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    Default I gotta ask, are there any comic book characters people here like?

    Superman, Spiderman, Batman? The Hulk? Wolverine?

    First off, i think the latest crop of characters SUCKS big time (Spawn being a Batman/The Crow ripoff... among others). Yet they are still popular.

    Are there any fans of comic books here? And if so, who do you like? If you're not a fan, but still have someone you like, then by all means post it.

    This isn't only for guru's like me.

    Myself, Superman is my favorite. Followed by Batman and Spiderman. All three are soo different. Superman is motivated by nobility, Batman by Vengence/Rage, Spiderman by Guilt. Of the three only Kal-El /Superman is without flaw (Unless you count vanity, which is a trait common to Kryptonians). Batman is nuts, and Spiderman can barely get the rent paid because he's always rushing off to save the day and forgetting that he's gotta be at work (As, kinda, illustrated in the movies, though the comics go into that aspect into much more detail)...

    Captain Marvel rocks, too. The whole approach to that character is awesome. A little kid that impresses an old man with his honesty is gifted with the powers of five gods and two heroes when he says the word "Shazam?" How G-spot is that? Captain Marvel has a ball. Superman is a smiling superhero, but Captain Marvel has him beat big time in that aspect. Captain Marvel is a 10 year old in the body of a superhero, how cool is that idea?

    And then there's Captain America... Who embodies everything the United States could be if it really tried. The ideal.

    Catwoman, NOT the movie version (who wasn't catwoman, no, Selina Kyle is Catwoman) is also cool as hell. Catwoman is so amoral. She's hardly a heroine, but she's damned well not a villian either. She allies up with Batman a lot (though she's also often running from him, she likes stealing).

    Batman is maybe the most complicated comic book character ever made, i could make a whole post on him, but i'll spare you. Suffice it to say he's cool.

    Then, there's Superman. When i was a kid i was bound and determined to grow up to be Superman. Unrealistic, but i was just a kid. He's a hell of a role model.

    So are there any folk who like any of the comic book characters, other than me (Ashleyrose, and i assume Briar, also like them), and i know a big Batman fan out there somewhere, but anyone else?

    If so, why?

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    Default Re:I gotta ask, are there any comic book characters people here like?

    This is gonna sink like a rock, i know this.

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    Default Re:I gotta ask, are there any comic book characters people here like?

    I always liked spiderman, batman, wonder woman, aquaman. Not necessarily in that order.

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    ^^ But I've never been a big comic book fan...

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    I'm a big Batman fan...

    Why? Batman's cool. Once again, as I've already explained this somewhere, he's just a regular guy who does cool stuff. He doesn't have super powers, yet he can hang with the best of them when it comes to helping the masses...So, he's a little off his rocker, and was intially motivated by revenge. He's an intellectual superhero who doesn't have to rely on super strength to get the job done. And he's a smart ass.



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    Default Re:I gotta ask, are there any comic book characters people here like?

    nuff said.

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    Strangers In Paradise. The only comic I've read that I liked, and I loved it.



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    I was never a big comic book fan, but those that I did read involved Superman, Spider-man, Venom and Carnage

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    batman, spiderman, old x-men, and then a tad more recently i was really into hellblazer and sandman. and i mustve read 'the watchmen" graphic novel 100 times in high school in the late 80's. oh, and i adore milk and cheese. not superheroes at all, far from it. but something just amuses me about alcoholic, violent, foul-mouthed dairy products. (known as a carton of hate and a wedge of spite, heh.)
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    I loved Wonder Woman! I love the Pink Panther! But the panther never did any books huh? ???




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    Default Re:I gotta ask, are there any comic book characters people here like?

    Quote Originally Posted by VADEN link=board=1;threadid=14163;start=msg187157#msg187 157 date=1096912846
    I loved Wonder Woman! I love the Pink Panther! But the panther never did any books huh? ???

    The Panther started out as a strip, so he applies. I forget where the inspector dude came from.

    As for Wonder Woman, i like her in spurts. Originally, she was like some male fantasy, always getting tied up and stuff, but then in the '70's they revamped her (Probably had to do with the whole femenism thing) and she got to be all right. When they rebooted her book in the '80's (For about a decade she was just in the Justice Leage, without her own book) they had no idea what to do with her and it showed, but the last few years have been really cool. She's based in Washington DC and she's like an ambassador from paradise island, they abandoned the secret identity thing, so everyone knows her name. Whoever is writing her really knows how to do her right.

