Come Play

[Perry]

And the next one to think on...

OULF - Items in comics 

Magical to manufactured, from Cosmic Cube to Batarangs, Mjolnir to Jimmy Olsen's watch... what items in comics fill-out your list?

[Gay Titan]

Overrated - I echo Jimmy on negative space. It's cool for an occasional cover, but the Big Two (and everyone else) have gone overboard.

Underrated - cartoon style/comic strips... How many of us still read the daily comic strips? I love www.gocomics.com.

Least favorite - Manga and anime. Honestly, what's the difference. It's not good, it's not bad. I just don't like the simplicity of it.

Favorite - Classical representation. It's what I was introduced to and what I still prefer. My favorites as a child were Pat Broderick, Gil Kane, and Carmen Infantino.

[Gay Titan]

Overrated - Kryptonite. It was great when there was just green, but now we have a spectrum and it's too much.

Underrated - Absolute Superman's cape, Sol. I think at some point it will become that universe's version of the Eradicator.

Least Favorite - any and all of the Infinity Gems. There's Gauntlet, Crusade, War, and Watch. This was a close second to my overrated answer.

Favorite - Skeets aka Booster Gold's drone sidekick. Love its wit and banter.

[Perry]

Don't forget the JLA one

[Gay Titan]

Don't forget the JLA one

OULF Justice League... this one is too easy. LOL.

Overrated...Giffen/DeMattis. No secret that I loathe their slapstick approach.

Underrated...current team. I like the return to an outer space headquarters and everyone being a member. I like Red Tornado as the equivalent to the Avenger's Jarvis. This reminds me alot of the old 100 page comics where anyone and everyone could potentially team up.

Least Favorite... JL One Million... this group from the 853rd century had no point. It was an event gimick that failed. I would be ok if Darkseid's Legion eradicates them.

Favorite... Justice League (the Detroit headquarters era). The mix of Steel, Gypsy and Vibe with Vixen, MM, and Aquaman. Great mix of young, old, and very 80s.

[Gay Titan]

Let's get this started again.

OULF - Marvel Mutant

[Perry]

Hey, sounds cool.

Okay, mainly sticking to X-Men and I know there are way cooler mutants out there, but...

Overrated - Wolverine - ONLY because of how damn unstoppable he is now. I hate this "super overpowered healing" Logan. A guy that can get all his limbs cut off AND his head, and bounce back in a mere 5 minutes nowadays. BOOOOOOO. I suppose I should change this to someone else, as this hatred is more directed at his godlike healing power that is overrated, more than the character but... hey, that is him now, so here we are.

Underrated - Namor - Much like the Silver Surfer, this dude should be used much more than he is. I get that underwater stuff isn't the biggest money maker, but put him back on a team (or non-team even  ) and let this powerhouse rock!!

Least Favorite - Bishop - His arrival to the comics was the catalyst of me leaving the X-books. I hated him, I hated where he was taking the X books. I am sure it wouldn't hit me the same now, I may be intrigued by him now-a-days, but yeah, at the time...
On a side note, I do admit I loved him in that "District X" title that came about years later. I need to revisit that in-fact.

Favorite - Madrox - This honestly changes each year I think. From my favorites being Beast (back when he was hanging with Simon), to Wolverine (back before he he could reattach his head in seconds) to Nightcrawler (love the idea of him being so religious) to Colossus (looking so damn cool in that metal) to the aforementioned Namor (again, a true powerhouse), but through all that, whenever I make a list, I always seem to have Jamie in my top 5, regardless, so I think I am putting him as my favorite. At least for now

[Gay Titan]

OVERRATED... Jean Grey!!! Similar to Perry's gripe about Wolverine, she is too powerful to have anything important happen to her. She's alive, dead, alive, dead, cloned, transferred the Phoenix force, got it back. Ugh. I would take Heather Hudson as Vindicator over Jean Grey the all mighty any day.

UNDERRATED... Darwin from X-Men Deadly Genesis. He pops up every so often in "big" events but loved his debut.

LEAST FAVORITE... Ms Marvel. I didn't care for Kamala before she became a mutant and like her even less now that she is one. Her tv series was painful to watch.

FAVORITE... This is a tie between Blink and Colussus. Her mini series and leadership in the first Exiles series are some of my favorite comics to re-read. His characterization is amazing and makes him more than an armored powerhouse.

[Jimmy T]

I missed one before ! I'll come back!!

[Perry]

LEAST FAVORITE... Ms Marvel. I didn't care for Kamala before she became a mutant and like her even less now that she is one.

Good one. And I know it is childish and stupid of me, but I still refuse to call her a mutant. 

Her tv series was painful to watch.

I got through about 10 minutes of it.
 

I missed one before ! I'll come back!!

Don't feel bad, Jeff keeps missing them all the time 

[Jimmy T]

OULF Justice League

Over rated -I'll agree with Grant Morrison's work, if only for the stupid 'Batman now beats everyone with prep time' angle that became permanent after this!

Under rated - Justice League 3000 - clones of the original Leaguers done by Keith Giffen and the last time I really enjoyed Howard Porter art. There was supposed to be more! But things changed when shake ups occurred that got Didio fired and Johns demoted.

Least favorite  -NU 52 certainly is up there, but when Jeff Lemire got his Justice League United, it went nowhere so quickly I actually dropped the title!!

Favorite - I came fully back into the JL title when it was Joe Kelly writing & Doug Mahnke on art. The story of Trial by Fire, where White Martians had the best plan to wipe Earth-but the only thing standing in their way? Eel O'Brien-the Plastic Man! Turns out the mind control powers of the white Martians won't work on one who's brain doesn't hold to form! I LOVED the creativity of that arc. This had the near relationship of Diana And Batman, it brought us Manitou Raven & Dawn, Major Disaster was around, I had such fun in this time period!!

[Jimmy T]

OULF - Items in comics


Over rated -Wolverine's claws! The metal may be able to cut anything, but its only human-like ligaments and tendons holding them in place. They could feasibly just get bent forward and rip out of Logan's arms.

Under rated -Genis' Vells Nega Bands! The stuff PAD did with them was so COOL during this run!

Least favorite  -Power dampeners. I'll stick with the X-men version, because these carte blanche items just negate any power function. What about attached ear lobes? Aniscoria? Will those correct with the collar on?

Favorite  -Starman's (Jack Knight) Cosmic Rod/staff. Great design elements!

[Jimmy T]

Let's get this started again.

OULF - Marvel Mutant

Over rated - Gah, I'm stuck on the over used ones of Wolverine & Jean Grey. You can still like them, even if they are over rated. anything Phoenix really. OH! How about Vulcan!!!

Under rated - Elixir. Presumably, this mutant can cure everything? Without real effort or feeling taxed? This man could change the world!!

Least favorite  -Storm. I don't even know why now. It's because she can make moving outside world things change, and especially since its weather, it bothered me a lot. So, I've just dismissed her from all my thinking.

Favorite - Colossus. Always and forever!!! The sensitive, artistic, thinking -great big super strong near invulnerable warrior!

[Perry]

Favorite - Colossus. Always and forever!!! 

Commie bastard