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Post your favorite /co/ characters in the public domain.

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Madam_Satan
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I usually don't like characters with that much power, but I like Green Lama.
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>>78581204
Although I'm fan of Miss Fury for same reasons I'm fan of Catwoman.
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>>78581158
sounds like she needed more polish
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>>78581158
Madam Satan was in the Archie published The Fox reboot by Haspiel and Waid.
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>>78581204
I always wanted to run a Mutants & Masterminds game where the Green Lama is always showing up and disappearing because he has to appear in other works.
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Everyone back then wore suck cool suits,
I might buy a suit just to try cosplaying a super obscure character like this.
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>>78581932
And it's easy to cosplay. I mean, how hard would it be to be Shadow or Spider? Just get jacket and mask and you're good to go.
At least you won't be generic Joker or Deadpool.
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>>78582008
were any of these suited superheroes short?
I mean noone will even know who the spirit or the green hornet is but it would be coolto find the one who actually looks like me.
or i could be purple man, but i think there are gonna be alot of those this year.
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>>78582186
>were any of these suited superheroes short?
Don't think so, usual muscular & tall build in most cases.
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>>78582186
The Spider was 5'11. The rest since they are in the public domain, they can be adapted to your needs.you're essentially written a new story.
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>>78581226
>taking a show
>with your gloves
why?
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>>78582862
Good
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Stardust bump
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>>78581756
She's also the villian in their Sabrina horror book.
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I have never read any of these but I always did like some of the character designs that get posted

anyone have those character sheets?

I think they had guys like "Flag Man" or what looks like a knock-off Captain America, among others
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>>78586217
Do companies usually use public domain characters as fodder?
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>>78586950
Indie/smaller companies sometimes do.
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>>78586380
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The Rocketeer's retarded brother
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>>78587178
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>>78587232
Pyroman having electric powers and not flames will always be weird to me.
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>>78587267
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>>78587293
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>>78587293
>>78587267
>>78587232
>>78587178
I feel like these are all group shots before an orgy begins
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>>78587178
>Red Burka
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>>78587323
Little bad quality here. Fuck Rainbow Boy, though.
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>>78587353
>implying she wouldn't get stoned because she revealed her face
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>>78587368
>sparkman's thighs
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>>78581204
>The Green Lama has superhuman strength, is nearly invulnerable, can levitate, and can summon ghosts to aid him.

Why'd he settle on the name Green Lama
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>implying is isn't the best PD character
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>>78587435
Learned those powers on Tibet, like every decent hero of his day.
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>>78587463
>uncle sam coming to karate chop your face in
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>>78587368
So, if Spark Man and Rainbow Boy are public domain, I could make a comic of them being in a secret gay relationship and rake in SJWbux?
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>>78581780
I approve wholeheartedly of this concept.
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>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
>>78587368

I love these designs especially Hydro. I wish I had the resources to do something with them
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>>78586217
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>>78587519
Yes.
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>>78581204
>The Green Lama character is not in the public domain, as the author "wisely retained all rights to his creation."
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>>78587484
He could've been anything, the Green Monk would've been better. But I wouldn't tell him that
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>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
>>78587368

>All these copy and paste american pride characters

Yeesh - no wonder nobody wanted them
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>>78587391
pants
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>>78587293
>>Jack
He just didn't give a fuck, did he?
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>>78587566
Dick.
>>78587589
He is Lama, as well.
>>78587605
Such were times, I'm afraid. Notice that sidekicks outnumber women? Everyone is white & straight, people would chew your comic if you published something like that.
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>>78587636
His name was originally Yellowjacket, Dynamite had to change a couple characters' names for copyright reasons(see also Big Blue/Blue Beetle, and Death Defying Devil/Daredevil)
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>>78582978
She's also reading a newspaper, who reads a newspaper in the bath?

Soggy newsprint is horrible.
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>>78587636


>>78587823
Oh god is that kid Ted
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>>78587178
Dynamic Man and Dynamic boy boy look super gay and Major Victory seems to be visibly disgusted by it

Cat is an obvious alpha male with that expression and a bitch on his arm

The Owl is unusual, not quite sure what to make of his costume

Captain Future is cool.

>>78587232
The Death-Defying 'Devil is terrifying, I would fear for my soul and asshole in his presence

What the hell kind of title is 'Tim' for the sidekick of a guy called Black Terror wearing that sort of outfit?

>>78587267
Unknown Soldier looks like a shitty army-themed stripper

WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAAAAAAAAACE Mister?

>>78587293
You know what its been said a million times before but an adult hero with a boy sidekick is dumb for various reasons, Samson & Dave along with V-Man and his V-Boys are right up there.

>>78587323
These four are all giant-sized? That's actually pretty cool especially helps out "The Claw" there.
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>>78588139
v-man and the v-boys?
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>>78588174
Virginity Man and the Virginity boys.
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>>78588174
I meant Sparky. I assume Big Blue is supposed to be Dan
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>>78587519
Change Sparkman to Nature Boy or Golden Lad, and you'd be rolling in cash from those salty-jowled weenies
>>78588139
Nope!

