Our Favorite Comic Book Characters (Classic Comics Christmas '06)

[Cei-U!]

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted. It was ready Friday but with Rob Allen spending the weekend at my place the Internet was a low priority. Anyway…

Before we get to the lists, I thought you might enjoy some statistics.

199 different characters received votes. Batman came in as the favorite with 10 votes, Spider-Man took the silver with 9, Daredevil and The Thing tied for third with 6 votes apiece.

Here’s how all the others did.

4 votes: Bizarro No. 1, Conan, The Hulk, Scrooge McDuck, Superman, Thor

3 votes: Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), Dr. Strange, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Mister Miracle, Nexus, Plastic Man, Henry Pym, The Sandman, Shang Chi, The Silver Surfer, Swamp Thing, Tubby, Adam Warlock

2 votes: The Atom, The Beast, Heraclio Calderon, Captain America, Cerebus, Enid Coleslaw, Concrete, Jimmy Corrigan, The Creeper, Donald Duck, Dr. Doom, The Elongated Man, Fat Freddy Freekowtski, The Flash, Hopey Glass, Green Arrow, Groo, Hawkman, Hellboy, Hourman, Howard the Duck, The Huntress, Jimmy Olsen, Joe “Robbie” Robertson, Jughead, Kamandi, Killraven, Krypto, Nightcrawler, Ogami Itto, Sgt. Fury, Sgt. Rock, The Spectre, The Spirit, The Sub-Mariner, Superboy, The Unknown Soldier, Usagi Yojimbo, The Valkyrie, The Vision, Volstagg

1 vote: Ambush Bug, Animal Man, The Badger, Batgirl, Dian Belmont, Big Barda, Black Bolt, Black Goliath, The Black Knight, Black Orchid, Blok, Booster Gold, Charlie Brown, Leonard “Stinky” Brown, Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Captain Marvel (Roger Winkle), Catwoman, Maggie Chascarillo, Clonezone the Hilariator, Colossus, Betty Cooper, Crossfire, Jesse Custer, Daffy Duck, Billy Dane, Dawnstar, Deadman, Death, Deathlok, Delerium, Dennis the Menace, Sue Dibny, Dragon Man, Dr. Radium, Charlie Droople, Nathaniel Dusk, E-Man, Enemy Ace, The Falcon, Chance Falconer, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Reid Flaming, Flex Mentallo, Fred Flinstone, Hob Gadling, Galactus, Goliath (Clint Barton), Gon, Goofy, Commissioner Gordon, Gorgon, Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Grendel, Grimjack, Guy Gardner, Captain Haddock, Evey Hammond, Hawkwoman, Helper, The Invisible Girl/Woman, J. Jonah Jameson, Johnny Quick, Johnny Thunder, Judah the Hammer, Kilowog, Kona, Krazy Kat, Bat Lash, Veronica Lodge, The Lone Ranger, Lothar, Machine Man, Mage, Magneto, The Man-Thing, The Martian Manhunter, 'Mazing Man, Dane McGowan, Scott McCloud, Mark Merlin, Metamorpho, The Mole Man, Monsieur Mallah, Ms. Tree, Neil the Horse, Nite-Owl, Orion, Alfred Pennyworth, Harvey Pekar, The Phantom, The Phantom Stranger, Pig-Iron, Popeye, Ron Post, Power Girl, Quasar, The Red Tornado, Robin (Tim Drake), Robin of Earth-Two, Robotman, Rogue, Rorschach, Sad Sack, Abe Sapien, The Scarlet Witch, Scorpio, Shade the Changing Man, The Shadow, Hamnet Shakespeare, Mark Shaw, The She-Hulk, Snake Eyes, Squirrel Girl, James-Michael Starling, Starman, Adam Strange, Supergirl, Terra, Thundra, Tin, Tomahawk, Two-Face, V, Lucy Van Pelt, Wally Gator, Mary Jane Watson, Ebony White, Wildcat, Wolverine, Wonder Man, Wonder Woman, Yogi Bear, The Zombie, Zorro

24 votes cast for the #1 spot. Batman again triumphed with 5 votes, Spider-Man took second place with 4, Dr. Strange, Superman and The Thing tied for the bronze with 2 apiece. The remainder of the #1 votes were cast for Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), Cerebus, Enid Coleslaw, Krazy Kat, The Phantom Stranger, Robotman, Sgt. Fury, Uncle Scrooge and Yellowjacket.

And now, the lists.

