The 50 Worst Comic Book Characters
The world of comic books, much like any entertainment medium, is one that must continually introduce new characters, revamp old characters and attempt to keep things interesting; month after month. Like a TV show that’s been on for too long, occasionally the comic book industry jumps the shark. But even after that they have to try to bring the reader back to the pages again. Sometimes the big brains at Marvel, DC, image, darkhorse…et. al come up with some amazing hits. But on an equal level; they shit out some amazing misses. These are the top 50 misses…the horrible, eye gouging, why lord me, misses.
50 Elektra:Why does every fan boy have a boner over Elektra. She’s a second rate character from a second rate comic book – and then she died. But every time Elektra is mentioned some comic book editor pitches a tent over the Elektra legacy. She’s dead, there’s a reason for that.
49 Dazzler: This is the problem with cross pollination of industries. In the 70s the music industry and the comics industry teamed up to do a crossover character and what do we get: A disco queen who uses the power of cocaine and funk to trounce her enemies.
48 Wonderman: There’s nothing worse than being a cheap rip-off of another distributors character. That is, unless, you’re a dude and you’re a rip off of a chick.
47 Champion of the universe: This guy reminds me of the South Park episode with Russel Crowe and “Fightin’ ‘round the world.” He travels and fights, travels and fights for no other reason than he likes to fight. There’s no need to bring the worlds of Comic Books and pro-wrestling together because this proves that it sucks.
46 Animal Vegetable Mineral man: Shape changey gay guy with a horrible name.
45 8-ball man: This is probably the epitome of the shitty conceptual character design. All testicle jokes aside this guy had a gang of ball themed thugs that did his bidding. Though he would work great in a humorous comic. “Holy shit I’ve got blue balls. The only thing left in my arsenal is blue balls.” And then we gets his ass kicked “I’m going home to take care of my balls.”
44 AmeriCop: Judge Dredd called, he’d like his gimmick back.
43 Ant Man: Well we’ve got Spiderman, Batman, Superman and every other sordid thing we can throw the word “man” after. Why not make an Antman. What’s he do you ask? Runs around being tiny and fucking annoying. What makes me sicker is that they’ve run out of A-list comic characters to make movies after and they’re in the pre-production phase of making a movie after this moron.
42 Boomerang: If he uses these things as weapons, like maybe they have razor sharp edges or something, how come they never chop his fucking fingers off? And if they’re just regular boomerangs then how the hell does he do it. I’ve used boomerangs and those things never return, it’s a curved stick and a shitty idea for a bad guy.
41 Siryn: Loud Mouthed woman screams bad guys to death: almost fitting.
40 Banshee: Loud Mouth guy screams bad guys to death: He’s a little bitch.
39 Kylun: This guy’s power is that he can recreate any noise he’s heard. Imagine making a super hero out of the black guy from Police Academy who makes all the sound effects: yeah, shitty.
38 Sauron: Normally I would be a big fan of this guy ‘cause he’s a dinosaur and dinosaurs are kick ass. But he’s a reluctant villain. And if you’re going to be part man and part Pterodactyl…own that shit and eat some kids for fucks sake.
37 The Young Avengers:
What’s your name?
Marvel Comics Executive.
And what are you doing?
Running out of ideas for characters.
So what’s your solution?
Using the Muppet Babies formula we’re making The Young Avengers.
How do you sleep at night?
On ridiculous piles of money; safe in the knowledge that I am sucking every last drop of blood out of this stone.
36 Booster Gold: Douche Bag steals a bunch of stuff and goes back in time to become a super hero: Film at eleven.
Numbers 35 - 20 are all dedicated to one man. And that man is Rob Liefeld. Rob Liefeld is the King of “All Flash and no Gas. All show and no go.” He’s realistically only ever created one successful comic book team and everything following that creation has been a formulaic attempt to recreate his one iota of success. Not only that but as his career spirals downward he’s become nothing but a cheese dick rip-off artist. And I’m not even going to touch the obvious flaws in his artwork.
35 Bloodwulf: If Kid N’ Play and a werewolf had a baby it would be this guy. Who, in Rob Liefeld’ habit of stealing other characters, is really a shitty rip off of Lobo.
34 Troll: It’s bad that Rob Liefeld gets away with the shit that he does. I wonder if anyone ever sat him down and said, “Rob, I hate to have to tell you this but, you suck on so many levels I can feel myself being hated on just for being in this room with you.”
33 Cabbot & Battlestone: Dear Cable: Rob Liefeld never created a character that he loved as much as you and since it’s the intellectual property of Marvel Comics he can’t see you anymore. But don’t worry because every pea brained, comic team, idea the he comes up with will be lead by a character that looks, acts, and is drawn just like you.
32 Lethal: Here, as you can see, Rob Liefeld rips off Jim Lee’s Zealot idea.
31 Bloodstrike: Here Rob rips off the Deathstroke character from DC Comics
30 Diehard: Iron Man rip off. Rob, dude, give it up already.
29 Sentinel: Rob Liefeld has one black character. He can only draw black guys with facial hair that look half asian. And there’s one in each team. Rob Liefeld; ACLU poster boy.
28 Vogue: A Russian Cosmetics Mogul and gymnast who fights crime and looks a lot like Dominoe… another Rob Liefeld Marvel creation.
27 Task: Rob Liefeld guide to making characters.
Step One: Shitty, unfunctional face mask
Step Two: Make sure it looks like every other character with a shitty nonfunctional face mask
Step Three: Pretentious name
Step Four: Masturbate
26 Bedrock: This is hilarious. Rob Liefeld has this formula for creating super hero teams and each one has to include some retardedly big “Strong Guy”. And when the character flops ass, he reoutfits him with a shit load of battle rattle. If he’s huge and made of stone, why does he need armor and guns? Not to mention this guys name is now BADROCK because Hanna Barbara sued Liefeld’s ass.
25 Chapel: The Black Punisher…but filled to the brim with SUCK.
24 Shaft: Yeah, the name says it all.
23 Supreme: Dear Superman I want to be you so bad that it hurts in all of my inadequate superhero parts.
22 Glory: Wonder Woman’s distant, lesbian, cousin…I hate you Rob.
21 Fighting American: Amazingly enough this doesn’t top the list of characters that Rob Liefeld ripped off. But obviously this is Captain America. The story goes that Rob sucked it up on the Captain America heroes reborn story arc and when he was let go he snagged up an old property previously unused – the fighting American – and debuted the stories he had planned for Cap with Fighting Dipshit.
20 Psi-Fire: This is the top of the Rob Liefeld list because this dipshit character is meant to be himself. I guess if I ran my own comic book company I’d probably put myself in a comic book too but fuck Rob Liefeld.
19 Ice Man: Frosty the snow man gets a bad attitude and decides to be a hero.
18 Bullseye: I throw things, accurately, and instead of becoming the greatest major league pitcher ever and raking in billions in contracts and endorsements I’m a shitty super villain that gets his ass kicked by a blind guy.
17 Thor: I’ve never understood the need for “gods” in comic books. That is until I found this. Now that’s an ass kicking god. Thor pales in comparison to the Kung Fu skills of the almighty.
16 Wonder Woman: A product of the late 60’s womens liberation movement Wonder Woman is the super spokesman for women can do anything a man can do. She’s got an invisible jet, which is kinda cool, unless you get shit faced and don’t remember where you parked the thing. I’ve never actually understood the whole Lasso thing, but my guess is she’s into some freaky shit in the bedroom and she carries the lasso with her because she gets urges.
15 Poison Ivy: Finally someone portrays an accurate hippie. Angry hippie woman is all over Batman’s jock because he doesn’t like plants and eats meat by the handful. Of course there’s really not a whole lot that she can do about it without proper sunlight and fertilization. This might be the shittiest Batman villain ever….wait, that’s not true.
14 Angel : If you’re a superhero that can fly, that’s pretty cool, as long as you can use it as an offensive weapon. But Angel doesn’t have any offensive weapons, he can fly, but other than that he better be a fucking UFC master because he’s gotta do hand to hand combat just like any other guy in a bar fight.
13 The Riddler: Jokes? You got jokes bitch? Well I got puzzles and brain teasers. Super Powers? No…but you give me one of those Sudoku books and I’ll wreck shop on that fucking thing. Matthew Lesko is suing you for copyright infringement over the use of his trademark “Crazy Question Marks” on a suit kind of thing.
12 Jacob Marlowe: Jim Lee, you know I love you, but why would you put a funky looking midget in charge of your premiere ass kicking team?
