Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Saturday, May 21, 2016
The Atom and The Fantastic Four
I enjoy Brandon Routh on DC's Legends of Tomorrow. He feels like a true Silver Age DC hero - brave, intelligent, self-sacrificing, and often with a smile on his face even in the midst of battle. I hope he will shrink more and streamline his costume for season two, though. Hey, Firestorm finally started using his fusion powers on the season finale, so progress is always possible!
I'm sure that when Ray comes to, he'll feel bad about Reed's lab - after all, he's spent some time researching there himself...
Coming tomorrow: STF #1500!
Friday, May 20, 2016
Iceman Vs. Captain Cold
DC's Legends of Tomorrow has promised to have slightly different rosters with each season, and indeed a new DCU face made an appearance at the end of the season finale. *** Spoilers beyond this point for those not caught up *** We have already seen one character make the ultimate sacrifice - Captain Cold. I can't say I will miss Wentworth Miller's chewing the scenery by drawingggggg out every otherrrrr worrrrdd he says. Still, in a show all about time travel, nothing is certain. He may find a way to stick around yet! And now Hourman has joined the team, explaining that he is a member of the Justice Society... they certainly knew how to get me back for season two!
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Snake Plissken and Mister Miracle
While I have reservations about DC using Jack Kirby's Fourth World villains for the upcoming Justice League movies (hard to get excited about Steppenwolf and Darkseid may be too close to Marvel's Thanos plans) - one side effect that I do like is the door will be opened so some of the cooler New Gods character to show up down the line. I'd love to see a film chronicling Scott Free's escape from Granny Goodness and meeting with Big Barda to make their way to Earth.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Hawkwoman and Archangel
While I always preferred Warren Worthington with the traditional feather wings, his Archangel look was pretty cool. It will be fun to see those metal wings in action in X-Men Apocalypse. I wasn't so crazy about Hawkman and Hawkwoman switching to metal wings during their Hawkworld phase, but fortunately, that didn't last too long.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Raven and Cloak & Dagger
Cloak and Dagger are finally coming to live action in the form of an ongoing series on Disney's Freeform channel. Not much else has been announced, so I hope to hear of some of the creative talent involved soon. I have always thought that Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen had a lot of potential and hopefully this new incarnation will introduce them to a larger audience.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Superman and Space Ghost
I was very sorry to hear yesterday about Darwyn Cooke having to receive palliative treatment for an aggressive cancer. Cooke's amazing storytelling brought us Justice League: The New Frontier among many other incredible comics. He is such an amazing talent and deserves all of out thoughts and prayers at this time. Here's hoping his health improves very soon.
Update... Sadly I woke today to hear he had passed... RIP Darwyn Cooke.
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Friday, May 13, 2016
Mr. Terrific and Daredevil
I am about to complete my second viewing of the second season of Netflix' Daredevil. I liked is so much that I decided to re-watch it with my brother and his wife as part of our regular movie nights. I love that the show has been able to maintain its quality and I am really looking forward to the third season as well as The Punsher's solo series - not to mention Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and more Jessica Jones. I'll keep watching as long as Netflix keeps up the great work.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Expansion Team
When you include the Brave and the Bold and Marvel Two-In-One Lost Issues, this marks my 2000th Cover! Thanks for all the support, especially from Patrons of the blog, for helping it to continue!
I remember seeing the original Ghostbusters in the movie theater and loving the final act with the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man. Not only was it a hilarious yet imposing visual, I had no idea any such scene was going to take place. If the movie had been released these days, there's no way the massive moment would have been kept a secret from audiences. Either online spoilers or a toy tie in that gives too much away, or even the movie's own trailer would somehow ruin the surprise. I can only imagine how much more cool that big moment in the Captain America: Civil War airport fight would have been if I wasn't already completely expecting it by the time the movie opened.
The Expansion Team first got together back in STF #934...
Monday, May 9, 2016
Legion of Super-Heroes Vs. Galactus
Of all the various DCU groups and heroes that I have pitted against Galactus, I think that this is the one that I would enjoy seeing the most. The Legion has such a large roster of characters with many different types of power sets, and that would make for an epic battle. I'm thinking that the LSH could really give the Devourer of Worlds a run for his money.
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Dr. Fate and The Human Torch
The repercussions of HYDRA's activities were still being felt in Captain America: Civil War, which I watched Friday night. The film, which is more like Avengers 3, was a ton of fun but there was so much packed into it I think it will take another viewing to absorb it all. The opening sequence was fantastic, showing Cap's new team working together. Newcomers Black Panther and Spider-Man (one seamlessly woven into the plot, one somewhat shoehorned in) were a blast to watch and once again The Falcon stole the show for me, now with even cooler moves and Redwing along for the ride. I wish Ant-Man had been given more to do, but I liked his role in the airport battle. It was nice to see Vision and Scarlet Witch sharing time together as well. I still feel like Captain America: Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy are the Marvel movies to beat, but this one ranks high due to so many cool moments even if the story wasn't as strong.
