Superman and Batman nicknames
Michael Ward
I can think of the following.
Superman:
Last Son of Kypton
The Man of Steel
The Man of Tomorrow
The Metropolis Marvel
World's Mightiest Hero
Batman:
The World's Greatest Detective
The Dark Knight (or The Dark Knight Detective)
The Caped Crusader
Guardian of Gotham
The Masked Manhunter
(w/Robin) The Dynamic Duo
What are some others? I'm almost certain
I'm leaving out a major one for Superman and
there are probably others.
What other heors have a lot of slogan-style
nicknames?
Michael
Tim Serpas
> Last Son of Kypton
> The Man of Steel
> The Man of Tomorrow
> The Metropolis Marvel
> World's Mightiest Hero
>Batman:
> The World's Greatest Detective
> The Dark Knight (or The Dark Knight Detective)
> The Caped Crusader
> Guardian of Gotham
> The Masked Manhunter
> (w/Robin) The Dynamic Duo
"Nah, he's not real"
And if you want all the things the Joker and Riddler call
him, I'm sure we could get quite a list. :)
Wretch
King Arthur
The Big Blue Cheese.
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Michael Ward
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> [Superman:]
>
> The Big Blue Cheese.
That's perfect!
>
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>
thad a doria
Michael Ward <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
>
>I can think of the following.
>
>Superman:
> Last Son of Kypton
> The Man of Steel
> The Man of Tomorrow
> The Metropolis Marvel
> World's Mightiest Hero
Action Ace, but that's pretty rare.
Big Blue (or Big Blue Boy Scout) (derogatory)
>What are some others? I'm almost certain
>I'm leaving out a major one for Superman and
>there are probably others.
>
>What other heors have a lot of slogan-style
>nicknames?
Captain Marvel: World's Mightiest Mortal, The Big Red Cheese
Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
Flash: Fastest Man Alive
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
Namor: The Avenging Son
Hulk: Green Goliath
Iron Man: Shell Head
Nova: Bucket Head, The Human Rocket
And of course all the "Avenger" ones: Captain America The Star-Spangled
Avenger, Iron Man the Golden Avenger, etc.
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> Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
>
> I can think of the following.
>
> Superman:
> Last Son of Kypton
> The Man of Steel
> The Man of Tomorrow
> The Metropolis Marvel
> World's Mightiest Hero
You forgot one of my favourites.
"The big blue boyscout."
Cernunnos
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We couldnt post them, little eyes and all that. ;-)
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Menshevik
>>
>>I can think of the following.
>>
>>Superman:
>> Last Son of Kypton
>> The Man of Steel
>> The Man of Tomorrow
>> The Metropolis Marvel
>> World's Mightiest Hero
>
>Action Ace, but that's pretty rare.
>Big Blue (or Big Blue Boy Scout) (derogatory)
Supes (mostly fan usage)
Supi (German fan usage)
>Batman
The Dork Knight (which I remember from the Batman: TAS ep.
Harley and Ivy, as voiced by Mark Hammill)
the Bat (seems to be very popular with Gotham criminals
these days)
>>What are some others? I'm almost certain
>>I'm leaving out a major one for Superman and
>>there are probably others.
>>
>>What other heors have a lot of slogan-style
>>nicknames?
>
>Captain Marvel: World's Mightiest Mortal, The Big Red Cheese
>Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
>Flash: Fastest Man Alive
The Sultan of Speed, the Viscount of Velocity
>Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
Hornhead, DD (interestingly enough, Daredevil turned a
childhood nickname into his codename, as did Empress more recently)
>Namor: The Avenging Son
>Hulk: Green Goliath
>Iron Man: Shell Head
>Nova: Bucket Head, The Human Rocket
Magneto also occasionally is known as Bucket Head
(much to the disgust of John Byrne), Mags and Maggie
Captain America: Cap, Winghead
Thor: Blondie, Winghead
Human Torch: Matchhead
Mr Fantastic: Stretcho
Nightcrawler: Elf, Fuzzy-Elf, Nighty
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest, the Assemblers
>And of course all the "Avenger" ones: Captain America The Star-Spangled
>Avenger, Iron Man the Golden Avenger, etc.