11 Daredevil: Blind guy fighting crime with his super bat-like senses. WOOOOOOO. The next generation of EEO superhero is going to be an entire wheelchair basketball team. They kick major ass..unless they have to go up hill, or over a curb. Why? What is the purpose of this guy. There’s 392 other superheroes in New York, why is there one who constantly bitches about Americans with Disabilities Act?
10 The Flash: The Crack head of the Justice League the Flash can be found apologizing for premature ejaculation, offering lightning quick hand jobs for “just a little rock man”, and trying to explain his way out of getting caught sniffing Womnder Woman’s panties.
9 Green Lantern: This guy is great at accessorizing..unless it’s something yellow. Yellow kills this guy dead. That’s an amazing idea…except for the whole yellow sun that lights the planet he lives on thing. That’ll never come up.
8 Lex Luthor: This is Superman’s arch nemesis? The man of steel who can do EVERYTHING…his biggest enemy is a megalomaniacal billionaire? Not some super demon, or god, nope - Superman fights Donald Trump’s ugly little brother.
7 The Fantastic Four: Fag, Fag, Dude with a dick made of rocks and the whore….next.
6 The Hulk: Dweeb gets mad, dweeb turns into green monster. His weinie shrivels, his back-ne flairs up and he beats his wife because Roid Rage is a hard thing to deal with. Now you know why Hulk Mad.
5 Jean Grey: How many times can this bitch die and come back to life? Fucking seriously. I want to know how the editors at Marvel decide to run a Jean Grey story.
“Well guys, shit’s getting pretty boring around here. What should we do?”
“Let’s bring Jean Grey back to life.”
“How can we pull that off, we’ve done it 19,000 times already.”
“This time her soul was hiding in the anus of a bird that lives on a distant planet. The bird attacks the earth and in the process poops out jean.”
“Brilliant, run with it.”
Assholes.
4 Hawkman: Me am hawkman. Me fly and carry mace. Me am only two steps above being the Hulk. This is one of the reasons I spent more of my youth reading Marvel than DC. Almost every DC character is Animal Trait + Man = hero. This guy is more useless than Angel.
3 Aquaman: Namor, The Submariner, is the king of Atlantis. This pocket of shit isn’t even royalty. He swims around, talking to fish. Basically, in the world of super heroes, Aquaman is the chatty gay friend your girlfriend brings home who can’t stop talking about office gossip or who Justin Timberlake is nailing.
2 The Varieties Of Superman: When Superman “died” I was pretty happy. Then out of every corner of the universe comes three billion different versions of Superman. Black Superman, Young Superman, Cybor Superman, Angry Superman, Water Superman, dildo superman, BBQ Superman, Superman with scrubbing bubbles, Hairy Superman, Old Fat Balding Superman, Jewish Mother Superman…it was like watching pro-sports go through an expansion period because it was a fucking mess.
And topping off the entire list?
1 Superman: The man of steel? Fuck him. I hate Superman because he’s easily the least identifiable hero ever. I want heroes that I can identify with. Someone who I can look at and say “He’s like me but look how he over came the odds to survive.” But Superman is unstoppable. He has every power possible which makes you never actually feel like he is ever in trouble. Terrorists? Should he use his heat vision, his ice breath, super strength, super speed…who cares it’s not gonna stop him. This is why he’s the worst. He could probably take a nuclear warhead inside his crap-hole in order to protect a city - which is gross - even that wouldn’t stop him. I got all sorts of excited when he died, but then he came back…and just won’t go away. He’s such a shitty character that the recent story arc - For Tomorrow - drawn by jim lee failed to garner significant attention. To give you an idea Jim Lee has set every record when it comes to selling comic books because his art is so sought after; and if Jim Lee can’t successfully give a character a push start then it’s time to hang it up.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:38 am
Ok, wait, what? Animal Vegetable Mineral man? I’m cool with the shape shifting, but that picture?! Wow!!! Does the dinosaur have a hard on in it’s drawers? Nope, that’s just a twig.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Do you like the tv show Heroes? I fucking love it…
March 30th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Actually, erica, I don’t watch all that much TV so i haven’t had a chance to see any of it.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:03 am
If you do ever decided to watch it - you can watch it online - start from the beginning. It’s the only show I get really excited about.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:12 am
you must tell me where I can watch this online
March 31st, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Ok. Haha… Just type in Heroes in google and it will bring you to the TV station website and you can stream the episodes.
