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I am going to find out the favorite marvel superhero through 20 options. These first ten will be ones from the top of my head.

Yes, only superheroes or heroines. No "bad guys."

Spiderman. Or Nightcrawler. Nightman! Spidercrawler!

Does the Justice League count? I mean, I know they are composed of more than one superhero, but collectively their goals are the same. Or have I just destroyed all that is good and holy in the comic book universe and given all the fans a reason to really, really hate me.:p

Does the Justice League count? I mean, I know they are composed of more than one superhero, but collectively their goals are the same. Or have I just destroyed all that is good and holy in the comic book universe and given all the fans a reason to really, really hate me.:p

You -are- aware that the justice league is you know, batman, superman, and absolutely nobody in the marvel comics universe?

Warlock, until the damn fool gave up the Infinity Gauntlet.

Ghost Rider?

Ghost Rider?

Good one. Demon possession however doesn't quite equal superhero status.

Thor.

Aunt May.

You -are- aware that the justice league is you know, batman, superman, and absolutely nobody in the marvel comics universe?

Oh that's right, all the awesome superheros are in the DC Comics.






I'll quit trolling...






Macs ftw. :p





And Star Wars totally owns Star Trek anyday....

Oh that's right, all the awesome superheros are in the DC Comics.

In general I find they both have their fair share of awesome and shit heroes. I mean batman gives DC an early lead, but superman? talk about capital boring, and most of the xmen as well as spiderman are pretty cool but there's a whole heap of really boring ones too. it's because both comic companies have made entirely TOO MANY heroes. DC could have quit after Deathstroke, after all. :P

Good one. Demon possession however doesn't quite equal superhero status.

He is definitely a hero in many comics--probably about as much as "The Punisher" is

Best Marvel superhero? Captain America. Followed closely by The Punisher.

Off the poll though, The Thing. And by the way, how the hell is Invisible Woman on the poll and Captain America isn't?

Who'd vote for Iron Man after the Civil War?

And by the way, how the hell is Invisible Woman on the poll and Captain America isn't?

Affirmative action.:p

Best Marvel superhero? Captain America.

*looks at avatar* I knew it.

Phoenix.

*looks at avatar* I knew it.

Hey, the classics are classics for a reason. Although I hear he's dead now or something, which would suck.

Thor.
Steve Rogers, Captain America.
Robert Reynolds, Sentry. Powerful, and batshit crazy. A winning combination.
Frank Castle, Punisher.

I would like to add Vulcan, but he went all "Shiar Empire is mine, you mo-fos." So he's out.

And since superhero refers to men, shouldn't we eject Invisible Woman and Storm for the Marvel Superheroine thread?

Hey, the classics are classics for a reason. Although I hear he's dead now or something, which would suck.

Steve Rogers is dead. Assasinated by a guy working for Red Skull. Now Bucky is Captain America.

Aye, but Steve was the greatest. Bucky just doesn't compare to Captain Rogers.

Besides, Bucky went commie. Captain America is not a communist.

Steve Rogers is dead. Assasinated by a guy working for Red Skull. Now Bucky is Captain America.

Aye, but Steve was the greatest. Bucky just doesn't compare to Captain Rogers. Besides, Bucky went commie. Captain America is not a communist.

I thought Bucky died at the end of WWII. Or is there a whole crazy backstory I missed out on?

The Juggernaut, bitch ;)
Hey - he was a hero in *some* comics.

Who'd vote for Iron Man after the Civil War?

I'm way out of date on superheros, since I pretty much gave up on DC/Marvel years ago, and I've never heard of this "Civil War". But IM is one of my favorites. He wasn't born with his powers, and he didn't get them by accident. He built them!

Phoenix.

^Quote for truth--or Venom (he was a hero briefly)...but off the poll, Wolverine

None, DC is better.

Gambit is the only correct answer to this question.

Hi im a Marvel and im a DC

One of the only things i actually subscribe to on youtube.

This is just their work from 2 years ago, but they keep it current.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=451620CF058103D5

Howard the Duck. Master of Quack Fu. Trained by Dr. Strange. Too many other improbable skills to count.

