The Ultimate Question of All Comic Nerds!

[Eahs]

batman although he didn' haev any powers or anythign he's my favorite...

[Nanda]

HELLBOY

[CaptainClaude]

I'd like to change mine, but the giga squad are so awesome i couldnt possibly choose just one

[Guildmaster Van]

Spawn!

While I love Spider-Man, Spawn is simply a much badass'ier character (Well, except for the hippie binge they put him on)

Being a fan of rather "evil" looking things, Spawn fit right in with my repetoire of comics with its amazing style under Capullo and Medina. Between angels, demons and the damned there's enough endtimes banter to give the Fatima kids nosebleeds - not to mentiopn general badassery.

Oh, did I mention Spawn is badass?

I used to be friends with the wife of Todd's cousin, and Todd's father gave them a bunch of stuff to pass on to me, like a wallcalender, first season tape of the Spawn series, "Official Fanclub" card, and one of 500 limited edition vinyl albums containing the Spawn film's soundtrack.

I spent most of my time between the ages of fifteen and sixteen drawing Spawn, albeit I later gave up the style because I got simply too bored with it.

[RemusShepherd]

Yeah, Spawn's cool, but he has all the 'ridiculously powerful' problems that Superman has, but none of the 'archetypical hero' good points.

Superman is the superego of heroes. He's an important psychological figure to many people, not because of his stories (which suffer because of his extreme power level) but because of the themes for which he stands. If we didn't have Superman we'd have to invent him again -- we cannot do without faith, hope, and genuine unshakable benevolence.

Carrying that analogy, Batman is the superhero ego -- calculating, calm, and rational. And his power level is the weakest of the superhero archetypes, because after all our ego often feels battered by the powerful urges of the superego and the id.

Ah, that brings us to the id. The childish, primal urges within us, in many ways the most powerful emotions we can experience. An unconstrained power level that, when fully built, nothing can face and survive, not even ourselves. Yet when tempered, it can be a great force for good. That's the hero with which I've always identified. A good portion of me -- of all of us -- is the Incredible Hulk.

[Cope]

SuperBob

I don't trust SuperBob farther than I can throw him

Not if you like your hair, anyway.

[Jeffy]

Deaths Head yes?

[Garneta]

SuperKat! (Aaah, reusing old drawings!)



Really, though, Spiderman!

[Tynan]

Oh fast ball special...how I've missed thee.

[KittyKatBlack]

I'm guessing Manga doesn't count as 'comic books' or else I'd say Vash the Stampede.

But as for American comics go, I'd probably have to say that my favorite character is Rogue. And though I do like Spiderman a whole lot, I just like Rogue a tad bit, more. I guess she's just easier for me to relate to than Spiderman.

The thing about Rogue that I like is that she's able to stand up on her own next to the major (male) players in the series, and rarely gets ansty about anything. Storm would have to come in second in that respect. I'm not trying to be feminist or anything, but I've just noticed that when you have a male superhero and a female super hero side by side, standard proceedure is to have the femle be captured, or depressed, or jelous or something. Rogue rarely ever gets this way, and that's the thing I like about her. She's always there to support the others, but never tries to be the one in charge. (I'll add more later, I just suddenly have to go!)

[Czar]

Punisher.

Not so much super as anti, perhaps, but he takes several of Batmans better points (normal human, detective work, plenty of contacts and actual planning) and removes some of his constraints (such as obeying the law) and several of batmans flaws (no ridicoulous wealth here, no true double identity: Frank Castle is the Punisher, and the costume is just cool).

[Nyke]

The Tick for the win.

Though, Roy Nixon's a close second.

And I'd push The Superheroine WrongWay, but the book isn't out yet.

...I should get to writing.

[Faceless]

The Question.

[Grabmygoblin]

duh.

[Cope]

duh.

Aquaman...?

[War]

Judge Dredd. He killed half a billion people, nuff said.

Or maybe Rorscharch...hmm.

[Mercury Hat]

Screw Batman, Soviet Union Batman is better. He's gritty like regular Batman, but he's not rich and still has gadgets so that makes him much better.

[MixedMyth]

Out of super heroes? Batman, hands down. But then, my image of Batman will always be that of the 90's animated series.

[Phact0rri]

I don't think I've ever had one favorite, that I love more than the other cool characters. But I always enjoyed Daredevil importionately.

[Wishmaster]

Old theory of mine (ripped and modified from old Jules Feifer): there are two kinds of people, Superman people and Batman people. You might prefer heroes other than those two, but if given the choice between one or the other people's choices reveal a good bit about them. I've also found the Superman/Batman pick usually correlates to the Beatles/Rolling Stones thing.

*cough*

Anyway, I'm a Batman person, but I would rather pick Conan or Tarzan, except they began as prose heroes that went on to popular comic series. So, favorite superhero that started in comics?

Flash Gordon - Square-jawed American dumbass falls ass backward into conquering alien planets. Doc Hyperion pretty much owes everything to Flash.

EDIT: fixed stupid spelling error