#Dial H For Hero

[aliteralchicken]

missing Miguel and summer so bad where are the besties

[blanddcheadcanons]

Billy Batson refers to Miguel Montez as Ben 10 too often...

They're both fans of the show, especially Billy, but still, he calls Miguel that A LOT

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[rudywiser]

"Dial H For Heroes"

Way back in 1981, Hanna Barbera Productions began developing an animated series based on the comic book Dial H For Hero published by DC Comics. The series would have character designs made by the legendary Alex Toth, at the time an employee of the Hanna Barbera studio.

I never knew Dial H could have been a cartoon! I always thought of it as one of those great untapped ideas. It may have been doomed from the start, as I can imagine how expensive and time-consuming it would have been to create new heroes every episode.

We may have gotten off lucky, looking at some of those character descriptions...

[celadons-penultimate]

This is gay Afro-Latino (Puerto Rican) superhero Hero Cruz (who currently only appears in the 19 issues of the 1996 comic title, SUPERBOY AND THE RAVERS--and yes, that's literally his name).

It's a handsome redesign by Luciano Vecchio, featuring both his Achilles Vest & his H-Dial!

[onlylonelylatino]

The Metal Men and Dial H for Hero by George Pérez

[splooosh]

For Hero?

Brian Bolland

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Nick Derington.

[tomoleary]

Jim Mooney “The Marauders From Thunderbolt Island” title splash Dial H for Hero in House of Mystery #157 (1966) Source

[fourcorpsmen]

So... when is Dial H getting a new comic?

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

H-Dialer Miguel Montez, mid-transformation, preparing for battle in the realm of the Telephone Avatar.

[thes-hitoverlord]

/co/

[aliteralchicken]

Everyday I’m sad Hero never got to mentor Miguel

[cgbcomics]

[alternateworldcomics]

Magneto? Where have I heard that before?

Oh yeah! They used to have them in cars.

[celadons-penultimate]

I'm always flabbergasted when I think about the DC Comics title DIAL H FOR HERO. Not only did DC have it *DECADES* before Ben 10 was ever a thing, but gay Afro-Latino H-Dial wielder Hero Cruz existed 23 years before Miguel Montez (current H-dial wielder, also gay & Latino) & even 15 years before Marvel's own Spider-Man, Miles Morales (also Afro-Latino).

No shade to Miles nor Miguel & I know that social progress isn't, and shouldn't be, a competition.

It's just wild that, if DC folks were thinking (and if people were not hindered by prejudices), the Ben 10 "I can be a one-man team" dynamic could have happened in the mainstream WAY earlier & w/ more diversity to boot!

I'd love to see an H-Dial hero in a DC Comics TV show or movie (animated and/or live-action), but I doubt DC would even attempt it now, with the comparisons fans would inevitably draw between DH4H & the Ben 10 universe (despite there actually being very big story differences).

[onlylonelylatino]

Robby Reed of Dial 'H" for Hero becomes Plastic Man. Art by Jim Mooney