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In your opinion what are the most iconic moments in comics?
Like batmans back being broke or the death of superman.

Joker beating the shit out of Jason until he died was iconic for me.

Cap's surrender in the civil war final was pretty good.

Superman and Doomsday's dual coup de grace. And Superman subsequently laying in Louis' arms asking her if he got him, then only giving up the ghost once she confirmed it.

As a kid that phucked me up lol.

Galactus' Herald My Rage!!!!

Nova tearing out Annihilus' guts, collapsing and seeing Thanos and Lady Death smiling at him then saying "better luck next time".

PR and carver being friends

Superman killing Mxy, then exposing himself to Gold K.

And for different reasons, Superman executing the Pocket Universe Criminals.

Originally posted by cdtm
Superman killing Mxy, then exposing himself to Gold K.

And for different reasons, Superman executing the Pocket Universe Criminals.

Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow was so sick.

Actually, Krypto defending Superman against Kryptonite Man probably hit me harder then anything in that story.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Joker beating the shit out of Jason until he died was iconic for me.

That shot of Batman realising Robin was dead was pretty powerful, I agree.

Originally posted by dmills
Superman and Doomsday's dual coup de grace. And Superman subsequently laying in Louis' arms asking her if he got him, then only giving up the ghost once she confirmed it.

As a kid that phucked me up lol.

Galactus' Herald My Rage!!!!

Nova tearing out Annihilus' guts, collapsing and seeing Thanos and Lady Death smiling at him then saying "better luck next time".

Lois, dude.

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For me, Jean's death on the moon was pretty powerful. I didn't hate the **** back then.

Originally posted by 8swords
PR and carver being friends



Pics or it didn't happen

The sun is more likely to spontaneously go nova.

Originally posted by -Pr-
The sun is more likely to spontaneously go nova. Don't you put that evil on us!

when x-cutioner split colossus in half

when magneto took the adamantium through wolverines skin

when barry allen died saving everybody

LT making Warlock give up IG

...when cyber stepped on wolverine's claws and broke them

Peter Parker being bitten by a radioactive spider.

Dr Light raping Sue Dibny

lois holding dead superman at the end of DOS and the whole fight for that matter
climax of COIE
doom vs beyonder
wolverine ascending the inner circle mansion after getting his mass increased
death of gwen stacy
climax of knightfall
"for the man who has everything" in it's entirety
thor vs celestials on pangoria (should be more popular than it is)
death of jean grey
wolverine vs shingen yoshida(the iconic "middle claw kill"
vigil of captain mar-vell

"MODERN" MOMENTS

cap getting shot
argument(s) that became the genesis of the civil war

Originally posted by Mindset
Peter Parker being bitten by a radioactive spider.

Hahahaha

Cap lifting Mjolnir! That was pretty cool IMO

Wolverine resisting the Penance Stare.

When Caiera died in Hulk's arms.

Thor toppling Arishem


Hulk's: "GIVE THEM BACK!" After the warp core went off

Not sure if iconic, but epic as all hell when Hulk broke Onslaught's armor

"The madder Hulk gets....the stronger Hulk gets...and Hulk is angry!" SMASH

Action Comics 1.

Cap punching hitler in the face.

Mon-El killing time-trapper.

Kal-L killing anti-monitor.

The death of superman.

Joker crippling batgirl.

Thor vs ultron, "We would've words with thee"

Superman vs mongul "Burn".

Superman vs Elite.

Onslaught taken the Cyttorak gem from Juggernaut

Superman vs Elite.
Death of Jean
Death of Superman.
Barry Allen sacrificing himself.

Reed making Galactus shit his pants with the ultimate nullifier.

Gwen Stacy dying, Bane snapping Batman's back

Death of Jean Grey
Emergence of the Worldbreaker (a scene that will give nightmares to the Hulk haters forevermore)
Owen killing pr Beyonder
Death of Steve Rodgers
COIE Cosmic Treadmill - something i'll always remember being the first thing comic related I ever read

Oh dear.

Did you really think you could do all this alone?

Take down forty Super-villains?

Talk about delusions of grandeur...

My name is Mysterio, the master of illusions.

My thanks on behalf of the criminal community.

Captain America verbally owning Thanos.
Thor's "We would have words with thee".
Cyclops deciding to give in to Emma's seduction.
Colossus' return from the dead and subsequent beat-down of Ord.
Hal telling Parallax to basically go **** himself.
Superman throughout all of OWAW.
Hulk winning over the people of Sakaar and choosing a wife, finally finding some peace.

