Character nicknames, epithets and sobriquets - best vs worst

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basilisk
Right from the beginning characters from all companies have collected various nicknames and unofficial titles like those below. There are many more, particularly from the DC side.

Which ones do you think are the best, perfectly summing the character up or most creative, or just your favorite? Which are the worst or most forced? This includes any others you can think of, as said there must be quite a few others...


Superman - Man of Steel, Man of Tomorrow, Last Son of Krypton, Supes, Big Blue, Action Ace
Batman - The Bat, The Dark Knight, The World's Greatest Detective, The Dark Knight Detective, Bats
Batman and Robin - Caped Crusaders, Dynamic Duo
Robin - Boy Wonder
Flash - The Fastest Man Alive, Scarlet Speedster, Sultan of Speed
Green Lantern - The Emerald Crusader
Green Arrow - The Emerald Archer
Atoms - Man of the Hour, Tiny Titan
Aquaman - Sea King, Aquatic Ace
Captain Marvel - the Big Red Cheese
Elongated Man - stretchable sleuth???
LOSH - there must be some...
Spider-Man - Wallcrawler, Webhead, Webslinger, Spidey, Amazing Spider-Man, Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Iron Man - Shellhead, Golden Avenger, The Armored Avenger
Captain America - Winghead, the Star Spangled Avenger, the Sentinel of Liberty
Hulk - Green Goliath, Jade Jaws
Daredevil - the Man Without Fear
Nova - the Human Rocket
Silver Surfer - Sentinel of the spaceways
Deadpool - The Merc with a Mouth
Thor - The God of Thunder (more of an official title really), ??? Longhair??
Hercules - Prince of Power
Sentry - the Golden Guardian
Silver Surfer - Sentinel of the Spaceways
Cyclops - Slim Summers??? One-Eye???
Magneto - Master of Magnetism
Beast - the Bombastic Beast
Phantom - the Ghost Who Walks

Bentley
The Thing ---> Aunt Petunia's favorite nephew
Kang ---> The Conqueror
Barry Allen ----> Discount Wally West

riv6672
^^^Also horn head.

^^^Also bucket head.

The Hulk's been known to come up with some good ones in universe.
Stupid magician (Dr. Strange), Sword girl (Valkyrie), Bird nose (Nighthawk), Flag man (Captain America), Fuzzy hair (Luke Cage).

Bentley
Bucket head is neat thumb up

riv6672
Originally posted by Bentley
Bucket head is neat thumb up
Yeah, i think Spidey coined it.

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DarkSaint85
Sentry - Fabio Man.

Mindship
Silver Surfer - Soarin' Norrin shifty

riv6672
Originally posted by Mindship
Silver Surfer - Soarin' Norrin shifty
laughing!!!!!!

basilisk
How could I forget horn head and bucket head??? And yeah, the Hulk's were always good, Stupid Magician, Sword Girl, bugman etc.

Some of DCs were bad:
Flash - The Sultan of Speed
Plastic Man - The Sultan of Stretch
Aquaman - The Sultan of Seamen

Not sure if the last one was actually used ^

The LOSH must have had some?

Always liked the classics like Man of Steel, Last Son of Krypton, Dark Knight etc. Spider-Man also had quite a few good ones that suited the character.

deathslash
Originally posted by basilisk

Captain America - Winghead, the Star Spangled Avenger, the Sentinel of Liberty
you forgot about Cap, The Captain, and The First Avenger.

krisblaze
Originally posted by Bentley
Barry Allen ----> Discount Wally West

I hope you get bombed by terrorists mad

Prof. T.C McAbe
Robin - Boy Wonder.... I still wonder how that one could pass through the editors, boy.

DarkSaint85
http://i.imgur.com/VI0Ui.jpg

StiltmanFTW
Hercules - Skirt Man.

Stoic
Originally posted by Bentley
Bucket head is neat thumb up

You should listen to his music. Great stuff. Buckethead I mean.

riv6672
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
http://i.imgur.com/VI0Ui.jpg
Cap's never hit a woman, but Spidey's house guest is about to GET it.

SamZED
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
http://i.imgur.com/VI0Ui.jpg

laughing out loud Black-man.
Luke was like wtf.

riv6672
^^^Better than Affirmative Action Man. stick out tongue

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