Thread 151264246

>"It's about cultural and genre influence not raw current year popularity"
Wouldn't that mean The Shadow deserves a slot over Batman then?

James Bond would be there as well.

>>151264303
> The Shadow
> James Bond
> Superman
> Kamen Rider
BASED

>>151264303
>>151264316

>>151264316
At that point you might as well include Amos and Andy — it was the first sitcom, the first soap opera, the first show with a nationwide audience, and “a comic strip for radio” that kicked off an avalanche of actual comic strip adaptations.

>>151264246 (OP)
Ask anyone alive today who or what the character the Shadow is, and 98% will have no clue who you’re talking about. And that’s being generous with percentages.

I deserve to be on mount Rushmore.

>>151264246 (OP)
>Big 4: Supes, Batman, Spidey, WW
>Big 3: Supes, Batman, Spidey
>Big 2: Batman, Spidey
>Number one: ???

>>151265313
>cultural and genre INFLUENCE
>erm who the fuck knows who the shadow is

>>151264246 (OP)
>The Shadow
try hard

>>151264246 (OP)
>raw current year popularity
you're cheating here. if shadow had endured in the popular conscience for decades it'd be a different story, his recognition abruptly died off when superman and batman replaced him.

>>151265488
Name one Lone Ranger ripoff that matches Batman

>>151265518
Kamen Rider is the popular conscious of anyone who knows anything about Japan.

>>151264316
>>151266121
Devilman has more influence in Japanese media than Kamen Rider does. Including on Kamen Rider itself, even though the first Kamen Rider was a year before Devilman.

>>151264246 (OP)
Riddler you fiend. Truly this is your most diabolical riddle yet.
>"Wonder Woman belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Superheroes"
Mount Rushmore was a monument of South Dakota, and a 'wonder' in its own right. But we're looking for a 'wonder' made by a 'woman'...
>"It's about cultural and genre influence not raw current year popularity"
Not something relevant today, but throughout time.
>Wouldn't that mean The Shadow deserves a slot over Batman then?
A wonder that has cast a SHADOW over Gotham then. Superior to Batman himself...

The Statue of Justice in Gotham harbor.

>>151266303
Based

>>151266234
>Devilman has more influence in Japanese media than Kamen Rider does.
We see rider kicks and homages all the time in anime

>>151267150
Devilman's influence was more widespread in terms of thematic relevance and imagery. It's basically "your favourite mangaka's favourite manga" for the most influential modern manga/anime.

>>151266303
Based

>>151264303
I like how no challenges this.

>>151265417
Batman

>>151264246 (OP)

People are so desperate to pretend WW is important or good but no one has liked her since like 1950.

Shadow, Zorro, Shazam, hulk are more influential

>>151267281
Berserk is more influential to be honest.

>>151264246 (OP)
Green looks good on him you have to admit

>>151265656
Batman

>>151271888
>Pizza990
I’m not the only one who thinks that guy is unhinged, right?

>>151265313
I know who he is, I just dressed as him for Halloween and I buy the reprints all the time.

>>151264316
>no mention of the Golden Bat or The Phantom
>or even the Scarlet Pimpernel
>or Doc Savage

>>151264246 (OP)
Is Wonder Woman even all that influential? I feel like people talk a lot about how important she is, but it feels more like lip service or just hyping her up. And her actual impact on comics/culture is kinda nominal, outside of a brief period where she had a show way back in the day.
But I'm a retard, and I'm not all that knowledgeable.

>>151270752
if we are including berserk, then JoJo deserves a spot way better

>>151265313
But the 2% who know?
The Shadow Knows

>>151266303
zased

>>151271992
dunno. I only stumbled across this image. I wouldn't be shocked to learn some online artist is a lunatic.