Choices for Potential Future Top Five Lists!

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I have liked the Top Five series of Comics Should Be Good for awhile, & I have a few suggestions for future lists that would appeal to Brian Cronin:


*Top Five Worst Costumes of any X-Men member that could be a challenge (To counter the Storm list of last week)

*Top Five Comic Books From the 1980s That You Never Read (With the recent 1980s Nostalgia craze, such a list would be a natural!)

*Top Five Weird Variations of Archie

*Top Five Animated TV Shows That Are Least Likely To Get A Comic Book Series

*Top Five Oddest Comic Book Heroes of the 1960s


I will have more soon!


J.A.P.

[algertman]

Top 5 stories needing to be collected in trade
Top 5 funniest Silver Age moments

[Gingold]

Top 5 members of the Sinister Six
Top 5 types of Kryptonite
Top 5 trick arrows (Hawkeye or Green Arrow)
Top 5 Jimmy Olsen transformations

[Brian Cronin]

Ha!

Fun thread idea, Jeremy.

Something I was, myself, interested in was a more indy-themed Top Five. I couldn't think of a good one myself (as the field is so broad that I wouldn't be able, in good conscience, say that I knew enough to give any sort of definitive list).

-Brian

[BillR]

Top 5 members of the Sinister Six
Top 5 types of Kryptonite
Top 5 trick arrows (Hawkeye or Green Arrow)
Top 5 Jimmy Olsen transformations

Ooo. Good ones.

[DubipR]

Top 5 Jimmy Olsen transformations

This one I like!

Top 5 Lois Lane covers!

[stealthwise]

Ha!

Fun thread idea, Jeremy.

Something I was, myself, interested in was a more indy-themed Top Five. I couldn't think of a good one myself (as the field is so broad that I wouldn't be able, in good conscience, say that I knew enough to give any sort of definitive list).

-Brian

How about Top Five Whiny Bastard, er, Emo comics.

[DubipR]

How about Top Five Whiny Bastard, er, Emo comics.

So, basically you're asking for 5 Hal Jordan covers then....

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Some of my suggestions do have some indie-type inclusions in there!


"Top Five Comic Books of the 1980s That You Have Never Read" Can include plenty of non-Marvel/DC stuff in the running!


"Top Five Weird Variations of Archie" has some choice weird cuts, including DC's Swing With Scooter. For more on him, go to: www.dialbforblog.com


"Top Five Oddest Heroes of the 1960s" will prove that Marvel & DC were not the only companies churning out the long-underwear guys in that decade: Harvey (Jigsaw, Spyman, Tiger Boy, & even reruns of the original Black Cat), Archie (The Web, The Jaguar, the super-heroic makeover of The Shadow, Fly Man, The Mighty Crusaders, & even Pureheart The Powerful & Friends), M.F. Enterprises (The notorious 'Split!" version of Captain Marvel), Lightning (Fatman, The Human Flying Saucer, Super Green Beret, & Captain Shazam), Dell (Super-Frankenstein, Super-Dracula, Super-Werewolf, Brain Boy, Nukla, & The Fab Four), & Charlton (Son of Vulcan, Mercury Man, The Shape, & Sinistro, Boy Fiend) all did some too!


See you later!


J.A.P.

[Albert]

Top 5 Jimmy Olsen transformations

I love this idea as well -- with an honorable mention for "Black Like Me (I am Curious, Black) " Lois Lane.

[Sabrinaset]

5 Best Comic Book Logos.

5 Best Comic Book Romances/Marriages.

5 Best (Worst?) Legion of Super Heroes Members OR Rejects.

5 wierdest Red Kryptonite Transformations of a Kryptonian.

5 Worst Austen Stories :p

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, today is the weekly Top Ten list from Brian Cronin! Will any of our suggestions make the cut?


Sabrinaset has two decent picks: The comic logos & Legion lists!


J.A.P.

[algertman]

So, basically you're asking for 5 Hal Jordan covers then....

Or SANDMAN take your pick :D

[Reptisaurus!]

How about Top Five Whiny Bastard, er, Emo comics.


Or SANDMAN take your pick


Pssst.

It's not "emo" if the audience is aware that the main character is a whiney bitch, and the writer obviously INTENDS for the audience to think the main character is a whiney bitch.

Sandman is anti-emo.

Anyway, top five:

Clumsy/Unlikely: Or ANY Jeff Brown comics but "Be a Man."

It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken/The Playboy.

Goodbye, Chunky Rice/Blankets.

I almost wanna stick "Fun Home" in here, but it's almost too cold to be emo. Plus the narrator has a reason to be all upset, while TRUE emo is about having the same experiences as everybody else, but being whinier.

So I got three. (All of which I really liked, BTW.)

[Reptisaurus!]

5 Best Comic Book Logos.


We should get (comic blogger) Bully for that. He's all about that kinda stuff.


5 Best Comic Book Romances/Marriages.


#1: Doom and Doom.

5 Best (Worst?) Legion of Super Heroes Members OR Rejects.


Y'all better leave Infectious Lass alone.

5 wierdest Red Kryptonite Transformations of a Kryptonian.


# 1: The mini Superman that came out of Superman's palm. Or else that Alan Moore Supreme story where the Krypto analouge had sex with every female dog on earth at super speed.

5 Worst Austen Stories :p

Did you read the Romeo and Juliet with Hillbilly Mutants one? I loved that comic. More than anything Morrison did on the title. Makes everything else he does forgiveable. (I'm SO getting kicked off the blog for that. Also not writing anything in three months.)

