Not Well Known Super Heroes...Name your Favorite

[Colesy]

From Russia...Octobriana

 

[Zonix]

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy!

 

[Hadrian]

The People's Poet

 

[woland84]

The Tick

 

[matriculated]

About Constantine: The artists on Swamp Thing kept bugging Alan Moore about creating a character that looked like Sting. So much so that they would insert him as a background character in a couple of issues. I think I remember an issue where someone gets impaled by a swordfish. If you look around that panel, you can see a grinning Sting look-a-like. Moore finally relented and created John Constantine.

As for the Watchmen movie - I really have no faith in it. 12, 24 page comics condensed into 2 hours? I really liked the 300 - I think it was an improvement on Frank Miller's book - but Alan Moore's stories have some sort of movie curse on them (I guess V for Vendetta was ok). I'm really curious if they're going to stick with the ending or come up with something new - because, really, the ending was pretty out there (I'm talking about the New York scene). I wonder if they also have full frontal nudity with Dr. Manhattan.

 

[xcalibur]

Lobo.

Need I say more?

 

[Spikey]

Lobo.

Need I say more?

fortunecity... indeed, you don't need to say any more. they have web hosting and domain names... oh... wait. What super hero...?

 

[Bob Evil]

Need I say more?

Yes, you do.

Lobo is one of the most over-rated characters of all time ... after the exceptionally over-rated Wolverine, that is ...

 

[jalaneme]

LOL catman and lagman XD

edit: sandman

i read all the comics as a kid.

 

[Dack]

I forgot of course Marshal Law - one of my all time favourites.

 

[jalaneme]

LMAO as there are other countries with heroes, meet the wrath of...

CAPTAIN BRITAIN!!

there is dangermouse too.

 

[Zendrik]

My favorite superhero of all time is Deadpool, although he may be a little more known than others due to X-men Legends 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I still don't think he is too well known though. My next would be Doctor Strange. But he was also in MUA and he just had an animated movie for him so he might be on the more well known side of the argument also.

 

[funem]

Though well known to comic readers but not so well know outside that circle, it has surprised me how Hollywood whilst looking for a marketable character that would look good with all the special effects technology available today have completely overlooked or bypassed Green Lantern. Hal Jordan his alter ego, a test pilot, a great angle for a film to start with. Has a ring that can summon forth anything that he can imagine, special effects guys could have a field day, it also gives him the ability to fly, even in space. There have been a number of times a film was discussed but they just always seem to fall off the radar. A major DC character but a much overlooked asset outside the comic page. I have been reading comics ( not so much now ) on and off for 30 years and it always strikes me how bad DC have been marketing their characters, there has been a TV series of the Flash and that was so dire, there was a real good fan film made with Lobo "The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special" but nothing official was still quite good, you should try and check it out along with the dozen or so web episodes that appeared on his own website.

Of some of the others mentioned here, the Max had a cartoon on MTV which was really good and was just like the comic. Plastic Man also had an animated TV series.The original Lobo Mini series of comics that came after his initial appearance in Omega Men were great reads after that they watered him down to much and just misused the character so badly it was a crying shame.

One other great underrated Comic that would have made a real good Saturday morning cartoon type show was Metal Men, another DC comic and one of me person favourites...

Jeez I could go on for days so I better stop now

 

[Gian]

 

[neveras]

Not really a super hero per se, but I have to put my vote in for the bad ass that is Preacher.

 

[Mewgia]

Miracleman.


God that seri4es was so awesome. Too bad they ended it so goddamn soon and Todd McFarlane is being a bitch and won't give the rights to the second writer, Neil Gaiman...

 

[Dylan]

awdogum ftw

 

[Bob Evil]

Though well known to comic readers but not so well know outside that circle, it has surprised me how Hollywood whilst looking for a marketable character that would look good with all the special effects technology available today have completely overlooked or bypassed Green Lantern. Hal Jordan his alter ego, a test pilot, a great angle for a film to start with. Has a ring that can summon forth anything that he can imagine, special effects guys could have a field day, it also gives him the ability to fly, even in space.

Green Lantern has been under option by a movie company for a couple years now ... they have until 2011 to start filming, then they lose the option ...

 

[Westside]

Somkey bear was my childhood hero:

 

[VVoltz]

Cool thread!

Basically Firestorm was by far my favorite superhero, is is basically able to to anything! as he controls atoms.
He is also very unique because he us the fusion of two people.