Most iconic and famous Superhero of them all???

[Hector]

These are considered the Big Four...

Spider-Man, Batman, Hulk, and Superman.






Who's top dog?

Consider not only comic-books...but films, media, toy merchandise, world-wide appeal, name recognition, history...everything.

Who you think if you were to mention these four superheroes to a child in lets say, Nigeria, which one would he immediately gravitate too first?

Please list all four in preferred order:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Inquiring minds wanna know!

[The Toyroom]

Though not my personal order of preference (I'd swap out Bats and Spidey)...

1. Superman
2. Spider-Man
3. Batman
4. The Hulk

I'm not so sure about the Hulk, maybe for our generation he'd be in the top 4, but I'm thinking for today's modern audience, he could easily be replaced by Wolverine, who seems to have enjoyed a more steady exposure than the Hulk (in comics, film, TV and merchandise) over the last 20 years.

[Zemo]

Though not my personal order of preference (I'd swap out Bats and Spidey)...

1. Superman
2. Spider-Man
3. Batman
4. The Hulk

I'm not so sure about the Hulk, maybe for our generation he'd be in the top 4, but I'm thinking for today's modern audience, he could easily be replaced by Wolverine, who seems to have enjoyed a more steady exposure than the Hulk (in comics, film, TV and merchandise) over the last 20 years.

Ditto for me

[toys2cool]

10 years ago i would've said Superman first,Now

1-Spidey
2-Superman
3-Batman
4 Hulk

[The Toyroom]

From what I recall reading before, the Superman symbol is as recognizable worldwide as Mickey Mouse's ears and Coca-Cola's contoured bottle. And I also seem to remember that he, Mickey, Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes are the most recognizable fictional characters (or something like that...)

[thunderbolt]

1 Tie with Bats and Spidey
2 Superman
3 Hulk

[starsky]

1. spidey
2. batman
3. superman
4. hulk

[monkey tennis]

Are Super-Heroes looking younger these days ?

love those pictures.

1. Spidey
2. Superman
3. Hulk
4. Batman

At least in my house.

99. Captain Britain

[HardyGirl]

I say:

Superman, Batman, Spidey and Hulk.

[jemboy2004]

tough call with batman and spiderman but think of all the cartoon expose batman has besides all the other stuff. I know spiderman has some too but batman has a little more.

1. batman

2. spiderman

3. superman

4. hulk

but I would think Wonder Woman would be in the top 4? She is still know to most world wide and I would think even over hulk.

Of the 4 listed here though if I were to pick my favorite it would be superman.

[Hector]

From what I recall reading before, the Superman symbol is as recognizable worldwide as Mickey Mouse's ears and Coca-Cola's contoured bottle. And I also seem to remember that he, Mickey, Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes are the most recognizable fictional characters (or something like that...)

I doubt any kid in either Guatemala, Namibia, or Cambodia, know who the flying heck Sherlock Holmes is, lol.

[z3zep]

I think:

Superman
Spiderman
Batman
Hulk

[Earth 2 Chris]

Currently, it's
1. Spider-Man
2. Batman
3. Superman

Obviously the success of the Spidey movies put him in a whole new catergory. The amount of Spidey merchandise out there now rivals that of Batman in the early 90s following the first movie. Batman has had a sustained pressence in licensing since that 89 movie, so he comes in second. Superman, while always licensced and seen in the general public, didn't quite get the boost from Superman Returns that the others have. His action figure lines have come and gone.

Hulk is pretty distant to these three, despite him being right there with them in the late 70s/early 80s. In fact no other characters even come close, except maybe Wolverine and the X-Men.

If you don't count him with Batman, I'd say Robin is actually #4, in recent times thanks to his exposure on Teen Titans and The Batman.

But overall, more people know Superman. He's been hugely popular longer than any of them.

Chris

[monkey tennis]

There seems to be a lot of The Thing merchandise.
And a bit of Iron-Man.

Maybe The Hulk movie will change things.

[monkey tennis]

I don't think my kids would even know who Robin is.

But they know Venom...and Sandy-Man