Back in the Golden Age of Comics, Ace Publications would group their most popular heroes adventures in a title called 4 Favorites. The book featured heroes like Lash Lightning, The Raven, Vulcan, Captain Courageous, Magno The Magnetic Man and The Unknown Soldier, all of whom are pretty much only remembered for being revived in the pages of Project Superpowers. it also featured one Hap Hazard, whose name alone makes him top-notch for me. Still, if you were going to talk 4 favorites with me right now, it might include Firestorm, Iron Man, Holo-Man and the Invisible Woman. Or, it might be Wildfire, the other Wildfire, Ice and Tom Turbine. There are actually a number of possible configurations, as I have a LOT of favorites, leading to today’s fave-rave query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would probably choose Blok, The Fat Fury, Monica Rambeau and Rainbow, asking: Who are YOUR 4 Favorites right this instant?
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Continuing with the superhero theme, Firestorm, Blue Devil, Puck and Guardian (James Hudson).
Looking back at them, all of them are from series from the 80’s or (or earlier in Firestorm’s case).
These days I think I’m drawn more to creators and stories than characters, so this narrows things down a lot. I’ve had favorite characters ruined for me with a change in writers, so my picks are going to be associated almost completely with a singular creative team/vision:
Atomic Robo, Conan Edogawa (Case Closed), Jack Staff, Tara Chace (Queen & Country)
Godzilla, RX-78 Gundam, Usagi Yojimbo & McFarlane Spider-Man.