Comments on: Rumble Pants IX: Elite Eight

By: Stray Cat

Stray Cat — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:11:57 +0000

Matches are currently at 50/50, 49/51, 73/27, and 50/50.

Daaamn!

By: Robert Coyner

Robert Coyner — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:55:10 +0000

Frankly, I want to see Deadshot and Hawkeye in the finals. A fight between two of them would be cool if only for the various one-liners and snarky comments they would throw each other’s way. But even though I want Deadshot to win the villains bracket, I love that Batroc is so competitive with Croc despite only having a fraction of the air time Killer Croc has enjoyed in recent years. I hope Batroc can somehow squeak it out.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:11:42 +0000

Aside from Ant-Man/Corsair these are incredibly close matches (through about 270 votes it’s 51/49, 50/50, and 52/48).

By: GrayPumpkin

GrayPumpkin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:13:13 +0000

I can’t believe Deadshot is in a dead heat with Taskmaster! Gah! He should be winning hands down. What is a good place to read Taskmaster? I read the manga-ish mini a few years ago and while I liked it, he wasn’t nearly as interesting as Deadshot.

Simone did a good, if comedic take on him during her Agent X run, but Deadshot is still way cooler in my book.
I’m surprised by the closeness of a lot of the races. I know most folks don’t dig Batroc as much as I do, but Killer Croc? Not one of Batman’s more compelling villains.
I guess I can see the Hawkeye/Winter Soldier race being close. Lot folks like Bru, but in my book that retcon that should have never been just can’t stack up to the years of coolness that are Hawkeye.

By: fil

fil — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:09:13 +0000

I can’t believe Deadshot is in a dead heat with Taskmaster! Gah! He should be winning hands down. What is a good place to read Taskmaster? I read the manga-ish mini a few years ago and while I liked it, he wasn’t nearly as interesting as Deadshot.

By: JPop

JPop — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:07:19 +0000

I hope Batroc goes all the way

By: rob

rob — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:59:15 +0000

Batroc over croc. You show the cartoon Croc and the only croc I like is pre crissis.
Deadshot over taskmasker Taskmaster’s power bugs me
ANtman OVER COsiar becuse Cosiar set us on a long aweful road of making Cyclops’s backround werider than Superman’s “No young man Han Solo is not you real father!

By: sluggo

sluggo — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:07:35 +0000

Not really. Thanks to Brubaker, Winter Soldier has become one of my favorite characters. I’ve never had a strong opinion about Hawkeye, honestly.

By: darthson

darthson — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:00:43 +0000

Anyone else have a hard time choosing between Winter Soldier and Hawkeye? I love both… blarg.

By: GrayPumpkin

GrayPumpkin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:11:35 +0000

Went for Deadshot over Taskmaster, I like both characters, but thanks mostly to Ostrander, there have been a lot more cool stories with Deadshot.

The rest were easy picks for me. Batroc is one of my favorite villains, never a fan of that goofy space pirate, and Hawkeye is one of my favorite heroes.