Your favourite American comic character

**tabler** · March 30th, 2009, 10:01 AM

I am going to limit this to Marvel and DC (because theyre all I know)

I grew up in the 60's & 70's an avid collector of American comics. To me this was my view of America, not Films or TV. I couldnt bring myself to buy the English versions either, I got the bus into Newcastle once or twice a month and bought them from a specialist importer because for me the price on the cover HAD to be in Dollars and Cents not in Sterling, it just felt like a little piece of America in the North East of England.

Anyway my favourite Marvel characters,

The Silver Surfer
Vision
Wonderman

DC characters

The Flash
The Green Lantern

What or who were yours?

More to come......

**Wendigo** · March 30th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Nice one tabler I'm reading my way through a whole series of Marvel Essential's books right now. I grew up reading Marvel comics.

Marvel - I've always preferred the comics from the House of Ideas
Daredevil is my all-time favourite comic character.
The Abomination
Black Widow
Hawkeye
Hulk
Man-Thing
Rogue
Spider-Man
The Thing
Wolverine

DC - I always preferred the darker side of DC comics and only read a few titles on a regular basis.
Batman
Darkseid
Flash
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Hawkman
The Joker
Orion
Solomon Grundy

MaxJoker · March 30th, 2009, 04:16 PM

Bugger nuts i can`t fully contribute to this thread as my absolute favourites are from other independent comic publishers , such as Dark Horse and First Comics who produced The Badger and Nexus , hmmmm but marvel did reprint Dreadstar from Epic so i guess that counts ? .In which case some of my favourite characters not including the two above are all in this excellent series particularly Vanth (The hero) , Lord high papal (Villian) and Odei (He`s the half man half cat )

Although the whole story thing starts with Metamorphosis Odyssey and The Price really , erm i've lost you all now huh ?

Also liked Swamp Thing ,Rorschach from Watchmen , V from V for Vendetta both of which were comics re-printed by DC i think so count ? , still on balance i prefer Marvel to DC with The Hulk , Thor , Iron Man and Spiderman but i sort of stopped reading them round about 1993-ish as there became so many new titles so many cross over stories and limited edition specials (Especially with Spiderman) i became confused (It comes easy) then a bit bored with it all.

Personally i blame Ronald Perelman , he came up with the idea of flooding the market with so many different titles to try and get more money from the then comics boom and ended up devaluing them all leading ultimately to Marvel`s bankruptcy. But don`t worry he did alright for himself and is now a major shareholder in reality based shows like X Factor

Lex Luthor ?

Whoops went slightly off topic there , but then i wouldn`t be me if i didn`t have a little moan

**tabler** · March 30th, 2009, 05:58 PM

My friend GS, if you can open this up to other brands lets go for it, the more the merrier

jtath · March 30th, 2009, 07:25 PM

my favorites were star wars, spiderman, The incredible hulk and Iron man.

**tabler** · March 31st, 2009, 01:28 PM

Thanks for the contribution Wendigo (and you GS, your input is ALWAYS welcome) I was not a huge fan of DC, to me they were just a kind of 'fill in' untill my Marvels were due in.

What were some of your favourite Baddies, mine were,

Dr Doom
Sandman
Magneto

Hey I've just realized, they are ones that have been made into Film Baddies

Oh and I've just rememberd, Loki, he was a nasty jealous bugger

MaxJoker · March 31st, 2009, 03:10 PM

Ahhh so it be villains you now are wanting eh

. Well always thought Marvel had the best by far and liked the Super Skull myself , but that was mainly because i never could take to the fantastic four and he used to take the piss out of them all .

But i also liked

The Joker (DC)

Arcane (DC)

Juggernaut

Venom

Kingpin

Thanos

Green Goblin

Red Skull

Parallax (DC)

Hey but that`s who i like ,why not see which super villain YOU are by taking the test

http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/villain/

**Davemetalhead** · March 31st, 2009, 03:52 PM

I don't think I've ever read any American comics - come to that, I don't think I've read ANY comics since I stopped reading 2000AD way back in the mid-80's.

Thoroughly enjoyed the new Spiderman and Iron man films though

**tabler** · March 31st, 2009, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davemetalhead

I don't think I've ever read any American comics - come to that, I don't think I've read ANY comics since I stopped reading 2000AD way back in the mid-80's.

Thoroughly enjoyed the new Spiderman and Iron man films though

Soooh why join the thread

Really, try the comics, it is the purist form

MaxJoker · April 1st, 2009, 10:53 AM

Hollywood seems to be mad on doing super hero films recently as we know , and there`s even strong pointers to them finally getting around to making a Green Lantern movie . Which if done correctly could hopefully be on a par with such excellent adaptations as Iron Man , though if done poorly it could end up as a bad joke like Daredevil . Sure it had it's fans but i couldn`t stand it , and it wasn't just because Affleck looked uncomfortable or that the Kingpin "That fat white man " was made black or the great bullseye was used for comic relief. It`s the entire tone of it was totally un-Daredevil like , erm if like er that makes any sense ?.