Aaron King
12. The Mole Man
11. Green Lantern (John Stewart)
10. Machine Man
9. Wonder Woman
8. Mr. Miracle
7. Monsieur Mallah
6. Plastic Man
5. Usagi Yojimbo
4. Howard the Duck
3. Scott McCloud
2. Hellboy
1. Krazy Kat

benday-dot
12. Thor
11. Black Bolt
10. Galactus
9. The Flash (Barry Allen)
8. Spider-Man
7. Captain America
6. Daredevil
5. Jimmy Corrigan (Ware character)
4. The Hulk
3. Superman
2. Sub-Mariner
1. Dr. Strange

Budman
12. The Huntress (Helena Wayne)
11. The Invisible Girl/Woman
10. Veronica Lodge
9. The Martian Manhunter
8. The Hulk
7. The Atom (Ray Palmer)
6. Hawkman (Katar Hol)
5. Daredevil
4. Batman
3. Superman
2. Thor
1. The Thing

Cei-U!
12. Helper
11. Neil the Horse
10. Volstagg
9. Groo
8. Heraclio Calderon
7. Fat Freddy’s Cat
6. Krypto
5. Sgt. Fury
4. Bizarro No 1
3. Nightcrawler
2. Tin
1. Batman

Cherokee Jack
12. Mark Merlin
11. The Badger

coke & comics
12. The Vision
11. Usagi Yojimbo
10. Batman
9. Rogue
8. Rorschach
7. Hob Gadling
6. Gon
5. Magneto
4. The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
3. Adam Warlock
2. Dr. Doom
1. Spider-Man

dan bailey
12. Volstagg
11. Evey Hammond
10. Squirrel Girl
9. The Valkyrie
8. Bizarro No. 1
7. The She-Hulk
6. Krypto
5. Hawkwoman (of “Hawkworld”)
4. Terra
3. Power Girl
2. Captain America
1. Sgt. Fury

[Cei-U!]

DarthAstuart
12. Quasar
11. Booster Gold
10. Spider-Man
9. Commissioner Gordon
8. Guy Gardner

Dr. Hfuhruhurr
12. Clonezone the Hilariator
11. Abe Sapien
10. Joe “Robbie” Robertson
9. Deathlok (Luther Manning)
8. Black Goliath/Giant-Man
7. Mark Shaw/Manhunter/The Privateer
6. Robin of Earth-Two
5. Wonder Man
4. Nexus
3. Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
2. Grimjack
1. Robotman (Cliff Steele)

Gingold
12. Big Barda
11. Dane McGowan/Jack Frost
10. Mary Jane Watson
9. Jimmy Olsen
8. Nightcrawler
7. The Elongated Man
6. Nite-Owl
5. Plastic Man
4. Jesse Custer
3. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
2. Scrooge McDuck
1. Superman

Graham Vingoe
12. Dawnstar
11. The Scarlet Witch
10. Henry Pym
9. Scorpio
8. Bat Lash
7. Killraven
6. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
5. Man-Thing
4. Shang-Chi
3. Daredevil
2. Starman (Jack Knight)
1. Cerebus the Aardvark

Hintermann
12. Lothar
11. Goofy
10. Wally Gator
9. Captain Haddock
8. Donald Duck
7. Betty Cooper
6. Yogi Bear
5. Daffy Duck
4. Dennis the Menace
3. The Phantom
2. Sad Sack
1. Scrooge McDuck

Joe Rice
12. Animal Man
11. Snake Eyes
10. Flex Mentallo
9. Plastic Man
8. Jimmy Corrigan (Ware character)
7. Hellboy
6. Bizarro No. 1
5. Charlie Brown
4. Hopey Glass
3. Lucy Van Pelt
2. Ogami Itto
1. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)

Kan-Man
12. Blok
11. Hourman
10. Metamorpho
9. The Elongated Man
8. Wolverine
7. Spider-Man
6. The Unknown Soldier
5. Wildcat
4. Sgt. Rock
3. The Beast
2. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
1. Batman

Lone Ranger
12. Charlie Droople
11. The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
10. The Lone Ranger
9. Alfred Pennyworth
8. Tubby Tompkins
7. The Unknown Soldier
6. The Spirit
5. The Atom (Ray Palmer)
4. Daredevil
3. Green Arrow
2. Spider-Man
1. Batman

MDG
12. Sue Dibny
11. E-Man
10. The Creeper
9. The Thing
8. Kamandi
7. Heraclio Calderon
6. Ebony White
5. Donald Duck
4. The Shadow
3. Maggie Chascarillo
2. The Spirit
1. Enid Coleslaw

