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OK, I've been wanting a new, spiffy sig image for a while now, and I've got a bunch of candidates. Because I've stumbled into a bunch of old fighting games, which I always loved playing, I've picked a bunch of images from there. The good news is, many of these double as Marvel comics characters, which is always fun and interesting, right?
Anyway, here's the characters, and one of these images will become my new sig!
1. Akuma: The ultimate bad-guy of the Street Fighting world, a mysteriuos, dark figure that shows up to challenge you (and hand you your behind) starting with Super Street Fighter II Turbo. An extremely popular character in the later Alpha series.
2. Blackheart: Demonic entity of both fighting games and Marvel comics -- this guy just has about the coolest look of anyone I know.
3. Captain America: What's not to know? The All-American hero -- I've never been a huge fan until Marc Millar's The Ultimates which finally made Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, an interesting character. I don't necessarily see myself as the goody-two-shoes he is, but I am patriotic, at least.
4. 5. 6. Donovan: Donovan of the Dark Stalkers series is a dhampyr, half vampire, and hunter of vampires. Of course, Dark Stalkers is a pretty cartoony game, but he's still a really interesting character. I can't decide which of the three images I like best, so you get three choices of him summoning fire, ice and lightning respectively.
7. Dr. Doom: A man after my own heart!
At least, a very interesting character, and this is a pretty neat animation, too.
8. Hulk: A perennial contender. Some of my favorite comics ever are the big greenie going up against someone who can rival him in terms of strength (the recent clash with Abomination was particularly good -- and the crossover with Pitt from Image Comics is another favorite of mine.)
9. Juggernaut: Someone I'd like to see go up against the Hulk again. One of my favorite "villains" who sometimes seems to sit on the fence. I mean, yeah, he really is a villain, but he's not really an evil one, with overblown plans for world domination, he's just a selfish prick. Relatively recent X-Men books seem to suggest that under his rough exterior he's not such a bad guy after all, though.
10. Spiderman: Everyone's favorite wall-crawling, web-slinging friendly neighborhood superhero. I've been a fan since I was a kid. Need I really say more?
11. Terry Bogard: First featured in the Fatal Fury game back some 15 years ago, almost, Terry has always been a fascinating character. Sure, not as colorful as the Marvel guys, but still a real contender for one of my favorite fighting game characters ever. This image is from the "Mark of the Wolves" game, the kinda swan song of the long-lived Fatal Fury series.
12. Tung Fu Rue: OK, this guy's not necessarily so interesting, but I'm inexplicably drawn to the old coot kung fu master archetype. I just think it's kinda fun. The artwork looks old fashioned because it is; I don't think he's been in a game since Fatal Fury Special years and years ago.
Anyway, here's the characters, and one of these images will become my new sig!
1. Akuma: The ultimate bad-guy of the Street Fighting world, a mysteriuos, dark figure that shows up to challenge you (and hand you your behind) starting with Super Street Fighter II Turbo. An extremely popular character in the later Alpha series.
2. Blackheart: Demonic entity of both fighting games and Marvel comics -- this guy just has about the coolest look of anyone I know.
3. Captain America: What's not to know? The All-American hero -- I've never been a huge fan until Marc Millar's The Ultimates which finally made Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, an interesting character. I don't necessarily see myself as the goody-two-shoes he is, but I am patriotic, at least.
4. 5. 6. Donovan: Donovan of the Dark Stalkers series is a dhampyr, half vampire, and hunter of vampires. Of course, Dark Stalkers is a pretty cartoony game, but he's still a really interesting character. I can't decide which of the three images I like best, so you get three choices of him summoning fire, ice and lightning respectively.
7. Dr. Doom: A man after my own heart!
At least, a very interesting character, and this is a pretty neat animation, too.
8. Hulk: A perennial contender. Some of my favorite comics ever are the big greenie going up against someone who can rival him in terms of strength (the recent clash with Abomination was particularly good -- and the crossover with Pitt from Image Comics is another favorite of mine.)
9. Juggernaut: Someone I'd like to see go up against the Hulk again. One of my favorite "villains" who sometimes seems to sit on the fence. I mean, yeah, he really is a villain, but he's not really an evil one, with overblown plans for world domination, he's just a selfish prick. Relatively recent X-Men books seem to suggest that under his rough exterior he's not such a bad guy after all, though.
10. Spiderman: Everyone's favorite wall-crawling, web-slinging friendly neighborhood superhero. I've been a fan since I was a kid. Need I really say more?
11. Terry Bogard: First featured in the Fatal Fury game back some 15 years ago, almost, Terry has always been a fascinating character. Sure, not as colorful as the Marvel guys, but still a real contender for one of my favorite fighting game characters ever. This image is from the "Mark of the Wolves" game, the kinda swan song of the long-lived Fatal Fury series.
12. Tung Fu Rue: OK, this guy's not necessarily so interesting, but I'm inexplicably drawn to the old coot kung fu master archetype. I just think it's kinda fun. The artwork looks old fashioned because it is; I don't think he's been in a game since Fatal Fury Special years and years ago.
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