Top 10 Favorite Fictional Characters 2016 Edition

[Victοr]

I'm not sure who Spider Jerusalem is, but I really like the rest of those characters. I haven't read Deathstroke in a long time so that's why I didn't think of him, but he was my second favorite comic book character under Batman when he was written by Marv Wolfman. I loved the Teen Titans and the solo series. I don't know how it holds up upon re-reading it though. And yes, Van Dyke Ollie is the best....well, it's the only one I've read, so I guess I can't say that. I love that look though. The DCUC Green Arrow was one of my favorite figures. Oh, and I meant to say I'm not a fan of characters relying on superpowers over skills and intelligence. That's why I was okay with Frank Miller's Daredevil when it came to superpowers. It was because Frank Miller wrote it as though Matt had abilities that all humans had and the radioactive material just made it easier for him. He then lost his powers and was able to still be a great martial artist/crime fighter. Characters like Deadpool and Deathstroke are still very interesting to me without their abilities.

Spider Jerusalem is the protagonist of Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan. He's a journalist looking for "the truth". He's also vulgar, a user of verious narcotics (so that he can get inspiration) and a grade A c@nt, but he's damn brilliant. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but from what I've seen, I really, really like him, mostly because he's sorta unique (the series is from the 90s, so it's not a recent project).

Deathstroke has been awful since the New 52 started, which breaks my heart. The first vol was okay. Nothing special or noteworthy, it was just "there". Now, the second/current vol has brilliant art, but the story is lacking. It's used merely as a platform for Bay-esque action scenes with little to no characterization. Plus, Slade has been de-aged to around 30 or so now, so yeah, here's another con.

 

[Baneofdemon22]

Spider Jerusalem is the protagonist of Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan. He's a journalist looking for "the truth". He's also vulgar, a user of verious narcotics (so that he can get inspiration) and a grade A c@nt, but he's damn brilliant. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but from what I've seen, I really, really like him, mostly because he's sorta unique (the series is from the 90s, so it's not a recent project).

Deathstroke has been awful since the New 52 started, which breaks my heart. The first vol was okay. Nothing special or noteworthy, it was just "there". Now, the second/current vol has brilliant art, but the story is lacking. It's used merely as a platform for Bay-esque action scenes with little to no characterization. Plus, Slade has been de-aged to around 30 or so now, so yeah, here's another con.

Thanks for the info!

Yeah, I'm sorry, but that's why I don't want to get into the New 52. I writing might be good, but I can also use my time to read thousands of well-written novels instead. They're not the same characters, so I have no need to read them. I'll stick with Marvel, and old DC. There's enough of that stuff for me to read for 100 life-times, so I'm not hurting for content! Heck, New 52 Batman is what got me to check out other characters. I wouldn't have bothered with anyone else other than Batman X-Men if it wasn't for my disdain for what was going on. Not, that it was bad. I care about Tim, Damian, Jason, Barabara, and Cassie, so seeing them treated so terribly saddened me! I was really enjoying the Flash until they brought in their new Wally, and that turned me off because the only super powered DC characters that I liked were the Teen Titans and Young Justice characters, and Wally was one of them. I now realize that while I like All Star Superman as a beautiful montage of superheroics, I don't know if I like Superman as a character to be quite honest. I'm interested in what they're doing with him in BvS with the destruction, because it happened all the time in the comics I read, and it added to my disdain for Supes. And on top of that, he'd lecture Bruce about wearing a mask and hiding in the shadows (Not everyone is invulnerable and has every superpower under the book, perfect parents, and job of world class journalists and villians that are too stupid to see behind a pair of glasses). Urgh...sorry I recently read All Star Superman and I loved it so much that I went to read a bunch of Superman comics, and it brought back why I didn't care for the character.

 

[Victοr]

Thanks for the info!