The clash of Hotm Hulk and Betty....creepgrin

porn stars read that to prepare for a scene

surfer synthesizing the odin force

Darkseid first appearance
Darkseid mind ****ing Dessad by making him choose to kill his bird and forever made him sadistic.
Darkseid fighting out his wife, the only women he ever loved was killed by Dessad curtesy of his Mom because she believed he was growing weak
Darkseid poisoning his mom for revenge for killing his wife
Superman last out with DD in DOS
OWAW Superman weaping when he though Diana had died
Superman being afraid throughout the whole Hunter/Prey story line in coming face to face with DD, but knowing he had to do it for the greater good.

What is iconic for us, as in this:Originally posted by dmills
Galactus' Herald My Rage!!!!

Nova tearing out Annihilus' guts, collapsing and seeing Thanos and Lady Death smiling at him then saying "better luck next time".

Or what is generally iconic/recognizable? Because some examples would be:

Superman crushing that car on the cover of Action Comics #1
Batman fighting Superman at the end of Dark Knight Returns
Superman dying fighting Doomsday
Superman's "Burn!" against Mongul
Bane breaking Batman's back
Batman finding Robin dead
The Killing Joke is one iconic moment itself, basically
Grant Morrison appearing in Animal Man
Ozymandias's "I did it 35 minutes ago"
Barry Allen sacrificing himself against the Anti-Monitor
Superman holding his dead cousing in his arms
Death of Phoenix
Hulk bracing the mountain in Secret Wars
Magneto pulling adamantium out of Wolverine
etc.

Ben Grimm dying 2,000 years in the future as Franklin watched.

Franklin's big moment. "To me, my Galactus!"

Glen getting beaten to death in Walking Dead.

Carl and Rick getting brutalized in Walking Dead.

There are many, but the first one that always comes to my mind when thinking of classic, iconic moments is the whole sequence which begins with, "Within my body is the strength of many men," and ends with this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Iy-QvX1qv0E/SzEdcbHvGuI/AAAAAAAAGqA/IceG462A_Bc/s400/spiderman_33_pg5.jpg

http://thevinprabhu.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/uncle-ben-death.jpg

http://infochachkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Batman-1939.jpg

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7xm6s7XWf1qbn3r5.jpg

This hit me pretty hard when it came out. Made me realize that even hero's can be pushed to far.

He stood alone at Gjallerbru...

Originally posted by tkitna
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7xm6s7XWf1qbn3r5.jpg

This hit me pretty hard when it came out. Made me realize that even hero's can be pushed to far. that reminds me: riptide's shuriken were able to sink into colossus' body

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/60276/2710362-fantastic_four_604_panel_franklin_galactus_herald.jpg

A lot of the good ones have been mentioned already I guess. For Thor, I'd have plenty from Simonson's run alone.

- So many moments from the Lucifer comics, especially the ending.

- When Carl admits to Rick that he killed the twins.

- Darkseid's speech in final crisis.

- The lanterns charging up after rescuing Kyle in Corps War.

- Alfred's reply to WW's question about whether or not he's okay after Bruce's death.

- Zur en arrh

- SOOOOO many from Flex Mentallo and any of Morrison's runs.

Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
A lot of the good ones have been mentioned already I guess. For Thor, I'd have plenty from Simonson's run alone.

This.

Also a personal favourite is when he's fighting Gladiator from the future and the fight turns.

"Gladiator, thou speakest entirely too much!"

http://funnybookbabylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1987-onepunch.jpg

Originally posted by psycho gundam
that reminds me: riptide's shuriken were able to sink into colossus' body

You'd forgotten?

Darkseid tripping down stairs.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Darkseid tripping down stairs.

I see your darkseid and raise you a Ultimate Sinister tossing Xavier down stairs

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Darkseid tripping down stairs.
Or getting robbed by a bunch of street punks. Or selling burgers from McDonalds.

I see what you did here Stilt. Don't worry, I miss the Ownage thread too.

When Satan couldn't bring himself to kill his own son, Daimon.

http://i48.tinypic.com/16h3dw2.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/16jrcas.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/52044/1544763-galactus_28_super.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/aquaman15-4dnkbu.jpg

The answer to why Batman has such a funny voice all the time.

Originally posted by -Pr-
You'd forgotten? just re-read it last night after a looong time.
forgot how brutal mutant massacre was

Originally posted by psycho gundam
just re-read it last night after a looong time.
forgot how brutal mutant massacre was

Ah. Yeah, it was pretty dark for a comic back then.

