If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4610)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by Canadian John Byrne, we have the Clown Prince Of Crime, The Joker, and "other half" Harley Quinn!

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And today we also have a Green Lantern cosplayer, complete with green hair too!

Looks good in the outfit, don't he? 

POLT

I'm crazy for you, touch me once, and you'll know it's true (Part 194)....

 Comic Book Craziness

In issue #10 of The Joker's own comic book the Clown Prince Of Crime made a deal with the "perfectly banal" Elton John!

All I can say is, the mid-70's were a crazy time, man.  A crazy time. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4531)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have a bunch of Marvel headshots by many different artist. 

Ant-Man, Angel, Angar, Moon Knight, Power Man, Moondragon

Black Knight, Beast, Black Bolt, Tigra, Triton, Vision

Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Storm, Thing, Thor

Captain Britain, Colossus, Cyclops, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Spiderwoman

?, Whizzer, Yellowjacket, Black Goliath, Ms. Marvel, Nove

Kazar, Machine Mn, Mr. Fantastic, Wasp, Wolverine, Wonder Man

Warlock, Captain Marvel, Marvel Boy, Omega, Thunderbird, Zuras

Rom, Sasquatch, Scarlet Witch, Daredevil, Dazzler, Falcon

Ikaris, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Hellcat, Human Torch

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And today we also have a Joker cosplayer, whose cosplay extends all the way to his cane!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4529).....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by an unknown artist, we have his rendition of most of the Earth-2 JSA heroes, from he first just before WWII until the present day.  And he's done them in a Kevin-Maguire-esque pose and design. 

Older ones at the bottom, newer ones at the top.  Let's see if I can name them all...in no particular order, but trying to start from the top going down. 

Jakeem Thunder and his Magic Thunderbolt, Jesse Quick, Hourman II, Commander Steele, Stargirl, Cyclone, Black Canary II, Captain Marvel, Magog, Obsidian

Hourman III, Atomsmasher, Dr. Mid-Nite III, Sand, Starman V, Dr. Fate II, Hawkgirl II

Star-Spangled Kid, Robin, Superman, Power Girl, Batman, Huntress

Mr. Terrific, Starman I, Green Lantern, Johnny Quick and his Magic Thunderbolt

Wildcat, Black Canary, Wonder Woman, Dr. Mid-Nite I, Hourman I, Dr. Fate I

Hawkman, The Atom, The Flash, Sandman, Spectre

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And today we also have have somewhat cute, nicely muscled fella in a laughing hysterically Joker wifebeater. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4493)....

 Superhero Anydays

No idea who this artist is, but today we have a painting of Marvel's WWII era Nazi fighters, the Invaders!

Clockwise from upper left: Namor the Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Human Torch, Toro, Spitfire, Union Jack, Bucky

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And I sadly forget this fella's name, but he does several different cosplays, this time, he's doing a damn good Joker, crowbar and playing card and all!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4450)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, we have a comic book panel that was one of my earliest introductions to Earth-2 and the hero team Justice Society of America that operated there, and it's done by the artist who, to me, IS the artist of the JSA: Joe Staton.

In the air: Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Green Lantern

In front: Robin, The Flash, Power Girl, Huntress

In back; Hourman, Wildcat, Dr. Mid-Nite and Star-Spangled Kid

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And today we also have a Joker cosplayer in all his Joker Cosplaying best!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 3053)....

 Superhero Anydays

Probably posted this before, but damn, it's so good, I have to repost!  It's Avengers headshots, as done by the Canadian John Byrne, in the order they joined, up to roughly 1983, when the last one pictured, Starfox, joined (this covers 20 years of real time, from the Avengers' founding in 1963).

Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Wasp, Hulk, Giant-Man (Hank Pym), Captain America, Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman, Goliath I (Hank Pym), Hercules, Black Panther, Vision, Yellowjacket (Hank Pym), Goliath II (Clint Barton), Black Knight, Black Widow, Mantis, Beast, Hellcat, Moondragon, Jocasta, Ms. Marvel, Falcon, Wonder Man, Tigra, She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Starfox, with Jarvis the Butler, and an Avengers' ID Card for John Byrne.

