And people wonder why I let my comics languish and focus on manga?

[meganbmoore]

 This list of the "50 Greatest Comic Book Characters"?  Is a load of bull.

Note what there's a distinct lack of.  Note that, of the two most recognizable ones, the entries are basically "she's a good character because she looks good in lingerie" and "actually, she isn't a good character, but we're supposed to include her."  And half of it?  Isn't based on quality, but on name recognition.  Actually, more than half.  So many better characters out there.  For that matter, the top 2?  One's sidekicks and rivals are better characrers, and the other's wife ad parents are more interesting.  But they're Icons.  Forget whether they're actually good characters or have been remotely original, interesting, or even well written in decades, a massive chunk of them are Icons, and so must be the greatest.

And if they were going the iconic route, where the *bleep* is Captain America?  Even discounting the fact that he's had better writing and characterization in the last few years than some of those characters can dream of, he was a better character than a lot of them even when I didn't care about him.  ETA:  My bad, #21.  Should be ranked higher than most of the ones above him, though.

*goes off to be grumpy*

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I missed Cap because of all the bad entries (and the fact that it wasn't getting any better as I got closer to the single-digit entries...I started at #50) and the "actually, she sucks, but we think we're supposed to include her" WW entry.

V is worthier than many on the list.