I personally believe that reading comics as a teen got me into the iron game. Seeing there is some interest for the Comic Fantasy thread I thought a “Favourite Comic Character” thread might not be a bad idea.
Who is your’s?
I’ve been Captain America from day 1.
[quote]G.O.A.T wrote:
Who is your’s?
I’ve been Captain America from day 1.
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Pretty obvious who mine is!
man, favourite all time character huh?
Venom.
Toss up between Spider-man and The Mighty Thor
I think comics got me into lifting too.
The merc with a mouth!(Deadpool to those who dont know)
Deep down it is (and will continue to be) Batman… but after reading The Ultimates Volume 1 (a very sincere thanks to harris447 for turning me onto that gem), I have started to really get into Captain America (hence the avatar).
But still, the #1 is Batman. It’s something about his crusade for justice while wrapped up in a rather dark persona that I find so appealing.
American: probably Lobo
European: Thorgal
Asian: Kenshiro from Fist of the Northstar
While both Lobo and Ken took brutality to a new level, Thorgal is my number one. He is the archetypical hero wihout being boring or two dimensional. The plot is always interesting & believable while being a cool mixture of nordic mythology and fantasy. And he’s not some jerk in tights saving another parallel-universe.
Venom is the shit.
can’t pick just one…
-Kenshiro (fist of the northstar)
-The Hulk
-Gladiator
-Wolverine
-Galactus
-Cable
-Enemy Ace (aka. Baron Hans von Hammer)
-Sgt. Rock
The first, the greatest: Superman.
[quote]juice20jd wrote:
can’t pick just one…
-Kenshiro (fist of the northstar)
-The Hulk
-Gladiator
-Wolverine
-Galactus
-Cable
-Enemy Ace (aka. Baron Hans von Hammer)
-Sgt. Rock[/quote]
I wouldn’t be able to either. I like what they are doing Luke Cage and The Black Panther. I like who Captain America is turning out to be. I hated that dead pan “superhero” image he had for decades. It wasn’t until they revamped the story to play up the “trapped in ice for decades” angle causing him to feel misplaced in our current society that I began liking him. I think Marvel is leading everyone else in terms of making these marketable to people who aren’t little kids. I liked Blade in the movies. I liked Batman Begins. To pick a favorite would be hard to do. I am always waiting to see if they can do better with these characters instead of worse. That is pretty rare.
Omega Red…yeah, a villain
Hero: Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern
Aardvark with attitude.
[quote]gymrat69 wrote:
Toss up between Spider-man and The Mighty Thor
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Doesn’t it just shit you to tears when they cast that skinny fucking runt in Spiderman’s role?
[quote]De sleeplijn wrote:
Doesn’t it just shit you to tears when they cast that skinny fucking runt in Spiderman’s role?[/quote]
When he started out, Peter Parker was even skinnier than McGuire.
Favorites:
Batman
Wolverine
Hellboy
Most Unrealized Favorite Character:
Jack of Hearts
I always thought they could have done more with that guy.
Taskmaster, bitches.
He’s got photographic reflexes, so if he sees it, he can do it.
Plus, he was too smart/lazy to actually commit crimes himself. He has a chain of school that provide thugs and henchmen to other super-villians.
No contest: Lobo!!
Ironman
Batman
Blade (movie influence there)
Spiderman
Hulk
I tought myself to read by reading the Incredible Hulk. I’m pretty sure it was the one where he was fighting that Jewish superheroine.
For hero, I’m gonna say Batman. The Captain America character is a close second, but the various fucktaries he’s been through (Were-Cap, Man-of-Jelly-in-Armor-Cap, the Patriot, etc) and of course the 10,000 “We Are America” speeches he’s given put me off. Of course, when he went toe-to-toe with Thanos in the Infinite Gauntlet rocked balls, and when he fought with/against the Red Skull who was in a cloned-and-improved C.A. body and when his own super serum had been drained from his body, yeah, that also rocked asses.
For villain, Hush. He was brought in as the main protagonist for Jim Lee’s artistic run on Batman, and he’s turned into one the most dangerous villains. He’s a world-class surgeon, but can handle a fight with Batman, can build a bomb that Batman has problems neutralizing, and has a Batman-level intellect. And now, from what I’ve been seeing on various comic forums, Hush may very well be Tommy Elliot, but he probably doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the motivations he’s been working under 'til now.