Favorite Obscure Characters

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:39 pm

my suggestion of Madman was kind of tongue in cheek. the look is horrific, though I did like the characters premise (and the Hulk: Countdown, storyline)

But Random and Cyber were two of the worst offenders of 90's anti-hero cliche imo. Both sadly from the Peter David X-Factor years. sigh.

my favorite villian from the same title...he was only in a few panels over the early David run...gah, I can't recall him. it was funny. nm.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:13 pm

Not really sure if he if 'obscure' but I always thought Jack of Hearts (Marvel) was pretty cool.

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:57 pm

The original Metallo is one my all-time favorites.

PhoneyBone · Post by **PhoneyBone** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:38 am

Does the original Manhunter from DC comics count as obscure? He had his own comic in the late 80's but no one read it so that's pretty obscure.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Mon May 31, 2010 7:25 am

PhoneyBone wrote:Does the original Manhunter from DC comics count as obscure? He had his own comic in the late 80's but no one read it so that's pretty obscure.

Paul Kirk? A favorite character for me, not sure about the obscurity. The Manuhunter stories were among the first to make me notice the creators.

/Magnus

aggr1103 · Post by **aggr1103** » Mon May 31, 2010 10:14 am

Does Starman in the current Justice Society count? Geoff Johns made me like all of these characters and made their plight seem important - but for some reason you can't deny the humor of a schizophrenic hero.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon May 31, 2010 12:24 pm

PhoneyBone wrote:Does the original Manhunter from DC comics count as obscure? He had his own comic in the late 80's but no one read it so that's pretty obscure.

Manhunter is definitely obscure. Even though the series by Walt Simonson is highly acclaimed, it was very short and the character never appeared again.

BTW, if someone here has never read this, I would recommend it---it is an excellent series and can be bought as a tpb.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon May 31, 2010 12:53 pm

I like that one guy in Legion who can fly and he shoots flames out of his hands and feet. Don't even know his name though. He just has a nice design, don't know much about who he actually is....

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon May 31, 2010 1:11 pm

dave wrote:I like that one guy in Legion who can fly and he shoots flames out of his hands and feet. Don't even know his name though. He just has a nice design, don't know much about who he actually is....

Wildfire?

http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1522.htm/

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon May 31, 2010 1:27 pm

Yep, that's him. I liked him as a kid. I couldn't find him before because the picture was a different costume.

He seems to be a one trick pony though..."I'll just vaporize myself and save the world!"

"Oh look, all that's left of him is his suit!"

Will he ever return?

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon May 31, 2010 2:17 pm

dave wrote:Yep, that's him. I liked him as a kid. I couldn't find him before because the picture was a different costume.

He seems to be a one trick pony though..."I'll just vaporize myself and save the world!"

"Oh look, all that's left of him is his suit!"

Will he ever return?

Yeah, I'm a big Legion fan, but I never really cared for him because he just wasn't interesting enough.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Mon May 31, 2010 3:06 pm

I've been avoiding the Legion for a while. I know there are so many characters I'll just want to see all of them and that could become very expensive!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon May 31, 2010 7:30 pm

I like the royal flush gang in batman thats pretty obscure

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon May 31, 2010 7:46 pm

I loved their incarnation in the animated Batman Beyond series...

-slym

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon May 31, 2010 8:02 pm

now that was sweet

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon May 31, 2010 8:25 pm

superman-prime wrote:I like the royal flush gang in batman thats pretty obscure

I haven't read their early appearances (at least I don't think so) but they never came off as very menacing.

I mean... McDuffie's crappy JLA line-up beat on them like a punching bag right before Blackest Night.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:22 am

Chiclo wrote:
superman-prime wrote:I like the royal flush gang in batman thats pretty obscure
I haven't read their early appearances (at least I don't think so) but they never came off as very menacing.

I mean... McDuffie's crappy JLA line-up beat on them like a punching bag right before Blackest Night.

True dat Chiclo. The Royal Flush Gang always seemed incredibly lame to me!

They always seem to be villains that turn up to show just how easy it is for the new/changed hero/team to take care of!

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:30 am

Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
slym2none wrote:Matter-Eater Lad

-slym
Is this a real character?
It most definitely is

I haven't read much LOS.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:11 pm

StarBrand wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
slym2none wrote:Matter-Eater Lad

-slym
Is this a real character?
It most definitely is
I haven't read much LOS.

The first issue of the new series just came out, you should give it a try

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:49 pm

Unkle same and the F Fighters

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:52 am

superman-prime wrote:Unkle same and the F Fighters

The human bomb is an ace character!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:42 am

StarBrand wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
slym2none wrote:Matter-Eater Lad
Is this a real character?
It most definitely is
I haven't read much LOS.

With that incarnation, I doubt you missed much.

-slym

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:50 am

Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
slym2none wrote:Matter-Eater Lad

-slym
Is this a real character?
It most definitely is
I haven't read much LOS.
The first issue of the new series just came out, you should give it a try

I read a few as a young lad, which I suspect may have been written by Shooter.