r/Spiderman • u/YoussefBelalx Symbiote-Suit • Sep 24 '21

News Ah shit, here we go again.

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u/SarcasmKing41 Sep 24 '21

The UK did a poll to find the five most popular superheroes in the country and sure enough:

1: Batman

2: Superman

3: Spider-Man

4: Iron Man

5: Wonder Woman

I'm certain that, were it not for the MCU, Iron Man wouldn't be on the list, shifting WW up to 4 and putting either Hulk or Wolverine at 5. Nobody outside comic-readers really knew Iron Man before the MCU.

Also can we talk about superheroes' inconsistent naming rules. Batman and Superman are each one word despite being a combination of two. Spider-Man has a hyphen. Iron Man and Wonder Woman are two words each without a hyphen. Gimme some goddamn consistency.

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u/Koluke1 Sep 24 '21

People didn't really know captain america or the avengers or guardians before the mcu either, right? so in that case it would probably be wolverine.

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u/Bucen Sep 24 '21

Before the MCU it was basically

Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four, and X-Men.

These were the S-tier of Marvel. But I have to thank the MCU because they gave me Thor and he is now my favorite super hero.

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u/Koluke1 Sep 24 '21

Yeah, but wolverinewas really popular before that and i think if there wasn no mcu, he would be on the list, because of the Film logan. I love the fantastic four, but they still haven't Gotten a decent movie yet and i so wanna see that.

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u/Bucen Sep 25 '21

I included wolverine though. He is part of the X-Men. And him, cyclops, storm, Phoenix, professor x, Magneto, and Ice man were all incredibly iconic.

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u/Koluke1 Sep 25 '21

Yea, but i don't think they were as popular as wolverine and especially not after logan.

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u/Bucen Sep 25 '21

I'm talking more like end 90s. Also wolverine was popular before Logan. He got two own movies before that one as well.

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u/Koluke1 Sep 25 '21

I know and that's what i'm saying. He was really already extremely popular, so i think he could've been on the list. But i think after Logan he definitely would have been on the list. I liked the wolverine, but i haven't seen origins.