Least favourite superhero?

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 09-30-2013, 10:46 AM

This is in response to one of my older threads.

Who is your least favorite superhero/superhero team?

Mine is the fantastic four.

For some reason, i never found them interesting at all.

Darth Knuckles · 09-30-2013, 12:20 PM

For me it has to be Superman on the DC side and The Hulk on the MARVEL side. They are both usually just too strong of characters to keep me interested at all. There aren't many believable things that can happen to them to make them seem weak or defeated.

Superman seemingly always has to have that "rare" kryptonite involved in one way or another to make a fight seem realistic. The Hulk always just seems to fight another creature similar to himself or a god-like character to make the fight somewhat interesting. Either that or just kidnap his girlfriend to make him do what you want for a short period of time. Both Superman and The Hulk, to me, also don't have a very big rogues gallery and that annoys me as well.

Pxndx · 09-30-2013, 12:38 PM

I agree with the fantastic four that is one movie I have never watched and never will however the one that I really dislike is Captain America. In my opinion he has no super powers.. just really juiced up. Pretty boring movie too.

*Mzx10484* · 09-30-2013, 12:50 PM

Captain Planet is getting in my mind ...

RaphAndDonnie · 09-30-2013, 02:55 PM

The Red Bee. The first one. He's absolutely useless. Jenna, the second Red Bee, is a little better and I don't despise her as much.

*Ninjinister* · 09-30-2013, 04:14 PM

Outside of Green Lantern, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, a lot of Marvel and DC's "cosmic" characters are boring as f**k.

Also Namor and Cyclops, 'cause they're giant dicks.

~~Leo656~~ · 09-30-2013, 09:26 PM

Probably Spawn. But you could chuck all the 90s Image characters who weren't The Maxx in there, they were all equally useless. There's only so many times you can recycle amazing characters like "Totally NOT The Hulk", "Almost Psylocke But Not Exactly The Same Outfit", and "Wolverine With Two Claws On Each Hand Instead Of Three", after all. The 90s Image stable was SO f*cking original, relevant, and memorable.

Also, how anyone could list Superman as their absolute least-favorite Super-Hero in a world where someone once thought Ant-Man AND Aquaman were good ideas is beyond me. Or Namor. Who in the flying tits gives a sh*t about NAMOR? I mean, Aquaman was already around, and fully doing a tremendous job of sucking, and some Marvel hack goes, "Y'know... Aquaman's pretty cool (and at that point someone should have pushed the guy out the window before he finished his sentence), but we need to do our OWN guy, and we need to make him naked, (not very) ambiguously gay, and put little teeny wings on his ankles, and THEN we'll have something special." Ugh.

I know Namor's kind of a tweener and not exactly a hero, but he's SO awful he deserves special mention anyways. Here's hoping Marvel never runs so far out of ideas they decide to make a movie about him and his fish-scale thong, for the love of all that's holy and decent.

*MrPliggins* · 09-30-2013, 10:22 PM

That's hilarious. I've always thought the same thing about Namor. It's a shame the Hulk had to share "Tales to Astonish" with him for so long.

*Zany Orange Dude* · 09-30-2013, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mzx10484

Captain Planet is getting in my mind ...

Oh my God Captain Planet!

*BabyTurtles* · 09-30-2013, 11:08 PM

Captain america
the Fantastic four

~~Leo656~~ · 09-30-2013, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPliggins

That's hilarious. I've always thought the same thing about Namor. It's a shame the Hulk had to share "Tales to Astonish" with him for so long.

If Namor ever did get the live-action treatment, it should only be so they can use Hulk to re-create the scene from "Avengers" with Namor instead of Loki. And have it be 20 minutes long. And have that be the official last appearance of the character in any medium.
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Captain America? Really? I guess he's kinda bland, but what's really to hate?

(Not trying to nitpick anyone's opinions, I'm genuinely interested in the WHY's people have for their choices

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*PApagreg* · 10-01-2013, 12:02 AM

I never understood the hate Aquaman gets, the guy is bulletproof and can go toe to toe with superman. Also, from a comic book "He could control every creature that lives in the sea. But I don't think either of you know what that really means. Do you know, do you understand, do you have any idea how much life there is in just one single square mile of sea? I don't think you do... and if you multiply that by lots of miles in every direction

*CyberCubed* · 10-01-2013, 12:26 AM

Almost all those secondary and third-tier DC and Marvel superheroes tend to be boring or just there. There's a reason they're second or third tier too.

Of DC I always found Martian Manhunter to be rather boring.

~~Leo656~~ · 10-01-2013, 12:31 AM

I'm familiar for the justifications for Aquaman's continued existence. The fact remains, potential only counts for so much. Aquaman's always been portrayed as extraneous at best and useless at worst. He's never *done* anything. Bad writing or editorial decisions aside, whatever the reason, he's just always played as a joke. In fact, the only people I've ever seen cop to liking Aquaman at all do it in a defensive way, almost like it's more pity than genuine affection. I totally get that he SHOULD be a powerful, imposing, and respected character. But he's never been adequately presented that way. I dare someone to list ten memorable Aquaman stories, and I promise to get my hands on them just so I can say I was proven wrong. I'll settle for seven, because it's Aquaman, but ten would be nice.