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
You forgot to mention the Mighty Heroes. Rope Man, Diaper Man, Cuckoo Man, Strong Man and Tornado Man. Wait, these guys didn’t actually suck, nor were they in a comic book. It was a Saturday morning cartoon from the 60’s created by - none other than the Animated Cartoon God Himself - Ralph Bakshi.
I applaud Superman being the #1 worst Comic character ever. A better costume would bring him up a notch. The faggoty tights and red underoos are simply the shit sprinkles on a turd sundae.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:38 am
Oh c’mon Hulk 50 worst wtf!! How can that be? Please explain your answer a little more in depth.
June 13th, 2007 at 3:28 am
never rub another man’s rubarb
where was that dick wash robin….he was always giving himself handjobs while batman was saving gotham from me..
June 14th, 2007 at 5:06 am
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June 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
……this list is retarded..
except the rob liefeld shit..that I agree with..
everything else annoyed me. ..well 90% of it (not counting the rob liefeld stuff)
June 15th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
geez your harsh , with all the other people to bash why 11-4 were all decent ones . what about people like cyber,feral,halo,rictor,maggott, and swordsman
June 17th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
You r a fucking retard if Superman comes no. one in your list.
June 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Chaple trained with and killed Al Simons he is a bad mofo.
June 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Daredevil? yeah the movie sucked but go read some Frank Miller Daredevil
July 6th, 2007 at 2:23 am
u piece of shit.Jean Grey, Superman worst characters.WTF is wrong with u.If i find where u live i gonna kick your superpowered hated ass.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:00 am
Wonder Woman wasn’t a “product of the sixties,” she’s been around since 1941. I know you’ve probably just seen the TV show, and haven’t read any of the comics, especially the exceptional storylines by George Perez.
Poison Ivy has a lot of interesting backstory, also. It seems like the author of this post doesn’t know a lot about comics, or has read very many for that matter. It seems like he/she has just seen the shitty movies or TV shows and bases opinions on those.
August 12th, 2007 at 8:19 am
agreed, you are kind of an idiot for saying this, a lot of the characters on this list are great timeless characters, for instance I’m not saying i like superman cause i agree hes not identifiable at all, but by no means is he the worst comic book character of all time, i don’t see how a character that also happens to be the most famous and recognizable character ever could possibly be the worst… its fucking dumb.
August 13th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Do you read comics?
August 15th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
”what about people like cyber,feral,halo,rictor,maggott, and swordsman”
Can’t argue too much with the other ones, but Maggott (bar the two t’s, which I have to say I didn’t loose sleep over), was a great character. Mutants should be weird as should the X-Men. Marvel got bored of him and sent his beautifully odd and orginal concept to a camp and excuted him. Now we’ve either got Omega level mutants who can do anything, telepath’s, moaning genius feckin’ kids or people who can turn themselves into dust clouds..
So back on topic. Moon Knight. Thought I’d give his new run a go. Holy God, are two words. Pretentious cliched Dark Knight wannabe nonsense noir, are seven more.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:14 am
“The Man of Steel, fuck him” lol! Toad shoulda been in here, he annoys the shit outta me, plus all of the “new gods” who are totally gay
September 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Well, I’ve always liked Wonder Woman, Poison Ivey, The Green Lantern, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four. The rest of these 50 are however truly as gay as they come. I’ve always hated Superman. He has a dick of steel and is ready to give you the ass hammer with it.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:35 am
punisher would destroy them all
October 1st, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Hey man. This list is so wrong in so many ways i wont even tell you why. There are far more fucked up heros than these… You realy need to make changes in this list… but I can tell you this, superman is not the worst, hes just overraded…
Peace!
October 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Bullseye actually WAS a pitcher…
This list is funny, but highly uninformed
October 12th, 2007 at 6:43 am
Shit for brains the new G.L gets impervious to yellow , the emrald of dawn seres rocked. Thor is cool he beat up a celestial. and you forgot the worst fucking one Granny Goodness.
November 4th, 2007 at 3:52 am
yeah um animal vegetable mineral man… animal - vegetable - mineral… like dead cow, potatoes and salt? Tasty.