MWGallaher
12. Hawkman
11. Harvey Pekar
10. Henry Pym
9. Two-Face
8. The Red Tornado (android)
7. Tubby Tompkins
6. Crossfire
5. Reid Flaming, World’s Toughest Milkman
4. Captain Marvel (Roger Winkle)
3. The Spectre
2. Mr. Miracle
1. The Phantom Strangerfo

Nathan Carroll
12. Dr. Strange
11. The Silver Surfer
10. Thor
9. Scrooge McDuck
8. Batman (of “The Dark Knight Returns”)
7. Ambush Bug
6. Groo
5. Daredevil
4. Nexus
3. V
2. Ogami Itto
1. Spider-Man

prince hal
12. Green Arrow
11. Tomahawk
10. Enemy Ace
9. Hamnet Shakespeare
8. Adam Strange
7. Superboy
6. Sgt. Rock
5. Swamp Thing
4. The Thing

Red Oak Kid
12. Catwoman
11. The Hulk
10. Orion
9. Swamp Thing
8. Conan
7. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
6. Superboy
5. Deadman
4. Kamandi
3. Concrete
2. The Silver Surfer
1. Batman

Rob Allen
12. Jughead Jones
11. Shade the Changing Man
10. The Zombie
9. The Silver Surfer
8. Shang-Chi
7. Daredevil
6. Howard the Duck
5. Adam Warlock
4. Conan
3. Fat Freddy Freekowtski
2. The Thing
1. Peter Parker

SamuraiJack
12. Zorro
11. The Falcon
10. Kilowog
9. Grendel
8. Gorgon
7. Colossus
6. Dr. Doom
5. Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
4. Robin (Tim Drake)
3. Batman
2. Supergirl
1. Superman

Scott Shaw!
12. Kona, Monarch of Monster Islle
11. Dragon Man
10. Tubby Tompkins
9. The Hulk
8. Pig-Iron
7. Popeye
6. Jimmy Olsen
5. Bizarro No. 1
4. Scrooge McDuck
3. Fred Flinstone
2. Fat Freddy Freekowtski
1. The Thing

scratchie
6. The Valkyrie
5. James-Michael Starling
4. Enid Coleslaw
3. Leonard “Stinky” Brown

shjonescrk
12. Billy Dane
11. Thor
10. Sub-Mariner
9. Swamp Thing
8. Shang-Chi
7. Conan
1. Spider-Man

Simon Garth
12. Thundra
11. The Vision
10. The Creeper
9. Black Orchid
8. Hopey Glass
7. Cerebus the Aardvark
6. Adam Warlock
5. Dr. Radium
4. Concrete
3. Mage
2. Nexus
1. Dr. Strange

Sir Tim Drake
12. Judah the Hammer
11. Chance Falconer
10. Conan

Slam Bradley
12. J. Jonah Jameson
11. Nathaniel Dusk
10. The Huntress (Helena Wayne)
9. Jim Corrigan (The Spectre)
8. ‘Mazing Man
7. The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
6. Ms. Tree
5. Joe “Robbie” Robertson
4. Dian Belmont
3. Death of the Endless
2. Spider-Man
1. Batman

T Guy
12. The Thing
11. Killraven
7. Mister Miracle
5. Jughead Jones
4. Batman

zilch
12. Johnny Quick
11. Johnny Thunder (Western)
10. Delerium
9. Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
8. The Beast
7. The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
6. Ron Post
5. Hourman
4. The Flash (Barry Alen)
3. Goliath (Clint Barton)
2. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
1. Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)

I’d like to encourage those of you who submitted incomplete lists to finish them when time permits. As far as I’m concerned, this thread will never be closed. I’ll update the stats and lists as new votes come in.

Of course, the real fun of these surveys is reading each others’ explanations for our choices. The original threads are linked below.

The First Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156326)
The Second Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156476)
The Third Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156582)
The Fourth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156659)
The Fifth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156758)
The Sixth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156850)
The Seventh Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156953)
The Eighth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=157102)
The Ninth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=157242)
The Tenth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=157347)
The Eleventh Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=157450)
The Twelfth Day of Classic Comics Christmas ‘06 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=157546)

Finally, my apology for overreacting to Aaron K’s well-meant attempt to help me out last Friday. What can I say? I’m overprotective of my babies.

Cei-U!
I summon the last loose end!

