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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 19:29:35 GMT -5
I'm going first choice with Mister Mxyzptlk as his Golden Age debut is one of my favorite Superman stories ever (or Mr. "Mxyztplk" to be accurate at that point).
Zod gets my second choice, I just love the concept. Truly the "shadowy" counterpart to Superman in every sense.
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Post by foxley on May 6, 2022 19:40:15 GMT -5
Ya goldarned polecat! Ya plum left my favourite Superman owlhoot offen yer list: Terra-Man! So that's the hombre my 'Other' vote was for.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 19:45:19 GMT -5
Ya goldarned polecat! Ya plum left my favourite Superman owlhoot offen yer list: Terra-Man! So that's the hombre my 'Other' vote was for. I'm back for one day and already causing trouble...
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Post by Duragizer on May 6, 2022 21:02:28 GMT -5
Chose Luthor and Brainiac. Specifically, the DCAU versions of both characters, though Marv Wolfman's robo-skeleton Brainiac's pretty cool. Darkseid came close, but I think of him more of a Superman-adjacent villain than a member of his rogues gallery proper.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 21:22:12 GMT -5
In hindsight, if I had excluded Luthor similar to how I left the Joker off my Batman villains "Pick 2" survey it might have further highlighted some other villain choices.
But I think the dialogue on different incarnations of Luthor (as well as some of the other characters) is really interesting as well. While Lex was not in my top 2, I have a soft spot for the Super Friends cartoon and he will always be the classic Legion of Doom leader to me!
Glad to see the Ultra-Humanite has gotten a vote as well, I always liked those early pre-Luthor appearances.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 21:26:42 GMT -5
Darkseid came close, but I think of him more of a Superman-adjacent villain than a member of his rogues gallery proper. Yeah, I debated a bit adding him for that reason, but he's been referenced on so many lists associated with Superman I kept him on.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 6, 2022 21:38:27 GMT -5
In hindsight, if I had excluded Luthor similar to how I left the Joker off my Batman villains "Pick 2" survey it might have further highlighted some other villain choices. But I think the dialogue on different incarnations of Luthor (as well as some of the other characters) is really interesting as well. While Lex was not in my top 2, I have a soft spot for the Super Friends cartoon and he will always be the classic Legion of Doom leader to me! Glad to see the Ultra-Humanite has gotten a vote as well, I always liked those early pre-Luthor appearances. I considered the Ultra-Humanite, but it would have more as a JSA A-SS foe.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 21:42:17 GMT -5
In hindsight, if I had excluded Luthor similar to how I left the Joker off my Batman villains "Pick 2" survey it might have further highlighted some other villain choices. But I think the dialogue on different incarnations of Luthor (as well as some of the other characters) is really interesting as well. While Lex was not in my top 2, I have a soft spot for the Super Friends cartoon and he will always be the classic Legion of Doom leader to me! Glad to see the Ultra-Humanite has gotten a vote as well, I always liked those early pre-Luthor appearances. I considered the Ultra-Humanite, but it would have more as a JSA A-SS foe. Yeah, despite the early appearances in Superman, I really like him as a JSA foe later on as well. I also remember one of the old Fleischer Superman cartoon episodes having an Ultra-Humanite inspired character, always loved that one.
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Post by zaku on May 7, 2022 3:42:45 GMT -5
While the likes of Batman, Spider-Man, and the Flash are renowned for their impressive rogues galleries, Superman ain't no slouch in that department either. Who are your 2 favorite Superman foes? I picked a bunch of classics for this survey, but no doubt I've left off some that I'll be apologizing for in short order, so also write in those "others" that are getting the short end of the cape here! I've to say that mid-70s Superman's "Rogue Gallery" was an incredible sad thing if those were his most dangerous "fiends". If I was Braniac and Luthor I would be really embarrassed to be in the same room with Toyman. And when you have to put The Prankster and Amalak (that I hadn't the faintest idea who he was) between the "9 deadliest Superman foes" you are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 7, 2022 3:43:27 GMT -5
I chose Mxyzptlk/Mxyztplk and Mongul, the latter based on that awesome annual by Moore and Gibbons.
Cei-U! I summon the dastardly duo!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2022 6:58:06 GMT -5
Mongul, if only for "For the Man Who Has Everything" (...) and Mongul, the latter based on that awesome annual by Moore and Gibbons. Love that story, Alan Moore could do no wrong back then.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2022 7:36:17 GMT -5
If I was Braniac and Luthor I would be really embarrassed to be in the same room with Toyman.
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Post by zaku on May 7, 2022 9:28:54 GMT -5
If I was Braniac and Luthor I would be really embarrassed to be in the same room with Toyman. See? They are embarrassed!
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Post by zaku on May 7, 2022 13:57:29 GMT -5
(Seriously, I don't think anyone in his mind would have called Amalak "One of Superman's deadliest enemies!")
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Post by dbutler69 on May 7, 2022 18:20:25 GMT -5
Brainiac and Darkseid. Definitely not Luthor. I think he's very overused.
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