Oh and I agree with yor putting superman number one, but I personally think that the most annoying superhero is that dumbass douchebag what’s-his-name sonic-something who won “Who wants to be a superhero?” and had a comic book made of his superhero.
Ever noticed that the flash and the human torch and probably some other superhero crack heads are pretty much the complete same in personality?
November 8th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Wonder Woman - “A product of the late 60’s womens liberation movement”?
Um, no.
More like a product of a 1940s era therapist’s extended real life threesome, and his bondage fantasies (that lasso making more sense, now?).
Which, you know, makes her WAY better.
November 9th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Joey
Your comment = enlightenment
November 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Dude, fucking righteous….. Anyone who did not like this is fucking dumb… Comics are like the insane fantasies of idiots……… hello, ever wonder why a super hero is always saving the world? cuz these writers have nothing better to do with their time but hope they will be recognized for something great! (which will never happen cuz they are always writing this shit instead of doing something useful with their time) Travis is fucking AWESOME!!!!
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:57 pm
he left out half of the shitty x-men from the last 15 years virtually every smallish character that has appeared in thx books over that lent of time have been shit not to mention the new x-men or academy x
shit characters by lazy creators who rely to heavily on the mutant shit liefelds (independant) stuff kicks this x shits ass all over the place at least he copies good shit and turns into his own rather than come up with a load of bollocks on his own like the x guys
November 25th, 2007 at 4:43 am
super man shouldnt be the worst character, i agree the most over rated because his almost invinsable so any super villian is just a waste of time against him. Just like BILL from KIL BILL says …You have to remeber that superman is not really a super hero, super man is himself & Clark Kent is is his alter ego. which makes him different from all the athother standard super heros.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:22 am
Some I agree with, some just sound like a homophobic geek rant
“7 The Fantastic Four: Fag, Fag, Dude with a dick made of rocks and the whore….next.”
December 5th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Christ, you’re fucking bitter. So, aside from Batman, and Spiderman… all characters suck. I think you should have lumped all the Liefeld characters into one catagory so you could hate on more characters. Except Supreme, he should be with the Superman clones. Also, Aquaman is the king of Atlantis. Entertaining, cynical, but entertaining.
December 25th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
You are such a hater, and this list is hot garbage. There are so many characters that really deserve to be listed, but you wasted space with some of the most iconic and greatest characters in the history of the medium. Uncool.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:14 am
Geez i thought i was a hater, this list is the worst of it’s type ive seen , aside from the rob liefield crap the rest makes no sense.how do you judge worst and when is the last time you read a comicbook? with people like marrow,jubliee,dr octupus you rail off on superman?the flash the ff, buddy its good you made a list just read a comic next time first
January 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
You FORGOT that most of the Comic HEROES you pick for this somewhat SHITTY list was made before your time, and that the ERA of COMICDOM was at it’s infancy… Kids who are 70 years old NOW grew up with SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, HAWKMAN and the FLASH from DC COMICS, HULK, THE FANTASTIC FOUR & THOR from MARVEL COMICS love this stuff and tell their GRANDKIDS… Many MOVIES were inspired by these GREAT heroes you selected… all except ROB LIEFIELD (who SUCKS monkeyballs) you were DOING great until you reached 19.
Now i liked the FLASH, SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN & the FANTASTIC FOUR, if you want to make a shitlist instead of JUDGING a BOOK by it cover work on a more alaverent choice of HEROES.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 am
I agree this is a pretty uninformed list as far as some of the characters, Aquaman for example, who is D.C., and Prime Namor is the “Marvel version” of Aquaman, they are two different (equally ridiculous) characters.
The Hulk is cool to me except for the fact that HE has “the Superman problem” except when he changes back to Bruce Banner. He can even breathe underwater.
Out of the HUGE amount of Superheroes/meta-humans in the Marvel universe, Daredevil has a place, albiet a much smaller one than he has IMHO.
Realistically there would exponentionally also be more non-White, mentally “challenged”, and all around diverse personalities of heroes than there are in both the D.C. and Marvel universes combined, so DD was kinda “bound to happen”, but I can’t believe he made the “A-list”!
