Who and what makes them your favorite?

Started by Super Guy3 pages

Originally posted by Howard_Jones
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.

my crap computer won't do the link properly, but I'm guessing that's the thing from Ultimates... "Surrender? Do you think this letter on my forehead stands for France?" or whatever...
Ultimate Cap is awesome...

Originally posted by Entity
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.

Meh, the theatrical cut of Daredevil was OK... the DC was awesome...
And I reckon Jack DID influence Matt more than Ben or Wayne to Pete/ Bruce res

Spider-man, because pete was me when he was a nerd...i'm still waiting on my dammed radioactive spider tho...😠

Originally posted by NiñoAraña
Spider-man, because pete was me when he was a nerd...i'm still waiting on my dammed radioactive spider tho...😠

Dido, but I've been waitin for over a decade so,I'M FIRST GET IN LINE! 😠

Id have to say that Batman is pretty high up on my list, was always a favorite of mine as a young lad and still is. His not having any super powers of any sort and yet he will fight ANYONE at the drop of a hat really sets him superior to a lot of characters.

Originally posted by NiñoAraña
Spider-man, because pete was me when he was a nerd...i'm still waiting on my dammed radioactive spider tho...😠

It's a magic Spider ... everyone knows that.

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Originally posted by Scoobless
It's a magic Spider ... everyone knows that.

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😱 wait, i have one of THOSE! it's like a magic mushroom right??

Cyclops - I have pretty much the same personality as him, and the similarities scare even me, but i can relate to him, so yeah... plus he's a badass, a natural leader, and he makes tough decisions that some people just wouldnt be capable of...

Superman - The man who sets the standard for what a superhero is imo... Inspiring, fearless, the guy may get tagged as a boyscout more often than not, but i dont think the people in metropolis give a damn as long as he's there to save them, which he pretty much always is...

Colossus - He's the complete antithesis of what a comic strong-man is, he's sensitive, dislikes violence and has a heart as big as anyone's... imo he's the best example of a kinight in shining armour that i've seen...

Wally West (The Flash) - Fought tooth and nail to save his wife, even when things looked pretty hopeless, the guy deserves props for doing the things he does...

Batman: Why? Arkham Asylum, Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Black & White, Long Halloween etc. He´s the true hero, don´t have powers he´s the most human, he´s Batman.

Spider-Man - i grew with batman and spiderman, he´s just one of the most funnies super heroes ever.

Silver Surfer - Honor, loyalty, respect, sacrifice, Norrin Radd has it all, whats not to like?

Wolverine - in times logan was one of the funniest and best x-men characters, nowadays its not the same, but i still loved origin.

Villains:

The Joker - he´s insanity personified in a human body, i simply love is madness.

Magneto: a villain with a purpose and values, he fights for something he believes in something, if it wasn´t for the humans prejudice mags would probably be on the good side.

Deadpool: he makes me laugh

Other type of characters

rorschach - read watchmen and you´ll understand

Morpheus (dream), Destruction, Delirium - my favorite endless, magical.

Lucifer Morningstar - this one he´s the true devil

I feel i could be on this all night

Silver Surfer - utterly unique in appearance and style with a heavy origin. There's no costume: he is a being of space, of great power, yet a peacenik to the end. Hell: he flies standing up.

Superman - he is the modern archetype for the Hero in all of us.

Hulk - simple idea, simple powerset, major catharsis.

Originally posted by Mindship
Hell: he flies standing up.

Exactly

Poison Ivy:
*She was based on my favourite idol Bettie Page.
*She makes the colour green look good
*Red hair is considered sexy on woman
*She makes you realise that beig bad is so much better than being good.

Huntress:
*She is Italian
*Batman has a soft spot for her
*Look good in latex.

Batman
*You can be a super hero and not actually have powers
*Love the way his arse is captured in that suit.

The Punisher
*He is Italian
*Proves that you dont need to have super powers to be a hero.

Juggernaut: Loved this guy even as a kid. I mean come on he literally thrashed so many good guys and it always requires some Plot Device to beat him.

Colossus: He just seems to fit my whole persona. Being big strong and a good hearted person.

Superman: Who doesn't want to be Superman or like him

Batman: The guy is epitome of everything a human can do.

Spider-man = the every man. He's nice guy who gets a lot of bad stuff come his way. You can easily feel for the guy.

Ultimate Cap and 616 Cap = I never liked 616 Cap until a couple of years ago when I started getting into Brubaker's trades, I now think cap is fantastic and his story lines are great (Plus Winter soldier = rock my socks!) Ultimate Cap is cool cos we already have some expectations of him and these were rocked by Ultimate Cap. He is just so cool. If someone's getting on your nerves, beat the heck out of em philosophy, he's a jerk which is cool.

Deadpool/Agent X = great humour

Batman, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Daredevil = love the whole father, son thing going on with Batman and Nightwing and the rest are really cool for not having powers/having limitations but being heroes.

Xavier = I like the character because of the whole appearances are deceiving thing he had going on where he was seen to be a harmless disabled chap who is actually one of the greatest telepaths and one of the greatest human minds on the planet ✅

Metron, Yuki, Gandalf etc: I'm really not sure. I've just always loved the powerful cryptic character archetypes.

Hulk: As a kid I really identified with both Banner and Hulk.

Flash: One of the greatest powers ever. I guess the Flash sort of played to frustration at not being able to get everything done.

Originally posted by Entity
Dido, but I've been waitin for over a decade so,I'M FIRST GET IN LINE! 😠

You guys wait for the spider all you want. In the meantime, my daily prayers to the totem god of spiders will not go unnoticed.

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Also, Superman's just so damn...I dunno...status quo? Despite everyone's reasoning, I could never warm up to him.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
You guys wait for the spider all you want. In the meantime, my daily prayers to the totem god of spiders will not go unnoticed.

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Also, Superman's just so damn...I dunno...status quo? Despite everyone's reasoning, I could never warm up to him.

your loss... 😛

nah, he's an acquired taste...

nice siggy...

Originally posted by pr1983
your loss... 😛

nah, he's an acquired taste...

Apparently Rew enjoys the taste.

Originally posted by Rewmac
Superman - ... I grew up on him...

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The Thing: I have a lot in common with the character and he's someone I can connect too. I guess you could say that I try too follow through his example and deal with the hand life gives you.

Captain America: If the Thing is a character I relate too, Cap is the guy I aspire to be. He sets the example on what is right and wrong, and yet at the end of the day he's still just a man. He is solid proof that one man CAN make a difference.

Ult. Spider-Man: I always liked 616 Spidey, but I could never really relate to him. When I started reading Bendis' update to the character, I completely understood what Peter went through. A lot of the crap that happens to Peter, I can understand, because i've been there too.

The Flash (Wally West): He's probably the first DC character I really liked. I had read some Batman and Superman, but I never really thought they were that cool. I picked up an issue of Geoff John's run on the Flash and I was hooked. He's cool because he's probably the most human out of all of the heroes to me. I mean, Batman is a millionaire who scares people, Superman is an invincible guy who flies above everyone, but Wally is a mechanic who runs with the rest of us (as Geoff Johns put it)

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Apparently Rew enjoys the taste.

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i wrote this more detailed one a while back, i'll include it here...

MARVEL: (all 616 btw)

Cyclops:

(Recycling some stuff i'd used before)First of all i identify with him the most, as i have a very similar personality to his. he's not popular and doesnt try to be, he just gets on with it and does things how he likes. and as leader of the x-men, when it comes down to it, he'd be the one to decide who lives or dies, he makes the tough decisions, and has the conviction to carry them through. That takes more balls than people realise. The guy has been through hell also, with jean continually dying, sending his son to the future just so he wouldnt die. It takes character to keep doing what he does day in day out. and i admire that. wolverine'd get everyone else killed if he tried to do cyclops' job. I mean, how hard it is to live every day knowing that something as simple as looking at the person you love would kill them... and that was before his much hailed 'badassness' in the recent astonishing x-men... for me all they've done is improve an already brilliant character...

Colossus:

The complete antithesis of the 'strong guy' character, he manages to be a more developed, more interesting character (at least to me). he's intelligent and thoughtful, and he's exactly how i'd be as a brick character in a team: a gentle giant 90% of the time, but f*ck with me or the people i care about and god help you...

Silver Surfer:

Silver Surfer was one of the first comics i ever read (back in the mid-late 80s), and was also one of the few regular comics i collected. He's the purest form of the thinking man's superhero. Force for him is a last resort, but when he does have to resort to it, he's a major force to be reckoned with (though everyone knows that).

Hank Pym:

Hmm, i've always liked Hank Pym, and sometimes i don't know why... beating Jan (another of my favourite characters), his siding with Reed and Tony during CW (even though i can see why he did it), that stuff should make me hate him, and yet i don't... i don't know, maybe i just love the idea of a geek growing to be 50 foot high and being able to headbutt sentinels...

Hawkeye:

You honestly have to ask? He's hawkeye...

DC:

Superman:

I like him because the guy has felt like an outsider his whole life and yet he still would give up his life for these people. most people would consider superman to be a boyscout or a weakling for following earths laws, but i don't, it just shows a great humility that alot of so called 'heroes' don't possess. He's Superman, if i was in a tight spot he's the one hero i'd want in my corner. There's so much i could say about Superman, but it'd take forever. He's still the benchmark imo as far as being a hero is concerned.

Flash (Wally West):

I grew up not reading alot of the Flash, in fact most of my knowledge of the Flash came from the TV show back in the 90s. So i was surprised when i finally sat down and read Geoff Johns' run on Flash, and i realised just how great the Flash was (Wally in particular, just personal preference). It's very rare that a good superhero comic can have genuinely good romantic themes, and yet Johns (and Waid, who's terminal velocity was simply breathtaking, thanks for the recommendation Validus 😄) pulls it off brilliantly. Considering how much i hate Lois Lane, Linda Park is one of the few superhero girlfriends i actually like, and the relationship between Wally and her is one of the best written relationships in all of comics...

Hal Jordan:

(Really flew up the list here, i'd have never considered him six months ago) Being fairly new to Green Lantern (and most of DC that isnt Superman or Batman), the first GL issue i read was Rebirth, and i have to say i liked it alot. Once i'd read it i went back and read up on some of the characters, and at one point John Stewart was my favourite, and he stayed that way until about a month ago. I was in my usual comic shop and i happened to notice Green Lantern #16, with art by Ivan Reis. Ivan Reis to me is one of the best artists atm, his work on Superman a while back was nothing short of brilliant. I actually picked the issue up purely because i knew Reis' art was bound to be good, but then i noticed once i sat down to read it that Geoff Johns was on writing duty (he of action comics and rogue war fame, at least to me). Once i read through it i read it again. And again. Johns and Reis have, in my opinion, been writing one of the best if not THE best DC title of the last year or so (yep, i picked up the back issues of the Johns/Reis run, and am anxiously awaiting the next one). Jordan as a character can come across as being slightly too patriotic at times, but given his military background, thats understandable, and makes for a more deeply layered character. He's finally getting over the Parallax thing too, and embracing superhero life again... can't wait for the Sinestro Corps...

Wonder Woman:

Not so long ago i viewed Wonder Woman entirely based on the Linda Carter tv show of long ago (which i adored btw), and then i came to KMC, and my opinion wasnt really changed, until a certain member (you know who you are) came along and blew everything i thought i knew about WW out of the water. While i liked her indiviual series enough, it was her appearences in JLA and Superman comics that appealed to me, and made me love the character. She's the perfect foil for Bruce and Clark (her embracing her godly powers, while clark views his with more humility, and bruce sees powers as something that could at any time go terribly wrong), and the Max Lord thing (which i did agree with, guy had to die imo), showed incredibly deep the relationship within the trinity is... and when drawn by Ed Benes, she's probably the hottest woman in existence... i can't help it, i like woman who can be strong and feminine at the same time...

Red Tornado (t'was a toss up between him and Mr. Terrific):

I know very little about him as a character, and to be honest the first time i saw him was in the JLU series, but instantly i was intrigued, and did what i could to find out as much as possible. I love the fact that he's a man in a machine's body, its incredibly tragic that he can love someone so much and yet never be able to feel what alot of people take for granted. His powers are pretty awesome too, in JLA, what he did to

Spoiler:
Grundy
cemented his badass status for me...