I'd say your Crimson Avenger image trumps all of mine, except possibly Rorschach 2. Rorschach image looks more badass and has an (IMO) less distracting background. On the other hand Crimson Avenger has a more generic mask, and is thus a more 'neautral' example. Also, Rorschach is already overrepresented on the internet.
This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.Crimson Avenger's great. I also like The Spirit. Rorschach's mask is weird, so I'd prefer he stick to ImageLinks.Coat Hat Mask.
I like Crimson Avenger, particularly because he's pretty obscure even among comics fans, but exemplifies the trope (and was basically created to rip off the Green Hornet.)
Jet-a-Reeno!Not sure of that. GH started as Radio plays in 1936 (and did not move from local to national before 1938), CA started in 1938. While it's possible, its worth remembering that attires arent that noticeable in radio plays. GH made it's first visual appearance in the 40s
edited 28th Feb '11 2:37:07 PM by Ghilz
Good point, but Don Markstein
at Toonopedia basically says he was a GH clone, and he's usually pretty reliable on that sort of thing.
Technically he says the character share alot (and I do think it possible that one inspired the other, in terms of theme and origins. maybe the outfit thing just kinda happened by coincidence. over 70 years after the fact, it's hard to say).
Anywho, back on topic: Crowner time?
edited 28th Feb '11 2:45:56 PM by Ghilz
I'm not sure why I'm doing this, as I'm not actually a fan of the Green Hornet, but here are a few more pics of him that could work after some cropping:
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The outfit would have been pretty standard for any character who wasn't a "costumed superhero". In the 30's a hat, gloves and a coat were expected attire for the man-on-the-street. I doubt that CA was deliberately styled in costume after Green Hornet; it's more likely that there were two styles of "superhero" at that point —costumed (like Superman and The Phantom, and non-costumed, like The Shadow, The Green Hornet, and Zorro, who wore "normal clothes" for the setting, but obscured their face somewhat (since The Shadow didn't wear a mask — he wore a scarf pulled up high over his lower face.)
I like #3 and # 4, there, Artic.
edited 28th Feb '11 3:20:33 PM by Madrugada
Either Ghilz's Green Hornet or Platypus's 4th gets my vote. I like the clear head on shot with Ghilz's but its just a little dark to tell if it's a mask vs shadow. Platypus's 4 I have no problem with.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.Of the flashy variety there is Tuxedo mask from Sailor Moon.
edited 28th Feb '11 5:01:58 PM by Raso
Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!![]()
There are two variations to this flashy with a cape or just a coat.
edited 28th Feb '11 5:21:23 PM by Raso
Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!Personally I think the Tuxedo Mask variant is common enough that we should show both types.
Unless we want to split off Cape Hat Mask from this.
edited 28th Feb '11 5:52:24 PM by Raso
Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!
Crown Description:
Nominations for replacement images:

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Rorshach: 1
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Or perhaps the blank mask is a bonus, making the current image more template-y. What do you think?
EDIT: Just saw that someone mentioned (page 4 of the Cool Mask IPD) this page having a history of image pickin' discussions. Should I just go ahead and flame myself?
edited 28th Feb '11 1:20:31 PM by ArtisticPlatypus
This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.