Superhero Anydays
See this:
This is the cover of the second volume of the Justice League, circa 1987. The original League had disbanded and after the Legends miniseries, this group of super-heroes joined together to form a new Justice League. They are:
1st row: Dr. Fate, Guy Gardner Green Lantern, and Captain Marvel
2nd row: Dr. Light II, Blue Beetle, Batman, and the Martian Manhunter
3rd row: Oberon (unpowered, friend of -->), Mister Miracle, and Black Canary.
I'm posting this because this was drawn by Kevin Maguire, an amazing artist, especially when it came to facial expressions. But that's not why I'm posting this. I'm posting it because this particular cover became quite iconic and much copied....including many time by Kevin Maguire himself! See below:
1) Nearly every member of the new lineup mentioned above, but shown all together.
Ice, Fire, Blue Beetle, Maxwell Lord
Captain Atom, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Mary Marvel, Power Girl, Oberon
Elongated Man, his wife Sue Dibny, Captain Marvel, Mister Miracle and G/Nort Green Lantern
Rocket Red 7, Dr. Light, L-Ron, Big Barge, General Glory, Dr. Fate
2) The original Justice League Of America membership, plus two members.
3) Maguire also did one with the female heroes of the DC Universe.
Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Batgirl
Starfire, Huntress, Vixen, Power Girl, Zatanna
Stargirl, Mary Marvel, Black Canary, Batwoman
Big Barda, Donna Troy, Ice, Miss Martian, Fire
Jade, Mera, Hawkgirl
4) Maguire did an uncolored version of Batman's second team: The Outsiders
Clockwise from bottom: Batman, Geo-Force, Halo, Metamorpho, Looker, Katana and Black Lightning in the middle
5) Maguire didn't do just heroes: here are the Legion Of Super-Heroes enemies the Fatal Five!
Clockwise from bottom: Tharok, Mano, Emerald Empress, Validus and the Persuader
6) He did the lineup for the Super-Friends under the banner of the Super Friends comic book from the 70s.
Clockwise at bottom: Zan, Gleek, Marvin, Wonder Dog, Wendy, Jayna
Heroes, left to right: Aquaman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin
7) He didn't do just comic BOOKS, either. Here Maguire does characters from Batman the TV Series of the 1960s.
In front, Robin, Batman and Alfred
The bad guys: Riddler, Catwoman, Joker
Mad Hatter, Egghead, Penguin
Mister Freeze, King Tut (the two guys on the ends of this row I don't know, so I assume their just flunkies)
And if you'll look closely, they actually DO look like Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Caesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Vincent Price, etc, etc.
8) And Maguire's not stuck to just DC comics: here he is doing the MCU Avengers!
Iron Man, Nick Fury, Captain America
Hawkeye, Phil Coulson
Black Widow, Thor
The Hulk, with Agent Maria Hill behind him
And again, they LOOK like the actors protraying them
9) Maguire even went outside comics altogether and did a lineup of Doctor Who!
4th Doctor, 12th Doctor, 10th Doctor
2nd Doctor, 11th Doctor, 5th Doctor, 7th Doctor
6th Doctor, 3rd Doctor
1st Doctor, 8th Doctor, 9th Doctor
And again....they ALL look so much like the actor portraying them!
10) I also discovered this....odd lineup done by Maguire. It's a mixture of character from Marvel and DC, but none of which I'd call an A-Lister. Most of these are B-Listers and best, and some of them are downright obscure!
Tigra, Captain Britain, Vixen
Quicksilver, Crystal
Jade, Black Lightning, She-Hulk, Firester
Tasmanian Devil, Lady Quark, Tomorrow Woman, Bumblebee and Flat Man
Maybe their favorite of Maguires, I don't know.
11) I say it's iconic because someone made a Maguire-esque lineup for the Classic JLA!
Elongated Man, Batman, The Atom, Green Lantern, Superman
The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Zatanna
Red Tornado, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Black Canary and Martian Manhunter
They're missing only Hawkwoman and Firestorm
12) Someone else used a Maguire lineup for some member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Clockwise from top: Colossal Boy, Dawnstar, Chameleon Boy, Brainiac 5, Mon-El, Timber Wolf, Wildfire, Supergirl, Invisible Kid II, and Sensor Girl
13) And someone else used the Maguire lineup for this disparate lineup of Legion of Super-Heroes members, all in costumes from roughly the time I started reading them, circa 1980.
Wildfire, Star Boy, Tyroc
Shadow Lass, Ultra Boy, Cosmic Boy, Blok
Timber Wolf, Mon-El and Dream Girl
14) But Kevin Maguire is himself the master of this lineup that he originated! Here, we have practically every member of the Justice League, the Green Latnern Corps and the Suicide Squad, as well as a few villains....and no I am NOT going to even attempt to take the time and space to name them all!
POLT
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