Favorite Superhero.

[Launcelot111]

My favorite is Colossus. On a basic level, he's a man made of metal, which is innately awesome, but he's a good guy who's very empathetic. He's an artist, but he's not afraid to pound a guy in the face until he stops moving. It's a shame he never really gets the face time of Cyclops or Wolverine (who get entirely too much face time).

My other Marvel favorites are Spiderman, She-Hulk, Captain America, Jamie Madrox, Spiderwoman, Luke Cage, and Molly Hayes. Outside of Marvel, I like the Question, Green Arrow, Barbara Gordon, Death, and Bigby Wolf. (the last couple aren't traditional caped fighters, but interdimensional adventurers should get a nod)

 

[nothingspringstomind]

Kyle Rayner. A Green Lantern is way too powerful, but I loved Kyle all the same because he was always creative with the ring. When everyone else was making bubbles and giant boxing gloves, he was making starfighters and mecha armor. In the ten years I read his book, I only saw him repeat a trick once.

Ninja'd dammit.

I'm actually a fan of Superman. I find his more thought out stories show him as more vulnerable and human than most heroes. That and he's basically a Super Saiyan.

The Spectre. He's the spirit of God's vengeance, how is he not the most metal super hero ever?

Ninja'd again.

Kilowog, of the Green Lanterns. Love this dude. Big, lovable and definitely not someone you want to have a fistfight with.

 

[gundamrx101]

Spider-Man:
When handled by the right writer, he's the most balanced, responsible, one can relate to, and one of the most human characters to relate to. Despite everyone underestimating him, he still finds a way to come out on top.

Batman:
A person who's been so torn by crime he should have become the Punisher. Yet he didn't, he overcame his free and continues his struggles to find the good in everyone, even if he has become a bit more jaded and paranoid.

Luke Cage:
Sweet Christmas, nuff said.

Ms Marvel:
Oh boy, has she got an interesting back story. Yet like Spidey, despite all those things that happened to her (Turned into a meta human, mind controlled and sexually abused, infected by the brood) she still kept it together and became one of the best female characters in comics everywhere.

Wonder Woman:
How can you not like an amazonian princess who stands for truth? Forget that lousy tv pilot attempt. Wonder Woman is kind, compassionate and endearing. She'll defend those who need and help guide others.

Black Cat:
She used to just be a hot fling for Spidey but after reading Kevin Smith's "The Evil that Men do" I sympathized with her and than began to respect her. She needs to be Spidey's beat up buddy more, they make a good duo.


. . . . . if you know what I mean.

 

[malestrithe]

Icon

From Milestone Media, this Superman clone is one of the highlights of 90s comic books. He is basically Superman, but conservative. His inclusion into the DC universe after Final Crisis was a welcome surprise to me. It was even more out of left field when he appeared on Young Justice. It took me a few viewing before I said, "holy shit. That's Icon!"

Meggan Braddock

The wife of Captain Britain, Meggan is the definition of power creep. When she was first introduced, she only had the FISS powers (Flight, Invulnerable, Super Strength), Empathy, and Shapechange. Her Empathy originally allowed her to read minds and that is it. Now it allows her to talk to air molecules to freeze air around a person, convince trees to grow faster, talk to magnetic fields to stop bullets, and pretty much everything you can think of.

Because it is the Marvel Universe, She spent some time in Hell. She managed to piss off the named lords of Hell because she was not really bummed out by it. Somehow, she got the ability to channel her empathy outward and used it to amass an army of demons who happily conquered 10 percent of hell for her.

That makes her the only character I know that conquered hell through the power of love and positive thinking.

Jonah Hex

Not really a superhero, unless you count never missing as a superpower. Jonah hex puts on a brash and arrogant demeanor so people do not get close to him. He believes in Punisher style justice and making sure the people that deserves it dies. he accepts money because he has a reputation to keep, but he is just as quick to get rid of it discretely. Also, All Star western is the only new 52 comic I still read after 7 issues. Mostly because I do not want to buy a lot of things that

 

[the abyss gazes also]

Iron Man.

