If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2035)

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by Alex Garcia, we have something from the Earth-2, World War II era, with one of my least favorite heroes from then, Mr. Terrific, fighting with one of my favorite villains from then, Sportsmaster. 

And today we also have a Batman t-shirt, on a bearded guy with some bulging undies.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1832).....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by an unknown artist, a bunch of villains known as Flash's Rogues Gallery (due to the fact they're all enemies of The Flash!).

Roughly counter clockwise from upper left: Gorilla Grodd, Reverse Flash, Trickster, Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, Pied Piper (later turned heroic ally of The Flash), Heatwave and Weather Wizard.

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And today we also have some Earth-2, Golden Age, original Catwoman cosplay. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1810)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, from the Justice League: The Animated Series, we have the Injustice Gang!

Shade, Soloman Grundy, Cheetah, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, Lex Luthor, Ultra-Humanite.

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And today we also have some Wonder Twins, and Gleek, cosplay. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1809)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by the great John Byrne, the early Avenger lineups.  It looks like two separate pics in one!

On the left, we have the Avengers founding membership, clockwise from bottom left: Ant-Man, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, The Wasp.

On the right, we have the lineup about a year or so later, clockwise from upper right: Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Captain America, and Goliath (a later incarnation of Ant-Man).

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And today we also have a bunch of Batman villain cosplay!

The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and a lil baby Joker.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1794)...

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This is the cover to JLA #21, from back in like 1964 or so.  Its the first time the JLA of Earth-1 meets the JSA of Earth-2.  The cover shows the JLA around the table and the JSA in the cloud above.

Clockside from bottle left: Batman, the Atom, The Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Green Arrow and Superman.

In the cloud: Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Black Canary, Green Lantern, Hourman, The Atom

And he was have an artist's homage to that cover...but it's villains of Earth-1 around the table meeting the Injustice Society of Earth-2 in the cloud!

Clockwise from bottom left: Clayface, Chronos, Dr. Alchemy, Dr. Polaris, Human Flying Fish, Felix Faust, Brainwave.

In the cloud: Icicle, Sports Master, Huntress, The Wizard, Fiddler, Gambler

And today we also have an Avengers shirt on a bearded guy.

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IF I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1785)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have a panel from a comic, done by the Great George Perez, of four of the members of the Brotherhood Of Evil!

Clockwise from top: Warp, Plasmus, Phobia, and Hougan.  Along with The Brain and Mounsier Mallah, they fought the New Teen Titans.

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And we also have today a tight Batman shirt on a hot guy double flexing!

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1754)...

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Today we have, by an artist I haven't seen before (but who reminds me of the late, great Mike Parobeck) named Mike Blecherr, some members of the World War II era All-Star Squadron. 

Clockwise from upper left: Starman, Firebrand, Tarantula, Amazing Man, Liberty Belle, and Johnny Quick.

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And today we have a cosplayer doing Spider-Man's villain Mysterio!

Although this cosplay is from the Spider-Man movie and not the comic books.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1743)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by Perez-esque Alex Garcia, Batman in the middle on a gargoyle, surrounded by this enemies.

 Roughly clockwise from bottom left: Poison Ivy, Killer Moth, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Deadshot, Two-Face, Wrath, Harley Quinn, The Joker, Scarecrow, Anarky, Man Bat, Spider, Bane, Ra's al Ghul, Mad Hatter, Dr. Phosphorus, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, Riddler, Hugo Strange, and Catwoman.
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And today we also have some JSA cosplday!

Star Girl, Power Girl, and Dr. Fate.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1726)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have a drawing by an unknown artist of Conner Kent, Superboy, and his dog Krypto.

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And today we also have some pretty awesome cosplay for Aquaman's villain Black Manta.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1716)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by Kevin Maguire, a lineup of Marvel's heroes, supposedly in order of how strong they are.

Left (weakest) to right (strongest):
Daredevil, Captain America, Luke "Power Man" Cage, Spider-Man, The Vision, The Thing and The Hulk.

