Coolest Superhero's

[littlejohn]

Which are the coolest superhero's out there, new and old, I wanna know.
Personally these are my favorite:

Superman
Batman
Flash
Spiderman
Green lantern
Wonderwoman



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[GuanoLad]

PigeonMan obviously.

But I also like Spiderman.



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"Waheeey! 'Duck!' Get it?"
"Errr.... No..."
"Duck! Sounds almost exactly like fu-"

[ChrisCTP]

HEY! Damn it, GuanoLad... I was gonna say PigeonMan!!

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[Coldfire]

Aw, c'mon. There can be only ONE.

BICYCLE REPAIR MAN

'Nuff Said.

(Yeah, this weekend was a Monty Python 30th Year Anniversary - o -rama on the BBC. Could you tell ?)


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"You know how complex women are"
- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

[Cap'n Crude]

Littlejohn, out of curiosity: Did you grow up in the Golden Age of comics, or did you grow up watching the Superfriends?

I'd have to say:

Batman (the Dark Knight variety)
The Tick
Daredevil
Wonder Woman (current)
Spiderman
Superman
Cyclops
Zealot (Are the WildC.A.T.S. still around?)
Anything Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, or Tony Slattery came up with on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (British)

There are many others, but this seemed like a good short list. My favorites, though, are the ones my friends and I created for our (now-defunct) indie comic company. These were damn good characters, not just "cool superheroes," and I miss them.

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--Da Cap'n

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Adam Warlock rules!!!

[Mojo]

Littlejohn, you forgot Zan, Jana, & Gleep :)

I was always a big Spiderman fan as a kid- he always had something witty to say mid-fight.

[Daniel]

My favorites:

J'onn J'onzz, The Manhunter From Mars (aka Martian Manhunter)

Deputy Forsythe Jones (anyone remember Jughead's Time Police?)

Superman when he was in that snazzy electric costume.

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"I'm just too much for human existence -- I should be animated."
--Wayne Knight

[RTA]

Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Green Arrow
The Shroud
The Shadow
Eagle

[Neobican]

Without question its Spiderman! I know my share of cool heros, lets see...

Daredevil - gotta love the "blind" superhero!
Fantastic Four - one of the original teams
Punisher - shoot first, take names later
Nomad - short lived series, reminded me of the TV show "Renegade"
Silver Sable - a strong, no nonsense, get the job done woman
New Warriors - a great series until the writing went downhill, still a cool team/concept
Gaurdians of the Galaxy - set in the future, another unknown title that was very well done
Superman - cant beat the original!
Batman - I liked this a lot better when he was written more like the super detective instead of super gadget man
Flash - we all crave speed.. admit it
Dr Strange - the best magic man in the biz
Iron Man - I wish I had that armored suit!!
Ghost Rider - motorcycles and flaming skulls... if that isn't cool I dont know what is
Silver Surfer - Marvels version of Superman that needs his own title back!

I could go on but I have to go!

[cmkeller]

What we have here is obviously a collection of people who have not read a comic book since 1994.

That was the year the current Starman was invented. Wears a leather jacket and aviator goggles, runs a used collectibles store and listens to Sinatra religiously.

And for kitschy cool, there's Space Cabby (really! I didn't make him up!)

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ckeller@schicktech.com

"Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks."
-- Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective

[Cap'n Crude]

Anybody remember Iron Fist? A classic (and now quite dead) martial artist.

How about Luke Cage: Hero for Hire, aka Power Man? I don't know that I liked him, but he certainly had a serious groove goin' on. Superfly with superpowers!

[whc.03grady]

Mr. Unnecessary Apostrophe, the alter-ego of littlejohn.

[Kat]

In no particular order:

Wolverine
Batman
Robin (Tim Drake)
Nightwing
Gambit
Archangel
Secret
Chamber
M
Deadpool
Grifter
Max Mercury
Arrowette (at times)


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"The secret of life is, there ain't no secret, and you don't get your money back."

[Daniel]

The Shadow! Of course! Thanks for jogging my memory RTA.

Also: Super-Grover!

And of course one I should have mentioned in my first post: the awesome and spectacular Tarzan of The Apes. In the book he was on more than once described as a superman.



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"I'm just too much for human existence -- I should be animated."
--Wayne Knight

Batman is, was & always will be cool.


No marvel comic qualifys as cool at any time. The company wrecked the industry.

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"The truth is uncontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may destroy it, but there it is."-Sir Winston Churchill

[Johnny Angel]

Spider-Man, obviously is no. 1.

