Comic Cards Project: Day 15 • Plastic Man

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I originally encountered Plastic Man when he appeared as the first guest-star on the Saturday morning cartoon Super Friends. “What?!? You mean there are more heroes besides Batman and Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman?” I remember thinking he was pretty cool and wishing I could see more of him. Actually, it would be indecent to see much more of … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 14 • Platinum

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Platinum is the only “female” among the six heroic robots known as The Metal Men and the only one with a crush on their inventor, Dr. Will Magnus. Despite his protests that it was impossible, Platinum insisted she was in love with the Doc, making herself a nuisance and complicating his attempts at romance with “real” women. But these problems … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 13 • Doc Magnus

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Scientific genius and inventor Dr. Will Magnus created a team of kooky robots known as The Metal Men. Each of the six robots’ abilities and distinct personalities reflected the properties of their namesake metallic element. Gold, Iron, Mercury, Lead, Tin, and Platinum constantly aggravated Doc Magnus with their displays of emotion, a result, he claimed, of the faulty “responsometers” he had … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 12 • Beast Boy

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Beast Boy was a teenaged orphan who could change himself into any animal. His court-appointed guardian embezzled money from his estate and plotted to kill him but was thwarted by The Doom Patrol—a small group of oddball heroes. He became a junior member of the team and was eventually adopted by Elasti-Girl and her husband, Mento. He was kind of cute, too, … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 11 • Green Arrow

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Green Arrow was in many ways a copycat of Batman. Batman was a millionaire playboy. Green Arrow was a millionaire playboy. Robin was Batman’s adopted sidekick. Speedy was Green Arrow’s. Batman had the Bat-Cave, Bat-Mobile, Bat-Plane, and Bat-Signal. Green Arrow had “Arrow” counterparts for each. Even his signature trick arrows were a mimic of all the gadgets in Batman’s utility belt. … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 10 • Gold

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Gold led a quirky band of robots called The Metal Men that exhibited human emotions much to the dismay of their inventor, Dr. Will Magnus. Although they are pretty obscure today, they had a good 8 year run in their own series back in the 60s. Gold and his fellow Metal Men (Iron, Lead, Mercury, Tin, and Platinum, the only “female” robot) all had distinct … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 9 • Hawkgirl

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Contrary to what you might think, Hawkgirl wasn’t Hawkman’s sidekick but his wife and equal partner—or equal partner by 60s standards. Their comic was still called Hawkman and when the Justice League asked her hubby to join they pointedly did not invite Hawkgirl. And yes, she did lug around a mace, as a well as other ancient weapons. It seems that in their secret … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 8 • Aqualad

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I always liked superhero sidekicks and Aqualad might have been my favorite, even in spite of his dopey name. No wonder Aquaman called him by the nickname “Tadpole”. What was wrong with “Aquaboy”—too obvious? It’s a good thing Aqualad didn’t go to school because I’m sure the other kids would have tormented him over it. His unfortunate handle didn’t seem … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 7 • Wonder Girl

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I’m not sure what the original inspiration was, but while I was making sketches for this series I found a drawing in my sketchbook of a dancing girl with a ponytail. It occurred to me I could adapt the drawing into Wonder Girl who also has a ponytail. When I opened up a comic featuring Wonder Girl to find a … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 6 • The Flash

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The debut of The Flash in 1956 revived interest in superheroes and marked the beginning of what became known to comic geeks as the Silver Age of comics. After World War II, superheroes declined in popularity and only a few super characters survived into the 50s. However, comic books about crime, horror, and romance, which by that time made up … Read More