Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today we’re looking
at heroes who share a connection that is not your typical heroes in arms type bond no they’ve
been brought together by other means maybe it was to boost sales, or because of fan demand
from an unexpected quarter or just cause all of a sudden narratively people decided it
must be so.
We’re going to look at all of that with our list of the Top 10 superheroes who share
a weird connection.
I’m Sasha and let’s get started!
Number 10 - Green Lantern Space Ghost we’re talking about Hal Jordan as the green lantern
here and in 2017 there was a crossover between him and Space Ghost is a Hannah barbera character
who was an intergalactic crime fighter from the ghost planet his first series would begin
in 1966 have 42 episodes but find it’s way into syndication he would have your standard
60s style adventures and be a brave and for many endearing hero though he would for some
eventually fall through the cracks.
So why him and green lantern well this is a conceptual connection as they are both cosmic
heroes this is one of those well think about it connections both intergalactic heroes patrolling
the galaxy why would they not bump into each other especially in a world where interdimensional
travel is possible also it was felt that the two had similar personalities.
So the idea for this crossover was born something I can’t imagine people were clamoring for
but it exists and it’s not bad.
The two don’t get along at the start and neither can really wield the weapons of the
other cause hal has the ring and Thaddeus has his wrist rocket things of course they
swap weapons but it’s just a fun little crossover.
Green Lantern and space ghost think about it.
Number 9 - Spider-Man Silk – Silk as a character would emerge out of the well mixed up and
down original sin event an event that would reveal secrets across the marvel universe
in 2014 and well some comics took to it more than others.
For example Fantastic Four did it’s one issue and then promptly forgot about it the
next.
However when it came to Spider-Man’s a whole new character and bit of lore was introduced
it turned out Peter hadn’t been the only one to be bitten by a radioactive spider there
was another and why hadn’t she been there cause she was in a bunker, Cindy Moon would
have a more of a connection that being bitten by the same spider that bit peter a mere few
moments after him but also they have a pheromone link because of that so they cannot keep their
hands off of each other.
It’s well it’s a lot of a lot but for some they feel it makes them meant to be while
for others it’s unsettling.
Connected by hormones and cause Spider-man needed a secret that wasn’t just his uncle
ben was alive or something.
Thoughts on Silk let me know down below.
I really kinda wish she had a different origin personally but that’s just me.
Number 8 - Luke Cage Iron Fist – Luke Cage and aka Power Man and Iron Fist are besties
and for fans of comics that’s how they know them attached at the hip, heroes for hire,
but why are they that way.
There’s a very specific reason.
When these two characters were created iron fist in 1974 and luke cage in 1972 neither
were doing that well.
They were both steered into trends black sploitation for cage and kunfuspoloitation for rand and
then something happened on the 70s people put the two together so the idea was conceived
that these two should team up and have a comic in that very tone and people loved it and
their friendship has become an iconic dynamic and just a really fun element to the Marvel
universe.
Since then they’ve both grown as characters but people still think fondly on the heroes
for hire and their exploits.
Leave Danny Rand alone.
More of these two I say sometimes editorial mandates give us good things.
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Number 7 - Reed Richards Tony Stark – So The Fantastic Four are Marvel’s premier
superhero team whose debut back in 1962 launched the superhero renaissance when people think
of team ups between them and other characters people think of spider-man first and foremost
which is fair however there are two characters on there who have a connection that has built
up in the shadows over time because of each of these characters status within the marvel
universe and that is Tony Stark and reed Richards who both enjoy the monikers as some of the
smartest men in the marvel universe also you know a little dangerous they can get a bit
disconnected from what’s going on around them.
Reed way more than Tony tho.
So these two are aware that characters in the marvel universe have a tendency to well
die and that they both have access to some of the most dangerous weapons and tech within
their universe so they had an agreement in place where they would will they tech stashes
to each other in event of an emergency that’s true friendship right there you can’t trust
just anyone with your potential doomsday weapon.
These two were also both members of the Illuminati and tend to think along similar lines.
At least before reed grew a beard and went full dad.
Number 6 - Spider-Man Deadpool – Nowadays it isn’t uncommon to find people expecting
team ups between these two if not written distinctly enough very similar characters
but how did this come to be.
Deadpool initially had a luke warm relationship with spider-man at best having fought him
on a few occasions however as Deadpool became more popular and his characterization went
through changes he would develop a crush on spider-man and the banter would get a bit
more flirty this would result In the creation of a ship.
