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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Superhero Top Ten. Who's More Popular? Superman...Batman?

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Back in the old days, all we had to determine comic book superhero popularity was sales.
Now we have the Interweb!
And I tell you, doing some research on who is the most popular comic book character is a little strange.

1. Batman
Of course with the awesome movie and dying (what..twice recently?) I figured this would happen.
2. Robin
Robin? The Boy Hostage? He hasn't even been in a good movie. Unless you count the amazing "Grayson" fan film.
3. Spiderman
Even Obama couldnt help Spidey get up over Bats.
4. Superman
Superman Returns....meh
5. Iron Man
The movie rocked, no question.
6. X-Men
Through ups and downs, bad and good, I've always considered The X-Men to be Marvel's flagship.
7. The Incredible Hulk
Second movie was decent. And the Hulk stirs that "Forget logic, I just wanna pound something" feeling we all get from time to time.
8. Wolverine
He goes anywhere from maniac with razor sharp blades to Byronic hero. And he has a movie coming out.
9. Watchmen
I really expected them to be higher.
10. Wonder Woman
One of DC comics Trinity. And if they EVER finally make a movie.......

Notice that with the exception of Robin, and maybe Wonder Woman, all of these have movie tie ins?

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Batman...R.I.P?

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First Captain America and now this?
You know I really like Grant Morrison, I read both his fiction and non fiction.
But this.....

Holy reincarnation, Batman!
Scots writer Grant Morrison killed off Bruce Wayne in the tellingly titled Batman RIP - but death is rarely the end for comic book heroes
Gillian Harris
Grant Morrison is enjoying a spell of notoriety. Following the publication of last week’s Batman comic, he is guaranteed a place in the superhero hall of fame as the man who killed the caped crusader.
The writer’s announcement that he planned to dispose of Batman sparked a frenzy of speculation and chat room buzz over what sort of grisly fate would befall the legendary hero. Rumours abounded that his loyal sidekick Robin would go over to the dark side and destroy him.
Full story here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5257656.ece

So does Nightwing inherit the cape and cowl?
What's gonna happen to the Joker?
After Cap died Stephen Colbert got his shield, who gets the batarang?
(I think Colbert would push for the Batmobile)

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