tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post5974788158767944420..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: An Old New Universe: A Comics CounterfactualTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-21368195464907320872022-05-20T19:22:30.168-04:002022-05-20T19:22:30.168-04:00S'okay, I don't even recall what I said ab...S'okay, I don't even recall what I said about it beyond the series existing. Did I make a Captain Planet reference? Because the Psi-Hawk gestalt entity had a lot of similarities to Captain Planet, without being nearly as irritating or having such absurd villains.<br /><br />For a more "cusp of Bronze" Hazzard, how about something along the lines of DC's Human Target?<br /><br />Really quite enthusiastic about the Kirby Kickers, Inc cosmic football/gladiator idea. That should have existed, at least as the first story arc. Maybe the team wins and comes back to Earth to do slightly more prosaic super-stuff afterward, going down the Challengers/Fantastic Four weird stuff/monster-busting road. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-85157521707432934462022-05-20T14:32:54.426-04:002022-05-20T14:32:54.426-04:00@Dick - I accidentally deleted your comment pointi...@Dick - I accidentally deleted your comment pointing out I forgot Psi-Force, which indeed I did!<br /><br />While a Jon Sable-esque remake of Hazzard would work, that isn't really a very Silver/Bronze Age border version, as Sable doesn't appear until 1983 and is very much a product of that era.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-25268721777051216682022-05-20T08:33:14.259-04:002022-05-20T08:33:14.259-04:00More thoughts for Silver/Bronze versions:
Mark Ha...More thoughts for Silver/Bronze versions:<br /><br />Mark Hazzard - I see him more as Jon Sable than Sgt. Fury, which would still lean toward more ethical work but with the occasional very dark story reflecting a less heroic past coming back to haunt him. Just a hint of Moon Knight in that element. I could see him getting tangled up with Psi-Force quite a bit, perhaps to the annoyance of both.<br /><br />Kickers with Kirby in charge sounds great, but I'd expect something as gonzo as his Jimmy Olsen run was. Have the team get entangled in a cosmic sports league, mashing up something like football with gladiatorial combat and "playing" against aliens and supernatural entities for the fate of the Earth. Big, bombastic, and full of far-out ideas. Vince Colletta isn't allowed within a mile of any of it. Could easily go from one of teh worst books in the real line to one of the best when re-imagined.<br /><br />Nightmask could also have elements of Doctor Strange and the Phantom Stranger, showing up (in dreams, most likely) as a support character/advice-giver in other books where the protags are facing psychic/suprenatural/otherworldly threats. Could easily see him teaming with Psi-Force, DP7, Star Brand, Justice, or even an "in way over their head" Spitfire or Hazzard. Maybe start the series with Nightmask younger (late teens/college age) so he can go looking for advice while he's still getting a grip on his powers, as well as giving insights to others on the weird dream stuff?<br /><br />Spitfire I think I'd take some cues from Tom Swift and Doc Savage books. Make Jenny as young supergenius with an equally inventive father, and the Troubleshooters become her version of Doc's companions - each outstanding in some field or another, far beyond what their age suggests. Keep it light in tone, though - don't kill dad, just have him kidnapped for most of the series.<br /><br />Never much liked the original Justice, but revamping him into an actual alien knight instead of a delusional psionic would be a marked improvement. Maybe keep some of the old "split persona" idea by doing an early Captain Marvel thing where Justice has a human host that gets replaced/stuck in limbo when he's active?Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com