Also I was really impressed by the four-or-five issues I read of Superman:Metropolis.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, Gingold/Dan Larkin's 'Top Five Jimmy Olsen Tranformations' made the cut today!

I have a few more suggestions for Brian:


Top Ten Worst 'New Directions' for a comic book title.

Tor Five Worst Hero Costumes of the 1940s (Well, the 1940s were a time for weird costumes that have not aged well!)


Top Five Worst comic Books of the 1960s.


I hope these suggestions will be up to snuff!


Jeremy Aron Patterson.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Dial B For Blog has an entry on Legion Rejects today featuring: Lester Spiffany, Polar Boy, Green Guy, Camera Eye, Rainbow Girl, Jungle King, Spider-Girl, Double-Header, Eye-Ful Ethel, The Mass, Calamity King, Color Kid, & Cheerleader Lass! It has a contest that will allow you to create your own Legion Reject!

It is in: www.dialbforblog.com/archives/340


This will lead to an entire week devoted to the Rejects!

I hope this will lead to Brian doing a Top Five Legion Reject List for next week!


J.A.P.

[Cheeseburger]

I think all of these can have a Worst 5 counterpart as well

Top 5 covers inspired by a classical piece of art/album cover/other comic etc...
Top 5 comic book detectives
Top 5 superpowers
Top 5 spider-man costumes
Top 5 batmobiles
Top 5 Spider-man battles
Top 5 comic book movies
Top 5 overused comic plots
Top 5 indie publishers
Top 5 (insert character here) artist or writer
Top 5 hero vs. hero misunderstandings resulting in a big fight

All for now

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I agree on a few of these ideas:


*Top Five Worst Comic Book Detectives

*Top Five Worst Superpowers


*Top Five worst Comic Book Movies

* Top Five Worst Comic Book Made-For-TV Movies

* Top Five Worst Comic Book TV Shows

*Top Five Worst Publishers

And...

* Top Five Worst Comic Books Based on Video Games


I hope you agree on these!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

One of my suggestions got the nod today!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Most of the audience is not participating in this thread!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

With the recent resurgence of Heroic Publishing ( www.heroicpub.com ), we can do a few Top Fives on that publisher like:

*Top Five Coolest Heroic Publishing Characters.

*Top Five Worst Heroic Publishing Costumes

And...
* Top Five Best Heroic Publishing Costumes.


I also have a suggestion called 'Top Five Worst Superhero Cartoons That Does Not Star A Comic Book Hero", It can be a doozy!


J.A.P.

[BillR]

Clearly, we need a Top Five *week*!

I'd love to see a Top Five Steve Ditko creations (characters of note: Question, Blue Beetle, Creeper, Speedball, and Dr. Strange. Forget that "Spider-Man" fellow.), Top Five Stretchy Super-Heroes (Elongated Man for the win, durn it!) and most certainly Top Five 70's Jack Kirby Comics (I'd love to write that one, m'self...)

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

To complement the Top Five Oddest New Powers For Super-Heroes list over at Snark-Free Waters, we could have a Top Five Oddest New Costumes For Super-Heroes list. There are plenty of choices out there (The Comet's rainbow-helmet look, the 1970s Black Hood, The Huntsman's red leather 'Members Only Jacket' costume, Icestar circa-Icicle #2, Psyche's red leather bodysuit with rose tattoo on one of her cheeks, the orange Flare costume, her 'I am an Icestar groupie' costume; her current street walker costume, The Black Encantress' afro, many of Rogue's costumes, super-nun Aurora circa Alpha Flight Vol 1 #87, mid-1980s Black Canary, Lesbian biker Black Canary, the Earth 2 Robin's Batman homage costume, Lillian Crawley's corset costume circa Alphe Flight Vol 1 #87, Mullet Nightwing, Mullet Superman, Mullet Rogue, Sprite circa-UXM #149, the circa-1992 Power Girl costume, Mullet Huntress, Grell's Cosmic Boy, Vibe's 2nd costume, Malice Polaris, Lace-Up Projectra, & Saturn Girl's pink bikini costume!)


See you later!

J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, your 'Top Five DC Comics Logos' list made the cut today!

Here are some more suggestions:

* Top Five Worst DC Comics Heroes (Face the facts, DC had plenty of crappy heroes in addition to the good ones!)

*Top Five Worst Super-Hero Cartoons (They do not even have to feature comic book characters!)

And I have plenty of suggestions for lists based on RetroJunk's 'Five Video Games You Play In Hell' (Which, in a fitting comic book tie-in, had 'Superman 64' for the Nintendo 64 as #4. The other five games are: Waterworld [Virtual Boy, #5], The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past [Super NES; #3.5; This list must have been made by a Bizarro!], Fisher Price's Perfect Fit [NES; #3], Super 3-D Noah's Ark [Super NES; #2], & E.T. [2600; #1; We knew that game would make the list!], For the list, go to: www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/853 )

*Top 5 Comic Books You Read In Hell

* Top 5 Super-Hero Cartoons You Watch In Hell

And...

*Top 5 Super-Hero/Video Game Movies You Watch In Hell

I hope you love these ideas!

J.A.P.

