seeking input from ya'll what have comic book blogs or read them…

Hmm, who could be an appropriate DC equivalent to Man-Thing?

(I take it Daredevil=Batman)

actually, no.

Superman=Thor is an interesting one because early on in his strip Thor does take a Superman-style role, but never ever is it suggested that CALLING ON A PAGAN GOD is in any way strange or wrong. Thor is just accepted as the natural order of things - essentially, as soon as he turns up, the entirety of Earth-616 starts worshipping Odin and the Norse pantheon as a matter of course.

Superman, needless to say, doesn't cause that kind of theological kerfuffle.

I'd totally read that blug.

"but never ever is it suggested that CALLING ON A PAGAN GOD is in any way strange or wrong. Thor is just accepted as the natural order of things - essentially, as soon as he turns up, the entirety of Earth-616 starts worshipping Odin and the Norse pantheon as a matter of course."

umm…huh? I seem to recall numerous instances in the early Journey Into Mystery/Mighty Thor series of folks in the street saying shit like "wow, I didn't think Thor was real, but there he is, fukking the Grey Gargoyle's shit up" and somesuch. Granted, they'd say that about all the heroes…

but I think you are kidding about the worship business, VF? I ain't never seen that…

Punisher=Batman? Who the heck is Batman?

I'm kidding slightly, but not that much. There's more than one episode where a missile runs amuck and the first reaction is to put a call out to Mighty Thor. Which is exactly like DC's similar response when it comes to Superman. Except this is... theologically stickier. Remember those back-up strips where Kirby cheerfully illustrated the origin of the Marvel Universe Earth as being to do with the world-ash and Bram father of Odin? The Christian God is completely absent, whereas in DC he's all over the place like a rash.

Also - Superman is all about strict pseudoscience that might as well be magic, but Thor operates using symbolic logic and rules dictated by Odin - ACTUAL magic.

I too would be an interested party for this blurg. I mean, who is Marvel's Hawk & Dove? (Iron Fist & Power Man?)

I think it'd be Cloak & Dagger.

Action Heroes Ditkofest = really fun in places (was glad to see the never-published issue that only ever appeared in Charlton Bullseye, and the Toth Question story), but marred by dull Captain Atom stories and hideous machine lettering.

DC's X-Men is most certainly the Doom Patrol, right down to the shady older leader in the wheelchair!

And DC's FF is obvs Challengers of the Unknown.

There's even a Challengers story in the Showcase vol that pretty much outlines the FF origin (except only one Challenger gets powers, I think it's Rocky).

And in fact, I would say that after reading the Kirby-written Challengers stuff, that all those guys who say that Stan Lee was just riding on the coattails of his (awesome) artists should shut the fuck up.

Spider-Man/Blue Beetle is kinda Challengers/FF in reverse.