Favorite Pulp/Comic/Radio Heros

[Mycroft]

Along with Favorite Detectives and their sidekicks here what are your favorite superheros?

Me:
-Batman
-The Shadow
-The Green Hornet
-Sandman
-Green Arrow
-The Phantom

 

[jdjs]

- The Shadow
- Hawkman
- Doc Savage
- Starman
- The Angel
- The Spirit
- Plastic Man

 

[K.D. Lightner]

My hero, when I was a child, was The Lone Ranger. I listened faithfully to the radio show, read the comics, and watched the TV show once television became available to the working class (early 1951 for our family).

I preferred the "old" Lone Ranger, or should I say the "vintage" Lone Ranger, who wore a red shirt, black or dark navy pants, a yellow scarf and black boots with a gold/yellow band at the top. I never did warm up to the powder blue outfit worn on TV and later changed in the comics.

I always liked Superman, later learned to like Wonder Woman, and found of the true superheroes, I liked Batman best as he was, well, the Dark Knight.

Other comic heroes I liked included The Black Rider, Straight Arrow, and Ghost Rider, who was originally a cowboy on a horse. I guess he now has a Harley and lives (or is dead) in the modern world.

Seems I mostly liked men in masks with capes and weird outfits.

karol

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

1. Spiderman

2. Doctor Strange

3. Sgt. Fury

4. Captain America

5. Prince Namor
All Marvel comics I think,...the best!

 

[Novella]

Superman, Spiderman are nice, but Batman is tops. He's always been my favorite hero. When I was little I used to watch reruns of the campy 1960s TV show with Adam West. BAM! POW! Classic stuff.

Unfortunately my hero knowledge is limited to all the big mainstream heroes - I really need to diversify!

 

[resortes805]

Golden age batman! It's my dream to build the 1940's batmobile...

Also has anyone heard of the elseworlds series of comic books by DC? They take DC characters and place them in alternative timelines and eras. Gotham by Gaslight is a great one. . .

 

[Mycroft]

Golden age batman! It's my dream to build the 1940's batmobile...

Also has anyone heard of the elseworlds series of comic books by DC? They take DC characters and place them in alternative timelines and eras. Gotham by Gaslight is a great one. . .

Is that the Jack the Ripper one? Also, a great one is The Liberty Files, man it should be a movie.

 

[resortes805]

I think it is. Liberty files is great!

 

[The Wolf]

You guys are talking my language

Favorite pulp heroes: Doc Savage is my number fave, also the Phantom Detective, The Avenger and Secret Agent X

Comic heroes: Batman, definately tops. Blue Beetle, The Spirit, I really liked Dr. Midnight for some reason and Sky Wolf seemed cool.

Radio heroes: Number one is the Green Hornet, followed by assorted detective; Gregory Hood, Boston Blackie, etc.

Thanks for the memories,
The Wolf

resortes805, let me know when the Batmobile is done. I've wanted one from the 40s also.

 

[jake_fink]

The Purple Invasion series, in which our hero battles off a full scale invasion of the good ol' U S of A, is spectacualr, and spectacularly well-illustrated.

Also Doc

and the Shadow

And the demented Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective of the Spicy stories.

BTW, Wolf, I got your other message but haven't had a chance to go over it yet. Cheers, pal, and thanks again. Great stuff.

:cheers1:

 

[jdjs]

Golden age batman! It's my dream to build the 1940's batmobile...

Also has anyone heard of the elseworlds series of comic books by DC? They take DC characters and place them in alternative timelines and eras. Gotham by Gaslight is a great one. . .

If you want to have a little fun, wait and see what's about to be launched. Lego has licensed Batman and there is a whole whack of characters (including a Golden Age looking Catwoman). And some of the new blocks include wing panels (similar to the ones on the pic). Sneak peak is here: http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/lego/lego-batman/ (now, if they ever release the arch and gargoyle set . . .)

The Elseworlds stuff has been a mixed bag, but overall interesting. Have you tried out any of the Archives, here's the classic stuff. Batman looks great (and much better read than much of what's out there now.)

 

[Mycroft]

If you want to have a little fun, wait and see what's about to be launched. Lego has licensed Batman and there is a whole whack of characters (including a Golden Age looking Catwoman). And some of the new blocks include wing panels (similar to the ones on the pic). Sneak peak is here: http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/lego/lego-batman/ (now, if they ever release the arch and gargoyle set . . .)

The Elseworlds stuff has been a mixed bag, but overall interesting. Have you tried out any of the Archives, here's the classic stuff. Batman looks great (and much better read than much of what's out there now.)

Batman, Legos, some of my favorite things all wraped up into one...all we need are lego fedoras and mob guys.

 

[jdjs]

No fedoras yet (although in the old adventure sets, you had something akin to an Indiana Jones crossed with an australian standard). Still, there's always tophat and tails (http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/lego/lego-batman/slides/P1013070.sized.html). And with a little patience, who knows?

 

[shoeshineboy]

1. Spiderman

2. Doctor Strange

3. Sgt. Fury

4. Captain America

5. Prince Namor
All Marvel comics I think,...the best!

I agree with this, too...Batman is on my list....Marvel brought out 13 issues that spoofed evrything including themselves...called "not brand ecchh" There was a lowly guy who wanted to be a superhero and called himself "Forbush" man... I think I identufy with this guy...lol...

Favorite radio...all of them...during a Chataqua, we had the fun and pleasure to put on several "Live" radio shows....including Buck Rogers...Jack Armstrong-the all american boy...Fibber McGee and Molly...and a mystery one that I forgot..had the Andrew sisters there and WWII rean actors....what fun...

mark the shoeshine boy

 

[MudInYerEye]

Beck's Captain Marvel.
Eisner's The Spirit.
Cole's Plastic-Man.
Easily the cream of the crop among golden age heroes.

 

[jake_fink]

Yes! The Spirit!

 

[jdjs]

My first exposure to the Spirit was the "movie" that aired in the eighties. Once I saw Eisner's name (which I knew from other books and strips), I had to hunt the originals down. I find it a bit sad that the strip isn't better known and I live in terror of seeing the proposed comic series later this year. In my mind, this could still be the successful movie property that revives the genre IMHO.

 

[RyFranzese24]

I had never heard of The Spirit until I got here. I love The Shadow, The Phantom, and basically anything remotely related to serials and the 30's and 40's. I am so interested in The Spirit now. I gotta catch up on a lot of comics.

 

[MudInYerEye]

For those reading these posts unacquainted with Will Eisner's great 1940's comic THE SPIRIT, it is simply the greatest non-superhero "hero" series ever put to paper. A work of stupendous genius on every level, a genuine American masterpiece. Reprints are readily available at any good comic book store. You will not be disappointed.

 

[RyFranzese24]

Wow. Great to hear. Thanks MudInYerEye.