One thing I agree 100% with…MARVEL “OWNS” D.C. and always will. I hate “plastic” characters.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:13 am
WOW! What a bunch of angry 20-30 somethings (nothings) who still live at home! Are you mad because someone blasted your idols? A bunch of lame, half-witted ideas for ‘heroes’ who were created to make a bunch of nerds feel better about themselves after being punked by the loosers the jocks beat down? Shut the fuck up! No one gives a shit who you think shouldn’t be on this list! I can’t beleive you uber-nerds actually are trying to defend this shit. I think your mom is calling you to dinner now, don’t forget to wash your hands… loosers!
February 15th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Living in reality:
If you’ll notice I haven’t really responded to anyone’s comments; but yours is special to me. If you’re going to come to my website and insult people you need to be able to use your words like a big boy.
Looser the word YOU used (adj.) - free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
LOSER which is the word I am assuming you meant to use. (noun) a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
Good job, you’re about as smart as a wet sack of old testicles.
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Alright, I am very glad to see that I am not the only person that feels that Superman is fucking lame. Anyway Travis, I approve of your list.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Yes, Yes, Yes Yes!!! Everything I thought about Rob Liefield and every word is spot on. How I LMAO!!! A man of limited ability who draws everything out of proportion and is so formulaic its unreal. Every super hero team he invents has a feral beserker character, a strong guy, a Gambit style charmer and an older leader character that rips off Cable. Rob Liefield - utter douchebag!
March 26th, 2008 at 4:25 am
So very with you on the Liefield and the more overtly-schlocky characters but otherwise… meh.
Seriously ill-informed snap judgments going on. Perhaps get to actually know about some characters before trouncing them? I forgive Wonder Woman because you’re obviously joking. Jean Grey is so much more than the death gimmick, Elektra was dark and twisty before dying, Poison Ivy is a lunatic of the highest order - one that functions in society and limiting a conflicted but heroic Dazzler to the disco daze is only done by narrow-minded simpletons who use words like fag to discount a character yet chooses lame hangers-on like her beau Longshot as one of the 50 best comic charac- oh, oops. Nevermind.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Haha, I love the list! I must disagree with you on The Flash, however… But I agree with you on Superman. He just needs to die– and STAY dead.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 am
Wow you are getting through to me on Rob. I was kind of a fan of his first works until we wrote him to be in our toy line and he wanted like Diamonds and gold for each character not a gang of em but each single ripped off chracter. Why are some artists so douchey! Oh well Indie Spotlight lives on without his characters! Like I always say More Tick for evveryone!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
What about Jubilee? Her power was to shoot fucking fireworks. Oooh I’ll fucking bedazzle you to death. What a joke.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
This may be the worst compiled list of all time. Not only does the writer of this article not understand the characters at all, but doesn’t understand the history behind them. I think it’s interesting that for someone that apparently doesn’t read, talk about, watch shows on, or has even heard of comics can have such a biased opinion. But it’s mighty lucky that you have a blog, that way you can be the tallest of the midgets. I feel as though I should deactivate my stumble upon and punish it for sending me to this sight. Please do understand that I’m not made at you for your shortcomings. I’m also rather upse that I took the time to even write this. Have fun being the coolest blogger and may god have mercy on your soul.
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April 25th, 2008 at 1:32 am
You are a fucking gross little kike pig. And this list sucks balls. The Hulk?? Superman???!?
April 25th, 2008 at 2:19 am
this guy is a dbag
he rips on every one
first of all it is just a comic book
put them down and move out of your moms house
April 25th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Eh, I know this is supposed to be funny, but its seems like you’re just trolling. Though I was never really into super heros, I like D&D better. :3
April 25th, 2008 at 2:38 am
this is the worst list ever. EVER!!! your top 18 are retarded. this website should just leave us all alone.
April 25th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Did you really put this entire list as a troll to superman fans? Seriously, I don’t care if you don’t like Superman, but the fact that you said he is the WORST comic book character makes me think you wrote this entire list as a troll
April 25th, 2008 at 5:36 am
I agree with superman being way too rigged and an extremely boring superhero due to the fact he can only die from a extremely rare mineral. So hes never really in danger. BUT I don’t agree with MOST of the people u put at #18 and on. Thor is one of my favorite superheroes. But its all your opinion and I respect that, just giving mine.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Wow.
