Best Superhero

[Hoffmand]

Black Panther. Capn is boring AF.

Black panther is so yawn.

 

[Morrus]

Define "best". For that matter, define "superhero".

Define it any way you want!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Define it any way you want!

Well, in the Arrowverse (RIP Salmon Ladder), it is defined as being someone incredibly attractive, who also happens to inhabit a world of diverse and attractive people with diverse genders and sexualities.

There are worse things. Did I mention the whole ... attractive part? I mean, in all the multiverse, with all the Earths, it's funny how all them have drop-dead gorgeous people everywhere and every location on every earth strangely resembles Vancouver.

 

[payn]

Gotta go with the hero i'd be most like. That means Ash Williams. "Shop smart, shop S-Mart!"

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Of those listed, I went with Spider-man. I recently read the first Epic collection of the earliest Spider-Man stories and they are absolutely on fire. Lee/Ditko are at the top of their game here. Compared to the other comics of the time, even superheros I like more (like Thor and Dr. Strange), the writing and art and character designs are so darn good.

 

[Umbran]

I don't particularly care for Batman. All the rest are wonderful characters (or, at least, have been so in the right hands, which is good enough for me).

My vote for best on that list goes to Spidey. He's the one on the list that's actually a character that feels representational to your average nerd comic book reader.

Off that list, I have a soft spot for Captain America.

 

[BookBarbarian]

I'm a Batman guy. let me explain.

As a kid I idolized Superman. He was the strongest. He couldn't get hurt. Things I wanted when I to be was a child.

When I was 8. Batman the Animated Series premiered and I saw a hero that was not the strongest, that was consistently hurt, bet kept going on to fight anyway my devotion shifted immediately.

Unfortunately most recent Batman stories have really paled in comparison to a children's cartoon form the 90s. I've come to love a lot of things about other super heroes but that Batman (always in my mind voiced by Kevin Conroy) has stuck with me.

 

[Campbell]

I don't particularly care for Batman. All the rest are wonderful characters (or, at least, have been so in the right hands, which is good enough for me).

My vote for best on that list goes to Spidey. He's the one on the list that's actually a character that feels representational to your average nerd comic book reader.

Off that list, I have a soft spot for Captain America.

Batman is weird. I enjoy reading Bat books, but not for Bruce. Everyone around him (villains and allies) are way more interesting as characters.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I'm a Batman guy. let me explain.

As a kid I idolized Superman. He was the strongest. He couldn't get hurt. Things I wanted when I to be was a child.

When I was 8. Batman the Animated Series premiered and I saw a hero that was not the strongest, that was consistently hurt, bet kept going on to fight anyway my devotion shifted immediately.

Unfortunately most recent Batman stories have really paled in comparison to a children's cartoon form the 90s. I've come to love a lot of things about other super heroes but that Batman (always in my mind voiced by Kevin Conroy) has stuck with me.

Batman is complex, which makes him fascinating. He contains multitudes.

You can look to the camp-inflected Batman (BOOM! POW!) or the TAS Batman, or Batman Beyond (still cool), or 80s Miller Batman, or the Nolan take on Batman.

Batman speaks to something deep within us, at different times, in a way that I do not think any other character does. There are particular iterations of characters I love from comics (Alan Moore Swamp Thing, or certain Daredevil runs, or early 80s Teen Titans, or even the DC New Frontier series ....) or film (Downey's indelible take on Iron Man, or Hemsworth's "reboot" of Thor in Ragnarok) or TV even (Legion) ....

But Batman is always there, always being reinvented. There is a Batman for everyone. Well, everyone except Ben Affleck I guess. Sorry, Ben.

 

[BookBarbarian]

I have a confession: I watched all of Winter Soldier twice and I can't remember anything from that movie still. I remember more from my one time watching the Avatar movie with James Cameron than I remember Winter Soldier.

I didn't get that one. Boring.

I barely watched the MCU until I had Disney+ briefly.

Best ones were first Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, one of the Thor movies, first Ironman and the first avengers.

Man Winter Soldier might be my favorite. "the government is always watching and could at any time use sudden an horrible violence on it's own population" is a theme that struck a chord with me.

I've always felt that Captain America was at his best when the ideals he stood for were at odds with the government of the very country that is in his moniker. But I can easily see why that would not be of interest to me if I hadn't been raised to pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA.