ManWithPez

Don't let the hotness confuse you. She'll make you tell the truth, and then kick your ass for it!

Wait a minute (you’re thinking…shit, I don’t know what you’re thinking.  This is what I’m thinking you’re thinking. ) these are comic book characters!  Well, thanks Captain Obvious, but I’ve explained that you can crush on fictional characters several times on this site.  Yes, it’s a little weird, but I think if you stick around through this month, you’re going to see a trend.  I’d like to dedicate April to Superheroes!  Let’s get started, shall we?

The Warrior Born herself!  That’s right, Wonder Woman.  Except, she wasn’t born so much as manufactured.  Queen of the Amazons Hippolyta on the island of Thyrmiscera made herself a daughter out of clay, and then the Gods granted that form life.  I love Wonder Woman!  I think she’s one of the best comic book characters that comic book writers have no idea how to use correctly.  (Seriously, have you seen some of the halfassed villains in Wonder Woman?  Etta Candy?!  Give me a fuckin’ break!)  Wisdom of Athena, beauty of Aphrodite, and, in the wrong hands, as she can sometimes be, the worst manhater in the business.  Honestly, once I see that a writer has taken that tact with her, I just tune out.  Also, I don’t know how many times I’ve defended her in the “Can Wonder Woman beat up Superman” argument.  Her powers are magically imbued, and the Krytopian has been shown time and again to be succecptible to such things.  So, my answer is yes.  I loved the episode of Justice League where she ended up in a cage match against Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Vixen and Huntress.  Those other powerful women were terrified of her, and their only real strategy was to stay alive until they could figure something else out!  Come on, DC!  Give this character the treatment a badass of her caliber deserves!

Damn Pete! Put a shirt on! On second thought...no, you're good.

I think it’s obvious if you’ve been on this site any amount of time that I am a Spider-Man fan.  Then again, the character was created specifically to show what happens to the everyman, or boy when he’s suddenly given superpowers.  The answer, as told to him by his uncle is that people with power have a responsibility to use it for the best.  And Peter’s done that.  Sure, he stumbled in the beginning, and it led to his uncle’s death.  Hey, as a narrative device, it works, because Peter’s never since forgotten his uncle Ben’s message.  Also, Peter was the school nerd who could suddenly kick any ass he wanted to, not to mention he ended up marrying the hottest supermodel ever!   I refuse to discuss Brand New Day here (Where Peter sold his marriage to Mary Jane to Mephisto to secure his aunt’s safety…it was Mary Jane who cut a side deal so that no one would know that Peter ((who’d already revealed his identity to the world)) was Spider-Man…SEE!  That whole story is just one big mess!)  But, for my money, what makes Peter so compelling to read about is his financial troubles, his family troubles, his troubles in general that never stop him from doing what he knows in his heart to be right.  My favorite superhero of all time is, and always will be Spider-Man.  Also, he has the best rogues gallery of all time (Take THAT, Batman!)

Tags: Comics, Man, Nerd, Spider-Man, Woman, Wonder Woman

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