In agreement with you about "The Invaders Fight Again" being an all-time great, especially all those twists & turns at the end (LOL):
In agreement with you about "The Invaders Fight Again" being an all-time great, especially all those twists & turns at the end (LOL):
Has it ever been explained (as much as it could, lol) how these 2 lifesaving transfusions saved her?
Was she a victim of Baron Blood, before the 1st one? I'm trying to remember...
But that could explain, the interaction of vampire weird blood properties mixing with android "blood"
though not very specific.
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Comic-book reading Witch and Pagan since 1970
I came for Kate, I stayed for Bette Love Fantastic Four, Namor, Batwoman, Dr.Strange.... i love them all
I thought so. But the JSA became much, much more.
Heck, considering all of the forgotten heroes (and teams) that were then active between 1945 and the introduction of the Fantastic Four, Marvel could have easily published its version of the Justice Society complete with its own alternate Earth. (I probably would have based the team on Counter Earth to avoid any lawsuits. And I probably would've called them the Squadron Supreme, only they'd be counterparts of Marvel characters, not DC counterparts.)
Yes, they could include characters from the Lost Generation, although I thought they killed off most of them. But death is no deterrent, especially if we're dealing with counterparts. I'd also like to see members from the All Winners Squad, the Liberty Legion, the Mystery Men and maybe an Eternal or Inhuman. The more I think about it, there really were a bunch of characters that were active in some fashion during that era. I think there was even a Ghost Rider riding around kicking butt and taking names. Given the right cast and rogues gallery, the book might work.
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Correct, Stern scripted it. Unfortunately, I could only remember Byrne when I wrote my reply. No slight intended to Stern or any of the other talented individuals that worked on the series.
I would definitely take 2-3 of the Lost Generation characters and add them to some of the other then extant characters around the MU to form a team. Heck, I might even throw in Miracleman as my Thor/Blue Marvel/Sentry analog and Isaiah Bradley as my Captain America/Black Panther analog. Maybe go one step further and make Bradley the first British attempt at a Super Soldier (codename: Union Jack) on this alternate Earth. Just have fun with it.
Really, the V-Battalion is a better fit for Marvel
The problem is that, every time they show up, they get blown up.
There are several heroic mantles that almost always existed at any time
Aaron pretty much established that it's the case for Ghost Rider, Starbrand, Iron Fist, and even Phoenix (no matter how idiotic that last one seems).
Of course, we already knew that for the Black Panther and the Sorcerer Supreme. Plus the Fist of Konshu. There is also the recently created Guillotine, a mantle passed down since the french revolution.
Maybe a predecessor of Quasar could have visited Earth a couple of times too.
Bringing back the old, killing the young: that's the Marvel way
What WW2 era heroes are still around these days anyway? I have not read a lot of Marvel in the last 20 or so years so I have no clue
Captain America
Namor
Spitfire
Blazing Skull
Human Torch (Hammond)
Toro
Bucky
The Fin
Thin Man
Blue Diamond
Jack Frost
Vision (Aarkus)
Then the characters from The Twelve series
Captain Wonder
Mastermind Excello
Mister E
Phantom Reporter
Rockman
The Witness
Black Widow I
This is not counting legacy character like the newer Union Jack just the ones that were actually around in WW2. Any I missed?
You can always check Marvel Wiki, but I can't vouch for how complete or current the entries are:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Category:WWII_Characters