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Sparky
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>>78587368
why is man o' metal on fire?
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>>78588356
Because the metal he's made of is magnesium
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>>78588329
>Sparkington J. Northrup

Sparky really didn't give a fuck
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>>78587293
>V-Man & The V-Boys
>until Nick's sixteenth birthday
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>>78587178
>strongman
>>78587232
>amazing man
>>78587368
>Airman
>sparkman
>the BLACK owl is purple
>>78587293
>jack
He's the best
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>>78581158
What a butterface
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I really want to see or do a crazy British Invasion era Vertigo style Magician From Mars book. Just something very trippy, cosmic and vaguely horror tinged.
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Wolf_Gal

Raised by wolves and man-hungry. Literally.
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>>78589006
What a qt

>>78589109
Those are some strange eyebrows
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>>78581158
>tfw you prefer the original version, where she's dedicated herself to destroying the Axis for killing her fiancee
>>78589006
The ol' Neil Gaiman treatment, eh? I'd be cool with that...
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>>78589006
Holy shit her backstory and villain has a twist I'd love to read an ongoing about her her being a qt has absolutely nothing to do with it...
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>>78587213
Give him some robot gloves and he could be a villain from a sentai show
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>>78582862
I love the pun.
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>>78587660
>Such were times, I'm afraid. Notice that sidekicks outnumber women? Everyone is white & straight, people would chew your comic if you published something like that.

Man, I miss the good old days.
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>>78587232
>BLACK TERROR
>and tim

never gets old
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>>78590658
You're not the only one
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>>78590658
Sidekicks need to make a comeback, and I don't mean in a Rick Veitch way.
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>>78595736
I'd get the Fantagraphics reprints... but I'm already collecting their reprints of Prine Valiant, Popeye and Carl Barks' work.
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>>78588144
>These four are all giant-sized? That's actually pretty cool especially helps out "The Claw" there.
Yep, all giants. The Claw fought Death-Defying 'Devil in his book.
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>tfw visiting this thread after reading Blackcross
Is Ellis going to do anything else with these characters or was that a one and done miniseries?
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>>78595736
who would win in a fight stardust or ultra comics
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It would be amazing if one day Marvel and DC were gone and all their characters went Public Domain instead of their rights being snatched up by other because of their marketability.
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>>78602327
bump
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>>78607911
Thank you
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>>78600666
Stardust.
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>>78595736
This
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Atari Force. I'm serious, just look for them on the Internet Archive.
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>>78586108
Obviously, but Phantoma is actually starting to become my favorite. She feels more "human", more like a vengeful spirit than a human abomination.

Also only recently did I realise that characters by Fletcher Hanks show up in Space Funeral, because his name is in the credits.
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>>78596738
I feel like an idiot for accidentaly breaking my reprint's spine, as it was still frozen when it arrived at my door step.
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Brick Bat

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Brick_Bat
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so whats the catch?

i can just use any of these public domain characters and no lawyers would go after me?
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>>78611297
That's what public domain is about, anon.
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>>78595736
It's knowing what he's like, and how say, early Batman and stuff like the Shadow which makes you wonder "Ok, who of these guys is a giant goober boy scout, and who is actually a brutal sociopath that has special "Justice Teeth and Nail Wrenching Pliers, of Justice!"?
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>>78611338
Wild, that sounds too good to be true

ALso, any an artist can't pick up one of these, make a new volume, and then sue people who also do that with the character?
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>>78611369
Nope. No matter what you do with it, a PD character remains in the PD.
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>>78587232
U.S. Jones disturbs me greatly.
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>>78611419
nice! time to go bullshit with some PD
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somebody post the guy who had a loli sidekick that wanted his dick, i can't remember his name for the life of me
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/General_Grievous
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>>78581756
>>78586217
Yeah it's because she was owned by MLJ which eventually turned into Archie Comics. The MLJ characters may or may not be public domain but given that Archie forgot to renew their ownership of that one Harvey Kurtzman Archie parody they bought to censor, and how the Ken Penders case went, it wouldn't surprise me if the Golden Age MLJ stuff really is in the public domain.
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>>78611297
It depends. Some characters may have their names trademarked, so if they are you may not be able to use the names on the cover (ie Marvel has trademark to name Captain Marvel, DC uses the title Shazam and sometimes calls the character Captain Marvel in-comic).

And then there's some characters whose public domain status is hotly debated. Like for instance some of the early Tarzan stories are actually public domain, but the rest aren't. So Tarzan is partially public domain but you couldn't use him that much because the ERB estate still holds rights on most Tarzan stuff.
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>>78611798
sauce?
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This motherfucker literally breaks out of prison every night to fight crime and then breaks back in come morning.

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/711
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>>78612348
if you look in the history, some guy made an entire page for general grevious from star wars...

was he trying to trick a friend that grevious was PD? Is he just an GG enthusiast? Is he trying to forge evidence to escape a lawsuit?

the world may never know
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>>78612399
Disney lawyers dont play around when it comes to pd.
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>>78612171
That's incredible, actually. They should bring that guy back as a black superhero.
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>>78612014
Which means that the stories themselves are public domain, but the character itself is still trademarked.
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>>78611419
Wasn't there recently some changes so that public domain material can enter copyright again?
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>>78587605
>dissing American pride characters

