Post your favorite /co/ characters in the public domain.
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Madam_Satan
I usually don't like characters with that much power, but I like Green Lama.
>>78581204
Although I'm fan of Miss Fury for same reasons I'm fan of Catwoman.
>>78581158
sounds like she needed more polish
>>78581158
Madam Satan was in the Archie published The Fox reboot by Haspiel and Waid.
>>78581204
I always wanted to run a Mutants & Masterminds game where the Green Lama is always showing up and disappearing because he has to appear in other works.
Everyone back then wore suck cool suits,
I might buy a suit just to try cosplaying a super obscure character like this.
>>78581932
And it's easy to cosplay. I mean, how hard would it be to be Shadow or Spider? Just get jacket and mask and you're good to go.
At least you won't be generic Joker or Deadpool.
>>78582008
were any of these suited superheroes short?
I mean noone will even know who the spirit or the green hornet is but it would be coolto find the one who actually looks like me.
or i could be purple man, but i think there are gonna be alot of those this year.
>>78582186
>were any of these suited superheroes short?
Don't think so, usual muscular & tall build in most cases.
>>78582186
The Spider was 5'11. The rest since they are in the public domain, they can be adapted to your needs.you're essentially written a new story.
>>78581226
>taking a show
>with your gloves
why?
>>78582862
Good
Stardust bump
>>78581756
She's also the villian in their Sabrina horror book.
I have never read any of these but I always did like some of the character designs that get posted
anyone have those character sheets?
I think they had guys like "Flag Man" or what looks like a knock-off Captain America, among others
>>78586217
Do companies usually use public domain characters as fodder?
>>78586950
Indie/smaller companies sometimes do.
>>78586380
The Rocketeer's retarded brother
>>78587178
>>78587232
Pyroman having electric powers and not flames will always be weird to me.
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587293
>>78587267
>>78587232
>>78587178
I feel like these are all group shots before an orgy begins
>>78587178
>Red Burka
>>78587323
Little bad quality here. Fuck Rainbow Boy, though.
>>78587353
>implying she wouldn't get stoned because she revealed her face
>>78587368
>sparkman's thighs
>>78581204
>The Green Lama has superhuman strength, is nearly invulnerable, can levitate, and can summon ghosts to aid him.
Why'd he settle on the name Green Lama
>implying is isn't the best PD character
>>78587435
Learned those powers on Tibet, like every decent hero of his day.
>>78587463
>uncle sam coming to karate chop your face in
>>78587368
So, if Spark Man and Rainbow Boy are public domain, I could make a comic of them being in a secret gay relationship and rake in SJWbux?
>>78581780
I approve wholeheartedly of this concept.
>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
>>78587368
I love these designs especially Hydro. I wish I had the resources to do something with them
>>78586217
>>78587519
Yes.
>>78581204
>The Green Lama character is not in the public domain, as the author "wisely retained all rights to his creation."
>>78587484
He could've been anything, the Green Monk would've been better. But I wouldn't tell him that
>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
>>78587368
>All these copy and paste american pride characters
Yeesh - no wonder nobody wanted them
>>78587391
pants
>>78587293
>>Jack
He just didn't give a fuck, did he?
>>78587566
Dick.
>>78587589
He is Lama, as well.
>>78587605
Such were times, I'm afraid. Notice that sidekicks outnumber women? Everyone is white & straight, people would chew your comic if you published something like that.
>>78587636
His name was originally Yellowjacket, Dynamite had to change a couple characters' names for copyright reasons(see also Big Blue/Blue Beetle, and Death Defying Devil/Daredevil)
>>78582978
She's also reading a newspaper, who reads a newspaper in the bath?
Soggy newsprint is horrible.
>>78587636
>>78587823
Oh god is that kid Ted
>>78587178
Dynamic Man and Dynamic boy boy look super gay and Major Victory seems to be visibly disgusted by it
Cat is an obvious alpha male with that expression and a bitch on his arm
The Owl is unusual, not quite sure what to make of his costume
Captain Future is cool.
>>78587232
The Death-Defying 'Devil is terrifying, I would fear for my soul and asshole in his presence
What the hell kind of title is 'Tim' for the sidekick of a guy called Black Terror wearing that sort of outfit?