[MWGallaher]

If one of your favorites got just one vote, don't assume you're the only one that loves 'em. Looking through the list there are several that I seriously considered putting somewhere on my list of twelve:
Animal Man, Big Barda, The Black Knight, Maggie Chascarillo, Deadman, Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Bat Lash, The Man-Thing, Metamorpho, Robotman, Starman, Wildcat, and The Zombie.

From the two-voters, these were in contention for me:
The Atom, Concrete, The Creeper, Hopey Glass, Hourman, The Sub-Mariner, and Superboy.

Some of my actual choices garnered two other votes (for a total of three), but I also pondered including these three-voters:
Plastic Man and Swamp Thing.

Of the higher-scoring characters, only the Thing came close to making my list.

Several of your choices just hadn't occurred to me. I was really floored by the inclusion of Charlie Droople, that wonderful one-shot Skeates/Aparo creation.

[T GUy]

I’d like to encourage those of you who submitted incomplete lists to finish them when time permits. As far as I’m concerned, this thread will never be closed. I’ll update the stats and lists as new votes come in.

Thank you, Cei-U!

I must prod myself into doing more of those little write-ups commenting on my choices.

[Gingold]

Nice job, Cei-U! But where's my #1 pick of Superman?

[Cei-U!]

Nice job, Cei-U! But where's my #1 pick of Superman?

Lost in the shuffle, I guess. The change should be reflected above shortly.

Cei-U!
I summon the oops!

[benday-dot]

Well done indeed Cei-U. I looked at your compiled stats with great interest. A personal reflection... so many of the characters particpants listed, no matter where and how often or little they appeared in your compilation of statistics, would also have made my list if either I had thought of them or if we were asked to include our top twenty, rather than twelve. The one exception, strangely enough, would be the overall most loved character of all. For whatever reason Batman has always failed to catch on in my imagination. I can't explain this... the character really is so very cool and I embrace all those excellent reasons people gave for making Batman their number one.

Oh well, my New Years resolution... read more Batman.

[Gingold]

Lost in the shuffle, I guess. The change should be reflected above shortly.

Cei-U!
I summon the oops!

Thanks! It's cool to see what a wide variety of characters were chosen, and who got multiple nods.

[Aaron King]

This list is much better than mine, anyway. It looks great. I'll be reflecting tomorrow on which characters from others' lists that I would've included in my own.

Happy New Year, all.

[Slam_Bradley]

Characters that I seriously considered, but did not make the list.

Jon Sable.

Maggie the Cat.

Travis Morgan.

Abel (of Sandman and House of Secrets).

John Constantine.

Jonah Hex

Howard the Duck.

Alfred Pennyworth.

Mercury of the Metal Men.

Oberon from Mister Miracle and JLA.

Lord Julius.

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-eyed Thing.

Uncle Scrooge.

Baron Hans von Hammer.

Scribbly.

Wildcat (Ted Grant).

Deadman (Boston Brand).

[Gingold]

My also-rans-

Green Arrow
Blue Beetle
Lord Fanny
Captain Haddock
Black Canary
Ruben Flagg
The Thing
Emma Frost
Metamorpho
Crazy Jane

[Simon Garth]

Looking at that lot, I feel better about forgetting the Spirit - hard to believe that he only got one vote.

[Kan-Man]

My "Close But No Cigar" List...

Sandman (Fedora only, please)
Dr. Mid-Nite
Plastic Man
Red Tornado
Mr. Miracle
Jonah Hex
Johnny Quick
The Atom
Lead (from The Metal Men)
The Flash (Barry Allen or Jay Garrick)
Captain America
Superman

Although if I knew Peanuts was eligible, Charlie Brown would battle it out with Batman for my number one.

[Simon Garth]

Um... that "ninth day" link goes to a thread called "The Usual suspects vs. Reservoir dogs vs.Pulp Fiction "

[Cei-U!]

Um... that "ninth day" link goes to a thread called "The Usual suspects vs. Reservoir dogs vs.Pulp Fiction "

Not any more.

Cei-U!
Thanks for the heads up!

[Aaron King]

Some people I wish I hadn't forgot about:
the entire Nexus universe
'Mazing Man
Martian Manhunter
Jimmy Olsen
Volstagg
Animal Man (who's currently great in 52)

[Scott Shaw!]

