The greatest comicbook characters in the canon have been debated and argued over for decades. Top ten best books of all time best book characters top ten dystopian novels best william shakespeare plays anthonybecerra831 best science fiction books decorulez97 top 10 book series for teens most. Therefore, except for rare cases, superheroes have to have an abundant source of income. The 10 greatest comic book artists of all time creative bloq. Ign published a top 100 comic book heroes that made me crazy, both in its predictability hey. The wasp also made a short appearance in the 2015 movie antman. Clearly, some of these items may not, and probably do not exist in that grade. Hes considered one of the top comic book characters of all time, which means his appearance in this comic book is what makes it so famous and worth so much money. These are the 20 richest comic book characters of all time. The 25 best sunday comic strips of all time complex. Youve reached the 100 greatest american comic book artists site, sponsored by atlas comics. This paragraph is not nearly long enough to explain the allure of reed crandall. And probably the first powerful superhero in the fictional world.
This cover is a great representation of that with a certain evil flag on the cover. Blueprint s1 e3 spiderman to spawn, how todd mcfarlane became the biggest comic book artist ever blueprint duration. Id like to receive the forbes daily dozen newsletter to get the top 12 headlines every morning. The series was developed to allow major comics creators a chance to tell stories showcasing characters without being restricted by dc universe continuity. Richest comic book characters of all time ranker lists. Its a company that is worth multiple billions of dollars, so were sure that she has to be one of the richest comic book characters of all time, at least, shes tied with bruce wayne. This is a list of my top 100 comic book heroes from any comic book series. Based off of the top 100 comic book story lines as decided by comic book resources readers. Top 10 most valuable comic books of all time youtube.
This incredibly hard to find variant is all thanks to it being a 1. A descriptive listing and ranking of the 100 greatest american comic book artists of all time. A horde of wealth can either buy you enough fancy gadgets to become a superhero, or try to take over the world. Much as we did with last years top 100 comic book villains, ign has pulled together a comprehensive list of the greatest heroes to ever grace. Copies of human torch comics are hard to come by, especially early issues like. Being rich has to be the greatest superpower of all. The character, along with his frenemy, namor the submariner are two of the oldest marvel heroes of all time. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites. On top of that, people who have money often seem to be able t. With each pricing update we compute and show here the 100 most valuable comic books. When you wield massive amounts of money, people do whatever you want. Much as we did with last years top 100 comic book villains, ign has pulled together a comprehensive list of the greatest heroes to ever grace the pages of the funny books. This is the first time that sandman ever appeared in a comic. The 20 richest comic book characters of all time 2020.
In 2014, ign ranked the wasp 99th among 100 of the most popular comic book characters of all time. Monopoly and game of thrones tywin lanister also make. The forbes fictional 15 was a list from forbes business magazine that listed the 15 richest people in the realm of fiction produced between 2002 to 20. As batman told flash in justice league, being rich was his only super power. A multi talented draftsman, reed could do everything. And rounding out the list at 14 and 15 respectively are two of our favorite 1920s characters. It is amazing how some of these characters manage to run multinational corporations, have illustrious love lives, and still keep cities safe from crime. To qualify for the list, members must be both fictional in the sense that we excluded mythological and folkloric figures and characters meaning. Also, placed her 26th among the 50 greatest avengers. The image has been parodied and paid homage to countless times, and remains one of the greatest comic book covers of all time. Click on any storyline for a writeup on that story complete with some sample pages from the story. Rich enough to have been described as a billionaire in the 50s and 60s, he owns several mansions, a luxury steam liner and a robot maid, as well as his son owning two of.
The 50 greatest comicbook characters movies empire. The journal published a 20thcentury comics canon in its 210th issue february 1999. I have no problem with huck finn in the top 5, though. The 100 greatest marvels of all time was a series of trade paperbacks published in 2001 by marvel comics. Ten of the richest comic book characters ever worthly. The folks paying these prices are most likely keeping these in. A former lover of bruce wayne, jezebel is a striking, highly deductive former model who also happens to be a member of.
