Who´s the best dark superhero?

Who´s the best dark superhero?

We all know that there is not only light out there, let us see what are the most known and then the greatest one of them all.

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By KnightWriter - Feb 23, 2012 11:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics

The one thing that always caught me in superheroes as I was growing up, were their very own dark crime fighters. You all know what I mean by dark: with a horrible temperament, the “my way or highway”; how their morality and ideology is always present; the manner they always seem to try to hide their fears, emotions and feelings; the mode their presence is always felt and weighted even when theirselves are not; how they always like dark alleys and high places when most of them (dark heroes) cannot fly and the colors they wear. An one thing is clear, they seem to stun us more than the Super Man alike. Sometimes their past and origins are more approachable and other times it´s their kind of power, or no power at all. But one thing it´s clear is that I and a good part of superheroes fanatics like them the best. Batman was always my favorite and my craziness, then Daredevil whom I felt empathy never alike and only then a superhero that it´s not part of the “dark “ones, Captain America.

I keep trying to tell myself why I grew up with that Batman thing in my head in every move I made when few or maybe none were the thing I had or saw about Batman. Few cartoons; no toys. But he and Robin were always my aim; my target at both inspiration and aspiration. The only thing that I know it´s that it must have been the suit; the colors; the symbol and the way they wore them: pretty tight and proudly, that, we could see in their faces and talking about faces, it always interested me how we could see them beneath all the darkness, Batman with half and Robin with practicly all, those were little windows to theirs souls the only thing that opened them more. When I really saw Batman in action was on Justice League Unlimited and boy that was sweet, he looked more cool and powerful with none powers at all. He put reason into other´s heads and he insisted to make things his way, the way he proved always it was the right one.

Let the fight begin:

Batman

I already said all I wanted to say about him. He´s the toughest there is!(But that doesn´t mean he´s the best dark hero)



Daredevil

The Man without Fear; damn right he is. Marvel´s resident blind well-doer is one of the early characters who came to life with flaws, an early concept of Stan Lee to make characters more identifiable with the readers and make them more realistic. It worked all right, and that came even more extreme when Frank Miller got to lead it to new directions and darkness (Frank Miller, the guy I haven’t still believed that said those awful things about Occupy Wall Street). Still talking about the haunted soul of Matt Murdock, whose past he will never forget, he is a serious candidate for best dark hero because his suit, I got to say this, it´s awesome and a good representative for a vintage dark hero costume. His villains are somehow personal to him. From Bullseye who represents what someone can do if it used his abilities for the evil to Elektra, the ninja who Matthew feels terribly in love with. The way his eyes aren´t visible when wearing the costume representing his visionless eyes is just amazing and spectacular. And if we think about it pretty rough, the whole concept of the character is that justice is blind and a consequence of one of its past blindness’s can see that… even if he is blind of his own.


I have alittle pool here with some more I consider "dark heroes".Tomorrow I´ll post reviews of the others.
And don´t worry about the Blade and alikes, they´re on other section8but that´s another story)

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wedontdie
wedontdie - 2/23/2012, 11:53 AM
um are these guys even superheros? their just heroes... or vigilantes except for the incredible hulk and dare devil. is dare devil's abilities to see sound a superpower? but the darkest hero/vigilante would probably be The Punisher. He kills his enemies on purpose. The Incredible Hulk kills his enemies but he goes ape shit and doesn't know what he is doing most of the time. HAHAHAHHA.
wedontdie
wedontdie - 2/23/2012, 11:54 AM
actually now I would have to say spawn or ghost rider!! both made deals with the devil.
SwingsetKnight
SwingsetKnight - 2/23/2012, 12:46 PM
Between Bats and DD, Matt is clearly darker. Sure, I love Batman, but for all of the Batfans' protests we're still talking about a billionaire with an enormous mansion, dozens of girlfriends, a wry English butler, and a whole baseball team of adoring sidekicks. Batman's got an awesome car, he's got a super-advanced computer, he's got buddies everywhere.

Let's face it, the only thing really dark about Batman is his mood. Seriously. If he ever stopped brooding, he could easily be much less "dark". Dick as Batman basically proved it. Once Batman starts taking himself a little less seriously, he doesn't seem all that dark at all.

Contrast that with Daredevil, who basically lives a film noir. He's a lawyer constantly under fire, his life is a perpetual mess, he has about one really good friend to turn to in the world, his "allies" have at diverse times either believed him evil or tried to kill him for their own ends, he can "see" but has to fake being entirely blind every day of his life, and on top of all that he fights a war on crime with no tech support, no back-up, and in fact no equipment aside from what basically amounts to one gadget from Batman's bulging utility belt. DD's been jailed, broken, ruined financially, driven to the brink of insanity numerous times, and he has absolutely no safety net.
SageMode
SageMode - 2/23/2012, 1:11 PM
StrangerX
StrangerX - 2/23/2012, 1:40 PM
Spawn is def darker than Batman and Daredevil put together. He's SPAWN come on.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/23/2012, 2:27 PM
daredevil is pretty dark & gritty,i love the frank miller & ed brubaker runs.

but i think spawn takes this.
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 2/23/2012, 2:41 PM
You see Batman having great movies, there's NO REASON why Daredevil shouldn't have great movies.
KnightWriter
KnightWriter - 2/23/2012, 2:52 PM
Okay, you´re all right, I definitely forget about Spawn.Sorry!
Toasty
Toasty - 2/23/2012, 3:36 PM
I think it's slightly obvious who's going to win this poll.
ThePresence
ThePresence - 2/23/2012, 5:00 PM
I would actually say Black Adam...True he is often a "bad guy" however he has many times saved the world and played the "good guy". Considering his immense power he would have to be my choice.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 2/23/2012, 5:50 PM
I would say Spawn or Wolverine or Venom .
thunderforce
thunderforce - 2/23/2012, 5:51 PM
and none are on the list .
Bane2099
Bane2099 - 2/23/2012, 6:23 PM
SPAWN...nuff said
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 2/23/2012, 7:03 PM
The Punisher most definitely. HIs entire family was killed and now he goes out and kills criminals in the most violent ways possible. If that's not dark then I don't know what is.
blueballs
blueballs - 2/23/2012, 7:06 PM
Speedball
felixxx
felixxx - 2/24/2012, 1:51 AM
Dark Wing duck
ellispart3
ellispart3 - 2/24/2012, 11:11 AM
The Saint of Killers from Preacher
er101
er101 - 2/25/2012, 7:56 AM
Ghost rider
KnightWriter
KnightWriter - 2/26/2012, 3:51 AM
Ghost Rider will be on another poll
bananaking
bananaking - 10/6/2013, 8:53 AM
I'm Batman
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