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Poll
Question: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Option 1: Captain America votes: 7
Option 2: Iron Man votes: 14
Option 3: The Hulk votes: 3
Option 4: Thor votes: 4
Option 5: Hank Pym votes: 2
Option 6: The Wasp votes: 3
Title: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Neil on October 08, 2009, 02:28:44 PM
Steve Rogers/Captain America:
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Tony Stark/Iron Man
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Bruce Banner/The Hulk
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Thor
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Hank Pym/Ant Man (Giant Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket/Wasp etc.)
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Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp
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Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: The Brain on October 08, 2009, 02:30:01 PM
This poll is incredibly gay.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Scipio on October 08, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Emma Peel.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Barrister on October 08, 2009, 03:21:50 PM
Dodge.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: The Minsky Moment on October 08, 2009, 03:31:30 PM
Steve Rogers, definitely.

Without him the Expos never would have made it to the NLCS.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Agelastus on October 08, 2009, 03:56:49 PM
I do not particularly follow the Avengers, so I will go for the logical choice for a neutral-on-the-issue male heterosexual.

The Wasp
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 08, 2009, 07:03:40 PM
Hank Pym, with Janet van Dyne a close second.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: garbon on October 08, 2009, 07:04:25 PM
Iron Man :wub:
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: PRC on October 08, 2009, 07:48:02 PM
Captain America... the Avengers best and natural leader.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 08, 2009, 08:59:49 PM
The real man of steel.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Korea on October 08, 2009, 09:02:56 PM
Hank Pym...because bitch was asking for it.  :P

I wanted to choose The Wasp because she's a chick but then I realized I don't know very much about her. So I picked Tony Stark. :)
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: katmai on October 08, 2009, 10:34:25 PM
Dr Donald Blake
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Eddie Teach on October 08, 2009, 11:05:11 PM
Voted Hulk. Captain America wears those stupid tights and has a shield as his main weapon. Iron Man is cool but makes me jealous, he's like Batman without the inner demons. Thor is a lot cooler as a Norse god than a cartoon. Never heard of the other two.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 09, 2009, 12:23:07 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 08, 2009, 11:05:11 PM
Iron Man is cool but makes me jealous, he's like Batman without the inner demons.

:blink: How does a misanthropic alkie playboy have less inner demons than a friendly, charity-raising playboy?

Legend has it that Tony Stark was created when Stan Lee dared himself to try marketing a character nobody should be able to sympathize with.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Eddie Teach on October 09, 2009, 12:41:30 AM
Well, Bruce Wayne's affability is a front, but I'll bow to your wisdom on Stark/Iron Man, as I've only seen the movie once and never seen him elsewhere.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 09, 2009, 12:51:56 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2009, 12:41:30 AM
Well, Bruce Wayne's affability is a front, but I'll bow to your wisdom on Stark/Iron Man, as I've only seen the movie once and never seen him elsewhere.

Movie Stark has pretty much the same basis as Comics Stark, but he's not so damned charming in the comics- he's a power-hungry, weapons-mongering alcoholic with serious teamwork issues and the occasional delusion of grandeur. Oh, and recent plot lines have had him addicted to cheese crackers to an extent where Jarvis has to keep hiding them from Tony. :D
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Josquius on October 09, 2009, 02:34:22 AM
I've never heard of Hank or The Wasp.
Hulk sucked and has always sucked.
Captain America is too patriotardish.
Thor..I've heard a lot of him but have never read any comics and the whole idea of him is a bit silly.
Iron Man was a cool film so that.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Sophie Scholl on October 09, 2009, 03:23:15 AM
Mr. Odinson.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Neil on October 09, 2009, 08:33:31 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 09, 2009, 12:23:07 AM
Legend has it that Tony Stark was created when Stan Lee dared himself to try marketing a character nobody should be able to sympathize with.
He certainly hasn't come off well in recent years, what with the whole Civil War and the martyrdom of Captain America.  Tony Stark and Carol Danvers didn't come off very well at all.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Brazen on October 09, 2009, 08:35:35 AM
Quote from: Scipio on October 08, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Emma Peel.
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Neil on October 09, 2009, 08:43:21 AM
Quote from: Brazen on October 09, 2009, 08:35:35 AM
Quote from: Scipio on October 08, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Emma Peel.
:thumbsup:
He has a point.  The show wasn't the same with Tara, although John Steed was still the epitome of manliness.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Pedrito on October 09, 2009, 08:50:50 AM
The god.

L.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 09, 2009, 12:54:57 PM
Quote from: Neil on October 09, 2009, 08:33:31 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 09, 2009, 12:23:07 AM
Legend has it that Tony Stark was created when Stan Lee dared himself to try marketing a character nobody should be able to sympathize with.
He certainly hasn't come off well in recent years, what with the whole Civil War and the martyrdom of Captain America.  Tony Stark and Carol Danvers didn't come off very well at all.

Sadly for Mark Millar, all the biased writing in the world didn't occlude the fact that Stark was right, and Bill Foster deserved to die.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 09, 2009, 01:02:46 PM
Despite my supposed Anti-USA stance, I've always been a big fan of Cap.

Iron Man and Thor would be 2 & 3 kind of interchangeably depending on who's writing and or drawing them.

Iron man is best when he's off the wagon imo.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Neil on October 09, 2009, 01:43:31 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 09, 2009, 12:54:57 PM
Sadly for Mark Millar, all the biased writing in the world didn't occlude the fact that Stark was right, and Bill Foster deserved to die.
Stark was an idiot.  Not only did he throw himself behind populist drivel, but he also put America's SPB population into the hands of Norman Osborn.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Rasputin on October 09, 2009, 01:52:43 PM
I am Tony Starke. Really. Well sort of. :cry:
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Josquius on October 09, 2009, 02:50:21 PM
Quote from: Scipio on October 08, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Emma Peel.