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And today we also have 5 DC Comics supervillains cosplay!

Riddler, Joker, Cheetah, Sinestro, and Captain Cold.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 3031)....

 Superhero  Anydays

Today we have an artist's Mike Grell-esque headshots of the Legion Of Super-Heroes, in the costumes right about the time I started collecting the title. 

Clockwise from upper left: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Colossal Boy, Phantom Girl, Superboy, Sun Boy, Dawnstar, Shrinking Violet, Wildfire, Chameleon Boy, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Timber Wolf, Tyroc and Duo Damsel

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And today we also have an oddly coiffed Joker cosplayer. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2774)....

 Superhero Anydays

This is a pretty awesome lineup of the West Coast Avengers. 

Clockwise from upper left: Vision, Wonder Man, Wasp, Moon Knight, Mockingbird, Hawkeye, Dr. Pym, Scarlet Witch, Tigra.

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And today we also have a Heath Ledger-esque Joker cosplayer. 

POLT

Appreciate, then you can, ring my bell (Part 65)...

 Perez Appreciation Post

This is the Maestro George Perez's version of the Joker.  And he's made him look appropriately maniacal.   Dangerously so.  Even cadaverous.   And it's as the Joker should always look. 

POLT

Appreciate, then you can...ring my bell (Part 63)...

 Perez Appreciation Post

The Maestro George Perez never did much of Batman solo, much less of Batman and Joker together.  So here we've got this wonderful piece of art!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2569).....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by an unknown artist, we have the mutant Havok, brother of Cyclops. 

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And today we also have a Joker coplayer. 

POLT

I'm crazy for you, touch me once and you'll know it's true (Part 211)...

 Comic Book Craziness

Perhaps a chalk white boner with green pubes would be kinda funny....

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2294)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by Alex Ross, we have a Bat-Family pic!

Above we have Nightwing, Robin, Batman, and Batgirl.  In the background we have Harley Quinn and the Joker and in the front center we have Batman Beyond!

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And today we have a split screen shot of a hot black guy in a Marvel hoodie and Incredible Hulk undies (seen thanks to his saggin) and sneakers.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2266)....

 Superhero Anydays

By the Always Amazing Alex Ross, we have his rendition of The Joker, and his big toothy, albeit maniacal, smile!

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And today we also have a cute lil Asian cosplayer with a big toothy smile in one of Namor the Sub-Mariner's lesser used costumes. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2256)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Maestro George Perez, we have some B or maybe even C or D level members of Marvel's Avengers.

Clockwise from top: Black Goliath, Red Wolf, Jack Of Hearts and Stingray.

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And today we also have two DC super-villain cosplayers: The Joker and Darkseid.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2255)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by an unknown artist, we have some members of  Earth-2's Golden Age Justice Society from later in their run probably later 40s or early 50s.

Clockwise from top: Hawkman, The Atom, Black Canary and Dr. Mid-Nite.

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Today we have cosplayer grinningsinner doing a pretty spot-on rendition of The Joker!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2206)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by an unknown but great artist, the original Teen Titans and the original Uncanny X-Men together!

On the ground we have Kid Flash (TT), Speedy (TT), Cyclops (XM), Robin (TT), Marvel Girl (XM) and Beast (XM)

Up above we have Wonder Girl (TT), Angel (XM), Aqualad (TT), and Iceman (XM)

(honestly, this is team up I'd love to see!)

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And today we have some Batman Supervillain cosplay: The Joker and Poison Ivy.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2196).....

 Superhero Anydays

Don't know the artist, but he does great work.  And here his work is the Uncanny X-Men, right before their title was initially canceled.

Polaris, Havok, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, with Angel in the air.

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Today we also have some Joker and Harley Quinn cosplay. 

And this is how Harley SHOULD be done: in her jester costume next to her "Mistah J".

NOT as a cheap streetwalking whore in Daisy Dukes and a barely there top.  

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2166)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have the Clown Prince Of Crime, The Ace of Knaves, The Harlequin Of Hate, the Jester of Genocide, Mista J himself: The Joker!

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And today we have the cast of the Avengers.....if they belonged to DC and not Marvel. 

POLT