And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when superheroes with unusually high collars found themselves united against a common threat. Through the years, their roster has prospered, changing many times, but their diminished peripheral vision has never been denied! Make way for
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Brilliant, sir.
Posted by: John Trumbull | March 01, 2008 at 01:50 AM
Wonderful association. Didn't the early Nightwing sport a disco collar?
Posted by: Captain Average | March 01, 2008 at 08:20 AM
Yeah, I took a look at Nightwing, too...but even though he had a "disco collar", it wasn't high enough to actually obscure his peripheral vision....so he wasn't eligible for membership. Other heroes with big (yet non-obscuring) collars were guys like Tyroc (Legion of Superheroes), Warlock (his later caped costume), and the Vision. I thought about including hooded heroes like Raven or the Spectre as well, but the "work-to-joke" ratio seemed a little steep.
Oh, and yes...I'm aware Yellow Jacket doesn't have a high collar...but I just couldn't say no to those impossibly huge shoulder "arches".
Posted by: Mark Engblom | March 01, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Once again -- LOL!!!
Posted by: Hube | March 01, 2008 at 10:14 AM
You should add those wearing hoods. The Spectre, Green Arrow's current look, I'm sure there are several more. I'm not of the "hoodie" generation but I have a Green Lantern hoodie I wear when I get cold in the studio. The first time I wore it outside witeh the hood up I noticed the lack of peripheral vision and I immediately flashed on the Super-heroes that have a hood and how stupid it is.
Posted by: Paul McCall | March 01, 2008 at 10:57 AM
I always thought of those as vampire collars.
Posted by: Pat Curley | March 01, 2008 at 11:49 AM
"You should add those wearing hoods."
Like I said earlier, it was more work than the joke needed (or that I had time to do)...but now that you bring it up, maybe the Obscured Peripheral Vision League will have to meet the Legion of Peripheral Vision-Challenged Superheroes at some point.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | March 01, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Rank amateurs, all of them. I can put up a whole bunch of pics of Transformers with less peripheral vision than that.
Posted by: ShadowWing Tronix | March 01, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Whom would this group fight? Warp is an obvious start.
Posted by: J. L. Bell | March 01, 2008 at 04:42 PM
Whom would this group fight? Warp is an obvious start.
Heh. Ol' Tunnel-Head himself!
Then there's the guys like Juggernaut and Whirlwind who can't even turn their heads without turning their entire body.
Posted by: Kyle | March 03, 2008 at 12:11 PM