Favorite comic hero?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-01-30 03:50am

I was wondering, what's everyone here's favorite old school comic hero?

Personally mine is Batman, he had style, though old movie Batman was better, I offer this quote to back that. "Grab the Shark repellent."

Who do you like?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2003-01-30 04:42am

Batman. Though having grown up with the camp 60s TV series, it was the comic books which really captured me. They were doing some really good ones then in the slightly post-Silver Age period (the Dick Giordino/Len Wein regime) and the storytelling on those books impressed me more than that of the other superhero books. You've got a man who has no parahuman abilities yet doesn't need them, really. He can think his way out of any trap, studies his enemies for weaknesses which he exploits with ruthless efficency, is an expert fighter, and uses terror as one of his chief weapons. He crafts his devices and weaponry and is the end-product of years of training and obsession.

Definitely the Batman. The one "ordinary" man who knows how to kick the crap out of Superman.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-01-30 05:01am

Thor. Spiderman and Rahan...

I liked them much when I was younger...Now I don't have enough time...

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-01-30 05:09am

Nothing like ol' Hornhead.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-30 05:10am

Hornhead or Bats

currently my favs the jailbait ninja from Sin City, or Hawksmoore of The Authority....

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-01-30 09:57am

Hmmmm, currently its the Nocturnals - specifically the Gunwitch...

Spider Jeruselem rocks too, but isnt really a 'comic hero' type...

Id have to say Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper & Johnny Alpha...

Do any 2000 AD fans remember 'Killing Time' with Winwood & Cord, the whole Jack the Ripper/Iscarriot evilness...brilliant...

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-30 10:15am

I do

Of course since I can only get brit comics in gaint reprint mags (Look just like the Manga reprint mags), it's hard to tell what's from what, when you get Marvel UK, 2000ad, and who ever owns Tank Girl all jumbled together....

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-01-30 10:51am

Yeah...im currently a slave to the 2000AD reprints of all their really old classics...

Though Im still waiting for the Apocalypse war & the Necropolis saga to reach me...

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-01-30 10:53am

The Punisher (Frank Castle).

Doesn't pussyfoot around like most other Superheroes.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-01-30 10:55am

Judge Dredd would whoop his ass!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-30 11:06am

Without a doubt, Dredd would beat the Punisher's ass, and then Anderson would make him a nice productive drone after he was done with his hard labour sentence, either that or anderson would convince Frank that he was a Retiring Judge, and they would send him out into the wasteland as a sentance.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-30 12:22pm

My all time favorite is the idol of millions. None other than Mama Grim's bashful bouncing baby boy the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing.

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Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-01-30 12:57pm

I personally enjoyed the "Lucifer Morningstar" comics, they were cool.

Might be predictable, and a little lame, but Wolverine from X-Men was always my fave... I always wanted those bloody blades!

ben · Post by **ben** » 2003-01-30 01:06pm

tank girl, batman, and spiderman

LordChaos · Post by **LordChaos** » 2003-01-30 01:09pm

single fav? hard to pick just one... so I won't!

Colosus
Silver Surfer
Quasar
Batman

LordChaos · Post by **LordChaos** » 2003-01-30 01:09pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote: anderson would convince Frank that he was a Retiring Judge, and they would send him out into the wasteland as a sentance.

That would solve the problem with the wasteland....

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-01-30 01:28pm

Hmmmm....probably for me its Spiderman, I liked thoes cheesey movies they made in the late 70's with the guy in a harness pawing at the building he was supposedly climbing......The comic's of course rocked, Mary Jane was the first thing I think I conciously sprouted wood too....

Although my very favorite character of all time was and still is Apocalypse from X-men, I hope X2 does well so that for film three we can have Apocalypse as the villan

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-30 01:31pm

Batman. Of the old school at least.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-01-30 02:22pm

Spawn. The guy ruled.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-30 04:08pm

Batman, because he actually uses his noggin and figures things out persay.

Too many heroes lack enough anything to realize tha two seconds worth of thinking would whup their opponent ass then going in charging like a dumbass.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-30 04:10pm

Spiderman...I loved until that godawful crap they call the Clone Saga.

If you're going to rape a person's histroy and story...try to at least not make it so one wonder why the hell we should give a damn.

I am still waiting for th revival of Ben Parker...because why not?...we got Norman back

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-30 04:13pm

Sir Sirius wrote:The Punisher (Frank Castle).

Doesn't pussyfoot around like most other Superheroes.

OH HELL YEAH

You don't hear about the punisher's old enemies coming back to haunt
him (with the exception of Jigsaw) because they're ALL DEAD.

I never understood the superhero mentality of: "Gee, this is the 23,234th
time Doctor Doom has tried to take over the world, and failed! Let's let
him live since we're better people than he is!"

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-30 04:16pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Without a doubt, Dredd would beat the Punisher's ass, and then Anderson would make him a nice productive drone after he was done with his hard labour sentence, either that or anderson would convince Frank that he was a Retiring Judge, and they would send him out into the wasteland as a sentance.

They've actually arrested the punisher before and sentenced him to
life in prison. He just kept on carrying his war on crime inside the walls
of Rykers. Probably Dredd and Frank just go out for a beer together
after kicking some ass...

Welcome our newest Judge, Judge Castle...

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-01-30 04:22pm

Actaully judges don't take kindly to vigilantes (ref: the Executioner) so Dredd would probably kill Frank. (if it weren't for his character shield.)

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-30 04:25pm

2000AD wrote:Actaully judges don't take kindly to vigilantes (ref: the Executioner) so Dredd would probably kill Frank. (if it weren't for his character shield.)

Hmm, I've only read 1 or 2 issues of 2000AD that I found in a pawnshop...
heh, gotta love the story where those alien brats used l33t weapons to
reshape Earth to have alien insults as part of the landscape to get back
at one of his classmates