Here are some of my faves that didn't make the cut (in no particular order):

-- Herbie Popnecker
-- Denny "The Spirit" Colt
-- The Bouncer
-- Granny Goodness
-- Lockjaw The Alligator
-- Grandpa Abraham Simpson
-- Zippy The Pinhead
-- Jay "Crossfire" Endicott
-- Detective Chimp
-- Cliff "Robotman" Steele
-- The Red Skull
-- Fighting American
-- Dum Dum Dugan
-- Manuel Pacifico, Tuna Fisherman
-- Dennis The Menace (in comics by Fred Toole and Al Wiseman)
-- Melvin The Monster
-- The Monster Of Dread End (from Dell's GHOST STORIES No. 1)
-- Little Archie
-- Igor and Freddie The Bat (from TALES CALCULATED TO DRIVE YOU BATS)
-- Quick Draw McGraw
-- Wonder Wart-Hog

...and a whole bunch more!

Aloha,

Scott!

[Graham Vingoe]

My close but no cigar list included , Swamp Thing, Zatanna, the Beast , The Shadow (Helfer/Sienkiewicz version), Doc Savage, Clive Reston, Hawkman, The Atom, Wonder Man, The Beast, iron Man , Captain America, Carol Danvers, Rorschach, William Gull ( as depicted in From Hell), Ultra Boy, The Thing, Bridget Kinsolving and the Angel.
Had to be ruthless to cut the list down so a top 20 would have been straightforward for me.

[Hintermann]

Nice to see the post with links to each day. I have long had my own Top Ten list - the same first ten on the list posted in these forums - and it was only a matter of adding numbers 11 & 12. I am obviously the only one with no superhero character on the list. If I had to include someone, it would have to be Superman because he is the only one that I have some knowledge of via comics. He would probably be No:17 or 18.

Having said that, back in 1968, a distant cousin spent a few months in my house after breaking a leg. He had a stack of superhero comics and I vaguely recall a series where there were "Knights (or warriors?) of Lallor" or something like that. One of the characters was called "Duplicate Boy" and his real name was Qued something-or-the-other. I became briefly interested in those stories, but it did not last.

[Graham Vingoe]

Hintermann, this seems a good an opportunity as any to say that your posts in these thread were amongst those I looked forward to reading the most. Even those characters I've never read before like Sad Sack were extremely well described, and your comments were very entertaining and educational to me.
Oh, the comics you've just described appear to have been prime Adventure Comics era tales of the Legion of Superheroes in case you wondered, and the character name you recall is Ord Quelo of the Heroes of Lallor- considering your professed lack of knowledge about superhero comics, I find your recall of that particular information impressive to say the least.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Having said that, back in 1968, a distant cousin spent a few months in my house after breaking a leg. He had a stack of superhero comics and I vaguely recall a series where there were "Knights (or warriors?) of Lallor" or something like that. One of the characters was called "Duplicate Boy" and his real name was Qued something-or-the-other. I became briefly interested in those stories, but it did not last.

[ too much information]

Duplicate Boy was a supporting character in the Legion of Super-Heroes, and the team he was a member of was called the Heroes of Lallor. His real name was Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord, in either order. His power was to duplicate any other superpower, making him the most powerful superhero in the Legion mythos. He had a longstanding romance with Shrinking Violet, until a later story where she got kidnapped and replaced with an impostor, and he suspected something was wrong but neglected to tell anybody. When Vi escape from captivity, she beat him up and ended the relationship (which, according to some fans, was never really serious since Vi was a closeted lesbian).

[ / too much information]

[Joe Rice]

One character didn't make my list just because of the rules of when the characters were created: Molly "Princess Powerful" Hayes of Runaways fame.

Other almosts: Ben Grimm, J. Jonah Jameson, Jesse Custer, Frank Castle, and the golden age Jester character.

[Cei-U!]

Also-rans for my list, in no particular order, include Captain Marvel (Billy), The Thing, Iron Man, Judah the Hammer, Bat-Mite, Max (as in Sam &), Woozy Winks, Ofelia (from the Palomar stories), Ra's al-Ghul, Obelix, Starman (Jack Knight), Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, Magica DeSpell, Loki and (no duh) Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt.

Cei-U!
I summon the honorable mentions!

[Lone Ranger]

Considering my list were mainly obvious 'Fan Boy' choices, I was surprised that I was the only one to mention the Spirit and Alfred.

