March 2015 Question #1
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maxauburn:
"Who are your favorite super heroes- and why?"
My all-time favorite hero is probably Wonder Woman. My first comic book ever was Wonder Woman #250, bought for me by my older cousins Stephanie and Debbie in 1978. It cost a quarter. With Wonder Woman being on live TV and in cartoon form on "Super Friends," I was immediately drawn to her. It was fun to watch and fun to read. The transformation spin would run me dizzy. Her strength, speed, ability to deflect bullets, and have a cool lasso made her easy to mimic.
I always enjoyed the link to Greek mythology. When George Perez revamped her in the 1980s, I fell in love with her all over again. The current version in the DC's New 52 is a travesty of the character, in my opinion.
I have other favorite heroes, usually finding one on every team, like Star Boy in the Legion of Super-Heroes, Angel in the X-Men, The Scarlet Witch in the Avengers, Mirage in the New Mutants, The Flash in the JSA, etc. Each one for different reasons. If I kept on, the entry would be too long to read. :)
So which ones are yours?
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maxauburn:"Who are your favorite super heroes- and why?"
My all-time favorite hero is probably Wonder Woman. My first comic book ever was Wonder Woman #250, bought for me by my older cousins Stephanie and Debbie in 1978. It cost a quarter. With Wonder Woman being on live TV and in cartoon form on "Super Friends," I was immediately drawn to her. It was fun to watch and fun to read. The transformation spin would run me dizzy. Her strength, speed, ability to deflect bullets, and have a cool lasso made her easy to mimic.
I always enjoyed the link to Greek mythology. When George Perez revamped her in the 1980s, I fell in love with her all over again. The current version in the DC's New 52 is a travesty of the character, in my opinion.
I have other favorite heroes, usually finding one on every team, like Star Boy in the Legion of Super-Heroes, Angel in the X-Men, The Scarlet Witch in the Avengers, Mirage in the New Mutants, The Flash in the JSA, etc. Each one for different reasons. If I kept on, the entry would be too long to read. :)
So which ones are yours?
March is question month. If you would like to ask me anything, go here.
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Date: 2015-03-16 03:09 pm (UTC)You know what really stands out to me on this list is how of these characters, only Star Boy is (mostly) untouched from years past. Well, maybe the last New Mutants run "fixed" Mirage a bit too now that I think about it. But Scarlet Witch, Golden Age Flash, and Angel all don't even remotely resemble the characters I loved in the past. the recent characterization of Scarlet Witch is terrible, and I hate that they retconned her and Pietro to not be Magneto's children.
oh, and agreed on Wonder Woman since the new 52. The upcoming NEW DC doesn't look like it will bring back much fun either. tho... I do like her upcoming new costume design I have to admit. Too bad the stories haven't been that good :P