Smells like infinite sadness a 40somethings musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Catman isnt quite as famous as catwoman, but hes still quietly one of the most interesting characters in the dc universe. Obscure dc comics characters special cartoon corporation. Its easy to lose some gems of marvel comic book history amongst the sheer number of characters and story. Here are ten obscure characters, somehow immortalized in resin 1. This episode of the good, the bad and the ugly options three obscure dc comics characters. Po box 1157 denville, nj 07834 comicpop is a comic book ebook channel the. During this time, he fell in love with his peer, ahti. Music by epidemic sound royalty free music and youtube create studio. And since comics dont really make money any more, theyre kind of stuck selling comics nerds the useless email protected and boy, do they ever.
Obscure comic book characters in marvel and dc animated. Archie comics, a comics, marvel dc comics, comic book covers, comic book heroes, comic books art, jack kirby art, heroes reborn, dark men. After dc comics acquired the quality stable of characters, kid. This is a list of comic book sidekicksdefined as a character who spends a significant amount of time as a superheros junior partner, or was officially acknowledged as the heros sidekick for some period of time. The two characters were too similar for their own good, though walshs changes to. The obscure dc comics characters that may show up on syfy. And with the dc cinematic and television universes bringing more exposure to minor characters, now is the perfect time to highlight them. This episode of the good, the bad and the ugly features three obscure dc comics characters.
Shortly after joe simon and jack kirby created a little character called captain america for marvel comics they came up with a suspiciously similar hero for dc called the guardian. Back in the day, bob hope was such a big movie star that he also headlined a comic book. Entertainment quiz obscure dc comics characters slideshow random entertainment or comic books quiz can you name the obscure dc comics characters slideshow. Originally, dominus was an alien priest named tuoni, who served as one of the five custodians of his worlds faith. There are a handful of them that were created for other media before they found their way into the comic universes of marvel and dc. Most underrated comic book characters part 1, the most underrated superheroes and supervillains of all time who deserve more exposure in comics and movies.
A former lover of bruce wayne, jezebel is a striking, highly deductive former model who also happens to. Originally a charlton comics character, later owned by dc comics. Characters unlikely to feature in a film any time soon. A place for fans of dc s comics, movies, fan creations, video games, and anything else related to one of the largest comic book publishers in the world, and home of the worlds greatest superheroes. The atom and superman found the third creature, which was. We will never see the majority of these characters on the big screen. Obscure comic book characters in marvel and dc animated series. If a character is lucky enough to escape limbo by being written into a book, they forget their time in limbo and that they are fictional. Cassandra cain s parents are both assassins, and from the time she s born she is trained to be unbeatable. New 52 needs new stars, can these obscure characters help.
Obscure characters and concepts that i find interesting. The two characters were too similar for their own good, though walshs changes to grant wilsons costume were. Five dc characters youve probably never heard of hobbylark. Given that the last few new books to be announced included series starring lesserknown characters like vibe and katana, all bets appear to be off when it comes to which characters in dc s. This information in this section was originally posted to the original dc comics message boards in the 1990s, and moderated by john censullo. Originally conceived by jack kirby as the comic book version of the. But the marvel universe is jampacked with interesting, quirky, oddball or just downright lame characters that many people have never heard of before. A character largely rendered redundant by wade lafarge. Some of these characters are beloved all across the world. Ive seen characters make appearances on the animated the brave and the bold that made me sit back and remember that some of these characters still had some life. The animated series actually introduced some characters that up until that time were pretty obscure. Its companion knocked over a shelf of books on her and dragged the unconscious creature away.
Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. Somewhat obscure dc characters and concepts comic vine. For the purposes of this list, it does not include animal companions like krypto or sandmans owls, or supervillain henchmen like the jokers harley quinn. Now, dc comics head honcho geoff johns has revealed that some pretty obscure characters from dc comics may appear as well, saying this.
The 20 most obscure superheroes that only true nerds will recognize 20 skateman. During the mid to early seventies the sra, in conjunction with warner company and dc comics, published four oversized magazines reading aids as part of their line of reading programs. The books were called super a and were color coded reading modules. Marvel has a crazy number of characters in their comic book library over 7,000 of them. They are the marginalized, the lost, the forgotten. The short lived comic book of the same name featured fantastical.
A ton of awesome comic book characters have been introduced to us over the years, but not all of these characters were created for the comics. I think my favorite recent case of using an obscure comics character was young justice taking sportsmaster, a dlist golden age joke villain and turning him into a genuinely sinister, potent foe who held his own against much more powerful heroes and villains. For example, the rarely used character batman zurenarrh was recently unearthed in both television and in print. With the 2012 san diego comic con at an end, we are left with some pretty exciting announcements about some lesserknown comic book characters like dc comics lobo and marvels guardians of the galaxy getting the featurefilm treatment.
I will say that when i saw the 1990 michael keaton batman movie with billy dee williams as harvey dent, i geeked out for a moment. All the forgotten characters from worlds finest reminded me of a really obscure baddie from one the earliest issues i can remember reading of the book. Which obscure dc characters would you want to get their. Initially introduced as a throwaway batman villain, thomas blake soon. Zannah aka zealot zealot has been an image comics character, a wildstorm comics character, a dc comics character, and has even crossed over to marvel comics, and val.
These were aimed at elementary school readers, grades 2 to 4. As a baby, her parents don t even speak around her so that movement develops first in her brain. If you hear of a dc character, they will use them despite how obscure. There are so many obscure characters out there, and a lot of them are absurdly silly. It includes others with original characters ted and teri trapper, and one with kate hunter, a red haired scots lass who wanted more than anything to play the bagpipes for her clan, but is denied because she is a girl. The shortlived comic book of the same name featured fantastical. Okay, everyones heard of spiderman, the hulk, thor, dr.
Top 10 obscure superheroes who deserve their own movies. Dc comics was founded in 1934, and in the 82 years of existence, thousands of characters have been introduced. Characters like clayface, killer croc, and two face were only known by comic book fans up until that point. It was decades later that the characters were brought back by comics superstar grant morrison. The residents realize they are fictional character but most want nothing more than to be written back into the comics. Yeah, if fans have read mystery in space itll probably end.
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