We have a winner! Our pal Buttler came through with 20 of the 21 characters featured in my Crackin' Skulls contest. Yeah, he won my Red, White, and Blue contest last summer, but since that contest didn't have a prize, he gets the Netflix gift certificate...so congratulations, Buttler!
So, who were all of those skull-faced characters, anyway? Here's the official list, along with all 21 images (click on the gallery for a larger view):
1. Taskmaster (Marvel)
2. Brimstone (DC)
3. Death's Head II (Marvel)
4. Ghost Rider (Marvel)
5. Brainiac (DC)
6. Mister Fear (Marvel)
7. Black Mask (DC)
8. Blazing Skull (Timely/Marvel)
9. Doctor Destiny (DC)
10. Silver Banshee (DC)
11. Skeletor (Mattel)
12. Dreadknight (Marvel)
13. Red Skull (Marvel)
14. Mister Bones (DC)
15. Chapel (Image)
16. Crossbones (Marvel)
17. Cyborg Superman/Hank Henshaw (DC)
18. Bloodaxe (Marvel)
19. Metallo (DC)
20. Doctor Phosphorus (DC)
21. Atomic Skull (DC)
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Woohoo! Thanks! Chapel took me a minute, the rest I knew offhand -- but the one I couldn't figure out for the life of me was Bloodaxe. I'm surprised that Marvel would allow anyone other than the Red Skull to wear a red skull.
Posted by: buttler | October 14, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Good point...though I don't think the Red Skull is in a position to argue with the guy (considering Bloodaxe looks to be about three times the size of the Skull...with pointy spikes!
Posted by: Mark Engblom | October 14, 2008 at 12:57 PM
I'm surprised that Thulsa Doom wasn't included. http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/thulsa16.gif
Posted by: MMFK | October 14, 2008 at 01:15 PM
Oh yeah, Thulsa Doom was a great one. I liked that Marvel shook things up occasionally by having him fight Conan in addition to old King Kull.
Posted by: buttler | October 14, 2008 at 01:51 PM
Wow...that *is* a good one. Unfortunately, he was completely off my radar (with the exception of the James Earl Jones version from the Conan movie). Thanks for the link!
Posted by: Mark Engblom | October 14, 2008 at 02:26 PM
From what I've read, Mattel's He-Man toyline was supposed to be a series of Conan toys, but for whatever reason it was scrapped, so they made "Conan's" hair a different color and hired a writer to create a new universe around the toys. It'd explain Skeletor's resemblance to Thulsa Doom, and the whole Snake Men/Snake Mountain thing...but I'm not sure how much truth there is to that story.
Posted by: MMFK | October 14, 2008 at 03:36 PM