Tilman
"If Persia was a three-sided square like America, we could easily survey it."
Professor Johann Georg August Galletti (1750-1828)
Brenda W. Clough
Menshevik wrote:
> >>Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
> >>
> >>I can think of the following.
> >>
> >>Superman:
> >> Last Son of Kypton
> >> The Man of Steel
> >> The Man of Tomorrow
> >> The Metropolis Marvel
> >> World's Mightiest Hero
> >
> >Action Ace, but that's pretty rare.
> >Big Blue (or Big Blue Boy Scout) (derogatory)
>
> Supes (mostly fan usage)
> Supi (German fan usage)
>
> >Batman
>
> The Dork Knight (which I remember from the Batman: TAS ep.
> Harley and Ivy, as voiced by Mark Hammill)
> the Bat (seems to be very popular with Gotham criminals
> these days)
I've always admired their "the psycho who dresses up like a winged rodent".
Brenda
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Bryan J. Maloney
"Michael Ward" <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> "King Arthur " <kingar...@aol.coma> wrote in message
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> > [Superman:]
> >
> > The Big Blue Cheese.
>
> That's perfect!
Unfortunately, it's a ripoff. Captain Marvel had the privilige of being
addressed as "Big Red Cheese" long before anybody thought of applying it
to Superman.
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Bryan J. Maloney
mens...@aol.com (Menshevik) wrote:
> Thor: Blondie, Winghead
Goldilocks
Brian Doyle
"Michael Ward" <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>
> I can think of the following.
Well, there was the one where Superman calls Batman, "Honey", and Batman calls
Superman "My little Kryptonian cupcake"
But I _think_ that story was retconned.
:)
Richard B. Becker
>
>
> >Flash: Fastest Man Alive
>
> The Sultan of Speed, the Viscount of Velocity
>
Wonder Woman: The Amazing Amazon
Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
Green Arrow: Emerald Archer
--Richard
Bill Svitavsky
Michael Ward wrote:
>
> Batman:
> The World's Greatest Detective
> The Dark Knight (or The Dark Knight Detective)
"Dark Knight Detective" is a combination of two epithets that I believe
was first coined after the high profile Miller mini-series. He was
previously called the "Darknight Detective".
And don't forget Ra's Al Ghul's pet name for him - simply "The
Detective".
> The Caped Crusader
> Guardian of Gotham
> The Masked Manhunter
> (w/Robin) The Dynamic Duo
>
> What are some others?
The Gotham Goliath
The Masked Marvel
And, more informally,
The Bat
Bats
Ol' Pointy Ears
Paul "Duggy" Duggan
> In article <Fanw7.79251$W8.23...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Michael Ward <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
> >I can think of the following.
> >Superman:
> > Last Son of Kypton
> > The Man of Steel
> > The Man of Tomorrow
> > The Metropolis Marvel
> > World's Mightiest Hero
> Action Ace, but that's pretty rare.
> Big Blue (or Big Blue Boy Scout) (derogatory)
> >What other heors have a lot of slogan-style
> >nicknames?
> Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
Crab-face-guy.
> Flash: Fastest Man Alive
The Scarlet Speedster.
Green Arrow: The Emerald Archer.
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I could've sworn that that story was still canon.
Michael
Brian Doyle
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> Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
The Teen Wonder
The Acrobatic Ace
The Teen Thunderbolt
Short pants
Robbie
Batgirl
The Dominoed Daredoll
Michael Ward
"Bryan J. Maloney" <bj...@cornell.edu> wrote in message
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would just sound silly to me if Captain Marvel wasn't
the Big Red Cheese. But as a parody of CM's name
which is approriate for Superman it's hilarious
Michael
Paul "Duggy" Duggan
> "Richard B. Becker" <richard...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> > Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
> The Teen Wonder
> The Acrobatic Ace
> The Teen Thunderbolt
> Short pants
> Robbie
I'm sure Batboy has been used before...
