Annoying brothers and sisters affect even the greatest heroes and villains of comic book world. These pairs (and quartet) of spandex wearing freaks make sibling rivalry a moral lesson for us all, and page filler until the next battle. These are the siblings worth watching fight and frolic, no matter the awkwardness.
7. Starmen, Jack and David Knight
The original Starman, Ted Knight, had two loving sons with different take’s on their father’s career choice. David quickly followed his father into super heroics while Jack looked down on the colorful profession. After their father’s old foe, the Mist, murdered David did Jack take over the Starman mantle. With the Cosmic Staff and a pair of goggles, Jack Knight fought crime with the annual assistance of his brother’s ghost, who imparted wisdom from the beyond to help Jack foil the doers of evil.
6. Northstar and Aurora
Canadian super-siblings Northstar and Aurora spent most of their youth separated after their parents’ death. The two coincidently reunited as members of Canadian super-team Alpha Flight, discovering they earn bonus super powers when in physical contact. When the two touched, they emitted a beam of light that made people feel happy and peaceful. How sweet. The power didn’t work on themselves, however, since they had a falling out leading Aurora to augment her powers so she never needed to touch her gay brother again. Homophobe.










Marvel Comics created the idea of a universe where all of their characters interacted. Their limited series, Secret Wars, brought that universe to the next level. Marvel took its top heroes and its top villains, placed them on an alien planet, and pitted them against each other. The result spawned spin-off stories in each character’s respective titles, a sequel series, dozens of toy lines, the alien costume that would eventually become Venom, and, above all, the concept of a maxi-series. DC’s eventually Crisis on Infinite Earths owes itself to the Secret Wars as that series showed publishers could find major sales in manufactured events that everyone knew would eventually end. Epic story lines that dominate the major publishers came because of the commercial success of the Secret Wars.
7. The Hulk as security guard with Lou Ferrigno
In 1960, DC Comics realized if you add popular characters together, they equal a more popular comic book. With all new versions of their staple characters like the Flash and Green Lantern, DC Comics decided to join them with Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman for the juggernaut of all super-teams. Gardner Fox wrote the Justice League of America and their adventures fending off foes that each hero couldn’t handle on their own. The result was a massive success leading DC’s publisher Jack Liebowitz to brag to the Martin Goodman, the publisher of Marvel Comics. Goodman then charged write and editor Stan Lee to create Marvel’s own super-team. And well,
Die-hard comic fans loved bragging about film director Kevin Smith’s love of comics. The acclaimed indie director was growing in mainstream popularity when he decided to take some time away from making real money to actually writing comics. Smith teamed up with artist Joe Quesada to relaunch Daredevil in what turned out to be a creative renaissance, however controversial, for the character. Smith went on to write several other popular runs and is partly credited with bringing more mainstream talent to the comic book community.
For decades, Marvel and DC fans loved debating who would win, pitting Superman versus Thor or the Hulk and Batman versus Captain America. Our dreams came to a reality when Marvel and DC released DC Vs. Marvel in 1996. Fans could vote on the highest profile battles making the debate all the more real. The fights, however short (some were only two pages) were fan fodder for years and even spawned the Amalgam Universe where Marvel and DC characters merged in creative and interesting ways. The saddest part is that because of corporate rivalries, the Amalgam Universe hasn’t been able to continue except for several one shots in 1997.
He might be dead, replaced, and forgotten, but we will always remember the original Captain America. Steve Rogers punched his way into our Nazi-hating, flag-loving hearts with his ironically Arian blond hair and blue eyes and rugged good looks. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created the super-hero icon in 1940, a year before Pearl Harbor, to amazing popularity (and some controversy). Captain America proved to be an inspiring figure during World War II both in the comics and out, outselling major magazines like Time during the 1940s until his comic was canceled in 1954. Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964, proving Captain America had an appeal that could cross generations. Captain America has been a staple of the Marvel Universe, acting as the de facto leader and moral compass. Marvel has Captain America assassinated in 2007 with his former sidekick Bucky taking over the mantle. I’m sure this will last.
6. Doctor Who Wiki

