Superhero Facts

SuperFacts

These are a list of interesting facts about superhero's, from both th Marvel and DC comicbook Universes.

1. It was originally thought that Spiderman would fail as a hero, as most people are afraid of spiders.
2. The second Robim, Jason Todd, was killed by the Joker after readers voted for him to be killed off.
3. Marvel's Luke Cage (1972) was the first black superhero to have his own comic book.
4. There are 6 Green Lanterns from Earth, these are Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardener, John Stewart, Kyle Rayne and Simon Baz.
5. Spiderman received his powers after he was biten by a radioactive spider.
6. Happy Hogan had saved Tony Stark from a car crash, so Tony hired him as his chauffeur.
Green Arrow's Chili defeated both Aquaman and the Martian Manhunter.
The Juggernaut is 140 lbs lighter than the Hulk.
There are over 20 different types of Kryptonite, including Silver, Pink and Purple Spotted Kryptonite.
Dr Connors had to have his arm amputated when he worked as an army surgeon and he injured his right arm.
The Suicide Squad is a covert black-ops government strike team partially made up of imprisoned super-villains who agree to serve as expendable agents on life-threatening top-secret missions for the US Government.
The Young Avengers came together because Iron Lad didn't want to become Kang the Conquerer.
Black Panther, T'Challa, is King of Rwanda and was married to Storm for a time.
The character Bruce Wayne was named in honor of Robert Bruce, a Scottish Patriot, and "Mad" Anthony Wayne, an American Revolutionary War general
The srcond Robin was brought back to life and took on the persona of the Red Hood, an anti-hero who is willing to kill.
Daredevil is Marvel hero who is blind and uses his heightened senses to "see".
Bart Allen, aka the Flash had a Green Lantern tatoo on his left shoulder. However, because of his accelerated healing his body rejected the ink and the tatoo disappeared.
Marvel is home to the fisrt openly gay superhero, Northstar.
Nightcrawler was originallt pithched to DC as a charcter but they felt he looked too demonic. Dave Cockrum then brought the charcter to Marvel where Nightcrawler became part of the X-Men.

My top 10 Comic Book Heroes (Part 2)

Top 10 Heroes

Hawkeye

Hawkeye is a character belonging to the Marvel Universe. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck His first appearance was in 'Tales of Suspense' #57 in September 1964. He began life as a villain; however he joined the Avengers in 'Avengers' #16 in May 1965. Hawkeye's real name is Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton. As well as using the name 'Hawkeye', Barton has used the names 'Goliath' and 'Ronin'. He is a master archer and marksman as well as a talented martial artist and acrobat.

   Clint Barton was born in Iowa and lived their with his parents and older brother, Barney. However Barton lost his parents in a car accident as a young child and as sent to a children's home though they later ran away. The two brothers joined the Carson Carnival of Travelling Wonders where they worked as roustabouts while being mentored by the original Swordsman and Trisckshot. Clint's life would change, however, when he rejects his mentor,The Swordsman, who he saw counting stolen money. After refusing to take the money Clint and The Swordsman fight, this leaves Clint badly injured after falling from the high wire. Barney, after finding out Clint's decision to reject the money abandons him. Clint joins Trickshot for a short period and helps him in attempting to stop criminals. However Clint leaves him on bad terms.

  Clint went on to travel from carnival to carnival showcasing his natural talent in archery, it is at this time he took on the costumed persona of Hawkeye. It was after seeing Ironman save the lives of people at a carnival that Clint decided to use his gift to fight crime, unfortunately on his first night of patrol he was mistaken for a criminal. Luckily this did not stop him from going to be one of Marvel's best known heroes.

  Clint would go on to join The Avengers along side heroes such as Ironman, Capt. America and Black Widow, the Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver. However Hawkeye is a hot-headed character and often clashes with other members of The Avengers. This was prominent

early on when he refused to work with the team's leader Capt. America. Overtime Hawkeye learns to respect others and views many of his team mates as friends. Hawkeye was also romantically involved with Black Widow, however she leaves him after an undercover mission.

  Hawkeye's main weapon is his trusty bow and arrow. Clint is a grandmaster marksman, an exceptional acrobat and martial artist. He is at peak human physical condition, this is shown when a villain attempt to use the hero's draw weight bow but could not draw back the string to fire a single arrow. Hawkeye's custom arrows are purple, his signature colour. He carries a quiver of "trick" arrows, these include explosive and "tracker" arrows. It is thought he can turn any object into a weapon, including coins, sticks and debris.

 Hawkeye has appeared in many different medias. He is a character on the animated cartoon about The Avengers, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Hawkeye has been played by Jeremy Renner in the live action films Thor and The Avengers (left).

My Top 10 Comic Book Heroes (Part 1)

Top 10 Heroes

 Here are my Top 10 Comic Book heroes. This list contains heroes from both the Marvel and DC Comics universes. This isn't in any particular order and has both superheroes and anti- heroes. First up is...

Captain America:

Steven "Steve" Rogers first appeared as Captain America in March 1941 in Captain America Comics #1. He was chosen to take part in a US Military experiment. The aim was to create the world’s first super soldier. After being rejected to join the army during WW2 because of his sickly physique and asthma Rogers agreed to become the first super soldier. The experiment was successful and lead to Rogers becoming the world’s first super hero: Captain America. Later in the Marvel series Capt. was reintroduced after he apparently died in the Arctic fighting the Red Skull. He had in fact been frozen in the ice and was found by the Avengers. Having gotten over the initial shock of waking up 70 years after WW2 Rogers would come to be one of Marvels best heroes. He became leader of the Avengers as well as having his own solo career. His costume was made up of the colours of the USA's flag; red, white and blue. He wears a blue cowl over his head, with a white A on the forehead and wings on the side. He also carries a vibranium shield as his main weapon which is painted red, blue and white with a white star in the middle.I admire this character because I find him to be a strong character with a good moral code. I admire his strength as a character as well as his leadership skills as an Avenger.
In the 2011 movie "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "The Avengers"(2012), Cgris Evans played the Captain