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Spider-Man & Wolverine (All-Time). Wolverine is in everything & is probably the most ? out character Marvel has -- I don't necessarily have a problem with it because I like Wolverine, but I know a lot of people who are starting to disown him lol.
But right now (& Possibly to take the lead in the future): Spider-Man & Iron Man
RDJ crushed the buildings with Iron Man. You could argue that DC has the Top 2 spots locked in; but that Marvel has the next 5 or 6 spots. -
I said random folks would know who the Hulk is before knowing who Wolverine is, which is pretty much the premise of the thread..Folks who know nothing about comics know who Batman and Superman are..you can't say the same about Wolverine..
Yes I can because they're the ones who watch his movies. Wolverine in 2013 is a global icon and has been one for over a decade.your parents know who Supes/Bats are without you having to explain to them who they are or by using a character to define them..
Right and they also grew up after 1933 and1939. Anybody who did was exposed to them. My point is this. There is a kid that was born in 1997 anywhere in the world and he'll probably know Wolverine before he knows The Hulk. Bare in mind this is before The Avengers. You are severely underestimating the popularity of Wolverine with John Q. Public as a character if you think differently.
what's the key phrase here? "he greatly enjoyed the X-men movies"...without seeing those X-men movies, would your dad know who Wolverine is? without seeing a movie would your dad know who the Hulk is?
He wouldn't. But he also wouldn't know who The Hulk was if it wasn't for the fact that he grew up in the 70's and the Bill Bixby TV series was a worldwide phenomenon that he got exposed to in DR back then.Quality does play a role when you began to talk about how well a particular film did in theaters.
If that was really the case then Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides wouldn't be 2 of the highest grossing movies of all time.brand awareness? The X-men's involvement as whole is what helped put up those numbers..you know the X-men who had a huge following, not to mention X-men was one of the first Marvel movies in this new era
It wasn't "one of" it was "the one". Blade was a moderate enough hit to warrant a sequel. But it didn't make as much bank as the first X-Men movie did and it didn't appeal to a mass audience like that movie did. After that movie every studio including Fox themselves who have the X movie rights started to exploit the film rights to movies based on Marvel properties. We saw The Punisher, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man etc.I guess i'm not understanding your argument..Yes Wolverine is the most popular X-men. It's like that in the books..that doesn't mean he's more popular than the Hulk..
My argument is simple because Wolverine has been more greatly exposed to a mass audience than the Hulk has in the past 2 decades he is the more popular character with your average person across the world.so you're basically comparing star power to determine whose more popular? Hugh Jackman is in it. Alot of people go see his movies. If they went to see Wolverine based off Origins, than it would tank worse than R.I.P.D.
Hugh Jackman is a star in the first place because he played Wolverine. He got work because he became the breakthrough actor from X-Men. He was the lead and he caught on and so did the character. Hugh Jackman himself will tell anybody that he "owes his career to Wolverine" had he never played the character and Dougray Scott stayed on board we'd be having the same argument about Dougray Scott.
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@jaxn is right hulk and superman made their brands popular. Bats and Spidey were next up.
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I said random folks would know who the Hulk is before knowing who Wolverine is, which is pretty much the premise of the thread..Folks who know nothing about comics know who Batman and Superman are..you can't say the same about Wolverine..
a global icon? yeah okYes I can because they're the ones who watch his movies. Wolverine in 2013 is a global icon and has been one for over a decade.your parents know who Supes/Bats are without you having to explain to them who they are or by using a character to define them..
you're not making a very good point..again..the majority of folks know who the Hulk is before Wolverine..I don't even see how this is up for debate. You don't have to be a comic book head or watch the newer movies to know..Folks from all age groups know who the Hulk is..Right and they also grew up after 1933 and1939. Anybody who did was exposed to them. My point is this. There is a kid that was born in 1997 anywhere in the world and he'll probably know Wolverine before he knows The Hulk.
