This is from Wizard Issues from last year(2008)
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As much as we admire the riveting words of our favorite writers and the skilled craftsmanship of the industry's many fine artists, it is their multi-layered creations that we can't live without. Hero or villain, superhuman or super-average, icon or screw-up, our love of the medium begins and ends with how much we invest ourselves emotionally in the trials and tribulations of the penciled people on the page.
What follows is a rundown of the 200 stars who have transcended their original concepts and are, whether it's from direct influence or a distant ripple effect, those that resonate in 2008. In some cases, we've followed their stories for decades; others made only a single, but spectacular, impression. But all of them possess dimensions so real that we can practically imagine their lungs expanding, their triumphs and tragedies as poignant as anything on the front page.
These are the illustrated icons that keep us turning the pages, fuel our imaginations and populate our modern mythologies. One thing's for sure—they've all got character.
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Quick list of the top 200
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1.Wolverine 2.Batman 3.Spider-Man 4.Superman 5.The Joker 6.Rorschach 7.Captain America 8.Hellboy 9.Magneto 10.John Constantine
Wolverine? Over Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man? What are you smokin’? I know he’s the most popular character on the most prolific set of books around (seriously how many X-Books are there now, 57?), but c’mon! He’s not even the best X-Man! You may, may be able to argue your way into putting Magneto that high, but certainly not Logan. Other oddities - Rorshach ranks #6 on the list but the Question (the character he was designed from) doesn’t even crack the top 200? How lame is that?
11.The Thing 12.Snake-Eyes 13.Kitty Pryde 14.Jesse Custer 15.Wonder Woman 16.Lex Luthor 17.Morpheus 18.Doctor Doom 19.The Hulk 20.Miracleman
I don’t want to hate on G.I. Joe too bad, but seriously what the hell is Snake Eyes doing this high on the list? And the second X-Man to make the list isn’t Cyclops, the Phoenix, or Professor X, it’s Kitty Pryde? Are you freakin’ kidding me?! Why not Jubilee? She’s the top woman on this list! She’s given a spot higher than Wonder Woman for cris’sakes! Other oddities - Questionable call putting Lex Luthor ahead of Doctor Doom, and how does the Thing rank eight spots higher than the Hulk? Nice inclusion of Alan Moore’s Marvelman/Miracleman.
21.Daredevil 22.Commissioner James Gordon 23.Yorick Brown 24.Marv 25.The Spirit 26.Cassidy 27.Green Goblin 28.Fone Bone 29.Ozymandias 30.Wally West
My main problem with this section of the list is placement. The Spirit should be much higher on the list (the same could also be argued for Daredevil and the Green Goblin). More Watchmen love gets two characters who only appear in one mini-series into the top thirty, yet still no appearance of the Charlton Comics characters they were created from? Sigh! And Wally West earns a spot but not Barry Allen? How many Multiverses do you have to save to earn a spot on this list?
31.Tulip O’Hare 32.Green Arrow 33.Death 34.Luke Cage 35.Conan the Barbarian 36.Iron Man 37.Barbara Gordon 38.Spider Jerusalem 39.The Punisher 40.Thor
Just how many Preacher characters can you shove into the top 40? How, in the name of all things holy, does Luke Cage beat out Iron Man? Luke Cage had a run in the day, but he died with Disco. I like Green Arrow a lot, but this is a pretty high spot for him considering others who haven’t made the list yet (namely Green Lantern). Other oddities - Interesting that both Gordon’s make the top 40 (I’m not arguing this, just think it’s worth pointing out). This is a little high, for me, to place both Punisher and Thor, though I’ve never been a big fan of either one.
41.Mr. Fantastic 42.Hal Jordan 43.Jimmy Corrigan 44.Jack Knight 45.Hawkeye 46.Jessica Jones 47.Silver Surfer 48.Professor X 49.Black Adam 50.Cobra Commander
Finally! Green Lantern shows up, but why so low at 42, and how does the Silver Surfer not rank higher than 47? The former herald of Galactus doesn’t rank higher than Jessica Jones and one of the many Starmen? And what’s up with Hawkeye making the list at 45? This added to Green Arrow’s high placement and I think somebody at Wizard has an archery fetish. Other oddities - Black Adam makes it in at 49, but Captain Marvel has to wait six more spots before getting on the list? Half of the Fantastic Four make in into the top 41. And Professor X, arguably the most important X-Man, barely makes it into the top 50.
