My favourite Superheros in order (stolen from another thread).
5. Ares - from the Marvel, he's hillariously awesome, as Carol Danvers sums up "a Thor and Wolverine" combination. Much humour is derived from his overt sexism and constant reassurances that he is a god. I love the way he doesn't have flght ability rather relying on riding things into battle like the nose of a Jet or a bunker buster. Also a rare example of a good single parent in comics.
4. Aztek - from DC, he didn't have much of a run between his miniseries and JLA, but there's something so charming about this idealisticlly good and socally naive superhero stuck in the Dark Age of comicbooks. Great costume too.
3. It's a hard choice between Jack Hawksmoor and the Midnighter from the Authority, the former has an amazingly cool power (god of cities ftw) and someone great moments, but the latter wins out. Basically on paper a sociopathic gay supersoldier batman, but despite how much he insists he's the biggest basterd on the planet, his love for his husband and adopted daughter is genuinely heartwarming. This with how protective of children (even baby hitler) he is, shows deep down he's a big softy. Also he's played out this battle in his head a million times.
2. Nova and Starlord - so I'm cheating here but these two are very much linked, two of the best characters to come from the revival of Marvel's cosmic line. They've matured vastly too. Nova was practically Kyle Rayner (but 20years earlier) a young teenager who becomes a space cop. He spent a lot of time in limbo but recently has been forged through the fires of vast intergalactic war into a quietly confident leader and one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel universe. Greatest moment was when he bascially told Tony Stark post civil war to go eff himself. Starlord is basically two parts Hansolo to one part Batman. In the same recent conflicts he went from washed up superhero to the often underlooked protector of the universe. Keeping up in a setting where there's multiple cosmic beings that rival or excell Superman levels as a powerless human takes a quick wit and massive balls. Both have fantastic new costumes too.
1. Cable - yeah so feel free to mock but I grew up in the 90s and his was my favourite comic. Cable and Deadpool was the series that got me back to comics as an adult. He's straight up badass and when in the hands of a good writer (Niceza, Carey, Tischman, Macan) a very interesting character.
