Name a Superhero you just can't stand (lemmy.world)

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For some reason I've just never liked Spider-Man. He comes off as a whiney, ignorant child that never seems to grow up or mature despite everything he goes through. I love a good coming of age story, but he just never seems to become an adult.

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[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

She-Hulk, read a few of the comics, saw another version, I don't get the appeal. So she's a lawyer, so is Daredevil, it's a job that doesn't lend itself well to perilous adventures. Filing a brief....at the edge of madness! She forgot that the county clerk's office is closed on Memorial Day (US observed)!!! Dun dun duuuunnn

[-] sxan@midwest.social 5 points 6 months ago

I kinda hate all spin-off superheroes. Supergirl, Superdog, Batgirl; although it's mostly _Girl versions of _Man. You never see WonderMan. WhitePanther wouldn't get much love. It just feels like wringing the ol' franchise of every last drop of blood.

Sometimes it bites me. SpiderVerse is supposed to be good, but it breaks my spin-off Rule.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You never see WonderMan.

googles

Apparently not a "spin-off", though it looks like there was some friction over the relationship to Wonder Woman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Man

Marvel Comics' then-publisher Stan Lee said in 1978, "You know, years ago we brought out Wonder Man, and [DC Comics] sued us because they had Wonder Woman, and... I said okay, I'll discontinue Wonder Man. And all of a sudden they've got Power Girl [after Marvel had introduced Power Man]. Oh, boy. How unfair."[7]

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

Nice sleuthing!

I didn't mean so much similar names, as identical characters differing only by gender/race.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

White Panther

This idea is like nitroglycerine

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, spin offs aren't my thing, except for Frasier.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So she’s a lawyer, so is Daredevil, it’s a job that doesn’t lend itself well to perilous adventures.

Perry Mason's kind of a Sherlock Holmes-type character. Not a superhero, but a lawyer character who does get into dangerous situations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason

Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and 4 short stories, all of which involve a client being charged with murder, usually involving a preliminary hearing or jury trial. Typically, Mason establishes his client's innocence by finding the real murderer. The character was inspired by famed Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Earl Rogers.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Ok, put Mason in yellow spandex and we'll see.

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