What i`m saying is i just hope they don`t mess with the Green Lantern , or put josh harnett in the lead (Shudder)

Talking of shudder and since i`ve been given special dispensation by our thread leader

here`s another favourite Epic comic character of mine

Jugger Grimrod , here seen cutting his dads hand off

From the very underrated Alien Legion series

Now that`s one comic i`d really love to see made into a feature film

March 30th, 2009, 10:01 AM	#1
tabler Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St James Park Posts: 7,029 Thanks: 112,507 Thanked 146,054 Times in 8,009 Posts	Your favourite American comic character I am going to limit this to Marvel and DC (because theyre all I know) I grew up in the 60's & 70's an avid collector of American comics. To me this was my view of America, not Films or TV. I couldnt bring myself to buy the English versions either, I got the bus into Newcastle once or twice a month and bought them from a specialist importer because for me the price on the cover HAD to be in Dollars and Cents not in Sterling, it just felt like a little piece of America in the North East of England. Anyway my favourite Marvel characters, The Silver Surfer Vision Wonderman DC characters The Flash The Green Lantern What or who were yours? More to come...... Last edited by tabler; May 30th, 2011 at 03:03 PM.. Reason: I was smelling badly.

March 30th, 2009, 04:16 PM	#3
MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,559 Times in 69,067 Posts	Bugger nuts i can`t fully contribute to this thread as my absolute favourites are from other independent comic publishers , such as Dark Horse and First Comics who produced The Badger and Nexus , hmmmm but marvel did reprint Dreadstar from Epic so i guess that counts ? .In which case some of my favourite characters not including the two above are all in this excellent series particularly Vanth (The hero) , Lord high papal (Villian) and Odei (He`s the half man half cat ) Although the whole story thing starts with Metamorphosis Odyssey and The Price really , erm i've lost you all now huh ? Also liked Swamp Thing ,Rorschach from Watchmen , V from V for Vendetta both of which were comics re-printed by DC i think so count ? , still on balance i prefer Marvel to DC with The Hulk , Thor , Iron Man and Spiderman but i sort of stopped reading them round about 1993-ish as there became so many new titles so many cross over stories and limited edition specials (Especially with Spiderman) i became confused (It comes easy) then a bit bored with it all. Personally i blame Ronald Perelman , he came up with the idea of flooding the market with so many different titles to try and get more money from the then comics boom and ended up devaluing them all leading ultimately to Marvel`s bankruptcy. But don`t worry he did alright for himself and is now a major shareholder in reality based shows like X Factor Lex Luthor ? Whoops went slightly off topic there , but then i wouldn`t be me if i didn`t have a little moan __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,559 Times in 69,067 Posts	Ahhh so it be villains you now are wanting eh . Well always thought Marvel had the best by far and liked the Super Skull myself , but that was mainly because i never could take to the fantastic four and he used to take the piss out of them all . But i also liked The Joker (DC) Arcane (DC) Juggernaut Venom Kingpin Thanos Green Goblin Red Skull Parallax (DC) Hey but that`s who i like ,why not see which super villain YOU are by taking the test http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/villain/ __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by MaxJoker; March 31st, 2009 at 03:11 PM.. Reason: Put DC near names where needed

April 1st, 2009, 10:53 AM	#10
MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,559 Times in 69,067 Posts	Hollywood seems to be mad on doing super hero films recently as we know , and there`s even strong pointers to them finally getting around to making a Green Lantern movie . Which if done correctly could hopefully be on a par with such excellent adaptations as Iron Man , though if done poorly it could end up as a bad joke like Daredevil . Sure it had it's fans but i couldn`t stand it , and it wasn't just because Affleck looked uncomfortable or that the Kingpin "That fat white man " was made black or the great bullseye was used for comic relief. It`s the entire tone of it was totally un-Daredevil like , erm if like er that makes any sense ?. What i`m saying is i just hope they don`t mess with the Green Lantern , or put josh harnett in the lead (Shudder) Talking of shudder and since i`ve been given special dispensation by our thread leader here`s another favourite Epic comic character of mine Jugger Grimrod , here seen cutting his dads hand off From the very underrated Alien Legion series Now that`s one comic i`d really love to see made into a feature film __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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March 30th, 2009, 02:18 PM	#2
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,765 Thanks: 259,872 Thanked 1,139,207 Times in 113,885 Posts	Nice one tabler I'm reading my way through a whole series of Marvel Essential's books right now. I grew up reading Marvel comics. Marvel - I've always preferred the comics from the House of Ideas Daredevil is my all-time favourite comic character. The Abomination Black Widow Hawkeye Hulk Man-Thing Rogue Spider-Man The Thing Wolverine DC - I always preferred the darker side of DC comics and only read a few titles on a regular basis. Batman Darkseid Flash Green Arrow Green Lantern Hawkman The Joker Orion Solomon Grundy

March 30th, 2009, 05:58 PM	#4
tabler Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St James Park Posts: 7,029 Thanks: 112,507 Thanked 146,054 Times in 8,009 Posts	My friend GS, if you can open this up to other brands lets go for it, the more the merrier

March 30th, 2009, 07:25 PM	#5
jtath Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12 Thanks: 7 Thanked 59 Times in 12 Posts	my favorites were star wars, spiderman, The incredible hulk and Iron man.

March 31st, 2009, 01:28 PM	#6
tabler Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St James Park Posts: 7,029 Thanks: 112,507 Thanked 146,054 Times in 8,009 Posts	Thanks for the contribution Wendigo (and you GS, your input is ALWAYS welcome) I was not a huge fan of DC, to me they were just a kind of 'fill in' untill my Marvels were due in. What were some of your favourite Baddies, mine were, Dr Doom Sandman Magneto Hey I've just realized, they are ones that have been made into Film Baddies Oh and I've just rememberd, Loki, he was a nasty jealous bugger

March 31st, 2009, 03:52 PM	#8
Davemetalhead Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Near Oxford, UK Posts: 528 Thanks: 3,930 Thanked 5,047 Times in 522 Posts	I don't think I've ever read any American comics - come to that, I don't think I've read ANY comics since I stopped reading 2000AD way back in the mid-80's. Thoroughly enjoyed the new Spiderman and Iron man films though