The Great Comics Face-off game.

[Marv-El]

Roy. A wonderful creation who would probably do better now than ever, if anyone cared.
Baron Winters. One of comics' best series, up there with Sandman, Starman, Y, Preacher.
Tharg.

comic stan never reached the level of real Stan

[JSayonara]

Just for the fun of it..here's the matches that didn't make it.

JJJ vs Perry White

Fathom vs Tsunami

Akira vs Racer X

Red Hulk vs Loose Cannon

Ace Garp vs Space Cabby

Bill Savage vs Chuckles

Hookjaw vs Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy

Red Star vs Americommando

Neon the Unknown vs The Ray (Ray Terril)

Sasquatch vs Wildebeest

Doop vs Proty

Gwen Stacy vs Mary Jane

Azrael vs Warrior Nun Areala

Manhunter (Paul Kirk) vs The Avenger

Bad Kitty vs Tigra

War Machine vs X-O Man O War

Big Guy vs S.T.R.I.P.E

Rising Sun vs Starfire

Warmaker One vs Atomic Knight

Silent Knight vs The Swordsman

Slaine vs Son of Vulcan

Air Wave vs Void

Silk Spectre vs the Blonde Phantom

Spoiler vs Jubilee

Captain ☠☠☠☠ vs General Glory

Marmaduke vs Lockjaw

Caspar the Friendly Ghost vs Ektokid

Dr 13 vs Dr Weird

Spongebob Squarepants vs Slimer

Brother Voodoo vs Bloodwynde

Blue Blade vs Nemo (LOEG)

Toro vs Wildfire

Blok vs Rockman

Rage vs Timberwolf

The Plutonian vs Mon-El

Max Mercury vs Northstar

Fury vs Bulletgirl

Frankenstein (DC) vs Werewolf by Night

Raven vs Darkchylde

Polaris vs Cosmic Boy

Iznogood vs Billy the Fish

Black Bolt vs Black Canary (2)

Xombi vs I. Zombie

Domino vs Voodoo

Papa Smurf vs Lucky Luke

Princess Leia vs Mera

Dolphin vs Namorita

Speedball vs XS

Hydro vs Sand (JSA)

Yankee Girl vs Miss America

Maul vs Apache Chief

The Fly vs Ant Man (Eric O' Grady)

Buck Rogers vs Jack Of Fables

Wonder Dog vs Scrappy Doo

Garfield vs Dex Starr

Wonder Man vs Supernova

Gilgamesh vs Samurai

Jayna vs Miss Martian

Ringo Kid vs Rawhide Kid

The Weird vs Jack in the Box

Maxima vs Power Boy

Madame .44 vs Crimson Avenger (2)

Skyboy vs The Squire

Janissary vs Nemesis

Jack T. Chance vs Red Hood

Isis vs Hope

Android Hourman vs Rick Tyler

Katma Tui vs Ch'p

Howling Mad Murdoch vs Mr A

Matter Eater Lad vs Wimpey

B'wana Beast vs Jann of the Jungle

Nighthawk vs Red Robin

Plus a few more, I didn't lock down.
So there you go..

[Doc]

Artemis

Snake

Oberon

Indeed

[Doc]

Roy Raymond
Nightmaster
Stan Lee

 !

Excelsior!

[Scot Eric]

Ah, you can bitch Scot.
I eventually, due to time constraints, had to stop at ten rounds.

I actually had enough match-up's to do another two weeks of the game, but ultimately felt that having covered most of the big guns, it was time to bow out.

There's a few missing that I would've liked to have included too..

Checked out your list of the hypothetical match-ups that didn't happen -- some neat ones in there (I wonder if JJJ would have beaten Perry White or not).

Since you stated you didn't mind if there was any "post-first round of brackets" commentary -- even welcomed it -- I figured why not?  Most of this popped into my head as I tried to go to sleep tonight, so I climbed out of ned, looked everything up and put this little piece of shit together for you.