I've known a lot of X-Men fans who think Wolverine, or Rogue or some other simp has got the difference on Spider-Man, but I just pull out Secret Wars #3 wherein it is written that the entire gang of X-Men jumped on Spider-Man's ass and couldn't lay a glove on him. Spider-Man knocked them around like billiard balls. It took nothing less than Professor X's unearthly mind control rays just to keep Spider-Man from telling Reed Richards that the X-Men were planning to bail out on the rest of the super heroes.

But, of course, I don't read Spider-Man anymore, and consequently I don't read comic books at all. It got to where every pissant in tight pants had some nerve gas or sonic ray that screwed with Peter's Spider-Sense. And all those Venom knockoffs? And Peter turned out to be a clone?

I hope Marvel goes under.

[Bookseller]

The Spectre, as done by Ostrander & Mandrake around '94/'95.

When faced with determining which side was in the right during the Bosnia/Serbia/Yugolslavia conflict, he decided the easiest solution was to kill EVERYONE in the whole damn Balkan region.

Which he did.

None of this pc angst for our boy....

[keystream]

The Punisher, of course, has a naturally cool vibe.

But Daredevil was the coolest: neatest weapon and that cool radar-vision!

New category:
Lamest Superhero

And the Winner is. . .

Aquaman!!

What could he do? Talk to fish? Seriously. The Submariner was so much cooler.

[Johnny Angel]

What? Surely you don't think Aquaman was lamer than the amazing NFL SuperPro.

[The_Peyote_Coyote]

As I said on another thread, the first is the best:
Long live the Man of Bronze, the Arch Enemy of Evil
DOC SAVAGE!!!!!!
With the fightin' five and Pat, of course.
I also like Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu, and the Wonder Wart Hog.

[# 00: The Fool]

Jesse Custer, the Preacher. He speaks with the Voice of God. Whoever hears him must do what he tells them to do.

That doesn't begin to describe the amazing coolness of this comic. You must read it to understand.

BTW it is NOT a Christian comic. It's very sacreligious. ;)

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Pulp, "Glory Days"

[GuanoLad]

I think his name was 'The Cockroach' from Cerebus the Aardvark. He was cool.

In a totally braindead way.

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"Waheeey! 'Duck!' Get it?"
"Errr.... No..."
"Duck! Sounds almost exactly like fu-"

[Czarcasm]

*pop*
Ambush Bug Rules!
*pop*

[ellis555]

he's not exactly a hero, but i've always been a fan of Doom.

again in the pseudo-hero category, Gaiman's Sandman.

for a classic hero, i'd have to choose batman.

ellis

[Neobican]

To CMKELLER:

I don't know about the rest of the group, but I for one am still picking up Spiderman, Spidergirl, and any other pertinent title that relates to Spidey including guest appearances. Yes, some of the ones I mentioned were strong back in 90-94 but that was when I had enough dough to afford 20 titles... and I still say they were excellent back then.

Johnny Angel says:

But, of course, I don't read Spider-Man anymore, and consequently I don't read comic books at all. It got to where every pissant in tight pants had some nerve gas or sonic ray that screwed with Peter's Spider-Sense. And all those Venom knockoffs? And Peter turned out to be a clone?

Say it ain't so! You don't read Spidey anymore?! Let me give you some straight dope on that whole mess... true, the clone storyline was dragged out longer than even the writers expected, I believe they did not have a definite ending and they were trying to resolve it but ended up taking too darn long. Yes, at one point it was presumed that ever since Amazing Spiderman #149 (Oct. 1975) Peter was indeed the clone. You can imagine the turmoil from the fans who dispised the notion that for the past 20 years (our time silly) their favorite hero was some cheap copy created by the Jackal. Yeah, they lost some fans over that alright, but it was supposed to cast doubt, I mean every hero gets in a situation of almost certain death to lure you to buy the next comic but you really know he will live, you just want to see how he gets out of the predicament. This kind of story has never benn done... nearly your whole life as a hero stolen?? But if you had kept with the book and I think you did not based on your comment that you still believe Peter is the clone, you would have found out that Peter was indeed the original. Hey, complain to the writers for their plot-twists! Pick up Peter Parker: Spiderman issue #75 if you can, thats pretty much where everything comes together, even the sub-plots. If you would rather I just tell you, drop me an email request. I will say that there were a lot of unexplained parts to the whole story, which also led me to believe even the writers did not know where they were going, usually they iron all that stuff out but it seemed like issue #75 was more of a quick lets get it over with in one issue kind of a deal so we can move on with other things and hope the fans forgive us. Sorry guys, that was a long-winded way of saying that Ben, not Peter, was really the clone all along.

[AWB]

[list] The Flash (Barry Allen)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Firestorm, when he had two alter egos
Starfire, aka Princess Koriand'r

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Off subject, but I think the corniest superhero of all time: Ice Man

When he tells the bad guys to "Freeze," he MEANS it.