[slayer2005]

5 Best Feats of Pre-Crisis Superman (check the Superdickery website for references).

5 Best Accomplishments of a Super-Villain

5 Best Characters in Limbo

5 Best Futuristic storylines (kinda like Kingdom Come or Earth X)

5 Characters That Should've Died

5 Best Love Interests

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I liked the 'Five Best Characters In Limbo' & 'Five Characters Who Should've Died' suggestions. They are as good as my 'Top Five Worst New Directions For A comic Book Title', 'Top Five Worst Hero Costumes of the 1940s', 'Top Five Oddest New Costumes For super Heroes', 'Top Five Worst DC Comics Heroes' suggestions!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

How about...

Top Five Failed Try-Out Comic Book Features!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

How About...


Top Five Worst Comic Book Heroes


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

It seems that no one is getting nods for the suggestion thread lately!


J.A.P.

[Tommy]

You know there could be a top five worst Sue Storm Hairdos (or is that don'ts).

It could include the Beehive, when she had Johnny's hair cut, and the mullet.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

How about:

*Top Five Worst Comic Book Hairstyles Ever (Why limit it to Sue when you can involve everybody!)

* Top Five Silliest Ideas For Comic Book Heroes (There are plenty of Dial H For Hero, Strikeforce: Morituri, & fad heroes to go in this category!)

* Top Five MLJ Heroes (With the Shield/Black Hood/Fly appearance in the Jughead list, it may be a natural for them to get a Top Five list!)

* Top Five Silliest Hero Ideas of the 1980s

I hope Top Five would do more of our suggestions!


J.A.P.

[Kirayoshi]

How about:

Top Five Slice-of-Life comic stories/series. Those stories that are about real people. Strangers in Paradise, Love and Rockets or Eisner's Contract with God for example.

Top Five Homages/Rip-offs of Superman. Supreme? Hyperion?

Top Five What If stories.

Top Five Elseworlds.

Top Five Reformed Villains.

Top Five characters created by Kirby and Ditko after they split from Marvel.

[Punch]

Top Five Grant Morrison Characters

Top Five First Issue Covers

Top Five X-Men "Deaths"

[Brian Cronin]

WOAH!

I totally forgot to do one this Tuesday!

Yikes!

I guess I better address that now!

-Brian

[DubipR]

Top 5 Comics Given Away at Restaurants and Fast Food Places!

Top 5 Comics That Have "The" In Their Name!

Top 5 Comic Gorillas

Top 5 Hanna-Barbara Covers

[Strannik]

* Top Five 90s Characters

* Top Five Image Comics

* Top Five Independant Companies

[pennywisdom]

Top Five "Great Concept, Poor Execution" Characters.

You know, characters that were born of an interesting idea or theme but wound up stinking. Characters that could have been great, but never panned out.

I would put guys like Venom and Azrael on that list.

[saintsaucey]

Top 5 members of the Sinister Six


Dude thats funny and cold all at the same time.

1. Doc Ock
2.The Lizard
3. Myserio
4. Kraven The Hunter
5. Electro


I think I got all the members. Obviously I left Shocker off because he is a cosmic joke. was chamelion one are we going with the ultimized version or what. oh i forgot sandman damnit.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, Kirayoshi's What If list made the cut!

The 'Grant Morrison characters', 'Comic Gorillas', & 'Great Concept, Poor Execution' ideas are as good as my 'Worst Comic Book Hairstyles' & 'MLJ Heroes' ideas.

What about these ideas, Brian?


J.A.P.

[StrikeForce Albert]

top 5 mullets

you know this list would rule

[saintsaucey]

Originally Quoted By StrikeForce Albert top 5 mullets

Bishop
Long Shot
Nightwing
Black Suit Superman
Magneto (he had one some times didn't he

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Bishop
Long Shot
Nightwing
Black Suit Superman
Magneto (he had one some times didn't he


There are a few ladies that wore mullets in comics!


J.A.P.

[saintsaucey]

i wasn't intentionally leaving out the ladies. it's just these are the first ones i thought of.

[yo go re]

Top Five Over-Rated Indy Comics

Inspired by this week's real entry, I nominate "Top Five Members of the Fantastic Four." Which sounds idiotic, but let's go one further - make it the top five discounting Sue, Reed, Johnny and Ben. Who are the top five fill-in members? Alternate realities, futures, and What Ifs allowed.

Oh, and speaking of the Archie/MLJ heroes, "Top Five Reimaginings/Updates That Were Good." Provided you can think of five...

--yo
Jaguar was the first comic I subscribed to

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

--yo
Jaguar was the first comic I subscribed to


Which Jaguar? The 1960s one or the Impact one?

[reader zero]

Top Five Pandora's Boxes - five stories/events/moments that ended up forever wrecking a character or series.

Top Five look-a-like blond superhero alter-egos - y'know like Arthur Curry, Michael Jon Carter, Steve Rodgers, Clint Barton, Hank Pym, Alex Summers, etc...

Top Five Rob Liefeld rip-off characters.

Top Five worst 90s makeovers.

Top Five Headquarters.

Top Five Vehicles.

Top Five animal themed characters.

Top Five numerically named teams.

[Patrick C.]

Well, we'll be in October soon, so how about some Halloween-appropriate top fives? Top five best horror-themed comics, top-five best comic book monsters, top five comic book psychopaths, etc.? I think that might be fun.

[Matthew E]

How about, Top Five Back-Up Features? You know, like in the early '80s Firestorm was the back-up story in Flash.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

- Top Five Video Gam adaptaions of a comic.
(with Spiderman 2 coming in first place!)

- Top Five non-Big Two publishing companies.

-Top Five comic book publisher 'labels' ie. MAX, Vertigo, Epic, Milestone, Bakerverse (remember that?) etc.

- Top five No-Prize wins.

