Top 8 Classic Superhero Teams

[The OP]

Why 8? Well, I thought my original idea of 5 might not be enough but I also didn't know if everybody would be able to come up with 10 teams, much less 10 that they actually care about, so I decided to split the difference. I'll start:

1. Doom Patrol
2. Justice Society of America
3. Fantastic Four
4. Batman and the Outsiders
5. Seven Soldiers of Victory
6. X-Men
7. Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters
8. West Coast Avengers

For extra credit, who is your favorite member of each team? Going down the list from top to bottom mine are Negative Man, Sandman, Mister Fantastic, Black Lightning, Crimson Avenger, Wolverine, Phantom Lady, and U.S. Agent.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

1. The Avengers
2. Justice League of America
3. X-Men
4. The Titans (Teen, Team, etc.)
5. The Invaders
6. The Defenders
7. Batman Family (not a traditional "team" in a sense, but they count)
8. Fantastic Four

Favorite members from each team (from top to bottom): Captain America (Avengers), Superman (Justice League), Wolverine (X-Men), Impulse (Titans), Namor (Invaders), Hulk (Defenders), Oracle (Batman Family), The Thing (Fantastic Four).

[stinger]

Favorite member in parenthesis:

1. X-Men (Wolverine)
2. The Avengers (Iron Man)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo)
4.Justice League (Batman)
5. Runaways (Nico Minoru)
6. Fantastic Four (The Thing)
7. Young Avengers (Hawkeye)
8. Watchmen (Rorschach)

[Ryback on a Pole!]

X-Men (Cyclops)
The Avengers (Captain America)
Runaways (Molly Hayes)
The Great Lakes Avengers (Squirrel Girl)
Young Avengers (Hulkling)
Alpha Flight (Northstar)
Teen Titans (Starfire)
X-Force (Domino)

[Talent Name]

X-Men (Ice Man)
Avengers (Iron Man)
Justice League (Martian Manhunter)
Doom Patrol (Negative Man)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Rocket Raccoon)
Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic)
The Starjammers (Raza)
West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye)

[ERON]

1. Excalibur (can't decide on a favorite; that's why they're my favorite team)
2. X-Men (Cyclops)
3. Teen Titans (comics: Nightwing; animated: Raven)
4. Action Heroes [technically not a team, but whatever...] (Nightshade)
5. New Warriors (Nova)
6. Justice League International (Booster Gold)
7. Justice Society of America (tie: Flash [Jay Garrick]/Green Lantern [Alan Scott])
8. Avengers (tie: Hawkeye/Wonder Man)

[Goldenbane]

1. Avengers (Thor)
2. X-men (Wolverine)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo)
4. Justice League of America (Hal Jordan)
5. Fantastic Four (Human Torch)
6. Defenders (Silver Surfer)
7. The Warriors Three (Volstaag)
8. The Bat Family (Tim Drake)
9. The Titans (Nightwing)
10. West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye)

[kolani]

Suicide Squad (Deadshot)
Doom Patrol (Robotman)
Avengers (Captain America)
Justice League (Batman)
JL Dark (Constantine)
X-Men (Rogue)
Alpha Flight (Sasquatch)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Hyde)

[Jam]

1. X-Men (Gambit)
2. The New Mutants (Cannonball)
3. Justice League (Batman)
4. X-Factor (Havok)
5. X-Force (Shatterstar)
6. Excalibur (Nightcrawler)
7. Avengers (Hulk)
8. Watchmen (The Comedian)

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

as for a list, I guess here's mine, complete with my favorite writer for each, in no particular order after #1. also, for given definition of the word "classic" because it often turns into "hur dur boo hoo superheroes suck because they aren't the same as they were when I was 12" [/Alex Ross]

#1-Justice Society of America (Geoff Johns) - Stargirl or Atom Smasher, and it's criminal that the writers never had the balls to have them actually become a couple)
-X-men (Grant Morrison- yes I prefer his run to Claremont) - Beast, with Jean as a close second
-JLA (Grant Morrison again) - Kyle Rayner, extending to him being my favorite GL too
-Avengers (Kurt Busiek) - Hawkeye or Hank Pym, it goes back and forth
-Thunderbolts (Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, always saw their runs as one and the same, though Jeff Parker's work was phenominal too) - Songbird, and as far as I'm concerned it doesn't count as a real T-bolts team unless she's there.
-Stormwatch/The Authority (Warren Ellis- they go together for me, and the book really fell off after Ellis left) - Midnighter, he's like Frank Miller's insane version of Batman if he was actually written competently
-Teen Titans (Wolfman/Perez 'natch) - always been partial to Wally West/Kid Flash 1, whose also my favorite Flash and only barely behind Kyle as my favorite JLA member
-Wildcats (Joe Casey version, deconstructed superheroes in a completely different direction than everyone since Alan Moore ever did) - Spartan/Jack Marlowe, he's like what Dr. Manhattan would be if he weren't completely nutless and actually made a real difference with his powers (and yes, I'm well aware that Dr. Manhattan being nutless was part of the point)

[Bub (BLM)]

1. Fantastic Four (Original line-up) - The Thing
2. 1980's X-Men (Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Shadowcat) - Cyclops
3. The Avengers (Original roster + Cap, Hawkeye, and Vision) - Hawkeye
4. Teen Titans (Wolfman/Perez era) - Robin/Nightwing
5. Heroes for Hire (Classic) - Iron Fist
6. X-Factor (Original) - Cyclops
7. Batman & The Outsiders (Original) - Batman
8. Thunderbolts (Post-Zemo) - Hawkeye

[dav]

1: Bat Family - Cassandra Cain
2: JLA - Batman
3: X-Men - Wolverine
4: Avengers - Luke Cage
5: Superman Family - Superman

[BrodietheSlayer]

1. X-Men (Claremont Period/Joss's Run--Kitty Pryde)
2. Fantastic Four (Byrne era---The Thing)
3. Avengers (Late 70's/Busick era---Hawkeye)
4. Justice League International (Late 80's/Early 90's---Guy Gardner)
5. Excalibur (Pretty much of the run, save for the crap run at the end, Post Warren Ellis----Nightcrawler) (with hm Pete Wisdom)
6. The Authority (Warren Ellis run----Jenny Sparks)
7. JLA (Morrison Era---Batman)
8. West Coast Avengers (Mid 80's to Post Byrne-----Hmmm, don't want to use Hawkeye again......uh, Tigra, I guess.
9. The Champions (Just for being a strange ass team----Ghost Rider)
10. WILDCATS (Jim Lee/Alan Moore eras----Grifter)