Who do you think is a well developed and in depth comic book character?

Question

Choose from any comic book company I just wanna get ur opinion.

Answer 1

Mainstream:
-Batman

Smaller series:
-Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan)
-Jesse Custer (Preacher)

For the poster above.
Agreed. Anything Alan Moore offers is worth taking.

Answer 2

First of all this is very subjective so I'll try and narrow it down a little. Let's take a mainstream character for a start, I'll go with Batman. As another poster said "He has a dark past which haunts him. Very intense." The problem there is that he had that when he was created and he has it now. Some things have changed such as he no longer kills and he isn't the wacky Adam West style character, but all of these changes have had no in character reason, they've just been different writers slowly changing their takes on him. As such he can't really be considered to have developed at all. The same will be true of almost any iconic character. The only character where an argument for this could be made is with Spider-man recently revealing his identity, but that hasn't had time to play out and I'm willing to assume it won't make a large difference in the end.

Then let's take some of the people from small self contained graphic novels or books where they were never popular enough to be iconic and got a definitive ending. People like Spider Jerusalem went through a lot and were very well written, but at the end was he any truely different? However an example given (Preacher) does show a good example of this and how he had changed by the end, as well as having his past well filled out (something Spider never had).

My vote goes to Lucifer from Lucifer. He truely develops and changes, and we do get to know him very well throughout the story.

Answer 3

Well developed compared to what? I feel that, compared to most TV Shows and Movies, comics usually do a better job at giving their characters more depth and development (unless they are targeted solely for children). That is because most of those characters maintain a loyal fanbase over the years. And after a while, when the crimefighting, or lazer-blasting is seeming repetitive, the writer has no alternative to delve deeper inside the character, giving the audience greater insight into what makes him or her tick.

So I feel most well-known Marvel and DC characters have had enough attention paid to their past and their personality to be considered well developed. It's really just a matter of catching the right issue, and learning the juicy stuff.

A great method to support my claim is to look up a particular character on wikipedia, or marveldatabase, or any other comicbook wiki or database. Usually, you'll have WAY too much information to consider "light reading". This is due to an abundance of content and depth over the years.

Answer 4

Miracleman (Eclipse Comics) has developed an incredible depth of character since he was first (re) introduced. The struggles he had to go through and the anguished soul searching he had to do to kill Johnny (Kid Miracleman) Bates [even though it took place within a few short panels] was truly one of the great characterizations I have seen in comics. And the worth of his decision has been borne out since then in the way he took over the reins of the world government and made a paradise on earth.

Answer 5

Spawn, Batman and even Black Panther.

All of these have had a number of "writers" who don't specialize in comics, and who specialize in telling good stories. A good story requires character development, not just an origin story. Panther hasn't had that until recently, but the latest generation of stories utilizing talented black novelists has really helped the develop the panther as more than a side kick, cool costume hero.

Answer 6

Swamp Thing from the 80s written by Alan Moore was probably the best developed popular character and well written story line I have ever read. They are collected in 6 volumes starting with Saga of the Swamp Thing.

Answer 7

Mike Baron and Steve Rude's "Nexus". Nexus (aka Horatio Hellpop) is a terrific character. Just check out any of the Nexus hardcovers from Dark Horse to see why.

Also from the same era, there's Sable from Mike Grell's "Jon Sable, Freelance". You will never find another bounty hunter/gun for hire/children's book writer anywhere.

Answer 8

Batman

Answer 9

We'll for it's Spider man because of what he's had to go through as a persone and a hero and you here at the end of spider man this is my gift my curse . but i also like wolverine from the x-men because of his past and how he was developed as a soldier

Answer 10

Rogue