Punishing bugs with the greatest of ease

Just found this mock ad in the 1992 edition of Marvel Swimsuit Illustrated and it's pretty amusing if I do say so myself.

Makes you wonder doesn't it, if Frank treats bugs/pests like he does the criminals he kills. Does he stake out there hideouts and write entire little war journals about them? Does he set up elaborate death-traps to torture and maim them before killing them, or does he go straight for the kill because he's got REAL scum to kill?

Makes you wonder doesn't it? What's Frank's prefered method of killing bugs?

Top 10 Marvel Villains I'd Send To DC

TGIT!!!!!



Finally, we've gotten to the last entry in this week-long series where I've been swapping Marvel and DC characters back and forth, exploring which ones would and could most likely exist in each other's respective universes.

I've gone through 10 DC heroes and villains going into the MU, and now it's time to wrap up the Marvel side of things as I lay out my top 10 list of Marvel villains I feel could work in the DCU.

Here we go.....


-Top 10 Marvel villains I'd Send to DC:



1). Annihilus

Aside from the fact that you'd also have to either swap the Negative Zone to the DCU as well, I guess he could also become an inhabitant of the Phantom Zone, making him a Kryptonian by default, which would make him a Superman antagonist. That'd be cool. Or a dimension or planet made just for him. Either way, he's not so bound up in the MU that he couldn't also transition into a DC villain. 

2). Crossbones 


He's a hired gun, but a very well-trained, and very resourceful hired gun. Sure he's loyal to the Red Skull, but I can easily see him either going solo or hooking up with a major power-player in the DCU.

3). Baron Zemo


Nazis exist in the DC Universe too, so this one should be an easy transition. Instead of Captain America, he could fight the JSA as a legacy villain, The JLA or even the Freedom Fighters. Hey, he's a versatile villain I swear!

4). The Purple Man 





































Zebediah Killgrave would more than likely be a fun and very interesting addition to the DCU. I see easily being used as either a street-level criminal fighting against guys like Batman, Green Arrow and the like, or in villain super-group with Lex Luthor in the Legion of Doom. either way, Killgrave would make a fun, but fatal inclusion into the DC mix.

 5). Arcade 

Ok the DCU could definitely use this guy. I mean sure just imagine the match-ups he'd have with the JLA, Outsiders, Teen Titans or any other team or singular hero like the Flash for example. His gimmick of building customized deathtraps for rich clients could and should work out just fine. Hell I'm already salivating at the thought of Arcade testing his skills out Batman, or a potential rivalry with the Riddler or Joker over who can build a better deathtrap. 

6). Tiger Shark 

He can easily be used as an Aquaman villain as much as he is strictly a Namor villain or rolling with the Masters of Evil, he could roll with the Legion or Injustice Gang. Okay so maybe I'm breaking the rules about not using villains with similar gimmicks to their DC counterparts, but in my defense he's doesn't have the same power and skillset as other Aquaman villains, so there's that. Fuck it, he stays. 

7). M.O.D.O.K.

This big-brained motherfucker would definitely work in the DCU. But instead of running AIM, he could run H.I.V.E. or some other evil scientific enclave. Fuck! Ok so yeah he's visually similar to Hector Hammond, but that's only a visual similarity. They don't share the same powers. he stays.

8). Blastaar 


Much like his fellow Negative Zone neighbor Annihilus, Blastaar could also work in the confines of the DCU. He can easily be utilized as an cosmic villain, trying to invade Earth or other planets in the DC Universe as a means to expand his kingdom in the Negative Zone. Which means lots of fun match-ups with Superman and the JLA, Lobo maybe, Adam Strange, and the Green Lantern Corps just to name a few.

9). The Mandarin 


Here's another good choice to introduce into the DCU; The Mandarin. His origin story about finding an advanced alien ship with powerful rings can still work without him being tied to Iron Man. Instead it just seems like a no-brainer to pair him the Green Lantern since they both share the the same power ring as a weapon theme. And honestly they just seem they'd be more of a natural antagonistic pairing than Iron Man does.