You know, I’m not even a super comic fan. But, your arguments lack any logic at all. Calling a character a fag and another a whore doesn’t actually tell your “readers” why you are placing them on this list. It just makes you a bigot. I don’t care who you put on this list, but you should try formulating an actual argument. If you can, that is, since you seem to have some crazed jealousy toward writerly persuasion. You might want to get some background the next time you set out to argue with very popular ideas.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I agree with Casey fully. This list has no thought but into it at all and shows a terrible lack of Comic knowledge. I’ll work back from your number one.
Number One: Superman is not identifiable to you because he was not made for you, he was not even made for this era. Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster created Super-man in 1933 as a villain appearing only in one issue, he as then rewritten as a hero and published as Superman in Action Comics #1 in 1939. The creators were two Jewish Americans that felt they wanted a character that was super human on every level but did not have to hide behind a mask. Superman is a Jew created in a time when being Jew was not really a walk in the park. But he has evolved over time and has become the heroes hero. He is selfless with power rivaling gods, he even wrestled an Angel for Gods sake. But the point of this is that he is not supposed to be identified with. Do you ever say, “God created the Earth in seven days… I could do that”. Moving on.
Number Two: Your number two was entertaining, but I see no real fault with them being on the list other than that there are so many worse characters out there.
Number Three: Yes Namor is royalty… but so is Aquaman. He was taken from birth from his mother the Queen of … also Atlantis and left to die on a reef because we was cursed with blond hair. But regardless of this he is a very complex character that gets slot of shit because people think his costume sucks and swimming isn’t really a power, but he puts on a suit every day and fights crime, so you diserves some props.
Number Four: Hawkman is both a reincarnated Egyptian Pharaoh and an Alien… thats awesome to say the least. He is considered the unofficial chairman of the JSA (Justice Society of America) and is considered the moral core of the team. He is a bit hot under the color but if that his only fault than he still has one over you.
Number Five: Jean Grey is called THE PHOENIX… so yes she comes back from the dead from time to time, but thats what she is supposed to do. They have been building her importance for twenty years, after she almost destroys the Universe she dies for the first time. But she will continue to come back until they do a huge story arc that covers the entire Marvel Universe just like DC’s Crisis line… awesome.
Number Six: The Hulk is both a modern day Jekyll and Hyde as well as a statement on the rising fear in nuclear power… back in the sixties. He has been an avenger, has saved the world in both the Marvel Onslaught Saga and in the Marvel Ultimate line when he beats up Alien Nazis. He has been smart, stupid, angry, and everywhere in between. Oh and about the wife thing… his wife dies form exposer to radiation that is generated from Bruce Banners/Hulk body. Talk about tragedy.
Number Seven: The Fantastic Four are Marvels first family, and that is something like the royal or presidential first as well as the original. Saying they suck is akin to saying that Spiderman or the X-Men suck you can say that but you would both be wrong and you would get beaten up by a ninety pound dude that just came back from the comic shop fueled ideas of grandeur.
And Sue is not a whore she as two children and lost one in birth, she was also possibly raped by Doctor Doom. She is very much in love with Reed, Johnny is awesome but sometimes a dick.
Number 8: You are again missing the point, Luthor is not just a smart billionaire he is quite possibly you smartest human being on the DC planet and the reason that he is Superman number one enemy is for just the reason you said. He has no powers. It’s brains vs brawn and brawn is not out for blood. Luthor is cool not because he wants to kill Superman, he really really does, but because he wants to first make the Man of Steel hated for everything he stands for, Luthor wants to destroy love and hope. And that is just awesome.
Number Nine: The Green Lantern is possibly the most interesting character of all time. He was not born with super powers, he did not design a suit, or worship the right gods or drink a magic elixir. He was given the most powerful weapon in the Universe and is told to protect life. The ring can literally create anything that the wearer can imagine as long as the wearer has the willpower to use it. And that brings up why this character is so damn cool. In an issue of The Return of the Green Lantern Corps the Green Arrow puts on the ring and shoots a single arrow at Sinestro and almost passes out from exhaustion. The ring takes so much willpower to use that it could kill the average man. The Green Lantern also has the ability to walk away from being a hero but he doesn’t in each incarnation of the character he/she has lost more than most because they want to help, the Green Lantern is, In my opinion the greatest hero of all time.
