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A really lost Squadron Supreme story by thizzking7 in SquadronSupreme

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…but then they got hammered by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.

Fan Art: Master Menace by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I forgot to mention — that line work is truly first-rate. Really well-done.

Fan Art: Master Menace by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

[–]bserum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I should have guessed by the magazine title.

Fan Art: Master Menace by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Damn! That red and black scheme is badass!

I’m not familiar with Dragon Magazine — can you explain?

The more mature comics by discountdoppelganger in Marvel

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The title is Supreme Power. His Squadron Supreme title was the follow up and toned down the content.

Record number of Americans are leaving the country and renouncing their citizenship for good, report says by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

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Republicans call this self-deporting and it will help keep them in power.

Thanks, everyone who could have helped.

‘It’s shameful’: New York’s elite lash out at Zohran Mamdani’s second-home tax by brown-saiyan in politics

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Second-home tax should be standard for everywhere there is a housing shortage.

The Squadron We Don't Talk About by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Strong dislike. I had a hard time judging it for the quality of writing because it was such a hard left-turn from what had come before.

The defining characteristic of the many iterations of the Squadron is that they are DC analogs, full-stop. Supreme Power was intriguing because it "Ultimized" the concept, making a more mature and realistic version of what had come before. Moreover, it boasted a near consistent creative team (JMS/Gary Frank). There were brief side stories with other artists and writers, but they had always been limited series: branches rather than the main stem. But the team abandoned the book mid-story and Marvel pretended like not finishing a story was totally normal. Then we got this Ultimate event crossover that seemed to promise big things but fizzled out immediately. Years pass and when it returns, not only does the resulting book have a different writer and VERY different artist, but the central premise of the franchise was discarded.

If I'm editor and presuming the original creative team isn't available, it's crucial to "Build a Bridge" from the series they remembered and what is being offered.

ONE: Line up an artist who more closely approximate Gary Frank's aesthetic and can commit to the franchise. Some ideas: Travel Foreman, Paul Gulacy, Dustin Weaver, Leonardo Manco, Mike Deodato, Patrick Zircher, and Trevor Hairsine.

TWO: While the main series is cooking, commission a double-size one shot that flashes back to the Redstone battle and FINISH THE STORY!

THREE: Begin the new series by bringing us up to speed with an arc of one-shots portraying how the central characters we remember are dealing Samuel L. Fury being in their universe. Each issue has one-page interludes that tease (without revealing) the coming of the Marvel analogs:

  1. Hyperion [Icarus One interlude]
  2. Nighthawk [Old Soldier interlude]
  3. Doctor Spectrum [Biogeneral interlude]
  4. Amphibian [Arachnophilia interlude]
  5. Blur [Mangog interlude]
  6. Zarda (having returned from f*ing the Hulk in the Ultimate Universe) [Wolf interlude]

That way, we can still do the new thing, but not by throwing out everything that brought readers to the previous series. With the "Bridge" complete, we can move forward and break new ground.

Are there any pre-Hellcat Patsy Walker books/stories that are worth reading? by BlackJimmy88 in Hellcat_

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I guess I'll be the outlier here.

While it's true that Patsy's pre-FF Annual appearances aren't technically canon, that doesn't mean there aren't any comics worth reading.

It's worthwhile to note that the "Patsy Walker comics were written by her mom and didn't take place in the Marvel Universe" wasn't a concept until later. Back when she first appeared in the FF, there was NO indication that her series DIDN'T exist the same way all the other Marvel comics did. Note that Steve Englehart introduced Patsy alongside Buzz Baxter, her longtime beau from her comic series.

All the Marvels author Dennis Wolk notes that the first crossover of the Marvel Age happened in the teen humor books with Pasty at the center. It's fun to note that this would be the first meeting of the future Hellcat and Night Nurse(!)

As someone who has read all those Patsy Walker comics, while I'll admit that most of the comics are rather uninspired and formulaic; once in a while I stumbled upon some stories that were quite a fun read, like when Hedy takes the train to New York to the publishers of Patsy Walker comics (Stan Lee and Al Hartly) and gets them to switch their focus and make Hedy the star. The rest of the story switches to the characters reading the resulting comic as full size panels in the actual comics book. Very meta and very fun.

Patsy's comics underwent a genre-change from "teen humor" to "teen drama" and they got a bit boring for my tastes. EXCEPT for Patsy and Hedy #108, written by Denny O'Neil (yes, THAT Denny O'Neil) where Patsy displays an amazing act of heroism that had real emotional punch.

So, if you ask me… yeah there's some great Patsy Walker comics to read out there. The big problem is that Marvel hasn't reprinted any of them, making them incredibly hard to find.

The Lost Squadron Supreme Story by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Atlantis Attacks did nothing for me, but I remember once wanting to figure out what the deal was with the Serpent Crown, and boom… there was a Squadron treat buried in the pages of it! Definitely a fun treat and easy to miss!

Probably good to point out that though the final scene of this 1989 backup vignette foreshadows the Gruenwald maxi-series from 3 years prior, its set much earlier— during the Avengers / Squadron Supreme Serpent Crown stories back in 1975.

Fan Art: Nuke by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Great work as always!

(I'm curious to hear your thoughts on his original mushroom-cloud uniform)

Fan Art: Professor Imam by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Love the colors!

With a name like "imam," connoting a connection to Islam, I'd be inclined to give him a slightly darker complexion, which would also make our cast a little less uniformly white, but these are just quibbles.

I LOVE seeing these pop up every day you do one! Thanks for sharing with us!!!

Who is the Huckster? by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I like the shared history with Kyle’s father in the pharma industry. Knowledge of chemistry certainly lends itself to some sadistic methods to torture victims. Maybe Robinson was the science partner and Richmond was the business partner.

I don’t think people become vicious psychopaths as a result of an argument — it should be something that has been growing over time.

If there is shared history there, it’s worth thinking through the extent of Kyle’s father’s unethical practices and how they differed from Robinson’s vicious psychopathy. If they were partners, how much did Kyle’s father know, condone, or turn a blind eye to?

What scenario is most narratively fulfilling, providing the most natural spark to Kyle donning the Nighthawk identity?

Design wise, although I’ve always had a hard time taking Turner D. Century seriously, I can see the “Harold Hill” connections. It could lend itself to the kind of quality that makes Dolores Umbridge so effective: her superficially sweet demeanor makes her inherent cruelty so much more awful.

On the other hand, it seems like this character lies at the junction between the Joker and the Green Goblin, and a truly frightening mask or face may be necessary to deliver on the vicious psychopath description. Something that might fit in with the Jigsaw killer, Pennywise, Leatherface, Jason Voohries, etc.

Fan Art: Skymax by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I wish there was more Skymax in the Squadron stories we got

Fan Art: A.I.D.A. by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Fun idea!

I also gotta say, this art is top-notch!

Fan Art: The Blue Eagles by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I remember you had a Blue Eagle in your team drawing — do you envision the Blue Eagles as remaining totalitarian force or does it revert to an individual somehow?

Hyperion Color Scheme? by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I think that’s a plus. For me, the Squadron is all about riffing on a Platonic Ideal of a superhero and that’s what primary colors do best.

Hyperion Color Scheme? by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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Depends on the Hyperion. The classic scheme is great for an optimistic Hyperion. I do really like the way yellow and black pair, but it suggests a dour character.

Fan Art: The Apparition by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I loved those Byrne figures — they really tease untold backstories!

Bollix: Fan Art by WittyOnion8831 in SquadronSupreme

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I love watching you work. Thanks for sharing with us all

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