- Top five characters/story ideas that Roy Thomas takes credit for depsite evidence to the contrary.

- Top Five ret-cons.

-Top Five worst publicity stunts (U-decide etc)

- Top Five Top Five list suggestions.

[yo go re]

Which Jaguar? The 1960s one or the Impact one?

The Impact one. That whole Impact series started just as I was getting into superhero comics, and I remember buying most of them at the newstand near my grandmother's house. It was only years later that I learned there had been Mighty Crusaders decades before.

Top Five Rob Liefeld rip-off characters.

Is that "characters Liefeld created as a rip-off" or "characters that rip off the Liefeld style?"

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, Gingold's 'Sinister Six' list made the cut!

I like some of your suggestions:

*Algertman's 'Stories needed To Be Collected In Trades'
* Reptisauris' 'Clumsy/Unlikely'
* Reader Zero's 'Pandora's Boxes', 'Liefeld Rip-Off Characters', & 'Worst 90's Makeovers'
* Patrick C's 'Horror Comics'
* Matthew e's 'Back-Up Features'
And...
*FunkyGreenJerusalem's 'Video Games Based on Comic Books'


They are as good as my own suggestions!

J.A.P.

[reader zero]

Is that "characters Liefeld created as a rip-off" or "characters that rip off the Liefeld style?"[/QUOTE]


Characters that Rob ripped-off

[Matthew E]

How about 'Top Five Characters DC Acquired From Charlton'. It wouldn't be too hard to pick five out of there, but if we want to make it a tougher competition, it could be 'Top Five Characters DC Acquired By Buying Other Comics Companies'. Now that's a tough list--all the Charlton characters, the Fawcett characters, the Quality characters... There are way more than five good ones.

[yo go re]

"Top Five Things That Always Happen In a Legion Reboot."

You know, how LoSH gets restarted every seven years or so, with the promise that it's going to be a new, fresh take on the series, but then quickly turns into a condensed version of everything that happened before? What prior events keep popping up in the "clean slate" stories?

Lightning Boy loses an arm. Little Miss Three-Way becomes Duplicate Damsel when one of her dies. I'm sure there are more...

[Taniwha]

This wasn't mine, but Eqdoctor's, in this thread (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/10/13/1015-declarative-rabbit-says/#comments):

Top [5] Most Needed Retcons.

[fanboy d]

* Top Five Rob Liefeld Anatomical Screw-Ups

*Top Five Ultimatized Heroes

*Top Five Deadagain-Aliveagain Characters

*Top Five Well-cast Actors in a Superhero movie

*Top Five Wolverine Maulings - (as in when HE gets mauled)

[Cheeseburger]

Top five renditions (ie. character designs) of the Joker.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Top Five Second String [or lesser light] Comic Book Heroes of the 1940s


That would be a good one!


J.A.P.

[Matthew E]

Top Five Previews. Remember how, when they were going to start up a new series, they'd put a, like, an eight-page or sixteen-page mini-story in the middle of some other comic?

Ones I remember fondly: the Amethyst preview in LSH, the Blue Devil preview in Fury of Firestorm and the All-Star Squadron preview in JLA.

Sometimes the preview would be not for a new comic but for some lame line of toys, like M.A.S.K. or whatever it was. No freaking thanks.

[Brian Cronin]

Top Five Second String [or lesser light] Comic Book Heroes of the 1940s


That would be a good one!


J.A.P.

Fine topic, Jeremy, but I dunno if I know enough about the topic to do it justice.

-Brian

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Fine topic, Jeremy, but I dunno if I know enough about the topic to do it justice.

-Brian


Well, there are several sub-categories of these to figure out:

*Odd Concepts

*Short-lived back-ups

*Odd Distinction

One-Shots

And several more!

J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

You are two to three days late for the Top Five list. Since it was Thanksgiving, you should try a Top Five Comic Book Turkeys list!


J.A.P.

[Brian Cronin]

Yeah, I am due for a list!!

Sorry about that, folks.

Hmmm...topic, topic, topic....

-Brian

[Kid Kyoto]

Top 5 Brilliant but cancelled comics or creative runs (and Walt Simonson's Orion had better be on it, that and Giffin's Heckler! oh and Alan Moore's Supreme, and Alan Moore's Youngblood, OK, that's all, you can pick the last one, only cause I'm nice)

Top 5 Superman Rip-Off/Homage characters

Top 5 Batman rip-offs/homage characters

Top 5 superhero humor books

Top 5 movie/TV/toy adaption comics

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Top 5 Brilliant but cancelled comics or creative runs (and Walt Simonson's Orion had better be on it, that and Giffin's Heckler! oh and Alan Moore's Supreme, and Alan Moore's Youngblood, OK, that's all, you can pick the last one, only cause I'm nice)


I liked the brilliant but cancelled idea. If it worked for TV, it can work for comics!

J.A.P.

[Brian Cronin]

Fine idea, Kid Kyoto.

I will do a Top Five Brilliant But Cancelled one right now!

-Brian

[Sean Whitmore]

Some variation of this may have already been done, but I can't seem to remember for sure. So how about:

Top 5 crimes Spider-Man has been framed for/accused of?


SEAN

[Paperghost]

apologies if this has been suggested a billion times:

top five mega event supa dupa crossover world shattering spectacles that sucked?

[Matthew E]

Top five superheroic vehicles:

The Batmobile? The Fantasticar? The Zoo Crewzer? The Invisible Jet? The Bug? The Owlship? The Blackbird? The Quinjet? The Star-Rocket Racer?

