SubscribeNote: Career Day is P:R’s column devoted to occupational, period, and conceptual redesigns of superheroes. Rooftop Regular and good friend of the site Alex Mitchell has sent us another period reimagining, this time of the entire “Magnificent Seven” version of Justice League of America (my favorite!) in Japanese sword-fighting movie style. Enjoy the awesome and check out Alex’s DeviantArt gallery for larger versions. – Dean Trippe
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
The Flash
Aquaman
Martian Manhunter
Bob Prodor
/ November 16, 2010SO…DOPE… I love how I couldn’t tell who they were at first.
Kyle
/ November 16, 2010They’re all amazing but my personal favorite has to be the Lantern Bearer!
John
/ November 16, 2010I really want to read a story about this group! Come on, DC, give us an Elseworlds Samurai Justice League.
Don
/ November 16, 2010These are so unique and imaginative! Very cool!
Mark Cothern
/ November 16, 2010NICE!!!!
Bob Prodor
/ November 16, 2010When’s it coming out? It has to
dnwilliams
/ November 16, 2010All of these are amazing, but Aqamns– Aqkkkk–
AQUAMAN IS MY FAVOURITE.
*ugh*
Scott
/ November 16, 2010“…born from a rock struck by lightning…” Perfection.
This should happen immediately.
Adam Bescos
/ November 16, 2010Man Alex. Why you got to be so awesome!? Fishman is my favourite.
Tim
/ November 16, 2010I’ve been reading P:R for a long time now, and this is the first time I’ve ever been moved to comment – these are so amazing! Really impressive stuff! Amazing work, Alex.
Jorge Daniel
/ November 16, 2010Incredibly creative and beautiful
Amstrad
/ November 16, 2010Oh man, every single one of these is spot on, the tropes are perfectly matched from the original heroes to their Japanese folklore counterparts.
The only one that bothers me at all is Chinese Mountain Monk. His staff and robes seem too.. (I’m trying to find the right word here) fancy?
Geo.Smiley
/ November 17, 2010Bat Demon Warrior forever
fernando lucas
/ November 17, 2010CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
Mario Silva
/ November 17, 2010The justice league meets Samurai shamploo, loving the mix. The fishman comes straight from Kirigakure!
Genarti
/ November 17, 2010Oh, WOW. This is fantastic! I love every single one, and I love the details — the kanji, the designs, the textiles and fighting styles and the backstory reworkings. So awesome!
Brennan
/ November 17, 2010This made my day – Lantern Bearer is the new King of Awesome.
Jose M. Mestre
/ November 17, 2010This 7 shades of AWESOME!!! I commend your unique vision of of a classic team
Andrew R
/ November 17, 2010LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Agatha Rights
/ November 17, 2010I want this elseworlds to come out, so that I can read it, and draw fanart of it without feeling like a creepy Deviantart stalker.
NekoKriszty
/ November 18, 2010The last two are missing, but daaamn, you’re good :D I was expecting some cliché anime stuff, and I got real Japanese heroes. Nice!!!
Alex
/ November 18, 2010So cool. So very, very cool!
Adam Hoffman
/ November 18, 2010Someone really knows their Japanese folklore and history. Green Lantern, for instance. Edo era policemen were known for carrying paper lanterns with them. It fits perfectly.
Niall Mor
/ November 18, 2010These are brilliant! Love ‘em!
Roberto
/ November 19, 2010@ John
DC already did something similar. It was an Elseworlds story called JLA: Shogun of Steel.
Batman is a woman in that story :)
Alex Mitchell
/ November 19, 2010You are all terribly kind. There are few things more rewarding than people reacting favorably to your work.
saralleine
/ November 20, 2010My heart! This is so amazingly awesome. I love the ‘mon’ on Lantern Bearer’s robe and how it’s actually just another version of the Green Lantern logo!
I want more, more, more!
Black Canary! Hawkman (and Hawkgirl!) Zatanna! Maybe some villains? The Joker? Catwoman (Lady Cat Ninja!) Sinestro!
saralleine
/ November 20, 2010also! I just caught how the serpent on Steel Man’s vest is actually just an ‘S’
You, sir, are a genius.
Daniel
/ November 20, 2010this is REALLY inspiring work. fantastic!
jay
/ November 23, 2010Pretty cool stuff here, bring on the bad guys! I’d like to see Darkseid, Cheetah, and Two Face for starters! Also on the Marvel wish list would be Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Daredevil, and Captain Amer…er…Japan!
LC
/ November 26, 2010These are freaking incredible, job well done!
Dedpool
/ December 1, 2010Nice! This was actually done in the Elseworlds graphic novel, “JLA: Shogun of Steel” it was pretty good.
James W
/ December 3, 2010The attention to detail here is staggering. No other word for it.
NInjazilla
/ January 9, 2012FYI Robin annual 3 from 1994 had an elseworlds story in Japan that is actually a bit better than Shogun of STeel IMO
Marvel released 5 ronin last year with deadpool punisher ect as sumurai in Japan but it sucked…