If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4618)....

 Superhero Anydays

Once again, I don't know the artist, but here we have headshots of the Uncanny X-Men until roughly the time I stopped collecting them (early 60 to Mid 90s).

They're in the rough order of joining: Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, Mimic, Changling, Polaris, Havok, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Banshee, Storm, Sunfire, Colossus, Thunderbird, Shadowcat (with her pet dragon Lockheed on her shoulder), Rogue, Rachel Summers, Magneto, Psyloche, Longshot, Dazzler, Forge, Jubilee, Gambit, Bishop

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And today we also have a cosplayer doing The Silver Surfer.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4611).....

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I might have posted these (or some of these) before, but if so, they're worth a repost.  It's all art by Ron Frenz and shows Marvel's heroes from the late 60's/early 70s. 

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The Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, Crystal, Human Torch), Sgt Fury director of SHIELD, the X-Men (Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Beast)

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The Avengers: Captain America, The Falcon (not an Avenger at this point, but a "sidekick" of Cap's), Thor, Hercules, Iron Man, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision.

Black Widow (an individual at this point, not yet an Avengers), Goliath II (an Avenger), Captain Marvel (an ally of the Avengers, not a member), Daredevil (independent), Spider-Man (independent), Black Knight (and Avenger)

The Defenders: Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, The Hulk, Namor the Sub Mariner

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And then we have a bunch of heroes who were created in the 70s!

Tigra, Nighthawk, Werewolf by Night, Spider-Woman, The Beast (after he gained his blue fur), Aquarian, and Captain Britain.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4606)....

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Today, we have by comic book artist Kerry Gammill, an unusual combination of Justice League members

Clockwise from bottom left: Superman (with his hideous mullet), Green Arrow II (Connor Hawke, son of Green Arrow I), The Flash III (the former Kid Flash), Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Batman, and...Fire.  (it's strange that she's here as she was never a member of the team at this time). 

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And today we have a Colossus cosplayer 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4605)....

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Today by the criminally underrated but always exquisite Paul Smith we have Kitty Pryde aka Sprite aka Ariel aka Shadowcat and per dragon Lockheed. 

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And today we also have Robin and Green Lantern cosplayers.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4593)....

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Today, by Art Adams, we have the cover of something showing the X-Men. 

Up top, left to right: Sunfire, Rogue, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel and Iceman

On the ground: Clockwise from front: Wolverine, Shadowcat, Longshot, Havok, Dazzler, Colossus, Storm, Psylocke and Nightcrawler. 

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And today we also have a gender bent cosplaying couple: The Joker and Harley Quinn. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4590)....

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Today we have, by Canadian John Byrne, a bunch of X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and an independent hero from around the time he was drawing the X-Men, say circa 1980. 

Kitty Pryde (X-Men), Beast (X-Men/Avengers), Captain America (Avengers), Colossus (X-Men), Cyclops (X-Men), Invisible Woman (Fantastic Four), Iron Man (Avengers), Ms Marvel (Avengers), Mr. Fantastic (Fantastic Four), Scarlet Witch (Avengers), Storm (X-Men), Thing (Fantastic Four), Professor X (X-Men), Vision (Avengers), Wolverine (X-Men)

In the air: Human Torch (Fantastic Four) and Spider-Man (independent)

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And today we also have a gender bent Raven along with a Beast Boy, both from the Teen Titans. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4579).....

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Today, by someone named Felipe Massafera, we have the New Uncanny X-Men and their archenemy Magneto. 

Clockwise from bottom right: Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Phoenix, Cyclops, Colossus, and Storm with Magneto in the background. 

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And today we have a gender bent Storm. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4577)......

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This is by I think Rick Hoberg, and it shows one of DC's least used teams (mostly, I think, cause it's only got one hero from the USA in it, but who knows): the Global Guardians!   Based in Paris, they have members from other counties from around the world. 

Following the alphabetical listing of the headshots, we have: Dr. Mist (team leader), Bushmaster, Godiva, Green Fury, Icemaiden, Impala, Jack O'Lantern, Little Mermaid, Olympian, Owlwoman, Rising Sun, Seraph, Tasmanian Devil, Thunderlord, Tuatara, and Wild Huntsman

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And today we have four drag queens doing gender bending X-Men cosplay: Rogue, Jean Grey, Jubilee, and Psylocke.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4573).....

