Son of Comics Face-off.

[Big Raj]

Alan Scott

Deadman

Hagar the Horrible

Wonder Woman

Phantom Stranger

 The Human Bomb (GA)

Catwoman

The Question (Vic Sage)

Superman

Vigilante (Greg Saunders)

Martian Manhunter

Manhunter (Kate Spencer)

Colossus

Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)

Mr Miracle

Death

Robin (Dick Grayson)

Aquaman

Detective Chimp

Guy Gardner

Iron Man

Homer Simpson

[Scot Eric]

Deadman vs Ragman
Hate you hate you hate you hate you hate you hate you hate you hate you hate you...

I'll decide later.  Did I mention that I hate you?

Made my decision.  Gotta go with the guy who has been one of my all time favorite characters since I first opened a comic book some 38+ years ago.  Just hate voting off the other fellow...but my head AND my heart are in agreement -- and it's gotta be DEADMAN.

I dread what his next match-up will be...I truly do.

[Doghouse Reilly]

Bracket 1 vs 4:
Captain America
Nightwing
Tarzan
Warlord
Jonah Hex
Lois Lane
Hawkman (Carter Hall)
Raphael (TMNT)
Bugs Bunny
The Tick
Optimus Prime
Wally West
Kermit the Frog
Peter Venkman
Conan
Spider-Man
Kyle Rayner
Sgt. Rock
Sandman (Wes Dodds)
Mary Marvel
Rick Grimes
Rorshach
Punisher
Silver Surfer
Zauriel
Sherlock Holmes
Captain Marvel
Constantine
Plastic Man

[Doghouse Reilly]

Brackets 2 vs 3 with added Wildcard 5: Part One (quite the title, there...):
Atom (Al Pratt)
Robotman (Cliff Steele)
Comedian
Howard the Duck
Dazzler
Big Barda
Rick Jones
Enemy Ace
The Thing
Zatanna
Black Panther
Professor X
Pete Wisdom
Dana Scully
Buck Rogers
Judge Dredd
Roy Harper
Hercules (Marvel)
Green Arrow
Promethia
Emma Peel
Indiana Jones

[Doghouse Reilly]

Nope, I voted for the better comic character here too. Dan Cassidy!

Marv, I strongly encourage you (and everyone else, for that matter) to pick up any of the Muppet Show comics by Roger Langridge. Seriously, it's some of the best cartooning done in modern comics. I'd only put Dar Cooke above Langridge right now as the best cartoonist working in comics.

I think Marvel's reprinting the Boom! material right now. Buy it. Love it. Yes.

[Doghouse Reilly]

Brackets 2 vs 3 with added Wildcard 5: Part Two:

Alan Scott
Deadman
Alfred E. Neuman
Wonder Woman
Dracula
Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond)
Catwoman
Question (Vic Sage)
Superman
The Man With No Name
Martian Manhunter
Manhunter (Kate Spencer)
Colossus
Spider-Woman
Mister Miracle
Death
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Animal Man
Krypto
Aztek
Iron Man
Bob Hope

[Mirthquake]

Marv, I strongly encourage you (and everyone else, for that matter) to pick up any of the Muppet Show comics by Roger Langridge. Seriously, it's some of the best cartooning done in modern comics. I'd only put Dar Cooke above Langridge right now as the best cartoonist working in comics.

I think Marvel's reprinting the Boom! material right now. Buy it. Love it. Yes.

I have.  It's amazing.  Doesn't mean I don't want Danny to squish him like Frogger though.

[JSayonara]

Thw Wildcard match results part one.

Al Pratt vs Ray Palmer
Robotman vs Haunted Tank
Comedian vs Snake Plisskin
Bat Mite vs Howard the Duck
The Maxx vs Big Barda
Batman Beyond vs Enemy Ace
Lobo vs The Thing
Dawn vs Zatanna
Black Panther vs Mid-nighter
Professor X vs Max Lord
Sarge Steel vs Pete Wisdom
Doc Magnus vs Dana Scully
Buck Rogers vs Prince Gavyn
Judge Dredd vs Tank Girl
Roy Harper vs Hit Girl
Demon Etrigan vs Hercules (Marvel)
Green Arrow vs Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Power Girl vs Emma Peel
Mr Spock vs Indiana Jones

Three ties this round out..

Alice Cooper vs Dazzler

One of my favourite artists vs Disco Queen?
Only Women Bleed (okay, that's an awful joke )

Rick Jones vs The Drummer

I love Planetary..Rick Jones not so much.

But..Mr Jones has been involved with so much of Marvel continuity and with no powers (let's forget that A-Bomb bollocks shall we?) has stopped the Kree Skrull War, been smashed by the Hulk and fought with Cap.

Rick wins.

Nightmaster vs Promethia.

Arghh.

On one hand I thought Promethia disappeared up it's own arse towards the end, but when it was good, it was great.

Nightmaster is an underlooked character who shone with Shadowpact..

But, ultimately, I'm going with Promethia as this game is already hugely DC heavy.

[JSayonara]

Wildcard results part two.

Alan Scott vs John Stewart
Deadman vs Ragman
Hagar the Horrible vs Alfred E. Neuman
Wonder Woman vs Invisible Woman
Phantom Stranger vs Dracula
Firestorm vs The Human Bomb
Catwoman vs Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
The Shadow vs The Question
Superman vs Pop-Eye
The Man With No Name vs Vigilante
Martian Manhunter vs John Carter
Donna Troy vs Manhunter (Kate Spencer)
Huntress vs Spider Woman
Flex Mentallo vs Mr Miracle
Death vs Destiny
Robin vs Impulse
Aquaman vs Animal Man
Krypto vs Detective Chimp
Guy Gardner vs Aztek
Iron Man vs Cyborg (Vic Stone)

Two ties this time.