Ah Male Appeal. How could I forget you.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)

Hawkeye would win that one. though I do like Cannibal Hulk.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:48:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on October 09, 2009, 01:43:31 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 09, 2009, 12:54:57 PM
Sadly for Mark Millar, all the biased writing in the world didn't occlude the fact that Stark was right, and Bill Foster deserved to die.
Stark was an idiot.  Not only did he throw himself behind populist drivel, but he also put America's SPB population into the hands of Norman Osborn.
Rogers was the idiot.  Superhumans ought to be registered, so they can be sued, and also because people with superhuman abilities but without basic safety training should not be allowed to use their abilities, some of which are potentially genocidal in their application.  The state has a compelling interest in such legislation, and it's hardly a fascist move by the government to ask people who could wipe out cities on accident get a license.

Rogers decided armed insurrection would be a better idea than trusting the courts or the democratic process.  This is Captain America?
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)

Hawkeye would win that one. though I do like Cannibal Hulk.

How the fuck do you kill somebody by flicking your fingernails?  That was kinda retarded.

I liked Ultimate Thor, though.  Hippie Thor was entertainment.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Eddie Teach on October 10, 2009, 03:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:49:56 PM
How the fuck do you kill somebody by flicking your fingernails? 

Use The Force.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Neil on October 10, 2009, 04:48:35 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:48:38 PM
Rogers was the idiot.  Superhumans ought to be registered, so they can be sued, and also because people with superhuman abilities but without basic safety training should not be allowed to use their abilities, some of which are potentially genocidal in their application.  The state has a compelling interest in such legislation, and it's hardly a fascist move by the government to ask people who could wipe out cities on accident get a license.
Why would superhumans want to be sued?

At any rate, we saw that the Act was utterly flawed.  The registered superhumans were organized into state-run military units, and then used to enforce the totalitarian wet dreams of the administration.  Anyone who would not serve was imprisoned in the Negative Zone, which would be unconstitutional.  Moreover, we've seen the future of superhuman registration, in the form of the dystopias that Cable and Bishop came from.  The future of superhuman registration is a concentration camp for mutants.

Ultimately, you can't license people.
QuoteRogers decided armed insurrection would be a better idea than trusting the courts or the democratic process.  This is Captain America?
It's the American way.  There are some rights that Americans believe in that trump the democratic process.  As for the court system, it's not to be trusted, especially when you're above the law.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 11:38:18 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:48:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on October 09, 2009, 01:43:31 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 09, 2009, 12:54:57 PM
Sadly for Mark Millar, all the biased writing in the world didn't occlude the fact that Stark was right, and Bill Foster deserved to die.
Stark was an idiot.  Not only did he throw himself behind populist drivel, but he also put America's SPB population into the hands of Norman Osborn.
Rogers was the idiot.  Superhumans ought to be registered, so they can be sued, and also because people with superhuman abilities but without basic safety training should not be allowed to use their abilities, some of which are potentially genocidal in their application.  The state has a compelling interest in such legislation, and it's hardly a fascist move by the government to ask people who could wipe out cities on accident get a license.

Rogers decided armed insurrection would be a better idea than trusting the courts or the democratic process.  This is Captain America?

Bah :bleeding: Superheroes and reality are mutually exclusive.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 11:40:05 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)

Hawkeye would win that one. though I do like Cannibal Hulk.

How the fuck do you kill somebody by flicking your fingernails?  That was kinda retarded.

I liked Ultimate Thor, though.  Hippie Thor was entertainment.

Bullseye does it all the time. Hawkeye is simply the Ultimate version of Bulsleye. In the Ulti-verse Bulleye is a "hero".

you need to stop applying "reality" to comic books.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: PRC on October 11, 2009, 12:03:10 AM
The cool thing about Captain America is that he isn't a super-hero... he's a super-soldier.  'Nuff said!
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 11, 2009, 03:45:08 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 11:40:05 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)

Hawkeye would win that one. though I do like Cannibal Hulk.

How the fuck do you kill somebody by flicking your fingernails?  That was kinda retarded.

I liked Ultimate Thor, though.  Hippie Thor was entertainment.

Bullseye does it all the time. Hawkeye is simply the Ultimate version of Bulsleye. In the Ulti-verse Bulleye is a "hero".

you need to stop applying "reality" to comic books.

Reality, I don't.  Plausibility?  All the time.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 11, 2009, 01:04:07 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 11, 2009, 03:45:08 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 11:40:05 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 10, 2009, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 10, 2009, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 10, 2009, 12:26:38 AM
A similar poll can be done about the Ultimates version.  ;)

Hawkeye would win that one. though I do like Cannibal Hulk.

How the fuck do you kill somebody by flicking your fingernails?  That was kinda retarded.

I liked Ultimate Thor, though.  Hippie Thor was entertainment.

Bullseye does it all the time. Hawkeye is simply the Ultimate version of Bulsleye. In the Ulti-verse Bulleye is a "hero".

you need to stop applying "reality" to comic books.

Reality, I don't.  Plausibility?  All the time.

:picardfacepalm:

sure... it's just a comic book. either you like it or you don't.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: Ideologue on October 11, 2009, 04:04:50 PM
Well, yes, ultimately. :huh:

I just didn't think that part was that cool.  Maybe next time he should garrot them with his uncoiled pubic hairs.
Title: Re: Which Classic Avenger is your favorite?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 12, 2009, 02:21:28 AM
sure...  Lots of FAILs in the Ultimate line. That's why they killed almost all the mutants and rebooted basically the whole thing. :mellow: