Who's the best Superhero?

[Morrus]

I'm testing the Question Thread functionality, and figuring out how it works, and thought this would be a fun way to do it.

Each reply should be a nomination for a Superhero and why you think they're the best (whatever 'best' means to you). Each Superhero can only have one nomination, so it's strictly first-come first-served.

Don't post anything else in this thread. Just a nomination for a Superhero that has not yet been nominated. I'll delete anything else.

People can then use the upvote and downvote functionality to vote for the Superheroes.

What fun, eh?

 

[Kobold Stew]

Daredevil

The blind, bookish, son of a boxer. The hero who has had the best range of writers under either of the big two houses over the past 40 years -- not just Miller, but Bendis, Brubaker, Waid, Soule. Blessed with amazing artists. By making him a lawyer, actually improves on the law/justice polarization found in Batman.

No powers beyond his senses, firmly located in his part of New-York as a street-level hero, who is still somehow an A-lister. Beat up more than any other superhero, yet still always comes back.

Successfully transferred to TV.

Also, the cover that blew my mind as breaking all the rules, and drew me back to comics after being away for 5 years.

 

[practicalm]

Jean Grey, specifically The All New X-Men Telepath and Telekinetic

 

[Sacrosanct]

Rocket raccoon.

For obvious reasons.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Honky Pete

 

[Cadence]

Skurge, the Executioner.

Spoiler

He wasn't a hero for long. But when he was, it was the pinnacle of Walt Simonson's legendary run on Thor, the most awe inspiring set of five pages in all Marveldom, and the greatest death scene in the history of comics.

He stood alone at Gjallerbru, and that answer is enough.

 

[Richards]

Howzabout...Benjamin J. Grimm, the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing!

Body of a monster, heart of a hero.

Johnathan

 

[Mercurius]

Heathens.

The Silver Surfer.

/thread

 

[Ryujin]

The Badger: MPD (multiple personality disorder). Works for an ancient necromancer. No impulse control. Still manages to get the right thing done.

 

[MichaelSomething]

The Question. I'll let this clip do the talking for me...

 

[Tonguez]

Swamp Thing

Once he was transformed from the reanimated remains of Alec Holland into the The Green Elemental his story just accelerated into the realm of Legend