10). Dr. Doom 


Ok, so yeah he's mostly known as being an FF villain, their main one to be exact, but he's also fought just about every other hero and hero team in the MU. Meaning he's long since graduated from just being simply a guy the FF fights every other week or month. He's a lot more versatile than that. So, with some minor tweaks to his origin, namely swapping out Reed for someone else, who points out to Victor a minor, but very important miscalculation, he blows his face up and away we go. I'm not sure at this point if the person pointing out the mistake is has to be an important hero, but if you really want it to be, than maybe Ray Palmer, Dr. Will Magnus or some other good guy genius scientist can fit the bill.  I know one thing, I'd love to see the above image realized for real, that'd for damn sure.


So, that's my list. What would your list look like? Similar to mine or vastly different?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments' section.

Top 10 Marvel Heroes I'd Send To DC

You've had to endure my fantasy picks for sending select DC heroes and villains over to the Marvel Universe, now it's Marvel's turn to do some swapping.

Let's see who the lucky fuckers are.....


-Top 10 Marvel Heroes I'd send to DC


1). Captain America 


Yes he's a quintessential Marvel character, but honestly creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby could've just as easily made him over at DC as well during that time period. I mean Kirby created the Guardian, who's a lot like Cap, so there you go. I'd love to see him interact with guys like Superman (they might become besties) Batman, The JSA( in which he'd be the only member who I'd still have get lost in the ice in 1945 minus the Bucky part) and of course Wonder Woman who Ross over at Super Team Family has paired up together in a nice romance. Look out Steve Trevor, you've got major competition for Diana's affections.

2). Sleepwalker 


His premise would still work in the DCU and he's be a unique and welcome addition over there I feel, especially with teams like Justice League Dark and And just wait until Vertigo gets its dark claws on him. Oooohhhh Booooyyyyy!

3). Darkhawk 

Again, his premise of swapping out his human body for an alien body wearing sophisticated flying space armor would work just as well in the DCU as it does in the MU.

4). Galactus and The Silver Surfer 


Another Kirby creation I felt would work in the DCU is the Silver Surfer. He can still be Galactus' herald, seeking out planets suitable for his master to eat. So I paired 'em up and sent 'em to the DCU. I imagine instead of the FF, it would be the Justice League that would've initially fought the Surfer and Galactus. Good luck with that JLA.

5). The Inhumans 

All you'd have to do is keep the fact that they were another alien races genetically-designed weapons and you'd have another interesting addition to the DCU. Maybe they could be the results of experiments done by either The Controllers or Brainiac....Either way I can't wait to see their interactions with the JLA and other Kirby creations such as the New Gods.

6). The Eternals 

Had Kirby stayed at DC in the late 70's, I have no doubt that you'd have seen the Eternals be created in the DCU rather than at Marvel where no one over there still doesn't know what to do with them outside of maybe Stern and Gaiman. Maybe DC's writers could do better.

7). The Watcher 

 Well you can't have Galactus and the Silver Surfer around in the DCU w/o this guy. Remember, his main thing is that he sees and observes all and only shows up to humans when some major shit's about to go down. Here's a personal challenge from me to him; Sure you're all-seeing, but can you see what lies past the impenetrable Source Wall?

8). Adam Warlock

Man I just keep rolling out the Kirby characters today don't I? Adam Warlock's another space guy who would work out very well in the DCU regardless of his creators. Instead of the Conclave, it could easily also be S.T.A.R. Labs, Project Cadmus, the H.I.V.E. or any other super-science group or organization. And yes I'd make sure Jim Starlin was there to write him as well. 

9). Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu

Finally a Marvel character who ISN'T a Kirby creation who I personally feel would work out just fine in the DCU. Why? I'm sure you can find or create a Fu Manchu-like character to be his evil father, or, or, and go with me on this, what if his dad turned out to be Ra's Al Guhl? Yeah, sounds intriguing doesn't it? Plus it opens up all sorts of new and exciting storylines and team-ups with Batman. Now Doug Moench and Englehart really made this character work like no other, so you'd have to find a writer or writers that could really do ol' Shang Chi justice. I think much like his heyday at Marvel during the 70's, he'd also thrive during that time period over at DC, but given the Manhunter treatment that Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson gave the Manhunter. There you go.

10). Deathlok 

The original premise that creators Rich Buckler and Doug Moench laid out for the cybernetically-enhanced against his own will super-soldier Deathlok could and most certainly would, work at DC. Making some slight adjustment as such maybe make S.T.A.R. Labs or Project Cadimus responsible for 'Lok's creation would work just as well as the original one Roxxon. And it doesn't even have to be S.T.A.R. Labs or Cadimus, could be ANY evil corporation really. Same goes for which incarnation of Deathlok DC wants to use; Luther Manning, Michael Collins, or somebody else. Either way, the Deathlok concept is unique enough to work in the DCU just as well as it does at Marvel.

So that's that. That's my list of 10 Marvel heroes that I feel could work if they were to be sent to permanently live in the DC Universe.

Here's a couple honorable mentions that just didn't make the cut for various reasons:

1). Daredevil  2). Nick Fury  3). Black Panther 4). Nova 5). Quasar 6). Ghost Rider 7). The X-Men 

Top 10 DC Villains I'd Send To Marvel

That's right folks, continuing on from yesterday's theme,  today I'm going to present villains from the DCU I think would probably work out well in the MU.

Honestly these are really right off the top of my head

-Top 10 DC Villains I'd Send To Marvel:


1). Parasite


I know he's primarily a Superman villain, but given his origins due to radioactive waste, there's no reason why he couldn't exist with the same beginnings in the MU.

2). Count Vertigo


He could still work as the heir to a made up country, or some European country in the MU. Hell I think he could a Hydra agent in league with Baron Zemo. So there you go.

3).  The Atomic Skull

You can't tell me an evil scientist who gains powers wouldn't work in the MU. I mean shit, the Ghost, Radioactive Man, Plantman and the Living Laser more than prove that. Swap out Star Labs for either AIM or Hydra, and the Atomic Skull would work.

4). Solomon Grundy

Well, I guess now that the Hulk's an Immortal zombie of sorts this choice could be made redundant, but we all know that particular incarnation of the Hulk's not going to last long, so fuck it, Grundy's on the list. And he'd be a great addition too, since he can die and be constantly reborn with a new personality, that's plenty of good story and match up possibilities right there. 

5). The Flash Rogues (Captain Cold, Heatwave, Captain Boomerang, Weather Wizard, Abra Kadabra, The Trickster, The Top, and The Pied Piper)

I say why not the Flash's Rogues? Swap Flash out for Spider-Man and I see them working out really well in MU. I mean they could work for themselves, work for the Kingpin, or even the Hood, but yeah in place of the Sinister Six, or with them, the Rogues could be a major cause of problems for the Marvel Universe.

6). Dr. Destiny 


The MU doesn't really have a guy that specifically targets the dreams of their enemies, outside of Nightmare. But since he's not the type that started out as an team offender guy, I think it's okay to use Dr. Destiny. Hey the visual alone of Dr. Destiny unleashing his powers on the Avengers is worth his inclusion to me I say.

7). Eclipso

If you dropped his origin as the original angel of death and spirit of vengeance in the DCU during their biblical times, and just went with his original origin story, Eclipso and his duel heroic identity as Bruce Gordon should work out just fine. 

8).  Mongul 

Okay he does seem like a Thanos-like character, but he's enough of his own character to work out fine existing in the cosmic side of the MU. He also brings Warworld and the Black Mercy plant with him as valuable story fodder. Imagine him tackling Thor, The Avengers, The Inhumans and especially the Guardians of the Galaxy.


