Death from Above - The Deathbird Appreciation Thread.

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Ms. Marvel #9 Sep 1977
First appearance of Deathbird!

[Park Slope Pixie]

What a babe.

[marhawkman]

Bishop and Deathbird were to me a better couple.

True, and they had a kid in one of the alt-future stories.

[oasis1313]

Deathbird needs a costume update.

[Adam-X]

Deathbird needs a costume update.

Well Jim Lee had updated it; but I actually prefer her original.

[marhawkman]

the Jim Lee look looked like she stole Apoccy's clothes.

[Adam-X]

the Jim Lee look looked like she stole Apoccy's clothes.

It did. I agree. Part of the reason I still prefer her original look. Looks a lot more... Shi'ar...

[marhawkman]

Since we have the original on this page, I'll just do the Jim one:

And here's the look she had when she was Vulcan's consort:

It's not drastically different from her original look. But it looks a bit newer. And adorable.

[Adam-X]

Well, the new mask is odd to me - and the coils all around her arm, seem... pointless. It also does away with her (arm) wings, which I hate that they did that.

So I was glad to see her, later with Vulcan, back to her classic look. Looks way more lethal to me, in its simplicity.

[marhawkman]

The tubes kinda made sense if you assumed they were part of weapons built into her suit... but really had no other purpose.

[Adam-X]

The tubes kinda made sense if you assumed they were part of weapons built into her suit... but really had no other purpose.

I liked her bracelet of javelins for weapons, personally. Seemed she could pull a variety of effects. Sort of like "trick arrows" - but energy javelins instead.

[Adam-X]

Like this for example:

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[marhawkman]

yeah, no idea why they dropped that weapon idea. :/

[Adam-X]

yeah, no idea why they dropped that weapon idea. :/

Because every artist feels the need to put their own take on every character.

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Wish they didn't.