Whom do you think has been the most popular/successful new character(s) for Marvel in the past 20 years and why?
Whom do you think has been the most popular/successful new character(s) for Marvel in the past 20 years and why?
Miles Morales is the biggest. After Morales, Spider-Gwen.
The New Inhumans, especially Reader. Ms. Marvel is probably the most popular/successful new character for Marvel in the past 20 years along with Miles Morales.
Miles, Kamala and Squirrel Girl.
The Avengers are Firefighters. We're the ones who fly into the blaze, whatever it is. Because we're the ones who
can, so we're the ones who have to.~Captain Marvel
Ms Marvel, Miles and X-23 probably. I guess you could include Spider-Gwen here but technically she is a variant of a character that already existed.
"This is me being reasonable"
I still think Deadpool is the most recent character to become “iconic” in that most everyone knows who he is even outside of comics. Marvel has thrown a lot of stuff against the wall to see what sticks over the past 30 years, but most of it eventually fades away. Like others have said, Ms. Marvel is pushing in that direction, but most people still don’t know who she is. Miles could get a push thanks to Spiderverse, but I dunno…
Doreen doesn't count. She was created in the 90s in an Iron Man story. It just took her some time to become popular, peaking when she had the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl solo book seven years ago.
Definitely agree about Miles and Kamala though. Miles is the lead of the Spider-Verse movie franchise and Kamala's in the MCU, not bad for two characters created only 12 and 10 years ago respectively.
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Oh,wow. Except for Ms. Marvel, not sure I expected anyone to pick the New Inhumans! Interesting choice.
1. Ms. Marvel
2. Inferno
3. Flint
4. Naja
5. Nur (Frank McGee)
6. Reader
7. Iron Cross
Mosaic was also a great addition, and his powers were more unique to Marvel, and so were Kid Kaiju's. Moongirl got her own TV show.
Kamala, Lunella, Kei, and Morris all came out at the same time for the same reason, but only 2 of them stuck around.
Last edited by Force de Phenix; 05-27-2023 at 08:45 AM.