Poll: Your favorite superhero

[Gavmando]

The Comedian. He's not a super hero, but meh.

Why?

Cause it's all a big fucking joke.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

If I may offer you a counterpoint far more eloquent than anything I might write.
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2011/02/23/a-superman-post/

If semantics are the issue, then yes, it's an eloquent counterpoint. But if I took away the Christian analogy, and applied Superman to a different culture, say old Norse or Hindu, he would still evoke the symbolism of divine intervention. Heck, Marvel even dropped subtlety and made Thor into a superhero. Superman, Wonderwoman and Batman are all referred to as the new "gods" of our age.

 

[Wuggy]

Iron Man isn't a Super Hero. He's a vigilante who joined The Avengers. He has no powers.
Same goes with Batman. Excepting the Avengers thing.

Superman isn't a Super Hero. He's god. The only thing he can't do is anything he hasn't tried yet.

Wolverine isn't a Super Hero. He's a mutant, and an X-man. What he does doesn't follow the archetype of how super hero's function.

Polls for these are terrible, it's always too limiting.


As far as the people who do follow the archetype? Captain America.....Or Thor.

And Thor isn't a god? I mean, he's literally a god that has been actually worshipped. If you're going to be so overparticular, at least play by your own rules. Or you could just replace "superhero" with "comic book hero" in your mind and play along like good little boy.

OT: And going by the "Comic book hero" thing, I'm going with The Punisher. He's like Batman but more brutal and down to earth... in a way.

 

[latenightapplepie]

Storm.

I'm not sure why, but I've always loved her powers.

 

[Don Savik]

Phoenix Jones. The happy medium between Kickass and Batman.

 

[Don Savik]

Alex Mercer...best superhero ever conceived. Lifting tanks with his bare hands and tentacle-ing helicopters is badass. Plus, his version of New York is over-run by zombies. Also, he's kind of in a grey area morally...no over the top good guy antics.

You know who would play a good Mercer in a movie? Hayden Christensen. Think about, watch Jumper, it gives me the same vibe. I think it would work perfectly.

 

[WolfThomas]

If I may offer you a counterpoint far more eloquent than anything I might write.
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2011/02/23/a-superman-post/

If semantics are the issue, then yes, it's an eloquent counterpoint. But if I took away the Christian analogy, and applied Superman to a different culture, say old Norse or Hindu, he would still evoke the symbolism of divine intervention. Heck, Marvel even dropped subtlety and made Thor into a superhero. Superman, Wonderwoman and Batman are all referred to as the new "gods" of our age.

Oh indeed, I was just offering an interpretation rather than the space-jesus everyone seems to think he is. I think it's more of a line wide thing than just Superman, all DC heroes are these high powered god figures (even Batman, with his crazy preparedness). It's not necessarily a bad thing, it makes for epic (in the true sense of the word, not the internet interpretation) storytelling. But I agree for more personal and character based story telling marvel characters like the Hulk are better.

 

[octafish]

SPOOOOON! The Tick of course. He's nigh invulnerable.

I also like Crazy Jane and Dorothy Spinner from Doom Patrol. Weirdness abounds.

Is The Wall a superhero? 'cause I love me some Suicide Squad and Dr Amanda Waller is a great character, she's like a bureaucratic Batman. One day she will bring down the Bat to save us all.

 

[Titan Buttons]

Iron Man isn't a Super Hero. He's a vigilante who joined The Avengers. He has no powers.
Same goes with Batman. Excepting the Avengers thing.

Superman isn't a Super Hero. He's god. The only thing he can't do is anything he hasn't tried yet.

Wolverine isn't a Super Hero. He's a mutant, and an X-man. What he does doesn't follow the archetype of how super hero's function.

Polls for these are terrible, it's always too limiting.


As far as the people who do follow the archetype? Captain America.....Or Thor.

You do realise your contradicting yourself by saying Superman isn't a superhero but a God and that Thor isn't a God but a superhero?

Also technically Captain America is a mutant by definition, the only difference being his mutation was injected into him while Wolverines was born with his mutation.

EDIT: My bad I didn't know they called Cpt. America is considered a Mutates and not a Mutant

 

[Aurgelmir]

Molly Hayes!

Her and Ms. Marvel.

But Molly is the best!

 

[marscentral]

For me it's always Superman and he'll always look uncannily like Christopher Reeve. It was his films that got me into comic books and Superman is still on my pull list decades later. I've always loved the mythical elements of Superman and I think that's why I love mythology generally.

 

[MassiveGeek]

Iron Man.

I just love that genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist bastard.

Although I do love most the superheroes.

 

[RelexCryo]

The Flash. Barry Allen's successor gained superpowers basically by being the president of his fan club. You just gotta love it when being a fanboy of a superhero actually pays off.

 

[JochemDude]

Nick Fury
Mostly because he isn't too overpowered.
He doesn't need high-tech gadgets or superpowers, He'll beat your ass old school style.

 

[RelexCryo]

Nick Fury
Mostly because he isn't too overpowered.
He doesn't need high-tech gadgets or superpowers, He'll beat your ass old school style.

Last time I checked, he spends all his time living in underground bunkers sending out an army of Life Model Decoys who look exactly like him to investigate/beat people up. Or did that change recently?

 

[The Pinray]

I'm gonna be original and say Batman and his villains. I don't really like superheroes and that kinda stuff but I'll always have a place for Batman and Robin in my heart.

 

[JochemDude]

Nick Fury
Mostly because he isn't too overpowered.
He doesn't need high-tech gadgets or superpowers, He'll beat your ass old school style.

Last time I checked, he spends all his time living in underground bunkers sending out an army of Life Model Decoys who look exactly like him to beat people up. Or did that change recently?

I'm no expert by any means, so if you say so. Alright then.

 

[Seventh Actuality]

Green Lantern's ring is the coolest, most inventive superpower out there (when it's not doing ludicrous shit at the behest of a crap writer, anyway) and I dig the emotional spectrum stuff with all of the different Corps.

 

[messy]

I'm going to say Green Lantern (Hal Jordon, for both the camp Silver age run and the modern on) for this, I get the biggest goosepumps when he's fighting Parallax and Nekron.

I've always quite like Captain America.

Oh and Batman's super power is money.

 

[Christopher Dudgeon]

The one
The Only
BATMAN!!!!