Comic Vine Moderators’ Favorite Character list

CV Moderators’ Favorite Character list! (link to actual list)

Hello all! When we finished Comic Vine’s Top 100 super-villain list 2011 (link to list and blog), it was asked what project would be next. Liberty stepped in as I “needed a break” and is currently doing his bracket project (check them out btw! They are very cool!). However, I knew the answer about what was next for me even before I finished the villain list. I wanted to do something bigger than the villain or hero list (link to list and blog), so I decided on hosting "The Moderator’s Favorite Character list!"

In the two previous community projects I have hosted, I had the pleasure of working with many wonderful users. Among the previous nominators, there were two moderators: Aztek the Lost and Icarusflies. I must admit I really didn’t know many of the Mods that well and I could barely remember who was a mod and who was not (did you know there are 15 Mods in total?). So, this was a wonderful informative project for me (and I hope after you read this admitably long introduction: for you!). All of the Mods were very nice, understanding and helpful in this project.

When it was confirmed that all except for Gambler (more on him later) had agreed to participate, I asked for 7 favorite characters each, the year they got into comics, the first series and comic they read, and for a comment(for your benefit). We ordered the Mods by the year they got into comics and used that order to determine the order of the list (1s first, 2s second, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s and any bonus characters they found necessary—all of which are ordered by their nominator's comic-origin year).

Hope you enjoy it and find it informative!

Blue_Shield

• Year Got into Comics:1981
• First Series read:Masters of the Universe minicomic (still have them)
• First Comic Book Read:Capt. America #237
• Comment:"I love comics."

Fesak

• Year Got into Comics:~1983
• First Series read:Donald Duck
• First Comic Book:Don't remember
• Comment:"Everything went better than exception"

xerox-kitty

• Year Got into Comics:Which time? The first time? I was too young to remember, but you probably aren't counting British comic books of the early 80's.The first time I had an American comic book was in 1988, but that didn't start my collecting habit. I didn't start regularly buying comics until around 93/94. Then again, I stopped for several years in the early 'noughties' & didn't get back into comics until the end of 2008 (which was when I first discovered CV).
• First Series read:I'm honestly not sure, I know I used to read my brother's Star Wars, Transformers & Thundercats comics before I had any of my own. I even remember when he had Captain Britain bought for him (lucky beggar). It was probably the British version of Care Bears which I remember reading while laid up with the Chicken Pox. The only Care Bears volume on Comic Vine started in 1985, but so I'm guessing the British version was around then too. I also remember my Dad had newsagent subscriptions for My Little Pony & Ewoks as well. Assuming that you are only aiming at American comics, then aside from thePower Pack Origin Albumtrade, I didn't actually start to get the rest of the series until I was in my 20's. I remember the first actual issueX-Men Classic#73, but I didn't get the rest of the series... but it was a first step into the rest of the X-Men titles (Uncanny, the first adjectiveless, New Mutants and X-Force). Sorry... but it really was a long time ago, so it's hard to nail down the specifics.
• First Comic Book:see above
• Comment:"Ask me again and I will kill you."

Shatterstar

• Year Got into Comics:1989ish
• First Series read:Uncanny X-Men
• First Comic Book:Classic X-Men
• Comment:"No comment!"

Jloneblackheart

• Year Got into Comics:c. 1991
• First Series read:No idea. Probably something X-Men or Spider-Man
• First Comic Book: (see above comment)
• Comment:"Blacker than the blackest black, times infinity!"

Morpheus_

• Year Got into Comics:early 90s, let us say 1993.
• First Series read:Amazing Spider-Man
• First Comic Book:Either ASM # 350 or Web of Spider-Man # 86.
• Comment:"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

Vance Astro

• Year Got into Comics: 1994 (actively reading monthly issues since 2006)
• First Series read: Gen 13
• First Comic Book:Gen 13 #1
• Comment:"I'm a Marvel"

Static Shock

• Year Got into Comics:in 1996 (that was when I actually started reading them; I actually got into comics when I was in the second grade, 1995. But I only looked at the pictures)
• First Series read:Spider-Man
• First Comic Book:Static
• Comment:"Apparently, my mom thinks I'm a 24-year-old kid because I read comic books..."

