It’s a truism of comics: The longer a character sticks around, the more nicknames she gathers. Indeed, readers often know those names better than the official names: Witness The Merc With A Mouth, The Emerald Gladiator, The Fastest Man Alive or the coolest nickname of all, The Amazing Amazon. In the 70s, all the Marvel heroes had them, even if there might have been a pattern (Winghead, Webhead, Shellhead, Hornhead, and The Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing, Attorneys At Law), leading to today’s pseudonymous query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) notes that Spider-Man is unique, in that he accrues adjectives rather than nicknames, asking: Who has the coolest nickname in all the world’s of pop-culture?
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I want to take this opportunity to pitch a new nickname for Wolverine: “Bubba Snikt.”
As for the MSQOTD, I’ll say it’s “Indiana” Jones. He even has a nickname for his nickname, “Indy,” which is equally strong.
I would have done Weapon X/Wolverine Origins/One of those things where Logan’s name is retconned to “Bubba Bub”. Sabertooth would have been Bubba Smith.