Spideypool and it would explode in popularity in transformative fandom marvel higher ups
were quick to take note of the chance to pander this group of enthusiastic fans and hence
the spider-man Deadpool team up comic was born a comic that was even promoted using
the ship name that would also reference the ship within.
Mileage will vary on whether or not this was too far in the playing with fans department
but it has ensured that for some newer readers seeing these two together is normal and not
out of left field.
Number 5 - Oracle & Huntress – The huntress and oracle had an interesting relationship
pre new 52.
After babs was paralyzed at the hands of the joker in the killing joke this would extend
to changes in her character and render her oracle the bat families eyes ears, dispatch
and also co head of the birds of prey and still a skilled martial artist.
In short awesome.
Huntress would re-emerge on the scene after having her origin changed post crisis that
being crisis on infinite earths in 1985 and she would find herself set outside the rest
of the batfamily.
It’s not just the willingness to kill that put Barbara off Helena at the start it’s
the fact that she tries to take up the mantle of Batgirl.
This was during the no man’s land arch and she would come to like it more than her huntress
persona because criminals were more afraid of her this was a bit of a sore spot for babs
cause well she still did miss her old masked persona a bit not the best look also Batman
was all like you don’t want to end up like Barbara big off insensitive.
Number 4 - Batman Wolverine would it be top 10 nerd if every 5th video we didn’t mention
dark claw I think not, you’d all unsubscribe.
So Batman and wolverine were two of the characters smushed together for the amalgam universe
that being a universe populated by characters who were fusions of a hero from dc and one
from marvel.
This had occurred after a series of crossover let them fight style comics beforehand one
of the most well remembered is dark claw.
He was logan wayne who after witnessing the murder of his parents was sent to live with
his uncle in Canada but his uncle got killed too no families that’s the rule he would
enlist in the royal Canadian air force and enter the weapon x program he would have adamantium
bonded to his skeleton but prove an ineffective weapon because of his conscience he would
instead fight crime to avenge his parents death so why these two.
Well people felt there was a similarity on personality between logan and bruce both kinda
lone wolfs despite being part of huge teams both aggressive and driven but also both extremely
popular characters.
So meshing them together from that standpoint was a given.
Would these two make the cut as a fusion today what do you think.
Number 3 - Wonder Woman Aquaman – So Wonder Woman and Aquaman are both founding members
of the justice league and have been teammates but as of later there has been an increase
of focus on the idea that these two both come from kingdoms separate from the human world
and that they would either be at war with or allied with each other.
During flashpoint the event wherein in barry would create the new 52 these two would be
so at war that they were about to destroy the world.
Yet in the later rebirth justice league the two would be shown to have feelings of superiority
regarding the running of their lands and flirt with the idea of conquest of the main land
as a result both as rulers above others.
It’s well it’s a take.
Ut doesn’t exactly make them the most sympathetic tho and makes Batman’s contingency plans
make a lot more sense.
Don’t make these two despots please.
Number 2 - Green Lantern Green Arrow – Hal Jordan is often hailed as the best green lantern
however paradoxically all through the silver and bronze ages he would be accused of being
boring.
So much so that his book would constantly be shifting to accommodate with for example
back up adventures with adam strange or introducing adventures with the newly established green
lantern corps cause it used to just be Hal.
But then his book in the 70s would just become a team up book between him and green arrow
why well largely because they were both green.
Legit this way it shouldn’t prove too visually confusing and Hal was sent on a bunch of more
socially conscious adventures and the differences between them were amplified what with ollie
being left leaning and ollie right American versions of.
And so they would be established as really good at times even best friends even tho ollie
would consistently treat hal awfully and this dynamic would last like sometimes great friends
other times Ollie actually calling Hal out for having an abusive father and pushing him
further on the path towards alcoholism which would all later be retconned.
Green it’s not easy being green.
Number 1 - Superman Spider-Man no you didn’t hear that wrong we can’t talk weird connections
without the crossover comic that started it all.
Superman vs the amazing spider-man subheading the battle of the century which is a lie but
still.
This comic came out in 1976 and presented a world wherein these two would just inhabit
the same world so they just always existed together no explanation and well it actually
works it would spawn a whole series of crossovers in the same vein such as spider-man and batman
batman and the hulk a sequel to this very comic well spiritual successor.
Why these two again it was a question of popularity at the time Superman was on a high and so
was spider-man an always popular character this is the comic that gives us the famous
it suddenly got hard panel that people love to use out of context.
Do these two fight kinda and it’s a misunderstanding they actually team up to fight lex Luthor
and doctor octopus.
It’s a bit padded but still worth reading to see what’s what.