FFF Results Post #242—Substitutes

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Substitutions In Comics That You've Enjoyed." This is how they responded.



Tom Spurgeon

1. Luke Cage For The Thing (1970s Fantastic Four)
2. Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch For Iron Man, Giant-Man, Wasp (1960s Avengers)
3. Snoopy's Ear For Linus' Blanket, At Least One Peanuts I Can Remember
4. Legion Of Substitute Mother-Fucking Heroes (All Of Them)
5. Roscoe Captain America For Steve Rogers Captain America

*****



Mick Martin

1. The bag-head, barefoot, FF outfit Spider-Man costume
2. The New Mutants' brief upgrade to X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10
3. The Hulk, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man version of the Fantastic Four
4.. The Nightwing-led Justice League in JLA's "Obsidian Age" storyline
5. A young gang member takes over as Jack-In-The-Box in Astro City #12

*****



Leigh Walton

* H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot (substituting for the Human Torch) in the Fantastic Four cartoon, for the hilariously awkward way he's shoved into the opening credits
* Ecto Supergirl (shapeshifted into, and substituting for, Clark Kent), so Mullet Superman could be seen pulling "Clark" from the rubble, Action Comics #692
* a bit of Max's singed scalp mounted atop Sam's curled hand (substituting for Max), after Max had died and his spirit still haunted Sam, "Sam & Max: Bad Day on the Moon"
* Ben Reilly (substituting for Spider-Man) in countless comics from the 90s
* Dark Beast (substituting for Beast) in 1996 X-Men comics

*****



Don MacPherson

1) She-Hulk for the Invisible Woman (Byrne era FF)
2) Tim Drake Robin for Jason Todd Robin
3) Legion of Substitute Heroes
4) the Great Lakes Avengers
5) the Manhunters (infiltrating heroes' lives in DC's Millennium)

*****



Eric Newsom

1. Noel Sickles for John Terry (though under sad circumstances) on Scorchy Smith
2. The "Minutemen" in place of the Charlton heroes, Watchmen
3. Any time Alfred had to dress as Batman to avoid exposing Bruce's secret identity, especially when Alan Napier did it on the 60s TV show
4. Every character in Jack Staff that's a sub for an older British comic character.
5. Helena Bertinelli, aka The Huntress (substitute teacher)

*****



Sean Kleefeld

1. She-Hulk for the Thing (Byrne-era FF)
2. Round shield for the orignal (1940's Captain America)
3. Simon/Kirby for Weisinger/Norris (1940's Sandman)
4. Neal Adams design for the George Papp design (Green Arrow)
5. "Marvel Comics Group" for "Marvel Pop Art Productions" (1966 Marvel)

*****



Michael May

1. Jean Paul Valley Batman for Bruce Wayne Batman
2. The All-New, All-Different X-Men for the Original X-Men
3. Magneto for Professor X ('80s X-Men and New Mutants)
4. Steel for Superman (Reign of the Supermen)
5. Black Canary for Wonder Woman (post-Crisis founders of the JLA)

*****



Richard Pachter

1. JFK for Clark Kent
2. Beta Ray Bill for Thor
3. Wally West Flash for Barry Allen Flash
4. Dick Grayson Batman for Bruce Wayne Batman
5. Willow for Mantis (Steve Englehart character from Marvel to DC)

*****



Marty Yohn

1. She-Hulk for the Thing (1980's Fantastic Four)
2. Joe Fix-it Grey Hulk for the Gamma Green Hulk
3. Ryan Choi Atom for the Ray Palmer Atom
4. Matthew the Crow for Matt Cable (Swamp Thing/Neil Gaimen's Sandman)
5. Wally West Flash for the Barry Allen Flash

*****



Jamie Coville

1. She Hulk for Thing (80's FF)
2. Back from the Dead Bucky for Captain America (recent)
3. Scott Lang for Hank Pym Ant Man (80s)
4. Hercules replacing Hulk in his own title (recent)
5. Impulse being the new "Kid Flash" (1990s)