Buckshot

• Year got into comics:2004 or thereabouts
• First comic series read:No clue but probably something Marvel
• First comic book read:Don't remember. The first comic I bought (before I actually got into comics, WAY before) was an issue of Conan, but I'm pretty sure the earliest memory I had of a comic featured Warblade.
• Comment:"MUST I speak directly to the commoners?"

KillerZ

• Year Got into Comics:2005
• First Series read:Spider-man The Other Storyline
• First Comic Book:see above
• Comment:"I'm not good with one liners :) "

Aztek

• Year Got into Comics:2006ish? I was "into" comics before this but not really reading them on a regular basis or anything, either in 2006 or 2007 I started really getting passionate
• First Series read:No idea, are we talking like first series read in its entirety? Maybe X-Men: The 198 (Mr. M was badass)
• First Comic Book...Err...Bought:Can't remember the first one I read (and I'm excluding things like Calvin and Hobbes collections even if they've won Eisner awards) but the first I bought was Exiles #1
• Comment:"Ironically, despite it being the publisher I least often read from (quantity read to quantity produced ratio)...I was originally a Marvel when it came to comics, I admit it! I remember the first batch of comics I bought was a bunch of first few issues to Marvel comics that I never pursued afterwards meaning I have no idea how things turned out in Avengers: The Initiative, Moon Knight, Exiles and who knows what else. I probably missed all the good stuff. Although I read some before it, I credit Lucifer for turning me to look at the world of non-superhero comics and for that (and other) reasons it is my favorite comic of ALL TIME!"

Sora_thekey

• Year Got into Comics:2006
• First Series read:Amazing Spider-Man
• First Comic Book:As a kid my Family and I moved to this new house where the previous resident left a box of junk. In that box there were two comic books a Batman comic (which I totally forget the name, issue number etc..) and Amazing Spider-Man #399
• Comment:"The Weird is Normal in a World of Weirdoes"

Icarusflies

• Year Got into Comics:2007
• First Series read:Sandman
• First Comic Book:Sandman (might have read some stuff when I was younger, but I don't remember it)
• Comment:"I came, I saw, I decided it wasn't worth conquering and read comics instead"

Pixelized

• Year Got into Comics:2008
• First Series read:Emma Frost
• First Comic Book:X-Force #42
• Comment:"Pretty > Personality"

Gambler

• Comment:"Gambler's always been a ladies’ man. Can’t help it, it’s what he does." --from his first blog

Gambler is the non-participatory participant (say that ten times fast! I dare you!). He has not responded to my many attempts to contact him. However, his favorites are represented on the list. Basically, I stole characters from his favorite character list :) and nominated for him. My actions and nominations were overseen by The Dark Huntress who suggested the characters she thought/knew Gambler would support. I appreciate her help very much!

And now...The list!

