Sharing Day, Vehicle Edition


Via: FuriousFanboys.com

Your Sharing Day question for this outing is:

If you could have one personal vehicle in real life from all of speculative fiction (comics, movies, novels, what have you), which one would you choose and why?

I included the image just for inspiration, you're not limited to just those ten, by the way.

In terms of what qualifies as a "personal vehicle", I think probably the Death Star wouldn't count (since it takes a whole crew to run), but a TIE Fighter would. I want to say Iron Man's armor wouldn't count because I don't really think of a suit as something you "ride", while a big Battle Tech mech would. But I am not 100% on that.

Some other examples might be Wonder Woman's invisible plane, the Batmobile, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a TARDIS, and many more than I can possibly list.

I suspect the TARDIS will get a lot of loving, but for me, I want something that can zip around and which would be fun to drive or pilot. The idea of visiting other eras is very cool, but I'm not much of an adventurer and would likely end up broke, lost, and/or in a mental institution in fairly short order.

Instead, I think I'd pick Silver Surfer's surfboard. It provides protection for the rider(s), it can go at Faster Than Light speeds, and it looks wicked fun to ride.

Let me know in the comments what personal vehicle you'd choose for your own in real life. If you like, in return for answering my question to you, you may ask a question of me on any topic and I'll do my best to answer honestly and completely. Just leave your reply (and question, if any) as a comment. The goal is to learn a little more about our community!

Apparently The Target skipped health class

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 5, 1941.)

SOD: Jade

MSCat requested a Sketch of the Day involving his character, Jade:

And here's what I came up with:

Hope you like it, MSCat!

Chip on our shoulder or Dale in our pants?

When last we left our Thrust of Justice (that sounds awful), we were deciding whether to follow Dale's plan on attacking the super cockroach duplicate guy or not. We opted to go with it, and thus:

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Uncensor this!

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 4, 1941.)

Glorious

With it being Independence Day in the US (celebrating the anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, rebelling against the authority of Great Britain), I thought I'd take a look at one of the worst "patriotic" super-hero outfits for Bad Costume Wednesday.

You can see an amazing collection of such characters at Comic Book Resources, but I've settled on Captain Glory by Jack Kirby:

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Whether you want him to or not …

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 4, 1941.)

Movie Wolverine vs. Movie Batman. Who wins?

Since Wolverine wins every poll he's in, and Batman wins every poll HE's in, I am going to short-circuit the geek hive mind and pit them against each other. Genius!

To make it more interesting, I'm going with the movie versions of each, particularly since I think an argument can be made that the X-Men and Nolan Batman series are fundamentally compatible in a way that, for instance, neither is with the world of the Superman films.

So you've got the standard Wolverine ferocity and healing powers against the Batman's strategic superiority and tech base. Both are trained in martial arts and both are deadly fighters. Batman is used to fighting guys with swords, so if he survives the first slice-and-dice that shows his armor to be ineffectual, I think he could adapt and stay away from the sharp ends.

I don't think either character is the combat master they're portrayed as in the comics. With Wolverine, I get the sense that he's more of a Rocky style "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" sort of outlast-them fighter. More of a pugilist than a martial artist. Batman, of course, very much is the martial artist, but does that matter much against a guy who can regenerate?

I see the fight as being either a quick Wolverine victory (his unexpected speed and ferocity, not to mention unstoppable claws, catch Bats before he can prepare), or Batman survives the initial assault and picks him apart over the long term.

What do you think, who would win and why?

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The Oliver Queen origin story DC wouldn't tell

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 4, 1941.)

Caption Contest 124

Your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel (which comes to us courtesy of the always awesome Glenn3's "Say What?" PhotoBucket site):

The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author's choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be included in HeroMachine 3′s final release, or a custom black and white “Sketch of the Day” style illustration (you pick the subject, I draw it however I like).

All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post. Keep ‘em clean (appropriate for a late-night broadcast TV show), but most importantly, keep ‘em funny!

No limit to entries, but please, self-edit and only put up ones you genuinely think are good!