    Lately WW rocks.

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    cat woman is sexy haha but any comic book ive ever read an actually enjoyed i couldnt tell you the names other than when i was 13 and read betty and veronica lol.. damn that sexy veronica she always got what she wanted cause she was loaded, betty was the real catch blonde, could fix her own car, and could actually cook.. haha
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    Thanks for the info MadCap.





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    Captain America and my all time favorite ...Thor. I havent opened a comic book in 20 years tho ... not since I discovered women and cars.

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    I have several favorite comic book characters..the first is Steel the indestructable man(ran in the 70's,cancelled after 5 issues), then the Johnny Blaze incarnation of ghostrider(a flaming skeleton on a chopper CAN'T be beat),Batman,Evil Ernie and Lady Death(think of me and deanna kinda), she-hulk(she was hot!), and archangel.

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    I was a comic book nut when I was a kid in the 60's. Strictly a Marvel comics fan. I bought into Stan Lee's philosphy that if you read DC comics you were a chump LOL I had tons of early issues...Spidey, Thor, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Daredevil (when his costume was yellow), you name it.

    When I moved out I neglected to take my "collection" with me. My mom, in one of her Spring cleaning frenzies, decided that I must not have wanted them so she relegated them to the trash :o I didnt find out about it for a couple of years.

    I've seen some of todays comic books. Its amazing how different they are, not only in artwork style but in content. All the relevant topics of todays life are present. That wasnt the case back in my day. I remember a series of Spiderman issues back in the late 60's that, god forbid, touched on the subject of drug use. These issues didnt get the Comics Code Seal of Approval (a self imposed censorship by the publishers) and it was a huge deal. Stan Lee was both vilified and praised. If todays comics fans read those issues now they wouldnt even blink but it was leading edge back then.

    Another thing is todays prices. Holy Shit!! Back in my day they were 12 cents LOL I could buy all my favorite comics each month for less than a couple bucks.

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    Well, I've never been into comics much, but the hubby has. As I've mentioned to a few, he has quite the collection, and it's immaculate. However, he's getting tired of just hanging on to them. All they're doing is sitting in their protective sleeves packed away in boxes.

    Can anyone recommend a good place to get his collection appraised, or even the name of that price guide (I can't remember it)?

    He has a ton of Marvel, Image, DC, Chaos, Infinity, Dark Horse, etc...

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    Awesome Blade, Thanks a bunch! He appreciates it too. We'll definitely check that out. *muah*

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    Lady Death and Spawn.
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    Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

    and Lenore too....

    I love lots of comics, but never got super-involved in them. What can I say? I was deprived as a child, so now I make up for it with twisted murderous comics :evil:

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    I don't understand the allure of comic books...but I picked up my first Playboy when I was 9, so perhaps that explains a lot more about me today.

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    Superman here... along with the Tick, although I don' t know if there are still comic books out there with the Tick.. anyone? anyone? BUehler?

    Also Batman and Spiderman...

    I love masked men...


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    I love Johnny the Homicidal maniac!!!! and Squee

    I love kabuki and Scarab

    I love Wonderwoman ( I always call my sis wondergirl)

    Mr sinister (sexiest character ever)

    Harley Quinn.....sexy

    Eric Draven in James O'barr's The Crow.

    Hard Boiled (not a specific character, but the book rocks!)

    Rogue

    Sebastion Shaw

    Of course The Joker. I would let him tie me up nd squirt me with Smilex any time! (especially when Brian Bolland is drawing him!)

    The Blob and Toad (look for their book out soon)

    Lex off of Smallville (OMG god I am so infatuated with his sexy little bald head!)

    Abbey Chase and Sydney

    and Nightcrawler.

    Okay I am a huge dork, but I love it!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gynger link=board=1;threadid=14163;start=msg187607#msg187 607 date=1096958399
    Superman here... along with the Tick, although I don' t know if there are still comic books out there with the Tick.. anyone? anyone? BUehler?

    Also Batman and Spiderman...

    I love masked men...
    Tick's still got a book. He's a sort of underground character though.




    And i have to argue with Briar... Catwoman is the sexiest character ever.

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