Here are some names that passed through my mind at some point when contemplating my list (I've forgotten many):


Silver Surfer
Huntress
Rio
Tarzan
Magnus, Robot Fighter
Black Cat (Harvey)
Enemy Ace
Nightshade
Zorro
Captain Marvel Jr.
Joker
Plastic Man
Loco (Charlton western character)
Luke Cage
Black Canary
Daffy Duck
Little Lulu
Detective Chimp
Shang-Chi
Harvey Pekar
Dum Dum Duggan
James Gordon
Rawhide Kid
Johnny Thunder (Western)
Lois Lane
Bizarro No. 1
Jonah Hex
Solomon Grundy
Spooky, the Tuff Little Ghost
Zombie (Simon Garth)
Shrinking Violet

[dan bailey]

Finalists who didn't quite make the cut for me were Sue Dibny, Sgt Rock, Medusa (or some other favorite Inhuman, namely Black Bolt or Crystal ... or, hell, quite possibly Lockjaw!), Ms Tree, Ben Grimm, & some Legionnaire or other whom I'd've chosen through a series of coin-tosses or something ... undoubtedly others who'll come to mind as soon as I hit "Submit Reply."

Zippy would definitely have ranked high on my list if I thought of him as a comics (or, more apropos, comix) character, which I know is how he started out. I've read very, very few of those appearances, though, & know & love him almost solely from Griffith's strip, which I first encountered in the Phoenix New Times Weekly while going to school out there in the early '80s.

As noted during the thread, I was all primed to put Powers' Deena Pilgrim in until Kurt had occasion to mention his ban on characters introduced after '98. The same consideration presumably would've kept me from listing She-Hulk's Awesome Android (dates back to the early '60s, but the version I love -- Dan Slott's -- has been around only the last couple of years. (I already bent the rules by listing Jennifer Walters herself, since again it's Slott's version I'm enamoured with.)

[Kan-Man]

Considering my list were mainly obvious 'Fan Boy' choices, I was surprised that I was the only one to mention the Spirit and Alfred.

I really could have filled most of my list with members of the Batman family, so I made a personal rule to spread the wealth around.

[Hintermann]

Hintermann, this seems a good an opportunity as any to say that your posts in these thread were amongst those I looked forward to reading the most. Even those characters I've never read before like Sad Sack were extremely well described, and your comments were very entertaining and educational to me.
Oh, the comics you've just described appear to have been prime Adventure Comics era tales of the Legion of Superheroes in case you wondered, and the character name you recall is Ord Quelo of the Heroes of Lallor- considering your professed lack of knowledge about superhero comics, I find your recall of that particular information impressive to say the least.

Thanks GV (and Sir Tim, for the info). Actually I fully read only one Duplicate Boy story where another Lallor character whose name I forget is attracted to DB's girlfriend - I think she was called Violet something - and she briefly to him. DB cathes them kissing passionately, loses his temper and threatens to kill the other guy before the girl calms him down.

I also recall an earlier scene in the same story where everyone is returning home after a party. As people get dropped off at their apartments in huge skyskrapers, they seem to float across on anti-gravity belts or something.

[MDG]

Considering my list were mainly obvious 'Fan Boy' choices, I was surprised that I was the only one to mention the Spirit and Alfred.
I had the Spirit too, LR. I can't believe, though, that I forgot Bat Lash, Concrete and Ms. Tree.

And now that I think about 80s indies, Wolverine McAllistaire should've been way up on my list.

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

I had the Spirit too, LR. I can't believe, though, that I forgot Bat Lash, Concrete and Ms. Tree.

And now that I think about 80s indies, Wolverine McAllistaire should've been way up on my list.

MDG

Sorry about that MDG - I didn't look at the list, I was basing my statement on Simon Garth's post.

I forgot to add Doll Man to my 'close but no cigar'.

I loves me some Darrell Dane.

[Simon Garth]

Thanks GV (and Sir Tim, for the info). Actually I fully read only one Duplicate Boy story where another Lallor character whose name I forget is attracted to DB's girlfriend - I think she was called Violet something - and she briefly to him. DB cathes them kissing passionately, loses his temper and threatens to kill the other guy before the girl calms him down.

I also recall an earlier scene in the same story where everyone is returning home after a party. As people get dropped off at their apartments in huge skyskrapers, they seem to float across on anti-gravity belts or something.

That sounds like an issue of Legion from about early-mid 80s: some bunch of Legionnaires are trapped on a moonlet or something and someone or other (Collosal Boy, ISTR) and Violet get interested, only to be interrupted by DB.

Coming back to the nearlies - I always liked Shrinking Violet for a couple of reasons - (1) I loved the name (even before I know that it was a pun on slang for shyness, which I'd never heard at the time), and (2) loved her green and black costume.