The 100 best comic book characters of all time paste. The creations of bon kane, bill finger, jerry siegel, joe shuster, stan lee. The top 100 comic book heroes of all time berkeley place. Goodreads top 100 literary novels of all time 106 books. Most everyone immediately thinks of bruce wayne batman when they think of wealthy comic book heroes, but a new list at tells a different tale, looking at the top 20 wealthiest comic book characters.
To compile the list, eight contributors and editors made eight separate top 100 or fewer than 100 for some lists of american works. That means its time to rank the richest comic book characters. These are the 25 best sunday comic strips of all time. It seems there are more than a few good and nefarious figures that whats a superpower marvels top heroes and villains have in common. Over time, the hulk became a character in its own right and several different personas began to emerge. Comic book characters often have a lot of gadgets, inventions, soupedup vehicles, and loadedup secret bases to go to. Stacker used imdb data to come up with trivia questions for the top 100 americanmade motion pictures of all time. This is wizards top 200 comic book characters, i personally dont agree with it, but still tell us how you feel. A book like this doesnt get easier to find as time passes. This includes antiheroes and villains that are now heroes. Over the years, bruce wayne has been known as one of the most wealthy characters in. We chose bruce wayne as the seventhranked richest comic book character ever. While wed all like to hold out hope there is a nm 9. Here is a master list of all the top 100 comic book storylines, as voted on by you, our readers over a thousand of you.
Before we begin we thought wed give you a little background. This is true in marvel comics and dc, and the truth is that this costs a lot of money. Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency. She became one of the founding members of the avengers and led the team for a long period of time. Based on anecdotal evidence from the comics, realworld comparisons, and outright stated facts, here is our list of the 12 richest characters in marvel comics. From tony stark to black panther, here are the top twelve richest marvel characters in the comic book universe and their net worth. Top 12 richest marvel characters ranking their net worth. These eight lists were then informally combined, and tweaked into an ordered list. Allstar superman is a twelveissue maxiseries written by grant morrison and drawn by frank quitely. The greatest comic book of all time seems, at times, like a fan history of american comic books instead of an academic essay subtract the fan history and what you get is a slim pamphlet. Richest superheroes and villains in marvel and dc comics. To me, accuracy when making a top 10top 100 all time list is extremely important.
Todd mcfarlane has been killing it with marvel as one of the top writers for spiderman but decided to branch out on his own and that was when he came up with spawn, a character so dark that teens and older comic fans had to read about his exploits. Here are the us domestic rankings adjusted for inflation with a short summary description of each film, to fairly accurately show which films have been the largest blockbusters over a long period of time. Considered one of the greatest comic book characters of all time, spawn truly brought the antihero tag to life in the 90s. Ranking the 25 most violent comic book characters of all time. As everyone should know, the top moneymaking film of alltime is not star wars. Over the years, bruce wayne has been known as one of the most wealthy characters in all of comics, paying for the newest. Atlas comics presents the top 100 artists of american comic books. Besides the savage green hulk, there is a grey hulk also known as joe fixit who is more canny and streetsmart than the green hulk, but not quite as strong.
Episode vii the force awakens 2015 but gone with the wind 1939. Earlier in the year, the publisher had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of marvel comic book series. Originally conceived as national allied publications back in 1934, dc comics has stuck around long enough to become one of the two biggest and hottest comic book companies in. Comics have seen their fair share of billionaires over the years, some good, some evil, and here are ten of the absolute richest comic book characters ever. Ign got its biggest rpg fans in a room to find out. The members are characters from movies, books, cartoons, television, video games, and comics. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the. With his own publishing company supergraphics, steranko was able to appraise the industry in the remarkable twovolume history of comics. Ap, caps shield was, at one time, suspected to be made of a combination of vibranium, and. The comic journals top 100 comics of the 20th century. Whats a superpower marvels top heroes and villains have in common.