# Whos the best... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482 "2000-03-28T05:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/41 "2000-03-29T02:52:00Z")
My vote would have to go to Bluntman and Chronic, despite a lack of superpowers, crime fighting ability, or any skills whatsoever save smoking fatty boom blatty blunts. Other than that, I’ll add a vote for Daredevil, a nostalgic vote for Punisher (ah, Jr High…) and one for Dawn, even though she’s not really a super hero. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) “I never meant to hurt you,” you said, And buried yourself in lies instead. Next time I would rather be slain, Than forced to bear your mercy again. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/42 "2000-03-29T02:59:00Z")
The Bowler, no contest. ~Chris (Possibly the only person in the world who actually _liked_ the movie **Mystery Men**.) * * * My Excruciatingly Commonplace Homepage: [FireMoon](http://www.crosswinds.net/~firemoonbcs) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/43 "2000-03-29T05:21:00Z")
My list: Gambit Shadowcat Secret Impulse Banshee Emma Frost Arrowette used to be on the list, before she lost it. We’ll have to wait and see what happens and if she gets back on. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _Hey, I like that hat, man. They sell men’s clothes where you got that?_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/44 "2000-03-29T06:13:00Z")
Gotta go with Spidey for all of the above mentioned reasons. A close second would probably be Quicksilver. (Quicksilver? Eeeeh-ghad… are you serious?) Yeah, Quicksilver. But only during the days of X-Factor (was it X-Factor? I think Lary Stroman was the writer? Been too long) that they were really developing his character. He would actually be my favorite if I were able to see this character all of the time (rather than seeing him as the two-dimensional supporting character that wouldn’t be missed if he were killed off all the time). The zenith of this golden age of Quicksilver 😉 was when they showed a day in the life of Quicksilver. They showed that his mind worked in overdrive too. He would get bored during the pauses between people’s words when they were speaking. He got irritated that it took someone else so long (a couple of seconds) to punch in their PIN at the ATM. The whole X-Factor crew was really cool during that period. Too bad that it didn’t last very long. That whole “stint” was my favorite “stint” of any comic… ever. ## Anyone still read comics? I’d love to be still reading them, but they got to damn expensive, and I hadn’t the discipline to just read a few. It was all or nothin’. Things are random only insofar as we don’t understand them. ---
**Author:** ![Steve-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/45 "2000-03-29T06:17:00Z")
BTW, I should clarify that EVERYONE but me takes too long at the ATM. The difference was that he was getting really bored between each button push when the person was entering their PIN. * * * Things are random only insofar as we don’t understand them. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/46 "2000-03-29T06:21:00Z")
Why, I am of course. Nobody screws with “NothingMan” !! But anyway . . . gotta go with Wolverine. “SNIKT” * * * “Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell . . .” _Pearl Jam_ ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/47 "2000-03-29T12:50:00Z")
slythe - isn’t that Cheeks the Toy Wonder?? Chris - I just saw Mystery Men recently and I liked it too. And yes, I still read comics, but only a couple a month. Most stuff is garbage these days. But if anyone is interested, check out Alan Moore’s ABC line. * * * “My mind reels with sarcastic replies!” - Snoopy ---
**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:** [March 29, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/48 "2000-03-29T13:24:00Z")
There’s all sorts of great comics out there now. However, at the risk of provoking great flames from the geeky (from whose ranks I arose only recently myself), I would add that most of those great comics don’t have people running around with their underwear on the outside. Lessee, a really random listing: **Bone** , **Akiko** , **Bacchus** , **Geisha** , **The Replacement God** , **Whiteout** …and for super-heroey things that haven’t been mentioned yet, the thrilling wonder tales of **Hellboy** the the epic saga of the inimitable **Lethargic Lad**! (Hm, maybe I haven’t escaped quite as far from geekdom as I’d hoped…) * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/49 "2000-03-29T13:47:00Z")
_pop_ Of _course_ I was refering to the alternate universe, Hypertime, counter-Earth, Bizarro “Cheeks”. You know, the one with the velcro shoe fasteners, not the shoe laces. And you call yourself a fan! _pop_ ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/50 "2000-03-29T14:44:00Z")
CTPChirs–my room-mate and I both saw Mystery Men twice and loved it both times. In the spirit of that, I will not say Spidey, Batman, or Supes (or Wonder Woman, but I liked her for more, er, obvious reasons)– Mr. Furious!! BTW I’m actually working on a book of stories on alternate superfolk along with less powered folk (like Pubcrawler and Barfly). Bucky ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/51 "2000-03-29T16:42:00Z")
Spiderman is prolly my favorite, because he is funny and witty and all that. Space Ghost cracks me up. Psylocke is a fave from the X-men, she kicks ass. * * * I am not deliciously saucy. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/52 "2000-03-30T15:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **ChrisCTP** : > > (Possibly the only person in the world who actually _liked_ the movie **Mystery Men**.) Nope - I’m #2, and plan on buying it when it’s priced to sell. “OK, now I go back to grad school - that was the deal!” Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/53 "2000-03-30T16:12:00Z")
Stupendous man. You know, Calvin’s alter-ego. [http://www.calvinandhobbes.com/fans/spiegelberg/images/stold2.gif](http://www.calvinandhobbes.com/fans/spiegelberg/images/stold2.gif) * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/54 "2000-03-30T17:46:00Z")
Grimjack The Badger Dr. Fate Thor (technically a God, not a Superhero, but, hey, who’s counting?) Silver Surfer Iron Man * * * Been here so long he’s got to calling it Home. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/55 "2000-03-30T19:01:00Z")
Batman. But only because Jesse Custer isn’t really a superhero (Preacher, for all you ignorant-type folk). * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![OgreFade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OgreFade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OgreFade)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/56 "2000-03-30T19:18:00Z")
It would have to be Iron man, he deals with real life problems, and he’s got a bad ass toy, he MADE himself the man he is today. If you were a genious… wouldn’t YOU be a super hero? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482/57 "2000-04-03T16:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by OgreFade: > It would have to be Iron man, he deals with real life problems, \ Yeah, real life problems like **The Melter** and **Paste Pot Pete** and **The Mandarin**. (was that the name of the old Chinese guy with the rings? I can never remeber.) Sure, Tony Stark was cool (for an alcoholic playboy), but he wasn’t terribly “real world.” And don’t get me started on Rhodey… * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best/15482.md?page=2)