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You Think You Know Athletes?

Athletes

Joel Embiid's rookie season sparked <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/sports-conspiracy-theories/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">a heated debate</a> in the sports world&nbsp;about whether or not an athlete could be worthy of receiving a seasonal&nbsp;award without having played&nbsp;anywhere close to a full schedule of games in that season. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-philadelphia-76ers-of-all-time" target="_blank">The 76ers</a> forward was undeniably the best first-year player in the NBA, but should the NBA Rookie of the Year trophy really go to someone who only played 31 of his team's 82 games?The hype of this situation begs the question:&nbsp;Who are the biggest flash-in-the-pan athletes of all-time? Who made the biggest splashes in the smallest sample sizes? And who had the most sizzle with the least steak?For clarification, a flash-in-the-pan player needs to have shown superstar potential at the highest levels of their sport before, of course, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/biggest-crybabies-in-basketball" target="_blank">sinking into mediocrity</a>, irrelevance,&nbsp;or worse. A draft bust&nbsp;and prospects who never excelled are different things altogether.

The Biggest Flash-In-The-Pan Athletes And What They're Up To Now

General

The 18 Biggest Flash-In-The-Pan Athletes And What They're Up To Now

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Sin City

If you walk down the wrong (or right, depending on how you look at it) back&nbsp;alley in Sin City, you can find anything. A dismembered body part. A few gallons of blood and guts. Frank Miller's signature series isn't just a grandiose homage to the film noir&nbsp;and&nbsp;hard-boiled crime genres, it's also one of the most creatively gory comics of all time. You're probably thinking, &quot;So what? There are so many gory Frank Miller comics.&quot; And it's true; the guy inks his pages like Jackson Pollock painting with blood. But it's the imagination in the most violent Sin City scenes that truly sets the series apart.Released between 1991 and 1992, the first thirteen installments, The Hard Goodbye, kicked off years of gory Sin City comics and violent graphic novels. From exploding heads to dismembered &quot;members,&quot; these are the goriest moments in Sin City comic&nbsp;books.

15 Creatively Gory Moments in the Sin City Comics and Graphic Novels

The 15 Goriest Moments in the Sin City Comics and Graphic Novels

History

You have been granted the secret of the time juice. No one knows exactly how it works, but it holds the power to transport you and your extra temporal vehicle through time. Exciting chrono&nbsp;adventures await, but you must know, there are rules for using the time juice.1. Time juice is a limited resource. Each time slide will consume a portion of your supply, so you must prioritize your trips… rank them, if you will.2. Time juice will only take you to historical sporting events. This is the best thing about time juice.3. Time juice mysteriously prefers the North American continent. Transcontinental jumps consume vastly more time juice and there are no frequent flyers points. Soccer fans, invent your own juice to see great sporting <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-important-historical-events-of-the-20th-century/mwahahahaha?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">events in history</a>. #america4. Time juice will typically only last long enough for one game, match, race, etc… Linger at your own risk.5. Time juice will not permit you to collect on bet,&nbsp;or buy stocks,&nbsp;or get Shoeless Joe Jackson’s autograph, or whatever space/time continuum-trashing get-rich-quick scheme you're cooking up. Also you cannot kill Hitler at the 1936 Olympics. Don't even think about messing with space/time. Just stop it.&nbsp;With these parameters in mind, you must choose wisely&nbsp;to visit the most legendary of sporting moments, solve historical sports mysteries, and, most of all, enjoy this list of the historical sports moments you'd have to visit if you had a time machine (and more importantly, time juice).

Historic Sporting Events You'd Have to See If You Had a Time Machine

The 25+ Greatest Sporting Events in History

Lists about the FX animated series about a suave international spy, his fellow secret agents, and his boss, who is also his mother.

