Who is the best super man that isn't actually Superman? Who's your favorite Superman archetype (Superman dummy if you will)? The ones in pic related are:
>Bizarro
>Ultraman
>Eradicator
>Blue Marvel
>The Sentry
>Hyperion
>Omni-Man
>Supreme
>Mr Majestic
>Apollo
>The Homelander
>Samaritan
>The Plutonian
But there's more out there, who is your favorite? (mine is The Plutonian) Do you prefer him more than the real Superman? What is about Supes' universality that makes him such a archetypal character?
That one with the mustache
Captain motherfucking Marvel.
>>83607355
>But there's more out there
>>83607509
Omni-Man.
>>83607700
The marvel side is missing mutant superman, but then he was a bland OC who came from Wood's run so it makes sense that no one remembers him.
KALLARK
>>83607700
Why Isn't Thor included.?
>>83608717
Because every one of those were created as an extention of or answer to Superman.
The very idea of Thor predates Superman, though he may have been made a Marvel character to have an answer to him.
>>83608717
because superman would kick the everloving shit out of thor any day of the fucking week, that includes Thor's day
>>83607355
Steel
>>83607509
>Omni-Man
I liked the guy but he went absolutely bananas for a time so no
>>83609068
did he start calling himself omniwoman?
>>83607355
Irredeemable is so fucking good
>>83609806
Is Incorruptable worth a read as well?
Plutonian has the most interesting backstory and best powers. Nolan has better fights though.
>>83609840
ehhhh. I guess.
>>83609840
Yes, it is better.
This is easy.
Prime...cos he's got the most muscles.
God he was so fucking 90s
TAS & MOS/BVS are my favorite incarnations of Superman himself.
Plutonian is interesting & well written but is too pure fucking evil for me to say I like or enjoy him. (I had to take a break from reading Irredeemable at issue 16 as it was depressing the fuck out of me)
So at this point I will say JMS & Hickman's Hyperions are my favorite homages. And Blue Marvel is also pretty cool.
Haven't read any of him but Mr. Majestic caught my eye.
Alan Moore's Supreme is the only correct answer.
>>83608949
Isn't Mjolnir magic?
>>83608463
This should be something X-Men should pick up on more.
>>83607355the power puff girls
>>83607355
>Who's your favorite
Zibarro. I love this pretentious clown.
>>83612648
So like, are the Powerpuff girls strength equaled to all 3 of them=superman level or do they each have superman level power?
>>83607355
Bruce Willis in Unbreakable
>>83614021
They each have roughly Superman level power.
>>83607355
Statesman
>>83614299
Even after all these years, it still hurts.
superwoman from ultramans world
elevated louis
elevated luthor
superwoman prime lucy lane
pic related
>>83607700
>The High
Heh
Wait, what's the name of the Gorilla comics one?
>>83608557
The one true answer
>>83607700
while I wouldn't call him my favorite I liked virtue/ moral man and his story during that one Spiderman arc.
Why put Omni-man and not Invincible?
Hyperion, but specifically the King Hyperion from Exiles.
>>83608463
>X-men writers creating their op oc do not steal characters
What a shocker!
>>83620164
> sprays acid from his genitals
for what purpose.
>>83608949
DC is that you?
Goku
Does Mexican Superman still count as Superman?
>>83619568
Damn that costume looks like shit
Captain Marvel/Shazam. He's better at being Superman than Superman himself.
>>83607355
Saitama
>>83607355
Colossus
>>83607355
Thor
>>83608916
Marvel's Thor feels more like Superman, just with a Norse bent.
>>83608463
>>83607700
What about Nate Greh, aka Xman?
>>83619568
Invincible is more like Superboy. I sometimes think of him as an amalgamation of Jonathan and Connor Kent, with his father being inspired by the Superman from "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"
Of course, there are other differences, but Invincible feels more like a continuayion to the Superman mythos
>>83607355
>>83607700
>>83607355
Wheres Dr. Manhattan
I know he is based off the Atom, but they have also called him Superman
>>83612489
this
>>83607355
Rahxephon
Does Miracleman count?
>>83607355
Metaman
>>83612499
Yeah but it doesn't matter if the guy swinging it is a bitch
>Beat the shit out of the hulk like it was nothing.
Based Zoran
>>83622174
Duh
>>83607355
I like Eradicator.
>>83607355
Plutonian is definitely my favorite out of those
>>83607355
Eiko Magami
This thread needs more Superman pastiches
>>83607355
>Bizarro
>Ultraman
These two and Ultiman.
>>83607700
The guy from Edison Rex is missing.
What defines a character as a Superman pastiche?
>>83625884
Last son of a doomed planet is popular, and emphasis on Truth, Justice, and the American Way is another.
Or just a flying brick with a spitcurl.
>>83626082
That doesn't fit the Sentry. Or Saitama. Or Captain Marvel Jr.Or even Homelander, whose actually a clone
>>83608949
HAH!
>>83607355
John Carter
He basically inspired super man's original move set.
>homage to homage
>>83609378
He's from Invincible.
SPOILERSHe wasn't the last survivor of !Krypton, but a scout sent by !Krypton to check Eath's defenses. So at some point he just goes on a rampage and kills the entire !Justice League prior to the invasion.
>>83609806
Nah, I feel it kinda strays away from it's premise too far eventually and at times comes off as being dark and edgy just for the sake of it. The ending's goat though and it's worth reading just for that.
>>83609840
>>83610036
This. Incorruptible is a lot better.
>>83620413
>gods and monsters series has been canceled
>>83620443
I hope you grow tastebuds inside your rectum
>>83607700
Wildstorm > Maximum Man.
That's a Captain Marvel/Billy Batson pastiche. I guess an argument could be made that to the extent that any Captain Marvel pastiche is ALSO a Superman pastiche it's fair, but it feels to me like a second-generation pastiche kind of falls into a different category, thematically.
I like the Samaritan.
>>83607355
>>83607700
I foyu're adding Omni-Man you might as well add Immortal. Immortal is similar to Omni-Man, althought he's an Earth native
>>83631150
significantly weaker though
>>83607700
>black terror
I thought he was a batman expy
