Comments on: Top 50 Marvel Characters #51

By: Ultram er.

Ultram er. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:17:59 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:24:30 +0000

My hat’s off to Chris–”hate” probably is too strong but I’d like to see a list of least favorites.

By: Chris Coke

Chris Coke — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:59:15 +0000

Most of the people I hate, I don’t hate. It just annoys me that they’re more popular than I think they should be.

I assume that’s where the Gambit haters fall.

I tend to hate all symbiotes, but it’s mostly due to their excessive popularity (or what I perceived as excessive; I notice none made the list)

I really don’t know if I have 10 hated marvel characters. I might though. I hate the Tarantula.

By: Bully

Bully — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:17:44 +0000

Iâ€™m already working on my most hated character list

I call Gambit!

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:06:55 +0000

Although Iâ€™m not sure I could come up with 10 Marvel teams and 10 DC teams I liked

I could, but the lists would get obscure in a hurry.

Which would be half the fun, really.

What do you say, Brian? Top 50 (or 25 or 10) Teams?

By: km

km — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:16:24 +0000

Hey, I figured I’d make the target easier by shooting for plausible. Poor Brian’s probably about dead sick of the numbers game right now.

That said, if he’s not, then all bets are off…

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:27:02 +0000

I would like to see as much of the list as possible too.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:32:53 +0000

I’m already working on my most hated character list…which would actually be completely different from a worst character list.

By: Dasbender

Dasbender — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:46:25 +0000

Yeah, it’s funny how there was all this discussion at the start regarding whether or not you could vote for which team, but none of them made the top 50.

Although I’m not sure I could come up with 10 Marvel teams and 10 DC teams I liked

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:29:21 +0000

Yea… to top 50 most hated characters would be a lot of fun.

Gambit, Rob Liefeld, Cable, Rob Liefeld, Apocalypse, Rob Liefeld, Venom, Carnage, Rob Liefeld…..

Here’s a thought. The top 50 characters became almost all heroes. (go figure… duh) How about a top Villians list? I’d be all for a top teams list as well, though the list would be considerably shorter.

By: Dasbender

Dasbender — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:23:07 +0000

You don’t need to spend a lot of time writing up giant entries like this for each character, but I’d love to at least see a list of all characters you received votes for.

I’d also love to see a poll like this done for the “Top 50 Most Disliked Characters”. I’d bet some characters that were most liked, would also show up as most disliked (e.g., Wolverine, Hal Jordan, etc).

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:09:05 +0000

Yes, more backtracking. DO OUR BIDDING!

I’m not sure I would have even guessed Captain Marvel would rank as high as 51. Maybe its because for most of my life Captain Marvel was Genis-Vell (or “Legacy”) or one of those ‘forever dead’ characters.

I don’t know much about the character, but I like him. Although I do like his original costume much better. You don’t see the green and white color scheme used often and the planet made for an interesting, if cliched, look.

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:22:16 +0000

I really liked Captain Marvel when I was a kid in the 80′s. I even had a sense of reverence for him in the 90′s. Then I was finally able to get the full run of the series in one fell swoop on eBay. After reading it, I wasn’t so enamored with him anymore.

The character itself is just fine. Cosmic protector, wrist bands with all his power, cosmic awareness… no problem. The stories didn’t flow, even when Starlin was on the series. Granted, he & Roy Thomas had the best stories of the bunch, but there was too much bad between & after to make the series as a whole good. It’s a wonder he lasted to issue 60-something.

FWIW: The Death of Captain Marvel GN was one of the best stories written. Marvel’s leadership are bastards for bringing him back.

By: Patrick Zircher

Patrick Zircher — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:38:27 +0000

Devil Slayer?
Somebody go out and make about 20,000 clones of Graham so we can get a Devil Slayer book.
Love that character.

The Captain Marvel above, silver hair, drawn by Kane, was the shizz. When I was a kid, I cribbed more poses from the Giant Size annual than just about any other book.

By: Danar

Danar — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:16:12 +0000

Man, I’m not really surprised that he didn’t make the top 50 list, but I am surprised at how close he came. He only missed out by 2 points. There have been a really large number of very close races.

Marvel had 3 ties, 18 more that were within 3 points and 8 more that were within 10 points. That’s 29 of the 50 ranks that came down to a single person’s vote.

DC had 5 ties, 10 more that were within 3 points and another 16 that were within 10 points. That’s 31 of the 50 ranks that came down to a single person’s vote.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:27:10 +0000

I’m amazed by the absence of Venom and the Goblin, but it’s understandable (and not that surprising) when you think about who was voting.

By: Graham Vingoe

Graham Vingoe — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:43:57 +0000

Devil Slayer, Man-Wolf , Scorpio/Jake Fury and Simon Garth were in my top 10 list so it would be interesting to see which characters were voted for. It occurs to me that I had imagined that Norman Osbourn/Green Goblin was going to be quite high in the chart and I’ve just noticed that Venom didn’t make the 50 either- He cant be top 4, surely?

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:49:41 +0000

I would love it if he backtracked all the way back. I’ve been enjoying this whole list thing way more than I really think is healthy. I need more!

By: Chris Coke

Chris Coke — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:03:40 +0000

Well, there’s certainly somebody who deserved to be in the top 50. Almost there, Cap!

And just because they didn’t make the top 100 in votes doesn’t mean they’re crummy.

I vote for backtracking to infinity and beyond.

I want to see where Human Fly placed!!

Anybody else cast votes his way?

By: Tyson

Tyson — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:44:11 +0000

I’d like to see it backtracked to every character submitted, to tell you the truth.

Even the ones that only got one 10th place vote…