I'm not though. you're overestimating his popularity..the T/S asked who is comparable to Batman and Superman..Wolverine isn't on that listBare in mind this is before The Avengers. You are severely underestimating the popularity of Wolverine with John Q. Public as a character if you think differently.
what's the key phrase here? "he greatly enjoyed the X-men movies"...without seeing those X-men movies, would your dad know who Wolverine is? without seeing a movie would your dad know who the Hulk is?He wouldn't. But he also wouldn't know who The Hulk was if it wasn't for the fact that he grew up in the 70's and the Bill Bixby TV series was a worldwide phenomenon that he got exposed to in DR back then.
ok man, whatever you say. Everyone knows who the Hulk is..EVERYONE. I can go walk down the street and ask a 90 year old lady who the Hulk is..she will know before she has a clue who Wolverine is..Quality does play a role when you began to talk about how well a particular film did in theaters.
If that was really the case then Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides wouldn't be 2 of the highest grossing movies of all time.
the hell? Do you understand the concept of movie franchises? Do you know how anticipated the Star Wars film, ANY Star Wars film will be? The new Star Wars movies that are production now will be huge, not based on the success of the last three, but because of the first trilogy, which is the greatest trilogy of all time..The Pirate film also benefitted from the success of its predecessors.brand awareness? The X-men's involvement as whole is what helped put up those numbers..you know the X-men who had a huge following, not to mention X-men was one of the first Marvel movies in this new era
It was ONE of..Blade was the FIRST of the new Marvel movie verse era. Blade was so moderate that it warranted two sequels..guess he's more popular than Wolverine huh? Considering he was the star and sole focus of his own films and animated series and live action tv series withouth having to be a spinoff of a major movie. No one outside of mainstream comics know who Blade is but he still managed to produce 3 films, 2 of which were dopeIt wasn't "one of" it was "the one". Blade was a moderate enough hit to warrant a sequel.
ok man..whatever you say..the entire success of the Xmen franchise is due to Logan...not that long history of Xmen stories..it's because they stuck Wolverine in the movie.But it didn't make as much bank as the first X-Men movie did and it didn't appeal to a mass audience like that movie did.After that movie every studio including Fox themselves who have the X movie rights started to exploit the film rights to movies based on Marvel properties. We saw The Punisher, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man etc.
haha what? So let me get this straight..you're saying Marvel only decided to make the other movies because of X-men? It's not because they've been planning on releasing live action comic book movies for last 20+ years?I guess i'm not understanding your argument..Yes Wolverine is the most popular X-men. It's like that in the books..that doesn't mean he's more popular than the Hulk..
explain to me how Wolverine has been exposed more?My argument is simple because Wolverine has been more greatly exposed to a mass audience than the Hulk has in the past 2 decades he is the more popular character with your average person across the world.so you're basically comparing star power to determine whose more popular? Hugh Jackman is in it. Alot of people go see his movies. If they went to see Wolverine based off Origins, than it would tank worse than R.I.P.D.Hugh Jackman is a star in the first place because he played Wolverine. He got work because he became the breakthrough actor from X-Men. He was the lead and he caught on and so did the character. Hugh Jackman himself will tell anybody that he "owes his career to Wolverine" had he never played the character and Dougray Scott stayed on board we'd be having the same argument about Dougray Scott.
wow..here's my thing..folks are going to see Hugh Jackman films because of who? When folks go see the Prestige, the Fountain, Van Helsing, Swordfish and the like..are they going to see Wolverine or the guy who was pushed as the next A-list actor? And regarding the first X-men movie..Hugh Jackman was just ONE of the stars in that film..That film also had Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin..in other words a bunch of notable actors. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that played a role in it success as well..We can agree to disagree though
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Plenty of franchises have had entries that have flopped. But ok you want to keep arguing that quality has anything to do with big box office. I present you Alice in Wonderland and 2012 two movies with no ties to existing franchises which still managed to gross from 700 million to over a billion dollars at the box office despite being of questionable quality.
I suppose you're going to say "well Alice in Wonderland is a popular story" well so is Snow White and the recent movies based on that did not come close to making the same kinda business despite being of similar quality. Quality and big box office are NOT interchangeable nor is one an indicator of the other.
Blade made a profit it got a sequel, the sequel made it profit it got another sequel the second sequel made no profit they didn't continue them. See how that works? yet still none of those movies reached the level of mainstream success that the X-Men movies did.
Marvel didn't make any of those movies in the first place. Marvel sold the movie rights to their IP's because they were going bankrupt. After Fox made X-Men and that proved lucrative all the other studios they had sold the movie rights of their IP's to like Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios prioritized and greenlit movies based on the Marvel properties they owned because they saw money in them thanks to X-Men's success. It ain't hard to tell. It's also why Singer's X-Men is credited with starring the current superhero movie boom.
