Interesting characters created in the 70's

[hondobrode]

Nebulon the Celestial Man



Black Talon



Captain Thunder

[hondobrode]

The first DC appearance of Captain Marvel (Shazam) and the Fawcett characters



Captain Marvel Jr



Mary Marvel

[hondobrode]

Isis



Tarantula



Rima the Jungle Girl

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Firelord



First Marvel modern age appearance of the Whizzer



Alpha the Ultimate Mutant

[hondobrode]

The Wrecking Crew



Vartox



Korvac

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the Scorpion



Atlas



Starman (Mikaal Tomas)

[hondobrode]

Iron Jaw



The Invaders



Aron the Rogue Watcher

[tony ingram]

The Freedom Fighters (first DC appearance of Quality characters shown)

the Human Bomb



Phantom Lady

None of the Freedom Fighters were actually created in the 70s, though. With the exception of Phantom Lady, none of them were really even visually updated from their Golden Age roots.

[GavinR]

[Shellhead]

I really liked Ulysses Bloodstone:



and Devil-Slayer had a weird history before appearing as a Marvel character:

[berk]

Didn't the Wrecking Crew first appear in Thor in the 60s?

I really liked Ulysses Bloodstone:

and Devil-Slayer had a weird history before appearing as a Marvel character:

Bloodstone in particular was a really cool idea, but they never seemed to do it justice.

[tony ingram]

Didn't the Wrecking Crew first appear in Thor in the 60s?

No. The Wrecker himself was a 60s creation, but his crew didn't arrive until 1974 (Defenders #17).

[hondobrode]

None of the Freedom Fighters were actually created in the 70s, though. With the exception of Phantom Lady, none of them were really even visually updated from their Golden Age roots.

I agree, and it's kind of borderline case. The characters originated in the Golden Age, with Quality, but DC didn't roll them out until the 70's. Ditto the Shazam family of characters.

[Shellhead]

Bloodstone in particular was a really cool idea, but they never seemed to do it justice.

True, there was a lot of potential there. They could have explored the past of the Marvel Universe, with flashback stories involving the Hyperborean Age, Atlantis before it sank, medieval times, pulp action in the Roaring 20s, World War II, etc. And Marvel did a lot of one-shot monster comics in the early years, which would have made for a ready supply of opponents for Bloodstone. His psychic powers would have made him a worthy opponent for certain X-villains. Bloodstone would have been perfect for adventures in the Savage Land. And the whole Conspiracy angle could have played out at a slower pace, and maybe involved additional villainous masterminds fighting it out in the shadows. If Marvel does decide to reboot their line with this Marvel NOW thing, it would be a great time to bring back Bloodstone.

[cgh]

1975!