I will stop there, I do not agree with about seventy percent of this list but I’m getting tired and I can only stoke my ego so much. I have to admit as much as I want to prove this author wrong and belittle him I also wanted the readers to see what these heroes mean. Granted they are not real, at least not in the physical sense, but they impact a huge area of media, they are a multi billion dollar a year industry and this blogger just tried to look down upon them because he is either jealous of them or just so ignorant that he thought he would seem like a bad ass. Have fun living in a world where complaining on the internet is the most important thing you have to offer. Good luck and farewell.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Let’s just go with Wonderwoman and Superman….a terrific duo!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Ian ol’ boy, you are the most long winded prick I ever even heard of. Does it say the douchebags on your mailbox? You act like the encyclopedia comic bookia but your facts aren’t all correct. Jean Grey was never the Phoenix. The only time she really died was now. The Phoenix was a separate entity altogether. And then the clone bitch. Fact is I don’t agree with a bunch of the characters he chose but he’s got a right to be a dick. Just like you only you take it to a whole new level. Travis, you make me laugh bro. The only one that didn’t make me laugh was the comment on the FF. Your way more creative than fag,fag, fag, whore. Make more lists like these if for no other reason but to piss the people off some more. Oh, and to keep me in stitch’s.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:54 am
I don’t necessarily agree with everything you said - the Flash is one of my favorite characters and I love Daredevil - but it is your opinion and I wish that some of the idiots who posted online got that. You can think that the Flash sucks monkey balls all you want, it is your opinion and you aren’t implying that it is fact. Really, I applaud you for the list that you created. It is one, big hilarious read. The stuff about Rob Liefeld was awesome. I remember picking up a few of his comics back when I was way younger. I think I did it because I thought it was Cable! I never saw the blatant rip-off to Captain America, that’s just sad.
By the by, I agree with you about Superman. He is a flat character that cannot be related to. The whole limitless power thing is just annoying and the fact that he is an uptight boyscout makes him all the less likable, whereas Batman is the greatest because he’s a freakin’ badass with no powers. He’s human! That’s why he rocks. Superman is an alien! No one on this planet is an alien (not counting the illegal kind).
Oh, and Ian… shut up. I can list off a bunch of shit I dug up on the internet in order to prove a point. I can list a bunch of redundant, useless knowledge that I know because I’m a nerd, too. But I don’t because I’m not a class A douche. I only read your first point, by the by, and that was enough to make me roll my eyes. Superman isn’t identifiable to us because he wasn’t created in this era? He was created in the 30’s (thanks Wikipedia!), you say? Well guess what, the people who read comics during the heydays of Superman are, at the very least, 70. In other words, they don’t read comics anymore! The fact is, comics are targeted towards the youth. So I don’t care if he was created in the 30’s, he better be identifiable to us now or he won’t sell. Batman was created around the same time but he’s not exactly fighting Nazis or any of that. You see, as the time passed, so did the characters. I don’t give a shit when he was created, he’s around know and they’re trying to make money off of him… so he’s targeted towards US. If he isn’t identifiable to us than he isn’t going to sell. The whole statement was practically an oxymoron. If you knew anything about comic books (or life) you would have realized that.
That comment was very dumb and made you sound like a total idiot. Between you and the guy who threatened to “beat the author up”… I just don’t know who is more of an idiot!
June 14th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
DISGRACE.
June 17th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Are you mental? Superman was like the most popular hero after Spiderman…ever! how can you diss? How much money do you make buddy?
July 16th, 2008 at 5:47 am
You nuts?? Superman Rules.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:18 am
again a few thoughts:
when it came to the green lantern, travis, you should have been way more specific about which one. yes being weak against yellow is lame. but not as lame as GNORT the dog green lantern whose arch nemesis the scarlet skiier is a blatant rip off of silver surfer. or how about Pip from the infinity watch? or kingpin? a big fat guy who is only mediocre in strength and even with the entire underworld at his disposal fails miserably at killing a blind cane weilding lawyer and a college kid with moderate powers?
November 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I agree with Number one being Superman but Riddler is not in the top 50? No way he’s kinda cool if you read his backstory.
You should have included more X-men villains that the writers refuse to let die since they’re in love with them all too much. Apocolips and others ruined that series.. then again that series always sucked.
Glad to see Batman and Spiderman didn’t feature too many times on this list