Look at the parallels between him and Spiderman.
Both regular guys.
Both victims of unusual circumstance.
Both overcoming personal doubts.
Both crazy over beautiful redheads.

*Intro guitar* I AM IRON MAN. Actually, not too big on superheroes. But I've always had a soft spot for Iron man, partially because of the song, and partially because of the fact that he's an alcoholic. I like heroes with problems.:wink:

Unvotable poll.:(

Good one. Demon possession however doesn't quite equal superhero status.

Since Ghost Rider is in control of his demon, and does superhero stuff, he's a superhero.

Good one. Demon possession however doesn't quite equal superhero status.

If being rich enough to build one's own superpowers = superhero then surely demon possession counts as well.

Also, of all the X-Men, I've always disliked Cyclops. He comes off as a dick a lot of the time.

I voted Hulk, but I think its really a toss up between him and Wolverine...

afterall, you cant Kill the Hulk, and Wolverine cant Die...everyone else pales in comparison to that, lol...

I voted Spiderman, as he was one of my childhood favorite, but that might deserve to be retconned (lol, amirite?) as a vote for Hulk. Poor green bastard is always looked over and he's one of the better Marvel characters.

Not on the poll: Silver Surfer. Dude was my favorite hero ever as a kid, probably still is.

Wolverine ftw - because Emma Frost isn't on the poll. Then again, after all her bad behavior you couldn't really call her a superhero - maybe an anti-hero?

I voted Storm, but Legion is my favourite.

Best? depends on what catagory.

Best Written/Storyline? Thunderstrike. the only hero who did what had to be done and was willing to pay the price for it. and he did it for one reason. to save his son (and the world)

Best Powers? Molecue man.

Best Character? Psylocke

Best of that list? Storm.

I'm way out of date on superheros, since I pretty much gave up on DC/Marvel years ago, and I've never heard of this "Civil War". But IM is one of my favorites. He wasn't born with his powers, and he didn't get them by accident. He built them!

Basically, there was a super hero registration act requiring heroes to register their secret identities with the government, who would be allowed to conscript them into service at any time, and the Marvel Universe was split down the middle. Captain America led the faction resisting the act, and Iron Man led the faction for it. They would even hunt down heroes who refused to register.

Big wall-banger. Joe Quesada himself said that the entire point was that the pro-registration side was right, because you have to give up liberty when security is on the line. Of course, a lot of writers disagreed with this, so the parts that they wrote completely go against this.

Deadpool.

Death to the fourth wall.

If not him then Iron Man.

*Intro guitar* I AM IRON MAN. Actually, not too big on superheroes. But I've always had a soft spot for Iron man, partially because of the song, and partially because of the fact that he's an alcoholic. I like heroes with problems.:wink:

Heroes with problems? Check out The Sentry, Robert Reynolds. He's a massively powered superhero that also suffers from schizophrenia, agoraphobia, and social anxiety disorders. This, coming from a hero that goes into battle saying "It's time to play God."

Deadpool, always Deadpool.

Deadpool, always Deadpool.

Correct me if Im wrong, but is Deadpool not actually a villain?

I thought Bucky died at the end of WWII. Or is there a whole crazy backstory I missed out on?

They didn't find the body (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverFoundTheBody). Then he became Winter Soldier and worked for the Soviets, after that he became Captain America.

More on the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky).

Correct me if Im wrong, but is Deadpool not actually a villain?

Mercenary anti-hero.

Mercenary anti-hero.

True, but 9 times out of 10, he works for the villains...still, either way, definitely not a hero...

hell, he recently did his damnedest to kill Wolverine, :p

Hmm. I don't read the comics (which sound inconsitant as hell anyways), so I'm going off of movies (of which I've seen only X-men and Iron Man).

In which case:

Most likable: hard to say, they've all had their moments of shear jackassery. Maybe Iron Man.

Most competent/dangerous: Iron Man (Professor X if we take examples from off the list)

Best for Marvel from a financial point of view;): likely Wolverine.

But for favorite characters, I prefer Wolverine. None holds a candle to Batman, however.

What happened to Gambit? I know he's not quite a hero, but most of the time, he's a good guy.

What happened to Gambit? I know he's not quite a hero, but most of the time, he's a good guy.