9). The Gentlemen Ghost

Instead of being a Hawkman villain, 1800's journeyman turned spectral villain "Gentleman" Jim Craddock would probably work as a GR or Dr. Strange villain. Hell he'd be a trip in the hands of a writer like Steve Gerber, especially during his Man-Thing and Defenders' days.

10). Doomsday

Yes he's primarily a Superman villain, but only because he was specifically created to be the Macguffin to kill him. Otherwise, he doesn't necessarily have to have Kryptonian origins. He could recieve some minor twerking and still work. He could either be an experiment of Thanos' that escaped, or be found in the Collector's collection and escape that to raise all sorts of hell. He's not the Hulk and he's not Maestro or the Abomination, so I don't feel as though he's simply a derivative of an existing Marvel character.


Those I also considered, but figured would be repetitive or redundant due to the nature of their powers are:
Dr.Polaris, Amazo, Darkseid, Prometheus, Harley Quinn, Deathstroke, Deadshot and Catwoman just to name a few.

Again, this is just my own personal list, so if you have any other suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments' section.

Dream Waves: The Twelve

Continuing on with the Dream Waves themed week this week, today's post is  about another team. Well I guess team in the loose, Defenders-like idea that they were a non-team I guess.

I'm talking about JMS and Chris Weston's The Twelve, a group of pre-Marvel golden age superheroes grouped together by fate, who were then gassed and kept captive in cryogenic freeze for over 60 years until being accidently freed in the present time.

If you've read the 2007 12 issue maxi-series, then you'll know whom I'm talking about.

It was a really solid series I feel, despite whatever criticism JMS received about it, mostly because it felt like he was shitting on the "Greatest Generation" and how poorly they'd adapt to modern day society.

I don't know about all that, as I felt the forgotten heroes acted no different than Captain America did when he emerged in the then modern era of the 1960's.

Anyhoo, here's a set of two waves I feel I could get out of these characters.


The Twelve Wave 1:


1). The Phantom Reporter 





































2). Dynamic Man 


3). Black Widow 


4). Captain Wonder 


5). The Laughing Mask 


6). The Fiery Mask 


BAF: Electro 

 The Twelve Wave 2:


1). The Witness 

2). Mr. E



3). The Blue Blade 


4). The Phantom Reporter (Modern, updated look)


5). Mastermind Excello 


6).  The Modern Blue Blade 

BAF: Rockman 



I know I kinda' stretched things out with that last wave by including modern variants of the Phantom Reporter and Blue Blade, by since I'm forced to stick only characters that made up the Twelve and I needed enough figures to include BAF pieces, I kinda' had to do it that way.

So that's my idea for how I'd go about putting out a wave(s) of figures based on the Twelve.

What do you guys think?

Taco Tuesday

It's Taco Tuesday y'all!!!!!

I'm sure you've heard the expression "Taco Tuesday" before on the Internet, and if not, well I'll give you a quick second to Google it.

Done?
Good.

Let the memes begin!

And on that note, oh what the hell, let's bring back the ol' Top 10 list one more time for old time's sake.

Gun to my head, here's the Top 10 Marvel Women whose tacos I'd gladly eat:
In no particular order.....

10). She-Hulk

9). Scarlet Witch


8). Tigra


7). Mary Jane Watson/Parker

6). Mystique/Rogue *tie*


5). The Enchantress

4). White Queen Emma Frost

3). Storm


2). Jean Grey

1). Black Cat


Yeah I know Sue Richards should be on there, and who says she isn't. She does have invisible powers you know?

And not to leave the DC out of this, here's the Top 10 DC Women whose taco I'd love to eat:
Again in no particular order.....

10). Hawkgirl/woman


9). Wonder Woman

8). Catwoman

7). Zatanna

6). Black Canary


5). Raven 

4). Harley Quinn

3). Batgirl 

2). Starfire

1). Power Girl

Who'd make your list?