Robot 6
If this van’s a-rockin’, the spinner rack needs restockin’
I wonder: Will there ever be a movement to legitimize airbrushed van art in the same way that “graphic novels” have given comic books traction with the smart set? ‘Cuz this ain’t gonna help out in either department, but it sure is funny: Maxim lists the 12 Superheroes Who Should Be on ’70s Vans, complete with Photoshopped visual evidence so convincing you can almost smell the newsprint and hear the Foghat.
My favorite’s the Man-Wolf van (or is that the Van-Wolf?), but I also enjoyed the always welcome Thor/”Immigrant Song” gag and the description of Doctor Strange as “the lava lamp of superheroes.” They’re funny because they’re true!
- November 12, 2009 @ 10:00 AM by Sean T. Collins
6 Comments
Joe
November 12, 2009 at 10:24 am
All of them great choices, but who in the hell is Brute Force and why aren’t there more uzi-clad dolphins in comics?
Squashua
November 12, 2009 at 10:55 am
Brute Force was in the 80′s actually. I believe Marvel tried to have some of their own characters for a toy line along the lines of MASK or CENTURIONS or something but it never came to fruition. They were animals in robotic suits.
DrunkJack
November 12, 2009 at 11:44 am
No Power Man and Iron Fist? Fail. Powr Man and Iron Fist were born to rock the side of a van, man.
Erik
November 13, 2009 at 1:15 pm
The awesomeness of that Thor van brings tears to my eyes. Dr. Strange and Warlord are terrific as well.
Julian
November 15, 2009 at 9:41 am
You’d think that at least one Frazetta character would have made it on the list.
Mike
December 22, 2009 at 8:00 am
i originally read that as “Marv Wolf-van”.