[TheLazy]

urghhh....here we go *alters voice to pre-pubecent whine*

-Top five issues of the Punisher: Born four-part mini series
-Top five breasts that Jim Lee has drawn
-Top five breasts that Jim Lee hasn't drawn
-Top five reasons Jim Lee gave DC on why All-Star Batman & Robin was late
-Top five Top # threads
-Top five characters in comics that have bitten the dust only to be brought back, and then retconned back out of continuity

*Ends voice*

-Top five Graphic Novels that changed how you percieve the world.

I thought it was only right to add a serious one at the end:D

[TheLazy]

apologies if this has been suggested a billion times:

top five mega event supa dupa crossover world shattering spectacles that sucked?

-Onslaught
-Ultimate War (first ultimate cross over as far as I'm aware, I had high expectations:( )
-Secret War, the Bendis kind
-Marvel Vs DC
-When ever they do that thing where you literally have to buy every single issue released by a company that month just to understand that X's parents didn't really exist afterall and that Y was on your side all along, and to find out who the real traitor is (Z list baddy)then youll have to wait untill next months hoard of paper to arrive.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Fine idea, Kid Kyoto.

I will do a Top Five Brilliant But Cancelled one right now!

-Brian

You are a day late on this week's Top Five, Brian!


J.A.P.

[Brian Cronin]

Yeah, Fred Van Lente Day got in the way of the Top Fives this week. :)

I'll do something later today!

-Brian

[Reptisaurus!]

I'd be way more interested in Top Five Crossovers that were any good.

There was a scarily comprehensive Secret Wars II reveiew on the other Blog that said all that needs to be said about crappy crossovers.

[Brian Cronin]

I should bring that one up for the current blog!

-Brian

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, my Top Five Golden Age Robots list got the nod.

I have a good suggestion for all of you:

Top Five Comic Book Series or Runs That Would Be Perfect Shoo-Ins For A Comic book version of Mystery Science Theater 3000


J.A.P.

[yo go re]

The MST3K treatment of All-Star Batman was hilarious. I laughed myself hoarse.

"Top five homage characters who turned out better than the original character."

p.s.: and no fair picking all Watchmen characters

[Agnew420]

Top 5 superpowers

How bout top Five Worst or lamest superpowers
and then that brings to mind
Top 5 comics not involving superheroes or powers

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

We have not seen a new Top Five list in a few weeks, so I feel there should be a new Top Five list for the new year!

Agnew420's Top Five Worst Superpowers is a good idea, as is Yo Go Re's Homage characters that turned out better than the originals suggestion!

So, Brian, what do you think?


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, I liked the three Top Fives in one day stunt Brian did last week, as one of them (Top Five Worst Psylocke Costumes) hearkened back to one of the very first suggestions I made in this thread!

What other older suggestions could be worth a chance to appear here?

Here are a few of them:
Yo Go Re's Top Five Reimaginings/Updates That Were Good

StrikeForce Albert's Top Five Comic Book Mullets

PennyWisdom's Top Five 'Great Concept, Poor Execution' Characters

Strannik's Top Five 90s Characters

And four of my other older suggestions:
Top Five Worst Comic Book Hairstyles
Top Five Silliest Ideas For Comic Book Heroes
Top Five MLJ Heroes
Top Five Silliest Hero Ideas From The 1980s!

I hope all of you liked these great oldies!

See you soon!

J.A.P.

[Brian Cronin]

I have one idea in the can, Jeremy, and I'll see what I can do about working in one of the other suggestions. :)

-Brian

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I have one idea in the can, Jeremy, and I'll see what I can do about working in one of the other suggestions. :)

-Brian

Speaking of Top Fives, it has been over a month since the last installment!

J.A.P.

[the film freak]

As a comic fan who started in the nineties I wouldn't mind seeing these...

Top 5 Wolverine Homage/Ripoffs.

Top 5 Image Books (Pre Astro City)

Top 5 Characters that smoke and wear trenchcoats.

Top 5 Most F***ed up Things that appeared in Spawn.

[Reptisaurus!]

As a comic fan who started in the nineties I wouldn't mind seeing these...

Top 5 Wolverine Homage/Ripoffs.

Top 5 Characters that smoke and wear trenchcoats.



As a comic fan who pretty much missed the nineties, I'm surprised there were more than one or two of either of these. Lemme see:

Warblade from WILDCATS and the current Wolverine Lass who's name escapes me right now. And I only got the one for question 2.


Top 5 Image Books (Pre Astro City)


The MAXX and Alan Moore's WildCATS. Was anything else any good?



Top 5 Most F***ed up Things that appeared in Spawn.


A lesser man would say "the writing" and "the art."

[the film freak]

As a comic fan who pretty much missed the nineties, I'm surprised there were more than one or two of either of these. Lemme see:

Warblade from WILDCATS and the current Wolverine Lass who's name escapes me right now. And I only got the one for question 2.

Ripclaw from Cyberforce comes to mind. There was Feral and Wolfsbane in X-Force and X-Factor. I'd throw Sabretooth in there. Does Lobo count?

As for Question 2 I can think of Grifter, Gambit, John Constantine, Marv, Dwight, Hellboy (who smoked in the 1950s) and Nomad. I'm debating whether Punisher counts.

The MAXX and Alan Moore's WildCATS. Was anything else any good?

Savage Dragon got really good after issue 7. The James Robinson/Travis Charest WildCATs was fun. Keith Giffen and Dave Johnson (one of those rare times he did interiors) did two awesome Superpatriot minis. 1963 was good even though it was unfinished.

