Metamorpho and 3-D Man

 

Uh oh!  It looks like The Grandmaster and Mr. Mxyzptlk are back for another round of their superhero championship!  Who will with this round of The Infinity Wager?

Justice Society of America and Captain Britain (Part One)

Frim the casting of Superman: Legacy, it appears the first official movie in James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DCU will present a world that is already filled with superheroes.  What does that mean for the JSA?  Will they have existed in this timeline?  Ideally I'd love to see a proper World War Two era JSA movie at some point.  Throw in  some kind of suspended animation at the end and you they can bring whatever JSA'ers they want into present day adventures as well.

This is only Part One of a Two-Part Epic, so make sure you come back here tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion!

 

Boba Fett on The Planet of The Apes

 

I'm wondering If Boba Fett will show up again in the currently airing season of The Mandalorian.  It's only fair, after Din Djarin and Grogu pretty much took over the second half of his mini-series.

Fett may be able to keep The Empire away, but the rebels are a bit more informed.  Princess Leia visited the Apes in STF #3622, and brought Han and Luke back with her in STF #3893...

Marvel Boy and Superboy

 

I'm looking forward to the return of Superman and Lois next week.  At least we will have a decent TV version of the Man of Steel while Warner Bros. movie decision decides what they want to do with the character.  Most fans seem to simply want a Henry Cavill sequel film, but that doesn't seem in the cards.  We do have a variant Supergirl coming up in The Flash (Superman's daughter?) and two separate movies in development featuring African American versions of Superman (one a period piece and one featuring Val-Zod).  There are some rumors of a Cavill Superman showing up in either Black Adam or Shazam: Fury of the Gods, but I have my doubts that either will come to pass.  

Sgt. Rock and War Machine in "Upgrading Easy Company!"

The second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow has completed, and still no sign of Sgt. Rock.  I hope that in the third season they get around to doing a WWII adventure.  DC has so many great characters in that era, and I'd love to see the likes of Rock, The Losers, Enemy Ace, Gravedigger, or the Haunted Tank make their live action debuts.

These two first crossed paths in STF #1613...

Phantom Stranger and The Shadow (Part One)

This cover comes about from a suggestion by STF Patron Ken Roskos.  I had to smack my head when I read it because I could not believe that I hadn't thought of it before, it feels like a natural.  In fact, I liked the idea of these two together so much that I made it a two-parter - so make sure to stop by again tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion!

The Demon and Doctor Strange in "Satanic Subterfuge!"

I am very interested to see how Doctor Strange will be utilized in Thor: Ragnarok, especially given the fact that the bulk of the film is supposed to be set off of Earth.  Will Strange be there for a framing sequence or join the other characters on their otherworld adventure?  I just hope he has plenty of screen time alongside The Hulk - that's at least two of the Defenders finally united in the movies!

This is the third meeting between these two - they previously shared the spotlight in STF #1044  and STF #81...

The Atom and Red Sonja

An encouraging aspect of DC Rebirth is that the company seems to once again realizing that they don't have to jettison existing characters to introduce legacy heroes.  Indeed it seems like we will be seeing some of them working side by side.  Ted Kord is back and looks to be sharing adventures with Jaime Reyes, the new Blue Beetle.  Ryan Choi is back as well, summoned by none other than Ray Palmer.  I wouldn't mind slight name changes on the newer versions though, if both heroes are going to be in operation.  Let Ted Be Blue Beetle and maybe Jaime could be renamed Scarab or something?  Likewise, Ryan Choi could  call himself Micron to avoid confusion in their shared tales.  Thant's a minor nitpick though, I am just glad all of these guys are back in action.

Superman and The Invaders

I have been enjoying reading Superman's very first adventures in the collected Superman Chronicles series of TPB's lately.  There's an energy to those early adventures, from a time before superheroes were even a genre, that just cannot be replicated today.  I can only imagine what it was like for a young kid to have been reading those ground-breaking tales right off the newsstands.