Thats what im sayin, Gambit's the shit...

Le Diable Blanc for the win!

http://www.comicheroes.co.uk/images/gifs/MicroHeroes/DCHeroes/gambit-cmon.gif

"Seven rings has Raggador,
From indigo to deepest black:
But now I call for something more_
The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak!"


I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned Dr Strange so far...




(And my second choice? Ursa Major, of course! :D)

Gambit is the only correct answer to this question.I completely agree with this statement.

Union Jack

Basically, there was a super hero registration act requiring heroes to register their secret identities with the government, who would be allowed to conscript them into service at any time, and the Marvel Universe was split down the middle. Captain America led the faction resisting the act, and Iron Man led the faction for it. They would even hunt down heroes who refused to register.

Big wall-banger. Joe Quesada himself said that the entire point was that the pro-registration side was right, because you have to give up liberty when security is on the line. Of course, a lot of writers disagreed with this, so the parts that they wrote completely go against this.

This is what happens when you let politics fuck up your universe. This, and Gambit stops being a smoker. :mad:

Quesada is an idiot.

This is what happens when you let politics fuck up your universe. This, and Gambit stops being a smoker. :mad:

Quesada is an idiot.

Not in the movie, :D

I'm way out of date on superheros, since I pretty much gave up on DC/Marvel years ago, and I've never heard of this "Civil War". But IM is one of my favorites. He wasn't born with his powers, and he didn't get them by accident. He built them!

To add to what's been said the Civil check out this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterDerailment).

Iron Man. Just a special mention for getting the worst. Going from a hero (albeit occasional jerk) to Nazitron, the armored superhero who doesn't mind throwing his best friends in jail for life. It took a over a year and The Movie to undo much of the derailment and there is still a very vocal Hatedom. Unfortunately, most of the people who decided to check out the comics because of the movie quit reading out of disgust, so the Hatedom is still the primary chunk of readers.

Thor, then closely behind, Captain America. Obviously.

Heroes with problems? Check out The Sentry, Robert Reynolds. He's a massively powered superhero that also suffers from schizophrenia, agoraphobia, and social anxiety disorders. This, coming from a hero that goes into battle saying "It's time to play God."

Sounds interesting, but I'm not much for superheroes. I like completely human characters, like Batman, Rorschach, Iron Man.

They didn't find the body (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverFoundTheBody). Then he became Winter Soldier and worked for the Soviets, after that he became Captain America. More on the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky).

I don't know if I like that. I think I prefer the Steve Rogers Captain America.

I would have to go Deadpool, then followed behind by Thor and Ice Man.

I am appalled, simply appalled, that you left out the hyphen in Spider-Man's name! :mad:

He is the best superhero, no question about it. Any opinion to the contrary is heresy, plain and simple. :p

Basically, there was a super hero registration act requiring heroes to register their secret identities with the government, who would be allowed to conscript them into service at any time, and the Marvel Universe was split down the middle. Captain America led the faction resisting the act, and Iron Man led the faction for it. They would even hunt down heroes who refused to register.

Big wall-banger. Joe Quesada himself said that the entire point was that the pro-registration side was right, because you have to give up liberty when security is on the line. Of course, a lot of writers disagreed with this, so the parts that they wrote completely go against this.

Quesada is a douchebag, then. If he were a Star Wars character, he would have supported the Empire.

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Quesada is a douchebag, then. If he were a Star Wars character, he would have supported the Empire.

The Civil War was supposed to show that both sides had valid points, but that the pro-reg side was ultimately right. This is not unreasonable given that we're talking about people with incredible powers and relatively little accountability of their actions, but in context of Marvel the X-men and its off shoots has done stories for over twenty years in which treating super-powered mutants differently is the same as racism. That and many writers disagreed that the pro-regs were right. The whole thing was treated anviliciously (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious) by all.

Perhaps lampshading how overblown the concept was in Civil War, the spin-off series Omega Flight noted that the Marvel Universe's Canada had had a Super Registration Act for years, but it was never a problem because it didn't involve forced outings, secret prisons, conscripting teenagers, or supervillain mercenaries.

Source (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperRegistrationAct)