10 DC Comics Characters That Need a Makeover
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Paul @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
DC Comics are launching a new online contest on December 7, which is giving fans the chance to give any of the characters a makeover. Fans can use Facebook and their iPhone’s to give the makeover, some winners will be featured in a huge new DC Universe Online Game. Well with this in mind, Wired have decided to come up with a list of 10 characters they feel need a makeover.
Bizarro
Why: Because he’s looking for separation. Although the anti-Superman replicant Bizarro (pictured top) has gone through many changes since debuting in 1958, he’s always been in the Man of Steel’s shadow. Which means he’s ready for his close-up. The new Bizarro should look nothing like Superman, but still visually communicate that he’s the perfect foil for Clark Kent’s superheroic other. It’s (not) the challenge mass animators have (not) been waiting for!
Lobo
Why: Because he’s a master of mayhem, and already fertile subject for reinvention. He’s appeared as a kid-friendly jackass in Superman: The Animated Series and a loopy crusader in the stellar, sprawling 52. Anthrax’s Scott Ian is also taking a stab at the homicidal maniac. So should you.
Martian Manhunter
Why: Because he’s a powerful alien telepath who can take practically any form. He’s also the linchpin of the Justice League, in comics and on screen, and deserves to stand out rather than become cannon fodder for Grant Morrison. Martian Manhunter is just begging to have his horizons expanded, in any format.
The Question
Why: Because the character just gets cooler with age. Created by Steve Ditko in the ’60s and gaining in popularity as comics veer deeper into philosophy and conspiracy, this role model for Watchmen’s Rorschach is ripe with possibility. Anything from an ambitious costume change to a species makeover would benefit The Question.
Death
Why: Because she’s already been reinvented in Vertigo’s recently released Absolute Death by a host of artists. Why not you? She’s a goth-punk Grim Reaper for Generation Xbox. That’s a marriage made for hell-raising.
Dr. Fate
Why: This list needs at least one sorcerer, and Fate is probably the DC Universe’s most powerful. He’s been stuck in that blue-and-gold get-up for too long now, and deserves a costume worthy of a magical master. Like his soft colors, his character could also use some roughing up. He’s perhaps traveled to more distant and/or parallel universes than anyone else on this list — his new iteration should give Death a run for her quirky darkness.
Swamp Thing
Why: Resuscitated by Alan Moore and currently undergoing a cinematic reboot, this sage earth elemental is primed for a comeback. Might as well push that pop-culture boulder down the hill with Sony’s game, especially since the Swamp Thing can transform a mundane horror comic into a knotted narrative denser than wetland muck.
Libra
Why: Because the take-no-prisoners supervillain is on the rise. Libra is probably the most recently captivating of DC Comics bad guys, whether reigning in terror throughout Final Crisis or appearing as psychological tormentor Equinox in Cartoon Network’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He’s a fearsome nemesis, no matter the platform.
Vixen
Why: Named after an epithet for women, this African hero is probably one of DC’s worst. An implosion stopped Vixen from becoming DC’s first black female superheroine to land her own series, but lately she’s been mashed into the revision grinder by sharp minds like G. Willow Wilson. There’s much more work to be done before things fall apart.
Calendar Man
Why: Bill Finger’s confounding villain has yet to be really taken seriously, as you can probably tell by his name alone. Batman: The Brave and the Bold gave it a go in the Bob Clampett homage episode “Legends of the Dark-Mite.†And while upgrading him to Calendar King and watching him sic Halloween monsters, Santa bikers and mutant Easter bunnies on the Dark Knight turned out to be a blast, the laughingstock needs staying power. Someone get this guy a Maya genius. Stat.
What do you think, who would you like to see get a makeover? Or do you even care?
source: 10 DC Comics Characters Deserving a Mass Makeover [Wired]
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