Fff Results Post #95—Tough Guys

Five For Friday #95 Results

On Friday afternoon, participating CR readers were asked to "Name Five Memorable Tough Guy Moments from the Comics." Here are the results.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Wolverine vows to kill everybody back when you believed him
2. Judge Dredd's Fist of Dredd
3. Noted medieval dandy Prince Valiant shows up at the bottom of my Sunday newspaper page whipping the shit out of an entire army
4. Palestinian woman interviewed by Joe Sacco talks post-torture smack to the Shin Bet
5. Superman repurposes Heat Vision after decades of using it to build giant statues of Lois Lane and repair the space zoo

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Ted Dawson

Neal Adams' Batman shackled and thrown into a shark tank (Batman #251) along with wheelchair-bound man by the Joker. Uses shackles to break shark's neck and wheelchair to bust out of tank.

Daredevil says What the hell and lets Bullseye fall several stories to the pavement below. DD #181.

Arrogant Sasquatch decides to test his strength by fighting the Hulk (Hulk Annual #8). Gets his butt whipped but even though Hulk is as angry as he's ever been, Hulk decides Sasquatch is not worth the final death blow.

In Spider-Man 2099 #5, Spidey is attacked by the samurai-ish Specialist, who mocks Spider-man for having no killer instinct. After Spidey saves the villain from a fall, the Specialist continues to attack him. Enraged, Spidey instinctively slashes his throat with his claws.

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Tony Collett

1. Wolverine doing his best "Dirty Harry" impersonation against the Hellfire Club guard, Uncanny X-Men 133
2. Popeye by E.C. Segar, before the cartoons got 'a holt of him
3. Lobo Paramilitary Special
4. (tie) Uncle Scrooge tearing up the saloon in "Back to the Klondike" by Carl Barks/tearing up Soapy Slick's riverboat in "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Don Rosa
5. Beau Smith

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David Gallaher

1. Captain America vs. Thanos, Infinity Gauntlet #4. Thanos has killed all the heroes in a rather colorful and cruel manner. The only one left is Cap who says, "As long as one man stands against you, Thanos, you'll never claim victory."
2. Daredevil vs Nuke, Daredevil, "Born Again," #233. After getting the beating of his life, Daredevil fights back, leaves Nuke broken. 'white'
3. Slapstick beats the crap out of Gauntlet, Avengers: The Initiative #6. Damn. I never saw that coming. A short and sweet beating recapped in just one panel.
4. Thor takes out Iron Man, Thor #3. Iron man had it coming -- but wow -- this was beautiful.
5. American Eagle vs. Bullseye, Thunderbolts #115. Way to breathe life into a fourth tier character Ellis! American Eagle cripples Bullseye -- and uses the law to escape prosecution.

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Dave Knott

* Just about any Captain Easy fight sequence
* Marv gets the electric chair and, after riding the lightning, asks "Is That all You've Got?" (from Sin City vol. 1)
* Batman punches out Guy Gardner (from the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League)
* Popeye takes something like 6 dozen bullets and keeps on coming (from Popeye vol.1)
* Superman is asked to fight Muhammad Ali and goes through with it, even though the fight is under a red sun and he knows he's gonna receive the beating of his life

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Marc Singer

In ascending order, because that's more bad-ass:

5. The Hyperclan realizes Batman knows their secret
4. Daredevil takes down the town of Broken Cross without uttering a single word
3. Edin walks to Grebak for food, and walks back
2. Richard Sheridan faces down the Deep Six, and his father, on the Glory Boat
1. Warpsmith Aza Chorn, eyes gone somewhere cold, somewhere beyond the pain, faces death like an albino samurai and insolently stares it down... for just one vital instant longer.

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Thanks to all that participated!
 
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