51.Tara Chace 52.Bullseye 53.Nightwing 54.Darkseid 55.Captain Marvel 56.J. Jonah Jameson 57.Usagi Yojimbo 58.Bucky Barnes 59.Madman 60.Spawn
Dick Grayson finally checks in at 53 just ahead of another former sidekick Bucky Barnes (now the new Captain America). Sadly the World’s Mightiest Mortal can do no better than 55 on the list (to get beat out by Bullseye, Holey Moley the shame!). Nice to see a bunny on the list with Usagi, personally I would have gone for Captain Carrot myself. And the mighty merchandising machine of of one of Image Comics longest running characters just makes it into the top 60. Also, nice inclusion of Tara Chace.
61.Herr Starr 62.The Red Skull 63.Cerebus 64.The Mist 65.Jason Todd 66.Two-Face 67.Katchoo 68.Robin 69.Emma Frost 70.Phoney Bone
We get our first bad, but still really hot, X-Babe with the inclusion of Emma Frost at 69 (but still no Jean Grey???). Coming up just a few spots behind Dick Grayson are the other Robins - Jason Todd and Tim Drake. The Joker was high on the list but it’s taken 60 spots to find another Bat-villain on the list with Two-Face (over the Riddler or Catwoman? hmm…). Captain America’s #1 villain (who returns from the dead more often than Ra’s al Ghul) checks in at 62, and we get another animal on the list with the inclusion of Cerebus. Not much to complain about here.
71.Black Canary 72.Deathstroke 73.Concrete 74.Enid Coleslaw 75.Milo Garret 76.Captain Cold 77.John Hartigan 78.Swamp Thing 79.Black Panther 80.Renee Montoya
Black Canary and her trademark fishnets stride onto the list at 71 (though far below that of her archer husband). Hartigan makes it a pair of Sin City characters onto the list. I like the inclusion of Captain Cold, though this might be a bit high for a member of the Rogues Gallery. Other oddities - The inclusion of the second-rate character of Deathstroke, especially into the top 75 is a big disappointment. The Black Panther shows up before his wife?? And Renee Montoya makes the list but no Vic Sage? Just how that happened is a big Question.
81.Catwoman 82.Lono 83.Doctor Strange 84.Kingpin 85.Scott Pilgrim 86.Ultimate Nick Fury 87.Lois Lane 88.Namor the Sub-Mariner 89.Storm 90.The Human Torch
I’m a little disappointed with the inclusion of only the “Ultimate” Nick Fury. What’s wrong with the original? Storm, at times the most powerful of all the X-Men, finally makes it onto the list but behind Lois Lane? Lois should make the list, don’t get me wrong, but Storm seems to have gotten the shaft here. We get another Bat-villain with Catwoman and several B-list Marvel characters to round out this set of ten including Namor and Doctor Strange, plus the second 100 Bullets character in the last eight spots. Nice spot for the Kingpin who has had both highs and lows over his long career of crime.
91.Hunter Rose 92.Elijah Snow 93.Hank Pym 94.Guy Gardner 95.Hopey & Maggie 96.Invincible 97.The Scarlet Witch 98.Venom 99.The Invisible Woman 100.Agent Graves
There’s a lot I like here. I would have put Hunter Rose much higher, but I am glad he made the top 100. And at the next spot you’ve got one of the coolest customers on the list with Elijah Snow. I’m also happy to see Guy Gardner make the list, but 70 spots in front of Sinestro seems odd. I wouldn’t have put Venom this high, but there are stretches where he’s carried the Spidey books. Throw in two members of the Avengers (even if one is Ant-Man, sorry I’m just more of a Ray Palmer guy myself) and you’re looking good. We round out the top 100 with another character from 100 Bullets, and the fourth and final member of the Fantastic Four.
101.The Crow 102.Eliot Ness 103.Blue Beetle 104.She-Hulk 105.Black Bolt 106.Cyclops 107.Grendel Prime 108.Ben Urich 109.Jinx 110.Blade
The second 100 gives us a couple of heroes with mediocre to bad films (and even worse television shows) with The Crow and Blade. My favorite X-Man finally shows up at 106, and finally a Charlton Comics character makes an appearance at 103. I’ve never been big on the Inhumans so Black Bolt doesn’t do much for me, but the one inclusion of this ten which is the most interesting to me is Ben Urich, the reporter who played a vital role in Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil and has made the rounds of the Marvel Universe ever since. Nice inclusion.
