Misplaced Heroes

January 17, 2019January 13, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #207: Geo-Force

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Allison Williams, batman, Batman and the Outsiders, Black Lightning, DC Comics, Geo-Force, Get Out, Halo, Justice League, katana, Metamorpho, Misplaced Heroes, Outsiders, Suicide Squad, teen titans, Terra, Young Justice

The ruler of a fictional country that isn’t Atlantis joins a superhero team.

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January 10, 2019January 5, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #206: The Creature Commandos

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Brainiac, Creature Commandos, DC Comics, Frankenstein, G.I. Robot, Gillman, Gorgon, Grant Morrison, Gunner, Misplaced Heroes, Mummy, New 52, Seven Soldiers, Superman, The Losers, Vampire, werewolf

Sometimes you need monsters to win a war. And sometimes you need to make them.

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January 3, 2019January 2, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #205: Julia Carpenter

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Alpha Flight, Arachne, Avengers, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Captain America, civil war, Force Works, Freedom Force, Iron Man, Ironheart, Jane Foster, Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, madame web, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, Omega Flight, Secret Wars, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, thor, Val Cooper, West Coast Avengers, Wolverine, X-23, X-Men

Marvel has had a few different Spider-Women. This is one of them.

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December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #204: The Swordsman

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Avengers, Celestial Madonna, Hawkeye, Kang, Magdalene, Mantis, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, Proctor, Punisher, Sersi, The Black Knight, The Swordsman, The Vision, Wonder Man, X-Men

The 90s did some confusing things with the Avengers.

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December 20, 2018December 15, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #203: Machine Man

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment 2001, 2001: A Space Oddessy, Earth-X, Jack Kirby, Jocasta, Machine Man, Marvel Comics, MARVEL ZOMBIES, Misplaced Heroes, Ms. Marvel, Nextwave, Star Wars, Warren Ellis, X-51

Jack Kirby made a new superhero in a licensed book that wasn’t about superheroes, and somehow that guy hung around for a while.

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December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #202: Doc Savage

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment batman, Buckaroo Banzai, Doc Brass, Doc Savage, Dwayne Johnson, Lester Dent, Misplaced Heroes, planetary, Shane Black, Sherlock Holmes, Stan Lee, Tarzan, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

A character who may be the world’s first superhero deserves a comeback.

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December 6, 2018December 2, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #201: The Authority

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Alien, apollo, Bill Clinton, Bryan Hitch, Captain America, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Deathblow, Flashpoint, Frank Quietly, George W Bush, Grifter, Jack Hawksmoor, Jack Kirby, Jenny Quantum, Jenny Sparks, Joe Kelly, Justice League, Mark Millar, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, Stormwatch, Swift, The Authority, The Carrier, The Doctor, The Engineer, The Midnighter, Warren Ellis, WildC.A.T.s, Wildstorm

The Authority: with a name like that, were they really the good guys?

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November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #200: The Forever People

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Darkseid, DC Comics, Deadman, Death of the New Gods, Final Crisis, Forever People, Grant Morrison, Infinity Man, Jack Kirby, Jimmy Olson, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, Mr. Miracle, New Gods, Orion, Stan Lee

Jack Kirby made the New Gods, but something about the Forever People keeps them from reappearing all that much.

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November 22, 2018November 21, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #199: The Just Imagine Heroes

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Aquaman, batman, Catwoman, Convergence, Crisis, DC Comics, Flash, Futures End, Gary Frank, Grant Morrison, Green Lantern, Jack Kirby, JLA, Joe Kubert, John Byrne, John Cassaday, Just Imagine, Kevin Maguire, Marvel Comics, Misplaced Heroes, Multiversity, RIP Stan Lee, Robin, Sandman, Shazam, Stan Lee, Striparella, Superman, Watson, Wonder Woman

Stan Lee did his thing for DC once too.

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November 15, 2018November 15, 2018

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #198: Hitman

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Bloodlines, Catwoman, DC Comics, Etrigan, Garth Ennis, Gotham City, Green Lantern, Grimjack, hawkwoman, John McCrea, Lobo, Misplaced Heroes, No Man's Land, Ray Palmer, Section 8, Superman, The Atom, Wetworks

A guy who barely had powers made his way through the Gotham City underworld.