Why?

Because he's the fucking Iron Man! He's Tony Stark, the man's urine is 90% awesome and 10% alcohol.

Is there a urine test for awesome? Does the average person only have like 15% awesome?

Anywho, favorite hero... the villains. To quote one villain, "Heroes are over with." Heros can be interesting, but villains drive the story. Most heroes just maintain the status quo. Villains shake things up.

 

[alik44]

Rocket Raccoon

Sadly you never see him anymore

Sam and max

Well they're kinda of superheros when read real deep into it

Cole macgrath

one of the few realistic super hero's

 

[Lord Beautiful]

This guy.

Because let's be honest, he is essentially a superhero.

 

[octafish]

Dr. Amanda Waller. Fine, so she has no powers, but she is my favorite comic book character and she acts on the side of righteousness.

Oh, that new skinny ***** isn't The Wall. No Sir. The Wall is a larger woman.

Other than that, BWAH HA HA, The Blue Beetle. I just hope they NEVER bring Ted back.

Marvel, I don't know...Doctor Strange I guess. I love those Ditko cross dimensional freak outs.

 

[Blondefool]

Hmmm, I would have to say Spiderman from Marvel. As it has been stated, he reflects the hardship of the previous superheroes and you can watch him grow throughout the various decades of his existance. Not only this but he isn't overpowered. He can kick ass but get his ass kicked.

From DC, I would have to say young superman (from Smallville). After I got into it, I really enjoyed watching him learn about his various powers and also dealing with day to day life.

Also, is anyone else seeing Justin Bieber pictures?

 

[arnoldthebird]

Also, is anyone else seeing Justin Bieber pictures?

No, it must just be you....did you by any chance push a RED BUTTON?

OT: Changed, young Superman! I read the comics and then watched the show, I never liked Superman but seeing him grow up and learn about his past was brilliant

 

[aba1]

I read a lot of Punisher so I suppose he would be my pick

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

There's no way I could just pick one, or even twenty of my favorite superheroes so I'll just list the first three that I love off the top of my head in no particular order.

Rorschach
Piderman & Baman, together cause their best friends.
Mr. Freeze, while he does commit crimes it is most often to support his goal of curing his wife.

 

[Blondefool]

Also, is anyone else seeing Justin Bieber pictures?

No, it must just be you....did you by any chance push a RED BUTTON?

OT: Changed, young Superman! I read the comics and then watched the show, I never liked Superman but seeing him grow up and learn about his past was brilliant

I may have yes...but I regret nothing. Buttons are meant to be pushed by the likes of me

 

[WolfThomas]

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.

 

[the darknees abyss]

my two favorite are
wolverine
he just awesome


flash
he runs fast

 

[Bucht]

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.

Looks like I didn't read all of appearances yet, in what issue/series did he ride jet?

 

[WolfThomas]

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.

Looks like I didn't read all of appearances yet, in what issue/series did he ride jet?

He rode on the tip of a jet when Norman Osborn invaded Asgard in Siege.

Have you read his Dark Reign miniseries, it's fantastic.

 

[Bucht]

Looks like I didn't read all of appearances yet, in what issue/series did he ride jet?

He rode on the tip of a jet when Norman Osborn invaded Asgard in Siege.

Have you read his Dark Reign miniseries, it's fantastic.

I guess it's time to read Siege again, I don't remember that at all.
And yes I read the miniseries, that was some great storytelling.
As far as I know I've read everything he's in except the Chaos War tie-in, but that's on my to do list!

 

[WolfThomas]

As far as I know I've read everything he's in except the Chaos War tie-in, but that's on my to do list!

Chaos War tie isn't really worth it. No badass moments, no humour and most importantly he doesn't come back from the dead.

 

[zeptron]

Spider-man. I can sort of relate to him.