FenrisUlf Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Dread Gods of the Forum, don't let this thread wind up like that other one... That said -- what's your take on the best and not worst, but most pointless/this-is-just-space-filler superbattle of all time? To me, the best superfight covers quite some ground. There's the fight between Steeljack and the Conquistador in Busiek's Tarnished Angel, and another I remember between Thor and the Midgard Serpent back when Thor was cursed by Hela. Most pointless, I can't even guess. Though from everything I've heard, the big battle between Daredevil and Nuke that finished off a classic DD story is definitely in the running. What are your choices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time The various Hulk/Think, Hulk/Thor type clashes are fun reads. Spidey vs. various large groups of villains like Sinister Six. Don't have any particular issue in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Back in the 80's, Chris Claremont/John Romita Jr X-men run: Colossus trying to drown away his relationship problems and winding up in a bar fight with Juggernaut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Spiderman vs Juggernaut where Spidey lures Juggy into a cement bath. Juggernaut vs Thor where Juggernaut uses Thor's own hammer to attack him Thor vs anybody in the Korvac saga. The Avengers are down and suddenly Thor appears. It was fun. Thor vs Kang in an Avengers story in the 120s or 130s. Kang blows up trying to get more power to beat up Thor. Wolverine vs Sabertooth in the X-Men mansion. Sabertooth wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GestaltBennie Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time DESTROY! Loudest comix book in the universe. (Done by Scott (Zot) Macleod as a treasury sized book in the mid-80s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtelson Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time DESTROY! Loudest comix book in the universe. (Done by Scott (Zot) Macleod as a treasury sized book in the mid-80s) That book was awesome, particularly the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time DESTROY! Loudest comix book in the universe. (Done by Scott (Zot) Macleod as a treasury sized book in the mid-80s) You forgot two !!. It added pathetically small pieces of debris to many an arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Fight-Man! #1 The entire issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Spiderman vs. Firelord, Herald of Galactus Lord Cumulus vs. Xander in WARP. Dazzler vs. Dazzler. Cerberus vs. Wolveroach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent.0.Fortune Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time I love mini-series, they are the writers going wild (secret wars, age of apocolypse, and others). However the most pointless seriesi can remember is the Onslaught series. Blaaa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time There was a (Marvel) Gladiator vs (IMAGE) Supreme one shot I found pointless and Amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Lobo vs. Anyone. Lobo's children vs. anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Best: The X-Men vs. the Shair Imperial Guard on the Blue Area of the moon, fighting to determine the fate of Jean Grey*. *(Before its purpose was retconned away ) Worst: The Death of Superman. (Pointlessly powerful, ugly, and aggressive alien no one has ever heard of before comes down and kills Superman for ratings. Lex Luthor's head explodes from the affrontery ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Most Pointless: IMO, those numerous early Marvel stories involving the meeting of two different heroes. A sudden inability to communucate invariably led to idiotic misunderstandings (sometimes exacerbated by some villain). Said heroes would immediately start beating the living cud out of each other and their general surroundings. For somebody as short-fused as the Hulk, perhaps this was the most probable course for events to take. But using the same approach for just about everybody else got real old way fast, and was the main reason why I was VERY slow to get interested in Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"V" Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Most Pointless: IMO, those numerous early Marvel stories involving the meeting of two different heroes. A sudden inability to communucate invariably led to idiotic misunderstandings (sometimes exacerbated by some villain). Said heroes would immediately start beating the living cud out of each other and their general surroundings. For somebody as short-fused as the Hulk, perhaps this was the most probable course for events to take. But using the same approach for just about everybody else got real old way fast, and was the main reason why I was VERY slow to get interested in Marvel. I remember Ozymandias referring to this in Watchmen when he was recalling meeting The Comedian: Recognising me instantly he attacked anyway, 'mistaking me for a criminal' the implication being that this was a common way for the various costumed adventurers to establish their pecking order. Seems more plausible than the Marvel way. The quote is from memory by the way so if it's not spot-on I apologise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Most pointless fights? Doomsday Annual #1, where Roger Stern wrote a moronic retread of Emerald Twilight with Doomsday attacking Oa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted June 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Most pointless fights? Doomsday Annual #1' date=' where Roger Stern wrote a moronic retread of Emerald Twilight with Doomsday attacking Oa.[/quote'] Say, wasn't that the 'Doomsday origin issue'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Say' date=' wasn't that the 'Doomsday origin issue'?[/quote'] Nope. Doomsday's "Origin Issue" would have been Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time I can't pick my favorite between Destroy!!! and Everybody Hates Fight Man. They're both brilliant send-ups of the superhero genre, it's just that one of them is a _little_ more mean spirited... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkmate Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time (Pointlessly powerful, ugly, and aggressive alien no one has ever heard of before comes down and kills Superman for ratings. Lex Luthor's head explodes from the affrontery ). Wow, I used to kinda like those events until you put it that way. Don't you hate when logic ruins your day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Best AND Most Pointless: Jo "Ultraboy" Nah vs. the population of an entire planet of ass-kickers to plant a flower as a memorial to Karate Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Punisher kills the Marvel Universe. Wait. You said best and most pointless. This only fits most pointless. Carry on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oruncrest Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Best AND Most Pointless: Jo "Ultraboy" Nah vs. the population of an entire planet of ass-kickers to plant a flower as a memorial to Karate Kid. Ummm.. That was Brin (Timber Wolf) Londo, not Jo (Ultra Boy) Nah who fought the Lyythals to plant a seed in their 'sacred rock'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Ummm.. That was Brin (Timber Wolf) Londo' date=' not Jo (Ultra Boy) Nah who fought the Lyythals to plant a seed in their 'sacred rock'.[/quote'] Er, yeah, that's what I meant. Look! A flying pony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Re: Best and most Pointless superbattle of all time Spiderman vs. Firelord' date=' Herald of Galactus[/quote'] Objection, he said not worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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