toldailytopic: Who is the greatest comic book super hero of all-time?

[Angel4Truth]

Superman a misogynist? Never seen that.

 

[Quincy]

I'm more into the independent comic scene, so I'll go with Hellboy. Max Damage was cool too, what I've read anyways.

 

[WizardofOz]

Superman is the greatest as in no one can really mess with Superman.

When I was into comics, I liked The Punisher, X-Men, and Spiderman.
:thumb: To superhero movies The Dark Knight, Watchmen and Iron Man.

 

[Buzzword]

Superman a misogynist? Never seen that.

Look up the Comics Code Authority.

After Dr. Frederick Wortham declared war on the comic book industry, all of the superheroes but Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman were basically scrapped in an effort to save the industry from government intervention, having been accused by the good doctor of promoting juvenile delinquency.

The three heroes who remained were radically altered to avoid the charges (unfairly) laid against them by Dr. Wortham.

Superman, a staunch social crusader beforehand, was turned into a defender of the establishment, including keeping women in the home (and similarly barefoot and pregnant).
They turned Lois Lane from a courageous, independent power-journalist, into a homemaker who only worked at the Daily Planet because she hadn't found a husband yet.

 

[Angel4Truth]

Look up the Comics Code Authority.

After Dr. Frederick Wortham declared war on the comic book industry, all of the superheroes but Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman were basically scrapped in an effort to save the industry from government intervention, having been accused by the good doctor of promoting juvenile delinquency.

The three heroes who remained were radically altered to avoid the charges (unfairly) laid against them by Dr. Wortham.

Superman, a staunch social crusader beforehand, was turned into a defender of the establishment, including keeping women in the home (and similarly barefoot and pregnant).
They turned Lois Lane from a courageous, independent power-journalist, into a homemaker who only worked at the Daily Planet because she hadn't found a husband yet.

I am in the home and my husband is not a misogynist, and i like being barefoot too - he gives an awesome foot rub

 

[zippy2006]

I'll go with spidey. But what can he do, you ask? ...whatever a spider can. :idunno:

 

[MaryContrary]

I am in the home and my husband is not a misogynist, and i like being barefoot too - he gives an awesome foot rub

Quick props for my hubby and his mad foot rubbin' skillz, too! Woohoo!

I'll go with spidey. But what can he do, you ask? ...whatever a spider can. :idunno:

Definitely a close second. Mostly because he's such a human super hero, while superman is superhero on top of superhero. Like if everyone had super powers, and so no one was super, he'd still be a superhero.

Also, the Watchmen were not superheros. Not that you mentioned them or anything. I just figured if I was gonna compulsively shout out about hubby-foot-rubs I could mention that, too.

 

[some other dude]

I am in the home and my husband is not a misogynist, and i like being barefoot too - he gives an awesome foot rub

Footrubs really lose a lot of their zing if you forget to take your shoes off.



Superman vs Dumbledore - who would win?

 

[JonahofAkron]

I'll go with spidey. But what can he do, you ask? ...whatever a spider can. :idunno:

:thumb:

 

[Tambora]

Superman

 

[Angel4Truth]

Footrubs really lose a lot of their zing if you forget to take your shoes off.



Superman vs Dumbledore - who would win?

Superman

Superman

 

[MrRadish]

I've just finished reading Watchmen again, so I'm kind of inclined to say Ozymandias, although I know Mary disputes whether the Watchmen are superheroes. Batman is generally considered a superhero, though, and he doesn't have special powers either.

Excluding the Watchmen I'm going to say Squirrel Girl. lain:

 

[MaryContrary]

I've just finished reading Watchmen again, so I'm kind of inclined to say Ozymandias, although I know Mary disputes whether the Watchmen are superheroes.

I don't dispute it! I viciously, vehemently deny it with a baseball bat festooned with rusty nails! Dipped in flaming tar! :sozo2:

Batman is generally considered a superhero, though, and he doesn't have special powers either.

It isn't that they aren't super, it's that they aren't heroes.

Excluding the Watchmen I'm going to say Squirrel Girl. lain:

:think:

Yeah, okay. :up:

 

[Stripe]

Hamster Huey.

 

[Nick M]

Lighthouse

 

[Lon]

It's Clobberin' Time!

 

[Quincy]

Max Damage, former villain turned anti-hero, is the only character to battle the Plutonian and survive. The less he sleeps the more powerful he becomes until a point of indefeatable incorruptible power. Then he has to take a nap, his only kryptonite lain:.

 

[Granite]

Batman, hands down. The pathology of his origin story, the rogues gallery, the city, the darkness that pervades his psyche...no other superhero comes close.

 

[bybee]

Batman, hands down. The pathology of his origin story, the rogues gallery, the city, the darkness that pervades his psyche...no other superhero comes close.

I like that he is a gentleman!:first:

 

[Nick M]

I like that he is a gentleman!:first:

And he slaps the joker around.