Faggy commie fuck get the fuck out before I shove my American pride boot up your commie loosen ass
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>>78602327
>that entire caption
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>>78588272
The purest hero
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>>78613085
I never get tired of how unintentionally funny that reads.
"Stardust the (most ompnitotent) hero of all times devotes his time to ... racket busting
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>>78613085
some of the old golden age comics were just utterly fucking insane. i wish that type of unhinged creativity was still around today
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>>78612014
I'm pretty sure DC just changed their Captain Marvel's name to Shazam just so they could avoid that bullshit.
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>>78613088
something tells me none of them held on to their v-cards for very long judging by the way he's looking at them
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>>78613195
Dynamite also change dan garret blue bettle with one t. Too Scarab.
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Disney won't let me.
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>>78613116
Its an asshole alcoholics power fantasies, its on the same level as those overpowered OC's everyone made as a teen.
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>>78613332
Yes, but it's so bat-shit insane, you can't help but love it. Teenage OC stuff is too try hard most of the time.
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>>78587929
>He doesn't laminate his daily newspapers
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>>78612770
Depends on the case (ie European works that are PD in US but not in Europe)
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>>78613284
Sad
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pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_America
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>>78615240
Only the film serial character Grant Gardner is in the public domain. All other versions of Captain America are copyright and trademarked to Marvel Comics.
Notable differences between the serial and the comic are:
His secret identity is District Attorney Grant Gardner rather than U.S. Army Private Steve Rogers.
The "Super-Soldier Serum" origin is not used.
His famous shield does not appear, replaced by a standard gun.
Despite the fact that this serial was made in 1944, and Captain America regularly fought Nazis in the comics, the Nazis are not part of the story in any way.
His sidekick, Bucky, does not appear.
In Captain America V1 issue 219 (March 1978), it is revealed that a Captain America serial also exists within the Marvel Continuity. In this version, Captain America himself plays the role (in secret), taking the place of the stunt man who was shot during production due to the prop master being the Nazi spy Lyle Decker. Like the real-life serial, Cap's shield is replaced with a standard gun, his identity is changed, and his sidekick Bucky is absent.
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>>78595736
You could play him as a horror character so easily. No barrier can hold him, all your mooks are thrown aside or turned into weird mandoves, every trap and weapon is utterly ineffectual - and all you hear is
>YOU ARE NOW IN THE POWER OF STARDUST
Before you're shoved up a space-mandrill's arse to stew for all eternity.
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pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Dinobot
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>>78587293
Samson gets used by DC a bit right? like in all star superman? or is it a different samson?
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>>78613332
Yes but he froze to death and his super heroine is just as insane, so it all evens out.
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>>78611893
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>>78612713
are you saying all black people look the same?
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>>78615934
Different one. The one in the pic is a descendent of the original Biblical Samson, though I can't remember if Project Superpowers referenced that.
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>>78616437
thats pretty rad. any stories i can check him out in?
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The Bouncer is pretty weird.
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>>78616483
The public domain stuff can be found on Digital Comic Museum and Comic Book Plus. Samson's stories were in his own title, along with stories in Fantastic Comics, and Big 3. They're all in the Fox Feature Syndicate section.
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>>78617692
Thank you
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Toni_Stark
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>>78619498
Nice find.
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>>78617200
agreed
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>>78587267
>Pyroman having electric powers and not flames will always be weird to me.
Must be a good way to throw off villains though.

>Pyroman eh? Let's see how you like being covered in water-OH GOD YOU'RE KILLING ME
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>>78587267
>>78622102
a run-long PSA to kids about electrical fires

theyre real, and they kill
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>>78616191
This
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>>78595736
>le meme character
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>>78625276
A decent cult following
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>>78587232
It's not JUST tim, that would be silly.

It's Black Terror and Black Tim.
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>>78619475
>>78616483
Adding something that >>78616437
>>78617692
didn't mention, there's an entry on the PD superheroes wiki here:

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Samson_%28Fox%29

It also lists his comic appearances.
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>>78630193
Are you going to tell Tim his name is silly? Because I sure as hell wouldn't.
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>>78611798
The Clock.
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>>78625276
Who else would you take? Detective Eye?
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>>78619498
>genderbent tony stark travels through time with a man constantly trying to seduce him while he tries to find the time travelling iron man suit that originally transformed him.

ship it!
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>>78625276
>not fearing the almighty god that is Stardust the Super Wizard
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>>78632739
>Machine-gunning Japs pinned under your goddamn STEAMROLLER.
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>>78587323
>you will never have a stone giant that will fight nazi dinosaurs for you
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>>78632875
The Golden Age was really fucking brutal.
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>>78632983
Its not like Japs were human beings in their eyes.
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>>78632768
>>78611798
>http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Butch_%28Quality%29
>A tough street kid who was orphaned early in life, she took care of the Clock after he was injured in a gun fight. When the masked crime-fighter recovered, Butch announced that she wasn't going to let him leave her behind - in fact, she was going to become his "moll." The mortified Clock tried to brush her off, but Butch refused to let the matter drop
>Butch was a strong fighter who adapted all sorts of objects into weapons. She was also sarcastic and (occasionally) manipulative, which frustrated the Clock quite a bit.

Oh man, I'd love to read some of their stories
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>>78633015
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>>78632775
He's a fucking meme character. His stories suck and the art is garbage but the guy who created it was insane so people can X and D all they want about how wacky and crazy it is despite being shit.
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>>78633241
Somebody's been hit by Stardust's retarding rays it seems.
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>>78633269
Perfect.
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>>78633053
Love golden age.
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>>78633015
>Its also the first original costume crime fighter top appear in american comic books
why hasn't this thing got a fucking reboot yet, or at least an adaptation?
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>>78632739
I'm pretty sure that's a war crime...
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>>78634632
Yes please
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>>78633006
Pretty much.
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I loved the idea of Alex Ross' Project Superpowers but goddamn was that an overblown and clunky mess.
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>>78636144
Sad .
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>>78638342
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>>78638342
>Rusty's foot
Liefeld before Liefeld
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>>78638358
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>>78638707
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>>78638342
Rusty has one hell of a freedom boner.
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>>78639007
If you loved America hard like Rusty, you'd have freedom boner, as well.
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>>78638342
Thanks
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>>78636144
what was it about?
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>>78640467
Pulp heroes appearing in modern time, seeing everything is fucked and deciding to smash everything.
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Gotta give it up for the original female superhero...
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>>78640886
She looks like Iron Liz.
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>>78640792
That sounds liked KC
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>>78641278
Perfect.
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>>78641541
Kinda. One of bad guys is former hero, there's conspiracy and stuff. Good read.
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>>78641689
Cool i may check it out.
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>>78641278
>live in the jungle
>people try to fuck it up
>get so mad your face melts off
>they must die
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>>78641318
Gross.
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>>78642228
She gives them a warning, it's not as if she isn't fair.
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>>78633053
>Butch thanks the Clock (Crack Comics #21)
>Crack Comics #21
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>>78641278
Her appearances in Hack/Slash were delightfully insane
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>>78643864
Wait, is that actually drawn in the style? Holy shit, I need to check this out.
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>>78587368
maybe he's made of sodium
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>>78643507
Thank you anon.
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Someone should pull a captain america with one of these, transporting them from their golden age setting to the modern world. Except, you know, with incredibly awkward, destructive and offensive results.
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>>78646744
You can find it on the /co/ booru still. I requested it in a drawthread.
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>>78646767
Still on the archives . She looks great
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>>78640886
Fletcher Hanks was crazy.
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is bumps?
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>>78588356
Because he's an industrial worker.
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>>78651564
Thanks
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>>78652734
i was on a plane and i didnt know if thread was dead and now i am drunk i love this place thank you
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Faceless_Phantom
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>>78652815
The Faceless Phantom, was the first opponent of the heroic Doc Strange. Like Strange, the Phantom created a formula that gave him super strength & durability, but not as much as Doc Strange. He coveted the Delta Ray Gun, a powerful weapon that could destroy anything its red ray touched it could even stop tanks and battleships.So he kidnapped its inventor Professor Thompson, father of Virginia Thompson who was Doc's fiance. The Phantom wore a skull mask and was seemingly defeated at the end of his first battle with Doc Strange.

