Captain Marvel Jr. and Elvis

We all know that Elvis looks great in his white Captain Marvel suit, so he'd have made a great Lieutenant!  This cover comes about from another suggestion by Michael Eury, editor of the always awesome Back Issue Magazine.  Michael just released a new book, Hero-A-Go-Go, celebrating the camp age of comics, I highly recommend checking it out.

Dazzler and Elvis

 There are a few characters that are based (visually at least) on real life singers.  Wesley from Wanted (Eminem) and John Constantine (Sting) come to mind.  Then there's Captain Marvel Jr. who inspired the legendary Elvis Presley to adopt his look, first with a hairstyle and later on with full stage costumes complete with cape.  I like that DC Comics returned the favor by having Freddy Freeman mention being a big Presley fan himself.