Yeah, I'm sorry, but that's why I don't want to get into the New 52. I writing might be good, but I can also use my time to read thousands of well-written novels instead. They're not the same characters, so I have no need to read them. I'll stick with Marvel, and old DC. There's enough of that stuff for me to read for 100 life-times, so I'm not hurting for content! Heck, New 52 Batman is what got me to check out other characters. I wouldn't have bothered with anyone else other than Batman X-Men if it wasn't for my disdain for what was going on. Not, that it was bad. I care about Tim, Damian, Jason, Barabara, and Cassie, so seeing them treated so terribly saddened me! I was really enjoying the Flash until they brought in their new Wally, and that turned me off because the only super powered DC characters that I liked were the Teen Titans and Young Justice characters, and Wally was one of them. I now realize that while I like All Star Superman as a beautiful montage of superheroics, I don't know if I like Superman as a character to be quite honest. I'm interested in what they're doing with him in BvS with the destruction, because it happened all the time in the comics I read, and it added to my disdain for Supes. And on top of that, he'd lecture Bruce about wearing a mask and hiding in the shadows (Not everyone is invulnerable and has every superpower under the book, perfect parents, and job of world class journalists and villians that are too stupid to see behind a pair of glasses). Urgh...sorry I recently read All Star Superman and I loved it so much that I went to read a bunch of Superman comics, and it brought back why I didn't care for the character.

Personally I really liked Snyder's Batman, though there were some stuff I wasn't a big fan of (Mr. Freeze's new origin). But I am leaning more on indies ATM, I want to see what REBIRTH is first though. Marvel has completely let me down, so I'm putting my faith in DC and hoping for the best. But, truth is, indies are at a much better state nowadays, both from a story perspective and from an overall quality standpoint.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Spider Jerusalem is the protagonist of Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan. He's a journalist looking for "the truth". He's also vulgar, a user of verious narcotics (so that he can get inspiration) and a grade A c@nt, but he's damn brilliant. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but from what I've seen, I really, really like him, mostly because he's sorta unique (the series is from the 90s, so it's not a recent project).

Mean. Vulgar. Truth-obsessed. Addicted. Brilliant. *******. I'm sure I've seen that character somewhere before ...



And, he was pretty much a medical knock-off of Sherlock Holmes.

SnakeDoc

 

[Victοr]

Mean. Vulgar. Truth-obsessed. Addicted. Brilliant. *******. I'm sure I've seen that character somewhere before ...

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And, he was pretty much a medical knock-off of Sherlock Holmes.

SnakeDoc

Transmetropolitan debuted in 1997 and concluded in 2002. House MD debuted around 2004 if I'm not mistaken, right? Either way, there are some differences between the two of them. Spider is more concerned with getting the "truth", whatever that may be, out there, while House is dead-set on always being correct. Besides, Greg is addicted, but Jerusalem is on a whole other level. The drugs of our day are so out of date, that they're not even considered drugs in his time period. He consumes daily and unstoppably, but only to fuel his "inspiration". Granted, I've only read a couple of issues, but, like most Vertigo titles (it debuted under DC's Helix imprint, but then it was moved to Vertigo), it's quite different from the usual stuff. I'd give it a read if you can find the trades or through comixology.

PS: Love the "μολών λαβέ" sub BTW!

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Transmetropolitan debuted in 1997 and concluded in 2002. House MD debuted around 2004 if I'm not mistaken, right? Either way, there are some differences between the two of them. Spider is more concerned with getting the "truth", whatever that may be, out there, while House is dead-set on always being correct. Besides, Greg is addicted, but Jerusalem is on a whole other level. The drugs of our day are so out of date, that they're not even considered drugs in his time period. He consumes daily and unstoppably, but only to fuel his "inspiration". Granted, I've only read a couple of issues, but, like most Vertigo titles (it debuted under DC's Helix imprint, but then it was moved to Vertigo), it's quite different from the usual stuff. I'd give it a read if you can find the trades or through comixology.

PS: Love the "μολών λαβέ" sub BTW!

Sherlock Holmes was the basis for House ... he started a long time ago. I was figuring it was another Holmes spin-off. Honestly, I've never heard of Spider before your post. Just sounded a lot like House. House wasn't obsessed with being right -- he was obsessed with solving the puzzle. Like Holmes. And, it sounds like, Spider.

Thanks for the PS. Not too many catch that.

SnakeDoc

 

[Victοr]

Sherlock Holmes was the basis for House ... he started a long time ago. I was figuring it was another Holmes spin-off. Honestly, I've never heard of Spider before your post. Just sounded a lot like House. House wasn't obsessed with being right -- he was obsessed with solving the puzzle. Like Holmes. And, it sounds like, Spider.

Thanks for the PS. Not too many catch that.

SnakeDoc

Spider is obsessed with getting the "truth" out there. Holmes wants to be right, solve the puzzle and be the smartest guy in the room. Jerusalem mostly doesn't care for what others think if they're deliberately hiding the "truth". He'll criticize politicians, the President, whoever the hell he deems as a liar and someone who obstructs pure, old fashioned journalism. He'll submit an article which contains the word f_ck 1.000 times if he has to.

Yeah, I'm from Greece so this phrase is as well known/common as Batman around here.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Spider is obsessed with getting the "truth" out there. Holmes wants to be right, solve the puzzle and be the smartest guy in the room. Jerusalem mostly doesn't care for what others think if they're deliberately hiding the "truth". He'll criticize politicians, the President, whoever the hell he deems as a liar and someone who obstructs pure, old fashioned journalism. He'll submit an article which contains the word f_ck 1.000 times if he has to.

Yeah, I'm from Greece so this phrase is as well known/common as Batman around here.

Greece. Makes sense. I'm from Texas, so "Come and Take It" is far more common around here. We lifted the phrase from Leonidas and used it on a Texas Revolution battle flag ... answering the Mexicans who had demanded their cannon back ...



I just thought the Greek version was a bit more subtle.

SnakeDoc

 

[Victοr]

Greece. Makes sense. I'm from Texas, so "Come and Take It" is far more common around here. We lifted the phrase from Leonidas and used it on a Texas Revolution battle flag ... answering the Mexicans who had demanded their cannon back ...

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I just thought the Greek version was a bit more subtle.

SnakeDoc

Huh, I didn't know that, and I'm a sucker for interesting random facts. Thanks for the info!

 

[Mnl_actionfigures]

1. Vito Corleone, played by both Brando and
DeNiro

2. Michael Corleone, my favorite Pacino role.

3. Travis Bickle, truly one of all time favs Sense teenagehood.

4. 'Fast' Eddie Felson, Paul Newman is one of the greats and I love both The Hustler and Color of Money

5. Rocky Balboa, the definitive Sly character and one of the best characters in all of film history.

6. 'The man with no name' Blondie, Joe, Manco. Clint's character in all three dollars trilogy films does not go by one official name. He's just an ultimate badass.

7. A tie between Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard and Indiana jones. I love blade runner as a film more but as characters I love them equal.

8. Randle Patrick Mcmurphy, who doesn't love Jack in this role? The film and character are just great.

9. Batman, I've always loved batman, I'm talking about the comics and animated series, I never grew too fond of any movie versions. He's what every kid adores. the character and his universe still hold up in adulthood. There is nothing I can say about batman that all of you don't already know.

10. Lucas Jackson 'Cool hand Luke', another amazing Newman performance and one of my all time fav characters.

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[Baneofdemon22]

That is an awesome list! I completely forgot about Rocky and McMurphy! I just swapped out characters so I could put them on my list. You covered characters that are all in my top 10 favorite movies!

I also just realized I forgot Charles Kane!

 

[Baneofdemon22]

I hope you feel better Luke! Great list!

 

[breakingdead]

10 Nucky

9 Tommy

8 Terminator

7 Leon

6 Ace

5. Indiana Jones

4. Tony Soprano

3. James Bond

2. Walter White

1. Blondie

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

1. The Joker

2. Rambo

3. Batman

4. The T -800 (T2)

5. Beetlejuice

6. Superman

7. James Bond

8. Walter White/Heisenberg (Breaking Bad)

9. Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)

10. Popeye