Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The Human Torch and Batgirl

 

Sometimes there was a cover on the racks that had so much going on that it practically dared you to try an resist picking it up.  Needless to say I had to at least flip through.  The above scenario is just the kind of image that would have had me hooked.

14 comments:

Davejonz said...

Totally agree Ross. I'd be opening this issue now if I could.

Anonymous said...

Great cover and love the use of the old Wanted logo as a bonus!

Anonymous said...

Batgirl has a hot date

Carycomic said...

@Anon740: GOOD ONE!!! :-)

@Ross: from the expression on his face, I'd hazard to guess that Doc Doom inhaled some of the Scarecrow's fear-omones Which really should be impossible. As an anticipatory genius like Doom should have some kind of emergency air supply/purification system built into his armor! And that, precisely, is why I'd be buying this issue in real life. To answer the question you've so accurately described (and tantalizingly posed

Jason Toddman said...

I'd buy it just to find how someone like Scarecrow managed to knock Doctor Doom onto his metallic ass! The Joker maybe I could see it (and still love it too), but Scarecrow?! It seems to me that would be Doctor Doom's most humiliating moment ever!

Bob Greenwade said...

Scarecrow? No, Jason; all Dr. Crane would need to do to Doom would be to play off Victor's well-concealed, PTSD-induced sciurophobia.

Oh, and Ross... what if #5000 were to be followed up by Super-Team Family: The Role-Playing Game? That, at least, could be a good excuse to feature a cover with a random assortment of characters, from classics and familiar flagships (Superman, Bugs Bunny, Wolverine, Captain Kirk, Yoda, Snoopy, Calvin) to some who otherwise would never appear here for any number of reasons (Defender, Felix the Cat, Sailor Moon, Goku, Aahz).

Or, to revert to something much simpler that I've been wanting for a while, Jim Gordon and Jonah Jameson going head to head... possibly arguing about how to best deal with Omni-Man. (Anybody want a peanut M&M?)

Jason Toddman said...

Omni Man... now if there's a 'superhero' who should have had J. Jonah Jameson inflicted on him, he's the one. Or, what if Jameson were editor in chief of The Daily Planet rather than the Daily Bugle, and gave Superman a hard time?
As for Doom, I suppose Scarecrow could also use his opwn inflated ego against him too. If Doom thought he was out in public in just his undies... and no mask... that might deflate him sufficiently too. But yeah I get the sciurophobia reference... Squirrel Girl literally drove him nuts I guess.

Detective Tobor said...

is Jim Gordon riding on the back of Batgirl's bike?? And still saying THAT??

Carycomic said...

GOOD ONE!!!!! :-)

Carycomic said...

Omni-Man always struck me as resembling Jameson. But, with Superman's powers!

Carycomic said...

The Commish of Gotham City does not play favorites.

Jason Toddman said...

Carycomic: The fact that Omni-man was voiced in the cartoon by the same actor who played Jameson in the Spider-Man movies may have a lot to do with that, too.

Carycomic said...

"I am Jameson. Boom-boom-boom-boom! Boom-boom-BOOM!"

Carycomic said...

To all other JKS fans: sorry! Couldn't resist.

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