[Sealemon88]

I gotta second the vote for Jesse Custer. He just kicks that ass. Preacher also gets the award for the coolest super villian: The Saint of Killers. This guy is like Clint Eastwood's and Charles Bronson's spawn. His guns never miss, he never has to reload, and he's invincible. When he had a nuke dropped on him, his quote was "Not enough gun."

Sub Mariner is cooler than Aquaman? You must not read DC titles, like JLA. Aquaman has super strength, a gadget hook(his hand got bit off), and he has enhanced night vision. The Sub Mariner is Mr. Spock with ankle wings.

The Elementals, back when the title was under Comico.

All the heroes in Astro City.

Batman.

The X Men, around the time of the Phoenix.

Superman, back when John Byrne was in charge of his revamping.

Spiderman. Now if only he'd get some decent super villians.

The Flash.

Iron Man.

Remember Cyborg, from the Teen Titans? I really thought he was cool. I see that he's back, but now he's some sort of morpher, a la T1000. He was much cooler as an updated Mr. Gadget.

Dr. Fate, just for the helmet alone.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I want Green Lantern's ring!



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You say "cheesy" like that's a BAD thing.

[Shadowfox]

I can't believe you all forgot this one:

DUCKMAN!



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Shadowfox
"Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with
great ambitions."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

[Max Torque]

Love Daredevil myself, but, just to mix it up, I'm gonna add a couple more:

Wonder Man. You gotta love a guy who's stronger than the Thing and has harder skin, too. WM used to test flak jackets by putting them on, standing in front of a wall, and getting shot with a bazooka. Now THAT'S tough.

Also, anyone else like Ghost Rider? More tormented than even the Hulk, and more evil, too, cuz he'll burn your soul, man....

[Kat]

Captain Wedgie!

Naw, I just know the guy who writes it.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6347/wedgie.htm

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"The secret of life is, there ain't no secret, and you don't get your money back."

[Demo]

I gotta agree with whoever said The Tick.
Also, Nightcrawler and archangel.

Does The Crow count?

[Eutychus]

Geez ... doesn't anyone remember Herbie, the Fat Fury?



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[MadPoet]

Radioactive Man!

Or Dawn and Daredevil, though I'm not sure if being a Goddess qualifies as being a superhero.

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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[Flypsyde]

Matter-eater Lad! Bouncing Boy! Shrinking Violet!

For that matter, anyone in either the Legion of Substitute Heroes or the Green Lantern Corps. The former counted such greats as Chlorophyll Lad among it's ranks, while the GLC had Ch'p, basically a large chipmunk, and Amanita, a walking fungus reminiscent of the mushrooms in Fantasia. And a planet; it's ring was an atmospheric belt. Anyone can have a superhuman in their group, but a fucking superplanet!!?!???!?. Right on.

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[Zeb]

As a reformed comic book collector (it was just too time consuming), there are only two things I still look at:

Preacher- what a great book. As an added bonus, Tulip is my dream woman. Independent and handy with firearms. What a combo.

Milk and Cheese- alcoholic dairy products with a mean violent streak.

[krish]

Anything Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, or Tony Slattery came up with on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

They still have some pretty funny ones in the American version. Greg Proops and Ryan Stiles are usually on it.

I saw this thread and just had to reply: although there hasn't been a good animated series of this character since the 40's, and the daily strip has pretty much tanked since the original creator died in 1938, Popeye has got to be one of the potentially coolest characters ever. He's short, has no teeth, one eye, deformed, tattooed arms, smokes a pipe, dates an ugly woman, but can clean up a bar full of ruffians without breaking a sweat and, in a pinch, convert the calories in spinach into pure energy and fight like a lunatic on a bad PCP-trip. Oh yeah. Popeye is da man.

[Ukulele Ike]

Hear, hear! Or should I say Arf, arf! Popeye lovers, unite!

Good to see someone else who's not dazzled by all these newfangled Heroes.

Just thought I'd drop in and cast MY vote for...PLASTIC MAN! He stretches! He snaps! He has Woozy Winks for a best friend!

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[MrKnowItAll]

Well, obviously Batman. Who doesn't think he's cool?

After him, my personal favorite has got to be The Phantom Stranger. He doesn't fight, and he almost always seems to have everything under control. He's a hero to us know-it-alls everywhere.

[Fantastic User]

I didn't see Supergirl mentioned, nor Mighty Mouse. Mighty Mouse was one real superhero of a rodent if you ask me.

Any member of the Golden Age's Justice Society Of America. Golden Age Green Lantern, especially.

No Marvel <spit on the floor in disgust--Spoo!> 'hero' can ever qualify as cool.

It's against the laws of physics...

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