Found this pic of the Seventies Titans West line up…
…and started screwing around to see if I could Marvel-ize it.
The below lineup isn’t what I had in mind; the build kind of went it’s own way though. I think it wound up looking okay.
THUNDERBIRD & WARPATH
These were the characters I started w. as I tried finding a match for Hawk & Dove. The Proudstar brothers share a (vaguely) bird-ish theme and similar costumes. I mean yeah, they’re both like Hank Hall in terms of temperament but it’s not a bad match!
AMERICAN EAGLE
Next up was a match for Golden Eagle, who was bird themed like Hawk & Dove but could actually fly. Jason Strongbow, AKA American Eagle after becoming an Agent of Wakanda scored a cool costume upgrade complete w. a jetpack and helmet that fine tuned his already enhanced senses. And guns! Big powerful guns.
WYATT WINGFOOT
It took me a minute to realize the big guy wearing civilian clothes in the Titans West pic was Gnarrk the Caveman. I didn’t want a caveman but I did go for a big guy in civvies. At 6’5” 260lbs Wyatt Wingfoot’s a big guy. He’s a solid h2h fighter, a star College athlete w. multiple degrees. He’s a gearhead and expert motorcyclist. I’m making him team leader. He’s got the laidback confidence to take charge of the confrontational Strongbow and volatile Proudstars.
FIREBIRD
Bette Kane went by Batgirl back in the day, but eventually became Flamebird. Flamebird. Firebird. I went w. that and picked Bonita Juarez here. She’s a real pyrokinetic powerhouse and not a street leveler, but she fits the team dynamic I somehow wound up with.
HUMMINGBIRD
Lilith is one of DC’s few high speed telepaths, and I matched her up w. María Aracely Penalba who goes by Hummingbird. She’s a telepath, an empath, and can use her powers in tandem to learn then manifest a person’s fears, causing them to experience severe panic.
REPTIL
Humberto Lopez, the shape shifter w. a dinosaur theme, is my go to guy for when Changeling needs to be matched up. He was def. going to be on the team!