>>78587267
Unknown Soldier looks like a shitty army-themed stripper
WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAAAAAAAAACE Mister?
>>78587293
You know what its been said a million times before but an adult hero with a boy sidekick is dumb for various reasons, Samson & Dave along with V-Man and his V-Boys are right up there.
>>78587323
These four are all giant-sized? That's actually pretty cool especially helps out "The Claw" there.
>>78588139
v-man and the v-boys?
>>78588174
Virginity Man and the Virginity boys.
>>78588174
I meant Sparky. I assume Big Blue is supposed to be Dan
>>78587519
Change Sparkman to Nature Boy or Golden Lad, and you'd be rolling in cash from those salty-jowled weenies
>>78588139
Nope!
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Sparky
>>78587368
why is man o' metal on fire?
>>78588356
Because the metal he's made of is magnesium
>>78588329
>Sparkington J. Northrup
Sparky really didn't give a fuck
>>78587293
>V-Man & The V-Boys
>until Nick's sixteenth birthday
>>78587178
>strongman
>>78587232
>amazing man
>>78587368
>Airman
>sparkman
>the BLACK owl is purple
>>78587293
>jack
He's the best
>>78581158
What a butterface
I really want to see or do a crazy British Invasion era Vertigo style Magician From Mars book. Just something very trippy, cosmic and vaguely horror tinged.
![tumblr_inline_nm44rq6ooQ1qcqy22_1280[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cREkB6J.jpg "tumblr_inline_nm44rq6ooQ1qcqy22_1280[1].jpg")
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Wolf_Gal
Raised by wolves and man-hungry. Literally.
>>78589006
What a qt
>>78589109
Those are some strange eyebrows
>>78581158
>tfw you prefer the original version, where she's dedicated herself to destroying the Axis for killing her fiancee
>>78589006
The ol' Neil Gaiman treatment, eh? I'd be cool with that...
>>78589006
Holy shit her backstory and villain has a twist I'd love to read an ongoing about herher being a qt has absolutely nothing to do with it...
>>78587213
Give him some robot gloves and he could be a villain from a sentai show
>>78582862
I love the pun.
>>78587660
>Such were times, I'm afraid. Notice that sidekicks outnumber women? Everyone is white & straight, people would chew your comic if you published something like that.
Man, I miss the good old days.
>>78587232
>BLACK TERROR
>and tim
never gets old
>>78590658
You're not the only one
>>78590658
Sidekicks need to make a comeback, and I don't mean in a Rick Veitch way.
bump
>>78595736
I'd get the Fantagraphics reprints... but I'm already collecting their reprints of Prine Valiant, Popeye and Carl Barks' work.
>>78588144
>These four are all giant-sized? That's actually pretty cool especially helps out "The Claw" there.
Yep, all giants. The Claw fought Death-Defying 'Devil in his book.
>tfw visiting this thread after reading Blackcross
Is Ellis going to do anything else with these characters or was that a one and done miniseries?
>>78595736
who would win in a fight stardust or ultra comics
bump
It would be amazing if one day Marvel and DC were gone and all their characters went Public Domain instead of their rights being snatched up by other because of their marketability.
>>78602327
bump
>>78607911
Thank you
>>78600666
Stardust.
>>78595736
This
Atari Force.I'm serious, just look for them on the Internet Archive.
>>78586108
Obviously, but Phantoma is actually starting to become my favorite. She feels more "human", more like a vengeful spirit than a human abomination.
Also only recently did I realise that characters by Fletcher Hanks show up in Space Funeral, because his name is in the credits.
>>78596738
I feel like an idiot for accidentaly breaking my reprint's spine, as it was still frozen when it arrived at my door step.
Brick Bat
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Brick_Bat
so whats the catch?
i can just use any of these public domain characters and no lawyers would go after me?
>>78611297
That's what public domain is about, anon.
>>78595736
It's knowing what he's like, and how say, early Batman and stuff like the Shadow which makes you wonder "Ok, who of these guys is a giant goober boy scout, and who is actually a brutal sociopath that has special "Justice Teeth and Nail Wrenching Pliers, of Justice!"?
>>78611338
Wild, that sounds too good to be true
ALso, any an artist can't pick up one of these, make a new volume, and then sue people who also do that with the character?
