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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first series of superhero Slurpee cups — DC’s 1973 collection of 60.
As we’ve written before — including most recently by Ramblin’ Rob Kelly — Marvel ran frozen circles around DC with its own Slurpee cups when they first hit two years later. DC used often-antiquated images that were typically clipped from comics. Marvel, on the other hand, offered vibrant designs and a much deeper, more compelling selection of characters.
As in:
Anyway, our pal Rich Seetoo, a DIY colorist, was inspired to shorten this gap by “creating” (via digital trickery) a run of DC Comics Slurpee cups that would have rivaled Marvel’s bolder offerings.
I picked 13, each of which features A) a character not done in ’73, OR B) a character who didn’t exist in ’73, OR C) an artist who was not active at DC in 1973, OR D) a vast improvement over what was originally released. Or some combination thereof.
If only these existed — then or now.
So let’s get our brain freeze on! In no particular order:
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez art
Jerry Ordway
Murphy Anderson
Brent Anderson
Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson
Paul Smith
Nick Cardy
Ordway
Ordway
Bruce Timm
Jack Kirby
Ordway
George Perez
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August 12, 2023
These are really inspiring and powerful “what-if” slurpee cups.
August 12, 2023
Those all look great ! A Kirby Demon cup would have been awesome as well as all the others.
Where does that Murphy Anderson JLA/JSA pic come from ?
August 12, 2023
First in JLA #76. Then again in #110 I think.
August 13, 2023
I love the JSA but that pix always looks like Bats and Supes are standing on a crate or something. They look out of place. Were they added after the fact?
August 13, 2023
Thank you.
August 12, 2023
Love ’em! Hey! Johnny Thunder and the Red Tornado finally got their due!
August 12, 2023
Wow, just got rid of my Bruce Wayne cup , too many cracks in it