What character is the most dated?

[mandog]

What character really reaks of the era in which they were created?

[Beast]

Anyone who's origins have had to stayed tied to the era in which they were originally tied, and can't have their origins slid forward to accomidate Marvel Time. So that would be mostly just Captain America and Magneto.

[StoneGold]

Anyone who's origins have had to stayed tied to the era in which they were originally tied, and can't have their origins slid forward to accomidate Marvel Time. So that would be mostly just Captain America and Magneto.
Except Cap you just change how long he was in the ice for. In terms of truly dated, I'm thinking characters based on particular fads, like Dazzler or Razorback. Or any communist villain.

[Cactusakic]

I'd have to say Dazzler.

Disco is dead. :p

[BeastieRunner]

Dazzler, Red Skull, Magneto, Captain America, and Rhino.

[Expletive Deleted]

The Hypno Hustler.

[Kirk G]

I'd have to say Dazzler.

Disco is dead. :p
I'd have to agree.

I'd also suggest Marvel Boy and maybe the original Human Torch...:p

[kalorama]

She-Hulk seems to get a lot of action, but I'm not sure you'd call them "dates."

Oh ... wait a minute ... nevermind.

[hoffmandu]

I'd have to say Dazzler.

Disco is dead. :p


DISCO IS LIFE!

[Haunt]

What character really reaks of the era in which they were created?


Dazzler
Hank Pym
Cable
Crimson Dynamo
Quasar
Black Widow

[spideyrules99]

I would say red Skull. I like him and all but the whole Nazi thing gets old.

[Haunt]

I would say red Skull. I like him and all but the whole Nazi thing gets old.


he's not a nazi any longer, iirc. even he would admit that the idea of the Third Reich coming to power is kind of old. but he's still a hateful racist s.o.b.

http://www.avengersforever.net/archivioimmagini/pict_issue/A-3-N-0483/D.jpg

[benday-dot]

I am tempted to say Brother Voodoo, but it is hard to acknowledge that he was ever really considered "with it".

[Haunt]

I am tempted to say Brother Voodoo, but it is hard to acknowledge that he was ever really considered "with it".


he's definately a throwback. someone should rent him a copy of Constantine and show him how a hougan should dress. Midnite put him to shame.

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=page3&issue=44228390024%201

[The Shadow]

I'd have to say Dazzler.

Disco is dead. :p
Yep.

Cable for that BIG GUN era too... though he CAN be cool!

[estee]

Dazzler
Hank Pym
Cable
Crimson Dynamo
Quasar
Black Widow

I'd have to dissagree with Natasha...she is a great character, especially in the last two minis she had.

[Haunt]

I'd have to dissagree with Natasha...she is a great character, especially in the last two minis she had.


what's that got to do with her being dated? she's firmly set as a cold war spy. she's a russian spy. who is she spying on?

[spideyrules99]

he's not a nazi any longer, iirc. even he would admit that the idea of the Third Reich coming to power is kind of old. but he's still a hateful racist s.o.b.

http://www.avengersforever.net/archivioimmagini/pict_issue/A-3-N-0483/D.jpg


Sorry did not read that one.

[benday-dot]

Anybody hear it for Thundra... that femizon stuff is a little 70's n'est pas... good old Marvel relevancy.

[mandog]

what about Nomad

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpg

He looks like frickin Lorenzo L*-amas

[Haunt]

what about Nomad

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpg

He looks like frickin Lorenzo L*-amas


didn't that look come before Lorenzo Lamas' 'Renegade' tv series? i can't remember. it's definately an outdated look unless you're still in a hair metal band.

[Jessica Drew]

...unless you're still in a hair metal band.

...not that there's anything wrong with that....

[Clint Barton]

The Human Fly (yeah, I've been around a while)

Rocket Racer

The Kangaroo

[mattbib]

Dazzler's origins may be dated, but the character herself has nothing to do with disco so I personally wouldn't call her dated.

[Haunt]

Dazzler's origins may be dated, but the character herself has nothing to do with disco so I personally wouldn't call her dated.


she sang disco music.

[Norrin Radd]

Has no one mentioned...THE AQUARIAN?

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8145/aquarian9cp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Alex A Sanchez]

Boom Boom was pretty damn 80's- then they updated her costume for the 90's, but conceptually she reeked of 80's. She doesn't translate into the 2000's at all.

And if Luke Cage hadn't gotten a new costume he would have been dated like no other.

[Rich L]

Boom Boom was pretty damn 80's- then they updated her costume for the 90's, but conceptually she reeked of 80's. She doesn't translate into the 2000's at all.


She seems to be doing pretty well in NextWave...

[Cactusakic]

what about Nomad

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpg

He looks like frickin Lorenzo L*-amas


Marvel dealt with this one already.

Spoilers:

















He's Dead.

[Agentum]

Captain America can fel like a old DC character from goldenage that has escaped, he don't fit perfectly in MU i think:)

[Babylon23]

The Master of Kung Fu (Shang Chi) is very much a character for a certain era (70's martial arts craze). Definitely Dazzler, although attempts have been made to move her away from the Disco craze.

[Starkicker]

Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Misty and Colleen. The 70's on newsprint.

[algertman]

Spider-Woman

no amount of tits or ass can make her come off any less dated

Cable he's the 90s all rolled into one

[The Lucky One]

The Reavers. Cyborg thugs who troll around Australia robbing people? Sooooo damn 80's.

-D

[Siddon]

Nova

I just hear the Quatum Leap music everytime he shows up

[Darkoth]

For me its definitly Cable,at least the 70's characters had more than pouches and big guns going for them.

[mattbib]

she sang disco music.25 years ago. She doesn't sing disco music now, nor is she portrayed as a disco person, so how can the character, as she is portrayed now, be dated?
Definitely Dazzler, although attempts have been made to move her away from the Disco craze.Again, she dropped the disco costume over twenty years ago. It only recently reappeared in two somewhat recent stories (Deadpool and XMU) to be humorous. She hasn't been tied to disco in over two decades. In the '80s she looked the part. In the '90s she looked the part. And now, well, love it or hate it she looks nothing like disco.

[mattbib]

Spider-Woman

no amount of tits or ass can make her come off any less dated

Cable he's the 90s all rolled into oneSee, I don't find either of these characters, as they exist today, to be dated at all.

[mattbib]

...Misty and Colleen. The 70's on newsprint.Did you skip the Daughters of the Dragon mini? Definitely not dated.

[mattbib]

what about Nomad

He looks like frickin Lorenzo L*-amasHe looked like that in the '90s. He didn't look like that in his more recent appearances. If he did then I'd agree with you.

[Haunt]

[QUOTE=mattbib]25 years ago. She doesn't sing disco music now, nor is she portrayed as a disco person, so how can the character, as she is portrayed now, be dated?[QUOTE]

no offense but there's nothing more depressing than a 'retired' disco queen. the pink hair isn't helping either. but that's just my opinion. i liked her fine back when they were stuck in Australia and disco wasn't so dead.

[Shem the Penman]

I wouldn't call Shang-Chi a dated character -- martial arts action is still popular even if Jet Li and Jackie Chan have replaced Bruce Lee on the screen. On the other hand, the red PJs with yin-yang symbol on the back? Dated.

Iron Man isn't dated, even though they have to keep rewriting his origin to keep him contemporary -- but those early issues, with IM beating his opponents with THE POWER OF TRANSISTORS, sure are hilarious to read now.

But I'm going to have to agree that the Aquarian wins this category. The costume, the beard, the powers, the name "Wundarr" -- all unavoidably '70s.

[mattbib]

no offense but there's nothing more depressing than a 'retired' disco queen. the pink hair isn't helping either. but that's just my opinion.
Depressing? I don't think most would consider former disco singers like Deborah Harry or Diana Ross depressing. Both, like Alison Blaire, surpassed their disco categorizations (of course Ross' Motown origins helped). And the pink hair...it's just a look. It definitely puts her in more a pop vein than disco though.
i liked her fine back when they were stuck in Australia and disco wasn't so dead.Disco was quite dead by then, my friend.

At least in most households. :)

[Haunt]

Depressing? I don't think most would consider former disco singers like Deborah Harry or Diana Ross depressing.

imagine Deborah Harry in spandex on a superteam.

Both, like Alison Blaire, surpassed their disco categorizations (of course Ross' Motown origins helped).

yeah, and Alison was never motown. heck, she wasn't that great at disco. maybe i'm just misinterpreting things but Dazzler seems to be a one-hit wonder of heroics. she was on top at one point; really really overexposed. then she disappeared. and when she resurfaced, she wasn't spectacularly different. she hasn't really stayed with the times. so all i'm thinking about is how much attention Marvel gave her during the 80's and how nothing really came of it. she's just not that popular. if she disappeared, the marvel universe wouldn't be affected in any way.

And the pink hair...it's just a look. It definitely puts her in more a pop vein than disco though.
Disco was quite dead by then, my friend.

At least in most households. :)

true. and i wasn't socially aware enough for "disco is dead" to mean anything. i just subconsciously realized that Dazzler was aping the times. she had that punk look going on with the sweatband and the bright colors; very bangles-esque.

[jam37wcc]

I would say that the only ones that are still truly dated are the ones that have spent alot of time in limbo. Such as Iron Fist and Shang Chi, nothing has been added to their character. Where as Luke Cage and Dazzler have been used and moved past the role that they came into being originally.

[Haunt]

Luke Cage or Eros are the most dated. who haven't they slept with?

[Alex A Sanchez]

Luke Cage or Eros are the most dated. who haven't they slept with?

The Juggernaut, whom She-Hulk has.

[unkiedev]

leave Shulkie out of this!

-I think Silver Surfer and the Night Thrasher. Night Thrasher's kinda dead now...too bad. There was something fun about an extreme skateboarding vigilante.

[Dr. Killtrocity]

@those who said Cable,
He has become up to date in Fabian's C&D, he's much more current. Rarely does he break out the stupidly big guns anymore.

[Frank]

I think you guys have hurt mattbib on a personal level. :D

[Cactusakic]

I think you guys have hurt mattbib on a personal level. :D


Sorry Matt. I have nothing personal against Dazzler (or you), but when I see her I think 70's.
For what it's worth, I agree that she is no longer all about disco (if indeed she ever was) but thats what comes to mind when I see her.