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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 25, 2024 2:27:49 GMT -5
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Post by mikelmidnight on Sept 25, 2024 11:28:22 GMT -5
Iron Wolf, Cody Starbuck, Reuben Flagg, Blackhawk, The Shadow, Bruce Wayne, Monark Starstalker, Michael Gorski (Power & Glory),............ All bear an idealized resemblance to this guy.......  I'm not sure they look that much like him ... add Maxim Glory from Time Squared ... but Chaykin has said that he did this deliberately, because he wanted to establish a stylistic 'brand.' Demon-Hunter, Devil Slayer and Bloodwing. I know the rights situation would be a nightmare, but I've always wanted to see a volume collecting all these stories. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 25, 2024 11:54:31 GMT -5
Iron Wolf, Cody Starbuck, Reuben Flagg, Blackhawk, The Shadow, Bruce Wayne, Monark Starstalker, Michael Gorski (Power & Glory),............ All bear an idealized resemblance to this guy....... I'm not sure they look that much like him ... add Maxim Glory from Time Squared ... but Chaykin has said that he did this deliberately, because he wanted to establish a stylistic 'brand.' Demon-Hunter, Devil Slayer and Bloodwing. I know the rights situation would be a nightmare, but I've always wanted to see a volume collecting all these stories. It's kind of an idealized version of himself. Iron Wolf looked rather like the young Howie Chaykin, complete with muttonchops, while Dominic Fortune et al were more idealized versions of his older self. It's not as direct a model as Paul Gulacy used to do, in Master of Kung Fu and his Black Widow story, in Bizarre Adventures (with Bogart and Michael Caine used as models for characters); but, the basic features. His then-wife Leslie Zahler was the model for CG Markova, in American Flagg (I believe...she looks more like CG than Amanda Krieger). Grell isn't exactly a close model to Green Arrow and the Warlord, but, again, the basic features were Grell's, plus he sported the van dyke, back then. He drew a caricature of himself, as the Warlord, for the debut, in First Issue Special.....  The old buckle galoshes are a nice touch. |
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Post by Farrar on Sept 25, 2024 16:11:05 GMT -5
When I first came across the Golden Age character Manowar aka the White Streak, I was reminded of the Vision. Manowar, an android crime-fighting hero, was created way back in 1940 by Carl Burgos.  Cover by Bill Everett  They both look good in white shirts   |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 25, 2024 17:25:53 GMT -5
The Spirit and Midnight   |
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Post by foxley on Sept 26, 2024 3:17:25 GMT -5
The Spirit and Midnight This one is deliberate. Will Eisner owned the rights to the Spirit. Quality Comics publisher "Busy" Arnold, who published the comic-book version of the Spirit, desired a hedge in case Eisner were killed or incapacitated during World War II, and directed Jack Cole to create a similar character, which became Midnight. |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Sept 26, 2024 9:37:29 GMT -5
This one is deliberate. Will Eisner owned the rights to the Spirit. Quality Comics publisher "Busy" Arnold, who published the comic-book version of the Spirit, desired a hedge in case Eisner were killed or incapacitated during World War II, and directed Jack Cole to create a similar character, which became Midnight. That's 100% true, although it's also the case that there were probably a hundred other masked adventurers of the time who wore essentially the same costume. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 26, 2024 12:43:43 GMT -5
This one is deliberate. Will Eisner owned the rights to the Spirit. Quality Comics publisher "Busy" Arnold, who published the comic-book version of the Spirit, desired a hedge in case Eisner were killed or incapacitated during World War II, and directed Jack Cole to create a similar character, which became Midnight. That's 100% true, although it's also the case that there were probably a hundred other masked adventurers of the time who wore essentially the same costume. Going back to the pulps. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 14, 2024 21:34:59 GMT -5
Dick Tracy villain Haf-and-Haf created by Chester Gould in 1966... ![]()  Two-Face  Gould claimed that he wasn't aware of the Batman villain when he came up with Haf-and-Haf and despite the obvious similarities, I believe him. Would Gould even have had a chance at stumbling upon a comic or newspaper strip with Two-Face in it in 1966 considering the fact that aside from a 1962 annual, the guy hadn't appeared in the comics since 1954? |
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 14, 2024 21:40:44 GMT -5
Dick Tracy villain Haf-and-Haf created by Chester Gould in 1966... ![]() Two-Face Gould claimed that he wasn't aware of the Batman villain when he came up with Haf-and-Haf and despite the obvious similarities, I believe him. Would Gould even have had a chance at stumbling upon a comic or newspaper strip with Two-Face in it in 1966 considering the fact that aside from a 1962 annual, the guy hadn't appeared in the comics since 1954? You could cite other influences that predate Two-Face, like the half man/half woman visual gimmick, theatrical masks for Comedy and Tragedy, sometimes depicted as a split image, or any number of disfigured villains. Most of Batman's early villains featured some form of swipe from another source. Many of them in Dick Tracy! |
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Post by driver1980 on Oct 15, 2024 13:46:09 GMT -5
This wrestler sure looks like Hulk Hogan:  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 15, 2024 14:22:50 GMT -5
This wrestler sure looks like Hulk Hogan: Too much hair. |
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 15, 2024 16:31:41 GMT -5
Arguably the best known, in-universe lookalike case: Cap recognizing Rick Jones as being an exact physical match for Bucky.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 15, 2024 17:22:05 GMT -5
Arguably the best known, in-universe lookalike case: Cap recognizing Rick Jones as being an exact physical match for Bucky. Cannon-fodder all look alike. |
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Post by Jeddak on Oct 15, 2024 19:34:15 GMT -5
Sue Storm and Alicia Masters  |
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