58 - Brothers Grimm

57 - Box

All the other characters in Alpha Flight have some sort of Canadian angle (Snowbird, Shaman, Sasquatch, Puck, Northstar, Aurora), so in that respect, this guy doesn't really fit. Then again, Canadians are known far and wide for their love of cardboard boxes, right? Right?

56 - Boomerang

55 - Blob

People talk about how the Beast's superhero name is insulting to the character, seeing as how he's a really smart guy but he gets stuck with a derogatory nickname because of his big hands and feet. However, he's got nothing to complain about compared to the Blob, whose powers consist of being fat and really hard to move. "The Blob", you know he didn't come up with that one himself.

That said, he's the one guy who could have that nickname and not be bothered by it. He's living large and loving it. If he were a hero, he'd have a complex and all sorts of internal conflict about how his powers make him fat, but as a villain, the Blob is completely unapologetic about his size. Here's a guy who's completely at ease with himself, with no self esteem issues, and he loves his powers and the opportunity they give him to be a loud mouthed jackass. You've got to give him some respect for that.

Drawing him was fun, so I did a few extra sketches:

54 - Johnny Blaze

53 - Blastaar

52 - Black Widow

Here she is, the last of twelve characters whose names start with "black", and that's just the ones that Marvel decided to catalogue.

51 - Black Talon

Has anyone in this family ever even seen a chicken?

50 - Black Queen

49 - Black Panther

48 - Blackout

47 - Black Mamba

46 - Blacklash

45 - Black Knight

44 - Black King

43 - Black Crow

42 - Black Cat

41 - Black Bolt

40 - Binary

39 - Beta Ray Bill

Hey, what would Thor look like if he was a sci-fi space horse? Just like this.

38 - Belasco

37 - Beetle

36 - Beast

I'm torn on the Beast's look. On the one hand, I like the Grant Morrison feline redesign, on the other, it comes at the expense of such an interesting visual, ie. the Beast's original look with the big hands and feet. I went with the latter here.

35 - Batroc the Leaper

Batroc should be the villain in every comic. He's a bastard, sure, but he never lets that stop him from having a good time. Maybe his French background accounts for his roguish joie-de-vivre. He's like Zorro, except really a bad guy. I suppose it's not so charming when the laughing thief is actually a thief.

34 - Baron Zemo

33 - Baron Mordo

32 - Balder the Brave

Made it through the As now it's on to the Bs.

31 - Avengers Quinjet