Empire's Top 50 Comic characters list

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Empire's Top 50 Comic characters list

Post by Best First » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:38 am

http://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/

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if you wanna.

Number one appears to be based on chronology rather than mad skills.

some interesting choices - also worth looking at the voting buttons - lot of Deadpook fans out there... :)
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Post by Brendocon » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:40 am

Mmmm. Flicked through this earlier in the week. Was glad to see the likes of Sparks and Spider make it.

Disappointed to see no Yorick, but hardly surprised.

Scandalous absence of V, though. Unless I'm just blind or something.

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Post by angloconvoy » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:37 pm

Shout out for the Saint of Killers entry having the crappiest spoiler warning ever. Here's a spoiler warning, if haven't read preacher, or finished reading it, don't read the saint of killers entry.

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Post by spiderfrommars » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:03 pm

If we're talking Preacher... gotta love Herr Starr.

Interesting that DC got the Top 3.

Will have a proper read of it later.

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Post by sprunkner » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:15 pm

Lots of love to 2000AD in this one.

John Constantine? Above Spidey?
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:50 pm

theres not enough Emma Frost love in the world...
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:06 pm

good to see Death high up the list, i always like sandman comics, and found her quite interesting.
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Post by IronHide » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:41 pm

Only one Watchmen character up there, kinda surprising.

Spawn shoulda been higher imo. At least above that aardvark with a sword, wtf was that?

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Post by Best First » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:39 pm

i reckon Fone Bone needs a spot.
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Post by Brendocon » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:43 pm

And Deffs Edd.

And Rocket Raccoon.

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:09 am

no transformers, or dont they count due to them having a cartoon and stuff?
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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:49 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:no transformers, or dont they count due to them having a cartoon and stuff?
I'd say Death's Head deserves to be in the Top 50, but I'm biased. Wouldn't be surprised if the freelance peacekeeping agent gets a film one day, yes?

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Post by sprunkner » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:55 pm

Best First wrote:i reckon Fone Bone needs a spot.
hell yeah!

Or Phoney Bone.

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Post by sidestreaker » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:42 pm

No Death's head? :(

What's with the aardvark and Astro boy ?
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Post by Rodimus Prime » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:53 am

Joss Whedon doing the Wonder-woman movie...

Eliza Dusku could own that role

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