However, in Thrilling Comics #7 (Aug. 1940), the Faceless Phantom returned with an improved formula that equaled Doc's original. Luckily, Doc had also upgraded his own formula, giving him the ability of flight. The Phantom fell from an airplane while battling Doc.

Pretty decent
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>>78652837
thx friend
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>>78587323
>tfw you will never have the physique to cosplay Phantasmo
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>>78652893
You welcome anon
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Scarlet
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>>78588144
Death-Defying 'Devil was called Daredevil in his original appearances in the '40s. Dynamite changed his name to avoid confusion with Marvel's.
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>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
God-tier Designs:
- Black Terror
- Mr. Face
- Marvelo
- Green Lama
- Jack (so simple what the fuck)
- Doc
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>>78632983
his arm melted off as he punched it, christ thats brutal.
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>>78653221
Very brutal
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>>78652981
Same with blue beetle.
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>>78653046
God damn right
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>>78587435
The fuck does the Green Lama care if your ignorant ass can't tell a religious title apart from an animal? He probably chose that name specifically as a pleb filter.
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>>78632739
>FUCK ANIME
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>>78643864
>And then you shall be turned into paper, like the one this comic is printed on!
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>>78653046
>Mr. Face
Iirc, he wears that mask and it scares people or something? Then in Project Superpowers, mask merges with his face and he's scaring people all the time. Then he falls in love and sacrifices himself.
That's how I remember.
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>>78644045
Just the prologue for that particular issue... her reality-warping powers are kept intact though
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>>78653046
>- Jack (so simple what the fuck)

That's Yellowjacket, the first hero from Charlton Comics (Morrison also used him briefly in Pax Americana).

Dynamite probably changed the name because Marvel had a trademark on the name Yellowjacket.
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>>78656207
Somehow it just makes him better, a simple manly name like JACK
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>>78658133
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>>78610963
They are in the public domain already? i'm pretty sure that atari still owns them. And everyone knows that Johnny Turbo is a vastly superior comic anyway.
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>>78655624
Yeah. And a tuxedo>>78655624
>>78655848
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Rise
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>>78632739
>the kid's on the wheel

>>78635003
Fuck the Geneva convention
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>>78661800
Fuck them.
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>>78660612
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>>78660336
>Yeah. And a tuxedo
Tuxedo, as well. He's, after all, classy gentleman/crimefighter.
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Reminder that Black Terror bangs woman in middle.
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>>78663739
Cute.
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>>78662955
Up
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>>78656171
Thank you
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>>78665691
Glad you liked it.
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>>78586217
Pretty sure the villain of the sabrina book is the release schedule.
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The Butterfly, the first black female superhero, is in the public domain. She was made in the 70's.
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>>78665890
GA heroes are pretty great.
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>>78666391
I see

Skywald did not include a proper copyright notice on its issues of "Hell-Rider" (it did not consist of the word "copyright"/the symbol for copyright followed by the year of publication and the name of the copyright holders) and thus, because of copyright law at the time, became public domain upon release.
Butterfly was the first African American superheroine in comics.
The "Hell-Rider" issues were mature-audience magazines not covered by comic books' Comics Code Authority.
Art credits for the first issue's backups are disputed, with sources suggesting either John Celardo and Rich Buckler as the "Butterfly" penciler. Buckler is credited for the second issue's appearance of the character.
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>>78666931
Indeed they are. Except that, as you've seen, GA heroes are powered up in Project Superpowers. Mr. Face wore mask, now he is mask, Masquerade used to be some gunslinger girl, now she can posses people via her mask, Ghost was regular guy with fancy plane, now he has even fancier plane.
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>>78666391
>black heroine beating up Black Panthers
Ha.
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Six-Gun_Gorilla

Only in pulp fiction anons, only in pulp fiction.
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>>78669075
>that backstory
Holy fucking shit, awesome.
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>>78669630
Hell yeah
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>>78673994
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>>78678940
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>>78678911
Unknown Soldier still looks like a stripper.
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>>78679041
final one, really wish Ross would do some more of these for the characters that have shown up in Project Superpowers that aren't on these sheets
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>>78587435
call himself the floppy watermelon head dodo boy. no one argues with him. just like superman could be a 98 lbs with no muscle tone, and still kick ass.
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>>78587232
Prince of Orphans, why are you here and in S&M gear? (Seriously though, Marvel changed Amazing Man so much I'm not sure why they used him. Somebody's favorite character as a kid?)
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>>78680834
Mainly cause Iron Fist's origin is based off of Amazing-Man's. Peter Cannon Thunderbolt's too, for that matter.
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>>78679135
>Tim Burton's Superman
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>>78682292
A little
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Bump, please keep this thread alive until I get home from work
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>>78663739
Well, the one from Dynamite does.

