Chew the Fat: Poll Updates and Statistical Opinions!

Martinex1: On a regular basis, through our Twitter account @backinthebronze, we often run polls related to our favorite Bronze Age topics. Today let's take a look at some of the results and get your knowledgeable and educated opinions.  Do you agree, disagree, or have comments about any of these results?  

Let's get started with some tie breakers! Help us out by breaking the deadlock.

This next poll broke my heart.  For a Bronze Age fan, the result was unexpected and crushing.  I am getting old!

But here are some other comic polls that I found interesting and a little more heartening.  There were still some surprises in the final results and range of percentages.

I knew "It's Clobberin' Time," was going to have a great showing, but I have a fondness for "Okay, Axis...Here We Come!"  A nostalgic memory for me, and a quirky battle cry that seemed to fit the Invaders well...but alas I am in the minority on that one.

Cap of course is iconic, but I thought the above would have been more of a battle between Vision and Hawkeye.  Surely in the Bronze Age, they defined the Avengers' spirit.  Didn't they?

Martinex gets little respect.  He needs an adjective like the "The Pluvian Prismatic...Martinex!" to get some attention.

I never followed G.I. Joe in the comics, so that result caught me off guard. I've been such a fan of The Micronauts and ROM, that maybe I ought to give the long running Joe series a try.

On a different note, here are a few TV themed polls...

 And to finish this round of poll results, here are a couple forward-looking Marvel Cinema queries and responses...

So what do you think?  What results surprised you?  Did you vote with the majority or were you in the outlier crowd?  Do you have other questions that you'd like us to position for future input?  Share your thoughts, we'd like to hear specifically what your opinions are as the data only paints part of the picture.  Cheers!

Chew the Fat: BitBA Poll Results!







Martinex1: Today we are going to head in a slightly different direction and consider the results of some recent polls.


Over on twitter @BackintheBronze where we share random thoughts to consider, we occasionally post Bronze Age related questions to poll the audience.   I'd like to share some of those queries and results, as I am curious what you (our regular followers, commentators, and lurkers) think about the outcome.  Often I was surprised by the responses or the results made me want to discuss the nuances of the topic further.  What better place is there to do that than here on our BitBA site where we can Chew the Fat?


Let's get started as we have a  variety of subjects to consider...


Some of our polls focus on general Bronze Age musings like characters, creators and artistic choices.  I find that I am often in the minority (or rarely in the winning percentage) with my personal choices.  For instance I was surprised that Mystique was the most popular in the below inquiry.  Don't get me wrong, I thought Mystique was a fantastic character but she was not my first choice.  How about you?

I am probably surprised about the below poll only because I am typically a Marvel fan and DC always comes in second.  I can admit that Batman has a classic rogues gallery.

There was definitely a tight race when considering Ben Grimm's supporting cast.

I like considering possibilities for future storylines, comics, movies and entertainment.  I was genuinely surprised that the Wrecking Crew was rated so high for possible cinematic adventures.  I thought for sure people would favor Cap and Baron Blood.

Likewise for this poll, I never expected Nick Fury to be the front runner. 

 For the below, I imagined Dr. Pym battling 1950's era monsters and that seemed pretty popular, but my personal "hope to see someday" would be replacing the original Torch with Johnny Storm in the Invaders.   I think it would be interesting to see a reverse Captain America "not of this era" story with a modern day millennial thrown into the times of WWII.

 It is a favorite pastime of mine to imagine Bronze Age possible titles.  This was a fun poll to consider the results.

Back to real possibilities, I was really surprised by the result of this poll - a very unexpected and tight race.  What would you have voted?

But this is the poll that really got me worked up.  I cannot believe the results.   I thought Wolverine would be the runaway leader in this category.  To paraphrase a comment we received... Wolverine is basically a serial killer now.   In consideration of our recent discussion of dark characters and what is too dark, it is interesting that Wolverine barely moved the needle while others scored so significantly.

So what do you think about any and all of the polls, what the results were, and your own personal feelings about how comics should be and what should or should not be successful?  Please share your thoughts and I hope you've enjoyed this data distraction today.