Burning Cat
"Paul \"Duggy\" Duggan" <jc12...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Brian Doyle wrote:
>> "Richard B. Becker" <richard...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:3BC231A4...@mindspring.com...
>
>> > Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
>> The Teen Wonder
>> The Acrobatic Ace
>> The Teen Thunderbolt
>> Short pants
>> Robbie
>
>I'm sure Batboy has been used before...
>
>
I remember the Joker calling him The Boy Blunder (and Batgirl --->Bratgirl).
I think it was in "The Nail", but I'm not sure if it was before or after
he had killed them.
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> >> > Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
> >> The Teen Wonder
> >> The Acrobatic Ace
> >> The Teen Thunderbolt
> >> Short pants
> >> Robbie
> >
> >I'm sure Batboy has been used before...
>
> I remember the Joker calling him The Boy Blunder (and
Batgirl --->Bratgirl).
> I think it was in "The Nail", but I'm not sure if it was before or after
> he had killed them.
Those are actually very common nicknames for the villains to use, they've
been around since long before "The Nail", but well remembered!
King Arthur
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Bryan J. Maloney
> Sivana called Supes the Big Blue Cheese. Whats his deal with cheese
> anyways??
Sivana called Captain Marvel the Big Red Cheese in the 1940s.
Bryan J. Maloney
<burni...@mailandnews.com> wrote:
> "Paul \"Duggy\" Duggan" <jc12...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Brian Doyle wrote:
> >> "Richard B. Becker" <richard...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3BC231A4...@mindspring.com...
> >
> >> > Robin: The Boy Wonder (duh!)
> >> The Teen Wonder
> >> The Acrobatic Ace
> >> The Teen Thunderbolt
> >> Short pants
> >> Robbie
> >
> >I'm sure Batboy has been used before...
> >
> >
>
> I remember the Joker calling him The Boy Blunder (and Batgirl
Then there's "The Boy Hostage" (mentioned in Dark Knight Returns).
Jay Rudin
>>> The Big Blue Cheese.
>> That's perfect!
> Unfortunately, it's a ripoff. Captain Marvel had the privilige of being
> addressed as "Big Red Cheese" long before anybody thought of applying it
> to Superman.
It is also straight out of DC comics. Captain Thunder called Superman
the "Big Blue Cheese".
In the seventies, they had a story in which they invented a
Captain-Marvel-like character named Captain Thunder (who was really
Willie Fawcett). He was sent from a parallel world to Earth-1. See
*Superman in the Seventies*.
Jay Rudin
Bryan J. Maloney
JRU...@YOTTANETWORkS.COM (Jay Rudin) wrote:
> Bryan J. Maloney responded to the following:
>
> >>> The Big Blue Cheese.
>
> >> That's perfect!
>
> > Unfortunately, it's a ripoff. Captain Marvel had the privilige of
> > being
> > addressed as "Big Red Cheese" long before anybody thought of applying
> > it
> > to Superman.
>
> It is also straight out of DC comics. Captain Thunder called Superman
> the "Big Blue Cheese".
What decade was Captain Thunder from? Why, yes, the 1970s. What decade
was Captain Marvel first called a Big Red Cheese? Why, yes, the 1940s.
Paul Wilson
"Brian Doyle" <brian...@afdigest.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Well, there was the one where Superman calls Batman, "Honey", and Batman
calls
> Superman "My little Kryptonian cupcake"
>
> But I _think_ that story was retconned.
>
> :)
Do you think this is where Warren Ellis got the inspiration for The
Authority's Apollo and Midnighter?
:)
-Paul.