Archer

FX's smart-as-a-whip animated comedy Archer is full of some of the zingiest one-liners, raunchiest sex scenes, and longest running jokes on television. But beneath all that is the skeleton of classic spy stories that rival the staples of the espionage genre. That's where the villains come in. No matter how complicated or unrealistic their schemes are, they provide the backbone for the comedy that ensues. They motivate the plot so that the jokes have context. Without villains, Lana, Sterling, Cyril, Pam, Cheryl, Malory, Ray, and Dr. Krieger are goofballs without a cause.Good guys are attracted to bad girls, they sometimes do bad things, and in the case of Sterling Archer, come from bad parents, but the bad thing that good guys need most badly is bad guys.&nbsp;Zip up your turtleneck and watch your phrasing for this trip in to the Danger Zone with a ranking of Archer's greatest nemeses, villains, scoundrels, and downright bad guys.

All the Villains &amp; Nemeses on Archer

The 15 Best Archer Villains From the Series So Far

Even the most die-hard fans have trouble keeping all the details straight. These lists feature Game of Thrones lore and history that dives deep into the series. 

Game of Thrones History & Lore

Game of Thrones Universe

Have you ever been watching Game of Thrones and heard a character spout some weird one-liner and everyone seems to understand but you're clueless? Or has a character made a weird gesture, or, say, burned another character at the stake for reasons that simply aren't clear to you?Chances are they're practicing one of the many fictional religions of the world of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. While Westeros and King's Landing are dominated by The Faith, Essos is crawling with too any localized micro-religions to even list. The fractured relationship between Northern and Southern Westeros comes in part because the Northerners worship a whole different set of Gods. Religiously speaking, Ned Stark and the people of Winterfell have more in common with wildlings than they have with the Targaryan, Baratheon, or (who are we kidding) Lannister lineages.So, to understand the world, you need to understand its religions. There are eight religions practiced by major characters, so let's focus on those, but there are many smaller ones throughout the known world. There are divisions within each religion (just ask Cersei after she's imprisoned by her own choice of High Septon), but to keep things clear, we'll just focus on the overriding doctrines. That should make it easy for you to decide which religion in Game of Thrones is most worth following!

Game of Thrones Religions Worth Believing In

Game of Thrones Religions Ranked

Lists about George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series that inspired the runaway hit HBO show everybody's either watching or proudly proclaiming not to watch, Game of Thrones.

A Song of Ice and Fire

If you&#39;ve watched Game of Thrones and read <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/george-r-r-martins-original-ending-to-game-of-thrones/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">A Song of Ice and Fire</a>, then you know that the HBO series and George R.R. Martin&#39;s books don&#39;t always line up. Some things get left out. Some things get added. Plenty of people have noticed one thing that gets added a lot: sensual&nbsp;stuff.

There are a lot of sex scenes in the show that aren&#39;t in the book. That&#39;s a fact, but there&#39;s two ways to interpret that fact. One view accuses the showrunners of inserting gratuitous sexuality for the sake of ratings and shock value. Some characters like Ros and Olyvar seem like they&#39;re added to the show just to flesh out the sex lives of other characters (like Petyr &quot;Littlefinger&quot; Baelish, Tyrion Lannister, Theon Greyjoy, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/explanation-of-the-grand-maester-conspiracy/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Grand Maester Pycelle</a>, Oberyn Martell, and Ellaria Sand, just to name a few).

The other view is a bit more nuanced. The book has many couplings that are important to the narrative but revealed through second-hand sources. To follow the plot, viewers need to know about them even if none of the main characters are actually present for the deed. And when that information needs to be revealed in a visual medium,&nbsp;showing is better than telling.&nbsp;So is it good storytelling? Or gratuitous smut?

To find out, you&#39;ll need to analyze all the most gratuitous sex scenes added to Game of Thrones that weren&#39;t even in the books.

25 Times Game of Thrones Added Sex That's Not in the Books

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Game of Thrones Sex Scenes That Weren't in the Books

Haven't you heard? Skin sells. (Tickets.) Here are lists about how this taboo topic is handled in films, shows, scenes, and other things you don't want to watch with your parents.

Steamy Entertainment

Entertainment

There are some movies you just know won't have bare bods, and then there are those movies that you know for a fact will. It's&nbsp;rare when a film can surprise you with some surprising naughty bits. From frivolous teen comedies you might've mistakenly <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/awkward-movie-love-scenes/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">watched with your parents</a>&nbsp;to blockbuster PG-13 romances that suddenly showcase Oscar winners in the buff, these are movies in which nobody expected to see the full monty. Vote up your favorite unexpected nude scenes.

