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Poll Position: Sidekicks

I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion in last week’s Poll Position regarding the greatest comic-book villain of all time (you voted for The Joker by a wide margin), so I wanted to continue it this week, albeit in a lighter vein: … Continue reading

RP: The further adventures of Daddy-Man

(Image courtesy of Comically Vintage.)

HM3: Prize updates

You may recall that last year I exercised my executive privilege to revert a bunch of unclaimed contest prizes back to the community. You all came up with a ton of suggestions for those unused prizes, and voted on the … Continue reading

Terminal Knees

Watson Bradshaw requested a set of legs that would terminate at the knees, as if the character were kneeling. Since that’s been requested by lots of folks, I thought it would be wise to go ahead and publish the first … Continue reading

Character Contest 55: Capricorn Won!

Despite recent attempts to subvert the sublime perfection of the modern Zodiac system with the discredited “sidereal” horoscope model, we here at HeroMachine central remain committed to our stated goal of doing a Character Design Contest for each heavenly sign. … Continue reading

Caption Contest 90 Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of Caption Contest 90, for subtlety, humor, and very sly innuendo — JOEL! Joel, just let me know what you’d like for your prize. We had a number of very funny runners-up, as well, which I … Continue reading

RP: Spectre Eloquentes

(From “More Fun Comics”, ©1940, DC Comics.)

RP: Pull the lever shaped like a big finger

(From “Daredevil” number 11, 1942. Not THAT Daredevil, the first one.)

RP: Curses, nonsensical

(From “Daredevil” number 11, 1942.)

More prizes

For VonMalcolm’s Character Contest 43 win, he requested an alien or monster bursting out of a stomach. This is what we settled on, currently available in Body-Monster: It’s a little more complex than most items, with the usual color1 and … Continue reading