	1. Captain America Nominated by Blue_Shield. Cosigned by Vance Astro, Morpheus_
	2. Mimic Nominated by Fesak
	3. Boom Boom Nominated by xerox-kitty. Cosigned by Shatterstar, Pixelized
	4. Batman Nominated by Shatterstar. Cosigned by Vance Astro, Gambler, Morpheus_
	5. Galactus Nominated by jloneblackheart. Cosigned by Morpheus_, fesak
	6. Dream of the Endless (Morpheus) Nominated by Morpheus_. Cosigned by aztek the lost, Icarusflies, Shatterstar
	7. Daredevil Nominated by Vance Astro. Cosigned by Gambler, Shatterstar
	8. Black Panther Nominated by Static Shock. Cosigned by Vance Astro, Gambler
	9. Jack Hawksmoor Nominated by Buckshot
	10. Tigra Nominated by KillerZ. Cosigned by Gambler
	11. Lucifer Morningstar Nominated by aztek the lost. Cosigned by Icarusflies, Morpheus__
	12. Spider-Man Nominated by Sora_thekey. Cosigned by Blue_Shield, xerox-kitty
	13. The Séance Nominated by Icarusflies
	14. M Nominated by Pixelized. Cosigned by fesak, Morpheus_
	15. Gambit Nominated by Gambler. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	16. Iron Man Nominated by Blue_Shield. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	17. Blink Nominated by fesak
	18. Warpath Nominated by xerox-kitty
	19. Silver Surfer Nominated by Shatterstar. Cosigned by jloneblackheart, Morpheus_
	20. Thanos Nominated by jloneblackheart. Cosigned by Morpheus_, fesak, Shatterstar
	21. John Constantine Nominated by Morpheus_. Cosigned by aztek the lost
	22. Justice Nominated by Vance Astro
	23. Captain Atom Nominated by Static Shock. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	24. Mr. Majestic Nominated by Buckshot. Cosigned by Gambler, Morpheus_
	25. Cheetah Nominated by KillerZ. Cosigned by Gambler
	26. Shade Nominated by aztek the lost
	27. Gwen Stacy Nominated by Sora_thekey
	28. Calculator Nominated by Icarusflies
	29. Moonstone Nominated by Pixelized. Cosigned by Gambler, fesak
	30. Lady Shiva Nominated by Gambler. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	31. Longshot Nominated by Blue_Shield. Cosigned by fesak, Shatterstar
	32. Terror Inc Nominated by Fesak
	33. Casey Kinmont Nominated by xerox-kitty
	34. Cable Nominated by Shatterstar. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	35. Avengelyne Nominated by jloneblackheart
	36. Deathstroke Nominated by Morpheus_. Cosigned by Gambler
	37. Major Victory Nominated by Vance Astro. Cosigned by jloneblackheart
	38. Static Nominated by (*gasp!*) Static Shock
	39. Sinestro Nominated by Buckshot. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	40. Witchblade Nominated by Buckshot. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	41. Spider Jerusalem Nominated by aztek the lost
	42. Kitty Pryde Nominated by Sora_thekey
	43. Weather Wizard Nominated by Icarusflies
	44. Archangel Nominated by Pixelized. Cosigned by Shatterstar
	45. Cassandra Cain Nominated by Gambler. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	46. Moon Knight Nominated by Blue_Shield
	47. Sabretooth Nominated by Fesak. Cosigned by Gambler, pixelized
	48. Firestar Nominated by xerox-kitty
	49. Deadpool Nominated by Shatterstar. Cosigned by xerox-kitty, fesak
	50. Thing Nominated by jloneblackheart. cosigned by Morpheus_
	51. Baron Helmut Zemo Nominated by Morpheus_. Cosigned by fesak
	52. Misty Knight Nominated by Vance Astro
	53. Dick Grayson Nominated by Static Shock. Cosigned by Sora_thekey, Vance Astro, Gambler, Morpheus_, xerox-kitty
	54. Midnighter Nominated by Buckshot
	55. The Darkness Nominated by KillerZ
	56. Hellboy Nominated by aztek the lost
	57. Scarlet Witch Nominated by Sora_thekey. Cosigned by Gambler
	58. Scarecrow Nominated by Icarusflies
	59. Wiccan Nominated by Pixelized
	60. Superman Nominated by Gambler. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	61. Speedball Nominated by Blue_Shield. Cosigned by xerox-kitty, pixelized
	62. Emplate Nominated by Fesak
	63. Katie Power Nominated by xerox-kitty
	64. The Tick Nominated by Shatterstar
	65. Adam Warlock Nominated by jloneblackheart. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	66. Magneto Nominated by Morpheus_. Cosigned by Gambler, fesak
	67. Wonder Woman Nominated by Vance Astro. Cosigned by Gambler, Morpheus_
	68. Snake-Eyes Nominated by Static Shock. Cosigned by Morpheus_, Shatterstar
	69. Madrox Nominated by Buckshot. Cosigned by Fesak, Morpheus_, xerox-kitty, Shatterstar
	70. Darkchylde Nominated by KillerZ. Cosigned by pixelized
	71. Battle Pope Nominated by aztek the lost
	72. Harley Quinn Nominated by Sora_thekey
	73. Corinthian Nominated by Icarusflies. Cosigned by aztek the lost, Morpheus_
	74. Enchantress Nominated by pixelized
	75. Storm Shadow Nominated by Gambler. Cosigned by Shatterstar
	76. Songbird Nominated by Fesak. Cosigned by pixelized
	77. Copycat Nominated by xerox-kitty
	78. The Comedian Nominated by Shatterstar. Cosigned by aztek the lost
	79. The Green Hornet Nominated by jloneblackheart
	80. Fantomex Nominated by Morpheus. Cosigned by Gambler, fesak
	81. Blacksad Nominated by Static Shock. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	82. Kang Nominated by Buckshot. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	83. Pantha Nominated by KillerZ
	84. Tank Girl Nominated by aztek the lost
	85. Joe Manson Nominated by Sora_thekey
	86. Agent ! Nominated by Icarusflies. Cosigned by aztek the lost
	87. Pixie Nominated by Pixelized. Cosigned Fesak
	88. Zealot Nominated by Gambler
	89. Taskmaster Nominated by Fesak. Cosigned by Morpheus_, xerox-kitty
	90. Spiral Nominated by xerox-kitty. Cosigned by Fesak, Shatterstar
	91. Shatterstar Nominated by...lets see...Shatterstar! Cosigned by Morpheus_, xerox-kitty
	92. Doctor Doom Nominated by jloneblackheart. Cosigned by Gambler, Fesak, Morpheus_
	93. Jim Corrigan Nominated by Morpheus_
	94. Major Force Nominated by Static Shock
	95. X-23 Nominated by KillerZ. Cosigned by Sora_thekey
	96. Lord Fanny Nominated by aztek the lost
	97. Jean Grey Nominated by Sora_thekey. Cosigned by Morpheus_, pixelized
	98. Rocket Red Nominated by Icarusflies
	99. Emma Frost Nominated by pixelized. Cosigned by Gambler, Fesak
	100. White Canary Nominated by Gambler
	101. Uncle Scrooge Nominated by Fesak. Cosigned by Morpheus_, Shatterstar
	102. Herr Starr Nominated by aztek the lost
	103. Franklin Richards Nominated by Sora_thekey
	104. Ted Kord Nominated by Icarusflies. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	105. Lady Mastermind Nominated by Gambler
	106. Judge Dredd Nominated by Fesak
	107. Unknown Soldier Nominated by aztek the lost. Cosigned by Shatterstar
	108. Hope Summers Nominated by Sora_thekey
	109. Johnny Sorrow Nominated by Icarusflies. Cosigned by Morpheus_
	110. Jonothon Starsmore Nominated by Fesak
	111. Tim Drake Nominated by Sora_thekey
	112. Jericho Nominated by Icarusflies
	113. Beast Boy Nominated by Sora_thekey
	114. Hitman Nominated by Icarusflies
	115. Etrigan the Demon Nominated by Icarusflies. Cosigned by aztek the lost

