What character could possibly be more iconic than a renamed derivation of a derivation of a derivation of Superman, a character best known for a relatively short run of comics that no reader younger than Those of a Certain Age have been able to read, due to complicated legal issues just now being untangled, some 30 years after those comics were originally produced...?
And as for "and popular"...? I have no idea what metric they might have used to determine that Miracleman/Marvelman was the most popular superhero that comic book fans have ever read, but I generally consider comic book sales, licensing revenue and "being a superhero that people might have actually heard of in their entire fucking lives" to be pretty good indicators of a character's popularity.
UPDATE: Please read the comments, where it is revealed whether it was IGN who said something dumb, or Marvel who misquoted IGN.
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I found the original article and it was a misquote. The real quote is "Marvelman might just be the most iconic and popular superhero that comic book fans have never read," which makes slightly more sense.
Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/02/conspiracy-theory-is-sentry-really-marvelman
Oh good call Ryan. So not IGN, just Marvel misquotes.
I have never read Miracle Man. Don't really care either.
Has the makings, to me, of something that the internet is way more excited about than the general comic-buying public.
Marvel's fueling speculation with all the variant covers, but I have a feeling this isn't going to be as popular outside the comicoblogosphere.
Ryan,
Thanks. What a difference a single letter makes, changing "never" to "ever."
I did google the whole phrase to see the original article, but the closest thing that came up was a list of the Top 100 superheroes of all time (which didn't include Marvelman or Miracleman). I guess that explains why.
I'm not sure which is more annoying to me, the misquote, or the 'MUCH BETTER THAN DC'S WATCHMEN BY DC' quote.
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