March Madness Super-Animal Showdown — Final Four!
The NCAA Basketball Tournaments may be calling it quits, but the March Madness Super-Animal Showdown is just getting to the good stuff!
Our Final Four is set after a quarterfinals round that saw favorites Krypto and Howard the Duck cruise into their semi-final matchup, while underdogs Devil Dinosaur and Lockjaw both scored upsets to set the stage for an all-Kirby semi on the other side of the bracket!
Let’s meet our Final Four!
Krypto
#1 overall seed. Defeated Max, G’nort, and Comet to reach the Final Four.
First appearance: Adventure Comics #210 (March 1955). Created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan.
Howard the Duck
#4 seed. Defeated Hoppy the Wonder Bunny, Throg, and Gorilla Grodd to reach the Final Four.
First appearance: Adventure Into Fear #19 (December 1973). Created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik.
Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy
#7 seed, and entered the tournament as a “play-in” candidate, having been passed over in the committee’s initial seeding. Defeated Titano, Mr. Mind, and Rocket Raccoon to reach the Final Four.
First appearance: Devil Dinosaur #1 (April 1978). Created by Jack Kirby.
Lockjaw
#11 seed, and the lowest seed still standing, wearing Cinderella’s glass slippers on all four of his floppy feet. Defeated Lockheed, Ace the Bat-Hound, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to round out the Final Four!
First appearance: Fantastic Four #45 (December 1965). Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
All right … you know the drill … it’s time to vote for your favorite Super-Animals! Here are the semi-final matches!
Krypto (d. Comet, 79-21), vs. Howard the Duck (d. Gorilla Grodd, 56-44)
Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy (d. Rocket Raccoon, 60-40) vs. Lockjaw (d Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 67-33)
Here’s your up-to-the-second tournament breakdown!
Some tasty match-ups here … and the Final is going to be amazing! Meet me back here next week for the championship match, and be sure to cheer on your favorite in the comments section, below!
Posted on April 6, 2015, in March Madness! and tagged Comics, Devil Dinosaur, Howard the Duck, Jack Kirby, Krypto, Lockjaw, March Madness Super-Animal Showdown. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
Man, I am really not happy about Grodd losing to the duck. Incomprehensible to me. Well, go Lockjaw!!
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It was with no small measure of regret that I hadda cast the votes that may have sent Howard and Devil to their doom.
it’s a dog-eat-dog world.
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I expect it will be a dog-eat-dog final, too, but the voters have surprised me before. We will see …
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Wow Howard is right in this fight!
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Howard hung in there all week — I think he was even in the lead for awhile — but Krypto is the sine qua non of super-animals!
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