@SuperTide: Feeling's mutual good sir.

Nice to meet you.

@RazzaTazz: Every Wonder Woman issue ever published? That's quite a feat. Do you own all those issues or have you borrowed some? And what do you make of the latest interpretation of Diana being the expert on Wonder Woman?

@Gambit1024: I think that the earliest anti hero might be the Shadow. At least I think so. He appeared in the 1930s I believe. That's the earliest anti hero I could find.

@RazzaTazz: Ah so Secret War did predate COIE. And Marvel was a fresh face in the comic book industry so it's quite easy to create new characters with attiudes that reflect everyday life and people whereas with DC it's more difficult to change classic characters like Wonder Woman fundamentally. I'd almost forgotten about the time when Wonder Woman was stripped of her powers and learnt martial arts in a 70s style storyline and feeling to it. Revisiting past history can be quite enlightening.

@Gambit1024: The Thing was flawed, that's true but so was Spider-Man. I meant as in a character who might do something good in one issue then something evil in another. Like save a kid's life in one issue then ruthlessly murder a mob boss in another. None of Stan's characters were like that. They still thought in black and white terms despite their jobs, personalities, problems and romantic issues.

@Gambit1024: Definitely. He set the ball rolling for anti heroes like the Punisher to emerge but didn't actually create them himself. In fact, I don't think Stan ever created a morally ambiguous character. His creations were either superheroes or supervillains quite black and white not reflective of the shades of grey characters seen in comic books today.

@RazzaTazz: Glad you agree. They were the first comic book company before Marvel and are often overlooked. People call Stan Lee the godfather of superheroes but that's too big a generalisation to make IMO. He only created the foundation superheroes for Marvel Comics not the superhero genre in general.

@RazzaTazz: Yes you're right golden age comic books were a bit two dimensional when Stan Lee came around and that DC technically started the Silver Age by reinventing the Flash and Green Lantern amongst other Golden Age superheroes. And whilst some characters like Superman and Batman kept their Golden Age atttitudes, other titles published by DC were meant to reflect Marvel's attitude to comic books and pull in some of that readership. And DC does deserve respect for reinventing the industry. Watchmen and the Dark Knight Returns are two of the most prominent examples and Crisis on Infinite Earths was the first major crossover event published by DC that set the mark for other crossovers to follow. Way too many from Marvel nowadays IMO. Or did Secret War come before COIE?

@RazzaTazz: Nice example of Euclid. I suck at maths but that's a good way of putting it. Stan Lee did kickstart the comic industry via the creation of the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Daredevil but it was already there from the 1930s. Arguably though you could say that Stan Lee's creations were the equivalent of Siegel and Shuster's introducing Superman in Action Comics #1 as if it weren't for Lee, comic book characters may not have evolved to reflect humanity with real life problems and personalities. I've had the honour of seeing him at the London comic convention in February as well as meeting him afterwards at the hotel he was staying at. He is incredibly passionate about comic books and the value they still have even after making millions with Marvel already.

@RazzaTazz: Glad you agree. They were the first comic book company before Marvel and are often overlooked. People call Stan Lee the godfather of superheroes but that's too big a generalisation to make IMO. He only created the foundation superheroes for Marvel Comics not the superhero genre in general.

DC comics are best, yes

@VictorGrey: I got my copy on discount too. And no problem.

@Lvenger: They got a discount on it, so I might grab it, thanks.

@VictorGrey: Quite short as games go but still very sweet if you catch my drift. It's way better than the 2008 Prince of Persia game as it sticks to the original Sands of Time formula of focusing on platforming, puzzles and combat equally. The elemental powers are pretty cool to use though the fire one is a bit lame given the possible fire powers the Prince could have. The story isn't as engrossing as previous POP games but it's well voice acted. A definite fun playthrough IMHO.

@Lvenger: Might have to try the Forgotten Sands soon, how is it?

@VictorGrey: They really are. Combat's better in Arkham Asylum I have to admit but free running across the roofs of Roma in ACB has its appeal too. Plus Roma is much bigger than Arkham City and you can get around it quickly via horse or tunnels so the scale of Brotherhood is much more prominent than in Arkham City. Although Arkham City does have plenty of buildings you can explore so it's more self contained I guess. As well as those 3 games, I also have Dragon Age 2, Dragon Ball Raging Blast, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Fable 3. Not many but I choose quality over quantity when it comes to games. Plus I wait for the good games to go down in price then nab them.

@Lvenger: Batman Arkham City and the AC Series are Badass!