Originally posted by Galan007you know what i think the biggest problem with modern day writers is that they try and outdo the greats. The best thing is to try and mesh with the mythos create spmethithat adds a different layer instead of trying to 1-up. Same goes for cats like Starlin when youre competing with yourself youre bound to lose
Agree. 👆But at least they've been given a bunch of wank since the Flashpoint reboot. Prior to that, Morrison was the only guy who seemed to 'get them'.
Also shutup stilt
Originally posted by Parmaniac
Arkillo and Kilowog are lightyears away from being the top lanterns.Yat would only consider if you take his daxamite powers into account and even then he often disappointed.
I remember Yat being wanked hard, even by DC. Great things were expected, but not delivered.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
@PR but that Costume it's so dawn of comics it's such a detraction, although in a way that's the coolest thing about the Phantim Stranger, someone to whom eternity means nothing might look almost a hundred years out of date.
Agreed 👆
Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
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Originally posted by StyleTime
Are we including of all time, or just recent characters?If it's the former, I'd nominate pre-boot Deathstroke tbh. The natural ebb and flow of forum fandom has leaned away from it, but he was wanked beyond belief for a hot minute there in the past. Forum Slade had Wolverine level healing with Flash level reflexes and Karate Kid skills and Spiderman's precog and such.
Everyone is focusing on heralds, but Slade threads were a huge pain at one point in time. Even recently, people still argued he could replicate movie Deadpool's absurd bullet deflection feat in X-Men Origins. Like...wut. Even movie Deadpool couldn't replicate his own feat again. It was that silly of a showing that it was officially called out in a later movie.
Lady Shiva and Midnighter(if he counts) might get honorable mentions, depending on who you ask.
Ugh, and now I'm remembering the ****ing Identity Crisis days. As much as I love that story as a concept, and the ideas behind it, the execution of that fight has holes so gaping that Stilt looks virginal by comparison.
Originally posted by Sin I AM
Im gonna go off topic and say that the New Gods are criminally underrated. I honestly cant think of anyone who is overrated
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The first two answers are Superman and Batman. Those are by definition of "overrated" wrong picks:
overrated = "have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved"
Overrated characters in comics are like fighters, who have various credentials and are great in the gym, but simply don't show up in actual fights on the big stage.
Superman and Batman always show up and win. They're poster boys for DC comics. They have to win – and they do. So you can't call them overrated.
I'd argue for the Flash.
Plenty of hype behind the Flash. By the writers, by the character himself and by the fans. In theory he should be capable of ending the Justice League within the fraction of a second all on his own. But he doesn't. Obviously he doesn't have the incentive to do so, but even if he did, he wouldn't be able to pull it off (Professor Zoom).
Flash could do all the heavy lifting all of the time, if he used the speed force to its maximum potential, but he doesn't. Hence he is overrated.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Ugh, and now I'm remembering the ****ing Identity Crisis days. As much as I love that story as a concept, and the ideas behind it, the execution of that fight has holes so gaping that Stilt looks virginal by comparison.
I shit a lot on writers, but I get it's difficult. Still, to properly execute a prep based fight like that, you have to be as smart as the character fighting. Slade was supposed to have prepared for this, fine, but show us that. Don't have Green Lantern fly in for what appears to be a right straight and act like Slade did something special for countering a basic punch...
Originally posted by Enzeru
Overrated characters in comics are like fighters, who have various credentials and are great in the gym, but simply don't show up in actual fights on the big stage.
Aaron Pic and Sage Northcutt are still young, but are currently having the same problems.
Originally posted by StyleTime
Yeah, I really liked the story too. But man, folks ran with that scene so hard. And then Kyle trying to punch him lolololI shit a lot on writers, but I get it's difficult. Still, to properly execute a prep based fight like that, you have to be as smart as the character fighting. Slade was supposed to have prepared for this, fine, but show us that. Don't have Green Lantern fly in for what appears to be a right straight and act like Slade did something special for countering a basic punch...
Uriah Hall. Seemed like'd be Stylebender before Stylebender. Brandon Vera never quite hit that championship level in the big show either.
Aaron Pic and Sage Northcutt are still young, but are currently having the same problems.
if you take Kyle and Wally out of that fight, it's perfect otherwise imo. Everything else makes sense bar maybe the Zatanna thing as I had heard she didn't need to speak to cast her spells. Then again, it was the early days of the JL so maybe she hadn't developed that skill yet.
But yeah. Strategists don't just plan for the fight ahead. They're thinking about the fights they might have in the future, and planning accordingly. Slade does that excellently, and when they take him down it actually makes sense because there is a precedent for him and Oliver Queen ****ing hating each other.
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Yeah, Aquaman is underrated, especially since N52 cemented his powers with far more tangible measures.
