Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
#5
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
As an adult it's been Superman. I've always loved the iconic color scheme and design, which is still the best superhero costume for my money. Truthfully, other characters took precedence for me as a youngster like Spider-Man and the Flash. My first heavy comic book exposure to Superman came from Byrne's run, which ironically I enjoy the least of any Superman era. I am a big fan of the classic Silver and Bronze age elements in the character's mythos, including the Legion, Supergirl and everything.
#6
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
This was my introduction to Superman, a Christmas present at age 6 (1977):
This hardcover book had mostly black and white (but a few color) reprints of Superman stories from five decades. I must have read this thing a bazillion times as a child. I still have it (along with the Batman edition) and wouldn't give it away for anything.
It also has my favorite Superman story of all time:
Great twist ending on that one.
This hardcover book had mostly black and white (but a few color) reprints of Superman stories from five decades. I must have read this thing a bazillion times as a child. I still have it (along with the Batman edition) and wouldn't give it away for anything.
It also has my favorite Superman story of all time:
Great twist ending on that one.
#9
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
Having lived through decades of continuity and change, I can't really pick a character as much as one iteration of that character.
My all-time favorite superhero is the Beast during his Avengers tenure. The polysyllabic strongman that came before was okay, as was the avuncular professor that came after. But the bouncing, blue-eyed Beast rocked my world as a ten-year-old and still holds a special place in my heart today.
If we include non-super comics characters, it's Maggie Chascarillo hands-down.
My all-time favorite superhero is the Beast during his Avengers tenure. The polysyllabic strongman that came before was okay, as was the avuncular professor that came after. But the bouncing, blue-eyed Beast rocked my world as a ten-year-old and still holds a special place in my heart today.
If we include non-super comics characters, it's Maggie Chascarillo hands-down.
#10
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Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
This was my introduction to Superman, a Christmas present at age 6 (1977):
This hardcover book had mostly black and white (but a few color) reprints of Superman stories from five decades. I must have read this thing a bazillion times as a child. I still have it (along with the Batman edition) and wouldn't give it away for anything.
This hardcover book had mostly black and white (but a few color) reprints of Superman stories from five decades. I must have read this thing a bazillion times as a child. I still have it (along with the Batman edition) and wouldn't give it away for anything.
#13
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
As for my favorite character; it's Batman. But only the early bronze age version from 69-75. I liked most artists' that worked on the Bat titles except for Ernie Chau. I look through my issues and I still can't stand the guy's artwork. Frank Robbins was a bad artist for Batman, also but his writing was good.
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#16
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
As an adult it's been Superman. I've always loved the iconic color scheme and design, which is still the best superhero costume for my money. Truthfully, other characters took precedence for me as a youngster like Spider-Man and the Flash. My first heavy comic book exposure to Superman came from Byrne's run, which ironically I enjoy the least of any Superman era. I am a big fan of the classic Silver and Bronze age elements in the character's mythos, including the Legion, Supergirl and everything.
#17
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
I remember reading an interview where Byrne said he fucked up not adding the SA/BA backstories to Superman's origin. I think he further messed it up with the Timetrapper story he did where he added another earth. I was like WTF? Didn't they just get rid of all the earths? So, here he is adding another one and all he really did is screw over every Superboy and LSH story I grew up with.
They quickly realized it was a terrible solution to the problem, which is what has led to the Legion getting rebooted seemingly every five years. Removing Superman's past as Superboy largely destroyed Legion as a key component of the DC Universe.
I would have handled it much differently. Superman still becomes Superboy at some point, but only when he visits the 30th Century as a teenager for a brief period. If you don't want Superman knowing he one day becomes the world's greatest hero, some incident in the 30th Century forces his mind to get wiped of his Superboy adventures and he returns to the 20th Century unaffected as Clark Kent. The Legion then promise to leave him alone.
#18
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
I would have handled it much differently. Superman still becomes Superboy at some point, but only when he visits the 30th Century as a teenager for a brief period. If you don't want Superman knowing he one day becomes the world's greatest hero, some incident in the 30th Century forces his mind to get wiped of his Superboy adventures and he returns to the 20th Century unaffected as Clark Kent. The Legion then promise to leave him alone.
#20
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
Spider-Man for me. Favorite bad guy Bullseye.
#21
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
These 3:
And these 2:
And this 1:
But if I could only pick one:
And these 2:
And this 1:
But if I could only pick one:
#22
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Your Favorite Comic Book Character?
The first comic I ever got was Amazing Spider-Man so to this day Spidey's always had a special place for me. If I had to pick a second it would probably be The Tick.