
(From “Bulletman” number 10, 1942.)

(From “Bulletman” number 10, 1942.)
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I’ve shown you the right way to do awesome real-life super-hero costumes before (like the Wolverine claw guy), but in honor of this being the Bad Costume Wednesday after Halloween, and in keeping with the theme of the week, I wanted to show you a really, really bad attempt at the same effect:

Bad Wolverine costume from WTFCostumes.com
Like Wolverine would ever use a fork.
For more awesome (and not so awesome) real-life super-hero comics, check out WTFCostumes.com.
Just beware the naked Spider-Man, that’s all I’m saying. ::shudder::
Posted in Bad Super Costumes

(From “Captain Video” number 2, 1951.)
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We’re going to do something a little different for this week’s caption contest. Usually I put up a comic book panel with the words whited out, and you have to try to come up with the funniest or best replacement dialog. But this week, you’re going to do what I do with the Daily Random Panels — come up with the best headline to make the comic book panel below perfect:

So for instance, some possibilities I thought of for this one were “This is the worst fantasy ever!”; “How can I with all this pressure and shouting?!”; “Bad days to forget your thumbtacks”; “Bob’s Last Day as the Green Masked Bulletin Poster”; etc.
The rules are simple:
The winner will receive either a portrait of their head or any one item they like to be included in the HeroMachine 3 final version. You have one week, so good luck everyone!
Posted in Challenges
Although it was a smaller turnout than usual (not that I blame anyone — I certainly wouldn’t want a picture of me up on the internet! — I appreciate everyone who made an entry into our last costume contest, which asked you to put up a HeroMachine image of an actual Halloween costume. In addition to the folks who bravely posted themselves, several people put together excellent composites of other people.
PhoenixTallon posted some very nice adaptions, but my favorite was her “I Dream of Jeannie”:
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(From “Captain Video” number 2, 1951.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
A lot of heroic fiction is based on the main character waking one day to discover that he or she is not, in fact, a powerless drone, but a mighty warrior / king / Kryptonian with massive powers / what have you. So I got to wondering:
Discussion to follow.
Posted in Versus

(From “Captain Video” number 2, 1951.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel

(From “Marvel Family” number 1, 1945.)
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I am happy to announce the release of several more prizes for contest winners, now live and available for your use in your own creations.
First, BlueBlazer has been added to the lineup of studly hombres in the Head-Winners set for taking home Caption Contest 56:
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Posted in Challenge Prizes, Challenges, HeroMachine 3