# Whos your favorite super hero? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646 "2002-08-13T06:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/41 "2002-08-14T20:46:49Z")
Not [Captain Caveman](http://www.engletec.demon.co.uk/cartoonlegends/)? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/42 "2002-08-14T20:57:49Z")
Resurrection Man was definitely the coolest. I mean, he gets a new superpower every time he dies. How cool would that be? ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/43 "2002-08-14T23:30:48Z")
Spider-Man Aw, I don’t hafta explain why, do I? I gots very limited time to do the SD nowadays! Ok, I’ll try to be as eloquent and informative as possible given the limited time. Spidey rocks, doood! There. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/44 "2002-08-14T23:50:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Green Fool \* > \*\*…oh man am I going to get banned again for saying “phooey”? \*\* Nnaaaah! But, that _attitude_, on the other hand… :smack: Look, **Green Newbie** , lurk awhile, & pick up the customs of the Board. Start a thread about how this Board works, & what the colorful, local tribal customs are. Hope you last longer this time. Reach 100 posts. Then, my son, you shall be a man! ;j ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Green\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mr.Green\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Green_Fool)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/45 "2002-08-15T02:44:43Z")
…Just smile and nod at the strange man. (who obviously doesn’t pay attention to details before posting.) Awwww, F- it! Hey pal, check it out! More than 100 posts before you even posted with that comment. Here’s a quarter. Now you have some cents. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/46 "2002-08-15T03:36:48Z")
Batman, when he’s written well (which luckily, he has been, recently). > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > [B Adam Destine. . \*\* Yes. Even though he’s got the single laziest superpower **ever**. Oh, and Ma Hunkel, just to confuse people. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/47 "2002-08-15T04:02:32Z")
**Silver Surfer** , no contest, is my favorite of all time. I also like the Tick (the comic moreso than the show), Green Lantern, The Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor…oh hell, way way too many to name, the Surfer is my favorite though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/48 "2002-08-15T06:22:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > Yes. Even though he’s got the single laziest superpower **ever**. You’ve got a point there, but I love his fight scenes (or should that be “fight” scenes?). I’d kill to see him in a new title, or even as a guest star somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/49 "2002-08-15T11:27:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\*Aquaman. Ah, how I envy him. No need for tanks, regulators or masks. Never worries about nitrogen narcosis or decompression sickness. As deep as he wants as long as he wants. Every divers favorite superhero. > > But that “communicating with fish” thing…meh. What’s a fish got to say? \*\* I dont know in the super animated series aqua-man made a apperance of some rather nice sea weaponary that made anyones navy look weak But the tv series are usually totally diffrent than the comics re the 90s batman superman spiderman series ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/50 "2002-08-15T11:41:44Z")
Danger Mouse Banana Man Super Gran (UK) Honk Kong Fuey Maybe not the best, but certainly the most unlikely superheroes ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/51 "2002-08-15T17:13:54Z")
**Martian Manhunter**. One of the most interesting people in the Justice League, just because he isn’t human and doesn’t try to hide it, when he could very very easily. Superman’s an alien, but he’s still beloved. MM? Likely has to deal with people shying away from him, even when he’s trying to save them. He could try to look more human in public, but doesn’t. He’s seen and done more than most of the other heroes on the planet, and could take most of them down before they even knew what was happening. You can keep yer Superman and Batman. I’ll take him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/52 "2002-08-18T01:02:35Z")
And here I thought I was going to be the only one to say **Martian Manhunter** 😃 Anyway, he’s cool for every reason **Sam Hell** stated. Oh, and he likes Oreos. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/53 "2002-08-18T14:14:22Z")
**Batman** for the reasons already given. **Captain America** because he shows the same determination and nobility as Batman, but without the darkness. **Aquaman** , as imagined in the 1990’s, soverign of the 2/3rds of the planet, commander of a mighty Navy, has mystic connections, and a badass in Batman’s league to boot. Ah yeah. **The Flash**. Jay, Barry, Wally, I love them all. Superman comes with a list of powers a mile long, The Flash has one, but, when written well (say, by Gardner Fox or Mark Waid) can use it in an infinite number of ways. **Resurrection Man** was pretty cool too. I miss him, his series was just getting cool again when they canned it. ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/54 "2002-08-18T16:54:32Z")
Spaceman Spiff (from Calvin and Hobbes) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/55 "2002-08-18T17:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Hell \* > \*\ ***Martian Manhunter**. One of the most interesting people in the Justice League, just because he isn’t human and doesn’t try to hide it, when he could very very easily. Superman’s an alien, but he’s still beloved. MM? Likely has to deal with people shying away from him, even when he’s trying to save them. He could try to look more human in public, but doesn’t. He’s seen and done more than most of the other heroes on the planet, and could take most of them down before they even knew what was happening. You can keep yer Superman and Batman. I’ll take him. 🙂 \*\* Actually, he assumes a more humanoid appearance so that humans are more comfortable around him. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/56 "2002-08-18T19:14:18Z")
True, but he could just as easily make himself look “normal”, i.e. hair, skin that isn’t green, ect. Nobody else in the League looks “unnatural.” (unless you count certain depictions of Wonder Woman’s upper body :).) ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/57 "2002-08-18T20:54:37Z")
J’onn’s “true” form has been changed a couple of times. Last I heard, the round headed green was the form Martians used in public, they only used the “true” spiky form when among family and other intimates. So, as of MM #0, J’onn isn’t aping humans, but keeping to Martian Custom. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/58 "2002-08-18T22:13:04Z")
Aha, thank ye for that clarification, but my point still stands. If he’s that faithful to his own customs, why didn’t/doesn’t he go one step further and make himself look like us? (Am I putting too much thought into this?) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/59 "2002-08-19T02:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Menocchio \* > \*\*J’onn’s “true” form has been changed a couple of times. Last I heard, the round headed green was the form Martians used in public, they only used the “true” spiky form when among family and other intimates. > > So, as of MM #0, J’onn isn’t aping humans, but keeping to Martian Custom. \*\* One problem with this explanation: it’s been repeatedly mentioned, in concert with the explanation of his two different head shapes, that he actually changes the shape of his brain when he switches between the two forms - the round-headed shape has more “human comprehensible” thought processes, useful especially for his telepathy with humans, while the pointy-headed shape has a true Martian brain structure, complete with Martian cogitation - the implication has always (well, “always” since they came up with the pterodactyl-head thing) that Martian brains are long and pointy, which is why their heads are. OTOH, that doesn’t explain J’emm at all, so who knows. Either way, I’m forced to realize that I should have had J’onn J’onzz on my original list. Consider it added. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646/60 "2002-08-19T06:01:13Z")
1. \*In brightest day In darkest night No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might Beware my power **Green Lanterns** Light… \* 2. The Emerald Archer; **Green Arrow** 3. … and I’ll admit to having most issues of **The Sensational She-Hulk**. Guess I must have something about Green 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-super-hero/123646.md?page=4)