>>78611369
Nope. No matter what you do with it, a PD character remains in the PD.
>>78587232
U.S. Jones disturbs me greatly.
>>78611419
nice! time to go bullshit with some PD
somebody post the guy who had a loli sidekick that wanted his dick, i can't remember his name for the life of me
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/General_Grievous
>>78581756
>>78586217
Yeah it's because she was owned by MLJ which eventually turned into Archie Comics. The MLJ characters may or may not be public domain but given that Archie forgot to renew their ownership of that one Harvey Kurtzman Archie parody they bought to censor, and how the Ken Penders case went, it wouldn't surprise me if the Golden Age MLJ stuff really is in the public domain.
>>78611297
It depends. Some characters may have their names trademarked, so if they are you may not be able to use the names on the cover (ie Marvel has trademark to name Captain Marvel, DC uses the title Shazam and sometimes calls the character Captain Marvel in-comic).
And then there's some characters whose public domain status is hotly debated. Like for instance some of the early Tarzan stories are actually public domain, but the rest aren't. So Tarzan is partially public domain but you couldn't use him that much because the ERB estate still holds rights on most Tarzan stuff.
>>78611798
sauce?
This motherfucker literally breaks out of prison every night to fight crime and then breaks back in come morning.
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/711
>>78612348
if you look in the history, some guy made an entire page for general grevious from star wars...
was he trying to trick a friend that grevious was PD? Is he just an GG enthusiast? Is he trying to forge evidence to escape a lawsuit?
the world may never know
>>78612399
Disney lawyers dont play around when it comes to pd.
>>78612171
That's incredible, actually. They should bring that guy back as a black superhero.
>>78612014
Which means that the stories themselves are public domain, but the character itself is still trademarked.
>>78611419
Wasn't there recently some changes so that public domain material can enter copyright again?
>>78587605
>dissing American pride characters
Faggy commie fuck get the fuck out before I shove my American pride boot up your commie loosen ass
>>78602327
>that entire caption
>>78588272
The purest hero
>>78613085
I never get tired of how unintentionally funny that reads.
"Stardust the (most ompnitotent) hero of all times devotes his time to ... racket busting
>>78613085
some of the old golden age comics were just utterly fucking insane. i wish that type of unhinged creativity was still around today
>>78612014
I'm pretty sure DC just changed their Captain Marvel's name to Shazam just so they could avoid that bullshit.
>>78613088
something tells me none of them held on to their v-cards for very long judging by the way he's looking at them
>>78613195
Dynamite also change dan garret blue bettle with one t. Too Scarab.
Disney won't let me.
>>78613116
Its an asshole alcoholics power fantasies, its on the same level as those overpowered OC's everyone made as a teen.
>>78613332
Yes, but it's so bat-shit insane, you can't help but love it. Teenage OC stuff is too try hard most of the time.
>>78587929
>He doesn't laminate his daily newspapers
>>78612770
Depends on the case (ie European works that are PD in US but not in Europe)
>>78613284
Sad
pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_America
>>78615240
Only the film serial character Grant Gardner is in the public domain. All other versions of Captain America are copyright and trademarked to Marvel Comics.
Notable differences between the serial and the comic are:
His secret identity is District Attorney Grant Gardner rather than U.S. Army Private Steve Rogers.
The "Super-Soldier Serum" origin is not used.
His famous shield does not appear, replaced by a standard gun.
Despite the fact that this serial was made in 1944, and Captain America regularly fought Nazis in the comics, the Nazis are not part of the story in any way.
His sidekick, Bucky, does not appear.
In Captain America V1 issue 219 (March 1978), it is revealed that a Captain America serial also exists within the Marvel Continuity. In this version, Captain America himself plays the role (in secret), taking the place of the stunt man who was shot during production due to the prop master being the Nazi spy Lyle Decker. Like the real-life serial, Cap's shield is replaced with a standard gun, his identity is changed, and his sidekick Bucky is absent.
>>78595736
You could play him as a horror character so easily. No barrier can hold him, all your mooks are thrown aside or turned into weird mandoves, every trap and weapon is utterly ineffectual - and all you hear is
>YOU ARE NOW IN THE POWER OF STARDUST
Before you're shoved up a space-mandrill's arse to stew for all eternity.
pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Dinobot
>>78587293
Samson gets used by DC a bit right? like in all star superman? or is it a different samson?
