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: So over twenty years after the DC/Marvel
: crossover I was thinking about what was
: good, bad, and silly about Amalgam Comics.
: In my mind there are several types of
: amalgams:
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: Good but obvious: Super-Soldier, Thorion.
: Bad and obvious: Challengers of the
: Fantastic, Darkclaw.
: Not obvious but really good: Iron Lantern,
: Bruce Wayne: AoS
: Messed up but kind of inspired and cool:
: Speed Demon.
: Inspired but executed poorly: Magnetic Men,
: Dr. Strangefate (obvious, too).
: Messed up and really bad: Bat-Thing, Diana
: Prince, Amazon.
: Fun: Spider-Boy.
: Just really bad: JLX, X-Patrol.
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: Now I’m not really talking about the writing
: or art or even the character design. My
: critique is of the amalgam choices. If DC
: and Marvel did a New Amalgam universe, this
: is what I’d do:
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: A straight FF/Doom Patrol Amalgam would be
: fun. Dr. Niles Richards? Robot-Thing?
: Invisi-Girl?
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: Nick Jordan, Agent of L.A.N.T.E.R.N.
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: An Iron Man/Batman amalgam. Super obvious
: but could be really cool. A War
: Machine/Nightwing partner would be awesome.
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: Professor Lex and the S-Men. A bald,
: secretly villainous Lex Xavier as leader of
: the Super Men (S-Men). The S-Men think
: they’re heroes but Professor Lex is using
: them for nefarious purposes. A
: Cyclops/Superman amalgam as field leader
: works. Other team members include Jean
: Grey/Lois Lane, Angel/Supergirl, and
: Iceman/Superboy amalgams?
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: I don’t know. I have too much time on my
: hands.
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