Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Mar 10, 2009 6:45:27 GMT -5
Round 28 has arrived!
In the event of a tie both will carry on to the next day to meet some other challenger. I will try and vary the sources from comics to TV show characters.
I'm also going to add a bit of story to this to make it interesting, it's still a favorite poll but it's going to have continuity!
I will happily take requests for future opponents. But in the meantime we have to continue the story ...
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*We return to find ourselves at Tony Starks office, he is on the phone.*
Tony Stark: No it was no trouble. Clearly a cas eof mistaken identity Fury, who knew that Titanium Man had so many people after him. I'm sure Wonder Woman has the stuation well in hand.
*We briefly cut to Wonder Woman dragging Titanium Man to the Justice League.*
Tony Stark: So have you had any luck finding this Legion? ... u-huh ... well while you try and find out about this organisation I will track down Diablo ....
*The wall of the office begins to buckle and then collapses in the hallway stands a man, who without warning fires a gun at Tony Stark.*
*Everything goes black. As Tony recovers an attractive, pale young goth woman dressed in casual clothes leans over him.*
Death: Well hello there ... I wasn't expecting you so soon.
Tony Stark: Hey there, What happened? did I win the office pool and your the suprise?
Death: Not quite.
*Is Tony starks meeting with Death permanent?*
Iron Man
![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Jokerspack/Superheroes/ironman76.jpg)
Born Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, he suffers a severe heart injury during a kidnapping and is forced to build a destructive weapon. He instead creates a power suit to save his life and help him escape. He later decides to use the suit to protect the world as the superhero, Iron Man. He is a wealthy industrialist and genius inventor who created military weapons and whose metal suit is laden with technological devices that enable him to fight crime. Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology and business in the fight against communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have gradually removed the Cold War themes, replacing them with more contemporary concerns such as corporate crime and terrorism. Throughout most of the comic's history, Iron Man has been a member of the superhero team the Avengers and has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic book series. The character has been adapted for several animated TV shows, as well as for the 2008 live action films Iron Man and a cameo in The Incredible Hulk where he is played by Robert Downey, Jr.
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Death (DC)
![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Jokerspack/Superheroes/Death.jpg)
A character in The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. In the stories, Death is both the end of life and a psychopomp. Like most anthropomorphic personifications of death, Death meets with the recently deceased and guides them into their new existence. However, unlike most personifications of death, she also visits people as they are born, according to Destruction in the "Sandman Special". Evidently, only she seems to remember these encounters. In the special issue, it is also revealed that Death was known in Ancient Greece as Teleute. Death is also a complete opposite of the traditional western culture personification of death. In The Sandman, Death instead appears as an attractive, pale young goth woman dressed in casual clothes - often a black top and jeans. She also wears a silver ankh on a chain around her neck, and has a marking similar to the eye of Horus around her right eye. She is pleasant, down-to-earth, and perky, and has been a nurturing figure for both incarnations of Dream. This irony has helped make Death one of the most popular characters from Sandman. Death is the second eldest of the Endless, a family of anthropomorphic beings. Death is possibly the most powerful of the Endless (and may be the most powerful being in the universe) having been shown (in a flashback in Brief Lives) to be virtually omniscient and being able to intimidate the Furies, who show no fear of the other Endless, simply by raising her voice in The Kindly Ones. The witch Thessaly mentions that Death is the only one of the Endless who is bound by no rules. In addition, it is mentioned in Brief Lives that she is the only one of the Endless who may survive the end of this incarnation of the universe. Death's realm is not portrayed in detail in the series, except for a brief scene in her 'house' in the Sandman Special, Song of Orpheus, and later in The Books of Magic series. This is where she keeps her floppy hat collection, her goldfish Slim and Wandsworth and possibly her gallery. One day every century, Death lives (and dies) as a mortal, in order to understand the value of the life she takes. She does this by merging herself with a mortal fated to die that day. At the end of Death: The High Cost of Living her Endless self briefly converses with the merged being that is the mortal host and her Endless self. Death first appeared in the final chapter of Sandman’s first story arc Preludes and Nocturnes, "The Sound of Her Wings", where she gave Dream direction and a degree of understanding. Death instantly became very popular to readers, and she appears at least briefly in each of the nine subsequent story arcs. However, Gaiman attempted to entice and tease readers by rationing out the number of appearances from Dream’s family, so Death did not appear as frequently as one might expect for such a popular character. At the end of the ninth Sandman story arc The Kindly Ones, there is a lengthy and noteworthy appearance from Death, in which she finally brings her brother peace