A lesser man would say "the writing" and "the art."

Or something to do with Neil Gaiman and Miracle Man.

Personally I'd pick Spawn hanging the bloated corpse of a child molesting ice cream man (with popsicle sticks jammed into his body) in Sam and Twitch's office.

Or the infamous Spawn vs. The Klan issue where he turned the Grand Wizard into a black man (who was later hung) and McFarlane named two of the Klansman Petey and Johnny.

Yeah I spent Christmas break reading old Image comics and feeling regret over my mispent youth. Seriously, a complete run of Team Youngblood... I know.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Ripclaw from Cyberforce comes to mind. There was Feral and Wolfsbane in X-Force and X-Factor. I'd throw Sabretooth in there. Does Lobo count?



Wolfsbane would not really count since she was more a mutant version of the werewolf myth than a Wolverine pastiche!

J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, it has been over a month since the last Top five installment (Top Five Underdog Cliches), so I felt that we are due to get a new installment of the series!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I have a new idea for a potential Top Five List:

Top Five Worst Comic Book Series or Runs of the 1980s

With the recent wave of 1980s nostalgia, I felt that such a list would be likely to happen really soon!

J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

The Top Fives are actually picking up in frequency as of lately!

J.A.P.

[Tommy]

I still think the top five worst Sue Storm Hair Dos would be awesome!

[stealthwise]

Top Five Superman/Batman/JLA analogues

Top Five Venom Stories (if there ARE five...)

Top Five Todd Klein Lettering Jobs

Top Five Ways that Superman has Tricked Mxyzptlk

Top Five Superhero Confidants (not sidekicks, but the loyal servants, etc)

[Sean Whitmore]

Top Five Ways that Superman has Tricked Mxyzptlk

Top Five Superhero Confidants (not sidekicks, but the loyal servants, etc)


I'd really like to see these two.


SEAN

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I still think the top five worst Sue Storm Hair Dos would be awesome!

How about an overall Top Five Worst Comic Book Hairdos?

J.A.P.

[yo go re]

duh, Top Five "Cute, Charismatic and Funny" Characters...

[Brian Cronin]

The Top Fives are actually picking up in frequency as of lately!

J.A.P.

I gave you a whole week! :)

-Brian

[yo go re]

in honor of the Amazing Spider-Man changes, "Top Five Classic Stories Not Told in the Character's 'Main' Book."

For instance: wasn't "Kraven's Last Hunt" in Web of Spider-Man? Stories that are condsidered one of the character's best, but that would probably never have been printed if there was only one "core" title...

[Sean Whitmore]

That's a great idea! Though "Last Hunt" actually went through all three Spider-Man titles.

The death of Jean DeWolffe might be a good one. Ditto Peter trying to kill the black costume. And the entire relationship with Black Cat happened in the pages of Spectacular.


SEAN

[Mullon]

I liked to add by suggesting top five hats. Not masks, hats.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

How about a Top Five Flat-Out Worst Animated Adaptations of a comic book.


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

I gave you a whole week! :)

-Brian

Well, the second Top Five Week had only four lists. I think the convention season had cut it short!


J.A.P.

[Matthew E]

Here's one. Simple.

Top Five Versions of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

(And there are lots to choose from... the main three, obviously, but I can think of probably a dozen others just off the top of my head.)

[Loren]

Top 5 DC Zero Hour #0 issues. (and/or a Bottom 5 of the same.)

Top 5 Fifth Week Events.

Top 5 Ongoing Series that lasted 10 issues or less.

[stelok]

Top five anime

Top five manga

Top five anime couples

Top five anime characters

[Reptisaurus!]

Top five anime

Top five anime couples

Top five anime characters

COMICS should be good. C-O-M-I-C-S. :)

And before you ask, Cronin isn't doing top five awesomest toy trains or top five places to get your hair cut in LA either.

And none of the CSBG crew know shit about Manga, so that's probably out, too.

[Reptisaurus!]

Hey, we should get someone who knows something about Manga.

[Reptisaurus!]

We really, really should.

[Matthew E]

Top Five Rings.

Lots of heroes and/or villains get their powers from rings, or have rings that are significant for some other reason. There's:

- the Green Lantern power rings and Sinestro rings
- Legion flight rings
- the Flash's costume ring
- the Wonder Twins rings that they touch together
- Luthor's kryptonite ring

and that's just DC stuff. Does Marvel have any good rings?

[Chris Nowlin]

Marvel has Mandarin's rings of course!

Plus there's that recent Marvel Team-Up character who died. I forget his name though.

[Gingold]

Don't forget Benjy Grimm's ring from the cartoon. "Thing Ring, do your thing!"

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Don't forget Benjy Grimm's ring from the cartoon. "Thing Ring, do your thing!"

The toon you are referring to is 1980's Adventures of the Thing!


J.A.P.

[Gingold]

The toon you are referring to is 1980's Adventures of the Thing!


J.A.P.

I am aware of this.

[Matthew E]

Top Five Newspapers in Comics. There's the Daily Planet, the Daily Bugle, um... the Daily Star, I guess... there must have been others, right? What magazine did Happy Terrill work for? Or Vic Sage?

Top Five Cops in Comics. Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Dolan, Jim Harper, Shvaughn Erin, Rident... it'd actually probably be pretty hard to get it down to five.