Originally posted by comicfan11
http://www.abload.de/img/aquaman15-4dnkbu.jpg

The answer to why Batman has such a funny voice all the time. It's like he goes out of his way to get his hand removed...come on, Arthur, get it together.

Originally posted by comicfan11
http://www.abload.de/img/aquaman15-4dnkbu.jpg

The answer to why Batman has such a funny voice all the time.
Shit is about to go down.

Superman and Wonder Woman look so sad.

"Poor Arthur. Batman is gonna shove that hand up his ass."

While I wouldn't say it's iconic...

**** y'all.

Originally posted by Mindset
It's like he goes out of his way to get his hand removed...come on, Arthur, get it together. he's going to armbar the shit out of him. you can even hear joe rogan telling you how batman's raised arms are getting ready to strike

Originally posted by Mindset
It's like he goes out of his way to get his hand removed...come on, Arthur, get it together.

Puny decorative Bats could do with some powers at this point, when faced with characters that can break him like he is an afterthought.

Originally posted by comicfan11
Puny decorative Bats could do with some powers at this point, when faced with characters that can break him like he is an afterthought. Yea, that never seems to work out for those super powered beings.

Aquaman is lucky he has TOAA on his side (Geoff Johns).

Batman can still win, though. Hopefully he drop kicks Johns out of ever writing him.

Originally posted by Mindset
Yea, that never seems to work out for those super powered beings.

Seemed to work fine for Supes in the first issues of current JL.
I love Johns using Batman as he should be used.

Batman is a normal human who should have died most of the times he even stepped in a battlefield full of characters that can fry him with a stare or toss a mountain on him (same for most streets like Hawkeye, Cap, Green Arrow, etc)

I love him as a character, but his PIS shield is second to none.
Johns is good for Batman in JL.

eDCUmDhABRg

Did you guys watch the Robot Chicken DC Comics parody? Hilarious shit, poor Aquaman.

Cap is not a normal human.

Originally posted by Mindset
Cap is not a normal human.

He is enhanced to be the perfect human specimen, achieve the highest physical attributes a normal human can.

He is street level.

Originally posted by comicfan11
Batman is a normal human who should have died most of the times he even stepped in a battlefield full of characters that can fry him with a stare or toss a mountain on him (same for most streets like Hawkeye, Cap, Green Arrow, etc)

I love him as a character, but his PIS shield is second to none.
Johns is good for Batman in JL. No, Grant Morrison is good for Batman in the JL.

Johns uses Batman as "how can I make the character I like better look good using Batman?"

Originally posted by comicfan11
I agree on the Morrison part (eg the way he took down Hyperclan), but for every good Batman feat (and fan) there are always those that are pure fan fiction, like the infamous Batman Confidential issues, some Batman/Superman issues and ALL of the times a metahuman punches Batman to the head and his head doesn't fly like a football.

In this case Batman can't compete with AQ on a physical level. I, too, wish we'd get back to a time when street levelers would use their skill and brains to stay in fights with superhumans.

Nowadays, they just hit harder, somehow.

Rage, dude I'm an Aquaman fan.
I have AQ as an avatar.
I've heard all the jokes and seen all the parodies.

And you post a Family Guy vid dissing AQ.
I know you must vent somehow for Thor's rep going all 0 (to the point you shamefully wear Hulk as a sig), but you should know better.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e101/Soujaboy/Thor%20Feats/013Thor.jpg

Ending the Ragnarok cycle

Aquaman and Batman will come out of it looking well.

Hell, Aquaman said as much in the issue that Bruce would be one of the biggest hurdles for an Atlantean invasion.

Originally posted by comicfan11
He is enhanced to be the perfect human specimen, achieve the highest physical attributes a normal human can.

He is street level. Which is super human.

Originally posted by Mindset
Which is super human.

Only slightly.
Near superhuman seems more fitting.

A normal human could get to his level without the juice in theory, but he would have to be perfectly trained, fed etc constantly to achieve that.

That's my understanding.
Not really superhuman, but more than a human could realistically achieve.

No, he is pretty much the definition of super human.

No human could ever reach his level, that was the whole point of the serum.

Of course Captain America is superhuman. That was the point. Not to make him peak, but beyond peak.

Originally posted by Damborgson
Of course Captain America is superhuman. That was the point. Not to make him peak, but beyond peak.

Cap is superhuman. That's kind of the point of the serum, is it not?

Yes.

Originally posted by Mindset
No, he is pretty much the definition of super human.