Other nearlies: The Spirit and Dolan (if I'd actually remembered they existed :rolleyes: ), virtually all the cast of Killraven (in fact most of the cast ahead of 'raven; loved Carmilla Frost, M'Shulla and Old Skull), Badger, Wolverine (even as over-exposed, and ludicrously over-powerful as he is now), Spider-Man, Firelord, the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, Shang Chi, James-Michael Starling, Deena Pilgrim (I wish Powers qualified), Maggie from L&R, Shade the changing man, Angel, the Ape, Dirty Drew and Dirty Fleagle, and oh, just lots of people. I'm a tad hampered in my recollection as I no longer possess any comics earlier than late 2005!

On another tack - it was interesting to see a number of characters turn up that I absolutely loathed. It's obviously true that every characters is someone's favourite (even Clonezone!)

[Kan-Man]

And now that I think about 80s indies, Wolverine McAllistaire should've been way up on my list.MDG

He occurred to me after I started posting my selections. Great character.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Thanks GV (and Sir Tim, for the info). Actually I fully read only one Duplicate Boy story where another Lallor character whose name I forget is attracted to DB's girlfriend - I think she was called Violet something - and she briefly to him. DB cathes them kissing passionately, loses his temper and threatens to kill the other guy before the girl calms him down.

I forget which issue this was, but I think it was somewhere between #295 and #306. At this point, Shrinking Violet had been kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter named Yera, but no one knew it yet. Yera, the impostor, fell in love with Colossal Boy (a Legionnaire, not a Lallorian), who had had a longstanding unrequited crush on the real Violet. They ran off and got married, off-panel, and remained married even after it was revealed that Yera was not the real Violet.

That sounds like an issue of Legion from about early-mid 80s: some bunch of Legionnaires are trapped on a moonlet or something and someone or other (Collosal Boy, ISTR) and Violet get interested, only to be interrupted by DB.

That issue was #289, which I think was slightly earlier than the one I was just describing. That issue does have some romantic scenes with Colossal Boy and (the fake) Violet. But you might be thinking of the scene where Light Lass shows up to rescue her boyfriend Timber Wolf, and finds him in a compromising position with Saturn Girl.

[Aaron King]

I get a weird kick out of reading Tim's explanations of Legion continuity.

[SamuraiJack]

My also-rans:


Power Girl
Thor
Wildcat
Hulk
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man
Red Tornado
Green Lantern (Hal)
Wonder Woman
Timber Wolf (could have been any Legionnaire, but Brin's my fave)
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Shang Chi
Iron Man
Longshot
Martian Manhunter
Green Arrow
Aquaman (yeah, I said it)
Flash (Barry Allen)
Ghost Rider (Western)
Jonah Hex
Unknown Soldier
Nick Fury
Two-Face
Black Adam


And I have to echo Joe's love for Molly from Runaways. Although if current characters were allowed it'd be a toss-up for me to add her or Carolina Dean from the same book...

[dan bailey]

He occurred to me after I started posting my selections. Great character.

Ummm ... who/what exactly was this? A Google of the name yields only 1 hit -- a CBR post by MDG yearning for a collection.

[Graham Vingoe]

http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=18781

Wolverine Mc is the lead character in this title by William Messner-Loebs- Essentially he's a frontiersman roaming the woodlands around Lake Michigan before and during the 1812 wars.
I can only echo MDG and Kan-Man - he is a great character and that is one of my favourite titles. I too wish I'd included him

[dan bailey]

Now look here, Graham -- my want list is already expanding exponentially every time I read this thread &/or dip into the 25-for-$7.99 long boxes under the counters at the LCS nearest the house (as I have done, alas, my last 3 or 4 visits there, with 200-plus mostly indy titles from the mid-'80s-to-mid-'90s to show for it), & these sorts of posts don't help the problem at all!

[Graham Vingoe]

Now look here, Graham -- my want list is already expanding exponentially every time I read this thread &/or dip into the 25-for-$7.99 long boxes under the counters at the LCS nearest the house (as I have done, alas, my last 3 or 4 visits there, with 200-plus mostly indy titles from the mid-'80s-to-mid-'90s to show for it), & these sorts of posts don't help the problem at all!

In which case if you happen to find a copy of Journey:Wardrums issue 2, please buy it for me- I had no idea it had ever been released and only found out about it last year- roughly 20 years after it was released.
in fact if anyone has actually GOT a copy let me know!

