Greatest Hero of All Time (Preliminary Research before Poll)

[Vaxalon]

Prince Corwin of Amber

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

John Carter

Elric - The Eternal Champion

Frodo ( you all know Frodo deserves to win - " Hey Frodo - do me a favor. Take this ring into Sauron's place and destroy it, OK? Lets do lunch soon, babe! " )

R2D2

 

[Sulimo]

Hmm...more than a few I'd mention have already been so:

Fingolfin
Percival
Superman
Pug

Alexander

 

[Valmur_Dwur]

Of course it might help if you mean RL or fantasy/myth.

Heroes of Dragonlance not including Flint or Riverwind but including Raistalin and Tasslehoff
Sparrowhawk from Wizard of Earthsea
Elric
Inigo montoya
Tuckerby Underbank

RL

Henry V
Julius Ceasar
Charlamange
Richard the Lion-hearted
The Black Prince
Patton
Rommel
Audie Murphy
fire-fighters

Well you get the idea

 

[Ron]

RL:
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, XIX century English explorer

Ficcional:
The late Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, hero of Phillip José Farmer's Riverworld

 

[kenjib]

I almost forgot Don Quixote.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

I would have to say as greatest rl hero (man, that is a hard call) - George Washington.

I really admire Abigail Adams, but she did not do much on the heroic side of things.

FD

 

[Furn_Darkside]

I almost forgot Don Quixote.

Salutations,

that is a good call- he would be right after Cyrano for me.

FD

 

[alsih2o]

dun-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu BATMAN!

especially the dark, broody frank miller version.

campy, cartoony, hauled over by tim burton or original flavor, batman rules them all!

 

[Darraketh]

Davy Crocket springs to mind first.