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Today, in black and white by Jerry Ordway, we have a bunch of Earth-2's World War II era heroes, some in the JSA, some in the All-Star Squadron, some in both. 

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

On the ground: Hourman, Wildcat, Johnny Quick, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, The Atom, Black Canary, and Mr. Terrific.

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And today we also have two gender bent X-Men cosplayers!

Phoenix (how does he walk in those heels???) and Storm.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4562).....

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Today, by the Canadian John Byrne, we have a batch of the X-Men in the Danger Room!

In the monitor room, we have Professor X and Kitty Pryde

Clockwise from upper left: Nightcrawler, Angel, Storm, Iceman, Wolverine, Colossus, and Cyclops

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And today we have a pretty damn good cosplay of the supervillain Taskmaster.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4561)....

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This is by someone apparently named scmarkel, and this the Uncanny X-Men, with the last, best lineup, before things went to hell. 

Clockwise from top: Colossus, Storm, Rachel Summer, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Shadowcat (holding Lockheed), Rogue, and Cyclops in the middle. 

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And today we have a sexy fella in a Magneto cosplay (although the outfit's a bit weird). 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4543)...

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Don't know the artist, but this a portrait of the original Uncanny X-Men!

Beast, Angel, Professor X, Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Iceman

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And today we also have a Static Shock cosplayer!

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4541)....

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Again, by Neverknew Lane, we have the New Uncanny X-Men right after their first gathering in Giant Sized X-Men #1.

In the air: Storm, Banshee, Nightscrawler and Sunfire

On the ground: Cyclops, Colossus, Thunderbird and Wolverine.

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And today we have a Flash croptopped tshirt on a cute lil twink.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4500)...

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By someone named Michel Fiffe, we have Storm in her mohawk and leather phase, and the other X-Men as they were at that time.

Rogue, Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Shadowcat

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And today we also tow powerful mutants of Marvel: Cyclops and Namor the Sub-Mariner. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4492)....

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Today we have the cover of a comic book Index I actually own, having purchased it in the early/mid 80s. 

Original X-men: Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman and Angel above them. 

On the right hand side is the new X-Men:   Thunderbird, Sunfire, Banshee, Storm, Phoenix, Cyclops, Professor X, Angel, Colossus, Wolverine and Beast, with Nightcrawler hanging at the top and Kitty Pryde kneeling in the front.  This was drawn by the way by Brent Anderson and inked by Terry Austin. 

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And today we also have Batman villain Cat-Man cosplayed

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4480)......

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Today, by the Great Mike Grell, we have a bunch of his work showcasing profiles of various groups!

The Avengers, circa 1969

Vision, Goliath II, Ant-Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America

Members of the Bat-Family

Batman, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, The Joker, Two-Face, Man-Bat

The GL/GA family

Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Speedy, Jon Stewart Green Lantern, an Oan

The Inhumans

Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Karnak, Triton

The JLA founders

Martian Manhunters, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman

The original X-Men

Havok, Polaris, Angel, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Beast, Cyclops

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4479)......

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Don't know the artist, but this is a nicely done version of Nightcrawler. 

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And today we also have a Daredevil cosplayer

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4472)......

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 I don't know the artist, but this the original lineup of the Uncanny X-Men, perhaps in their gym/workout clothes.

Iceman kneeling in front.  Left to right: Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, and Cyclops

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And today we also have an Aqualad cosplayer, looking a bit older than a lad and in some spandex clothing. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4464)....

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Today we have, by Canadian John Byrne, his version of the original founding X-Men taking to the air over the School For Gifted Youngsters.

Out front we have Agnel, in the front of the vehicle we have Cyclops and Beast and in the back seat, Marvel Girl and Iceman. 

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And today we have cosplayers doing Moon Knight and USAgent.

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4449)....

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I thought it was originally Paul Smith.  Even though it's not (and it does look like him) it's the Uncanny X-Men from the time she was drawing them.  And I forgot to get the name of the artist, unfortunately. 

Rogue, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Shadowcar, Lockheed the dragon, and Wolverine.

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And today we also have some cosplayers doing DC Comics' stretchy heroes: Plastic Man, Elongated Man and another Plastic Man. 

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