>>78613332
Yes but he froze to death and his super heroine is just as insane, so it all evens out.
>>78611893
>>78612713
are you saying all black people look the same?
>>78615934
Different one. The one in the pic is a descendent of the original Biblical Samson, though I can't remember if Project Superpowers referenced that.
>>78616437
thats pretty rad. any stories i can check him out in?
The Bouncer is pretty weird.
>>78616483
The public domain stuff can be found on Digital Comic Museum and Comic Book Plus. Samson's stories were in his own title, along with stories in Fantastic Comics, and Big 3. They're all in the Fox Feature Syndicate section.
>>78617692
Thank you
![king.of.the.hill.822.dvdrip.x264-ositv.mkv_snapshot_06.18_[2015.11.07_03.03.44].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/12Mym9N.jpg "king.of.the.hill.822.dvdrip.x264-ositv.mkv_snapshot_06.18_[2015.11.07_03.03.44].jpg")
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Toni_Stark
>>78619498
Nice find.
>>78617200
agreed
>>78587267
>Pyroman having electric powers and not flames will always be weird to me.
Must be a good way to throw off villains though.
>Pyroman eh? Let's see how you like being covered in water-OH GOD YOU'RE KILLING ME
>>78587267
>>78622102
a run-long PSA to kids about electrical fires
theyre real, and they kill
>>78616191
This
>>78595736
>le meme character
>>78625276
A decent cult following
>>78587232
It's not JUST tim, that would be silly.
It's Black Terror and Black Tim.
>>78619475
>>78616483
Adding something that >>78616437
>>78617692
didn't mention, there's an entry on the PD superheroes wiki here:
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Samson_%28Fox%29
It also lists his comic appearances.
>>78630193
Are you going to tell Tim his name is silly? Because I sure as hell wouldn't.
>>78611798
The Clock.
>>78625276
Who else would you take? Detective Eye?
>>78619498
>genderbent tony stark travels through time with a man constantly trying to seduce him while he tries to find the time travelling iron man suit that originally transformed him.
ship it!
>>78625276
>not fearing the almighty god that is Stardust the Super Wizard
>>78632739
>Machine-gunning Japs pinned under your goddamn STEAMROLLER.
>>78587323
>you will never have a stone giant that will fight nazi dinosaurs for you
>>78632875
The Golden Age was really fucking brutal.
>>78632983
Its not like Japs were human beings in their eyes.
>>78632768
>>78611798
>http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Butch_%28Quality%29
>A tough street kid who was orphaned early in life, she took care of the Clock after he was injured in a gun fight. When the masked crime-fighter recovered, Butch announced that she wasn't going to let him leave her behind - in fact, she was going to become his "moll." The mortified Clock tried to brush her off, but Butch refused to let the matter drop
>Butch was a strong fighter who adapted all sorts of objects into weapons. She was also sarcastic and (occasionally) manipulative, which frustrated the Clock quite a bit.
Oh man, I'd love to read some of their stories
>>78633015
>>78632775
He's a fucking meme character. His stories suck and the art is garbage but the guy who created it was insane so people can X and D all they want about how wacky and crazy it is despite being shit.
>>78633241
Somebody's been hit by Stardust's retarding rays it seems.
>>78633269
Perfect.
>>78633053
Love golden age.
>>78633015
>Its also the first original costume crime fighter top appear in american comic books
why hasn't this thing got a fucking reboot yet, or at least an adaptation?
>>78632739
I'm pretty sure that's a war crime...
>>78634632
Yes please
>>78633006
Pretty much.
I loved the idea of Alex Ross' Project Superpowers but goddamn was that an overblown and clunky mess.
>>78636144
Sad .
>>78586380
>>78638342
>>78638342
>Rusty's foot
Liefeld before Liefeld
>>78638358
>>78638372
>>78638570
>>78638585
>>78638595
>>78638672
>>78638687
>>78638707
>>78638342
Rusty has one hell of a freedom boner.
>>78639007
If you loved America hard like Rusty, you'd have freedom boner, as well.
>>78638342
Thanks
>>78636144
what was it about?
>>78640467
Pulp heroes appearing in modern time, seeing everything is fucked and deciding to smash everything.
