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Entertainment Weekly's pick of the 50 Most Powerful Superheroes
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The madder you are the more you click. EW done caught you in their lasso. Now you are trapped there thinking about why you are mad. That's power.
Given the categories they are using, and given that EW is an American magazine, it would be hard for manga characters to make the top 50.
for many sure, but goku? hes more popular than most names on the list. he could have easily have made it into the top 10
Maybe in her country of origin. I feel like she's practically unknown anywhere else.
I mean, even Sailor Moon is more relevant today imo.
Nemesis121
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Since DAY FUCKING ONE..Goku ain't human, he's from another planet, he's basically Superman with more weaknesses,
longer than morpheus and the punisher
This list is pure clickbait. There is stuff like black panther being high on modern relevance, which i personally don't agree since most people don't care and even if you argue wonder woman deserves cultural impact which i'm ignorant of. how is she Number one overall that makes no sense to me, this seems like clickbait.
super-famicom
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This is a terrible list. Thor can kill Buffy with one slap yet she is ranked higher.
Again the tile is misleading clickbait, its not physical power just basically influential or an arbitrary definition of powerful.
They don't even have metal bat. List is invalidated
The Silver
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Superman has more weaknesses than Goku, Goku doesn't have a "weakness" like Superman where certain colors of kryptonite or a red sun can leave him powerless or dead.
Goku has character flaws in that he draws out fights and lets his guard down if he thinks he's won but Superman has though too in that he rarely goes all out or fights with any killing intent, limiting himself.
UnemployedVillain
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Like what?
DrForester
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"ctrl + f "Squirrel Girl"
List is crap.
List is crap.
SatoAilDarko
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I feel like Dick Grayson could've made that list but I'm not exactly sure of their criteria.
They lumped him in with all of the other Robins.
I said the same thing 😂
I actually read a book on this however it was so boring the best I can tell you is that she failed and succeeded in certain areas for women.
Schweinehund
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Surprised Captain Marvel made the list at all, usually people overlook the golden age of comics and he was huge in that era.
Starred in or scheduled to star in a major motion picture (or at least a popular TV series) in the past 20 years? On the list.
Sho_Nuff82
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I don't have the energy to properly rage against this list.
Let's draw some superhero media conclusions according to EW.
The shittiest MCU Avengers are Scarlet Witch and War Machine.
All of the young First Class mutants were worthless outside of Beast (Mystique probably counts as a villain).
A spot on the Justice League film, a scheduled solo film, and being propped up in other DC media doesn't stop Cyborg from sucking.
Iron Fist's show should have come earlier if he wanted a spot on the list with the rest of his fellow Defenders.
What's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
The shittiest MCU Avengers are Scarlet Witch and War Machine.
All of the young First Class mutants were worthless outside of Beast (Mystique probably counts as a villain).
A spot on the Justice League film, a scheduled solo film, and being propped up in other DC media doesn't stop Cyborg from sucking.
Iron Fist's show should have come earlier if he wanted a spot on the list with the rest of his fellow Defenders.
What's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Pieman0920
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So what exactly does Modern Relevance mean? That they have a movie coming up? That list of the top 5 seems to indicate that, but you would think that would be Bankability.
But regarding Wonder Woman, as others have said, she's kind of the odd one in this list (unless you think of it from a marketing perspective) since in most things, she should be behind Batman, Superman, and Spider-man. I only have a tertiary knowledge of her, but how is she ranked so high in personality, mythology (I thought this was notorious for being a mess), or nemeses? Heck, I'd think her originality rating is somewhat dubious considering how heavy she borrows from Greek Myth, though she is pretty much the first famous super heroine.
Well he's got super powers, a somewhat quirky civilian life, and he always lets his villains get away, so he'd fit right in with regular super heroes.
But regarding Wonder Woman, as others have said, she's kind of the odd one in this list (unless you think of it from a marketing perspective) since in most things, she should be behind Batman, Superman, and Spider-man. I only have a tertiary knowledge of her, but how is she ranked so high in personality, mythology (I thought this was notorious for being a mess), or nemeses? Heck, I'd think her originality rating is somewhat dubious considering how heavy she borrows from Greek Myth, though she is pretty much the first famous super heroine.
Well he's got super powers, a somewhat quirky civilian life, and he always lets his villains get away, so he'd fit right in with regular super heroes.
Discotheque
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all of that is pretty much fact though aside from war machine and scarlet witch. i'd put her near the bottom but she aint the worst, and war machine is aiight.
Magneto in front of the Joker? What a joke. You can only play the "i survived hitler I hate all humanity" for so long.
Where are the lies?
Where are the lies?
Vigilant Walrus
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I agree that Deadpool has terrific character design. As do Wolverine.
andythinkpad
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How much ad WB had to buy to make Wonder Woman rank #1 across the board?
ElBoxyBrown
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Superman doesn't have it bad compared to Wonder Woman judging by this thread and the general public.
Joker is way more one note than Magneto is.
LordOfLore
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What are the Captain Marvel scores? She has next to no unique villains that aren't from one of the earlier Captains.
acheron_xl
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Double weighting cultural impact put women all over that list. Not that it's a bad thing per se, but you can clearly see where their motives are.
Bankability - 5.0
Character Design - 6.0
Modern Relevance - 9.3
Mythology - 6.0
Nemeses - 6.3
Originality - 6.0
Personality - 7.0
Powers - 6.7
Cultural Impact - 11.0
Pieman0920
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Does it go into details regarding any of this? I'm assuming it doesn't really. Danvers is also quite powerful compared to most people on the list, and I'm assuming the Powers ranking i meant to be reflective of that, so that seems a bit low.
No details. Every character gets a write up, but they don't go into depth on the actual ranking process.
Wolverine and Spider-man both got an 8.3 for powers, so I assume how cool/novel the powerset is gets considered in the ranking. Superman got a 9.7 in that category while Supergirl got an 8.3, and they are basically the same power-wise.
Wolverine is repping Canada at #5. Even if he moved to America like all our good NHL players.
Wolverine has more ties to Japan then he does Canada, hell was it even called Canada when he was born there?
I think he was born in Alberta in the 1880s. Alberta was part of the Northwest Territories at the time, but still included in the Canadian federation. So yes. And he spent decades in canada having sex with wolves and stuff.
Wolf sex > mighty whitey samurai cosplay.
It's sort of funny that the Canadian Government gets a pass for doing their best Josef Mengele/Auschwitz impression with the Weapon X program.
Also, as for the list, Canada has better representation than the UK, who have to make due with Blade.
Mutant X he spent decades in Canada having sex with Sabertooth and Wildchild
Pieman0920
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Man, I always forget that Marvel Canada is super evil, what with Weapon X. But hey, it was just mutants, right? No one cares about mutants, even Marvel.
Low Key Marvel Canada is a fucked up place.
The whole country is literally cursed, if you ingest human flesh anywhere in Canada you become a Wendigo.
And lets not start pn the 4 Great Beasts that only can attack Canada
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