Empire Online's Top 50 Comic Book Characters

[Diabolical]

Them fuckin' Brits at Empireonline have put together a list of the Top 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters.

50 Spawn
49 Captian Haddock (Who?)
48 Harvey Pekar
47 Apollo and The Midnighter (Stormwatch)
46 J Jonah Jameson
45 Deadpool
44 Jenny Sparks (Stormwatch)
43 Astro Boy
42 The Saint of Killers (Preacher)
41 Green Lantern
40 Scoot Pilgrim
39 The Mekon (Dan Dare)
38 Cerebus
37 Daredevil
36 Agent Graves (Silencer Night)
35 Hellboy
34 Dr Strange
33 Venom
32 Lex Luthor
31 Usagi Yojimbo
30 Emma Frost
29 Swamp Thing
28 The Tick
27 Johnny Alpha (Starlord)
26 Marv
25 Dr Doom
24 Deena Pilgrim (Powers)
23 Obelix (Asterix The Gaul - it's French)
22 Hunter Rose/Grendel
21 Captain America
20 Wonder Woman
19 The Punisher
18 Halo Jones (2000 AD)
17 Iron Man
16 Rorschach
15 Death (Sandman)
14 The Hulk
13 Vladek Spiegelman (Maus)
12 Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan)
11 Jesse Custer (Preacher)
10 The Thing
9 Magneto
8 The Joker
7 Judge Dredd
6 Dream (Sandman)
5 Spider-Man
4 Wolverine
3 John Constantine (Hellblazer)
2 Batman
1 Superman

Commence bitching.

[vynsane]

while a little biased toward british characters, it's rather well-formed... of course i'd put spidey above all else, but that's for my top-50 list, i guess

[jjreason]

Superman being number 1 is solely based on his "iconicism" or whatever the fuck you'd call it. To me he's a simple hick douche with a BORING-ASSED secret identity that simply can't breach the suspension of disbelief gap. Give me Parker & Banner any day of the week over Kal-El.

To put Midnighter & Apollo (from "The Authority") together is a bit odd. They're essentially Supes & Bats embroiled in an (overt, this time as opposed to DC's implied ) gay relationship. They're completely separate.... and Jonathon Hawksmoor (a British character no less and pictured below) is WAAAAY more interesting, violent and completely fucking awesome. Who can figure those Brits out?