Best Super Hero of all Time!?!?!?!?!?

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Compelling

I am a sucker for Batman because not only is his character the most compelling, it's the most relevant. He shows what can happen when a person truly finds a sense of conviction and drive, like King and Gandhi, but in a different way. I see in Batman a truly human struggle between passiveness and breaking out. Maybe I read into it too much. If I am, then the fact remains: Batman is a badass. He wears an epically low key but fierce suit. He drives the greatest vehicle of all time. He is a gadget man. And when someone, out of fear of him, says "I swear to God...," he responds with "Swear to ME." Heh.

And you can't forget the villains. Batman has the most compelling, layered villains as well.

Scarecrow's villainy isn't one sourced in magical powers, but rather by some psychological passion to make people's worst fears come true. Batman Begins tied Wayne's struggle with that perfectly. The entire movie is about Wayne overcoming the greatest inhibition humans have, which is fear. Fear of failure or of some evil or of the very act of doing something. He had to overcome all of this fear in order for him to start acting for the good of Gotham.

The Riddler is brilliant in the way he plays with your mind. I can't wait for this one to come in the movies.

Two-Face is an ode to the fact that no man is entirely good or entirely evil. It's not a matter of dichotomy of this man and that. Sometimes, men will act in good, and other times, because circumstances are different and these circumstances appeal to different aspects of their minds or because their mental state is weaker, they will give in to evil. Even Bruce Wayne gives in and has to fight to pull away. I believe in Harvey Dent.

And then The Joker. Diabolical, sick, purely human in base form. He garners a following based on his enigmatic essence. There's just something powerful, yet black, about him.

And all of these guys send chills down your spine.
Posted on: 02-04-2008, 12:29 PM
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GREEN LANTERN!! Best superhero of all time

You gotta go with the superhero who needs willpower to make his powers work!! The stronger the willpower the stronger the ring and powers. The key motto to green lantern: relentless!! I think green lantern a.k.a. john stewart was the bad ass character that every kid wanted to be. He was always the cool, calm character especially in justice league, most intellectual by far. The Green Lantern could create solid energy, shoot plasma bolts, was able to walk through anything cuz he would travel through the fourth dimension, fly faster than speed of light, time travel, a power source, telepathic powers, translate all languages, create force fields, radiation, and invisibility. I mean look at all those powers that's almost 5 superheroes combined into one. Green Lantern was the coolest superhero of all time and plus he is the only non-white superhero. Either they were all white or alien-like. As a kid i was able to relate to him better cuz he was the only superhero of color, it was kinda cool to relate to that.

"In brightest day, in blackest night,

No evil shall escape my sight

Let those who worship evil's might,

Beware my power...Green Lantern's light!"
Posted on: 02-01-2008, 4:34 AM
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Batman is the coolest

When we discuss the best superhero it is sort of hard to make the right choice, mostly because it is so hard to define what best means. Does it mean the most powerful? In that case it would probably be Superman, whose powers are so great. However I feel that best doesn't just include the most powerful, but rather includes some other things, such as personailty and appearances. In this way I feel that Batman is the "best." His costume is pretty cool, he is the dark knight, and he seems to have this attitude problem that just makes him cool, leading him to become a loner at times, outside of his sidekick Robin. He also is able to compare to, if not exceed, his fellow superheroes with pure natural abilities. He becomes the most probable of the superheroes, which makes him someone that we could dream of actual emulating. Besides who doesn't love a tragic story of revenge?
Posted on: 01-30-2008, 8:27 PM
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Hard to have every superhero

Most people like J-random superheroes, but there's a certain consensus on the awesome inherent in a few of the ones you've listed here.
For coolest, I have to say Batman. He oozes awesome and angst.
For my favorite, it has to be a tie between The Flash and Negative Man of the Doom Patrol.
Best is quite relative. For most effective, it'd have to be Superman. He (regrettably) has all the powers in the book, including super-weaving. Seriously.
Best dressed would be Mario/Luigi. Their costumes are the least stupid and don't look like you just popped out of a club to do some crime fighting.
Most relatable (i.e., easiest for readers to relate to) would be Spiderman, easily. He didn't ask for these powers, he isn't an angst puppet like Wolverine/Neo/Batman (although some writers put him in this category), and he isn't a rich kid. He's just your average kid trying to make it through high school/college on a shoestring.
And then there's best movie(series). I'd have to vote for Spiderman again on that one, but it's sort of hard to judge since there are more of them in recent memory. Batman I felt had poor dialogue (something that's plagued the Dark Knight since his television days), and Superman felt sort of hollow. But I have my hopes for Wonder Woman bringing some rather needed feminism into the super-cinema, bondage fetish and all.
Posted on: 01-30-2008, 5:37 AM
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The cooooolest

I would have to say wolverine is the COOLEST. I mean how cool can it be to have a metal-like impenetrable (adamantium) endoskeleton.... having super-healing capabilities.... and not to mentio those kick ass spikes comin' outta your fists!

Lets not forget... how many people can pull off wearing yellow tights?
Posted on: 01-30-2008, 1:49 AM
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You're missing one

Dude, you completely forgot to include The Tick. Gigantic, blue, muscular, almost impossible to hurt, and his powers increase whenever it's dramatically appropriate for them to do so. That and he's really, really funny.

Also, his chin is even greater than that of Jay Leno. The Flash has nothing on The Tick
Posted on: 01-29-2008, 10:34 PM
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The Dark Knight

Replied to: The Flash rules all!
Hmmm---


How about the only one who put his life on the line every time, using only his intellect and athleticism to save the world as many times over as all those powered heroes?
Posted on: 01-29-2008, 10:34 PM
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The Flash rules all!

The Flash, A.K.A. The Super AMAZING stud muffin.

He's fast, good looking, and has a great personality. What a great catch. Everyone could use their own Flash!
Posted on: 01-29-2008, 7:40 PM
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