No human could ever reach his level, that was the whole point of the serum.

I believe the serum was used to achieve the "zenith of NATURAL HUMAN POTENTIAL".
Point being that a human COULD reach this level.

That's not superhuman.

All his online bios also state that he is not superhuman.

He has feats that suggest he is superhuman, but so do many other characters like Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkeye etc.

That was the intention but then writers kept pushing it, no?

Originally posted by comicfan11
I believe the serum was used to achieve the "zenith of NATURAL HUMAN POTENTIAL".
Point being that a human COULD reach this level.

That's not superhuman.

All his online bios also state that he is not superhuman.

He has feats that suggest he is superhuman, but so do many other characters like Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkeye etc. A human is unable to reach the zenith of human potential.

By definition he is superhuman.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
That was the intention but then writers kept pushing it.

Ok yeah this I understand.
But by definition he shouldn't be superhuman.
In practice of course going by feats he is.

Originally posted by comicfan11
Ok yeah this I understand.
But by definition he shouldn't be superhuman.
In practice of course going by feats he is. You do not know the definition of superhuman.

Originally posted by comicfan11
I believe the serum was used to achieve the "zenith of NATURAL HUMAN POTENTIAL".
Point being that a human COULD reach this level.

That's not superhuman.

All his online bios also state that he is not superhuman.

He has feats that suggest he is superhuman, but so do many other characters like Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkeye etc. he survived the ice he was frozen in cause the SSS in his blood that his body reproduces acted like antifreeze. right off the bat he was superhuman

Originally posted by Mindset
You do not know the definition of superhuman.

LOL
He is superhuman.
But the description of his serum suggest he isn't.

Being the peak of human potential is beyond being peak human.

One is attainable by normal means, in theory, one is not.

Originally posted by Mindset
Being the peak of human potential is beyond being peak human.

One is attainable by normal means, in theory, one is not.

Peak human IMO means what a normal human can achieve in a normal environment, with normal distractions, like not eating perfectly every day, not training for a week due to injury etc, but being the best under the circumstances.

Peak potential IMO means what a normal human could achieve, in a perfect environment, without any distractions, keeping at the highest level at a all times, which in practice is impossible (something like sleep eat practice sleep all the time)

IMHO of course.

Guys, back on topic please.

Like how Aquaman could break Batman like a twig if he wanted to.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/13/137124/2652959-2652957-eaqvsww.jpg

Emperor Aquaman vs Wonder Woman from Flashpoint.
WW is saved by Captain T.H.U.N.D.E.R.

Originally posted by -Pr-


Like how Aquaman could break Batman like a twig if he wanted to.
true.

But reported for baiting sneer

The end of Hitman.

Iconic scene, right here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/CDTM3000/Solar_06-32_zps01bb478b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/CDTM3000/Solar_06-33_zps344027ce.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/CDTM3000/Solar_06-34_zps18655ef6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/CDTM3000/Solar_06-35_zps4b6b7bd5.jpg

For me, this was a defining scene for the character.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a193/HourmanLives/jla00315-1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a193/HourmanLives/jla00317-1.jpg

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dcmoment15a.jpg

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2010/02/hdhyperclan.jpg

Iconic moment of Morrison's JLA run. Probably of Batman's career too. Too bad I couldn't find "The ...most...dangerous...man on earth..." scan.

Originally posted by comicfan11
Only slightly.
Near superhuman seems more fitting.

A normal human could get to his level without the juice in theory, but he would have to be perfectly trained, fed etc constantly to achieve that.

That's my understanding.
Not really superhuman, but more than a human could realistically achieve.


In Captain America WW2 Sentinel of Liberty IIRC it was stated the next step in human evolution.

Lol i misseead the title, thought it was "ironic moments" and was like wtf when people brought up stuff like Bane breaking Batmans back.

Any iconic moments is when ever Batman gets puts in his place.

Also, most writers can't write a good Batman to save there lives, case in point Geoff Johns. In JL14 he made Batman emotional in asking to save Superman's life, which was pretty well written, but he screwed it up by having Batman spies in said person he claimed to be his friend just because he's paranoid.

What's even dumber was Superman was unable to hear the distinct sound of the tracking device.

When Doc Sampsom merger Bruce Banner's personalities to create the merged/professor Hulk who we see on the last page page of Hulk #377 showing physical characteristics of Bruce, Grey Hulk and Savage Hulk.

Originally posted by SquallX
Any iconic moments is when ever Batman gets puts in his place.