Brian Doyle
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Probably more likely from Rick Veitch's "Brat Pack" where their Superman
analogue was quite the little... Well, let's just say Ma Kent would not have
approved! Not of the rather.... flexible lifestyle choice, but his morals,
at any rate!
Daibhid Chienedelh
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, thad a doria wrote:
> > In article <Fanw7.79251$W8.23...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> > Michael Ward <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > >Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
>
> > >nicknames?
>
> > Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
> Crab-face-guy.
Usually just Crabface. Coined, AFAIK, by the Flash in Total Justice.
(i.e. by Priest).
>
> > Flash: Fastest Man Alive
> The Scarlet Speedster.
I'm sure I heard him called "The Crimson Tornado", but I can't find a
reference. Maybe I just imagined it. (Maybe I'm thinking of Red
Tornado!)
>
> Green Arrow: The Emerald Archer.
Was he ever called The Battling Bowman, or did I imagine that too?
--
Dave
Richard B. Becker
>
> >
> > > Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
> > Crab-face-guy.
>
> Usually just Crabface. Coined, AFAIK, by the Flash in Total Justice.
> (i.e. by Priest).
I could have sworn that one was used repeatedly on this newsgroup
before it ever saw print in a comic.
I don't remember what issue it was, but I remember seeing it in
a comic for the first time and laughing about the fact that they
had gotten the idea from this group. Think it might have been
Midsummer's Nightmare, not Total Justice, but I could very well
be wrong.
--Richard
Dale Hicks
richard...@mindspring.com says...
> Daibhid Chienedelh wrote:
> >
> > > > Green Lantern: The Emerald Gladiator, Ring-Slinger
> > > Crab-face-guy.
> >
> > Usually just Crabface. Coined, AFAIK, by the Flash in Total Justice.
> > (i.e. by Priest).
>
> I could have sworn that one was used repeatedly on this newsgroup
> before it ever saw print in a comic.
I've looked on deja, and as far as it goes back ('95), there's no clear
origin of the term.
Priest, however, did appear in a few posts to own up to the term (saying
he was poking fun at the design, and not Marz or someone), but it's not
100% clear if it was his origin.
I wouldn't put it past him, though.
--
Cranial Crusader dgh...@bellsouth.net
John Thorenson
> > > Crab-face-guy.
> >
No, Green Lantern. Don't cry.
__
The Phone-a-Friends on "Millionaire" who repeat the question to others with
them are fucking morons. I hope the contestants who waste lifelines on these
pricks go home and rape them for playing a twenty-second "Telephone" game on
their dime.
Orion
<ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
>
>I can think of the following.
>
>Superman:
> Last Son of Kypton
> The Man of Steel
> The Man of Tomorrow
> The Metropolis Marvel
> World's Mightiest Hero
Isn't that "The World Mightiest Mortal"? A nickname that came out as a
specific jab against Capt. Marvel (who is kinda like a god)? Not sure.
>Batman:
> The World's Greatest Detective
> The Dark Knight (or The Dark Knight Detective)
> The Caped Crusader
> Guardian of Gotham
> The Masked Manhunter
> (w/Robin) The Dynamic Duo
>
>What are some others? I'm almost certain
>I'm leaving out a major one for Superman and
>there are probably others.
>
>What other heors have a lot of slogan-style
>nicknames?
>
>Michael
>
>
>
-Orion
Orion
wrote:
>[Superman:]
>
>The Big Blue Cheese.
>
Does anyone call him this? I know that Capt. Marvel is often called
"The Big Red Cheese", but I never heard Supes being referred to that
way.
-Orion
Orion
wrote:
>Sivana called Supes the Big Blue Cheese. Whats his deal with cheese anyways??
>
It's related to the slang usage of the adjective 'cheesy', and is
'quaintly non-authentic'.
-Orion
Michael Ward
"Orion" <ori...@look.ca> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 19:31:49 GMT, "Michael Ward"
> <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
> >
> >I can think of the following.
