@ManchuCandidate: He had me too. I was already clicking the link after reading Megan Fox and Drugged Pussies in the same title... I need to drink less coffee.
I freaking loooove King City! And have been crossing every appendage on my body hoping for a volume 2. I think he's got enough material out there that it's not unreasonable to expect, right?
Another title I was pissed never made it to volume 2 was Last Call by Vasilis Lolos. Damn.
Re: Jack Harkness.
1. One of his wives, Lucia Moretti, died of old age; another, Estelle Cole, was killed by fairies.
2. Jack's daughter, Alice Carter, appears to be the same age that he is, but remember, he’s 2000+ years old when we meet her.
Just recently read "Forever" which was rather interesting, if not very similar in some ways to Highlander, though much better researched. But in any case the main character is a young Irishman witnessing the entire history of Manhattan. It's also often rather violent which it's soft glow book cover betrays.
Oh, and if we're talking comic books, there's also the entire cast of Fables. Not only are they eternally youthful, but depending on how popular their stories are, some can even survive a point-blank gunshot wound to the head.
First up: Mr. Immortal from the GLA (who basically has the exact same powers as Captain Jack, except dies even more frequently and painfully)
Second: The Immortal (from the 1970 TV Series). Hunted by a dying billionaire who wants to use his miraculous Type-O super-blood, Ben Richards travels from town to town, always one step ahead of his pursuers, just like his buddies The Fugitive and The Incredible Hulk. Ironically, Richard's blood grants him super-immunity to diseases and renders him ageless, but it doesn't make him indestructable.
Wolverine over Superman? Are you kidding. Superman has been seen either aged in the 31st Century (Kingdom Come), ageless in the 853rd Century (DC One Million) and in an issue of the Flash is around to watch the sun die. Wolverine has nothing on the big, blue, boy scout for longevity.
In Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentleman series, Mina Murray, Allan Quartermain, and Orlando have all bathed in a mystical pool that grants youth and immortality.
In DC Comics, several Golden Agers are still kicking around and fighting fit: Alan Scott (Green Lantern), Jay Garrick (The Flash), and Ted Grant (Wildcat).
I don't know if he counts as a hero, but the immortal Hob Galding was always one of my favorite characters from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.
@CJG: Mina Murray isn't a vampire, she is just a normal (yet extraordinary) woman who survived a vampire attack. Shame what that movie did to such an awesome comic.
The only thing that movie did right was to cast an Indian as Nemo- seriously, how many movies are going to cast an englishman as Nemo?
It really pains me to think that they are going to try and remake Highlander. Sure, you can have better FX, but how can you replace: a Frenchman speaking with a mangled Scottish accent, a Scotsman pretending to be Egyptian, a rockin' Queen soundtrack, and last but not least, Clancy Brown.
You can't, so don't even try it.
08/25/09
08/26/09
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08/25/09
a) misleading
b) NSFW
c) I'll be in my bunk.
08/25/09
08/25/09
Another title I was pissed never made it to volume 2 was Last Call by Vasilis Lolos. Damn.
08/05/09
1. One of his wives, Lucia Moretti, died of old age; another, Estelle Cole, was killed by fairies.
2. Jack's daughter, Alice Carter, appears to be the same age that he is, but remember, he’s 2000+ years old when we meet her.
08/05/09
08/05/09
Det. Christian Walker (and a few others) from Bendis's Powers.
DC's Immortal Man.
All three started out as cave men...but only one was also Abraham Lincoln!
08/05/09
08/05/09
08/05/09
08/05/09
First up: Mr. Immortal from the GLA (who basically has the exact same powers as Captain Jack, except dies even more frequently and painfully)
Second: The Immortal (from the 1970 TV Series). Hunted by a dying billionaire who wants to use his miraculous Type-O super-blood, Ben Richards travels from town to town, always one step ahead of his pursuers, just like his buddies The Fugitive and The Incredible Hulk. Ironically, Richard's blood grants him super-immunity to diseases and renders him ageless, but it doesn't make him indestructable.
08/05/09
08/04/09
08/04/09
08/05/09
08/04/09
In DC Comics, several Golden Agers are still kicking around and fighting fit: Alan Scott (Green Lantern), Jay Garrick (The Flash), and Ted Grant (Wildcat).
I don't know if he counts as a hero, but the immortal Hob Galding was always one of my favorite characters from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.
08/05/09
08/05/09
The only thing that movie did right was to cast an Indian as Nemo- seriously, how many movies are going to cast an englishman as Nemo?
08/04/09
You can't, so don't even try it.
09/12/09
yeah, "Who wants to live forever?"
08/04/09