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It's been said that a real hero only needs courage and bare hands to do the job, but thankfully Wizard Magazine knows better. They've chosen the 50 greatest fictional weapons of fantasy and science fiction, and ranked them in order of just how awesome they are.
Of course, for such a scientifically-selected list, there has to be some ground rules, and thankfully Wizard is only too happy to share their lengthy criteria.
The weapon must be wieldable (that means the Death Star didn't make the cut) and it can't be something you can just run out and buy.
Okay, maybe not so lengthy after all.
There are some interesting choices in the list - a handgun charged by the bad karma of Hitler, for example - but the real eye-openers will probably be where your favorites end up placing. Of course Green Lantern's ring places first. But I mean, come on, who really thinks that there are 26 cooler weapons that something called the Ultimate Nullifier? It even has the word "ultimate" in its name!
Ultimate Weapons [Wizard Magazine]