The Black Terror from Moore's ABC line probably banged Ms Masque though.
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>>78687255
Yeah, meant Dynamite Black Terror.
And when he was in pirate mode, he said he'll watch over her backside always.
That part with alternate realities was fun as fuck. Green Lama going all Green Ghost, Black Terror of 7 Seas, Terminator Shadow, oh my!.
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>>78678982
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Boy_King_%26_Giant
>David was the young King of Swisslakia. When the Nazi forces attacked his kingdom, he unearthed and activated a Golem-like statue that was supposedly built by Nostradamus. He left Swisslakia with its entire population in tow and used the Giant to transport them to United States. Once there, he abdicated his throne and allowed his citizens to become citizens of United States.

wtf
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>>78689658
You make it sound like you don't love America.
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>>78689663
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>>78669075
>In 2013 two comic book adaptations of "Six-Gun Gorilla" were released in the very same month. The first (an independent comic titled "Six-Gun Gorilla: Long Days of Vengeance") was released on June 5th 2013, the second (a BOOM! Studios comic titled simply "Six-Gun Gorilla") hit shelves a week later. Both garnered critical acclaim.
>check out ComiXology
>Long Days of Vengeance is £10.49
Guess I know what I'm getting some more money...
>>78678807
>Captain Future being all "Do YOU have tickets to the gunshow?"
>>78678829
>Major Victory just realising either Dynamic Man or Dynamic Boy just farted
>>78678835
>Amazing-Man
>just... Amazing-Man
>>78678854
>U.S. Jones
>just... U.S. Jones
>>78678940
>Rocketman no realising he's about to have a spat with Rocketgirl
>>78679026
>Boy King trying to look like a cocky badass with that letter opener
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>>78690519
All of this.
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>>78678940
Black Venus is pretty badass, she's a dancer turner fighter. Why do the women look way less goofy than the men?
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Venus
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I read a story in which she handcuffs her self to a serial killer, and throws the keys out of the window.
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>>78690798
No idea.
>She has no powers, but is strong enough to swim through a typhoon, can kill a shark easily, and is a knowledgeable mariner.
Someone like her could fit in Aquaman's book easily.
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>>78690798
Because back then, comic book artists drew sexy dames with both hands, THEN they jerked off. That's what made them the greatest generation!
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Always got Travis McGee vibes from this guy, even though he came first.
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Shark_Brodie
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>>78690856
And artists today draw so you can't jerk off to their art.
Monsters.
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Black Bat also appears in Dynamite's Masks. Attorney blinded by bad guys gains Daredevil-like senses, grabs guns and starts enforcing justice.
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>>78691042
He looks cool.
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>>78691643
Yeah. In Masks he had completely black eyes, though.
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>>78691682
I see
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Wasn't The Clock the villain in the Masks comics? I wanted to read it, but everyone wanks the Shadow way too much for liking.
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>>78691907
Love his design.
>>78691931
He was. Iirc, he was Black Bat's predecessor and mentor/friend while they were lawyers. Then he went full I AM THE LAW, started fighting crime and then he became... CRIMINAL MASTERMIND!
Shadow... he's all KILL EVIL!!!! and in Masks 2 we see criminal woman who banged him and got pregnant. Nice double standards, Shadow.
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>>78691931
Masks was... a bit of a mess, frankly. #1 was good, but that was mainly because it only dwelt on a few crimefighters and had Alex Ross on art. After that, Ross was relegated to covers (it was either that, or have schedule delays that'd make Image Comics shudder) and EVERY Golden Age costumed vigilante Dynamite could think of showed up (barring everyone from Project Superpowers, of course), leaving little room for the actual plot.

If you'll permit a little /v/itriol, it was the comic book equivalent of Street Fighter X Tekken - it should've been a fun crossover, but it was just a big, disappointing mess. See also: Justice Inc by Michael Uslan
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>>78581226
her news paper is gonna get soggy and illegible
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>>78693554
It kinda felt to me I'm missing some pages, story kept skipping forward.
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>This unnamed hero operated from underneath the 1939 New York World's Fair in an underground lab connected to an underground river. He guarded the Fair and fought those criminals and racketeers who threatened it.
Batman is always muh Gotham. This guy has even smaller focus.
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>>78642228
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>>78694045
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>>78581158
>Captain Marvel is in the public domain
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>>78695564
Some fawcett comics. But dc version is not sadly.
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Diamond_Jack
>The ring gave him the ability to create whatever he imagined and transmute objects. The ring also gave him super strength, invulnerability, super senses, the ability to heal others, limited flight, and a few other plot-convenient abilities. He used the magic ring to fight crime.
oh my. who does he remind me of?
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why
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>>78696825
Good question.
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>>78696825
>Why
>Alive

A question I ask about myself every day
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>>78696825
I'd still do her
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>>78696692
Booster Gold?
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Lion-Man
Lion-Man vaguely reminds me of Black Panther.
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http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Sorceress_of_Zoom
a weird mix between namor and strange

>Her ultimate goal was world domination. She briefly reformed and helped to fight the Axis, but the Sorceress quickly returned to her wicked ways and her mad quest for power.
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>>78698464
>Sorceress_of_Zoom
It was me, Zatanna?
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>>78698407
Yup.
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>>78698491
Perfect combo.
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>>78587368
"Look up in the sky
It's a bird,
It's a plane
It's Airman, bitch!
And I'm bringin' the pain!"
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>>78700010
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Airman

>Professor Claude Stevens, a renowned ornithologist, was senselessly murdered. His son Drake was outraged and received no justice from the police. So Drake put together a costume consisting of a pair of gas-filled wings and some bombs and went hunting for criminals. The gas made his wings lighter than air. Later, he added a jet pack that allowed him to travel over long distances at much faster speeds. He also used a gun in several adventures.

