| Author |
|
Jim Petersman
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 26 June 2012
Location: United States
Posts: 688
|
| Posted: 10 November 2026 at 12:53am | IP Logged | 1
|
post reply
|
|
I was looking at Reddit recently and saw this character mentioned:
Which makes me wonder, how do ideas this bad actually make it to print?
Edit - seems I've lost the ability to post images. It's a pic of Combo Man, FWIW.
Edited by Jim Petersman on 10 November 2026 at 12:56am
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 137471
|
| Posted: 10 November 2026 at 1:38am | IP Logged | 2
|
post reply
|
|
Every bad idea is someone’s good idea. And vice versa.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
David Miller
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004
Posts: 3295
|
| Posted: 10 November 2026 at 5:02am | IP Logged | 3
|
post reply
|
|
How is it a bad idea?
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
| www
e-mail
|
| |
Phil Southern
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 218
|
| Posted: 11 November 2026 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | 4
|
post reply
|
|
Combo Man was an advertisement for "Combos ® Baked Snacks", so that was probably the reason you'd never heard of him.
I couldn't get an image to post either.
Edited by Phil Southern on 11 November 2026 at 7:18pm
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Joel Tesch
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 May 2006
Posts: 2842
|
| Posted: 12 November 2026 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | 5
|
post reply
|
|
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Mike Benson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 January 2010
Location: United States
Posts: 862
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 3:23am | IP Logged | 6
|
post reply
|
|
Saying this was “published” doesn’t seem accurate. It’s a promotional bit that you wouldn’t expect to have much artistic value.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Trevor Smith
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 3716
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 11:29am | IP Logged | 7
|
post reply
|
|
Fun exercise though - who do we have there?
-Hulk
-Cyclops
-Iron Man
-Magneto
-Punisher
-Captain America
-Wolverine
-Deadpool, maybe? (forearms)
-? (waist)
-Spider-Man
-JB's FF uniform
-? (the band under what I think is JB's FF)
-Human Torch
-Silver Surfer
-? (the feet boots look familiar enough that I know I'll
be pissed when someone else gets it)
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Mike Benson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 January 2010
Location: United States
Posts: 862
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | 8
|
post reply
|
|
That black and red forearm looks like Daredevil. At the time I believe he was wearing some ridiculously bad armor. Now that is a question I can get behind. Daredevil, a character that relies on acrobatics and stealth, in armor. How the hell did THAT get published?
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Trevor Smith
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 3716
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 12:25pm | IP Logged | 9
|
post reply
|
|
Looking at it again, I think the waist is just Logan's red
belt.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Joel Tesch
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 May 2006
Posts: 2842
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 1:08pm | IP Logged | 10
|
post reply
|
|
Looking at it again, I think the waist is just Logan's red
belt.
===
I don't think so. The body sections line up with the sections on the arm. So the two sections at the waist match up with the red/black of Daredevil and the other section matches up with the gray/black and red sections of the arms. I was thinking those could be Night Thrasher, but I don't think the design matches any he wore.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Richard Stevens
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 May 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 2001
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | 11
|
post reply
|
|
The waist is also Daredevil. The pants are some random 90s character named "Century." Who the what
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
| www
|
| |
Joel Tesch
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 May 2006
Posts: 2842
|
| Posted: 13 November 2026 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | 12
|
post reply
|
|
Ok, I did some digging. The gray/black/red sections are Daredevil (as several have already guessed) and the red/black sections are Carnage.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
