We Have a Winner!

As I mentioned in my previous post, we've got a winner for the Blue Monday contest.  Our pal Mike Albert (a.k.a. Siskoid) from New Brunswick, Canada got every blue-themed hero correct...winning a free Secret Identity T-shirt while simultaneously blowing my mind.  He even got the Blue Tracer, for crying out loud!

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

First of all, congratulations to Mike...and thank you to everyone who participated.  Maybe it can become an annual event (though I may have exhausted every character with "blue" in their name).

Second, it's time to clue you in on who these guys are.  Here's the original Hollywood Squares grid of the boys in blue, followed by the answer key:

Top Row (left to right):  Blue Jay (DC Comics), the original
Blue Power Ranger (Saban Entertainment, Inc.),
Blue Beetle II (DC), and Blue Tracer (Quality Comics)

Second Row: Blue Streak (Holyoke Comics), Blue Bolt (Novelty
Press), Blue Devil (DC), and Blue Diamond (Timely/Marvel)

Third Row: Bluestreak (Marvel Comics), Blue Beetle I (Fox Comics),
Blue Circle (Rural Home Publishing), and Boy Blue (DC/Vertigo Comics)

Bottom Row: Blue Blaze (Timely/Marvel Comics), Blue Shield (Marvel
Comics), Blue Bolt (Hero Comics), and Blue Beetle III (DC Comics)

Good job, Mike! The shirt's on its way!   

Comments

[Siskoid]

Thanks again Mark!

I couldn't have done it without my trusty Encyclopedia of Super-Heroes, which doesn't have a lot of pictures, but does describe costumes in text. Tracer's soldier's helmet was unmistakable. No pics, but a lot of names, and then it's only a matter of applying some Google Fu.

Micro-Heroes sites were invaluable in pinning down those elusive golden age characters that all wear a variation on the original Blue Beetle's costume.

And I think there are plenty more Blue characters. I might excuse myself from any further blue contests and send you a list at some point. :)