> >
> >Superman:
> > Last Son of Kypton
> > The Man of Steel
> > The Man of Tomorrow
> > The Metropolis Marvel
> > World's Mightiest Hero
> Isn't that "The World Mightiest Mortal"? A nickname that came out as a
> specific jab against Capt. Marvel (who is kinda like a god)? Not sure.
"World's Mightiest Mortal" is a name of Captain Marvel
(A far more flattering one than Big Red Cheese.) Superman
is (or was) called by some variation of it, but I may not
have it exactly right. Im pretty sure it was World's Mighiest
something.
Mike
Dennis Snelgrove
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Used by idiots. We've already been over this. Wipe away the tears.
Richard B. Becker
>
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 19:31:49 GMT, "Michael Ward"
> <ward...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >Superman and Batman have had a lot on nicknames over the years.
> >
> >I can think of the following.
> >
> >Superman:
> > Last Son of Kypton
> > The Man of Steel
> > The Man of Tomorrow
> > The Metropolis Marvel
> > World's Mightiest Hero
> Isn't that "The World Mightiest Mortal"? A nickname that came out as a
> specific jab against Capt. Marvel (who is kinda like a god)? Not sure.
>
--Richard
Michael Dalriada
"Who's the big cheese around here?"
-- Michael Dalriada
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Paul "Duggy" Duggan
> "Paul \"Duggy\" Duggan" <jc12...@jcu.edu.au> wrote in message news:<Pine.OSF.4.21.01100...@marlin.jcu.edu.au>...
> > Crab-face-guy.
> Usually just Crabface. Coined, AFAIK, by the Flash in Total Justice.
> (i.e. by Priest).
I thought it was PAD and usually CFG. Could be wrong.
> > > Flash: Fastest Man Alive
> > The Scarlet Speedster.
> I'm sure I heard him called "The Crimson Tornado", but I can't find a
> reference. Maybe I just imagined it. (Maybe I'm thinking of Red
> Tornado!)
Sounds possible... problem is there are hundreds of throw away lines... I
mean every issue of Impulse seemed to have a different nickname for him,
so it's hard to tell.
> > Green Arrow: The Emerald Archer.
> Was he ever called The Battling Bowman, or did I imagine that too?
It does sound familiar...
Orion
<michael...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Really? I'd always thought it was a poke at his authority and power, as in,
>"Who's the big cheese around here?"
>
You know, I hadn't thought of that. There's no reason why both
implications can't be operating at the same time. I'd just always
assumed that people called him that becuase his innocence and naivete
can come off as 'cheesy' ('course, that's part of the appeal of Capt.
Marvel, so I've never had a problem with it).
-Orion
Michael Dalriada
with cheesiness. A good example of cheesy to me would be the jazzbo version
of Snapper Carr in the old JLA series 40 years ago.
-- MD
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Jay Rudin
??> The Big Blue Cheese.
??> That's perfect!
BJM> Unfortunately, it's a ripoff. Captain Marvel had the privilige
of
BJM> addressed as "Big Red Cheese" long before anybody thought of
applying
BJM> it to Superman.
JR> It is also straight out of DC comics. Captain Thunder called
Superman
JR> the "Big Blue Cheese".
BJM> What decade was Captain Thunder from? Why, yes, the 1970s. What
decade
BJM> was Captain Marvel first called a Big Red Cheese? Why, yes, the
1940s.
What was the point of this? You already said it was a ripoff of
Captain Marvel, and nobody denied the fact. I added the additional
fact that it was used in DC comics, and provided a citation for the
first known usage.
What word modified my contention? Why, yes, it's "also". What
function does it serve? Why yes, provides information in addition to,
and not denying, the original contention.
I even pointed out, in support of your contention, that Captain
Thunder was Captain Marvel with the serial number filed off.
C'mon, Bryan, I know you can read better than that.
Jay Rudin