tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post3026395260226031957..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Who's the Best Team Leader?Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-81538200595841841762011-03-05T08:39:50.174-06:002011-03-05T08:39:50.174-06:00Are we limiting ourselves to the Bronze Age here? ...Are we limiting ourselves to the Bronze Age here? 'Cause if we aren't, I want to through my support to the Martian Manhunter in Justice League International, with an honorable mention to Justice League Europe's Captain AtomRay "!!" Tomczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04414983266540609266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-86215147639568657942011-01-13T11:25:50.495-06:002011-01-13T11:25:50.495-06:00I’m striving hard to disagree with the all too obv...I’m striving hard to disagree with the all too obvious choice of Cap, but he is the obvious choice, taking over a team of Avengers that had a fraction of the power of the originals and moulding them into an actual team, who, although they fought like cats & dogs between themselves, were probably the most close-knit team of Avengers as a fighting machine. <br /><br />I guess, just to play Devil’s advocate, I could mention the Vision’s stint when he was trying to take over the world. He managed to manipulate all of them into what, where and when he wanted, including dispatching Captain Marvel to the other side of the galaxy and actually founding a whole second team o f Avengers. In terms of taking over the team, he really went for it.<br /><br />But there is a fatal flaw in your thread........you’re focussing on super-goodies. If you want corking team leaders, you need to look to the baddies: Magneto, Mystique, Zemo, Sebastian Shaw, Egghead, The Ringmaster. Count Nefaria must have whipped up a team of super baddies at some point....although the guys he sent against the X men were just pawns, weren’t they? The Lethal Legion were his too, I think, but then they were just pawns as well, so maybe Nefaria’s out. Did anyone actually lead the Squadron Sinister / Supreme ? And, of course, if we’re talking Zodiac, we’re talking Cornelius Van Lunt.<br /> <br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-28710100652269258632010-11-24T09:25:48.944-06:002010-11-24T09:25:48.944-06:00Hawkeye is a great example of how a character can ...Hawkeye is a great example of how a character can change and grow in an organic fashion over time. From cocky kid to respected team member to leader -wow!His relationship with Cap has always been one of my favorites in comics. <br /><br />KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-73651141113875587872010-11-24T06:09:25.249-06:002010-11-24T06:09:25.249-06:00I'd have to give my vote to Hawkeye when at th...I'd have to give my vote to Hawkeye when at the very end of the Bronze Age he took on the West Coast Avengers gig. His dedication to getting that team to work was a core notion to the book through most of its run. <br /><br />His leadership run was very much a result of his tenure under Cap and others and he really wanted to show he could do it. He did. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-50043086230082510952010-11-23T19:38:57.004-06:002010-11-23T19:38:57.004-06:00Merryman from the Inferior 5. Anyone can lead the ...Merryman from the Inferior 5. Anyone can lead the Justice League or the Avengers to victory. Anyone who can lead the I5 to victory is a great, great leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-8002371153757818352010-11-21T03:11:49.451-06:002010-11-21T03:11:49.451-06:00I second the Cap nomination.
I'd like to thro...I second the Cap nomination.<br /><br />I'd like to throw Reed Richards in there, but the FF seemed to splinter too much.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267401771086411957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-84947063321997581072010-11-20T17:44:22.698-06:002010-11-20T17:44:22.698-06:00Batman. Intelligent, tough, shamelessly manipulati...Batman. Intelligent, tough, shamelessly manipulative. Wouldn't want to work for the guy, but I would look terrible in Spandex anyway.<br /><br />Close second is Storm with the X-men, back in latter Bronze age. (I have no idea how horribly she was characterized since then.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-9376118340403809852010-11-20T13:43:23.365-06:002010-11-20T13:43:23.365-06:00CyclopsCyclopsEdo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com