Ant-Man and Wonder Woman

 

This is a rare case where I used an actual Super-Team Family cover to make a lost issue. Some prep work was required before I could add in Ant-Man.  Here's a look at the behind the scenes progress: 

Cannonball and The Ray

 

When you count the Brave and the Bold and Marvel Two-In-One covers that I began with, this marks the 5000th cover on the blog!

Here are another two heroes that have power sets that go well together.  Place them in a story that requires their special talents and you would have a fast paced page turner on your hands.

The Legion of Super-Heroes and The New Warriors

 

Well, this certainly looks like it will be a crowded issue.  Let's hope that the LSH and their time traveling visitors can stop tripping over each other long enough to face of against whatever threat has brought them together!

Blue Beetle and Deathlok

 

Deathlok was always a welcome guest star in Marvel titles.  His solo stories were a lot of fun too.  He is definitely a character that deserves another shot in live action after the disappointing low rent version we got on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  Like his appearances he could work in the larger MCU or on a solo show all his own.

Indiana Jones and Challengers of the Unknown

 

Challenging the unknown sounds like a good description for the adventures that Indiana Jones gets into, so he would probably fit right in with these adventurers.  Of course, the real unknown is whether he can provide audiences with a thrilling adventure as he enters his 80's.  I guess we will all find out soon enough!

Indiana Jones on this cover is from an image by the very talented Jackson Guice.  I was lucky enough to pick up an original page of his several years back:

Wing Command

 

There was a discussion in a comments section a while back about creating an all-winged team.  I originally thought it would be tough to do given the space that winged characters generally take up on a cover, especially with all the different candidates for such a team. I figured I would try the concept but limit it to heroes that have feathered wings, and that seemed to be more manageable.

Iron Man and Ragman

 

These are two heroes that are not likely to cross paths, either in the types of cases they work on or in the the social circles that they travel in.  That's just what would make it interesting to me though.  It would be interesting for them each to see how the other half lives..

Justice League of America and Nova

 

The Grey Gargoyle was a cool villain, if only because imagining being turned to stone was a frightening prospect to me as a young comics reader.   I did have one question about his costume, though.  It was cool that he appeared to be made of or at least covered with stone, but the cape confused me.  It appeared to fold and flow like normal cloth.  It seemed to me that it should have been at least somewhat rigid (or not included at all).

The (All New) X-Men Vs. Darkseid

Regular Lost Issues visitors will know that Darkseid is referring here to the events of STF #2485... I thought it would be interesting to have a sequel with the next iteration of the X-Men.  It always seems to me that Darkseid goes very well against the heroes of Marvel.  I guess it's because he was created by Jack Kirby, he really seems at home in the 616 universe.

Dr. Doom Vs. Harley Quinn

It looks like Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey is the latest film to get an early streaming release in these movie theater-free days.  I guess I will have to check it out despite the less than stellar reviews I read for it, and hope it surpasses lowered expectations.  I had heard much more enthusiastic reviews for the Harley Quinn animated show, but I watched the first episode of that and the cursing and over the top violence was a turn off.  Harley Quinn isn't Deadpool, and the same kind of humor isn't always interchangeable with them, in my opinion.

Starfire and Thundercats

Thank you to Mike Shirley, a patron of this blog, for suggesting this team-up! I had forgotten that Starfire's people were said to have evolved from a feline race.  That actually explains a lot about her personality.  She has a very affectionate side, but is also ready to switch into attack mode at a moments notice.  That certainly reminds me of some cats that I have known!

Warlock and Cyborg

Back in STF #950, which featured a New Mutants/ New Teen Titans team up, I included a back up story that starred Warlock and Cyborg.  I had always meant to flesh out that tale for a cover all its own, and now I have finally gotten around to it.  It's interesting to me that both Warlock from the New Mutants and Adam Warlock each have arch enemies named The Magus.

Cyborg and Deathlok in "Man-Machines - Marked For Death!"

It has been interesting to watch Victor Stone make the move from Teen Titan to Titan to Justice Leaguer in the comics.  I think it would have been nice to see a similar evolution in his theatrical appearances as well.  That does not appear to be the case as he is now set to be a founding member of the movie JLA.  Any Titan appearances will probably be well down the road a bit, and I am not sure how they would work in the cinematic timeline anyway.

These two heroes teamed up once before, in a very early MS Paint STF cover...