Thank whatever God you think gives a damn, because we do have lists, and they are about to be used. Here's the deal: you, the loyal internet-reading person, bored out of your mind at work, compiles a list of your favorite fifty characters - twenty-five from Marvel, twenty-five from DC, and shoot it my way by next Wednesday night (the 19th). I will then determine the top ten from each universe by way of complicated science and also counting. Mostly counting.
Placement on the lists counts, so make sure your most-favoritests are at the top, obviously. And be sure to specify which iteration of a character you mean - this is probably more important for DC than Marvel, as there're a ton of Green Lanterns and Flashes and Starmen and Hourmen and only the one, say, Wolverine.
While I'm on it, number one votes for Wolverine will be unilaterally thrown out. I'm invoking listmaker's prerogative, there.
Feel free to tell me why you're placing characters where you do, by the way; it'll spice up reading the things, if nothing else. And, just to get the ball rolling, look at my stupid lists:
1 Batman
2 Bizarro
3 Starman (Jack Knight)
4 Joker
5 Adam Strange
6 The Question (Vic Sage)
7 Mr Terrific (Michael Holt)
8 Robin (Tim Drake)
9 Catwoman
10 Hawkman
11 Deadshot
12 Solomon Grundy
13 Steel (John Henry Irons)
14 Oracle
15 Lex Luthor
16 Blue Devil
17 The Demon
18 Wildcat (Ted Grant)
19 Martian Manhunter
20 Gorilla Grodd
21 The Flash (Wally West)
22 Deadman
23 Mr Miracle
24 Ragman
25 Booster Gold
2 Bizarro
3 Starman (Jack Knight)
4 Joker
5 Adam Strange
6 The Question (Vic Sage)
7 Mr Terrific (Michael Holt)
8 Robin (Tim Drake)
9 Catwoman
10 Hawkman
11 Deadshot
12 Solomon Grundy
13 Steel (John Henry Irons)
14 Oracle
15 Lex Luthor
16 Blue Devil
17 The Demon
18 Wildcat (Ted Grant)
19 Martian Manhunter
20 Gorilla Grodd
21 The Flash (Wally West)
22 Deadman
23 Mr Miracle
24 Ragman
25 Booster Gold
Yeah, I mark out for Bizarro so hard.
1 Jamie Madrox
2 The Thing
3 Hawkeye
4 Namor
5 Taskmaster
6 Luke Cage
7 Hank Pym
8 Kang the Conqueror
9 The Beetle
10 The Beast
11 Captain America
12 Dr Doom
13 Thor
14 Black Panther
15 Hulk
16 The Constrictor
17 Moon Knight
18 Super Skrull
19 Daredevil
20 Black Bolt
21 Galactus
22 Dr Strange
23 Punisher
24 Deadpool
25 War Machine
2 The Thing
3 Hawkeye
4 Namor
5 Taskmaster
6 Luke Cage
7 Hank Pym
8 Kang the Conqueror
9 The Beetle
10 The Beast
11 Captain America
12 Dr Doom
13 Thor
14 Black Panther
15 Hulk
16 The Constrictor
17 Moon Knight
18 Super Skrull
19 Daredevil
20 Black Bolt
21 Galactus
22 Dr Strange
23 Punisher
24 Deadpool
25 War Machine
Yeah, that's right. The Beetle. And the Constrictor. I love crappy Marvel villains.
5 comments:
Are they supposed to be characters that we like no matter what situation they're in, or should we specify certain writers / artists to limit them?
Furthermore, are we supposed to be picking based on personality, concept of the character, design, or what? Probably just generally "favorite," right?
General favorite. You don't even need a good reason why they're favorites - for instance, I think Hank Pym's Yellowjacket outfit is so very rad, I'm willing to overlook the general douchiness with which the character's been written for about... oh, my entire life.
If we were doing "best" characters, it gets bogged down in a quagmire of "but Spider-Man is the reader identification character" and "but Batman's been undermined by ridiculous characterization" problems. Favorites are more fun, and I kind've want to see if there's a consensus, like, at all.
I don't get an email address when I click on the link.
Huh, really? It's facedowninthegutters at gmail dot com. Except with @s and .s instead of the words for @s and .s.
As though to justify such inconsequential nonsense, I thought I'd turn the stats of the Infinite Wars to the top 50.
Nothing much eventual occurred.
Good fun, mind...
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