Bob Hope vs Homer Simpson.

I'm probably gonna take flak over this..but Homer.
I'm afraid I've just laughed far more with the Simpsons than Hope.

Colossus vs Captain Atom.

Fuck.

The X-Men are cool and all, but Charlton?
Ditko?

Cap wins.

[JSayonara]

Bracket 1 vs 4 results:

Captain America vs Batman
Nightwing vs Jim Gordon
Tarzan vs Tom Strong!
Warlord vs Shining Knight
Zorro vs Jonah Hex
Wildcat vs Hawkman
Abbey Chase vs Raphael
Mickey Mouse vs Bugs Bunny
Hellboy vs The Tick
Optimus Prime vs Magnus: Robot Fighter
Blue Devil vs Kermit the Frog
Peter Venkman vs NFL Superpro
Conan the Barbarian vs Bone
Spider-man vs Mr Fantastic
James Bond vs Sgt Rock
Sandman (Wes Dodds) vs Dr Occult
Kyle Rayner vs Booster Gold
Rick Grimes vs Usagi Yojimbo
Uncle Sam vs Mary Marvel
Rorshach vs The Creeper
The Punisher vs Captain Carrot
The Spectre vs Silver Surfer
Sherlock Holmes vs Calvin and Hobbes
Dr Fate vs Captain Marvel
John Constantine vs House of Mystery
Plastic Man vs Elongated Man

Four ties this round..with a real bastard.

Lois Lane vs Lady Blackhawk.

Lois is Lois..LB kicks all kinds of ass (and yeah, I'm a Guy Gardner: Warrior fan, sue me )

Lady Blackhawk

Blue Devil vs Kermit.

This is in no way influenced by the fact that I just watched the Muppets but half an hour ago..honest.

Seriously, Kermit rocks..sorry Dan (and Mirthquake).

Zauriel vs Lightning Lad.

I love JLA..I don't love the Legion.

Sorry, but Zauriel is one of those criminally underused characters I really like.

Zauriel.

AND...

Wally friggin' West vs Jay goddamned Garrick..

How could you?

Wally/Jay
Jay/Wally

I abstain..dammit, I can't, can I?

Wally.

By a hair.

[JSayonara]

Approaching the finishing post..

Batman vs Nightwing

Question vs Captain Atom

Captain Carrot vs Usagi Yojimbo

Homer Simpson vs Hagar the Horrible

Alan Scott vs Guy Gardner

Zauriel vs Promethia

The Thing vs Wally West

Catwoman vs Black Panther

Huntress (Helena Bertelli) vs Donna Troy

Mr Miracle vs Big Barda

Spectre vs Sandman (Wes Dodds)

Optimus Prime vs Robotman (Cliff Steele)

Professor X vs Doc Magnus

Aquaman vs Hawkman (Carter Hall)

Bat-mite vs Detective Chimp

Comedian vs Sarge Steel

Phantom Stranger vs Zatanna

Kyle Rayner vs Peter Venkman

[JSayonara]

Approaching the finishing post..by a little more

Indiana Jones vs The Man With No Name

Wonder Woman vs Power Girl

Alice Cooper vs Raphael (TMNT)

Death (of the Endless) vs Deadman

Jonah Hex vs Judge Dredd

Enemy Ace vs Lady Blackhawk

Iron Man vs Tom Strong

The Demon Etrigan vs John Constantine

Plastic-man vs Firestorm

Bugs Bunny vs Kermit the Frog

Green Arrow vs Speedy/Arsenal

Martian Manhunter vs Buck Rogers

Conan the Barbarian vs Hellboy

Robin vs Rick Jones

The Atom (Al Pratt) vs Shining Knight

Captain Marvel vs Calvin and Hobbes

Spider-man vs The Creeper

Uncle Sam vs Superman

There's around a week to vote.
Have fun!

[Hyperion]

Batman

Captain Atom

Captain Carrot

Homer Simpson

Alan Scott

Promethia

Wally West

Catwoman

Donna Troy

Mr Miracle

Spectre

Robotman (Cliff Steele)

Doc Magnus

Hawkman (Carter Hall)

Detective Chimp

Comedian

Zatanna

Kyle Rayner

Indiana Jones

Wonder Woman

Raphael (TMNT)

Deadman

Judge Dredd

Lady Blackhawk

Tom Strong

The Demon Etrigan

Firestorm

Kermit the Frog

Green Arrow

Martian Manhunter

Conan the Barbarian

Robin

Shining Knight

Calvin and Hobbes

The Creeper

Superman

[John Moores]

Indiana Jones
Wonder Woman
Alice Cooper
Deadman
Jonah Hex
Lady Blackhawk
Tom Strong
John Constantine
Plastic-man
Bugs Bunny
Green Arrow
Martian Manhunter
Hellboy
Robin
The Atom (Al Pratt)
Captain Marvel
Spider-man
Superman

[Ballsac]

Nightwing
Captain Atom
Captain Carrot
Hagar the Horrible
Guy Gardner
Zauriel
The Thing
Black Panther
Donna Troy
Mr Miracle
Spectre
Robotman (Cliff Steele)
Professor X
Hawkman (Carter Hall)
Detective Chimp
Comedian
Zatanna
Peter Venkman

The Man With No Name
Power Girl
Raphael (TMNT)
Deadman
Judge Dredd
Lady Blackhawk
Iron Man
The Demon Etrigan
Plastic-man
Bugs Bunny
Green Arrow
Martian Manhunter
Conan the Barbarian
Rick Jones
The Atom (Al Pratt)
Captain Marvel
Spider-man
Superman

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