Bridge Jumping

Okay, since Curtis and Derek have both shared their favorite comic book moments, let me do the same. I'll warn you, though, most of these are quite old. I've not read comics regularly for some time.

So, in no particular order:

» The X-Men's battle against the Shi'ar Imperial Guard with Phoenix's life on the line, especially the Colossus vs. Gladiator battle.

» "'Do it?' Dan, I'm not a republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago." -Ozymandias, "Watchmen"

» From the Secret Wars: "I'm glad they never heard of rasslin' on planet Remulac. If this guy knew the counter for this hold, I'd be in the soup." -Ben Grimm

» Also from the Secret Wars: Spider-Man is in the process of trashing an extremely strong but inexperienced supervillainess using his typical hit-and-run tactics. At one point she screams, "No fair!" To which Spidey replies, "And if we were fighting in a broom closet, that'd be fair?"

» An acquaintance asks Ollie (Green Arrow), "Have you ever killed a man - not in combat, not self-defense, but because the son of a _____ just needed it?" Kind of sums up the whole Iron Age in one panel.

» Kitty Pryde talking down Reverend Stryker on the subject of humanity - on national television (from "God Loves, Man Kills").

» The occasional freaky weather things that happened when Storm didn't have her powers (My opinion: she still had them, but with that pesky "No Conscious Control (-2)" limitation).

» Nightcrawler taking out several of Dr. Doom's guards by teleporting as fast as he can punch. (Sort of a Multiple Move-by based on Teleportation. Too bad FREd specifically forbids that maneuver.)

» The Samaritan and Winged Victory on a date in their Secret IDs.

» The New Mutants issue where they get fed up with their rivals' biggest jerk, Empath, so they kidnap him and give him a taste of his own medicine.

» From the Outsiders: Halo has just met the new team member, Looker, a 'well-endowed' telepath. Halo thinks, "Looker? No false modesty here." Looker 'overhears' the thought and responds with, "I don't believe in false modesty. I don't have to."

» Hawkeye, in a desperate attempt to save the universe from destruction at the hands of the Grandmaster, challenges him to a simple game of chance. And cheats.

» Cyclops turns off the danger room by bouncing an optic blast off several different surfaces and ultimately hitting the control switch. Wolverine remarks, "Remind me never to face you over a pool table."

» The battle between the X-Men & the Hellfire and Nimrod in Central Park. Especially impressive was the way Kitty hid inside Colossus, then emerged to short out Nimrod's systems momentarily - during which time Colossus beat him like the proverbial rented mule.

» Loki has offered the X-Men and Alpha Flight the solutions to all the world's problems and can't understand why they're reluctant to accept. Cyclops shouts, "Because throughout time, Loki is known as the god of lies!" and blasts him backwards into a mountain. What chutzpah.