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Previously --
Kilowog was given the chance to answer the mayor's phone call over The Human Torch (26-23)
Rhino caught the unprepared Kilowog by surprise and crushed him into the pavement. (12-11)
Rhino foiled Johnny Sorrow's attempt at taking the stolen money by creating a hole in the walkway. (15-10)
Black Widow put Rhino to sleep with a tranquilizer and took him to S.H.I.E.L.D (25-12)
Black Widow saw Jenny Sparks vanish in a blinding flash of energy on the deck of the Helli-carrier. (29-6)
Nick Fury takes control of the situation over Black Widow. (28-9)
Nick Fury battled and contained Killer Croc in stasis (22-11)
Nick Fury shot Harry Leland in the knee ending there encounter. (13-2)
Nick Fury did not seek Abe Sapien's help as he was a mentally created illusion. (20-5)
Nick Fury overcame Doctor Destiny's dream manipulation and control. (15-12)
Black Widow convinces Nick Fury to give the job to Deadpool (31-7)
Deadpool sidesweeps DL Hawkins face first into a Toffee Apple (23-3)
Deadpool is selected over Red Robin to complete the mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. (18-7)
Deadpool was not infected by Warlocks techno-virus (21-10)
Deadpool avoided the fury of Doomsday (21-17)
Deadpools story is allowed to continue by The Living Tribunal (23-9)
Rorschach confronts Deadpool about the Comedians death and then knocks him out. (25-24)
Rorschach discovered Stilt-Man had no bearings on the case. (31-12)
Rorschach did not trust (Batman) Azrael (19-11)
Rorschach dispatches his assailants Hurricane, Jinx and The Blob (19-1-0-16)
Gambit took Rorschach for everything he had in a game of cards (20-14)
Gambit detonated Predator X form the inside out (25-12)
Gambit reasoned with Steel into not fighting him (22-13)
Gambit blew up Electro and his van (24-11)
Ironman took over the mission after Gambit stopped the robber. (20-9)
Ironman got Vanisher to tell him about the Legion and Diablo. (32-4)
Ironman cleared up the case of mistaken identity with Wonder Woman (21-14)
In the event of a tie both will carry on to the next day to meet some other challenger. I will try and vary the sources from comics to TV show characters.
I'm also going to add a bit of story to this to make it interesting, it's still a favorite poll but it's going to have continuity!
I will happily take requests for future opponents. But in the meantime we have to continue the story ...
--------------------------------------
*We return to find ourselves at Tony Starks office, he is on the phone.*
Tony Stark: No it was no trouble. Clearly a cas eof mistaken identity Fury, who knew that Titanium Man had so many people after him. I'm sure Wonder Woman has the stuation well in hand.
*We briefly cut to Wonder Woman dragging Titanium Man to the Justice League.*
Tony Stark: So have you had any luck finding this Legion? ... u-huh ... well while you try and find out about this organisation I will track down Diablo ....
*The wall of the office begins to buckle and then collapses in the hallway stands a man, who without warning fires a gun at Tony Stark.*
*Everything goes black. As Tony recovers an attractive, pale young goth woman dressed in casual clothes leans over him.*
Death: Well hello there ... I wasn't expecting you so soon.
Tony Stark: Hey there, What happened? did I win the office pool and your the suprise?
Death: Not quite.
*Is Tony starks meeting with Death permanent?*
Iron Man
![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Jokerspack/Superheroes/ironman76.jpg)
Born Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, he suffers a severe heart injury during a kidnapping and is forced to build a destructive weapon. He instead creates a power suit to save his life and help him escape. He later decides to use the suit to protect the world as the superhero, Iron Man. He is a wealthy industrialist and genius inventor who created military weapons and whose metal suit is laden with technological devices that enable him to fight crime. Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology and business in the fight against communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have gradually removed the Cold War themes, replacing them with more contemporary concerns such as corporate crime and terrorism. Throughout most of the comic's history, Iron Man has been a member of the superhero team the Avengers and has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic book series. The character has been adapted for several animated TV shows, as well as for the 2008 live action films Iron Man and a cameo in The Incredible Hulk where he is played by Robert Downey, Jr.
