Tag: Misplaced Heroes

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August 17, 2017August 13, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #133: NFL SuperPro

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Age of Apocalypse, Buzz Dixon, Captain America, Deadpool, Fabian Nicieza, Jimmy Impossible, Marvel Comics, Marvel Team-Up, Misplaced Heroes, New Warriors, NFL, NFL SuperPro, Robert Kirkman, Stilt-Man, SuperPro, Walking Dead

Ho boy…

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August 10, 2017August 7, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #132: The Haunted Tank

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Alexander the Great, batman, Batman The Brave and the Bold, Boy Commandos, Captain Fear, Creature Commandos, DC Comics, Dr. Thirteen, Firestorm, G.I. Combat, G.I. Robot, Garth Ennis, General J.E.B. Stuart, General William T Sherman, Haunted Tank, Kid Guerillas of Unit 3, Killing Nazis, Misplaced Heroes, nazis, Power Company, Robert Kanigher, Sergeant Rock, Tales of the Unexpected, The Demon, The Losers, The War That Time Forgot, Unknown Soldier, Vertigo

DC’s war comics had some really odd things fighting in World War II. Were any stranger than the American tank haunted by the ghost of a long dead Confederate general?

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August 3, 2017July 29, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #131: The Losers

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Anti-Monitor, Captain Storm, Chris Evans, Creature Commandos, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics, Dinosaur Island, Gunner, Jack Kirby, Johnny Cloud, Metal Men, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, Ona Tomsen, Pooch, RIck Flag, Robert Kanigher, Sarge, Sergeant Rock, The Haunted Tank, The Losers, The New Frontier, Tin, Vertigo, zoe saldana

A quartet of war comics heroes, plus a dog, teamed up for a group with pitiful levels of self-esteem.

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July 27, 2017July 23, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #130: The Manhattan Guardian

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Bulleteer, Etrigan, Frankenstein, Grant Morrison, Jack Kirby, Jimmy Olsen, Joe Simon, Justice League, Klarion the Witch Boy, Manhattan Guardian, Misplaced Heroes, Mr. Miracle, New Gods, Newsboy Legion, Project Cadmus, Seven Soldiers of Victory, Shining Knight, Spider-Man, Supergirl, The CW, The Guardian, Zatanna

A rehash of an old Joe Simon/Jack Kirby creation that got the news while making it.

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July 20, 2017July 18, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #129: Congorilla

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Action Comics, Animal Man, batman, Batwing, Congo Bill, Congorilla, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Freedom Beast, James Robinson, Justice League, Misplaced Heroes, Mon-El, Prometheus, Starman, Supergirl, Superman, Wonder Woman

A big game hunter finds he can switch minds with a powerful golden gorilla. Now that’s some Silver Age silliness.

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July 13, 2017July 12, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #128: Hawk & Dove

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Armageddon 2001, Black Lanterns, Blackest Night, Captain Atom, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Dark Knight Strikes Back, DC Comics, dove, Exant, Frank Miller, hawk, Hawk & Dove, Justice Society, Misplaced Heroes, Monarch, Nekron, New 52, rob liefeld, Steve Ditko, Steve Skeates, teen titans, Zero Hour

A crimefighting pair that represent opposing viewpoints have had a number of different pairings. They’re a mess.

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Books & Comics Features Hot Sci-Fi & Fantasy Superheroes 

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #127: OMAC

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Batman and Bill, Bill Finger, Brother Eye, Buddy Blank, Captain America, DC Comics, fantastic four, Frankenstein, Infinite Crisis, Jack Kirby, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, New Gods, Newsboy Legion, OMAC

Jack Kirby came up with some really crazy stuff back in the day.

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Books & Comics Features Hot Superheroes 

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #126: Resurrection Man

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Andy Lanning, Body Doubles, Dan Abnett, DC Comics, DC One Million, Flashpoint, Great Lakes Avengers, Hitman, Immortal Man, Misplaced Heroes, Mr. Immortal, New 52, Resurrection Man, Vandal Savage

Sometimes a hero won’t stay dead. Sometimes he can’t.

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June 22, 2017June 21, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case Files #125: Empress

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Arrowette, batman, Empress, Impulse, Justice League, Lobo, Misplaced Heroes, Peter David, Red Tornado, Robin, secret, Slobo, Superboy, teen titans, Tim Drake, Wonder Girl, Young Justice

A teen heroine added to the Young Justice team, and then quietly forgotten.

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Features Hot Movies & TV Superheroes 

June 16, 2017June 15, 2017

Going Through The DCAU Part Thirty-Nine

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Angela Chen, Aquaman, Astro City, batman, Batman The Animated Series, Batmetal Returns, Bewitched, Bruce Timm, Chief Wiggum, Clark Kent, DCAU, Detective Bowman, George Clooney, Gotham City, Green Lantern, Hydra, Intergang, Irredeemable, Jimmy, Jimmy Impossible, John Henry Irons, Joker, Justice League, Kryptonite, Lex Luthor, Lobo, Lois Lane, Luminus, Ma Kent, Malcolm McDowell, Maxima, Metallo, Metropolis, Michael Dorn, Miguel Ferrer, minority Report, Misplaced Heroes, Mission: Impossible, Mr. Mxyzptlk, My Name is Earl, Natasha Irons, Netflix, NYPD Blue, Pa Kent, Paul Dini, Penguin, Raising Hope, Red Sonja, Robert E. Howard, Samaritan, Sharon Lawrence, Spider-Man, Spider-Man (1967), Steel, Steve Rogers, Superman, Superman The Animated Series, The Mummy, thor, Tom, Tom Cruise, Two-Face, Watson

Jimmy and Tom have something to say about the Superman the Animated Series episodes “

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