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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 17, 2017 8:41:48 GMT -5
I knew when I first concocted this year’s challenge that I’d be including one of Jack Kirby’s robots. The King gave us a lot of them during his long career but the ones I like best date from the late ‘50s to early ‘60s, after which they became more humanoid and less overtly mechanical. All of which is my round-about way of introducing 8. Ultivac An early foe of the Challengers of the Unknown, Univac was created by a fugitive Nazi war criminal and a reformed mobster so you just know something was bound to go wrong. But it’s not his pedigree that earned him his spot on my list. It’s pure design: this is what a giant robot should look like. Cei-U! I summon the metal menace! |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 17, 2017 8:54:44 GMT -5
#8- TITANIA Spinning out of Marvel's Secret Wars, the amazonian villainess Titiania stuck with me. Could it be those thigh high purple boots with spikes on them? Maybe... Could it be a very revealing top? Maybe... Another Mike Zeck design, its very good. Not great or functional but it's almost Kirby-like. Titania could've fit right in as a Female Fury. It's a well thought out design with a little homage to the King. 
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 17, 2017 9:26:04 GMT -5
8. Seth
Artist Frank Quitely
Seth the six billion dollar bastard , first appeared in Authority # 22. He was a hillbilly enhanced by cybernetics and charged with killing/taking down the Authority who the world leaders felt were out of control. He only appeared in this arc as he was neutralized by the team at the end but his look has always stayed with me, from his huge head that featured a visor covering most of his face to the million teeth that gives him the look of a wild animal. He has hooves for feet which gives him a demonic look and rounding out maybe my most terrifying entry this year.   I should add that he's vile as any Mark Millar villain usually is.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 9:32:12 GMT -5
#8, Ozymandias I made a last minute switch, hondobrode and took out Talia Al Ghul for Ozymandias because I felt that this design was brilliantly done by Dave Gibbons was brilliant; and was stylishly dressed in that Purple Blazer too. He was being played by Matthew Goode. I love the contrast of Purple and Gold here and everything about this design is done just right and the belt is just my favorite part of it. It had that Gladiator-Look as a conquering villain he is; and the Purple Cape has that regal look that fit the bill here. You can't go wrong with this ...  Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 17, 2017 9:32:28 GMT -5
9. The Phantom Blot  Possibly the simplest costume design in all of villaindom, but also so utterly versatile. The Phantom Blot has been used by artists to look silly, fun, and almost adorable, but he's also been made to look intimidating and almost scary. The best of the Disney comic adventures (both classic and new) have a balance and a range to them, and the Phantom Blot conveys that better than any other Disney character.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 17, 2017 10:01:30 GMT -5
The Phantom Blot is pretty simple shaxper , but I see your pick for simplest design and raise with my own.... The Octopus Will Eisner 1946, "The Postage Stamp" Yup, it's just a pair of gloved hands. No bright colors, no crazy head gear, no cape, no menacing scar, not even a mustache to twirl while laughing manically...just a simple pair of gloves only distinguished by three strips. And while that may not be fancy it was always more than enough to get me excited when I ever I saw them creep on to the page because their arrival just meant that something big was about to happen. This is definitely one of those situations that proves the truth of Robert Browning's phrase, "less is more" as with out that air of mystery I don't think the Octopus would be nearly as menacing as he is, and plus with the rule of only showing the gloves it made for some fun art work from Eisner as he'd attempt to show us a fight between the Octopus and the Spirit while keeping the Octopus obscured: |
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Post by Pharozonk on Dec 17, 2017 10:01:31 GMT -5
#8. Scarecrow This is a perfect example of a costume that takes something ordinary and makes it sinister by enhancing its defining features. Scarecrows are lanky and very skeleton-like and this design embraces that. Since around the Bronze Age, artists have made Scarecrow's appendages a lot more spider-like, which I think makes him look a lot creepier looking. I also love the straw hat and mask, the latter of which is often nothing more than stitched mouth that somehow still moves. It's got a sort of ghoulish vibe and pulls the whole thing together. 