vs
Death (DC)
![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Jokerspack/Superheroes/Death.jpg)
A character in The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. In the stories, Death is both the end of life and a psychopomp. Like most anthropomorphic personifications of death, Death meets with the recently deceased and guides them into their new existence. However, unlike most personifications of death, she also visits people as they are born, according to Destruction in the "Sandman Special". Evidently, only she seems to remember these encounters. In the special issue, it is also revealed that Death was known in Ancient Greece as Teleute. Death is also a complete opposite of the traditional western culture personification of death. In The Sandman, Death instead appears as an attractive, pale young goth woman dressed in casual clothes - often a black top and jeans. She also wears a silver ankh on a chain around her neck, and has a marking similar to the eye of Horus around her right eye. She is pleasant, down-to-earth, and perky, and has been a nurturing figure for both incarnations of Dream. This irony has helped make Death one of the most popular characters from Sandman. Death is the second eldest of the Endless, a family of anthropomorphic beings. Death is possibly the most powerful of the Endless (and may be the most powerful being in the universe) having been shown (in a flashback in Brief Lives) to be virtually omniscient and being able to intimidate the Furies, who show no fear of the other Endless, simply by raising her voice in The Kindly Ones. The witch Thessaly mentions that Death is the only one of the Endless who is bound by no rules. In addition, it is mentioned in Brief Lives that she is the only one of the Endless who may survive the end of this incarnation of the universe. Death's realm is not portrayed in detail in the series, except for a brief scene in her 'house' in the Sandman Special, Song of Orpheus, and later in The Books of Magic series. This is where she keeps her floppy hat collection, her goldfish Slim and Wandsworth and possibly her gallery. One day every century, Death lives (and dies) as a mortal, in order to understand the value of the life she takes. She does this by merging herself with a mortal fated to die that day. At the end of Death: The High Cost of Living her Endless self briefly converses with the merged being that is the mortal host and her Endless self. Death first appeared in the final chapter of Sandman’s first story arc Preludes and Nocturnes, "The Sound of Her Wings", where she gave Dream direction and a degree of understanding. Death instantly became very popular to readers, and she appears at least briefly in each of the nine subsequent story arcs. However, Gaiman attempted to entice and tease readers by rationing out the number of appearances from Dream’s family, so Death did not appear as frequently as one might expect for such a popular character. At the end of the ninth Sandman story arc The Kindly Ones, there is a lengthy and noteworthy appearance from Death, in which she finally brings her brother peace
-----
Previously --
Kilowog was given the chance to answer the mayor's phone call over The Human Torch (26-23)
Rhino caught the unprepared Kilowog by surprise and crushed him into the pavement. (12-11)
Rhino foiled Johnny Sorrow's attempt at taking the stolen money by creating a hole in the walkway. (15-10)
Black Widow put Rhino to sleep with a tranquilizer and took him to S.H.I.E.L.D (25-12)
Black Widow saw Jenny Sparks vanish in a blinding flash of energy on the deck of the Helli-carrier. (29-6)
Nick Fury takes control of the situation over Black Widow. (28-9)
Nick Fury battled and contained Killer Croc in stasis (22-11)
Nick Fury shot Harry Leland in the knee ending there encounter. (13-2)
Nick Fury did not seek Abe Sapien's help as he was a mentally created illusion. (20-5)
Nick Fury overcame Doctor Destiny's dream manipulation and control. (15-12)
Black Widow convinces Nick Fury to give the job to Deadpool (31-7)
Deadpool sidesweeps DL Hawkins face first into a Toffee Apple (23-3)
Deadpool is selected over Red Robin to complete the mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. (18-7)
Deadpool was not infected by Warlocks techno-virus (21-10)
Deadpool avoided the fury of Doomsday (21-17)
Deadpools story is allowed to continue by The Living Tribunal (23-9)
Rorschach confronts Deadpool about the Comedians death and then knocks him out. (25-24)
Rorschach discovered Stilt-Man had no bearings on the case. (31-12)
Rorschach did not trust (Batman) Azrael (19-11)
Rorschach dispatches his assailants Hurricane, Jinx and The Blob (19-1-0-16)
Gambit took Rorschach for everything he had in a game of cards (20-14)
Gambit detonated Predator X form the inside out (25-12)
Gambit reasoned with Steel into not fighting him (22-13)
Gambit blew up Electro and his van (24-11)
Ironman took over the mission after Gambit stopped the robber. (20-9)
Ironman got Vanisher to tell him about the Legion and Diablo. (32-4)
Ironman cleared up the case of mistaken identity with Wonder Woman (21-14)