C-Level Comic Book Stars You Were Obsessed With

[Mejo]

Is Wonder Man considered a C-lister? I really liked his comeback in the 1970s Avengers comics with the green costume. I just thought he looked so cool.

[Dannyc]

I'm right there with you. My friend Anthony and I were so sold on this guy. He became his favorite comic character for a white-hot minute. As soon as original artist Doug Rice stepped off the book though, it was never the same.

Ha! I was going to mention Rice in my original post. He definitely brought something special to the book. He was the first artist I had seen very obviously incorporating anime into his work and his stuff seemed so fresh and sleek at the time. He did great designs and action sequences too.
But like you mentioned, once he was off the book completely (abruptly too,iirc) it wasnt the same and the book faded out of existance not long after.

[danadoll]

Wait...the Doom Patrol is like...D list? Noooooo! LOL! I love them (as y’all may recall, the only DC characters I like, Beast Boy included)! On the Marvel side, I love Alpha Flight, who are probably also D list (they get no respect, but are great characters)...Ha! I also dig Marvel’s other Batman rip off (I’m looking at you Moon Knight), the Shroud and the original Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew. Some of my other Marvel faves are their horror characters like Werewolf By Night (the OG, Jack Russell), Blade (I don’t know if he’s a C or D-lister), Hannibal King, Marvel’s Frankenstein Monster, etc...

Dana

[apes3978]

Starfire I (not Kory form Titans, the 70s sci-fantasy heroine DC published)

She'd make a great looking custom.

[MRP]

My favorite Marvel book was Dreadstar & Company. It just really captured my imagination. All of the characters were great. Vanth Dreadstar, the cyborg wizard Syzygy Darklock, the blind telepath Willow, and the cat-humanoid Oedi.
The art by Jim Starlin was fantastic as well.

If you weren't aware of it, Starlin currently has a kickstarter going for a new Dreadstar GN.

-M

[Earth 2 Chris]

I was obsessed with the Mark Shaw version of Manhunter from the short-lived DC series from the late 80s. I thought for sure the character was going to go on to be THE comic book character of the 90s lol.

I'm right there with you. My friend Anthony and I were so sold on this guy. He became his favorite comic character for a white-hot minute. As soon as original artist Doug Rice stepped off the book though, it was never the same.

[enyawd72]

My favorite Marvel book was Dreadstar & Company. It just really captured my imagination. All of the characters were great. Vanth Dreadstar, the cyborg wizard Syzygy Darklock, the blind telepath Willow, and the cat-humanoid Oedi.
The art by Jim Starlin was fantastic as well.

[rche]

I don't know about obsessed, exactly, but I am always drawn toward the obscure characters when brought into modern stories. That was one of the (many) appeals to me of Gaiman's Sandman comic. All the little side characters and C listers making a cameo or being important in that universe were great fun to see woven into a coherent (mostly) storyline. Come to think of it, quite a bit of the early 90s Vertigo imprint were non A/B listers being rebooted for a new generation. Shade, Doom Patrol, Constantine, the trenchcoat brigade from the Tim Hunter story. All of those were super fun characters and stories for me.

[Hector]

Love this one…still have it…

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[Dannyc]

I was obsessed with the Mark Shaw version of Manhunter from the short-lived DC series from the late 80s. I thought for sure the character was going to go on to be THE comic book character of the 90s lol.

[knight errant00]

Lots of Great choices here . . . the first character that leapt to my mind was OMAC, in all his original Jack Kirby 1970s future dystopia wildness.

I'd also list the 1970s reboot of the Paul Kirk Manhunter (couldn't believe they ended him the way they did back in the day), the Warlord, and Machine Man, too. Until they gave him a TV series, I'd say Moon Knight, but that may have elevated him past a C.

[Scott777]

oh, i loved Hex. it was cool that he was in the Wild Wild West...of the Future.

[jwyblejr]

I've got Arion on my list. Really,most of DC's fantasy stuff from the early 80s. Heck,I'd even put Captain Carrot on that list.

[TrekStar]

Interesting question, I agree with all the above mentioned especially Power Man and Iron Fist, surprised there hasn’t been a live action movie featuring these two characters. What about the Master of Kung Fu? would he be considered a C-Level star?

[Liu Bei]

Don’t know what level you’d put him at, but I loved Jake Gallows, the title character in Punisher 2099. 2099 was such a great universe anyway, but for me Jake was the tops.