I know you're not partial to the first Dark Tower book, but I was still surprised Roland the Gunslinger didn't take on either Jonah Hex or The Man with No Name.  I also would have expected a face-off between both of the lads known as Dennis the Menace, as opposed to only including one of them.

But fuck those guys...

I bow in deference to most Messers' Comic Book IQs, so beyond the few I mentioned yesterday -- I'm not even going to touch any more DC or Marvel guys -- though I can hear Ace the Bat-Hound howling mournfully in the backyard.

Instead, I thought I'd dip a toe in the acetone-spiked pool of animation.  

Oh, you certainly had SOME animated characters --but there were many more major 'toons that appeared in comics over the past several decades. And yes, they all appeared in comic books as well.  And some that didn't make the cut -- can only result in a chorus of  "tsk-tsk-tsk", as several of these were pretty heavy hitters (many even iconic) and had comic books based on their adventures for decades to boot.

Mighty Mouse versus Underdog
Tom versus Jerry
Road Runner versus Wile E. Coyote
Rocky versus Bullwinkle
Sylvester versus Tweety
Woody Woodpecker versus Heckle & Jeckle
Felix the Cat versus Josie & the Pussycats
George of the Jungle versus Dudley Do-Right
Mister Magoo versus Charlie Brown -- including Snoopy but NOT the heart & soul of Peanuts?
Gumby versus The Pink Panther

Again, I'm not taking you to task -- as you went WAY above and beyond to put together the main (if not sole) reason I stick around this joint.  

[Big Raj]

Raymond
Nightmaster
Stan the Man

[JSayonara]

Checked out your list of the hypothetical match-ups that didn't happen -- some neat ones in there (I wonder if JJJ would have beaten Perry White or not).

Since you stated you didn't mind if there was any "post-first round of brackets" commentary -- even welcomed it -- I figured why not?  Most of this popped into my head as I tried to go to sleep tonight, so I climbed out of ned, looked everything up and put this little piece of shit together for you.

I know you're not partial to the first Dark Tower book, but I was still surprised Roland the Gunslinger didn't take on either Jonah Hex or The Man with No Name.  I also would have expected a face-off between both of the lads known as Dennis the Menace, as opposed to only including one of them.

But fuck those guys...

I bow in deference to most Messers' Comic Book IQs, so beyond the few I mentioned yesterday -- I'm not even going to touch any more DC or Marvel guys -- though I can hear Ace the Bat-Hound howling mournfully in the backyard.

Instead, I thought I'd dip a toe in the acetone-spiked pool of animation.  

Oh, you certainly had SOME animated characters --but there were many more major 'toons that appeared in comics over the past several decades. And yes, they all appeared in comic books as well.  And some that didn't make the cut -- can only result in a chorus of  "tsk-tsk-tsk", as several of these were pretty heavy hitters (many even iconic) and had comic books based on their adventures for decades to boot.

Mighty Mouse versus Underdog
Tom versus Jerry
Road Runner versus Wile E. Coyote
Rocky versus Bullwinkle
Sylvester versus Tweety
Woody Woodpecker versus Heckle & Jeckle
Felix the Cat versus Josie & the Pussycats
George of the Jungle versus Dudley Do-Right
Mister Magoo versus Charlie Brown -- including Snoopy but NOT the heart & soul of Peanuts?
Gumby versus The Pink Panther

Again, I'm not taking you to task -- as you went WAY above and beyond to put together the main (if not sole) reason I stick around this joint.  

Hey Scot.

I welcome comments on this, seriously, I wouldn't have posted the guys who didn't make it if I didn't want to see what people thought.

And do you know what?

I forgot Roland was in a comic...damn.


The fact is that I could have done this forever, I have every comic book hero (loosely defined) ever invented to choose from and yeah, I missed a few real good un's.

The problem is that I wanted to mix it up as much as possible.
I could probably have done a straight Marvel vs DC game and still filled all the slots.

But, adding a few odd-ball's, some of my beloved British characters (fuck that blonde Dennis kid, Desperate Dan is an icon) without going so heavy as to be boring to those who never heard of these guys, European characters and forgotten GA guys was important to me.

