Who and what makes them your favorite?

I've noticed alot of people have different favorites, well aside from the fanboys. 😛

I've asked a few friends and they never give me a straight answer, when I ask who their favorite is and why, so I figured I'd ask KMC.

Who is your favorite and why?

Mine would personally have to be Deadpool. Aside from the awesome costume, I find he doesn't fit into the cliche "Superman" genre of heroes/characters. Completely insane, is in love with death, ability to say some of the funniest things in the world, fighting ability, and his obsessions with chimichangas and the olsen twins always make for an interesting read. And his ability to break the forth wall for me anyways really sets his comics out from the rest....

Most you can't really pinpoint....it's hard to say. There's just something about them.

For me:
Spidey - Not really sure. I guess I see a lot of myself in Pete's personality.
Alan Scott - I dunno....cool costume? I like green, but that's not really a reason.
The Tick - Annoying in the most hilarious way possible.
He-Man: Meh, I dunno. Boyhood nostalgia maybe.
The Doctor (Jeroen) - He's an environmentalist hippy. If I had world-altering matter manip, I'd probably be a lot like him (minus the drugs, but including the ridiculous get-up and disdain for conventional society).

Chamber.

Typical british punk loving kid. His mutant abilities blow half his face and chest off and he takes it how most people would; bad. Joins up with some fellow freaks in Gen X and the story goes from there. He's a cool character that i relate to alot. I wish Brian K Vaughn would write him again someday.

Oh, and that underwater guy is a fav of mine aswell.

Jonn,i like pointy heads?
Bill,i love the idea of a talking horse with the powers of a god
nightwing,loved him as robin in the cartoon and it carried on.

Spiderman- The reason he was made for, This is who you would be if you gained superpowers and actually did use them for good. You would bust your ass everyday and get nothin but, addional crap for it.

Kyle Rayner- He wasn't Hal Jordan at all, that to me is great. Cause to me Hal is Clark minus the superpowers with a GL ring. Also this was a kid that had no training, no experiance what so every, great fear, and he still came out a better GL than Hal ever was. Everyone always goes on about how Hal lives without fear. SO WHAT? What do you accomplish by not having anything holding you back. It is by far much greater to me to overcome great fear like Kyle than have no fear like Hal.

Nightwing- The man who will be Batman! OK, maybe he won't take the name but you better believe one day he will more or less totally take the mantle after Bruce can't anymore. Plus I always loved Robin more than Batman for some reason. Don't know why but, when I found out someone else was Robin I didn't give a shit about Robin anymore, then I found out who Nightwing was!!!

Beta Ray Bill - Amazing fighter, very noble and proud, and extremely heroic. He threw himself in front of Galactus with a lack of self-confidence, and knowing that one of Galactus' creations throttled him once (Tyrant) and still damaged him severely. He also fought Stardust and put everything into it, and tried to talk down people who want to kill him on more than one occasion. The guy is flat out amazing.

Venom - The guy who wants to do good with his life, but is bogged down by the sins of his past. I also like how this guy is extremely unconpromising, and has the attitude of "if you know it's wrong, and you're doing it anyway, you had better be ready to face me in a dark alley."

I honestly just like some characters and don't know why...

Daredevil- he's such an original hero. The way he overcomes his blindness and becomes a hero is pretty damn cool... and he generally ends up fighting the mob. He doesn't jump around battling guys n goblin suits who commit cxrimes forthe hell of it, he fights crime lords and assasins...

Batman- C'mon, it's Batman... plus, I was raised on him...

The entire Ultimates team- Damn, the Ultimates are just awesome. They aren't really heroes, hey're hard-ass soldiers, and for them, the end justifies the means.

Superman - He is the most noble man I feel to be a hero. His personality his leadership along with his abilities. Plus he is classic, I grew up on him...

Wallace "Wally" West the Third Flash - He is my favourite speedster and I love his stories. I just like how his life turn upside down sometimes....

Cable - I like is abilities and the all time "I'm tough" look in his eyes 😄 And he had a big hell of a gun...

Batman - Like Super Guy said...C'mon it's Batman

Colossus - Liked the abilities first time and way that his body goes to organic steel. I'm not much for his stories they never focus it on him. So the strenght.

Nate Grey - I liked the way he changed through the 75 issues of his own series. I loved his abilities...

Kyle Rayner : Mostly coz to me he is the coolest Lantern also very powerful...And the outfit rocks 😄

Captain America. Well what it boils down to is that he is a hero in its purest form. Its not really about his powers eventhough I have a tendency to like martial arts characters.

This is why in the Ultimate Universe it seems I prefer Ultimate Thor to Ultimate Captain America. Eventhough Thor is capable of doing a lot of damage he is kind and compassionate.

Yeah I wish Captain America had more powers but a heroes morals are the most important thing to me.

I think Captain America was the first comic I ever read ( first hero comic maybe), I wasnt even able to read then. I was in my mother's push chair. I just remember seeing the comic cover and eventhough I wasn't able to read it I could see he was supposed to represent some high ideal.....I think im going to cry.

Green Goblin (Urich) - My favorite comics from when I was a kid, and even today still witty and just as enjoyable. Phil never wanted to be a hero, just some kid who came accross the GG's old warehouse. I really enjoyed the character because he was into the hero buisnuess for kicks and hardly a professional. Reminds me a lot of what I think I would do if i got a bunch of powers.