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 17, 2017 10:08:06 GMT -5
On the fifth day of Christmas Jack Kirby gave to me... #8 Kang the conqueror
 ...but only one version: the one with the huge, round helmet seen in his first appearance. Over time Kang's helmet became more bucket-looking, more like other headwear worn by different villains. But that original round look? It looked so alien! In fact, when I first saw it, I was gripped by a sense of unease... Exactly the same I had felt when first seeing an image of the Flatwoods Monster, a famous extraterrestrial supposedly seen by West Virginians in 1952 (and Kang does have something of the Flatwoods Monster).  (Man, that monster used to scare me s###less. It still does, a little). |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 17, 2017 10:20:56 GMT -5
plus with the rule of only showing the gloves it made for some fun art work from Eisner as he'd attempt to show us a fight between the Octopus and the Spirit while keeping the Octopus obscured: [/div][/div][/quote] I am in utter awe. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 17, 2017 10:47:32 GMT -5
8. Lumiya Springing from the pages of Marvel's late '70s and '80s Star Wars comic, Lumiya, the Dark Lady of the Sith, was originally designed by Bob McLeod and Tom Palmer in Star Wars #88. However, her costume was given a revamp in Star Wars #95 by artist Cynthia Martin, and it's this second version of her costume that I'm choosing for today's pick. Although she first appeared as the Imperial spy Shira Brie in late 1981 -- and was seemingly killed by Luke Skywalker, some issues later -- she was brought back in 1985, in the form of Lumiya, as a replacement for Darth Vader in the post- Return of the Jedi issues of the series. While Lumiya is nowhere near as threatening looking as Vader, her vaguely Arabian look, with that distinctive, triangular, part-bandaged headdress (which is based on the traditional headresses worn by females on the planet Herdessa, trivia fans), her assassin-like face covering, sleek cybernetic body armour, and deadly lightwhip, all make for a very intimidating look. In particular, her lightwhip, which is a cross between a lightsaber and a metal and leather flail, is a really cool weapon. In the years since she first appeared, Lumiya has become a cult fan favourite, appearing in a number of later Expanded Universe novels and video games. It is always the revamped look that Martin gave the character that later authors have used in the character's subsequent appearances, and with such a cool design, it's really not hard to see why.
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 17, 2017 11:05:07 GMT -5
8. giant-size BloodwraithWhen the Black Knight's squire, Sean Dolan, used the Knight's cursed Ebony Blade, the sword possessed him, turning him into the demonic Bloodwraith, who used the sword to absorb the souls of his victims as a power source. He looked really cool, but something was just a bit off - the design had him wearing a chainmail shirt under a dark tunic, and the splashes of silver where the chainmail peeked out were kind of... off. That was eventually solved in an unusual way when they decided to turn him into a giant.  After Ultron slaughtered an entire Eurpoean country, Bloodwraith ended up there and absorbed the souls of the dead. With the power of tens of thousands of angry ghosts, he swelled to enormous size, like a demonic Celestial. For some reason, this also changed his color scheme to a simple red and black, while adding some sort of mist elements as well. And hell, maybe even a little Kirby crackle to boot. It all added up to one scary MF'er. 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 11:06:16 GMT -5
Lots of Purple on this page!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 17, 2017 12:39:09 GMT -5
Coming in at number 08 on our countdown, a group that clearly listened to a lot of Merle Haggard over the years, as they are branded with a number on their names.
The Beagle Boys I've heard complaints that the Beagles are rote villains. I think they're incredible. The matching prison duds (orange is the new black). The numbers that identify them as the main Beagles. The robber masks that clearly serve no purpose whatsoever. Whether by Barks, Rosa or someone else, the Beagles define prison style.   |
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Post by Jesse on Dec 17, 2017 13:26:40 GMT -5
8. Galactus His size and stature alone are intimidating, add to that the fact that he is the devourer of entire worlds! I've always thought this was a really cool design with so much going on. The amount of detail is just impressive and the horned helmet makes for a unique look. Kirby really knocked this one out of the park!  
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 17, 2017 14:06:35 GMT -5
#8, Ozymandias I got this a year ago and it was signed by Dave Gibbons! I made a last minute switch, hondobrode and took out Talia Al Ghul for Ozymandias because I felt that this design was brilliantly done by Dave Gibbons was brilliant; and was stylishly dressed in that Purple Blazer too. He was being played by Matthew Goode. I love the contrast of Purple and Gold here and everything about this design is done just right and the belt is just my favorite part of it. It had that Gladiator-Look as a conquering villain he is; and the Purple Cape has that regal look that fit the bill here. You can't go wrong with this ... Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
What a fantastic piece !
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