Not sure why Thor wasn't included, as he's pretty damn strong.  And Doc Samson or Colossus either for the matter.
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And we also have some pretty sweet cosplay of Batman's enemy Killer Croc!

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1311)....

Superhero Anydays

Today we have some redesigns of some of the costumes of the Legion Of Super-Heroes members.

Clockwise from top left: Element Lad, Sun Boy, Tyroc, Wildfire, Chameleon Boy
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And today we also have a Two- Face tattoo on a pair of forearms.

Interesting design....but it seems a bit much...still...if you're into Two-Face....why not?

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1305)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by an artist I recognize but who's name I can't recall, the Legion Of Super-Heroes's enemies: The Fatal Five!

Clockwise from upper right: Mano, Tharok, Persuader, Emerald Empress and Validus in back!

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And today we also have some of the Super Friend's archenemies Legion Of Doom cosplay.

Gorilla Grodd, Captain Cold, Bizarro, Catwoman (not a member but still a villain) and Black Manta.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1296).....

Superhero Anydays

This is the Injustice Gang Of The World.  They're a one time team of supervillains who fought the JLA, right around the time I started buying them, in the mid 70s.

Led by the never before seen (and only seen once subsequently) Libra.  The other members are made up of enemies of the JLA members: Chronos (the Atom), Mirror Master (The Flash), Shadow Thief (Hawkman), Poison Ivy & Scarecrow (Batman) and Tattooed Man (Green Lantern).
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And today we also have cosplay of the original three members of Marvel's WWII era Invaders!

Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, Captain America.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1293)...

Superhero Anydays

This Roy Harper, aka Green Arrow's sidekick, aka Speedy, aka Arsenal, aka Red Arrow.

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And we also have some gender bent cosplay from the Teen Titans GO! cartoon, this is a male Terra. 

With, by the way, pretty damn impressive abs, and sexy lil happy trail....

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1287)...

Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Always Amazing Alex Roos, the Avengers battling some Mandroids.

Bottom to top, we have Captain America, Iron Man, The Vision, Thor, and Goliath II.
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And today we have a very unusual grouping of cosplayers.

Villianous Granny Goodness/Avengers-Fantastic Four member She-Hulk and Avenger Hercules/Earth-2 villain Gentlemen Ghost.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1285).....

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, but I think Joe Stanton, all the members of the various incarnations of the Injustice Society Of America (Earth-2's World War II era supervillain enemy group to the JSA).

We have (just the headshots, bottom to top, left column first then right): Brainwave, Fiddler, Gambler, Harlequin, Huntress, Icicle, Per Degaton, The Shade, Soloman Grundy, Sportsmaster, The Thinker, Vandal Savage and The Wizard.
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And we also have a Spider-Man shirt on a cute lil twinkie.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1283)...

Superhero Anydays

This is, by Phil Cho, a pretty damn great pic of Giganta, enemy of the original Wonder Woman and member of the Legion Of Doom in the Super Friends TV Show.

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And we also have some shirtless, sexy cosaply of the Avenger Falcon, wearing a strange silver mask.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1278)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have the founding members of the Uncanny X-Men, as drawn by their original artist, Jack "The King" Kirby.

Cyclops, The Beast, Iceman, Marvel Girl, with Angel above them, and Professor X's head hovering over them all.
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And today we have some all Asian unusual cosplay.

Catwoman, Wonder Woman, and three members of the Legion Of Doom from the Super Friends TV show: Toyman, Cheetah, and Bizarro.

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If i were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1276)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have the modern version of the Injustice Society of America.

Roughly clockwise from bottom right: Icicle, Tigress, Geomancer, Killer Wasp, Count Vertigo, Shiv and Black Adam with Johnny Sorrow, the Leader, in the middle.
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And today we have some Atlantean royalty cosplay: Aquaman (looking all sleek and and shirtless and sexy) and his wife Mera.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1263)....

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, again by John Byrne, the King Of The Seven Seas, Aquaman!

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 And today we also have two shirtless gender bent Batman Villains: a male Harley Quinn and a male Poison Ivy.

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