Wednesday, January 15, 2014

ROM and The Master of Kung Fu


Here's something that's been on deviant art for a while now it's done by an artist by the name of Scott Reed. This is an interesting collection of characters (Shang Chi, Dracula and Sheena) to put together with ROM but maybe that's why Reed named this fan art "Unusual Heroes" in his gallery? I've featured his stuff here before he did one of the best Rom/Galactus fan art pieces I've ever seen it's unfortunate however that he doesn't  seem to be big on replying to comments . . .
http://scottreed.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0


But perhaps we know why he included Shang Chi in it. AFter all The Master of Kung Fu appeared in Rom spaceknight 38 and 39. We would later see him in a cameo flash back (along with some words of praise from Rom) in issue 47 and he was among the Marvel heroes ROM has teamed up with that were part of a bonus pin-up page in issue 50. Shang Chi was one bad mofo in those issues and proof that you don't have to be a spaceknight or even have super powers to kick some serious ass  . . .
http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/rom_38-39.shtml


And here we have Chris's latest custom who is no doubt one of the coolest spaceknight designs that Bill and Sal ever came up with. As you can see it's quite awesome even though what's not so awesome is the fact that Gloriole's only appearance ever was in a back story for Rom spaceknight annual 1
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19 comments:

  1. The King of ThessalyJanuary 15, 2014 at 8:11 AM

    Oh, yeah! You've got pictures back!
    ~Oooo... Sheena of the Jungle... Wrong character, though. Just as awesome, and often confused- as Marvel DID do a movie adaptation comic. But THAT would be Shanna the She-Devil.
    Google Image searches for either show the other... still, it's a fun search either way!
    I highly recommend the Frank Cho comic- it was SO much cheesecake... AND has Nazi Dinosaurs!

    Excellent custom! I love Gloryhole the Spaceknight! He was VERY popular on Galador...

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    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 15, 2014 at 4:13 PM

      oh shit i hate that when i get my loin clothe dressed women from the jungle mixed up. oh well it's all jungle boogie to me.

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    2. The King of ThessalyJanuary 15, 2014 at 5:44 PM

      Hahaha! How dare you, Sir! -They are SUCH totally different characters, too! *cough*

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  2. exhumanJanuary 15, 2014 at 8:53 AM

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    38 and 39 might be my two favorites issues of ROM.

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    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 15, 2014 at 4:11 PM

      well then my friend i guess this posting is for you. i think my favorite part was at the end how Shang Chi takes out that wraith witch mummy that even Rom was having a hard time to handle. some times it's the most simple and low tech methods that get the job done.

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  4. IADWJanuary 15, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    A Spaceknight and a Master of Kung Fu together in one scene - see this kinda crazy is why I love comics :)

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    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 15, 2014 at 11:10 PM

      especially when they're penciled by Sal Buscema and inked by Akin & Garvey.

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  5. JosephJanuary 15, 2014 at 7:15 PM

    Another rad custom chris you did Keep up the great work.

    Glorioles single story was a fav of mine not the choice of his name.the only other spaceknight he reminded me of looks wise was mentus face wise.

    Thats some rad art work ROM and Dracula say what! Sweet man

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    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 15, 2014 at 11:24 PM

      Chris has a Torpedo custom in the works hopefully we'll get to see it soon. he already showed me the base figure for it a couple of weeks ago i thought it was great, very posable. if you haven't seen it yet check out Scott Reed's ROM/Galactus fan art in his gallery it's pretty damn impressive.

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    2. exhumanJanuary 16, 2014 at 10:52 AM

      Thank you Joseph! I'm glad you dig the Gloriole custom!
      Shlomo, Thanks for the coverage brother! The Scott Reed art is great man, the depictions are top notch!
      Another great posting!

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  6. Omega Agent1January 17, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    The custom is nice dude, and the best Space knight design I've seen. The deviant team up is cool as well. I'd read the book.

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    1. exhumanJanuary 17, 2014 at 4:15 PM

      Thanks for the feedback on the custom! I'm glad you like the end result.

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    2. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 18, 2014 at 7:15 AM

      yo Tiger, I've got a site in my blog role listed as "It's the little things in comics that make me laugh" that currently has a Captain Atom part 1 posting. check it out you're gonna crack up, trust me.

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  7. rtJanuary 19, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    Love the custom. Also love the Shang chi issues. It seems those wraith s were very vulnerable to fire.

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  8. rtJanuary 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM

    Glorious wasn't created by mantlo.

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    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienJanuary 19, 2014 at 5:41 PM

      are you saying that Sal had nothing to do with it or that neither of them came up with Gloriole?

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  9. rtJanuary 20, 2014 at 5:02 PM

    Neither of them. It was grant and laroque

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