*****



Matt Silvie

* Pussyarse and Fluegelhorn for Doofus and Henry Hotchkiss in the 1993 mini-comic Doofus #2
* Beta Ray Bill for Thor whatever issues those were
* Were-hyena version of Firestorm with Professor Stein's psyche trapped inside his subconscious for regular Firestorm, early issues of that series in the 80s
* New Jersey for Seattle in Hate, issue #15 (maybe?)
* Seymour the editorial assistant at the conservative magazine for Rorschach, Watchmen final panel of final issue

*****



Stergios Botzakis

1. She-Hulk for The Thing (in Byrne's FF run)
2. Trigon in Tiny Titans
3. The Incredible Hercules
4. Proty for Saturn Girl
5. This xkcd comic

*****



Tom Bondurant

1. Stephanie Brown/Robin for Tim Drake/Robin (ca. 2004)
2. Crystal for Sue Richards (late '60s and mid '80s Fantastic Four)
3. John Stewart as Sector 2814's only Green Lantern (1984-86)
4. David Knight as the Starman of 1951
5. The ad hoc "original Teen Titans" from New Teen Titans vol. 2 #s 20-21 (1986)

*****



Chad Nevett

1. Steel, Superboy, the Eradicator, and the Cyborg for Superman
2. The Dark Avengers for the Avengers
3. Eric Masterson for Thor
4. Ben Reilly Spider-Man for Peter Parker Spider-Man
5. Connor Hawke Green Arrow for Oliver Queen Green Arrow

*****



Michael Grabowski

1. Beta Ray Bill for Thor
2. Snoopy for Lucy in the psychiatric help booth
3. Red Sophia for Jaka as Cerebus's love interest (when they were married)
4. Spider-Man's black costume for his classic red & blue one
5. James Rhodes for Tony Stark as Iron Man (the first time)

*****



Mark Coale

1. rhodey as iron man
2. john stewart as green lantern
3. hawkeye as goliath
4. clark kent as daily planet editor
5. kristoff as ruler of latveria

*****



Johnny Bacardi

1. Yelena Belova for Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) (You knew I was going to cite this one, right?)
2. Andromeda for Supergirl (Legion)
3. Ystina for Sir Justin (Shining Knight, 7 Soldiers)
4. Jack Knight for David Knight (Starman)
5. Jaime Reyes for Ted Kord (Blue Beetle)

*****



Justin J. Major

1. Laurel Gand for Supergirl ("Five Years Later" Legion of Superheroes)
2. Beta Ray Bill for Thor (Thor #337)
3. Iron Munro, Fury, and Flying Fox for Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman (Young All-Stars #1-31)
4. Nighthawk, Valkyrie, and Hellcat for Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer (1970s The Defenders)
5. Franklin for Shermy (Peanuts 1968-69)

*****



Grant Goggans

1. Judge Kraken for Judge Dredd
2. Sir Prize and Miss Terious for Superboy and Supergirl
3. Izzy's new body in Doctor Who
4. Major Eazy for Major Taggart
5. Danny the Street for the cave headquarters

*****



James Langdell

1. Oracle For Batgirl
2. Christine Spar For Hunter Rose
3. Yellowjacket For Giant-Man
4. Pogo Possum (syndicated 1949) For Pogo Possum (New York Star 1948)
5. Alfred E. Newman For The Baseball That Replaced The Sun As Charlie Brown Saw It

*****



Sean T. Collins

* Bucky Barnes Captain America for Steve Rogers Captain America
* Dick Grayson Batman and Damian Wayne Robin for Bruce Wayne Batman and Tim Drake Robin
* Fritz for Luba as the main character in Gilbert Hernandez's post-Palomar stories in Love and Rockets [Tom, if you're worried this doesn't quite count, Gilbert himself told me that's sort of how he considers her]
* The All-New All-Different X-Men for the original X-Men
* Kraven Spider-Man for Peter Parker Spider-Man

*****
*****
 
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