111.Raphael 112.Rick Jones 113.Witchblade 114.Wesley Gibson 115.Nite Owl 116.The Savage Dragon 117.Rogue 118.Hawkman 119.Jean Grey 120.Cyborg
Speaking of heroes with bad television shows here’s Witchblade checking in at 113. We just had the Blue Beetle and now twelve spots later we get Nite-Owl. Jean Grey finally shows up at 119, though she is after yet another X-Man as Rogue earns a place two spots higher. We finally get a Titan not trained by Batman, Hawkman flies into the list at 118 (not a bad placement considering his convoluted history), one of the longest running Image characters earns a spot at 116, and sidekick extraordinaire Rick Jones finds himself on the list as well. Other than the low placement of Grey, not too shabby. And I like the inclusion of a turtle, even if it’s not the right one.
121.Howard the Duck 122.The Goon 123.Bizarro 124.The Vision 125.Kabuki 126.Deena Pilgrim 127.Mary Jane Watson 128.Ted Knight 129.Galactus 130.Mitchell Hundred
Other than Mary Jane and Galactus here’s a group I’d just as soon forget. Galactus is one of the greatest Marvel villains of all-time (and responsible for one of my fav’s - the Silver Surfer). And MJ is a staple of Peter Parker’s life (no matter what “Brand New Day” has to say on the subject). I’ve never been much of a fan of either the Vision or the old Starman (cursed with one of the worst costumes of all time). And the sheer awfulness of the 1986 film should keep Howard from appearing on this list. Interesting choices to include both the Goon and Ex Machina‘s mayor both in the same ten-some.
131.The Governor 132.Elektra 133.Nightcrawler 134.Miho 135.Groo the Wanderer 136.Buffy Summers 137.Mr. Miracle 138.Drinky the Crow 139.The Leader 140.Doop
Good section here. Love her or hate her, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is here to stay. Kinda’ cool that she earns a spot next to two other kick ass female martial artists Miho and Elektra. Nice to see Mr. Miracle, one of the few good New God characters (and staple of Giffen’s Justice League) earn a spot as well. The Leader may only be a fraction of his former self in the current Marvel Universe, but there was a time he was the Hulk’s greatest villain. Groo deserves his spot, too.
141.Christian Walker 142.Alfred Pennyworth 143.Loki 144.The Atom 145.Francine Peters 146.Hitman 147.Aquaman 148.Jimmy Olsen 149.Moon Knight 150.The Watcher
Ray Palmer and Aquaman show up, though far down the list from their Marvel counterparts. Christian Walker shows up 15 spots behind his Powers co-star. Nice spot for Moon Knight, on of Marvel’s better B-characters. Loki gets in on his body of work, but he hasn’t been a big player in the Marvel Universe for years. Seriously, what the hell is Tommy Monaghan doing on this list? Was Vigilante too busy to make an appearance? I know Alfred is an important character, but is he one of the 200 greatest? How about Jimmy Olsen?
151.Shade 152.Black Cat 153.Supergirl 154.Red Arrow 155.Captain Marv-Vell 156.Plastic Man 157.Agent 355 158.Grifter 159.Kyle Rayner 160.Elongated Man
Kara finally shows up on the list at 153, but comes in behind the Black Cat? It’s also nice to see Speedy, sorry, Red Arrow, make the cut (though I would have put him higher, possibly swapping him with Cyborg’s spot at 120). Mar-Vell, and his kick-ass costume, show up at 155. Plastic Man and Elongated Man both show up four spots apart. Grifter makes the cut but Midnighter doesn’t?? And yes, I’m just going to completely ignore spot 159, much as I do the ill-conceived devil-spawned character.
