Despite only having the strength level of an ordinary human being, the Flash is arguably one of the strongest people in the entirety of comic history. Not only is he able to move so fast he can literally make the universe stand still, but by accelerating his body to near or above light speed his [...]

A superhero’s outfit is their calling card, make them recognizable or cool enough so kids around the world will beg to look like them for Halloween so hard, you’ll need to buy two or more costumes, just to be sure. But here’s the thing. A lot of the more famous superheroes out there have two or more [...]

While most people think of superheroes when they hear the term “comic books,” it turns out that one of the most popular and resilient comic genres revolves around non-supervillainy crime.  Dating back to the early 20th century, crime comics have been a mainstay of the medium. Suave private eyes, pulp anti-hero avengers, and neo-noir police procedurals [...]

If you have been following Toptenz.net you might know that we publish our fair share of comic book related lists. I still find time to see what’s going on at the Xavier’s School for Mutants, The Daily Planet and the Avenger’s Mansion when I can. Rather than publish just another comic book list, (we seem [...]

If you were a kid between the early 90′s and today, there’s a good chance you owned (or are at least familiar with) Marvel’s action figure lines. The biggest of those, by far, was the X-Men line. With hundreds of variations, it’s understandable that some crappy ones made it through, but these go way beyond [...]

Recently, a fellow comic connoisseur and I were engaged in a friendly-ish debate, about which of our favorite team of heroes would win in a fight against one another.  It’s a relevant discussion, with Marvel’s current series Avengers vs. X-Men making waves, though this wasn’t what sparked our dialog.  No, this was simply me trying [...]

In a market dominated by superheroes, it’s easy to forget that, once upon a time, there were a plethora of other genres that enjoyed great popularity. One of these was the war comic genre. Though they originated in the 1930s, the war comics genre exploded in the wake of World War II. Tales of impossibly [...]

It is an cliché by now that any story about a comic book character’s “death” should be taken with a a grain of salt. However, sometimes the end of the character is not only a great story, but a symbol of growth for every single character around them. That is all undone, however, when the [...]

It’s nice to see that some things stay the same; comic books are among the few art forms that have always maintained strict artistic integrity. Very rarely does the medium rely on digital technology, or anything more than a talented individual’s fine motor skills, and a clean sheet of paper to manifest the contents of their wildest [...]

The Justice League of America first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #28  in February 1960.  Any storyline with a 50-plus year history will fall into a bout of lameness every now and again. Our job is to point out just how lame some of those “official” storylines were. Take with us a journey [...]