3) Icon And Rocket
Milestone Media was launched in the 90s to help give minority comic writers a chance to push forward original creations into the marketplace. While Static Shock grew to be the most popular, thanks in large part to the DC Animated Universe cartoon, the team of Icon and Rocket sold almost as much despite not receiving anywhere near the same recognition.
An unconventional crime fighting duo specializing in urban areas, the two were unique in that Icon was an alien stranded on Earth while Rocket was a troubled teenager. Joining together, they found solace in one another and forged a bond that made for some witty dialogue amongst the backdrop of their tales.
Marvel is set to air Cloak & Dagger in 2018, which is based off of a slightly similar concept. In it, two runaway teens named Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen end up getting kidnapped by a radical scientist who experiments on them, resulting in them receiving superpowers, allowing Tyrone to access a dark dimension and Bowen to create light projectiles. What makes their team-up specifically intriguing is that they’re reliant on one another: Tyrone’s dark force has an insatiable hunger that can only be quelled through Bowen’s light projectiles, which she has to disperse in order to avoid overcharging.
A similar bond could be implemented in the DC world if Warner Bros. follows up Cloak & Dagger by introducing their own counterpart via Icon and Rocket.
Published: Oct 18, 2017 08:16 pm