[dan bailey]

Good luck, Graham. Y'know, this is the sort of thing that makes me wake up in the middle of the night wondering (well, not really -- I almost always do wake up in the middle of the night, mind, but it's because of a long pattern of sleep problems that long predate my re-immersion into comics*) whether my evil friend was actually tellling the truth way back in elementary school when he insisted that he'd seen a copy of Brother Power -- the Geek #3(!!!) in an out-of-town spinner rack ...




*Though this morning's dream about reading some article on old "key issues" might've played a role in this instance ...

[Chris N]

Oh, can I use this opportunity to apologise to all those great characters who were slighted by me, including, but not limited to:

Villains such as:
Thanos
Galactus
Kingpin
Dr. Octopus
Green Goblin
Lizard
Sandman
Joker
Two-Face
Ventriloquist
Raas Al Ghul
Hugo Strange
Bane
Proctor
Lex Luthor

Dc heroes such as:
Spectre
Nightwing
Question
Green Arrow
Phantom Stranger
Constantine
Swamp Thing
Superman

Marvel Heroes such as:
Silver Surfer
Dr. Strange
Hulk
Invisible Woman
Thing
Sleepwalker
Black Bolt
Daredevil
Nick Fury

Avengers such as:
Captain America
Quasar
Black Widow
Namor
Starfox
Hercules
Thor
Tigra
Jarvis


X-Men such as:
Wolverine
Beast
Nightcrawler
Storm
Psylocke
Forge

Watchmen such as:
Dr. Manhattan
Nite Owl

Sandman characters such as:
Lucifer
Death
Delirium
Dream
Abel
Norton I
Shakespeare


as well as:
J. Jonah Jameson
Uncle Scrooge
Human Target
Jesse Custer
Halo Jones
Vanth Dreadstar

and probably several more...

[Lone Ranger]

I just wanted to point out that I've posted my 12 picks, with the little write ups and pics on my blog (link below).

[Nate C.]

Hey Kurt,

my number one was Spider-Man.:)

[Cei-U!]

Hey Kurt,

my number one was Spider-Man.:)

So noted and amended, N.C.

Cei-U!
I summon the Edit button!

[Kirk G]

Good luck, Graham. Y'know, this is the sort of thing that makes me wake up in the middle of the night wondering (well, not really -- I almost always do wake up in the middle of the night, mind, but it's because of a long pattern of sleep problems that long predate my re-immersion into comics*) whether my evil friend was actually tellling the truth way back in elementary school when he insisted that he'd seen a copy of Brother Power -- the Geek #3(!!!) in an out-of-town spinner rack ...
...

You're going to hate me for this, Dan...
I just saw a listing for that issue in ebay as part of a four part DC 1970s lot.
Search under the name "Black Magic", and it'll probably pop up as one of only 10 or so items.

Good luck!

[dan bailey]

You're going to hate me for this, Dan...
I just saw a listing for that issue in ebay as part of a four part DC 1970s lot.
Search under the name "Black Magic", and it'll probably pop up as one of only 10 or so items.

Good luck!

If so, it's not there now. Besides, other than the occasional cruel jibe from certain individuals here, I know that comic never came out. I know it.

Really.

I do.

Honest.

Can't hurt to try eBay again ...

[Heraclevs]

Top 12:
12. Plastic Man
11. Spider-Man
10. Hawkman (Earth 2, except for when he wears the weird gold helmet)
9: Enemy Ace
8. Rocketeer
7. Hercules (Marvel)
6. Thor
5. Superman
4. Captain America
3. Manhunter (Paul Kirk)
2. The Thing
1. Batman

Didn't Quite Make the Cut: (no particular order)
Silent Knight
Wonder woman
Huntress (Helena Wayne)
Manhunter (Kirk de Paul)
Nemesis (from JSA Annual #1)
Hulk
Nightwing
Sub-Mariner
Sandman (w/Fedora and Gas Mask)
Crimson Avenger (w/Business Suit, fedora, and red cape)
Wildcat (Ted Grant)
Aquaman
Homer J. Simpson
Wally the Useless Engineeer from Dilbert
St. Dogbert
Captain Marvel (Shazam!)
The Creeper (pre-1987 revamp)
Troy McClure


- Romans 9

[ewomack]

What? No Matter Eater Lad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad) or Arm Fall Off Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_fall_off_boy)?!? How can ANYONE overlook these classics? :D

Krazy Kat, Schmoo, and Cerebus top my list. The Bob Kane Batman fits in there somewhere also. There's too much good classic stuff to comprehend.