Your Favorite Superheroes?

[LoA]

Hello, everybody!

Don't worry i'm still working on Dynama, I just thought i'd have some fun.

I guess you could call this A "Get to know ya" type thing, but i'm curious. Who're everybody's favorite (Super) heroes? You don't even have to give a numerical list with the best at at number one. Just throw them out there if you want.

I just have a couple of rules:

1. Please don't let this turn into a "Marvel Vs. DC" showdown. Pleeeeeaaaaassssseeeee..... As far as I'm concerned, it's like fighting over Pixar and Dreamworks. Both are good in their own ways... If you're going to have debates, please keep them civil.

2. No "top fifty" lists. please try to keep it short.

3. They don't necessarily have to be lone heroes. They can be teams of heroes, like the Justice league, or the new avengers.

4. Batman and Ironman, and other such heroes count.

5. Have fun!

Okay i'll start. So some of my favorite superheroes... Let me just say that i'm much more familiar with animated cartoons, than comics. I love sequential art, but i never really got into superhero comics for some reason. I'm much more into stuff like the Flight anthologies, manga (when it's good), Lackadaisy (kudos to Light Dragon for showing me), that sort of thing.

let's begin!

"Leave the beavers alone!!!!!"
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What i love most about this cartoon is how the typical superhero/villain duo is flipped on itself. The hero is far more psychotic and interesting than the villians. Plus tons of meta humor. You gotta love meta humor.


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This is the only "Superhero comic", i've ever really liked. Scott McCloud's comic book series before going on to make Understanding Comics. In essence it's about a teenage "Techno" hero, who lives in a parallel universe. What i found most interesting about this series is that it was one of the first american comics to be heavily influenced by japanese comics. The appeal of this comic is hard to describe... It's sort of like Doctor Who, only the second half of the series deals with serious social issues.


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Goes without saying. My favorite stuff: The Animated Series, Chris Nolan films, Arkham Asylum game, and i recently read Arkham Asylum: Madness

"Evil beware. We have waffles"
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The teen titans animated series was good in general, but Raven was my favorite character. I can hardly believe that the same actress did Bubbles... speaking of which....


Now i would just like to say that it truly takes a manly mans man to admit that i like this.... so shut up...
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............................................. No seriously, they easily match Superman, and they're toddlers! The writing for this show was clever and awesome, most of the villains were fantastic, and you can't go wrong with a cast consisting of Tara Strong, Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, and Jim Cummings....... I'm secure about it..... so go away...

[Elemental_Elf]

My favorite super heroes are:


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You guessed it - Goku. Not only is he pure of heart in a way no other super hero is, he actually has a family that he loves deeply. He fights so they can live. Additionally, towards the end of Dragonball Z, Goku actively sought ways to make others more powerful so that once he died, the world would still have a savior.


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Batman.  He is the Hero Gotham deserves but not the Hero Gotham needs. He sacrifices life and limb on a nightly basis to keep the dirty streets safe even though he doesn't possess anything remarkable other than strong determination and a large pocket book. It takes a lot of moxie to wage a never ending fight against evil, luckily Batman has it in spades.


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Ironman, like Batman, is a man who does not possess a single super power. He does, however, run a multi-national corporation that gives him the leniency to travel the world and be a power armored super hero. Stark's character is dark and flawed, he tries to live up to the ideals of his alter ego's persona but, off times, life intervenes, creating truly heartfelt moment as you watch a man battle a disease that prevents him form being the hero he wants to be.


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Beast is a tortured soul, intelligent beyond belief but cursed to look like a walking furball. His outward appearance would frighten children but he has a kind and loving heart.


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Donatello, he's the smartest of the 4 Turtles, as a child I often looked up to Donatello as a role model - intelligent, kind, resourceful yet still fun loving and cool.


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Tommy aka the Green Ranger. No one was cooler than he when I was young. Oh to be the Green Ranger, complete with a bad arse Dragon Zord controllable via a Flue-dagger... Oh man, I'd love to be Tommy even now! :)

[Kindling]

I think Batman is the only superhero I've consistently thought was cool. The Knightfall series was awesome. And just the whole pantheon of Gotham - the villains, etc., is great.
Other superheroes... well, they've had their moments for me, I guess, but none of them have grabbed me quite like The Goddamn Batman has.

[Ghostman]

I don't like superheroes.

[Steerpike]

Like Ghostman, I'm not hugely into superheroes per se, but here are a few of my favorite comic book characters anyway.

"It's just the way of it, son. We all sell our souls sooner or later."

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A brilliant character - cynical, hypocritical, selfish, incredibly cunning.  Where other heroes fight evil for justice and righteousness, John Constantine is usually just trying to save his skin.  Where other heroes have super strength, healing factors, or high tech gadgetry, John has his wits and a few dirty tricks.  Sure he's well versed in occult lore, but he's not about slinging fireballs: what magic he actually does tends to be as dangerous for himself as it is for his foes.

"People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes."

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The Endless of Sandman, a dysfunctional cosmic family of not-quite-gods, are probably Gaiman's most memorable creations.  My favorites are Death and Delirium, though Desire is a pretty great sometimes-villain and there's something funny about how incredibly wretched Despair can be at times.

"Hi. I'm Spider Jerusalem. I smoke. I take drugs. I drink. I wash every six weeks. I masturbate constantly and fling my steaming poison semen down from my window into your hair and food. I'm a rich and respected columnist for a major metropolitan newspaper. I live with two beautiful women in the city's most expensive and select community. Being a bastard works."

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Postcybperunk gonzo journalist, drug addict, and all-around revolting champion of Truth, Spider Jerusalem is so wonderful because he's so self-contradictory.  Both compassionate and sadistic, Spider is larger than life in the tradition of the best superheroes, and does more with a laptop computer and a few nanites of source gas than most heroes ever manage with fists or flight.  Instead of shoring up the status quo, Spider calls it into question.

[Magnus Pym]

Orgazmo

[Steerpike]

Some more:

"Shocked and amazed at the wonders of necroflesh? You're not alone. For a limited time only, you too can have this handsome epidermis for the eensy price of your soul and a buttload of pain."

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More of an actual superhero, or at least a superantihero.  I like the sense of the cosmic that permeates Spawn, and how truly despicable the villains are.  Spawn's interesting because he's so torn - between desires, allegiances, past and present, mortality and immortality.  Also the artwork is great, and the animated series is superb - Keith David's voice is awesome.

"You know, a tell-tale sign something is wrong with you might be those tentacles coming out your back there..."

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Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse somehow manages to be wonderfully light, fluffy, and funny despite being a Lovecraftian horror comic starring a horny, Guiness-swilling cadaver.  It doesn't hurt that the art is gorgeous.  The comic's not so strong on the philosophical depth or the deep issues but it's really, really fun.