Man-Thing - What is there to say. adventures into fear, v1 and v3 were some of the best stories I have ever read, and the majority were made over 20 years ago. The book deals with everything from racism to bullying, though from the perspective of a creature with no ability to form consiousness. So amazing.

Originally posted by inamilist

Man-Thing - What is there to say. adventures into fear, v1 and v3 were some of the best stories I have ever read, and the majority were made over 20 years ago. The book deals with everything from racism to bullying, though from the perspective of a creature with no ability to form consiousness. So amazing.

Thats deep.

Iron Man - Even when he's being a d!ck he's still the coolest guy in any room and the armour always looks good.

Thor - Thou doth must love the manner in which he speaketh.

<you have to love the way he speaks> - (translated from ancient geekish)

Invincible - Still relatively new to me but there's not one thing I don't like about his series.

Deadpool - Consistently funny

Guy Gardner - Green Lantern power, weilded by a dickhead ... what more could you ask for?

Originally posted by Scoobless
Iron Man - Even when he's being a d!ck he's still the coolest guy in any room

BOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Hes a womaniser isnt he?

Batman- He's uber cool. Inspiration to all superhero and people alike. He get the job done better than anyone in the buisness and is a regular human with no powers. Always makes an interesting read. He gets all the cool gadgets, hot girls, and tight cars. Straight gangsta. Has a cool costume and a infamous unique utility belt. All kinds of ways for transportation. Uses cool martial arts and pressure points. He has spawnes alot of side-kicks and has some of the coolest villains including the best comic-book villain........The Joker. Those are some of the reasons why bats is my favorite.

I forgot one (Warning! Massive Superman hate ahoy!)

Captain America - He is the ideal American. I know people will claim Superman is teh ieadal ameircan lolz!!11! but that's just not the case. Superman is, for all intents and purposes, a Jesus wannabe with wardrobe by Liberachi. Every time he does something, it's time to strike a pose, and to quib a Dolph Lundgren line, "Jesus time."

Now, for Cap, he's a super-soldier. He volunteered for a project that had prior failures, and was lucky it worked. Then he's frozen in an ice floe after saving the US, and joins the Avengers right out of the mix. He has always gone out of his way to make sure that he's among the average folk of America. He also is the first to throw himself in front of danger, with shield or without, and he doesn't have any invulnerability to speak of. He's the man.

and he doesn't surrender, alternate universe or 616.

Spider-Man: Very first set of comics I read. I got Maximum Carnage and saw that even though he was really hurt he fought on to stop Carnage. Really showed me being a hero was all about. Especially since the public didn't like him and his own relationships were a mess because of his secret. Also he was a smart guy, was funny and not too powerful. Everything I like rolled up into one package with a secret identity that somewhat mirrored my life.

Batman: No powers, and yet he still fights. Why? In the end it boils down cause he doesn't want another child to lose their parents the way he did.

Daredevil: The man has experienced so much loss (his sight, his father, girlfriends, his secret identity) and still fights to save the city he loves. If that doesn't make a hero I don't know what does.

Namor. I like the personality, powers and past. He's one of the unique and oldest characters in comics, yet has been able to stay cool.

Batman. I just think he is cool. The way every other superhero is intimidated by him (except Nightwing I guess) and the "urban legend" status he has...I think it is just sweet.

Originally posted by marvelprince
Spider-Man: Very first set of comics I read. I got Maximum Carnage and saw that even though he was really hurt he fought on to stop Carnage. Really showed me being a hero was all about. Especially since the public didn't like him and his own relationships were a mess because of his secret. Also he was a smart guy, was funny and not too powerful. Everything I like rolled up into one package with a secret identity that somewhat mirrored my life.

Batman: No powers, and yet he still fights. Why? In the end it boils down cause he doesn't want another child to lose their parents the way he did.

Daredevil: The man has experienced so much loss (his sight, his father, girlfriends, his secret identity) and still fights to save the city he loves. If that doesn't make a hero I don't know what does.

Yea they are all three great picks. This kinda reminds me of my Uncle Ben vs Thomas Wayne vs Jack Murdock thread to see which really had the greatest impact on the hero they spawned.

Now that I think of it more, as much as I love and defended Uncle Ben I actually think Jack might have infulenced Matt even more than the other two.

Yea, Daredevil is another favorite of mine. And the movie rocked even thou no one really went to see it.

Originally posted by marvelprince
Spider-Man: Very first set of comics I read. I got Maximum Carnage and saw that even though he was really hurt he fought on to stop Carnage. Really showed me being a hero was all about. Especially since the public didn't like him and his own relationships were a mess because of his secret. Also he was a smart guy, was funny and not too powerful. Everything I like rolled up into one package with a secret identity that somewhat mirrored my life.

Batman: No powers, and yet he still fights. Why? In the end it boils down cause he doesn't want another child to lose their parents the way he did.

Daredevil: The man has experienced so much loss (his sight, his father, girlfriends, his secret identity) and still fights to save the city he loves. If that doesn't make a hero I don't know what does.

Originally posted by Alfheim
Thats deep.

ya, I think so

a lot of it is more fantasy and cheesy funny stuff, but when Gerber was on, best writer ever! The weirdest insights.