Take the Comic Book Heroes Quiz!
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Eh, I don't know all that much about the X-Men myself, but goddammit, my halfway decent knowledge of comic books and the characters that inhabit them is one of the few things I pride myself on, so this quiz... stung me. Uncomfortably.Sonicron said:I second that but with a little less seething as I accept I know bugger all about the X-Men. Very fair quiz though- you didn't have to know the minutiae about characters and plot threads.
I've always been more of a DC fan than Marvel, but I do have a special place in my heart for Iron Man and Spiderman.
however... the one who gets to affix the symbol on my house is, always has been, and will always be--- (dun-du-dun!!)
The Dark Knight himself!
I grew up listening to Kevin Conroy voice him, and I felt so damn happy when I heard that Batman Begins was coming out.
By the way, I was originally mostly a Marvel guy, but over the last few years I've considerably expanded my horizon and come to appreciate DC - in fact, I think that the majority of characters is a lot more interesting than the Marvel 'verse. Too bad that most DC characters are absolutely painful to look at. I wager that an amalgamation of Marvel character design and DC storytelling and character development would equal superhero perfection.[/quote]
Ah, that's perfectly reasonable. If it had been more about DC characters I would be fairly irked myself. I had some rather unpleasant egg on my face after getting only 6 out of ten in the Apocalypse Lane quiz so I know the feeling :-/
Yeah, that's what's always drawn me to DC- you can actually relate the characters and believe their stories more readily than som Marvel stuff. Iron Man's technological mastery, Spiderman's girl problems and the genetic dimension to the X-Men are all good too though... Just some of the other stuff makes me wince.
Maybe DC should start poaching marvel artists instead of pinching Grant Morrison repeatedly... Unfortunately, as long as Danny Didio remains unassassinated the current hamfisted attempts at Batman stories isn't going to go away. I didn't like the "Batman is dead thing".
I honestly think only Jeph Loeb could have handled it properly.
That stung me an awful lot, it's like they have no regard whatsoever for the fans or the character himself. Guh.
I think that your idea of cross polination needs to be looked at though!
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I seem to have buggered up the quote mechanism there- apologies!
Was there a badge for this one? I finally take a quiz and ace it and no badge >.>
OT: My favorite super hero is The Silver Surfer.
OT: My favorite super hero is The Silver Surfer.
90%, not bad. Only one I missed was the one about Tony Stark's college. I didn't even know he went to college.
Anyway, favourite comic book hero... I guess that'd be Wolverine.
Anyway, favourite comic book hero... I guess that'd be Wolverine.
"1) Which Marvel Comics franchise was the first to see a remake/reimagining?" I'm probably wrong, but was it Nick Fury? His original incarnation was a standard war comic (Sgt. Fury), before they jumped on the 60s spy-craze (S.H.I.E.L.D.'s name was loosely inspired by "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.").
"2) What food does Deadpool force-feed to vegetarians?" Uh, Ham? It's ham, isn't it? Spam?
"3) What Batman villain was voiced by Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker?" Joker.
"4) Name the Green Lantern's Achilles Heel." Yellow. Or his writers.
"5) TMNT leader Leonardo wields a pair of Katana. These weapons are unique compared to the other Turtle weapons how?" They would have a slash rating in AD&D.
"6) In 1974 a popular King Features Syndicate comic strip was parodied as a porno titled ____________." I have neither a joke, nor a clue on this one. I think the Blondie porno was later.
"7) At the time of its release, the movie-going public was generally unaware that this 1998 vampire film was based on a comic book character. What movie was it?" Blade.
"8) What is the superhero name of character Peter Porker?" Spider-Pig.
"9) Actor Chris Evans is being considered for the role of Captain America, even though he already has a role as a Marvel character (The Human Torch). What other actor has played two different Marvel characters in film?" This probably doesn't count, but Patrick Stewart was both Professor X AND Captain Picard - Marvel had the StarTrek comics licence for a while back in the '90s.
"10) Who is Mysterion?" Drawing a blank.
"2) What food does Deadpool force-feed to vegetarians?" Uh, Ham? It's ham, isn't it? Spam?
"3) What Batman villain was voiced by Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker?" Joker.
"4) Name the Green Lantern's Achilles Heel." Yellow. Or his writers.
"5) TMNT leader Leonardo wields a pair of Katana. These weapons are unique compared to the other Turtle weapons how?" They would have a slash rating in AD&D.
"6) In 1974 a popular King Features Syndicate comic strip was parodied as a porno titled ____________." I have neither a joke, nor a clue on this one. I think the Blondie porno was later.
"7) At the time of its release, the movie-going public was generally unaware that this 1998 vampire film was based on a comic book character. What movie was it?" Blade.
"8) What is the superhero name of character Peter Porker?" Spider-Pig.
"9) Actor Chris Evans is being considered for the role of Captain America, even though he already has a role as a Marvel character (The Human Torch). What other actor has played two different Marvel characters in film?" This probably doesn't count, but Patrick Stewart was both Professor X AND Captain Picard - Marvel had the StarTrek comics licence for a while back in the '90s.
"10) Who is Mysterion?" Drawing a blank.
Easy apart from the Iron Man one, wanted to guess it but chickened out and pulled up google, wouldn't you know it, my first guess was correct. You could say I was cheating, personally I'd say I wasn't as I nuked my chance at a high score.
Now to name some obscure character as my fave hero and immortalize my geekdom:
"First name The, last name Drummer" from Planetary.
Okay maybe not THAT obscure, but still far enough out there I'd wager.
He's not really a hero though.
Now to name some obscure character as my fave hero and immortalize my geekdom:
"First name The, last name Drummer" from Planetary.
Okay maybe not THAT obscure, but still far enough out there I'd wager.
He's not really a hero though.
Ridiculously easy... Can't believe how easy this was... I mean, I'm not even that much of a comic book geek... You can probably get a 80 percent on this without ever reading a comic book, just by watching super hero adaptations and by skimming wikipedia... ( I guessed at was the Iron Man one... and that you can probably learn from the movie which I don't remember that well... Well I guess I wasn't completely sure who wasn't one of the original X-men but mostly was an educated guess as well mostly from things like Xmen Legend video game and other things, not from the comic books themselves))
Favorite hero depends, overall it is Batman probably mostly cause of the cartoon series from the 1990s and his villains.
Favorite hero depends, overall it is Batman probably mostly cause of the cartoon series from the 1990s and his villains.
Spidey has always been my favorite character (followed by Batman). The first comic I ever got was an issue of PP:TSSM back in 1979 when I was 3. My grandma was tired of me always asking her to read signs and things to me so she started buying me Spider-Man comics to teach me to read. It worked, I was reading books on my own at 4.
