50 Greatest Super Heroes In Comic Book History

[RLAAMJR.]

Link: http://bamsmackpow.com/2014/12/18/50...-book-history/

Please read the first page of the above link so that you would at least know how they came up with the list.

50 Greatest Super Heroes In Comic Book History.
1 Batman
2 Superman
3 Spider-man
4 Captain America
5 Wonder Woman
6 Iron Man
7 Flash
8 Wolverine
9 Green Lantern
10 Hulk
11 Thor
12 Robin
13 Green Arrow
14 Professor X
15 Nightwing
16 Daredevil
17 Thing
18 Aquaman
19 Human Torch
20 Doctor Strange
21 Shazam
22 Supergirl
23 Storm
24 Black Widow
25 Gawkeye
26 Batgirl
27 Deadpool
28 Mr Fantastic
29 Black Panther
30 Superboy
31 Martian Manhunter
32 Hellboy
33 Nick Fury
34 Spawn
35 The Question
36 Catwoman
37 Jean Grey
38 Invisible Woman
39 Raven
40 The Atom
41 Rorschach
42 Silver Surfer
43 She-Hulk
44 Scarlet Witch
45 Spider-Woman
46 Beast
47 Nightcrawler
48 Carol Danvers
49 Northstar
50 Dr. Manhattan


I don't agree with the list because some of them should not be there and some should have been ranked higher/lower but overall, I can say it's kinda a good list.

[a0040pc]

There is no Kitty Pryde on Gambit! What the hell man?

[butterflykyss]

I don't know what the website so I'm not pressed about this but she is the top Marvel lady so I'm good!

[Jumbo]

No Cyclops? Lol...

[NewMutant]

Northstar? I mean I love the guy, but come on. I wish we had a gay superhero that actually ranked in the top 25.

[BlitheringToot]

Northstar and Beast made the list but Cyclops didn't. There's definitely something wrong here.

[Mr. Brightside]

bamsmackpow needs to get bamed smacked powed -_-

[butterflykyss]

No Cyclops? Lol...

I just noticed this lolololololol
Makes sense to me

[Wind Rider]

I don't know what the website so I'm not pressed about this but she is the top Marvel lady so I'm good!

Did not catch this until you mentioned it but good point. The list is interesting. I would not book the FF this high on the list, but they do have some of the longest longevity on the Marvel side.

No Cyclops? Lol...

Haha just noticed that.

[CJStriker]

List is Nice and Interesting!

Really Happy to See Scarlet Witch Make the List and do well!

Also, Storm is the Top Female from the Marvel Universe, Congrats to Storm!

[johnmahananda]

There are a few ways to go with this.

One way would be historical impact. Another would be favorite. Another might be most successful run (and/or most lucrative run).

I could never list 50. From a historical standpoint (i.e., impact on comics as a medium AND overall cultural influence and familiarity), I'd go with:

1. Superman
2. Batman (and Robin)
3. Spider-man
4. Captain America
5. Wonder Woman
6. The Shadow [Could add characters like Doc Savage, Tarzan, Prince Vaiant, Flash Gordon, Green Hornet, etc.]
7. Captain Marvel (SHAZAM!) [Huge during that particular era.]
8. X-Men
9. Wolverine
10. Watchmen

Edit: I think you have to consider teams and members of teams in the list. Wolverine is extremely popular outside of the X-Men association. And no one character from Watchmen is more popular than the entire team/concept of a team.

[ed2962]

I don't think Watchmen characters should be on a list like this. They were basically a satire of superheroes.

[chongjasmine]

Interesting list, though it contains mainly the superheroes from big 2.

[RLAAMJR.]

List is Nice and Interesting!

Really Happy to See Scarlet Witch Make the List and do well!

Also, Storm is the Top Female from the Marvel Universe, Congrats to Storm!

OH yeah!

[johnmahananda]

I don't think Watchmen characters should be on a list like this. They were basically a satire of superheroes.

Satire is the wrong word here. Watchmen is partly an homage and partly a deconstruction. It's not satire in the vein of Swift or Cervantes or even Zappa because it's not openly mocking humanity en masse. It's a very specific tribute to and critique of the superhero sub-genre of comics.

But, even if it were satire, I still think it belongs on the list because you can't argue that the historical impact of the series wasn't gigantic...and my list is based solely on my perception of historical impact. From the historical perception, it would be silly to include e.g. Gambit, Northstar, The Scarlet Witch and Kitty Pryde.

I could've extended the list a bit to add Spawn, Hellboy, John Constantine, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Phantom --- again based on impact on the medium.