161.Mage 162.Holden Carver 163.Orion 164.Deathlok 165.Sinestro 166.Wylie Times 167.The Invisible Man 168.The Spectre 169.King Leonidas of Sparta 170.Jim Rhodes
The Spectre is one of those characters that is either in the middle of everything or lost in the margins of the DCU. Others from this ten - Matt Wagner’s other creation makes the cut at 161, the son of Darkseid makes an appearance at 163, and the greatest villain of the Green Lantern Corps finally shows up at 165. Yet another appearance by a character from 100 Bullets at 166. Also from this ten we get the only appearance from both The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Frank Miller’s 300. Jim Rhodes makes the list but not John Stewart? Interesting…
171.Dwight McCarthy 172.Uncle Gabby 173.Booster Gold 174.David Gold 175.Lobo 176.Black Widow 177.Hyperion 178.Cyborg Superman 179.Ultimate Doctor Octopus 180.Beast
The greatest hero the world has never known checks in at 173 (read more about Booster Gold here) along with a host of periphery characters. Hyperion is an interesting choice, but, in my opinion, a poor man’s Supreme (who sadly didn’t make the list), Lobo, Black Widow, and the Beast all deserve spots. Sin City grabs another spot with the inclusion of Dwight. Cyborg Superman earns a spot mainly for a single story arc, and once again a regular character is cast aside in favor of the Ultimate version in the case of Doc Oc (did this version try to marry Aunt May?, C’mon people!).
181.Mirror Master 182.Deadpool 183.Sgt. Rock 184.Colossus 185.Cassandra Nova 186.Brainiac 187.The Tick 188.Juggernaut 189.Ultron 190.Ra’s Al Ghul
The Flash’s Rogues Gallery actually earns two spots on this list and Professor Zoom isn’t one of them? How did Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams’ kick-ass Bat-villain end up so low on this list? The Demon’s Head deserves better! Robots are finally getting some respect here with the inclusion of both Brainiac and Ultron (but what about gorillas? No love for Grodd, Congorilla, or the Ultra-Humanite?). Three more X-Men characters join the list, including the Juggernaut (bitch!).
191.Timber Wolf 192.Beta Ray Bill 193.Sabretooth 194.Leo Patterson 195.Iron Fist 196.Superboy 197.Kid Miracleman 198.Twitch 199.Golden Age Sandman 200.Superman-Prime
The list rounds out with a pair of Superman characters including the completely psychotic Superman-Prime who should play an important role in the upcoming Final Crisis, the first (and best) Sandman - Wesley Dodds, and some “cute” choices including Twitch, Superboy, and Beta Ray Bill (but sadly no Zoo Crew). Wolverine’s longtime nemesis just makes the cut as well. There are certainly some real head-scratchers and glaring omissions on this list.
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/051308top200characters.html
As much as we admire the riveting words of our favorite writers and the skilled craftsmanship of the industry's many fine artists, it is their multi-layered creations that we can't live without. Hero or villain, superhuman or super-average, icon or screw-up, our love of the medium begins and ends with how much we invest ourselves emotionally in the trials and tribulations of the penciled people on the page.
What follows is a rundown of the 200 stars who have transcended their original concepts and are, whether it's from direct influence or a distant ripple effect, those that resonate in 2008. In some cases, we've followed their stories for decades; others made only a single, but spectacular, impression. But all of them possess dimensions so real that we can practically imagine their lungs expanding, their triumphs and tragedies as poignant as anything on the front page.
These are the illustrated icons that keep us turning the pages, fuel our imaginations and populate our modern mythologies. One thing's for sure—they've all got character.
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Quick list of the top 200
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1.Wolverine 2.Batman 3.Spider-Man 4.Superman 5.The Joker 6.Rorschach 7.Captain America 8.Hellboy 9.Magneto 10.John Constantine
Wolverine? Over Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man? What are you smokin’? I know he’s the most popular character on the most prolific set of books around (seriously how many X-Books are there now, 57?), but c’mon! He’s not even the best X-Man! You may, may be able to argue your way into putting Magneto that high, but certainly not Logan. Other oddities - Rorshach ranks #6 on the list but the Question (the character he was designed from) doesn’t even crack the top 200? How lame is that?
11.The Thing 12.Snake-Eyes 13.Kitty Pryde 14.Jesse Custer 15.Wonder Woman 16.Lex Luthor 17.Morpheus 18.Doctor Doom 19.The Hulk 20.Miracleman
I don’t want to hate on G.I. Joe too bad, but seriously what the hell is Snake Eyes doing this high on the list? And the second X-Man to make the list isn’t Cyclops, the Phoenix, or Professor X, it’s Kitty Pryde? Are you freakin’ kidding me?! Why not Jubilee? She’s the top woman on this list! She’s given a spot higher than Wonder Woman for cris’sakes! Other oddities - Questionable call putting Lex Luthor ahead of Doctor Doom, and how does the Thing rank eight spots higher than the Hulk? Nice inclusion of Alan Moore’s Marvelman/Miracleman.
21.Daredevil 22.Commissioner James Gordon 23.Yorick Brown 24.Marv 25.The Spirit 26.Cassidy 27.Green Goblin 28.Fone Bone 29.Ozymandias 30.Wally West
My main problem with this section of the list is placement. The Spirit should be much higher on the list (the same could also be argued for Daredevil and the Green Goblin). More Watchmen love gets two characters who only appear in one mini-series into the top thirty, yet still no appearance of the Charlton Comics characters they were created from? Sigh! And Wally West earns a spot but not Barry Allen? How many Multiverses do you have to save to earn a spot on this list?
31.Tulip O’Hare 32.Green Arrow 33.Death 34.Luke Cage 35.Conan the Barbarian 36.Iron Man 37.Barbara Gordon 38.Spider Jerusalem 39.The Punisher 40.Thor
Just how many Preacher characters can you shove into the top 40? How, in the name of all things holy, does Luke Cage beat out Iron Man? Luke Cage had a run in the day, but he died with Disco. I like Green Arrow a lot, but this is a pretty high spot for him considering others who haven’t made the list yet (namely Green Lantern). Other oddities - Interesting that both Gordon’s make the top 40 (I’m not arguing this, just think it’s worth pointing out). This is a little high, for me, to place both Punisher and Thor, though I’ve never been a big fan of either one.
41.Mr. Fantastic 42.Hal Jordan 43.Jimmy Corrigan 44.Jack Knight 45.Hawkeye 46.Jessica Jones 47.Silver Surfer 48.Professor X 49.Black Adam 50.Cobra Commander
Finally! Green Lantern shows up, but why so low at 42, and how does the Silver Surfer not rank higher than 47? The former herald of Galactus doesn’t rank higher than Jessica Jones and one of the many Starmen? And what’s up with Hawkeye making the list at 45? This added to Green Arrow’s high placement and I think somebody at Wizard has an archery fetish. Other oddities - Black Adam makes it in at 49, but Captain Marvel has to wait six more spots before getting on the list? Half of the Fantastic Four make in into the top 41. And Professor X, arguably the most important X-Man, barely makes it into the top 50.
51.Tara Chace 52.Bullseye 53.Nightwing 54.Darkseid 55.Captain Marvel 56.J. Jonah Jameson 57.Usagi Yojimbo 58.Bucky Barnes 59.Madman 60.Spawn
Dick Grayson finally checks in at 53 just ahead of another former sidekick Bucky Barnes (now the new Captain America). Sadly the World’s Mightiest Mortal can do no better than 55 on the list (to get beat out by Bullseye, Holey Moley the shame!). Nice to see a bunny on the list with Usagi, personally I would have gone for Captain Carrot myself. And the mighty merchandising machine of of one of Image Comics longest running characters just makes it into the top 60. Also, nice inclusion of Tara Chace.
61.Herr Starr 62.The Red Skull 63.Cerebus 64.The Mist 65.Jason Todd 66.Two-Face 67.Katchoo 68.Robin 69.Emma Frost 70.Phoney Bone
We get our first bad, but still really hot, X-Babe with the inclusion of Emma Frost at 69 (but still no Jean Grey???). Coming up just a few spots behind Dick Grayson are the other Robins - Jason Todd and Tim Drake. The Joker was high on the list but it’s taken 60 spots to find another Bat-villain on the list with Two-Face (over the Riddler or Catwoman? hmm…). Captain America’s #1 villain (who returns from the dead more often than Ra’s al Ghul) checks in at 62, and we get another animal on the list with the inclusion of Cerebus. Not much to complain about here.
71.Black Canary 72.Deathstroke 73.Concrete 74.Enid Coleslaw 75.Milo Garret 76.Captain Cold 77.John Hartigan 78.Swamp Thing 79.Black Panther 80.Renee Montoya
Black Canary and her trademark fishnets stride onto the list at 71 (though far below that of her archer husband). Hartigan makes it a pair of Sin City characters onto the list. I like the inclusion of Captain Cold, though this might be a bit high for a member of the Rogues Gallery. Other oddities - The inclusion of the second-rate character of Deathstroke, especially into the top 75 is a big disappointment. The Black Panther shows up before his wife?? And Renee Montoya makes the list but no Vic Sage? Just how that happened is a big Question.
