Favorite Superhero

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Mon May 06, 2002 3:14 pm

My favourite would be the Russian giant, Collosus, or possibly Hawkeye, or The Cat (from Spiderman), I do like Gambit as well...

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon May 06, 2002 3:37 pm

Nightstalker........the name just sounds familiar to me for some reason.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Mon May 06, 2002 3:57 pm

I forsee certain members getting a hold of this thread and turning it into another drooling session over lynda carter as wonder woman. It's happened before.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon May 06, 2002 3:57 pm

No Deadpool? No Asterix? No Ignaz the Mouse?

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon May 06, 2002 3:59 pm

What is the most disturbing is no Freakazoid yet.

nael · Post by **nael** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:02 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
What is the most disturbing is no Freakazoid yet.

i don't think freakazoid was on the air long enough for many people to know who he is. but great cartoon, quite funny if you are a geek like me who memorizes every line from every movie.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:07 pm

Well, I could probably remember the theme song to it. I thought the show rocked, and the villians were totally awesome.

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:14 pm

i nominate... [da da DAAH....]

RADIOACTIVE MAN!

josh · Post by **josh** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:36 pm

Where's Super Ted?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:40 pm

What about Listerine? the action hero for your gums?

Forgive me...

Personnally, Gambit and Night Crawler are two of the best super heroes affiliated with the X-men. Aside from that, Spawn is by far the best. He is the complete oppsite of the cliche superhero, and it is just something thats refreshing in the comic book world.

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:43 pm

Where's Super Ted?

languishing in the inner circle of hell in which he belongs, the furry freak

actually, spawn is the man - a complete antihero. go him.

Bruide · Post by **Bruide** » Mon May 06, 2002 5:50 pm

Anyone remember the 'Watchmen' comic book series?

The characters in that were my favorites, if only for their all too human frailties. That and the rather 'dark' way the nature of super-heroes was tackled.

For those that dont know it, the opening lines are ...

Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire thread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.
The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.

The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"...

... and I'll look down, and whisper "No."

It continues to cheer you up no end in the ensuing 12 or so following chapters.

EMINEM · Post by **EMINEM** » Mon May 06, 2002 6:04 pm

Originally posted by Bruide
Anyone remember the 'Watchmen' comic book series?

The characters in that were my favorites, if only for their all too human frailties. That and the rather 'dark' way the nature of super-heroes was tackled.

For those that dont know it, the opening lines are ...

Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire thread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.
The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.

The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"...

... and I'll look down, and whisper "No."

It continues to cheer you up no end in the ensuing 12 or so following chapters.

Wow. Very poetic, that. But is he a villian, or a hero? Or more to the point, a good guy or a bad guy?

Bruide · Post by **Bruide** » Mon May 06, 2002 6:21 pm

Wow. Very poetic, that. But is he a villian, or a hero? Or more to the point, a good guy or a bad guy?

Its the opening lines of a diary from one of the main characters,who is a super-hero, called Roscharch (spelling? Like the guy the blot tests are named after)

He fights crime and so on but basically is pretty psychotic. There are other crime fighters in the group (the watchmen) each of who has their own specific problems. Roscharch is one of the good-guys in terms that he fights crime. His methods and general outlook are somewhat questionable.

All the 'good' guys in the series can be seen as being erm well not evil but basically human and doing bad things, but for what they see as the ultimate good, the distinction between right and wrong is not tackled in the super-hero black and white sort of way. Its all a bit shades of grey.

On a lighter note, one of the chaps, NightOwl I believe, in the series discovers that he's impotent. Unless he's wearing his Night-Owl costume during the act.

Basically I wouldnt really recommend this series for kids.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon May 06, 2002 6:26 pm

@Rob-hin:
There is a syndicated cartoon called Justice League which features many of DC Comics's favourite super heroes (Superman, Batman, The Flash, etc.) where they have, in the name of political correctness, changed Green Lantern's skin colour from white to black and changed Hawkman to Hawkgirl. I think it's showing on Cartoon Network and it produced by the same team that brought us the Batman[/i] cartoon and some other darker comics-to-TV shows (Batman Beyond, Superman, etc.)

@Ned:
Who would do a thing like that?

Demis · Post by **Demis** » Mon May 06, 2002 6:43 pm

Other

, i prefer another character from Dragonball (like Rob-hin) , and he is no other than Goku.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon May 06, 2002 7:00 pm

Originally posted by fable
No Deadpool? No Asterix? No Ignaz the Mouse?

I don't know who Deadpool is, but Asterix and Ignaz are great superheroes

Ignaz the Brickstone thrower

posted by Bruide
Its the opening lines of a diary from one of the main characters,who is a super-hero, called Roscharch (spelling? Like the guy the blot tests are named after)

I think I read a Watchman album long ago...do they have a dark, underground style more resembling the US and UK avant guarde style of drawing rather than the glossy and colourful classic comics? If it's the same, Rorschach had costumes with different ink-blot patterns

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Mon May 06, 2002 7:00 pm

Sigh...

Just posted for Batman, whilst totally fogetting about the legendery Spawn.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon May 06, 2002 8:26 pm

Spawn is the epitomy of tortured heroes. The guy has beaten with the short end of the stick so many times, he no longer knows how to deal with it. From being betrayed, to making a twisted deal with the devil, to be hunted by heaven, this guy has seen it all. The whole fact that he is the anti-hero, is anything, is enough of a selling point for me. Also, the fact he is willing to do what he needs to in order to defeat the bad guy, even if it means stepping over someone else to do it. He's the kind of hero were the ends justify the means, and that is just refreshing to see after all these polished good guy superheroes...

Quark · Post by **Quark** » Mon May 06, 2002 8:37 pm

I voted Wolverine, but Gambit would have to be a close second. If you include Anime, Gene Starwin (sp?) from Outlaw Star would be best IMO.