Punches a bit I guess but that's the bare minimum. As characters go he's got very little potential. Urban Champion: Honestly would be disappointed. Pious Augustus: Wow, an Eternal Darkness character! He's got a pretty unique badass look, although he stands out a lot. He went Super Saiyan before it was cool.) Shovel Knight: I've never played the game, so I don't see the appeal.įlynn (The Peace Keepers I can see this being Flynn's final smash. Raiden: Who would say no to this badass? I approve. Porky: He is affiliated with Ness and Lucas, so I think he deserves a spot. Mach Rider: I'm not sure how his fighting style would work, but I grew up playing this game, so sure.Īndy: Bogard? I like K', and I'm not too familiar with King of Fighters. Scorpion: He and Sub-Zero were pretty much the face of Mortal Kombat. Tingle: Interesting character in Hyrule Warriors. Luigi: I'd probably stick with an alternate costume for him. Sure, he better come with that rocking remix from UMvC3.ĭixie(unique/Isabelle like version of Diddy, not an echo)ĪiAi: Certainly! I've only owned Super Monkey Ball for the GameCube, but I enjoyed it!īeat: I'm not familiar with this character. Never was crazy about him but he better not have the same b moves as the other Starfox group. I adore Toadette so I would gladly accept her in.
He's kinda cute, I would gladly accept him. Not familiar with Skyrim so I have no opinion.Įh I wouldn't mind though I know many would.
2.Cool, though I'm not a big fan of Halo I love Red vs Blue series.ĭid not like how he operated in UMvC3 honestly. The final sale will take place in a live auction in Dallas on Aug. Interested parties can bid on the Kirby illustrations online now here and here.
Lee said he couldn't recall how much he paid for the Kirby illustrations back in 1993 but that it was "definitely less than what it's estimated to be today." (Geller recalled that he got $8,000-$10,000 for the pair at the time.) Now that the real story of the " Canadian Caper" known, and has an Oscar-winning movie to prove it, Heritage estimates each piece will bring at least $10,000 - an amount close to twice what they would be worth without their historical cache.
Still, they're incredible pieces of American history.
The original ink-on-paper works-a 36.5-inch x 22.75-inch piece named "Planetary Control Room (Interior)" and a 22.25-inch x 17-inch piece named "Pavilions of Joy" (see above)-for sale through Heritage Auctions weren't physically used in the CIA operation because, according to Geller, Chambers only had copies of the art. I just thought it was a great example of his work." "It didn't even matter to me where it came from or its origins. "I was pretty familiar with most of Jack's work from his days at Marvel -and at DC-but this jumped out at me because it was something I'd never seen before," Lee told WIRED. Lee originally wanted them simply because they were unique examples of Kirby's work, and it wasn't until he heard about the then-upcoming film Argo and read WIRED's story on the covert op that he realized exactly what he had. The incident inspired the real-life film Argo, which recently won an Academy Award for Best Picture, and the illustrations Lee bought were concept art for the film they used as a cover story. During the Iran hostage crisis in 1979-1981, the agency extracted six U.S diplomats from Iran by convincing authorities that they were actually part of a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a Lord of Light film, which CIA agent Tony Mendez renamed Argo. They were billed as concept art for an unmade film adaptation of Roger Zelazny's sci-fi novel Lord of Light, but what Lee didn't know-because the CIA had yet to declassify the information-was that the art also had connections to a covert CIA operation. Back in 1993, comics artist Jim Lee-now co-publisher of DC Entertainment-bought a couple obscure illustrations by legendary artist Jack Kirby in a Sotheby's auction.