Comments on: Top 100 Comic Book Battles: 30-26

By: Mecha-Shiva

Mecha-Shiva — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:24:20 +0000

Man, no Nextwave? Drop bears, come on!

By: Lord Paradise

Lord Paradise — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:06:17 +0000

The whole hundred gone, and still no Wolverine vs. Shingen? I expected that to easily make the Top 25.

I think the only other thing on my list that didn't make it was Rorschach vs. Big Figure. But I wouldn't really have expected that to get in.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:50:37 +0000

The ending to Civil War was so anti-climatic and flat. I had a long discussion with the guy who runs my local comic shop now (same one I used to run years ago) right after Civil War 7 where I ranted about hating it and that it just ended abruptly. When asked for different endings I said "Cap dying" or "at least, some villains behind it all" was told it "neither would ever happen". Well each happened one a couple weeks later, one a couple of years later. And either one of them done as they were later would have been very satisfying.

By: Ortiz

Ortiz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:08:17 +0000

BTW, the power of hope is incredible.

By: Ortiz

Ortiz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:55:43 +0000

Some cool fights here, but I'm amazed there was nothing in the top 100 from Planet Hulk or World War Hulk, really shame. Peace.

By: Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:43:48 +0000

I agree, I think too many fights are there because they are from the younger readers who weren't around for the classic stuff. I am starting to doubt that the Sub-Mariner/Daredevil in DD #7 by Wally Wood won't be there or the climatic fight between Doctor Doom and the Thing in the Baxter Building in FF #39. Not a fan of some of the fights that turned into a gore fest with spine snapping, etc.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:36:18 +0000

I knew that the fight against the Midgard Serpent had to be here! Nice one
Still I think it deserved to be in the Top 10.
Too many fights in this list are only listed because they are recent.
The Sinestro Corps War, all of the Superboy- Prime fights and the Civil War are still fresh on people's minds but I don't think they'll stand the test of time

By: The Eye

The Eye — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:35:12 +0000

After seeing the entire list It's nice to see Walt Simonson make the list a few times. The sheer number of Superboy Prime fights are galling but I gather from past polls there's a silent majority of blog readers who actually seem to think the greatest superhero comics have all been published in the past five years as event comics so well, all the more power to them, I guess.

I will take this time to put my favourite fight I know no one else voted for:Commisioner Ultima vs. Top Ten in Top Ten #10 by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon. If only for one of the best "Hell yeah!" moments.

Girl One just threw herself into the line of fire and been killed and her corpse is being cradled by mild-mannered, kindly old Captain Jetlad when resident powerhouse Smax walks up.

Smax: Permission to use extreme force on suspect, sir?

Jetlad: Go break her %$*&ing neck, son.

By: Matt Bird

Matt Bird — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:34:06 +0000

Another fun list. I always have so much fun with these! Nice to see that the "Great Darkness Saga" almost made the original list. It's the seventh and last of my top ten to make the list. The other three that didn't make it were: The Legion vs. the Legion of Super-Villains, The Defenders vs. the Six-Fingered Hand (which was admittedly a long shot), and Dreadstar vs. the Instrumentality. Am I the only the who finds that Sandman issue to be the dippiest thing ever written? I always feel like such a weak sister reading this site, since I can't stomach the brutality of writers like Ennis (I can only occasionally stomach the brutality in Johns, fer chrissakes). That's why it's so baffling that more of you tough guys out there don't roll your eyes at "I am hope." So what didn't make the list? No X-Men 150? Nothing from Akira?? No Thor and everybody else vs. Surtur?

By: eRIC

eRIC — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:13:52 +0000

I have to say I'm surprised that the Spider-Man/Green Goblin battle where Harry dies didn't crack the top 100. That, to me, is one of the seminal moments of Spidey's mythos and the battl was drawn beautifully by Sal Buscema. All in all though, great list.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:04:16 +0000

slurb.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:20:45 +0000

Wolfsbane, i remember reading somewhere that they wanted Cap to die on his own book, because otherwise Civil War was going to be forever known as the book that killed Cap.

Also, holy crap, i voted for that Sandman one and i thought no one else would have. I am glad it almost made the top list.

By: Wolfsbane

Wolfsbane — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:42:01 +0000

civil war was an epic fail for me just because marvel did the whole "you have to read all these books to get the full story" and then the ending to issue 7 is a copout, we shouldn've gotten caps death in issue seven and let brubaker show how it happened in cap #25.

By: Mike Blake

Mike Blake — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:43:48 +0000

"Choronzon: I am a dire world, prey-stalking, lethal prowler." Are you sure that isn't "dire WOLF"?

By: Crash-Man

Crash-Man — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:40:28 +0000

Gaiman is capable of great stuff when he's in his element.