No Storm!!!!????

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

well if there is someone who likes Storm I guess they didn't speak up when I asked for additional characters...

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

......really? In every thread? Really?

Nice to see Corinthian and Jim Corrigan there.

@CitizenBane said:

Nice to see Corinthian and Jim Corrigan there.

Its quite interesting to see what they picked...

@CitizenBane said:

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

......really? In every thread? Really?

Well i was thinking Vance would suggest and Static would cosign

AWESOME!!!! Nice work Poet and all of the Mods !!!

A very cool idea with a great result!!!

@CitizenBane said:

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

......really? In every thread? Really?

-.-

And... Nº 53, really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm going to leave this site and never come back... ^__^

@ReVamp said:

@CitizenBane said:

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

......really? In every thread? Really?

-.-

And... Nº 53, really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm going to leave this site and never come back... ^__^

Boom Boom > Nightwing. The mods have spoken!

@CitizenBane said:

@ReVamp said:

@CitizenBane said:

@jhazzroucher said:

No Storm!!!!????

......really? In every thread? Really?

-.-

And... Nº 53, really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm going to leave this site and never come back... ^__^

Boom Boom > Nightwing. The mods have spoken!

actully, to be fair Nightwing did have the top number of cosigns...

you must understand that the order is determined by where they placed them on their nominatations...

Nice list.

@aztek_the_lost said:

I think the real shame here is how few of mine were co-signed, amirite?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you nominated a lot of Vertigo characters, in which case.......yeah, it's a real shame. Swamp Thing didn't get a spot!

Still, the big ones (Dream, Lucy, Constantine) got spots.

@CitizenBane: You can jump off a bridge right about now Baney, no one will miss you =P.

@aztek_the_lost: Nope. No one cares about Vertigo anymore, haha.