81.Catwoman 82.Lono 83.Doctor Strange 84.Kingpin 85.Scott Pilgrim 86.Ultimate Nick Fury 87.Lois Lane 88.Namor the Sub-Mariner 89.Storm 90.The Human Torch
I’m a little disappointed with the inclusion of only the “Ultimate” Nick Fury. What’s wrong with the original? Storm, at times the most powerful of all the X-Men, finally makes it onto the list but behind Lois Lane? Lois should make the list, don’t get me wrong, but Storm seems to have gotten the shaft here. We get another Bat-villain with Catwoman and several B-list Marvel characters to round out this set of ten including Namor and Doctor Strange, plus the second 100 Bullets character in the last eight spots. Nice spot for the Kingpin who has had both highs and lows over his long career of crime.
91.Hunter Rose 92.Elijah Snow 93.Hank Pym 94.Guy Gardner 95.Hopey & Maggie 96.Invincible 97.The Scarlet Witch 98.Venom 99.The Invisible Woman 100.Agent Graves
There’s a lot I like here. I would have put Hunter Rose much higher, but I am glad he made the top 100. And at the next spot you’ve got one of the coolest customers on the list with Elijah Snow. I’m also happy to see Guy Gardner make the list, but 70 spots in front of Sinestro seems odd. I wouldn’t have put Venom this high, but there are stretches where he’s carried the Spidey books. Throw in two members of the Avengers (even if one is Ant-Man, sorry I’m just more of a Ray Palmer guy myself) and you’re looking good. We round out the top 100 with another character from 100 Bullets, and the fourth and final member of the Fantastic Four.
101.The Crow 102.Eliot Ness 103.Blue Beetle 104.She-Hulk 105.Black Bolt 106.Cyclops 107.Grendel Prime 108.Ben Urich 109.Jinx 110.Blade
The second 100 gives us a couple of heroes with mediocre to bad films (and even worse television shows) with The Crow and Blade. My favorite X-Man finally shows up at 106, and finally a Charlton Comics character makes an appearance at 103. I’ve never been big on the Inhumans so Black Bolt doesn’t do much for me, but the one inclusion of this ten which is the most interesting to me is Ben Urich, the reporter who played a vital role in Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil and has made the rounds of the Marvel Universe ever since. Nice inclusion.
111.Raphael 112.Rick Jones 113.Witchblade 114.Wesley Gibson 115.Nite Owl 116.The Savage Dragon 117.Rogue 118.Hawkman 119.Jean Grey 120.Cyborg
Speaking of heroes with bad television shows here’s Witchblade checking in at 113. We just had the Blue Beetle and now twelve spots later we get Nite-Owl. Jean Grey finally shows up at 119, though she is after yet another X-Man as Rogue earns a place two spots higher. We finally get a Titan not trained by Batman, Hawkman flies into the list at 118 (not a bad placement considering his convoluted history), one of the longest running Image characters earns a spot at 116, and sidekick extraordinaire Rick Jones finds himself on the list as well. Other than the low placement of Grey, not too shabby. And I like the inclusion of a turtle, even if it’s not the right one.
121.Howard the Duck 122.The Goon 123.Bizarro 124.The Vision 125.Kabuki 126.Deena Pilgrim 127.Mary Jane Watson 128.Ted Knight 129.Galactus 130.Mitchell Hundred
Other than Mary Jane and Galactus here’s a group I’d just as soon forget. Galactus is one of the greatest Marvel villains of all-time (and responsible for one of my fav’s - the Silver Surfer). And MJ is a staple of Peter Parker’s life (no matter what “Brand New Day” has to say on the subject). I’ve never been much of a fan of either the Vision or the old Starman (cursed with one of the worst costumes of all time). And the sheer awfulness of the 1986 film should keep Howard from appearing on this list. Interesting choices to include both the Goon and Ex Machina‘s mayor both in the same ten-some.
131.The Governor 132.Elektra 133.Nightcrawler 134.Miho 135.Groo the Wanderer 136.Buffy Summers 137.Mr. Miracle 138.Drinky the Crow 139.The Leader 140.Doop
Good section here. Love her or hate her, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is here to stay. Kinda’ cool that she earns a spot next to two other kick ass female martial artists Miho and Elektra. Nice to see Mr. Miracle, one of the few good New God characters (and staple of Giffen’s Justice League) earn a spot as well. The Leader may only be a fraction of his former self in the current Marvel Universe, but there was a time he was the Hulk’s greatest villain. Groo deserves his spot, too.
