Top Five Legacy Heroes

[Jekyll]

I’m not sure how many of you listen to podcasts, but Comic Geek Speak is a great one! They recently did a episode where they ranked their top five legacy heroes, so I thought it would be fun to do the same.

Here is how they defined “legacy hero”
Any hero who's ever succeeded to, filled in for, been inspired/influenced by, or stolen from another character is fair game!

My list:
1. Jack Knight- Starman
2. Wally West- The Flash
3. Ray Palmer- The Atom (taking the name from Golden Age Al Pratt)
4. Courtney Whitmore- Stargirl
5. Dick Grayson-Batman

Alternates: Connor Hawke- Green Arrow, Rick Tyler -Hourman, Jesse Quick, Kyle Rayner

What would your list look like?

[Buried Alien]

Dick Grayson needs to be on this list, even if his appearances as Batman have been few and far between.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Jekyll]

Dick Grayson needs to be on this list, even if his appearances as Batman have been few and far between.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

That’s a great pick! You know......I may actually put him in my list, because I loved Morrison’s run with Dick as Bats.

[Tony Stark]

Why not Mr. Terrific Michael Holt?

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I've been really enjoying Comics Geek Speak. This episode is particularly fun. Really gave me an appreciation for the Wally/Kyle/Connor legacy era of the DCU that Jack Knight really epitomized.

[JackDaw]

I think including Ray Palmer/ Al Pratt is a real stretch...do they have anything in common apart from the "Atom" name??

I'd suugest replacing Ray with Kate Spencer...the 2006 Marc Andreyko Manhunter series did make a serious play on incorporating Kate into earlier Manhunter stories.

[Denirac]

1. Wally West/Flash
2. Dick Grayson/Batman
3. John Stewart/Green Lantern
4. Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern (He counts right?)
5. Michael Holt/Mr Terrific

[Jekyll]

Again after the explanation at the top is MY list. I would love to see your lists of top five legacy characters.

[Jekyll]

Why not Mr. Terrific Michael Holt?

Holt is a great character and my favorite Mr. Terrific, just not in my personal top five.

[Jekyll]

I think including Ray Palmer/ Al Pratt is a real stretch...do they have anything in common apart from the "Atom" name??

I'd suugest replacing Ray with Kate Spencer...the 2006 Marc Andreyko Manhunter series did make a serious play on incorporating Kate into earlier Manhunter stories.

Look at their criteria of how they defined legacy though. In the podcast a few of them mentioned silver age characters because most of them were continuing a golden age legacy......even if it only included using a name.

You are more than welcome to include Kate Spencer in your list

[Jekyll]

I've been really enjoying Comics Geek Speak. This episode is particularly fun. Really gave me an appreciation for the Wally/Kyle/Connor legacy era of the DCU that Jack Knight really epitomized.

It was probably one of my favorite episodes. The 90’s gets some crap, but that’s when i was growing up and getting into comics. There were so many beloved and wonderful characters during those years.

[Franny6422]

Barry Allen is top! Especially as he kicked off the silver age, and begun 'legacy.'

[The Darknight Detective]

Barry Allen is top! Especially as he kicked off the silver age, and begun 'legacy.'

Except Barry wasn't a legacy character pre-COIE.

[WallyWestFlash]

Cool thread. Most of my favorite heroes are legacy heroes so it's kinda hard for me to choose. Most of these are pretty close.

1. Wally West (shocker I know)
2. Kyle Rayner
3. Supergirl Linda Danvers
4. Tim Drake
5. Conner Hawke

Man if they made a team with these guys I would be in heaven .

[SixSpeedSamurai]

1) Wally West
2) Tim Drake
3) Kyle Rayner
4) Ray Terrill
5) Dinah Laurel Lance