tony's life.
ReplyDeleteEven better! That could set up a sequel where Tony Stark meets Toni Stark (public domain girlfriend of Golden Age time traveler Ace Buckley) and Shellhead meets Bozo the Iron Man (mechanical crime-fighting sidekick of Hugh Hazard).
DeleteKubert on Thor? Us old timers can recall K,s work on Viking Prince so we have an idea of how spectacular a Thor book would be.
ReplyDeleteWhat my namesake said. :-)
DeleteDitto! :-)
DeleteTo be honest? Shellhead's armor looks more like the artwork of Byrne, Stern, and Slifer. The ones who drew the adventures of Rog 2000 for Charlton Comics back in the 1970's!
ReplyDeleteI thought that design looked vaguely familiar! :-D
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