Well folks, we’ve reached the end of the series. Z is for Zorro!

Most historians credit Zorro's signature "Z" marking to be responsible for the rise in graffiti crime in early 19th-century California

It took significantly longer than 26 weeks, but here we are. I’m a little bit more experienced, you’re a little bit more aware of the absurdity of many comic book characters- I’d say we both came out ahead.

I’ll be starting the next series, The Legion of Superheroes: from A to Z in February. Keep your eyes peeled, and have a great weekend!

Creator and leader of the Metal Men, Doc Will Magnus has survived cancellations and disastrous revisions to be one of the most fun, high-concept characters in the DC Universe. Doc and his team  of sentient robots, each named after and having the physical properties of a particular metal, are some of my favorite characters DC has.

Yes, ladies, he IS a real doctor.

I fully intend to do a post featuring the whole team in the near future, so keep an eye out for that!

I had no idea what I was going to do for N.
The I read Jeff Parker and Leonard Kirk’s Marvel Comics miniseries, Agents Of Atlas. Namora is, as it turns out, an awesome character. (Apparently hanging out with a kung fu superspy, a Greek goddess, a talking gorilla, a Uranian spaceman and an indestructible robot rubs off on you after a while.) So yeah, Namora:

I only wish "Jimmy Woo" started with N

This week’s entry features two awesome old-school adventurers.

Lobster Johnson is Mike Mignola’s other brilliant pulp creation: A mythical 1930s New York City vigilante known for branding criminals with his trademark lobster claw symbol, and who eventually showed up in Hellboy stories as an evil-battling ghost.

Lady Blackhawk is DC Comics’ crack WWII flying ace and member of the Blackhawks flying squad. She wears a cheerleader skirt, for reasons unknown.

They're a cute couple.

Next week! Metamorpho and Mr. Miracle!

Kilowog, DC Comics’ Green Lantern of Space Sector 647! Ulysses Klaw, a supervillain physicist who wears a sound-emitting gun on his right arm and fights the Fantastic Four and Black Panther!

One of these guys is WAY cooler than the other.

Yeah, so, I like Kilowog. I’d never even HEARD of Klaw until he was suggested for this series. But that’s the fun! I get to draw wacky characters I’ve never heard of, and you get to suggest wacky characters I’ve never heard of. That works.

I was gonna do DC’s JLA member Ice, but then I remembered that she’s really, really boring.

So I looked around a bit. There aren’t very many cool female characters whose name start with “I”. Irma Geddon from Top 10 was the only good choice until I remembered this chick.

Everybody was hm-hmm hmm-hmm! Those cats were hm-hm-hmm-hmm...

That’s right! It’s Wu Ao-Shi, the Iron Fist of 1545 AD! Also known as The Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay. Thanks, Matt Fraction, for making an awesome character whose title starts with “I”.

Firebrand is a character I’d never even heard of before the name popped up in the comments for this series.

I’d think that big poofy sleeves combined with fire-based superpowers would be tempting fate. But hey, there are worse costume choices out there!

SO. PINK.

Any thoughts for the next letter, G?

I know, I know. I totally missed posting anything last week. To make up for it, today’s post covers two letters of the alphabet! Both minor DC Comics characters, and both very fun to draw.

Don't ask me what Deadman's doing, cuz I don't know.

That’s right! It’s Captain Carrot, leader of the famed Zoo Crew!

In all his buck-toothed glory!

I’ve been itching to draw him for a long time now, though this entry was a toss-up between the two Captains– Captain Carrot and Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants. I couldn’t translate Cap’n U to my style without making him incredibly creepy… but maybe I’ll post those sketches another time.

Just FYI, I’m still taking suggestions for the rest of the lineup!

Also, big ups to my man Jason Lewis for hooking me up with the old-school Marvel palette used by colorists in the pre-digital days. Thanks!

That’s right! Batroc The Leaper, Captain America’s French kickboxer foe. He’s awesome. No, really! The guy’s just so happy to be in the big leagues, you have to cut him some slack for the hilarious costume and zee atrocious Fronch accent!

Zat's MEESTER Batroc Zee Leapair to you, m'sieu!

Seriously, though, I just love how goofy he looks.