Sunday, December 8, 2013

Easter Eggs, fan art, custom figures

Left click to enlarge
Most of you will recognize this FF 216 splash page with the ROM Easter egg as something I've posted before. But thanks to this Fanatastic Four trade I had from the library I was able to get a nice color scan of it. Take note of all some of the staff listed in the credits like Torpedo creator Marv Wolfman and of course Bill Mantlo. We also have the late Mark Gruenwald who's first wife (Belinda Glass) offered the inspiration to Bill and Sal for the Sabra character which is Marvel's first Israeli superhero.


Here's something of another type of Easter Egg from Incredible Hulk 472 (1999) which Gary Martin Jr. picked up fairly recently. Can you find what it is our resident Rom curator spotted here?

Left click to enlarge
I whipped this up a couple weeks ago but I think most of you have seen it already on deviant art. All the custom figures of spaceknights from ROM #26 that Chris has been making lately I think partly inspired me to sketch this scene.


And speaking of custom figures check this out. This Ikon spaceknight custom comes from Italy and was on ebay earlier this week with a starting bid of $100. Thanks for the heads up Gary this is pretty damn sweet I sure wish we could have scene some where along the line Ikon mix it up with Terrax like some of her 1st generation brother spaceknights did.


However, not to be out done by any other custom figure designer I proudly present the original greatest of the spaceknights custom by Chris http://custom777.deviantart.com/

And if you haven't seen this yet check it out. The only thing that would have made this cooler is for Buzz Light Year to get tongue spiked through that glass dome by a Dire Wraith. Something like that happened on page 18 in X-Men 186 where a guy gets it through his front wind shield http://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2013/12/buzz-lightyear-and-rom.html

Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , ,

17 comments:

  1. JosephDecember 8, 2013 at 2:52 AM

    Nice improved scan

    Looks like a dire head on that hulk page on the right.

    I like your art of the spaceknights. The angel elite in it are a nice add to the overall work.

    Nice Ikon fiq very ample her vs terrax didnt she the self-professed greatest of the spaceknights die on galador when it blew. Oh thats right she did but didnt right mr.hickman? so maybe that could still happen vs terrax . Is he still alive still in marvel somewhere ? im sure he has a different job now..

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gary Martin, Jr.December 8, 2013 at 4:24 AM

    *High Fives!*

    ReplyDelete
  3. Shlomo Ben HungstienDecember 8, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    thanks for the comments guys. HEADS UP POEPLE it seems like this blog isn't the only place where some new ROM fandom has appeared today. have a look at the super-team family site at the bottom of the blog role in the left hand column.

    ReplyDelete
  4. rtDecember 8, 2013 at 5:48 PM

    Another great blog. Nice new waster egg. I am glad I have that issue already. I love the custom and the sketch. So what's the verdict on icon? Do we like her? I am not a big fan of her.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienDecember 8, 2013 at 6:18 PM

      she doesn't have 200+ years of spaceknight experience so of course she's no ROM but given the context of her as someone new to the spaceknight biz leading the way for a new Galador and generation of spaceknights i like her alright. i would have continued to pick up Infinity and whatever else she and the old school spaceknights had been in had they been written well.

      Delete
  5. RandomnerdDecember 8, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    I loved Ikon. She was snarky, for a spaceknight. And I think she had potential. As much as I love ROM, I have no problem injecting a bit of new blood into the scene. Especially in the form of Ikon.

    Chris's customs are frakking brilliant, but at this point I expect that. Dude needs his own toy line. I'm serious.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. exhumanDecember 9, 2013 at 6:04 AM

      I have to agree with Shlomo and Randomnerd about Ikon. She had attitude and power,..pretty good combo for a spaceknight! Of course my favorites are the original spaceknight squadron but alas,...
      @Randomnerd thank you so much for the kindness and the compliments. I have no idea how I would go about starting a toy line (except maybe limited edition customs) but I really appreciate the support of fellow ROM fans and art enthusiasts like yourself!

      Delete
  6. rtDecember 8, 2013 at 8:38 PM

    Great points on ikon. She was shown as one of the survivors in infinity.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Shlomo Ben HungstienDecember 8, 2013 at 9:03 PM

      and the worst thing about it all is that she never got to hook up with Quasar before she was killed off. or was she? as far as i can tell that's still not clear kinda like how Starshine goes from getting blown up on Galador in her first style armor only to later appear fighting with the Centurians in her Starshine II armor. seriously marvel WTF!?
      hey RT sorry to out you here but since you got the rest of the Infinity mini-series i assume nothing turned up that helps explain any of that?

      Delete
    2. JosephDecember 9, 2013 at 3:59 AM

      Yea what happened with that ? Anything?

      Delete
    3. rtDecember 9, 2013 at 8:43 PM

      Only saw the same pic you guys did. Nothing else was explained.

      Delete
  7. JosephDecember 9, 2013 at 3:57 AM

    Awesome custom Chris . You seem to out do yourself with each fiq you do. Very nice detail and very sweet feet.my little spaceknight is going to be stoaked this christmas. Thanks for the awesome custom!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. exhumanDecember 9, 2013 at 5:54 AM

      My pleasure Joseph! I'm really glad you like him, and I'm glad hes going to a blog brother and his lil' spaceknight too!

      Delete
  8. zhaanmanDecember 12, 2013 at 7:00 AM

    I must say This scan did come off much clearer and I see the wraith witch in the other! Lovin that Ikon figure wow but come on you Gotta Love that Profile on Chris's Rom creation with the swivel head and posable Stance I say it again as he knows "Dammit Jim!!!" That is just SWEET!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. JosephDecember 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM

      Your in boyton? Seeing bobcats right down the block from me in delray.i seen them bobcats too at green cay.maybe we could link up sometime and you can check him out first hand.find me on fb via chris or shlomo.

      Delete
  9. exhumanDecember 12, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    Thank you Z! I've wanted a really cool and pose-able ROM figure since I was about 7! ..and truth be told I started customizing figures with that goal in mind!

    ReplyDelete
  10. MarkDecember 24, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    Nice find on the wraith cameo. Thanks again for the art Shlomo. I love it and it reminds me of my favorite ROM issues. Terrax didn't know he was opening a can of plandanium whoop-a$$ when he decided Galador would be Galactus' next snack... It will go nicely with my growing collection of spaceknights :) Very nice ROM custom Chris!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)