I also, being that I'm JSay  , tried to get a few jokes in too, wasted slots or good conversation?
That's kinda up to you guys.

But ultimately, you guys have made this real fun and I want to thabk you for taking part.
I loved seeing the responses, whether they be indignant, funny, or just meh (towards the picks).

And we still have the big end game this weekend to look forwards to.

[Marv-El]

JJJ vs Perry White

Fathom vs Tsunami

Akira vs Racer X

Red Hulk vs Loose Cannon

Ace Garp vs Space Cabby

Bill Savage vs Chuckles

Hookjaw vs Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy

Red Star vs Americommando

Neon the Unknown vs The Ray (Ray Terril)

Sasquatch vs Wildebeest

Doop vs Proty

Gwen Stacy vs Mary Jane (weird, given my pref for redheads)

Azrael vs Warrior Nun Areala

Manhunter (Paul Kirk) vs The Avenger (Really tough. Kubert and Kirby over Simonson by a eyelash.)

Bad Kitty vs Tigra

War Machine vs X-O Man O War

Big Guy vs S.T.R.I.P.E

Rising Sun vs Starfire

Warmaker One vs Atomic Knight

Silent Knight vs The Swordsman

Slaine vs Son of Vulcan

Air Wave vs Void

Silk Spectre vs the Blonde Phantom

Spoiler vs Jubilee

Captain ☠☠☠☠ vs General Glory

Marmaduke vs Lockjaw

Caspar the Friendly Ghost vs Ektokid

Dr 13 vs Dr Weird

Spongebob Squarepants vs Slimer

Brother Voodoo vs Bloodwynde

Blue Blade vs Nemo (LOEG)

Toro vs Wildfire

Blok vs Rockman

Rage vs Timberwolf

The Plutonian vs Mon-El

Max Mercury vs Northstar

Fury vs Bulletgirl

Frankenstein (DC) vs Werewolf by Night

Raven vs Darkchylde

Polaris vs Cosmic Boy

Iznogood vs Billy the Fish

Black Bolt vs Black Canary (2)

Xombi vs I. Zombie

Domino vs Voodoo

Papa Smurf vs Lucky Luke

Princess Leia vs Mera

Dolphin vs Namorita

Speedball vs XS

Hydro vs Sand (JSA)

Yankee Girl vs Miss America

Maul vs Apache Chief

The Fly vs Ant Man (Eric O' Grady)

Buck Rogers vs Jack Of Fables

Wonder Dog vs Scrappy Doo

Garfield vs Dex Starr

Wonder Man vs Supernova (Either Simon or Eisner's)

Gilgamesh vs Samurai

Jayna vs Miss Martian

Ringo Kid vs Rawhide Kid

The Weird vs Jack in the Box

Maxima vs Power Boy

Madame .44 vs Crimson Avenger (2)

Skyboy vs The Squire

Janissary vs Nemesis

Jack T. Chance vs Red Hood

Isis vs Hope

Android Hourman vs Rick Tyler

Katma Tui vs Ch'p

Howling Mad Murdoch vs Mr A

Matter Eater Lad vs Wimpey

B'wana Beast vs Jann of the Jungle

Nighthawk vs Red Robin

Mighty Mouse versus Underdog (Close, but I love every Underdog)

Tom versus Jerry

Road Runner versus Wile E. Coyote

Rocky versus Bullwinkle

Sylvester versus Tweety

Woody Woodpecker versus Heckle & Jeckle

Felix the Cat versus Josie & the Pussycats

George of the Jungle versus Dudley Do-Right

Mister Magoo versus Charlie Brown

Gumby versus The Pink Panther

[Doghouse Reilly]

Simon Archard
Baron Winters
Stan Lee

[JSayonara]

2 Guests viewing reminded of this.

Anyone feel like getting this finished off?

I have a weekend free with a few Blu-Rays to watch.

[StrayCatBlues]

Sure!

[Ballsac]

 !

[Ebon]

LET'S GO! I'm ready to further my disappointment with the choices of the other members of this board.

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