BEEF.
In beef-loving Hida-Takayama, this is a common delicacy, I was really sad when I couldn't find them serving it up this way anywhere else in Japan.
Category: Q & A
Questions, and Answers, from the man himself
Deano’s answer to: “If you agree that Superman, Batman & Wonder Woman are the DC big 3, who’s #4?”
If you go by power level, Green Lantern
If you go by mainstream recognition, The Flash
If you go by "cool factor" for the few people who ever notice him, Martian Manhunter
If you go by Hughesian Debating Skills, I'm totally won over on Aquaman 🙂
Personally, I use the "Dan Brereton Coolest Art/Pose" factor, which again I would argue gives a pretty solid win to Aquaman:
(Also, look at the panels – clearly Aquaman is standing/floating IN FRONT OF the other three "JLA Core Members", more prominently so in the bottom panels)
If you agree that Superman, Batman & Wonder Woman are the DC big 3, who's #4?
Deano’s answer to: “What was the first comic book superhero?”
This is a bit tough… Given the particular wording of your question, I'd go with Superman. He's the first archetypical "superhero" who appeared in comic book form, at least in the US… (This is actually just Christopher Reeve chasing me after I keyed his car…)
According to Wikipedia[*], the French once again beat us to the punch with a fella called the "Nyctalope": (My doctor says I have to stop eating Nyctalope for breakfast when I hit 40…)
As far as other possible "first placers", you have all manner of costumed superhumans or "ultimate" humans –
- The Phantom,
- The Shadow,
- The Spider,
- Doc Savage,
- Tarzan,
- Zorro,
- The Green Hornet,
- etc…
– all of whom, if they magically dropped out of subspace in the Marvel or DC Universes, would be instantly recognized as "Superheroes", or possibly "Super villains" in some cases.
Nevertheless, just about all of the other candidates appeared first in print books and magazines, comic strips, and radio dramas, and most did not take a strong stand in the comic book format until well after Superman had led the way as a groundbreaking title in the genre/medium in 1938 in Action Comics #1.
[* It's actually a great Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sup…
Deano’s answer to: “What are the best tips to defeat Galactus?”
I'm pretty sure that simply hitting him a few times with the Ultimate Nullifier would do the job.
Alternately, redirecting him to consume another compatible living world has been known to work in the past, though I'm not sure that would qualify as a "defeat".
Deano’s answer to: “Were the Hulk movies accurate in portraying Hulk’s strength?”
It would be exceedingly difficult to claim that a movie didn't portray the Hulk's strength accurately, for one simple reason:
The madder he gets, the stronger he gets. (Rarrr… Image Courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim…)
Thus, any time the Hulk appears to be "weaker than he should be" could be argued away as merely a reflection of his lack of sufficient anger at the given moment… Or, in general, a lack of adrenaline, which is not always induced by anger (there's a scene in The Incredible Hulk which covers alternate potential means of transformation, but those images are all protected by copyright)(Let's just say this is a fair facsimile, and be done with it. Photo courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/the…)
Given the comics' precedent that there is no significant "upper limit" to the level of the Hulk's strength, which can reach so-called "Cosmic Levels" under the right circumstances, it's basically impossible that anything the Hulk does in the films could be considered to be "too strong for the character", for similar reasons[*].
Where the movies tend to fail is in over-simplifying or misunderstanding the Hulk's many weaknesses.
[* Actually, since the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk movie appears to have closer ties to "Ultimate Hulk" – a creature born of a mutated gamma-irradiated version of Captain America's Super Solider Serum, there probably is a more reasonable upper power limit, we just haven't come close to hitting it yet.]
Were the Hulk movies accurate in portraying Hulk's strength?