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COMIC BOOK IDOL 3 UPDATE
Here are the entries from the four finalists for the fourth round of Comic Book Idol 3!
Check out the Comic Book Idol 3 forum if you want to see the rest of their pages!
I am going to post all their third AND fourth pages (of their four page assignment). For reference, here is the script by incoming Legion of Superheroes artist, Francis Manapul (only a Marvel-style plot script, not a full script) for those two pages...
Page 3:
The boy trips hitting the ground face first. As he recovers, a boot steps in front him. He looks up to see whose boot this is. A hand reaches down to help him get up. The reveal: it's Saturn Girl. She helps him to his feet. He's relieved to see her. But wait! He looks behind her and goes bug-eyed...
Page 4:
Splash. The bigger reveal: she is accompanied by various members of the Legion. Put in who you want. I'm leaving it up to you, but I want to see a cool shot of them looking up at the machines and looking ready for a big fight.
Caio Oliveira
a 28-year-old who is currently unemployed, from Teresina, PiauÃ, Brazil.
Charles Paul Wilson III
a 31-year-old security guard from Wharton, NJ.
Dan McDaid
a 30-year-old writer and illustrator from London.
Jon Reed
a 28-year-old accountant assistant from Alexandria, VA.
Get ready to vote this Wednesday!
COVER THEME GAME
As always, here is the game. I show three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, locale, creator, SOMEthing. And it isn't something obvious like "They all have prices!" "They all have logos!" "They all feature a man!" etc.
In addition, please note that you must have some familiarity with comic book history to correctly guess these comics. You cannot guess the connective theme just by looking at the covers solely, you must have some knowledge beyond just the covers.
Good luck! A cool point to the first person to figure it out!
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SNARK FREE CHALLENGE
What is the best superhero/supervillain group name that you have seen involving a pun for the group name (a la The Force of July)?
THE COVER GAME
This week's game is as follows...
Find me a post-1970 cover featuring Cap's Kooky Quartet (Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Quicksilver)...
Floating heads don't count!
Here is an example (which you can't use!)....
Remember, only one cover per commenter!
Good luck!
WHO IS IT?
Remember, tell me who it is and what number clue gave it away!
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3. One of these characters was a scientist looking for a cure for cancer.
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4. The other half of the duo was a homeless person who the scientist half of the duo experimented on, giving the homeless man powers.
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5. The duo has a name which is a pun.
Who is it?
Well, that's it for this installment of Snark Free Corner.
Hope you had fun!
- Posted on November 5, 2007 @ 06:53 PM
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19 Comments
DanLarkin
November 5, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Is the theme characters with "stone" in their names? Vic Stone, Stone Boy, and Bloodstone appear on the respective covers.
And on that note, answer for the "Who is It?" is Styx and Stone. I needed all of the questions.
Brian Cronin
November 5, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Yay, Dan!!
Omar Karindu
November 5, 2007 at 7:10 pm
-- Got the Who are They in 3. Was initially thinking (oddly) of Double Dare from Nightwing at first.
-- Charles Paul Wilson III draws almost exactly like a younger Alan Davis. And that's a good thing.
-- Theme Challenge. Hm...all three issues feature characters who became the leaders of big-name teams? Polar Boy came to run the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Titans Plague story featured Tim Drake (who later led Young Justice and the more recent Titans), and Monica Rambeau rose to lead the Avengers from rookie status. In fact, you could go so far as to say "rookie who shot to team leader" is the theme.
Rob M
November 5, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Cover Game: Here's another "all the Avengers on one cover" cover, including all four: Avengers #181 http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=33205&zoom=4
Brian Cronin
November 5, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Remember, Cover Theme uses only the characters featured on the cover!
So it'd pretty much have to just be Cyborg!
Matthew E
November 5, 2007 at 8:31 pm
What is the best superhero/supervillain group name that you have seen involving a pun for the group name (a la The Force of July)?
I heard about a superhero group in a role-playing game called the Lug Nuts. The name wasn't explained, but I figured it out: they keep the wheels from coming off of society.
Todd Lawrence
November 5, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Cover Game: The earliest post-1970 cover featuring "Cap's Kooky Quartet" (my personal favorite lineup of Avengers) is the cover to Avengers #92 (1971) - Yeah, Clint Barton is Goliath rather than Hawkeye on this cover, but he's still there!
Of course, I could guess the covers to issues #11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 36 of Marvel Triple Action, but I think that might be cheating.
Scott MacIver
November 5, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Avengers/JLA #3 has the quartet on it. Cheezy, but true.
Brack
November 5, 2007 at 11:43 pm
WHO IS IT?
It's Styx and Stone.
Got on clue 3.
Alan
November 6, 2007 at 1:14 am
All the artists turned in some really nice work, but Wilson and Reed seem to have misread the script a little...
DanCJ
November 6, 2007 at 3:31 am
I was getting more of a Mike McKone vibe from him, but I see where you're coming from.
From this week's results I'd say the final should be between Charles Paul Wilson III and Dan McDaid. That said I also think both of the people who got kicked out last week should still be in the competition.
John Seavey
November 6, 2007 at 6:44 am
I always liked the Nuclear Family, evil atomic-powered robots that looked like Mom, Dad, two kids and a dog.
The Mutt
November 6, 2007 at 10:06 am
I never read the comic, but I always thought D.N.Agents was a great pun name.
Franks_Castle
November 6, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Dan McDaid is head and shoulders above the rest. And it's not even close.
Kirayoshi
November 6, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Cover game: Avengers/JLA #1 features all four(someone also mentioned 3, but they're a little more prominent in this one).
sean
November 6, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I always thought that "Hitman" was a funny joke title, but I guess Tommy wasn't a team.
buttler
November 6, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Cap & the gang's all there in the Korvac Saga TPB cover (sure, it's a reprint, but everything about it is post-1970): http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/13/Korvacsaga.jpg
DanCJ
November 7, 2007 at 2:25 am
He is good, but he was two votes away from being kicked out last week - but then both he and the guy who came last last week (I forget his name but he's the one who started off with the goggles shot in the first week) were both victims of just not being suited to the material.
Dan
sterg
November 7, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Cover theme game: All 3 cover feature someone who got superpowers/abilities artificially from their father. Night Girl's dad was a scientist who gave her superhuman strength. Cyborg's dad built his body (after causing the interdimensional accident that ate half of him). Elsa Bloodstone was raised by her dad and a robot (in Nextwave), and got her powers from a magic stone given to her. (A near miss: Monica Rambeau got her powers from an interdimensional accident, too, but it was a friend of her father who caused it to happen).