Dr. Fate originally met the Torch in an adventure with the Invaders back in STF #1298 ...
Friday, May 6, 2016
Deadman and Hela
I don't know if it has been officially announced that Cate Blanchet will be playing Hela in Thor: Ragnarok, but that seems to be the general consensus of what her role will be. I hope so, because I have always enjoyed the character in the comics, and Blanchet is perfect for the part. Hopefully we will see some of that great Hela headgear as designed by Jack Kirby or Walt Simonson.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016
Black Lightning and Power Man in "The Bensonhurst Benefactor!"
I'm not sure where a live action Black Lightning will show up first, but DC has plenty of opportunities. He operated out of Metropolis and then later worked regularly with Batman and Katana and even the JLA briefly, so there's plenty of ways to integrate him into the movies. He is a street level hero that would work well on Arrow, but he does have metahuman abilities so he would fit right in on The Flash or Supergirl as well. Heck, he's cool enough to get a show all his own - let's get on this, DC!
The last time I featured these two one a cover together, they were at odds, so I am glad I finally got around to creating one in which they are fighting side by side.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Power Girl and She-Hulk
The first season of Supergirl ended with the title character looking surprised at the unseen passenger of a rocket. Was it Krypto, Superman, her mother, or someone else? Some have speculated that this could be the introduction of Power Girl into the series, which could be interesting as well. For a character that has been cosplayed so much, it is surprising that we still have not seen an official live action version yet.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Wonder Woman and Captain America in "Standoff at the Statue!"
Cap and Wonder Woman have finally recovered from the latest trial in their continuing romance on the blog, only to be attacked when they least expected it...
I can't wait to see Cap's latest cinematic outing next week, and with the early word of mouth that I have heard, it's gonna be a good one. Principal photography on Wonder Woman must be wrapping up soon, so hopefully a teaser will follow soon after. Despite mixed reaction to Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman received mostly unanimous praise, so I am looking forward to her solo outing.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Spider-Man and Starman
DC Comics has made great use of the generational legacy aspects of their characters. On of the best examples is Starman. James Robinson in particular was able to weave all of the various heroes to adopt the Starman title together into a single cohesive narrative that served to make all of them more interesting to me. A Jack Knight Starman TV show seems like something that would have a lot of potential.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Justice League of America and Warlock
Back in the Silver and Bronze age of comics there were certain concepts and motifs that were repeated over and over. One that I always thought was cool was "giant hand grabs hero/heroes". I'm not sure where the trend started, but it almost always worked on me. For some reason I always found it to be an eye-catching image, and those covers drew my eye right in.
The JLA squared off against Thanos before on the blog - First in STF #184 and then again in STF #931...
Friday, April 29, 2016
The Demon and The Punisher
There are certain characters that artists really seem to have fun with. The Demon definitely falls into this category. Jack Kirby came up with a great visual for Etrigan and illustrators that have worked on him since have all had a unique take. Whether it was Matt Wagner, Val Semeiks, John Byrne, John Totleben, John McRae, Dick Giordano or another talent, each artist gave an interesting and effective interpretation of his appearance.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Batman and The Black Terror
I am a sucker for retro-looking robots. Sure, we have modern movies focusing on high tech AI like Ex Machina - but give me the old school designs like in the cover above any day. It's one of the reasons I love watching Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - the movie itself is pretty good, but the designs of the robots, vehicles and machines are awesome to look at.
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Curt Swan,
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Sub-Mariner Vs. Green Lantern
News on DC's Green Lantern Corps movie is very slow to trickle out, but this week we did get one more tidbit: Kyle Rayner will be joining Hal Jordan and John Stewart on the big screen, with Jordan being an mentor type to the younger recruits. I prefer Hal and John to be contemporaries, but that set up can still work. I just hope that we still get to see a lot of alien lanterns in addition to the humans.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Green Arrow & Black Canary and Hawkeye & Mockingbird
Now that *** SPOILER for Arrow fans who aren't caught up **** the death that has been teased all of the current season was revealed to be Laurel Lance, the (second) Black Canary, the series could go a few ways. Laurel whispered something to Ollie before she was declared dead, so the whole thing could be a fake by the two of them, which would anger fans I think. Felicity could be come the new Black Canary, which would anger fans even more. Maybe they will just give the character a rest. What I hope will happen, though, is that by next season Caity Lotz will return from her time on DC's Legends of Tomorrow as the White Canary and reclaim her role as the Original Black Canary. I always prefered her in the role anyway.
Although this is the first appearance of all of these heroes together, Black Canary and Mockingbird have crossed paths before on the blog. Green Arrow and Hawkeye have met a few times - They first met in one of my very earliest STF covers... then they were at odds with a few fellow Avengers along for the tale... Next up they faced off against The Hulk and Solomon Grundy... and the last time we saw them it was time to hone their skills...
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