141.Christian Walker 142.Alfred Pennyworth 143.Loki 144.The Atom 145.Francine Peters 146.Hitman 147.Aquaman 148.Jimmy Olsen 149.Moon Knight 150.The Watcher
Ray Palmer and Aquaman show up, though far down the list from their Marvel counterparts. Christian Walker shows up 15 spots behind his Powers co-star. Nice spot for Moon Knight, on of Marvel’s better B-characters. Loki gets in on his body of work, but he hasn’t been a big player in the Marvel Universe for years. Seriously, what the hell is Tommy Monaghan doing on this list? Was Vigilante too busy to make an appearance? I know Alfred is an important character, but is he one of the 200 greatest? How about Jimmy Olsen?
151.Shade 152.Black Cat 153.Supergirl 154.Red Arrow 155.Captain Marv-Vell 156.Plastic Man 157.Agent 355 158.Grifter 159.Kyle Rayner 160.Elongated Man
Kara finally shows up on the list at 153, but comes in behind the Black Cat? It’s also nice to see Speedy, sorry, Red Arrow, make the cut (though I would have put him higher, possibly swapping him with Cyborg’s spot at 120). Mar-Vell, and his kick-ass costume, show up at 155. Plastic Man and Elongated Man both show up four spots apart. Grifter makes the cut but Midnighter doesn’t?? And yes, I’m just going to completely ignore spot 159, much as I do the ill-conceived devil-spawned character.
161.Mage 162.Holden Carver 163.Orion 164.Deathlok 165.Sinestro 166.Wylie Times 167.The Invisible Man 168.The Spectre 169.King Leonidas of Sparta 170.Jim Rhodes
The Spectre is one of those characters that is either in the middle of everything or lost in the margins of the DCU. Others from this ten - Matt Wagner’s other creation makes the cut at 161, the son of Darkseid makes an appearance at 163, and the greatest villain of the Green Lantern Corps finally shows up at 165. Yet another appearance by a character from 100 Bullets at 166. Also from this ten we get the only appearance from both The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Frank Miller’s 300. Jim Rhodes makes the list but not John Stewart? Interesting…
171.Dwight McCarthy 172.Uncle Gabby 173.Booster Gold 174.David Gold 175.Lobo 176.Black Widow 177.Hyperion 178.Cyborg Superman 179.Ultimate Doctor Octopus 180.Beast
The greatest hero the world has never known checks in at 173 (read more about Booster Gold here) along with a host of periphery characters. Hyperion is an interesting choice, but, in my opinion, a poor man’s Supreme (who sadly didn’t make the list), Lobo, Black Widow, and the Beast all deserve spots. Sin City grabs another spot with the inclusion of Dwight. Cyborg Superman earns a spot mainly for a single story arc, and once again a regular character is cast aside in favor of the Ultimate version in the case of Doc Oc (did this version try to marry Aunt May?, C’mon people!).
181.Mirror Master 182.Deadpool 183.Sgt. Rock 184.Colossus 185.Cassandra Nova 186.Brainiac 187.The Tick 188.Juggernaut 189.Ultron 190.Ra’s Al Ghul
The Flash’s Rogues Gallery actually earns two spots on this list and Professor Zoom isn’t one of them? How did Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams’ kick-ass Bat-villain end up so low on this list? The Demon’s Head deserves better! Robots are finally getting some respect here with the inclusion of both Brainiac and Ultron (but what about gorillas? No love for Grodd, Congorilla, or the Ultra-Humanite?). Three more X-Men characters join the list, including the Juggernaut (bitch!).
191.Timber Wolf 192.Beta Ray Bill 193.Sabretooth 194.Leo Patterson 195.Iron Fist 196.Superboy 197.Kid Miracleman 198.Twitch 199.Golden Age Sandman 200.Superman-Prime
The list rounds out with a pair of Superman characters including the completely psychotic Superman-Prime who should play an important role in the upcoming Final Crisis, the first (and best) Sandman - Wesley Dodds, and some “cute” choices including Twitch, Superboy, and Beta Ray Bill (but sadly no Zoo Crew). Wolverine’s longtime nemesis just makes the cut as well. There are certainly some real head-scratchers and glaring omissions on this list.
