Who could you do without?

Here's the deal. Marvel and/or DC decide it's time for a beloved hero to die -- permanently. It goes to a vote, and whoever loses dies forever (except perhaps an occasional flashback). They have no chance of ever coming back from the dead, and nobody will take up their mantle (e.g. Dick becoming Batman). They will, essentially, become a forgotten character.

Who would you vote off?

Marvel
Thor
Iron Man
Captain America
Spiderman
The Hulk

DC
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
The Flash (all of them, in this case)
Green Lantern (all of the Earth GLs)

Scenario 1: Pick one from either Marvel or DC
Scenario 2: One from each company must go

Who do you choose, and why?

I vote for Wolverine.

I made a very conscious decision not to include him

😛

1. Superman.
2. ❌ Supes and ...........I guess Cap. crybaby

Marvel: Iron Man

Purely because I just like the others more.

DC: Wonder Woman

Again, it's just a case of liking the others more. Almost chose the Flash, but poor Wally needs a break.

What does scenario 2 mean?

I'd pick hulk before iron man in a heartbeat. IM is one of the best characters in marvel IMO and i like marvel's trinity a little more than dc's. For dc I'd say superman. I just don't see any more potential left in the character. Like all his best stories have been told. As a character, and as an icon. If he truly died and never came back it would leave a huge impact. They could send him off on a high note and lay the legend of superman to rest. That is if I absolutely had to pick someone from DC.

Originally posted by -Pr-
Marvel: Iron Man

Purely because I just like the others more.

DC: Wonder Woman

Again, it's just a case of liking the others more. Almost chose the Flash, but poor Wally needs a break.

What does scenario 2 mean?

Yep, I feel pretty much the same way, but it was a toss up between Wonder Woman and the Flash.

Originally posted by -Pr-
What does scenario 2 mean?

Scenario 1 is that one character from either Marvel or DC needs to die, Scenario 2 is that one from each has to go.

Captain America and Batman, because even if their proteges aren't allowed to take up their names and mantles, we've already seen that given the opportunity writers can write better stories with those characters (Dick / Bucky) in place of Steve and Bruce when they are given the free space and creative control to maneuver.

I like them all. Damn you cogito.uhuh

Marvel: Probably Iron Man
DC: I'd have to say Wonder Woman

This is a tough one but I'll go

1)Wonder Woman

2) Marvel: The Hulk, DC: Wonder Woman

It's close though.

1. Batman
2. Batman and Hulk

For me, the first one out from either company would have to be Spiderman. He's a classic, but I just don't care for the street/meta scene that much.

From DC I'd have to axe Flash. It's not really his fault, but his potential power is just so ridiculously high that if he operated at those levels it'd be stupid, but on the other hand when he gets nailed by streets and metas it's just painful to read.

^ lol dude your killin me! If they killed off spidey for good I'd probably be done with marvel. Eh that's just me though... Definitely see your point with flash.

Originally posted by Cogito
Scenario 1 is that one character from either Marvel or DC needs to die, Scenario 2 is that one from each has to go.

I still have to pick from your list?

The Flash shouldn't die.

He should just perma-merge with the speed force and become some omnipresent abstract force, and just never be heard from again outside big events.

That way we dont have to see shit like Grundy managing to punch him.

Originally posted by -Pr-
I still have to pick from your list?

I made a list so that people would have to choose oft-beloved characters.

Otherwise everyone would just say Wolverine or Rhino or random fodder #4 or whatever.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
The Flash shouldn't die.

He should just perma-merge with the speed force and become some omnipresent abstract force, and just never be heard from again outside big events.

That way we dont have to see shit like Grundy managing to punch him.

mmm

Maybe it would be interesting to have people choose how they die/go away forever

Hulk and Supes. There's already capable replacements for both. Hulk would be missed less in the big picture, and the death of Superman would force the other heroes in general to step their game up as they are more than capable but are always forced to defer to Kal.