Ran across this…
…and came up w. this.
alternate/replacement Justice League lineups, in Marvel style... nice idea.... how about an Avengers line-up mirroring Joe Kelly's "Obsidian Age" storyline... ends up looking like a Thunderbolts/Defenders/Secret Avengers mash-up that I kinda dig:
Winter Soldier (Nightwing - the classic sidekicks)
Hawkeye (Green Arrow)
Valkyrie Hawkgirl
Ant-Man The Atom
Scarlett Witch Zatanna
Nova (Rich) Firestorm (was Ronnie in this case)
Moondragon Faith
Isaac Christians Jason Blood
Sandman Major Disaster (reformed villains with elemental abilities who joined the top-tier hero teams for a period)
Last edited by Aarkus; 03-26-2022 at 11:28 AM.
Marvel Freedom Fighters
Cap
Spectrum
Ironfist
Red Raven
Ant man/ Scott
Shadowcat
Lockheed
Last edited by Photon Torme; 03-27-2022 at 09:57 AM.
I did a similar idea, using all-POC characters, a few pages back. I think it kinda flew under the radar but I really liked it so I'm gonna paste it here:
During some multiversal shenanigans, a reality in which the Red Skull won WWII and successfully subjugated his earth, catches the attention of none other than Captain America, aka Sam Wilson. This prompts him to assemble a group of heroes from his earth, to relocate to this reality and attempt to take down the Skull's regime. He takes on a new codename and purposefully recruits a black/Muslim team, as an extra middle finger to Mr. Schmidt, calling themselves:
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters
Sam Wilson (covers Uncle Sam symbolically while also functioning as this team's Black Condor)
Silhouette (Phantom Lady)
Spectrum (The Ray)
Black Panther (Human Bomb - the kinetic energy storage in T'Challa's vibranium suit allows him to throw similarly "explosive" punches)
Big Brother* (Doll Man)
Ms. Marvel (Plastic Man, assuming we leave Kamala's original powers intact)
*for those unaware of who Big Brother is, here's a helpful link: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Thoma...er_(Earth-616)
^^^Good teams!!!
I did the FF once, went with…
…Sam Wilson as Uncle Sam, same as you, Aarkus!
Warpath as the NA Black Condor since Wilson also has wings.
Hazmat as The Human Bomb.
Silver Sable as Phantom Lady.
Sam Alexander Nova as The Ray.
America Chavez as Miss America.
Arcturus Rann and Marionette as Doll Man and Doll Woman.
Didn’t think of including Plastic Man though!
Thin Man is what I’m thinking of…?
SUB-MARINER
Despite being notoriously antisocial. Namor’s been part of pretty much every major Marvel team (Invaders, Defenders, FF, X-Men, Avengers, Illuminati…) and even started a few of his own. This is one of those.
SERSI
Seeing Namor and Sersi interact recently got the ball rolling on this build, as I thought they’d make a cool power couple. Sersi could def. stand toe to to w. Namor in terms of having a strong personality, plus she’d get him to have some fun.
WINTER SOLDIER
If there’s anyone Namor'd trust to watch his six, it’s Bucky Barnes. The two have a mutual respect that stretches back to WWII.
HOPE SUMMERS
Namor and Hope had some really great chemistry and an actual platonic friendship going on at one point, when both were on the same team. It’d be nice to see that revisited.
FRANKLIN & VALERIA RICHARDS
If there’s anyone who’s going to look out for the children of Susan Richards, it’s Namor. Noooobody’s gonna mess w. them on his watch.
I tried doing a JSA based on the team from the upcoming Black Adam movie.
Wanna make somethin' of it?