Favourite superhero?

**sadloserkid** · 22/05/2003, 1:35 PM

Originally posted by Dricky
Remember that one, it was one for the fans of the comic or cartoon. goes to show that some studios want to invest in an idea rather than just rob it.

Yeah, it was a nice touch I thought. Made me giggle anyway.

**Colm** · 22/05/2003, 5:19 PM

Anyone remeber Captain Planet? he was dreadful!

**James** · 22/05/2003, 5:27 PM

ah come on
"captain planet
he's our hero
gona bring pollution down to zero"

surely as great message to put out to the watching kids
just like the excellant anti drugs stance cork city fans are stating at the dublin matches. fair play there and say no to drugs kids

**sadloserkid** · 23/05/2003, 8:21 AM

Originally posted by Colm
Anyone remeber Captain Planet? he was dreadful!

And the planeteers were...

slk thinks deeply for a few moments

The earth guy was from Africa and called Kwame (and he was voiced by the guy who was La Forge in Star Trek- The Next Generation...

The fire guy was the brilliantly named 'Wheeler'

from Yankland.

The water chick was asian and called.... Gee or something to that effect I think....

The air girly was the resident sexbomb and was called Linka. She was Russian.

And the weedy little urchin who wore the heart ring (sissy

) was called Martique.

And then what about villians. There was Doctor Blight (another woman) and a pony-tailed guy with a hard on for ivory... A rather rotund game hunter and... that's all I can remember to be honest.

**steven17** · 23/05/2003, 12:13 PM

the hurricane from wwe hes got superpowers " whats up with dat"

**Countyman** · 23/05/2003, 2:11 PM

What about John Rambo???

Indestructible.

Asian chick - "Whats that Rambo?"

Rambo - "Its a blue light"

Asian chick - "What does it do?"

Rambo - "Turns blue"

or who could ever forget him putting gunpowder in a bullet wound and igniting it!!!!.....the man just thrives off pain.

...pretty darn good at that Afghan polo type game with a sheep too.

...a real allrounder and the POW always gets saved.

surely a superhero

**Dricky** · 23/05/2003, 2:19 PM

Originally posted by James
ah come on
"captain planet
he's our hero
gona bring pollution down to zero"

surely as great message to put out to the watching kids
just like the excellant anti drugs stance cork city fans are stating at the dublin matches. fair play there and say no to drugs kids

lol

**goalside** · 24/05/2003, 11:37 AM

has to be superman

**steven17** · 24/05/2003, 2:09 PM

optimas prime
the robot was in time magizine 100 men of the century and came about 4th

shame on you all

he also had some great comebacks (from the movie)

MEGATRON" why throw away your life so foolishly prime

PRIME"thats a question you should ask yourself megatron.

that robot is a legend

**colster** · 26/05/2003, 3:39 PM

It has to be monkey magic. Deadly.

**highlight100** · 05/01/2006, 12:40 AM

Has to be wonder woman and those sexy tights,not forgetting the infamous truth rope. The big wigs in merrion square could do with her super powers now i should think....

**M@ttitude** · 05/01/2006, 2:27 AM

Super Gran was honestly my favourite.. No Joke.

Stand back Superman, Iceman, Spiderman
Batman and Robin too
Don't wanna cause a ruckus, but BA Baracus
Have I got a match for you
She makes them look like a bunch of fairies
She's got more bottle than United Dairies
Hang about
Look out
For Supergran

**lofty9** · 05/01/2006, 8:42 AM

Eric, from 29 Arcadia road aka Bananaman!

**Gerrit** · 05/01/2006, 7:05 PM

Favourite superhero must be Radioactive Man from the comics in the Simpsons...

"Up and at'om !"

(pronounce as 'up and had'em - obviously

)

But, of all non-existing creatures that appeared in novels, films, artworks... my favourite of course, surprise surprise

, is Count Dracula.
I just cannot resist to vampire novels and films.

**ken foree** · 05/01/2006, 7:26 PM

the HULK has been, is, and will always be my absolute #1. the dim one is best from the comics, not the mute lou ferrigno one from the tv show. something about this super-powerful, tortured animal, hounded across the western u.s. by the army, often gentle, but not always heroic. the ultimate in a conflicted and sometimes pathetic creature who just wanted to be left alone.. something most children can relate to at times!

spidey a close second.

honourable mentions to silver surfer(how f*cking cool was he) and the mighty thor. ghost rider was fairly bada$$ too

great shout on the tick!

**the 12 th man** · 05/01/2006, 7:35 PM

Has to be one of the "Mystery Men",either the Limey fork flinger the "Blue Rajah" or "The Shoveler".

**hamish** · 06/01/2006, 12:15 AM

When I was a kid I used to buy the old Victor comic and my favourite "hero" was Gorgeous Gus, a kind of upmarker Roy of the Rovers.

Here's some info on him and The Victor

The Victor ran for 1657 issues and you could expect to pay �50 for issue 1 with the free gift of a Super Squirt Ring although it is very scarce.

A definite attraction was its free gifts which were usually football related: my favourite was a yellow plastic wallet with football statistics printed on it, in which weekly free cards (?) were then deposited. The best stories were also sport related. "The Tough of the Track" is unequivocally the finest athletics cartoon story ever told. Alf Tupper had all the qualities any top athlete could wish for: working class background, firm grasp of non-standard English (as in "I run the toff"), steady proletarian job (welding beneath the railway arches), economical and unvaried diet (fish and chips), deep rooted hatred of the upper classes, strong reservations about any foreigner especially eastern Europeans, and complete disrespect for authority whether British or eastern European. His long running career spanned at least the 1950s (the earliest race I know of was in prose in the 1957 "Adventure" annual), 60s and 70s. Not only did he continue running successfully into his late fifties but showed no signs of hair loss or modernisation of hair style, favouring a low friction quiff at all times.

"Gorgeous Gus", though far less revered, also deserves a high ranking despite being the complete antithesis to Alf. If Alf had ever met Gus, there would have been trouble. Gus was grotesquely rich but nevertheless favoured a career in first division football. Not for him the usual ninety minute drudgery: sporting a hand-made silk kit, Gus would only deign to come on the pitch to take free kicks or penalties. As possessor of a literally net-breaking shot, these brief appearances guaranteed victory after victory. He was assisted at all times by a personal valet who cleaned his boots on the touchlines and provided refreshments from a silver tray.

You used to get lovely wallets and then you'd collect first class colour photos of various English and Scottish teams to keep. God, if I'd kept them they'd be worth a fortune now.