I am glad he exists, though. For one, he once dropped a killer whale on Namor (YES!!!), and secondly, if he never existed, then neither would this glorious, GLORIOUS comic strip: http://www.cracked.com/blog/if-aquam...aquaman-sucks/

So even though he's kinda lame, even Aquaman is capable of bringing great joy to the world, in a roundabout way.

CC: Martian Manhunter is awesome. You're just racist against Martians AND you never read Justice League International back in the 80s. Which is a WAY more serious crime than being racist against Martians, or even being racist in general.

FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza · 10-01-2013, 03:08 AM

I have a friend who would strongly disagree with you, CC, about Martian Manhunter being crap.

Kas · 10-01-2013, 03:49 AM

Superman, because he's too over-power and has less charisma than a potato, in my opinion.

Lance_Steele · 10-04-2013, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Probably Spawn. But you could chuck all the 90s Image characters who weren't The Maxx in there, they were all equally useless. There's only so many times you can recycle amazing characters like "Totally NOT The Hulk", "Almost Psylocke But Not Exactly The Same Outfit", and "Wolverine With Two Claws On Each Hand Instead Of Three", after all. The 90s Image stable was SO f*cking original, relevant, and memorable.

Also, how anyone could list Superman as their absolute least-favorite Super-Hero in a world where someone once thought Ant-Man AND Aquaman were good ideas is beyond me. Or Namor. Who in the flying tits gives a sh*t about NAMOR? I mean, Aquaman was already around, and fully doing a tremendous job of sucking, and some Marvel hack goes, "Y'know... Aquaman's pretty cool (and at that point someone should have pushed the guy out the window before he finished his sentence), but we need to do our OWN guy, and we need to make him naked, (not very) ambiguously gay, and put little teeny wings on his ankles, and THEN we'll have something special." Ugh.

I know Namor's kind of a tweener and not exactly a hero, but he's SO awful he deserves special mention anyways. Here's hoping Marvel never runs so far out of ideas they decide to make a movie about him and his fish-scale thong, for the love of all that's holy and decent.

Just to clarify who was the ripoff, Namor debuted in 1939, one of Marvels earliest superheroes aside from Captain America and the Human Torch(The original). That being said I like both, btw...

As far as least favorites I would say some of the superheroes who called themselves "Antiheroes" from the 90s. And also Anyone drawn from Bob Liefield.... *shudders*

*snake* · 10-04-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm familiar for the justifications for Aquaman's continued existence. The fact remains, potential only counts for so much. Aquaman's always been portrayed as extraneous at best and useless at worst. He's never *done* anything. Bad writing or editorial decisions aside, whatever the reason, he's just always played as a joke. In fact, the only people I've ever seen cop to liking Aquaman at all do it in a defensive way, almost like it's more pity than genuine affection. I totally get that he SHOULD be a powerful, imposing, and respected character. But he's never been adequately presented that way. I dare someone to list ten memorable Aquaman stories, and I promise to get my hands on them just so I can say I was proven wrong. I'll settle for seven, because it's Aquaman, but ten would be nice.

I am glad he exists, though. For one, he once dropped a killer whale on Namor (YES!!!), and secondly, if he never existed, then neither would this glorious, GLORIOUS comic strip: http://www.cracked.com/blog/if-aquam...aquaman-sucks/

So even though he's kinda lame, even Aquaman is capable of bringing great joy to the world, in a roundabout way.

CC: Martian Manhunter is awesome. You're just racist against Martians AND you never read Justice League International back in the 80s. Which is a WAY more serious crime than being racist against Martians, or even being racist in general.

What about 90s aquaman? When he had the hook in his hand.....Or new 52 Aquaman? He's pretty cool...sorta.

~~Leo656~~ · 10-05-2013, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance_Steele

Just to clarify who was the ripoff, Namor debuted in 1939, one of Marvels earliest superheroes aside from Captain America and the Human Torch(The original). That being said I like both, btw...

You may be right; I never bothered to check. I usually do.

snakeweed: At the time I kinda thought the hook and beard were neat, but in retrospect it all seems kinda "Me Too!" in comparison to what Image and Marvel were doing with a lot of their characters. They (DC) decided to take a character nobody really cared about and "shake it up" for attention, knowing that in a worst case scenario it wouldn't get over and they'd retcon it back to normal. It did the job for a while, but as it wasn't done for any reason other than a sales-driven publicity stunt I'm kind of cynical about it now.

I haven't read enough of ANY New 52 books to have an opinion of many characters. I know I wasn't into very much at all that I did read. But I didn't read any of Aquaman at all.

*blindturtle02* · 10-10-2013, 09:23 AM

Captain Marvel from DC.

