Alternate World Comics

Golden-Age superhero The Flame who could appear out of any fire...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:45:06 -0400

Golden-Age superhero The Flame who could appear out of any fire and had a flame gun.

You could get away with being able to do a LOT less and still be a superhero back then.

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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:44:44 -0400

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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:40:54 -0400

tcazz: ramblingsofayoungman: Ben Hatke’s Justice League...

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:27:52 -0400

tcazz:

ramblingsofayoungman:

Ben Hatke’s Justice League redesigns. He did more but these are my favorite ones. I remember loving his Aquaman but I couldn’t find it finished on his blog. He also wrote up backstories for the characters. My favorite backstories also happened to be my favorite costume designs

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Oliver Queen was born in a lab -the product of a genetic experiment aimed at creating five perfect assassins. Each child in the Royal Flush Project was bred with heightened reflexes and vision, muscle control, tactical prowess and a superhuman targeting ability.

But little Ollie was not like the others. Good tempered and caring even as an infant, he won the heart of one of the geneticists who smuggled him out of the lab one day and passed him off to a traveling circus -the only people who would take in a child with no documentation. And so Ollie found a better life.

Life with the circus was good, and he was a show-stopper with his knife throwing and trick arrow displays. But as he traveled from town to town, seeing more of the world, he became aware of injustice and enforced inequalities. Oliver began to feel that he should do more with his abilities than entertain a crowd. And then one day he saw a red-caped man who could fly, and he knew what he should do.

But the people Ollie wanted to fight for were often victimized by the very institutions that were supposed to protect them. So Oliver Queen became an outlaw. Now he fights for the little guys against abusive corporations, corrupt law enforcement and “legitimate businesses.”

And he’s been noticed.

Four perfect assassins have been put on his trail…

—

My version of the Green Arrow is superpowered. Partly this is because I want Batman to be the only non-powered guy in the group and partly because it’s way more awesomer. I gave him loose pants, tattoos and I went for a sort of parkour vibe because this version has some extra physical abilities.

And he uses crazy trick arrows. Because crazy trick arrows are cool.

I like the idea of a modern Robin Hood but I think one of the things that works with Robin Hood is to remember that he’s on the wrong side of The Law and that he’s cool with that. The most memorable Robin Hoods, I believe, are the stylish and cocky Robin Hoods. This version totally ends with Ollie leading a motorcycle gang.”

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How can the Batman cause the lights to go out over a city block just when it is most convenient? How does he know the whereabouts of high profile criminals from miles away? Why does he never show up on film, even when those standing around him do? Why does nearly all technology seem to bend to suit Bruce Wayne’s needs?

The answer is Robin, the “Boy Wonder.” A mysterious hacker-savant who just appeared in the cave below Wayne Manor one day and, without a word of explanation, began building a very powerful computer, and using it to do the most amazing things…

Bruce still doesn’t have any idea who the boy is or where he came from.

The boy calls himself “Robin” and Batman doesn’t trust him at all.

—-

A couple notes on this Robin:

1. This is not Dick Grayson.

2. Hacking is a funny trope these days, with characters using the “power of hack” to do all sorts of crazy impossible stuff. This kid probably has a strange technological meta-ability similar to Gary’s ability on Alphas. So it’s computer-magic. I even had this thought that the laptop he carries might just be a prop.

3. Probably this strange kid will eventually break away from Batman and become Oracle.”

His blog
http://letflythecannons.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-outlaw.html

This is dope, seriously check out his blog!

lectorconstante: ¡Alehop! (lo pinta Marc Laming)

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:01:45 -0400

lectorconstante:

¡Alehop!

(lo pinta Marc Laming)

Phantom Lady in action.

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:01:23 -0400

Phantom Lady in action.

The Phantom Lady vs. The Killer Clown, with art Matt Baker.

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:01:11 -0400

The Phantom Lady vs. The Killer Clown, with art Matt Baker.

You know if you turn one of those panels negative Jeremiah...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:10:25 -0400

You know if you turn one of those panels negative Jeremiah Cornelius looks downright mmm? I’ll say charmingly goofy.

And a little malformed.

Michael Moorcock’s character Jerry “Jeremiah”...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:08:35 -0400

Michael Moorcock’s character Jerry “Jeremiah” Cornelius as seen in Century: 1969.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen during their brief...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:21 -0400

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen during their brief costumed incarnation, about which we learn nothing other than what we get from this picture.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1969

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:59:35 -0400

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1969

lectorconstante: Patrulla de viernes, la mejor de las...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:32 -0400

lectorconstante:

Patrulla de viernes, la mejor de las patrullas.

(lo pinta Gregoire Guillemin)

Pussy Katnip, forgotten funny animal heroine. Sometimes its best...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:52:49 -0400

Pussy Katnip, forgotten funny animal heroine.

Sometimes its best if they remain forgotten.

Early super heroine The Purple Tigress.

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:33:00 -0400

Early super heroine The Purple Tigress.

Good for you Snooky! You plucky forgotten hero girl of the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:00 -0400

Good for you Snooky! You plucky forgotten hero girl of the 40s.

And yes the character’s name was Snooky.

Yeah take it to the football game, that will be fun. Ad that...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:18 -0400

Yeah take it to the football game, that will be fun.

Ad that appeared in any number of Fox Publishing comics in the 1940s.

Above is a panel from long gone newspaper comic strip, and later...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:00 -0400

Above is a panel from long gone newspaper comic strip, and later comic book heroine after her adventures were collected, Connie.

At the moment she and her hunk side-kick are stuck 20 years before the Civil War.

Connie Kurridge, the star of the comic strip Connie which started on May 13, 1929, she was a blonde, but she wasn’t a dumb one.

Resourceful, smart and gutsy, Connie started out as a flying flapper who after making a single handed trans-American flight by herself proceeded to fall into a series of adventures as a pilot, explorer, detective, and several others occupations, including forays into outer space.

All but forgotten today Connie Kurridge was the first action adventure heroine, as well as being one of the first comic strips to use a more realistic style of art as opposed to the cartoonish style used by most other comic strips at the time.

Last bit of advise from How Kids Can Help Win the War. Yes Billy...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:47 -0400

Last bit of advise from How Kids Can Help Win the War.

Yes Billy and Sally, Hitler and Tojo listen to that crap you spout on the playground, so put a cork in it!

Also from World War II comic, How Kids Can Help Win the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:48:59 -0400

Also from World War II comic, How Kids Can Help Win the War.

Worship your car.

From the comic How Boys and Girls Can Help Win the War,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:00 -0400

From the comic How Boys and Girls Can Help Win the War, published by Parents Magazine Institute during WW II, it seems that the secret to winning at track is butter!

Who knew? If only Lance Armstrong had known he could have won without all those darn steroids!

P.S. only Nazi use margarine.