Airman also has a fiancee named Ellen Page.
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>>78700151
That's actually kinda badass.
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>>78691931
He was, and the story is also based on the Spider pulps where The Spider fights the Black Empire or whatever it's called. The Masks version is shorter and of course has other crimefighters along with the Spider this time around, which means it isn't quite as fleshed out as the original.

>>78693554
Yeah I got that impression too. It probably would've been better off with Alex Ross on the art. But it wouldn't have solved the large cast of characters or the lack of focus. The Green Hornet/Shadow crossover by Uslan was better because it focused on just Shadow and Hornet, but it really could've done with better art.

Justice Inc was a bit better (come to think of it, I'd say the art on there was better than the non-Ross issues of Masks and the Shadow/Green Hornet) because it at least focused on Savage, Shadow, and Avenger, but the problem is it was trying to do the crossover between those three AND remake the origin of the Avenger.
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>>78701198
>The Green Hornet/Shadow crossover by Uslan
I thought that was written by Matt Wagner?

>it was trying to do the crossover between those three AND remake the origin of the Avenger
Not to mention the little self-indulgent asides - the throwaway comment about the boy whose parents had been gunned down, and that stupid running gag about modern!Doc's hair...
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>>78701700
Doc Savage is appearing in comics again?
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Has anyone tried doing anything serious with Stardust? Like a modern take on him? Or is he to obscure and op?
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>>78701805
Yeah, Dynamite's put him in a few miniseries lately; I wouldn't say any of them are must-reads, but the Roberson/Evely mini is an interesting take on Doc's legacy.
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>>78701829
Allred did a comic on him, but it felt more like that one episode of Astro City where the girl reporter runs the world's greatest hero off.
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They surely aren't lesbians. Some of these comics are oddly progressive, having female protagonists and all.
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>>78702348
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>>78701700
>I thought that was written by Matt Wagner?

No, it was Uslan. His Justice Inc mini even references things from it.

>the throwaway comment about the boy whose parents had been gunned down,

This is funny because in the Shadow/GH crossover, Detective Comics #27 exists. Maybe in this universe Bruce Wayne gets inspired by Batman comics to become Batman.
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>>78702498
Ah, I was probably thinking of Grendel vs The Shadow
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>>78587368
>Fuck Rainbow Boy, though.

I'm sure that's exactly what he wants.
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>>78693774
We need one for the Pan Pacific Exhibition!
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>>78702348
starting from the fifties there was a big propaganda push for traditional values. Part because of the cold war, using religious and traditional values to oppose the communist values, in part, or mainly, as a reaction to what happened during the war efforts when women had to take a more active role in society, and do what were traditionally considered men's jobs, and war time propaganda encouraged them.
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>>78702314
That sound cool. I wish morrison or other GA fanboy did a modern stardust.
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>>78702808
This
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>>78702808
Better quality.
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>>78705739
Thanks
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>>78706680
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>>78581158
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Pink_Pineapple_%26_Coconut
Anyone use this great character, guys.
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How many of these guys could honestly work today if somebody put effort into them (ie anyone that is not Dynamite)?
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>>78708670
All of them depends on the writer.
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>>78708670
I think the magician from mars has a great concept that would be easy to work with, and Butch has an interesting backstory and persoality that would be interesting to read.
other characters in this thread, while interesting don't have much to offer that you couldn't o with any other superhero.
Except stardust and fantomah, because they're the badly written and drawn manifestation of the frustation and rage of an angry drunkard. But I don't see how anyone who isn't a frustrated and angry drunkard can write them well.
the death defying devil has a cool design though

also lol at this
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Mekano
>Nazis stole the robot, planning to use him as an unstoppable weapon. The Germans, however, were no match for Mekano, who defeated them before returning home to his creator.
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>>78708670
>>78709262
Yeah. We've seen that Project Superpowers failed to do anything really notable. Interesting concepts, shit execution.

A lot of them would need some sanitation if they were to become modern heroes. And a lot of them would need better motivations. Audiences today can't accept the idea of a hero who does right because it's the right thing to do. They need some tragedy to get them personally involved, some reason to do good.
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>>78709427
Stardust is the only problem. Unless you copy moore supreme or all star superman.
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>>78709646
I dunno. If the Authority could get an audience, Stardust can.
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>>78709680
With the right marketting it could work. I take a stardust animated series and movie.
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>>78625003
>Look her up in the PD wiki
>She's like Sailor Moon and Wonder Woman fusion
>Wanna read this
>Not available online
I'm immensely disappointed that I can't find this online.
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>>78709427
there's no real reason to use them.
they dont have a group of fan, their name doesn't have any recognizability.
If there is some interesting concept in their background you might as well integrate it in your own character.
Unless of course what you're taking is such a huge part of their character that you want to use their real name as a sign of recognition and respect to their creator.
If you want to do an homage to them the itneresting thing to do in my opinion is having modern popular characters have offuniverse adventures and meeting them and having to undertand and deal with the universe in which the old characters operate.
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>>78710039
Same
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>>78708670
Depends really. A lot of characters have a decent design and concept but actually aren't fleshed out the way like a Sherlock Holmes or a Tarzan were, so then you'll have to fill stuff in.
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>>78708670
pretty much any of them with varying amounts of work

>>78710204
well one advantage to using a PD character is that you already have a design and at least some basic aspects for the character set up, sometimes you'll even have the beginnings of a supporting cast come with them, so it can definitely save some time and work

>>78710039
that is a shame, probably because EC still technically exists, even if they only exist due to Mad Magazine these days, so while Moon Girl herself has fallen into the Public Domain, EC still reprints it's old stuff enough that hosting the issues of her comic is too risky to do
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>>78587368
Yank and Doodle?

