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(91 points)
From Steve Ditko's faux-Spider-Man to Giffen & DeMatteis's most sympathetic character, Ted Kord spoke to the insecurities in all of us. And for that, we killed him like a Kennedy. (Huk-L)
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten as angry about the offing of a fictional character as I did when DC decided to do away with Blue Beetle. How to justify such emotional investment? The best that I can come up with is that, unlike Booster Gold say, Blue Beetle isn’t just a moderately pleasant clown: he’s the prankster that reads Chekov, the c-list character that, precisely because of his mediocre status, often ends up looking a lot more heroic than Superman, Batman or any of the other big guns. (Daniel_Rf)
Greatest Moment: Meeting Catherine Cobert for the "first" time in JLA #8, "Moving Day" (Iodine)
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 28 April 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 28 April 2006 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 28 April 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 28 April 2006 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Does "zzzzzzzzork" mean "then they fucked like bunnies" or "and then the title started sucking bigtime" or something else?
― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 28 April 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 28 April 2006 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link
(96 points)
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John Constantine is the ultimate "Mary Sue" character - pretty much everyone who writes him infects him with their own habits and concerns, and no surprise as he's the perfect vehicle to live out both yr coolness fantasies and yr bastard ones: unlike most Mary-Sues he allows writers to explore self-disgust as well as self-glorification. He's also - albeit intermittently - one of the only convincing British characters in US comics, which may explain a lot of his votes.
Greatest Moment: Despite a 200+ issue ongoing series (not bad for someone designed to look like Sting!) his biggest impact is still his first dozen or so appearances, as the plot device and Greek chorus behind "American Gothic". Alan Moore's concept of an outsider who sees how the bits fit together has been ripped off umpteen times since but these appearances are still the freshest. Swamp Thing #46, the CRISIS tie-in issue, might be the best crossover issue of all time and shows how well the guy works in a shared universe.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
That's one of my favourite aspects of him, which is why my favourite moment is still the big scene in Books Of Magic.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link
(99 points)
http://www.austinbooks.com/images/DCArchiveWESpirit17.jpg
Leaving aside the visual mastery and narrative genius of Will Eisner, Denny Colt still stands as a classic character. The Spirit contained everything we would love about adventure heroes in the years to come. Like James Bond, he knew the importance of a well-tailored suit. Like Indiana Jones, he usually took more punches than he threw. He was occasionally cruel to those he cared about, but he always maintained a stoic sense of duty. In a lot of ways, he was camp before camp was cool. (Huk-L)
Greatest Moment: "The Post-War Strips" sez Huk.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 13:05 (eighteen years ago) link
As for the Spirit--it's one of my favorite comics, but does anyone actually like the Spirit? I've never wondered what would happen to him, what he was like, etc. He just seemed like an automated "Main Character" for Eisner to send out into gigantic diminishing points of perspective and multi-colored postmodern metafictions.
― kenchen, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link
but this could be any noir hero no? philip marlowe, the continental op...
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Also - this is true of the Surfer too - a "good character" isn't just down to the writer! How the character stands, poses, moves, looks, smiles are just as important and that's where the Spirit picks up points and votes, surely.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
The Spirit contained everything we would love about adventure heroes in the years to come
what i meant was a lot of those qualities were also contained by heroes who were the spirit's contemporaries.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― kenchen, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 5 May 2006 09:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 5 May 2006 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 5 May 2006 12:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 5 May 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 5 May 2006 13:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 5 May 2006 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link
(103 points)
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She's big. She's green. She's the smartest gal in the room. She hates clothing. (Huk-L)
A nothing character that lots of people have done a surprising amount with. (Pete)
Greatest Moment: defeating Blizzard with the power of booze (Mark C)
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― asdf, Friday, 5 May 2006 16:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
And the good Eisner-written stories from the Spirit totally pwn everything he did post-retirement obv.
― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 5 May 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amadeo (Amadeo G.), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Maybe tomorrow, though...
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:10 (seventeen years ago) link
You're pretty much right -- this would have been circa '42-'45, when Eisner diverted his attentions from comic books to beating the Nazis, albeit using comic books to do it, using them as instruction manuals for GIs. Still, Lou Fine was drawing El Spirito, and since he was one of the three best Golden Age artists, that's no bad thing.
David
― David Simpson (David Simpson), Thursday, 10 August 2006 10:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 10 August 2006 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link
23. Heathcliff (Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats)
(4,602 points)
http://www.shoutfactory.com/img/detail/heathcliff.jpg
Imagine Garfield -- but funnier!
― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
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Greatest Moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_3cBmAHjA
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
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He's got a pot. On his HEAD. A pothead, gettit?
Greatest moment: beating the Meatles. Whoops, meeting the Beatles.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link