09-30-2013, 10:46 AM	#1
Whatswiththeheadbands? The Weed of Crime Join Date: May 2013 Location: The Shadow's Sanctum Posts: 3,007	Least favourite superhero? This is in response to one of my older threads. Who is your least favorite superhero/superhero team? Mine is the fantastic four. For some reason, i never found them interesting at all. __________________ Who knows what Evil lurks in the hearts of Men? The Shadow knows...

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Darth Knuckles Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2012 Location: Mutani-Isle Posts: 703	For me it has to be Superman on the DC side and The Hulk on the MARVEL side. They are both usually just too strong of characters to keep me interested at all. There aren't many believable things that can happen to them to make them seem weak or defeated. Superman seemingly always has to have that "rare" kryptonite involved in one way or another to make a fight seem realistic. The Hulk always just seems to fight another creature similar to himself or a god-like character to make the fight somewhat interesting. Either that or just kidnap his girlfriend to make him do what you want for a short period of time. Both Superman and The Hulk, to me, also don't have a very big rogues gallery and that annoys me as well. __________________ "Shredder, what have you done!?!" - Tiger Claw (Annihilation: Earth!)

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Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	Outside of Green Lantern, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, a lot of Marvel and DC's "cosmic" characters are boring as f**k. Also Namor and Cyclops, 'cause they're giant dicks. __________________

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BabyTurtles Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,177	Captain america the Fantastic four __________________

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Pxndx Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Japan Posts: 343	I agree with the fantastic four that is one movie I have never watched and never will however the one that I really dislike is Captain America. In my opinion he has no super powers.. just really juiced up. Pretty boring movie too.

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Mzx10484 WEM Super Starfinder 200 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 2,085	Captain Planet is getting in my mind ...

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~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Probably Spawn. But you could chuck all the 90s Image characters who weren't The Maxx in there, they were all equally useless. There's only so many times you can recycle amazing characters like "Totally NOT The Hulk", "Almost Psylocke But Not Exactly The Same Outfit", and "Wolverine With Two Claws On Each Hand Instead Of Three", after all. The 90s Image stable was SO fcking original, relevant, and memorable. Also, how anyone could list Superman as their absolute least-favorite Super-Hero in a world where someone once thought Ant-Man AND Aquaman were good ideas is beyond me. Or Namor. Who in the flying tits gives a sht about NAMOR? I mean, Aquaman was already around, and fully doing a tremendous job of sucking, and some Marvel hack goes, "Y'know... Aquaman's pretty cool (and at that point someone should have pushed the guy out the window before he finished his sentence), but we need to do our OWN guy, and we need to make him naked, (not very) ambiguously gay, and put little teeny wings on his ankles, and THEN we'll have something special." Ugh. I know Namor's kind of a tweener and not exactly a hero, but he's SO awful he deserves special mention anyways. Here's hoping Marvel never runs so far out of ideas they decide to make a movie about him and his fish-scale thong, for the love of all that's holy and decent.

09-30-2013, 10:22 PM	#8
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	That's hilarious. I've always thought the same thing about Namor. It's a shame the Hulk had to share "Tales to Astonish" with him for so long.

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PApagreg Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 1,828	I never understood the hate Aquaman gets, the guy is bulletproof and can go toe to toe with superman. Also, from a comic book "He could control every creature that lives in the sea. But I don't think either of you know what that really means. Do you know, do you understand, do you have any idea how much life there is in just one single square mile of sea? I don't think you do... and if you multiply that by lots of miles in every direction

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	Almost all those secondary and third-tier DC and Marvel superheroes tend to be boring or just there. There's a reason they're second or third tier too. Of DC I always found Martian Manhunter to be rather boring.

10-01-2013, 12:31 AM	#14
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I'm familiar for the justifications for Aquaman's continued existence. The fact remains, potential only counts for so much. Aquaman's always been portrayed as extraneous at best and useless at worst. He's never done anything. Bad writing or editorial decisions aside, whatever the reason, he's just always played as a joke. In fact, the only people I've ever seen cop to liking Aquaman at all do it in a defensive way, almost like it's more pity than genuine affection. I totally get that he SHOULD be a powerful, imposing, and respected character. But he's never been adequately presented that way. I dare someone to list ten memorable Aquaman stories, and I promise to get my hands on them just so I can say I was proven wrong. I'll settle for seven, because it's Aquaman, but ten would be nice. I am glad he exists, though. For one, he once dropped a killer whale on Namor (YES!!!), and secondly, if he never existed, then neither would this glorious, GLORIOUS comic strip: http://www.cracked.com/blog/if-aquam...aquaman-sucks/ So even though he's kinda lame, even Aquaman is capable of bringing great joy to the world, in a roundabout way. CC: Martian Manhunter is awesome. You're just racist against Martians AND you never read Justice League International back in the 80s. Which is a WAY more serious crime than being racist against Martians, or even being racist in general.

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Kas Thug Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 68	Superman, because he's too over-power and has less charisma than a potato, in my opinion.

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blindturtle02 Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tx Posts: 2,627	Captain Marvel from DC. __________________ Please don't remove my nice hat and wack me in the butt with it.