Wolverine has been exposed more than the Hulk to mainstream audiences because he has starred in 4 films that grossed over 300 million dollars at the worldwide box office within the last 2 decades. Wolverine has been expore more than the Hulk to mainstream audiences because he has been featured in more video games in the past 2 decades than the Hulk has. Wolverine has been exposed more than the hulk to the current mainstream audience because he has been the main character or principal character in more animated shows than The Hulk has in the past 2 decades.
None of Hugh Jackman's movies make the same bank as the movies he played Wolverine in. Wolverine is the real draw not the actor. Cyclops doesn't even get 20 min of screentime in any of the X-Men movies he's in. Storm and the other characters get even lesser. While Wolverine gets over 45 min on average except for First Class where he STILL made a cameo due to his popularity level. Woverine is the lead of the X-Men film series. The first movie is about him coming to the school, the second is about his past coming back to haunt him and the third is about his relationship with Jean Grey.
Then the movie after that was about his "origin". He is the central character. He is the selling point of the movie franchise. If it wasn't for audiences connecting with him and embracing the character the first X-Men wouldn't have even been a hit because he was the protagonist. I wish it was the X-Men themselves I really do but most people don't know ? about them. Hell my girlfriend's niece was shocked when she read some of my old Uncanny comics and saw Cyclops and Jean Grey as the principal characters and not Wolverine like in the movies.
I guess agree to disagree will indeed have to cover it because I could only keep going around in circles reiterating the same exact points for so long. -
? are sleepin on two points
1) when cap america was killed after civil war, that ? was hot news in real life. It received massive media coverage. Last time something like that happened was Death of Superman.
2) when marvel broke up spiderman and mary jane that ? also received news coverage, in real life. People who don't read spiderman knows he was with mary jane, to the extent people overlook he was with gwen stacey first and longer.
I think the debate is settled. Only person who could be a suitable substitute is hulk and that's because a lot of older people still remember the tv show from the 70s. -
If this was 1990, I would say Hulk. But in the last 20 years, Wolverine has leapfrogged him thanks to all of the mainstream stuff he's been in. He's been in everything from games, comics, animated shows & has been the lead in movies.
@Ghost Leopard - I think this is more based on Worldwide popularity. I don't think Captain America is on par with Hulk & Wolverine in that department. -
Captain America is though
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Spidey and Wolverine
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match up wise Supes is Thor, Bats is Spidey.
popularity wise, Bats is Wolves, Supes is Cap or Hulk -
I have a question of my own...like you know there are handbooks for the Marvel Universe...are there any for DC that any of yall comic heads can recommend?
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I'm not sure if DC still makes handbooks for their characters. Back in the day they published a series of comics called Who's Who?..You should be able to find them in trades. I imagine with the new52, they'll eventually release newer updated handbooks
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I said random folks would know who the Hulk is before knowing who Wolverine is, which is pretty much the premise of the thread..Folks who know nothing about comics know who Batman and Superman are..you can't say the same about Wolverine..
I don't understand why you think random people would just know who the Hulk is. Maybe people who were born before 1985 and watched the tv show, but since then Wolverine has had way more exposure than the Hulk. I don't think I have to go in on the comics side, because everybody knows Logan is in everything. Wolverine might be the only guy who has been in all of the major teams(X-Men,Avengers, and FF). Wolverine has had manga and anime about him with and without the X-Men.
wow..here's my thing..folks are going to see Hugh Jackman films because of who? When folks go see the Prestige, the Fountain, Van Helsing, Swordfish and the like..are they going to see Wolverine or the guy who was pushed as the next A-list actor? And regarding the first X-men movie..Hugh Jackman was just ONE of the stars in that film..That film also had Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin..in other words a bunch of notable actors. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that played a role in it success as well..We can agree to disagree though
You do know all of those movies came after he did X-Men right, he might not have been pushed as an A-list actor if he didn't get a chance to do such a good job as Wolverine. -
yes i know.
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Spider Man, Wolvie, and now Iron Man. RDJ solidified Tony as a cultural icon for the next ten years. Kids love him.
