tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29633250.post3867196322404687261..comments2009-06-02T16:51:29.129-06:00Brian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270291609706808920noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29633250.post-9654193215442086662009-06-02T16:51:29.129-06:002009-06-02T16:51:29.129-06:00Ah yes, The Answer, represent!!Nikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817525516356141103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29633250.post-25881954460709307272009-06-02T08:27:00.193-06:002009-06-02T08:27:00.193-06:00Sure, there have been some bad Spider-Man villains, but in general Spidey's bad guys have been an interesting lot. I think it is more interesting to think about the characters who have no signature villains, or whose signature villains have outlived their usefulness. When Iron Man was a symbol of capitalism's superiority, for example, his chief bad guy was the Mandarin. The fact that the Mandarin was, pretty much by definition, not a Commie, was overlooked because he had cool weapons. He was Chinese, that was good enough. After that plot line dried up Iron Man was pretty much left with fighting other guys in armored suits and/or capitalists who were more capitalist than Stark was prepared to be. <br /><br />Captain America fared somewhat better. The Red Skull was certainly his all-time best nemesis, but he's gone up against a pretty colorful group all in all. Interestingly, other than the Skull Cap's most interesting foes have not been ideologically based.<br /><br />The Hulk has gone through a series of interesting sorts of opponents, as befits the character that probably is the strongest there is. First there was Thunderbolt Ross, and the rest of the US Army. This was cool, because it made the Hulk seem like a hippie, and because Bruce Banner was dating Ross' daughter. Way to stick it to the man! The Hulk also had the Leader, the first in a series of characters that got a better break from gamma rays than he did. And of course the Hulk dukes it out with everybody else, because he's the strongest there is, and can kick anybody's ass. <br /><br />Or consider DC. I can't think of a single interesting Green Lantern bad guy. Star Sapphire is Hal Jordan's girlfriend, but not in an interesting Catwoman way. Sinestro? Too sibilant, and also lame. In contrast, the Flash had a rouge's gallery that is rivaled only by Batman's.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16100176174975448724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29633250.post-53950790387219994112009-06-02T05:32:41.779-06:002009-06-02T05:32:41.779-06:00Facade's secret identity? Why it was none other than lil' Normie Osborne. Sure he was only 9 at the time, but the kid had some hate in him. Hate for people who didn't acknowledge that the world only needs ONE Bannon and thats RACE BANNON...<br /><br />And now you know..the REST of the story...LurkerWithouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.com