Top Five Members of the Legion of Super-Heroes That First Appeared After Zero Hour. There's some competition for this list, but I don't think anybody'd complain about a selection of Gates, Shikari, Kinetix, XS and Superman-X. (Other candidates: Kid Quantum II, Gear, Dream Boy, Thunder)

[reader zero]

Top Five "Replacement" Heroes . . . John Stewart as GL, Jim Rhodes as Iron Man, etc...

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Top Five Newspapers in Comics. There's the Daily Planet, the Daily Bugle, um... the Daily Star, I guess... there must have been others, right? What magazine did Happy Terrill work for? Or Vic Sage?

Top Five Cops in Comics. Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Dolan, Jim Harper, Shvaughn Erin, Rident... it'd actually probably be pretty hard to get it down to five.

Top Five Members of the Legion of Super-Heroes That First Appeared After Zero Hour. There's some competition for this list, but I don't think anybody'd complain about a selection of Gates, Shikari, Kinetix, XS and Superman-X. (Other candidates: Kid Quantum II, Gear, Dream Boy, Thunder)

Well, not only did your 'Top Five Comic Book Newspapers' suggestion made the cut today, but also your 'Top five Comic Book Rings' suggestion!

I am hoping to see the Top Five Legion Members That First Appeared After Zero Hour list made!

J.A.P.

[Matthew E]

Yes, I am quite gratified.

But if there's one thing I can do, it's come up with lists. And I'm not the only one, either: this thread is full of neat ideas that haven't (yet?) been used.

[Omar Karindu]

Top Five post-Crisis on Infinite Earths revamps. (Not relaunches; outright revamps)

Top Five Doctor Doom Schemes

Top Five Comic-Book Portrayals of Religion

Top Five Villainous Threats from Grant Morrison Comics

Top Five Grossest Garth Ennis Scenes

Top Five Newspaper Adventure Strips

[Kid Kyoto]

Top 5 comic book gods (Herc and Thor on top of course, Darkseid and Orion... who else? Moores Horus Lord of light?)

Top 5 demons

Top 5 angels

Top 5 time travelers from a nightmarish future who have returned to prevent it from ever happening (Days of Future Past of course, maybe Rock of the Ages...)

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, Mel's Top Five Catwoman Costumes suggestion got the cut!


J.A.P.

[Omar Karindu]

To clarify one of my suggestions, I mean something more like "Top Five Threatening Lines of Dialogue from Villains in Grant Morrison Comics."

The guy writes nice villainous threats, like QWSP's "I'll smear you out across time and space."

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, Sabrinaset's Top Five Legion Rejects suggestion made the cut!

Reptisauris will be glad that Infectious Lass was not included on the list!

J.A.P.

[Reptisaurus!]

But EVERYBODY knows that Infectious Lass is far too awesome for this kind of list.

[FortKnox]

How about the top five Symbiotes in the Marvel U.

[Kid Kyoto]

How about top 5 characters created with no backstory in mind (who were later filled in nicely).

Cable, Doomsday, heck even Magneto would work for this list.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

But EVERYBODY knows that Infectious Lass is far too awesome for this kind of list.

Not just that, the list basically focused on the rejects that did not get picked up by an ancillary team, like The Mess or X-Bomb Betty!


J.A.P.

[Matthew E]

Here's a Top Five that's basically all ready to go, courtesy of the YABS forum on this board. Oh, you may want to fluff it out with scans and details...

Five Superheroines Created By Otto Binder

hon. mention: Lucy Lane
5. Miss America (Marvel version from the Golden Age)
4. Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks
3. Saturn Girl
2. Mary Marvel
1. Supergirl

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Here's a Top Five that's basically all ready to go, courtesy of the YABS forum on this board. Oh, you may want to fluff it out with scans and details...

Five Superheroines Created By Otto Binder

hon. mention: Lucy Lane
5. Miss America (Marvel version from the Golden Age)
4. Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks
3. Saturn Girl
2. Mary Marvel
1. Supergirl

That was basically a good idea!

J.A.P.

[Matthew E]

Top Five Reformed Supervillains. Catwoman, Pied Piper, Mr. Bones, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Riddler, Lightning Lord, Spider Girl, Blok, White Witch, Mark Shaw, Emma Frost, Major Disaster...

[Brian Cronin]

Well, Sabrinaset's Top Five Legion Rejects suggestion made the cut!

Reptisauris will be glad that Infectious Lass was not included on the list!

J.A.P.

Amusingly enough, Paul suggested that list to me himself! I didn't even notice that Bree had suggested it, also!

-Brian

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Top Five Manga Characters that were crappified in their Anime versions.

Top Five second-tier TV shows that would make great comic books (My Life As A Teen-Age Robot should be on the list!)

J.A.P.

[reader zero]

With all the skrull and zombie homage covers that have come out in the last bit, how about the top 5 most homaged covers.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Well, in honor of Top Five Month, I will give you these suggestions:

Top Five D-Listers That Would Never Work As Star Of A Solo Feature (Except for the Occaisional One-Shot)

Top Five Lamest Comic Book Characters In A Certain Category

Top Five MLJ Heroes With The Most Potential

Top Five D-List Multicultural DC Heroes That Would Make Terrific Global Guardians (Even some MIA former GG's could make that list!)

J.A.P.

[Kirayoshi]

Here's one: Top Five Pet-Names for Superheroes by their Love Interests.

