# Superlatives not yet used in comic book titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603 "2004-06-22T10:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/1 "2004-06-22T10:52:43Z")
Y’know… like “Fantastic” Four or 'Ultimate" Spider-Man. Marvel uses this tactic far more than DC, but what are some good ones that haven’t been taken? I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/2 "2004-06-22T11:25:52Z")
Well…Superlative hasn’t. (Far as I know…I wouldn’t be surprised if some humour title did.) I can’t think of any title using Extraordinary, offhand, but for some reason I keep thinking that must have been used. Awesome, but that’s not a particularly good one, really. Not any more at least. And ‘Awe-inspiring’ is simply awful for a title. Fearsome would be good for a particular type of character, but I can’t think of any that have used it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/3 "2004-06-22T11:33:34Z")
_The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/4 "2004-06-22T11:44:31Z")
Splendiferous Splendid Superluminary Meretricious ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/5 "2004-06-22T11:45:21Z")
Gayest ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/6 "2004-06-22T12:14:21Z")
Mereticous and Gayest are GOOD superlatives? KEE-rist Almighty Geezus, I’d hate to see what’d you call awful. Anyway, I thought about it some more and came up with: Jaw-dropping (kinda meh. It’d work as 70s type pastiche, tho) Glorious (Might work for warrior women type comics) Explosive (This is not bad) Stupendous (May have been used, too lazy to check) Phenomenal (Sounds great, looks wrong) ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/7 "2004-06-22T13:06:03Z")
Well from this [Blackadder thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261940&highlight=blackadder): anus-peptic phrasmotic compunctious interphrastic pendigestatery velocitous Ah, you want some _real_ superlatives. Well how about Indefatigable Implacable Illustrious Courageous Indomitable Audacious (All names of Royal Navy ships, in case you’re wondering) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/8 "2004-06-22T13:09:38Z")
Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious. Though Marvel is thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/9 "2004-06-22T13:10:44Z")
Scrumdillyumptious ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/10 "2004-06-22T13:16:04Z")
What, you’ve never heard of Stupendous Man? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/11 "2004-06-22T13:39:00Z")
**Ethilrist** That’s why I didn’t want to include Stupendous. Okay, consider it stricken. **Max Carnage** Okay, but “The Scrumdillyumptious She-Hulk” will have you up on morals charges. **RealityChuck** I heard Diamond Distributers was refusing to ship it. **jinty** LOL. Okay, okay…how 'bout: Dauntless Defiant Fearless Intrepid Reliant Renegade Sovereign Valiant Starfleet and the Royal Navy must have the same ship-namers ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/12 "2004-06-22T13:47:55Z")
Some superlatives have been used for characters or groups, but not titles. (The Fearsome Five, Awesome Andy) Sovereign’s been used… The Sovereign Seven. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/13 "2004-06-22T14:01:28Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Sovereign’s been used… The Sovereign Seven. That shouldn’t count. That comic was only out 45 minutes before it got canceled. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/14 "2004-06-22T14:02:08Z")
Awesome Andy = the Mad Thinker’s Awesome Android, by the way. I just love his new shortened name from the pages of She-Hulk. Adjectives we’ve definitely seen: Sensational, Spectacular, Amazing, Fantastic, Ultimate, Web of (just kidding), Sovereign, Incredible, Mighty, Invincible, Astonishing, Uncanny, Unlimited, Classic (if it counts)… give me time, I’ll think of more… oh, and Megalomaniacal, which was attached to a [hilarious book](http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_one_shots/megalomaniacal.html). ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/15 "2004-06-22T14:21:58Z")
Marvel didn’t exactly use this one in a title, but – if the book in question had _had_ an adjective in its title, this would have been the one: Advantageous! ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/16 "2004-06-22T14:48:12Z")
> [@G.B.H. Hornswoggler](#): > > Advantageous! The opening of the first issue of Todd McFarlane’s _Spider-Man_ was a string of superlative-laden phrases, ending with “His webbing…advantageous!!” A bit anti-climactic and great ammo for the fanboys making fun of Todd. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/17 "2004-06-22T20:34:45Z")
The Inexplicable Sewage Man! Hypothermic Comics starring Mr. Freeze! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/18 "2004-06-22T20:47:59Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ Thank you. I can’t believe I couldn’t get them to the front of my head. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/19 "2004-06-22T23:11:56Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > That shouldn’t count. That comic was only out 45 minutes before it got canceled. That’s not true, it lasted for three years. That’s a pretty respectable run for a comic these days. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superlatives-not-yet-used-in-comic-book-titles/251603/20 "2004-06-23T04:17:52Z")
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