Heck, Wolverine has two ongoing titles right now, and has for a few years. That’s in addition to appearing in almost every single X-book every month, New Avengers for a while, and numerous cameos in every single book Marvel publishes
He was never one of my favourites.
Still isn’t, though I’ll give Jackman props. I just wish his wasn’t the pivotal character in all three movies.
Scumpup got it right - I’d wager that if you ask even someone in their 50s or older, they’d know Spider-Man, Hulk and Captain America for sure. Not so Wolverine or Iron Man.
Spiderman and Hulk for sure. Wolverine maybe, but I haven’t been paying attention for 13 years or so.
Wasn’t Spawn created by someone who broke off from Marvel?
Most famous? Most recognizable to John and Jane Q. Public?
Well, the runaway success of the Robert Downey, Jr. movie has easily broken Iron Man into the top 3 if fame is the criterion. Iron Man easily surpassed the box office of any of the X-Men movies, and the Fantastic Four movies don’t even come close. Captain America is well-known to older folks, but virtually unknown to most people under 35 or so (comic book devotees excepted).
So I’d say if you went and stopped people on the street and asked them if they’d heard of particular characters, Captain America, Wolverine and the FF would not make the top three.
These would:
Spider-Man
Hulk
Iron Man
I’d actually put it as Spiderman, Hulk, and the Punisher. Guy’s had what, three or four movies about him now? True, none of them did jack at the box office, but that Hollywood keeps grabbing him seems to indicate that his presence has been pretty noticeable outside the comic book world.
I’d agree that Hugh Jackman has done a good job spreading knowledge of Wolverine, but that’s only among the under-30 crowd.
Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America.
Spider-Man. Spider(hypen)Man. The hyphen is very important. I don’t know why it is, but it is.