Surely they mean Yank and Diddle.

Actually does anyone else think Doodle looks like Filthy Frank?
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>>78715428
Watch it. Those two are American patriots!
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>>78702115
I personally thought Roberson's Doc Savage was better than Masks, at least.
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>>78715591
Have you read Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow?
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>>78709680
>>78710014
I'm actually almost thinking of writing some kind of synopsis that uses Stardust as a villain.

Short version is, like some anons way back in the thread said, use the Magician From Mars as the heroine, transport her to 1940s Earth to fight crimes and such. Her main villain uses a beacon to summon Stardust to Earth. The two fight damn near apocalyptically, and Axis remnants team up with the Allies to get the xenos off our planet.

Obviously, there'd be more to it, but that's the general gist I've come up with so far.
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>>78715636
I have. It was kinda fun.
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>>78701700
>and that stupid running gag about modern!Doc's hair...
>>78701700

They probably had to do the modern look because it was iconic but they also had to acknowledge that Doc didn't look like that back in the 40's.
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>>78700151
>and some bombs and went hunting for criminals
Eat your heart out, Punisher.
Btw, noticing that many of them are killing like it's nothing, while today it's kinda impossible for people to think Batman/Superman/Spider-Man kill. What happened?
>>78708670
I think they could work. Many have bitching costumes and you could simply mold them further. Give some decent artist anyone from this thread and they'd look cool enough.
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>>78715917
Good
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>>78708670
Could work. I mean Michael T. Gilbert took this public domain character and did his own spin on it in the 80's.

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Monster
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>>78708026
>first appearance: DeviantArt (Dec. 19, 2012)

of course
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>>78719773
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>>78719781
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>>78719773
>perfect human specimen
>fights for "American Ideals"
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>>78719787
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>>78719813
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>>78719794
>Wonder Woman comes from mysterious Amazon island to crush patriarchy
>in America, of course
>fuck places like Talibanland and shit
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>>78719883
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>>78719889
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>>78719898
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>>78719904
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>>78719933
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>>78719960
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>>78691682
That's cause in the original pulps, he was blinded but eventually got an operation to fix his eyes before becoming the Black Bat (IIRC he trained himself while he was blinded). The Dynamite versions (Masks and the Black Bat series that takes place in the modern day) go with him staying blinded.
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>>78719973
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>>78720000
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>>78720017
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>>78588356
Nanomachines, son.
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>>78720021
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>>78720161
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>>78720191
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>>78720203
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>>78720237
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>>78715657
>villain uses a beacon to summon Stardust
yeah, that doesn't sound like a good idea for the villain
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>>78720257
Villains often do things that end badly for them involving summoning inhuman beings when pushed.
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>>78715591
Given how quickly Masks turned to shit, that's not saying much... but yeah, Roberson's a good writer.
>>78720000
It's quite interesting to see comics that advised neutrality in the early days of WWII
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>>78721199
When was the comic published?
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>>78587368
I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman and Elemental Hero Airman in attack position

>>78587605
drink one glass of beer for every hero with 'America' or 'US' in their name.
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>>78718335
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>>78722298
>I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman and Elemental Hero Airman in attack position
My nigga.
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>>78722529
Rise
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>>78723210
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>>78723519
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>In 1941, scientist Allan Bruce developed the Chronopticon, a machine that allowed him to view the future and communicate across time. He reached the year 2350, a time when everyone has superpowers. With the threat of Hitler looming in Europe, he pleaded with the future American president to send some help. So the Super-American, an average American soldier, was sent back in time to help fight off the Axis powers during World War II.

I really love all these patriotic war heroes created solely for American WWII propaganda that fall into public domain shortly afterwards because they were in small time comic companies outside of the Marvel/DC. Doing something with this would be fun
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>>78724930
>all those patriotic dudes time travel to future, get unfrozen, whatever
>see shit going on
>PUNCH EVERYTHING!
And you don't have to pay for characters.
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>>78632976
>Nazi Tyrannosaurus Rex

JESUS H. CHRIST
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>>78726375
Golden age in nutshell.
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>>78721448
According to the Grand Comics Database, Crash Comics Adventures #1 was published in May 1940. Allowing for the gap between a publication date and when it actually landed on the newstands, this comic could've been published almost two years before Pearl Harbour.
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>>78726786
Weird.
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>>78726375
More like Tyrannosaurus Reich.

