Dont know why he hasnt shown up since thors rebirth, the odin force should have resurrected hescamarmarnot. The fun part about finding obscure villains is that you can rarely swing a dead cat within the mu without hitting one. Marvel entertainment is adding a new comic book title to its lineup this summer, but the marvels isnt the average superhero team that the title might suggest. Comic book covers, comic books art, comic art, book art, marvel comics superheroes, dc comics art, jack cole, plastic man, silver surfer. Mcu just yet, and it wouldnt be comic book accurate to have another villain. This obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel and. Timely comics kazar debuted in 1936, but the kazar most comics fans are familiar with is the kevin plunder version of the character. This obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel and avengers 4 while quasar probably wont ever be in an mcu movie, dont be surprised if he has a big impact on the aftermath. The legion of superheroes were once the biggest thing in comics, and its.
Either because they are simply too obscure, dark, gritty or something else, here. The first captain marvel, the one with the magic word shazam. The 6 most bizarrely offensive comic book supervillains. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. Marvel to launch expansive new comic book series the. Sep 27, 2019 the marvel universe has an insane amount of characters in it. Marvel reveals its most obscure, unlikely superhero. I started reading the legion of superheroes in the 70s, so this is the costume i remember. Marvel reveals its most obscure, unlikely superhero revival yet. Ive set out on search to find some of the most ridicu. Nods to a defeated superman and batman threw winks to readers, but all movie audiences got were inexplicably curving bullets.
Join for an inside look into some of marvel s mostread. Anticipation is high for captain marvel the first marvel superhero movie featuring a female lead and the next avengers movie, the trailer for which dropped to enormous hype friday morning. But the marvel universe is jampacked with interesting, quirky, oddball or just downright lame characters that many people have never heard of before. Lifelong lover of marvel comics, paul scheer and marvel s stephen wacker talk with emmy award winner and host of cnns united shades of america w.
Before there was black widow, marvel comics premiere femme fatale was louise grant, a secretary to a private investigator by day, and a. So, without further ado heres my list of 27 of the lamest characters created in comic book history. Nov 20, 2016 david scotts answer is the one i agree with the most. With the runaway success of christopher nolans batman films and the marvel cinematic universe, its easy to forget that prior to the release of superman. Only this week, marvel studios, the film production wing of marvel comics, released trailers for two new blockbuster comic book movies. Appeared in jurgens thor run and seemed interesting. Top 10 obscure superheroes who deserve their own movies. Obscure marvel characters the good, the bad and the ugly. I have a few, but at the moment one of my favorite rather obscure superheroes is. Gwenny eventually changed her superhero name to golden woman, before she died in 1961.
Apr 14, 2014 most underrated comic book characters part 1, the most underrated superheroes and supervillains of all time who deserve more exposure in comics and movies. We will never see the majority of these characters on the big screen. Mystery men comics september cover by chuck cuidera comic book. Doctor strange is just the latest marvel property to make it to the big screen, with even more obscure characters such as antman and the guardians of the galaxy launching successful franchises. Jennifer walters, backstory and how she ties into many teams from across the marvel universe, including the avengers on this weeks earths mightiest show.
The 20 most obscure superheroes that only true nerds will recognize 20 skateman. Dec 22, 2014 it seems like theres never been a better time to be an obscure superhero or comic book property. The 10 greatest nonmarvel or dc comic book superheroes. Stan lee, the cocreator of most of the marvel universe, once posed completely nude for the cover of a book that would talk about how the marvel company worked to develop and published their comic books, thank god that picture didnt make it to the book but its existence has been confirmed by the company and stan lees family. Marvel has a crazy number of characters in their comic book library over 7,000 of them. For the purposes of this list, it does not include animal companions like krypto or sandman s owls, or supervillain henchmen. 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. I didnt, until i ran across an archie comics digest that had reprints of the mljred circle heroes. Can i use the name of an obscure marvel superhero in my book. Play sporcles virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. It isnt totally comprehensive, but it includes just about. Sep 26, 2017 explore joesmaills board weird comic superheroes and.
This article will examine five obscure marvel characters that would work well in an mcu film and five that wouldnt. Dc has the worst reputation for creating superheros worthy of a headdesk, but marvel have a fair share of facepalms too. The 20 most obscure superheroes that only true nerds will. Obscurity doesnt matter, you cant a name and peregrine as a name isnt original with marvel. Comic book characters marvel will never get right grunge. Cloak tyrone johnson and dagger tandy bowen are a fictional superhero duo appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Sep 17, 2019 lets dig deeper in those dollar long boxes and see what we can find. Aug 28, 20 marvel reveals its most obscure, unlikely superhero revival yet. While some marvel comic characters are truly awesome, fitting them into. In the comic version, the hero wesley discovered comic book superheroes had once been real, before their villains joined forces and wiped them off the planet with his father among them. There are so many obscure characters out there, and a lot of them are absurdly silly. This is a list of comic book sidekicks defined 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. Okay, everyones heard of spiderman, the hulk, thor, dr.
Movie superheroes and villains who outshine their comic. Comic book fans are used to truly obscure characters making unexpected. Smells like infinite sadness a 40somethings musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. I can almost guarantee that any crowd scene in the amazing spiderman will have at least three villains in their civilian ids thinking in their head, theres that wall crawling jerk. While the fighting hobo may not have been the first vagrant vigilante, he was the only one named butch.
Stan lee, the creator of so many of marvel comics classic characters and stories, is dead at 95. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. This just might be the most grossly insensitive comic book character of all time. But believe it or not, there is a long, sort of secret history of comic book movies you may or may. Taking an obscure, fourthtier marvel superhero team and making it cool is par for the course at this point guardians of the galaxy, anyone. Because of that, we figured we pull out a few of the most obscure marvel characters thatd be great additions to the liveaction marvel cinematic universe at some point or another in the upcoming. The worlds greatest book club with paul scheer paul scheer talks ironheart with w. Marvel reveals its most obscure, unlikely superhero revival. There are so many superheroes in the marvel universe that most of the good. Five more obscure marvel villains youve probably never heard.
Bob hope was such a big movie star that he also headlined a comic book. Here are 12 times marvel comics were just too weird. In the end, some are going to be a better fit in the mcu than others. Aug 03, 2018 this obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel and avengers 4 while quasar probably wont ever be in an mcu movie, dont be surprised if he has a big impact on the aftermath.
Comic books afford creators an amazing amount of freedom, but sometimes it goes to. This obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel. Jul 06, 2019 because of that, we figured we pull out a few of the most obscure marvel characters thatd be great additions to the liveaction marvel cinematic universe at some point or another in the upcoming. Like most comic imprints, marvel comics has its share of ridiculous. Strange marvel superheroes you may not know exist looper. With marvel having published comics for nearly 80 years, there is a wide variety of characters to potentially choose from. Even an obscure comic book title such as guardians of the galaxy could become fodder for a. Similar to captain america as he was also created by jack kirby and joe simon. Feb 28, 2020 didja know that there have been more than 2 publishers of comic book heroes throughout the years. Marvel comic character, comic book characters, marvel characters, comic books. It seems like theres never been a better time to be an obscure superhero or comic book property. Marvel to launch expansive new comic book series the marvels. Despite so many superheroes making the jump to the big screen, there are.
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