My nominees:

5) Smallville(Lois Lane to Clark Kent)
4) Short Pants(Barbara Gordon to Dick Grayson)
3) Beloved(Talia to Batman, back in the day)
2) Katya(Colossus to Kitty Pryde)
1) Tiger(MJ Watson to Peter Parker, just to honk off JQ)

[newscott]

Top 5 Super Hero teams with none of their founding members.

So you and a bunch of your fellow adventurers get together, have a few laughs, beat away a few villains, set up a secret base. Then, little by little the gang starts to break apart. New guy shows up, makes himself at home. Then he brings a date. It goes on like this until one day, you walk into the club house and no one who set up the damn thing is even around anymore.

5) The New Fantastic Four (Wolverine, Spider-Man, Hulk and Ghost Rider)
4) The '03 Teen Titans (Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Changeling, Wonder Girl II, Impulse/KidFlash II, Superboy II, Robin III)
3) Peter David's X-Factor (Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Quicksilver, Wolfsbane, Maddrox)
2) The Outback X-Men (Storm, Wolverine, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Rogue, Colossus, Psylocke, Maddie and Jubilee)
1) The 2nd Avengers lineup (Cap, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver)

[newscott]

Top 5 Displays of romantic douchebaggery by Cyclops

5) That time that Colleen Wing gave him a key to her apartment and he never spoke to her again after he found out Jean was alive.
4) That time he used Lee Forrester to help him get over Phoenix's death, and then dumped her.
3) That time he walks around the x-mansion fantasizing about Psylocke even though she's a telepath, and so is his wife, Jean.
2) That time he engages in a psychic affair with Emma Frost, even though his wife is also a telepath
1) That time he hears his wife, Madelyne, has died in Dallas, and quickly slides back together with Jean

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Top Five D-List Superteam Spotlights

There has been many super-teams that rarely get any respect from their peers. They rarely (if ever) get titles of their own, but they sometimes get some sort of star treatment.

Among the great examples of this include:

*Justice League International Quarterly #17 (The Global Guardians truly get the spotlight for the first (& only) time, getting the cover AND the lead feature of this issue!)
*Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) Annual #3 (The first appearance of the second Legion of Substitute Heroes!)
*Charlton Bullseye (1980s) #4 (The one-&-only appearance of The Vanguards. Some super-teams are D-List because they are failed try-outs. This team had great potential!)
*Blue Ribbon Comics (1980s) #9 (Agents of Atlantis. This team could have filled the void left by the break-ups of the Ultra-Men & the Terrific Three!)
*Scary Tales #40 (The only appearance of Charlton's Dragon Force!)
*Star Masters #1 (The only appearace of The Women's Outer Space Patrol!)
*Femforce #58 to #60 (This three-parter was more of a set-up for the second Sentinels of Justice team than a Femforce storyarc!)
*Strikeforce: Morituri #1 (This first issue focus as much on the Strikeforce's precursor, The Black Watch, as on the Strikeforce themselves. The titular team do not even get their powers until issue #2, & in issue #3, they get their costumes!)

How do you think?

J.A.P.

[newscott]

Top 5 Comic book 5's

Dynamo 5 (http://www.dynamo5.com/)

Fantastic 5 (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/earth772f5spdm.htm)

The Fatal Five (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Five)

Inferior Five (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_Five)

Fearsome Five (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearsome_Five)

[JimZipCode]

Is this over?

I'd love to see a Top 5 most succesful RetCons list. In Marvel continuity, seems to me Elektra would have to make the top 2; a fan-favorite character who didn't exist until Frank Miller started writing Daredevil. But she probably takes second place to Captain America, and the explanation that the 1950s Cap was not the real Cap, that the real Cap was in suspended animation.

Top 5 misogynist comments by Dave Sim.

[Kirayoshi]

Here's an idea. Top Five comics where the books' creators wrote themselves into the book. My list:

5) Avengers Vol. 3, #14. Kurt Busiek and George Perez appeared between the frames a few times to move the plot along. Plus Perez got to draw the Beast again!

4) Fantastic Four Annual #3. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby try to attend the wedding of Reed and Sue, but are stopped at the front door by SHIELD agents.

3) Michael Moorcock's Multiverse 1-12. In one of the three interlocking storylines, pencilled by Walt Simonson, Michael Moorcock provides an introduction, and then plays a key supporting role. In issues #9-12 of the 12-issue mini, Walt Simonson also figures into the plot.

2) Fantastic Four #262. The Watcher summons John Byrne to observe as Lilandra places Reed Richards on trial for saving the life of Galactus. Ah, Assistant Editors Month.

1)(duh!) Animal Man #26. Buddy Baker confronts the callous 'god' who has been manipulating his life, Grant Morrison.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

And Top Five Month has come and gone!

J.A.P.

[CoffeeStained]

"Top Five Weird Variations of Archie" has some choice weird cuts, including DC's Swing With Scooter. For more on him, go to: www.dialbforblog.com (http://www.dialbforblog.com) When compared to Superman and co., Bazooka Joe really starts to look like Brian Peppers.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

When compared to Superman and co., Bazooka Joe really starts to look like Brian Peppers.

That is a really humorous statement!

J.A.P.

[Reptisaurus!]

Here's an idea. Top Five comics where the books' creators wrote themselves into the book. My list:


There have been A LOT of these. Here's my three favorites. (Obviously discounting autobiographical comics.)

1) Dave Sim/Victor Davis: Because well, ain't none of the others as controversial and long-lasting in their impact.

2) Dan Clowes in Ghost World: The main character goes to meet her creator, thinks he's weird looking, leaves.

3) Giffen and Flem at the bar in Ambush Bug: Nothing Special.