Gotta give it up for the original female superhero...
>>78640886
She looks like Iron Liz.
>>78640792
That sounds liked KC
>>78641278
Perfect.
>>78641541
Kinda. One of bad guys is former hero, there's conspiracy and stuff. Good read.
>>78641689
Cool i may check it out.
>>78641278
>live in the jungle
>people try to fuck it up
>get so mad your face melts off
>they must die
>>78641318
Gross.
>>78642228
She gives them a warning, it's not as if she isn't fair.
>>78633053
>Butch thanks the Clock (Crack Comics #21)
>Crack Comics #21
>>78641278
Her appearances in Hack/Slash were delightfully insane
>>78643864
Wait, is that actually drawn in the style? Holy shit, I need to check this out.
>>78587368
maybe he's made of sodium
>>78643507
Thank you anon.
Someone should pull a captain america with one of these, transporting them from their golden age setting to the modern world. Except, you know, with incredibly awkward, destructive and offensive results.
>>78646744
You can find it on the /co/ booru still. I requested it in a drawthread.
>>78646767
Still on the archives . She looks great
>>78640886
Fletcher Hanks was crazy.
is bumps?
>>78588356
Because he's an industrial worker.
>>78651564
Thanks
>>78652734
i was on a plane and i didnt know if thread was dead and now i am drunk i love this place thank you
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Faceless_Phantom
>>78652815
The Faceless Phantom, was the first opponent of the heroic Doc Strange. Like Strange, the Phantom created a formula that gave him super strength & durability, but not as much as Doc Strange. He coveted the Delta Ray Gun, a powerful weapon that could destroy anything its red ray touched it could even stop tanks and battleships.So he kidnapped its inventor Professor Thompson, father of Virginia Thompson who was Doc's fiance. The Phantom wore a skull mask and was seemingly defeated at the end of his first battle with Doc Strange.
However, in Thrilling Comics #7 (Aug. 1940), the Faceless Phantom returned with an improved formula that equaled Doc's original. Luckily, Doc had also upgraded his own formula, giving him the ability of flight. The Phantom fell from an airplane while battling Doc.
Pretty decent
>>78652837
thx friend
>>78587323
>tfw you will never have the physique to cosplay Phantasmo
>>78652893
You welcome anon
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Scarlet
>>78588144
Death-Defying 'Devil was called Daredevil in his original appearances in the '40s. Dynamite changed his name to avoid confusion with Marvel's.
>>78587232
>>78587267
>>78587293
>>78587323
God-tier Designs:
- Black Terror
- Mr. Face
- Marvelo
- Green Lama
- Jack (so simple what the fuck)
- Doc
>>78632983
his arm melted off as he punched it, christ thats brutal.
>>78653221
Very brutal
>>78652981
Same with blue beetle.
>>78653046
God damn right
>>78587435
The fuck does the Green Lama care if your ignorant ass can't tell a religious title apart from an animal? He probably chose that name specifically as a pleb filter.
>>78632739
>FUCK ANIME
>>78643864
>And then you shall be turned into paper, like the one this comic is printed on!
>>78653046
>Mr. Face
Iirc, he wears that mask and it scares people or something? Then in Project Superpowers, mask merges with his face and he's scaring people all the time. Then he falls in love and sacrifices himself.
That's how I remember.
In an effort to keep this thread alive, little storytime.
>>78644045
Just the prologue for that particular issue... her reality-warping powers are kept intact though
Captcha hates me and I hate captcha.
>>78653046
>- Jack (so simple what the fuck)
That's Yellowjacket, the first hero from Charlton Comics (Morrison also used him briefly in Pax Americana).
Dynamite probably changed the name because Marvel had a trademark on the name Yellowjacket.
>>78656207
Somehow it just makes him better, a simple manly name like JACK
>>78610963
They are in the public domain already? i'm pretty sure that atari still owns them. And everyone knows that Johnny Turbo is a vastly superior comic anyway.
>>78655624
Yeah. And a tuxedo>>78655624
>>78655848
Rise
>>78632739
>the kid's on the wheel
>>78635003
Fuck the Geneva convention
>>78661800
Fuck them.
>>78660336
>Yeah. And a tuxedo
Tuxedo, as well. He's, after all, classy gentleman/crimefighter.
