The Falcon, a recurring featured character here on the blog, is set to co-star in a new superhero team as Heroes for Hire is revamped as a slick new series. Marvel.com talks about it here.
It's not exactly the headlining I would prefer, as I still hold out some love to see Falcon break out on his own, but it's great to see him branch out of Captain America's corner of the world. I look forward to seeing how he can react with other characters that he hasn't normally shared panel-time with, such as Moon Knight (Falcon would be a down to earth realist versus such a "crazy guy," and, yes, that's meant to be ironic for a hero with flight powers) and Misty Knight/Iron Fist (all three represent different approaches to being heroes dedicated to urban crime-fighting.)
Another foregone conclusion (but one I would really like to see) is to push Falcon into more of a traditionally "heroic" mode, including costume and m.o. I would love to see Falcon standing tall on a darkened building, listening intently into the night, with a dramatic cape fluttering in the night air. He is kind of a Superman at heart with a Batman powerset in a Spider-Man setting. If that ain't intriguing enough, you gotta read more comic books!
And with such a focus, a different costume might be needed. Here's a quick sketch with a splash of color, but I didn't have enough time to really the cape as I would have liked.
In other words, the cape doubles as wings by overlaying electricity/hard light over them, and his usually-open mask now has bird-of-prey googles in the design.
I figure, if you're going to go superhero, then go big. The days of paramilitary fatigues and padded jackets/jumpsuits are over. Let's go back to sleek, iconic, and sporty, appropriate for an idealistic do-gooder like Falcon!
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