Also, most writers can't write a good Batman to save there lives, case in point Geoff Johns. In JL14 he made Batman emotional in asking to save Superman's life, which was pretty well written, but he screwed it up by having Batman spies in said person he claimed to be his friend just because he's paranoid.

What's even dumber was Superman was unable to hear the distinct sound of the tracking device.

Bruce has always both loved and feared Clark in his own way. He does consider him his best friend, but the truth is he knows as well as anyone how dangerous a rogue Superman would be.

Bruce made the tracking device to be invisible to a kryptonian. If anyone would know how to do that successfully, it would be Batman.

Sure, it was a dick move, but I don't think it's OOC for Batman.

Bruce had that creeper look on his face. he was either thinking how dangerous Supes and WW hooking up could be, or he was jelly Kal was getting some booty.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Bruce had that creeper look on his face. he was either thinking how dangerous Supes and WW hooking up could be, or he was jelly Kal was getting some booty.

A bit of both, I'm guessing.

wonder if they already did it. Since they were in his house and all of that 131

Originally posted by Zack Fair
wonder if they already did it. Since they were in his house and all of that 131

I'd be surprised if they hadn't, tbh.

Though I'm sure we'll get a panel in the coming months of one of them coming out of the shower wrapped in a towel, or walking around with a sheet around them or something.

Originally posted by -Pr-
I'd be surprised if they hadn't, tbh.

Though I'm sure we'll get a panel in the coming months of one of them coming out of the shower wrapped in a towel, or walking around with a sheet around them or something. We won't be able to see it, with the massive amounts of blood spurting from Wonder Woman fans cutting their wrists.

crylaugh

Abhil will be joining them in agony

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Abhil will be joining them in agony

Given how much he seems to hate Johns and Diana, yep.

Originally posted by -Pr-
Given how much he seems to hate Johns and Diana, yep.

I can see why some people might hate Johns. Johns a pretty good writer overall, he can create a powerful build up, but he just fails to deliver in the end.

Prime example was with New Darkseid. We had this powerful buildup, but the ending was a big let down.

Johns shines when his writing a single character. His Aquaman is one if the best in a long time, most of his Lantern is good and rhat Superman Brainiac arc was brilliant.

Also to hate Diana is to hate jebus.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Abhil will be joining them in agony
No, I would be too busy laughing at BM/WW fans.Originally posted by -Pr-
Given how much he seems to hate Johns and Diana, yep.
I'm waiting for Diggles and Lobdell to put wonder ***** in her place soon. Mind you Diggles is a very big fan of SM/LL and he's writing the valentine day story of SM/WW. Be afraid, pr.

evillaugh

Originally posted by abhilegend
No, I would be too busy laughing at BM/WW fans.


Batman?

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Batman?
Yeah, batman/wonder woman shippers.

I'm more worried about how badly Lobdell has been writing Superman of late.

Originally posted by SquallX
I can see why some people might hate Johns. Johns a pretty good writer overall, he can create a powerful build up, but he just fails to deliver in the end.

Prime example was with New Darkseid. We had this powerful buildup, but the ending was a big let down.

Johns shines when his writing a single character. His Aquaman is one if the best in a long time, most of his Lantern is good and rhat Superman Brainiac arc was brilliant.

Also to hate Diana is to hate jebus.

His endings have only gotten bad lately, though. He wasn't always that way.

For Batman:

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/187/280/superheroes-batman-superman-yes-he-is.jpg


For Cyclops, I'm looking for that scan where he shout at a woman that he'll cut her head and hide the body.

That's only iconic in that it shows just how far Cyclops has fallen.

Originally posted by Bouboumaster
For Cyclops, I'm looking for that scan where he shout at a woman that he'll cut her head and hide the body.

http://readrant.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/cyclops-is-gonna-hide-the-ing-body.jpg

If there's one thing that says "Cyclops", it's this scene.

Cyclops is shit.

Dirty ass mutant.

A moment that has always stood put in my mind would be around the time of the first appearance of Venom. That scene where he goes to peters in the black suit with no mouth and MJ confuses him with spiderman until he opens his mouth and freaks her out.

I enjoyed that. Had hopes they would recreate that scene in the movies.

As far as I'm concerned, it was right around when Joss Whedon finished his Astonishing X-Men run.

When Jackie Estacado set himself on fire after Avenging Jenny's death.

He was burned so bad that the only things left were his teeth, and once night hit, the Darkness resurrected him in a painful way.

That's when Jackie reliaze how much of a ***** dying would be.

http://thecarouselpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/x-men_vol_1_101.jpg