I'm pretty sure I've seen that done since.
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>>78727352
Hindsight's always 20/20.
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>>78727541
Very true.
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>>78727810
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>>78727489
I think it was in Major Bummer
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The original Suicide Squad.
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Patrol
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>>78729382
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>>78729816
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>>78729836
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>>78729850
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>>78729876
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>>78729382
Pretty good so far.
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>>78729958
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>>78730051
This was the final comic. Like the wiki entry said:

>While the adventures of the Death Patrol were often absurd, beginning in Military Comics #33, Del Van Dyne was retired and the strip became almost entirely focused on humor, with very little drama. The team was fixed with Gramps, Hank, Hotintot, Jackie, Boris and Yogi, and eventually (beginning in Military Comics #36) they got a new kid leader named Junior.
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>>78730405
Thank you.
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>>78730645
And that was that (unless someone decides to do their own take on them).
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>>78730669
Good
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I tend to feel sorry for some of these pulp writers, they were rather inventive considering they wrote for the pay. I'm glad that someone has been uploading the "Purple Invasion," stories online. I have some Spider Pulps on the HD, I'll upload them and post the link soon.
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Operator_5
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>>78731224
Good job anon.
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http://www120.zippyshare.com/v/NkqG4tSN/file.html

Baen made two of the novels really accessible online, I got them, but now they're gone from their website. Another website "Munseys," which is now gone had a fair share of The Spider pulps, the site is now gone, but I got some of the files.
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>>78731224
I kinda wished they'd just put more of the pulp stuff in the public domain since it seems like the rights holders barely use them at all. At least with DC and Superman and Batman you could have an argument in favor of DC because they actively use them.
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>>78731743
I wish.
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>>78731614
The Spider was the first hero to use powered armor, suck it Shadow fags. "Bu-bu-bu The Shadow knows!" Yeah well The Spider is THE MASTER OF MEN.
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>>78731614
You're a prince among men, Anon.
>>78733187
I only read the first story arc of Dynamite's Spider ongoing - is it still boring, padded garbage with crappy art?
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>>78731743
IIRC, DC used to own the rights to The Clock but let them lapse.
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>>78735027
Oh well.
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>>78734213
>Dynamite's Spider
I tried reading the first arc again, I couldn't be bothered, the art got worse, just stick with the pulps. One thing I'll give The Shadow is that he has made a much better transition to comics(Denny O'Neil, Matt Wagner) than most other Vigilante pulp heroes. How was "The Shadow:Now" ? That story that brought him to the modern era.
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>>78735902
I've been mulling an idea about some street level stuff with DC's Golden Age characters, Wildcat, Madame Fatal, Red Tornado, the Clock, and Crimson Avenger.
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>>78735995
Glad wilson is gone.
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>>78736049
Hmm?
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>>78735925
I wouldn't know, I tend to shy away from "Pulp heroes... in the MODERN DAY!" stories
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>>78736287
Did you read Howard Chaykin's second attempt at writing The Shadow? I do give Dynmaite some credit for trying to market these guys again. I'm no fan of The Shadow, but Matt Wagner knows how to make him engage me, I still need to actually read Year One.
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>>78736287
>>78736447
I think the two major problems is that writers update the setting but not the characters, and that most writers don't really get how to write pulp heroes and just have them as well-dressed versions of the Punisher.

I think the best take on a modern pulp hero in years was Judd Winick's Jason Todd. Basically the Green Hornet played straight, he was used as a counterpoint to the superheroes.
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>>78735027
It's because they wanted Quality Comics' stuff mainly for Blackhawk and Plastic Man. The rest was just an afterthought.

I think about the only time they ever used the Clock was when James Robinson namedropped him during Starman, and that one Elseworld (JLA Destiny or something) where Bruce Wayne and Kal-El were dead at a young age so they never became Batman and Superman while Thomas Wayne and Jor-El survived where it had a Clock but he didn't appear to have any ties to the Golden Age version.
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>>78736124
Daniel h wilson earth 2 world end writer.
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>>78737114
At this point they really need to just let Earth-2 die. Lord knows I wouldn't want to try to follow up on that clusterfuck.
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>>78737390
What a mess, i miss you James comeback.
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>>78737426
I don't think he could save it now.
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>>78737354
Mercy kill.
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>>78737473
Dream retcon.
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Timothy Truman turning The Spider into a pirate was interesting. Anyone reading Boom Studio's The Hood? It's pretty good, I'm also looking forward to more Hangman.
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>>78737515
Only if it is a parody of Dallas.
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>>78737812
That works.
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>>78735925
>One thing I'll give The Shadow is that he has made a much better transition to comics(Denny O'Neil, Matt Wagner) than most other Vigilante pulp heroes.

The best usage of the Spider in comics to me was the Tim Truman version. It drastically diverted from the pulps, but it adhered to its spirit, it was almost as fucking over-the-top as the originals, only in its own way. The Dynamite series I could see them trying to make it over-the-top but most of the time it just fizzles.

The general thing to remember is that the Spider and his world is even more batshit insane than The Shadow's.
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>>78741438
>The general thing to remember is that the Spider and his world is even more batshit insane than The Shadow's.
Every book had New York and half of its population in shambles, only for Page to hit the reset button, and do it all over again.
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>>78738113
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBYBugvDek
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>>78742084
Weird, having a major US city in shambles and the resulting increase in crime would make for a good basis of a pulp story.
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Fucking trademark laws

>>The name Stardust is trademarked by AC Comics for an unrelated character, so the super wizard's name cannot be used in a way that cause trademark confusion. However, the name could still be used on interior pages just as DC calls Captain Marvel, but uses the name Shazam for covers and toy packaging.
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>>78736287
This is amazing! I grew up listening to a CD collection of the original radio drama and I remember this episode!
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>>78745579
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>>78743238
I think that was an Operator #5 storyarc
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>>78750082
Cool
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>>78754472
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>>78730669
Hmmmm... Tone back the old-timey racism (Hotentot and Chuckalug have actual African/Native American names, but nobody can pronounce them properly so they just get called that as affectionate nicknames) and get rid of Junior, and you may have something.
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jesus christ this thread is boring. I expected to see some cool shit, but except the madam satan, everything reeked here. the sooner you reach bump limit, the better
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>>78755295
tripfag tripfagging
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>>78754472
>>78755131
fuck you too for bumping a shitty thread
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>>78755317
>>78755336
samefag
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>>78755340
no shit sherlock
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>>78755340
>>78755349
samefag
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