@The Poet: Yeah, I was totally kidding Teop, I don't really care what the mods think, considering most of them were probably bribed by Baney or something.

aztek co-signed a watchmen character? :o
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@The Poet: We jest, we jest.

@ReVamp:

@aztek_the_lost: So.....nobody nominated Swamp Thing?!

Transmetropolitan is a CLASSIC!

Indeed it is.

@aztek_the_lost said:

@Billy Batson said:

aztek co-signed a watchmen character? :o
BB

you mean, the best Watchmen character? yes, I suppose I did...it's not like I co-signed the work itself but the character is pretty cool on his own

The best watchmen character that got killed first! And soon he's getting his own book.
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@CitizenBane:

@aztek_the_lost:

there are probably going to be two series worth checking out (Comedian's and Rorschach's)
BB

@aztek_the_lost said:

I'm not going to lie, this list is supremely badass

and to the moderator of moderators I say bravo, Poet!

Thanks aztek! This was very fun to make!

I think this is my favorite list yet (of course the newest list is always my favorite...). Thanks for all your help with the project. Without you and the other Mod's suport, this would have remained a piece of whimsy...

NIIIIIIIIIIICCCCEEEE!!!! :D

@Icarusflies said:

NIIIIIIIIIIICCCCEEEE!!!! :D

thanks for all your help in making this thin possible...

@Liberty My secret project is complete! (have been wanting to say that for a while...plus I wanted to play with this call out function...)

I like that I have very little co-signs because the characters I chose are not very popular. ;)

@sora_thekey said:

I like that I have very little co-signs because the characters I chose are not very popular. ;)

of course there was a fight over who was going to nominate Spider-man...so I can say Peter was very popular...

Awesome List!! It seems like you guys worked very hard on it. Hope to see more soon

@haydenclaireheroes said:

Awesome List!! It seems like you guys worked very hard on it. Hope to see more soon

thanks. we did work a little bit on it, but it wasn't as overwelming as the the previous character lists could be at times...Huzah

@kfhrfdu_89_76k said:

Nice list.

Also, Blacksad in the list is very cool.

So, good job. = )

thanks

DAREDEVIL FTW!

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@Liberty My secret project is complete! (have been wanting to say that for a while...plus I wanted to play with this call out function...)

@Liberty said:

@The Poet said:

@Liberty My secret project is complete! (have been wanting to say that for a while...plus I wanted to play with this call out function...)

Did not know there was a call out function. My only comment would be I noticed that nearly every mod started out reading Marvel i.e. Spider-man or X-Men.

yeah, it is interesting to see how they got into comics...really informative

turns out that annoying box which appears when you type "@" has a purpose and by the looks of it, it worked :)

@CitizenBane: This

Its only been published for a day and it has 3 pages already! cool.

Morph cosigned on Jean Grey? @Morpheus_ we are no longer speaking :)

Great job on this, Poet!

I'd reply with something witty and disparagingly sarcastic, but I'm no longer speaking to you :)

@The Dark Huntress said:

Morph cosigned on Jean Grey? @Morpheus_ we are no longer speaking :)

Great job on this, Poet!

thanks

@The Dark Huntress said:

I'd reply with something witty and disparagingly sarcastic, but I'm no longer speaking to you :)

can I say...I am highly amused by this :)

I'd reply with something witty and disparagingly sarcastic, but I'm no longer speaking to you :)

Interesting and enjoyable topic notion. On a side note having these very questions in our profiles as we do our joined date and what not wouldn't be a terrible idea.

@CATPANEXE said:

Interesting and enjoyable topic notion. On a side note having these very questions in our profiles as we do our joined date and what not wouldn't be a terrible idea.

thanks. yeah, it would be quite helpful...espheshelly when I wanted such info from Gambler...

@CATPANEXE said:

Interesting and enjoyable topic notion. On a side note having these very questions in our profiles as we do our joined date and what not wouldn't be a terrible idea.

added that info my profile so that future users will know where I started and such...

I think you might be onto something regarding this info...It would be cool to see what the rest of the comunty would put into those blanks (and what 7+ characters they would choose as their favorites...). Maybe I'll create a blog or a forum just to let regular users submit their info just for the fun of it...plus it would be cool to collect all that data and show what the comuntity likes/dislikes and when they got into comics...