http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/10/top-25-best-marvel-superheroes
In time for Marvel’s 75th anniversary, Joshua Yehl and Jeff Lake made their list of the Top 25 Best Marvel Characters
25. Jessica Jones
24. Blade
23. Ghost Rider
22. Captain Marvel
21. Luke Cage
20. Spider-Woman
19. Silver Surfer
18. Beast
17. Thing
16. Kitty Pryde
15. Dr. Strange
14. Black Panther
13. Invisible Woman
12. Nick Fury
11. Storm
10. Iron Man
9. Professor X
8. Hulk
7. Cyclops
6. Thor
5. Jean Grey
4. Wolverine
3. Daredevil
2. Captain America
1. Spider-man
As happy as I am that Kitty Pryde made the list, I am confused by those who ranked higher than her.
Dr. Strange and Black Panther, are cool and all but what have they done lately?
Their criteria was :
We looked at Marvel’s entire roster to decide who is the most noble, who has the finest stories of self-sacrifice, and who looks best in spandex. Check out our list, then let us know your favorite Marvel heroes in the comments!
Which is fine and all but most of these characters either have movies or have movies in Production so I’m not sure how, at this time, they rank higher.
Invisible Woman and Daredevil would make more sense once their movie / television series comes out next year.
Jean Grey, the original, is dead and good being there. Teen Jean isn’t mentioned their write up so its just the concept of the original that is being counted here.
As per usual with these things, it is a popularity contest but at least Kitty made the list and really, that’s what is important. Sure she’s at 16 but she is Top 16 over thousands of other characters. Probably just a coincidence that they went from Thing to Kitty, right? It wasn’t like they had one thought and just followed it with another. Probably not.
I do like how they went with Robert Atkin’s drawn Kitty Pryde and Lockheed, plus its his own original art not used for any official work.
Few young X-characters have been as instantly engaging as Kitty Pryde. A mutant born with the ability to phase through solid objects, Kitty’s rise from student to heroine has been one to watch. She inspires Xavier’s dream in a way few have, both as a proven team member and a gifted teacher, eventually serving as Headmistress for the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning. Her resolve also proves above reproach, once sacrificing herself for the good of the planet by merging her phasing abilities with a giant space bullet, allowing it to pass harmlessly through the Earth. It was a moment of pure, genuine heroism, and from Kitty Pryde we’d expect nothing less.
People need to be constantly reminded that Kitty did save the entire planet, our planet, all by herself and it cost her three years of publication life. That’s a huge achievement plus sacrifice.
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