Starship Troopers

Movies You Never Expected To Show Skin

Film

23 Movies With Unexpected Skin That Surprised You

Billionaire philanthropist playboy by day. Dark knight by night. Honoring his parents by cleaning up Gotham 24/7/365.

All Things The Batman

Alfred Pennyworth

With the 2016 release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the world will meet Batman's stalwart butler, confidant, surrogate parent, legal guardian, surgeon, quartermaster, and friend, Alfred Pennyworth, again for the first time. Jeremy Irons will take up the role alongside Ben Affleck. As Batman has changed over the years, so has Alfred. He's been portrayed in theatrical films, made-for-TV movies, television serials, live-action television shows, animated television shows, comics galore, video games, toys, and wherever else the Batman mythos has reached. The only thing he hasn't done is be the star of his own property, but even that could be on the horizon.His origins, or more accurately, how he came to be of service to Bruce Wayne and what exactly he did before that, are an ever-changing landscape. Some versions have a military background, some portray the Wayne Manor butlership as a hereditary inheritance, and in some cases, Alfred came to the Waynes after a career in acting. His skill set seems to swell to fit the occasion to the point where he's even thrown on the cape and cowl and masqueraded as the Caped Crusader himself! Which are the best Alfred portrayals? This list of Alfreds needs your votes!Who's the best Alfred from Batman? There's an Alfred for all tastes, so it's time to weigh in on this list of the best Alfreds in Batman history and tell everyone which Alfred you think is the best!

The Best Versions of Alfred in Batman History

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George R. R. Martin

George RR Martin is an interesting guy. He's written the A Song of Ice and Fire novels that became the basis for HBO's highest rated show of all-time, Game of Thrones. He's created characters we love (Tyrion Lannister) and characters we hate (Joffrey Baratheon), and ones were still not sure about (Jaime Lannister). He made Westeros and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/game-of-thrones-locations-essos/ranker-of-thrones?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Free Cities</a> so real, that some of us know the vassal lordships of Winterfell better than we know our state capitals. &nbsp; Every author has their eccentricities, but in pumping out the nearly two million words that weave his epic, GRRM takes quirkiness to an extreme. When it comes to George RR Martin habits and advice, many writers and fans have plenty of questions. Here are the most surprising twists in Martin's writing process -&nbsp;George RR Martin creativity and eccentricity revealed!

Surprising Facts About George RR Martin's Writing Habits

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How George RR Martin Writes Games of Thrones

Exploring and ranking everything in HBO's epic fantasy series.

Game of Thrones

Look: since 2011, a lot has happened. Here is some of the stuff you may have forGoTten about. 

The Game of Thrones — So Far

Fantasy

SPOILERS AHEAD!Unless you've read <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/george-r-r-martins-original-ending-to-game-of-thrones/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">A Song of Ice and Fire</a>, you probably weren't totally sure what was&nbsp;going on all the time on Game of Thrones,&nbsp;or what in the Seven Hells some of the characters were talking about when discussing&nbsp;historical events. Even if you read the books very carefully, you could still find yourself reeling;&nbsp;Game of Thrones history&nbsp;is just that dense.For example, did you know that <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/robert-baratheon-quotes/ranker-of-thrones?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Robert Baratheon</a> and Ned Stark grew up together as wards of Jon Arryn? Do you know why Daenerys named one of her dragons Rhaegal? Do you know who broke up Tyrion's first marriage? And why does Littlefinger seem to hate everybody? All of these tidbits come from events that occurred before the show even starts!Fear not! This list is here to quickly fill you in on the most important backstories - some recent, some going back 8,000 years - that inform the events of Game of Thrones. Some are very recent, while others go back 8,000 years.

Key Events That Happened Before 'Game of Thrones' Even Started

Game of Thrones Backstories That Will Pay Off Later

Diamonds

If you clicked this list, you already know it in your heart: Diamond engagement rings (and diamonds in general) suck. You might not know why, and you might not be able to explain it to the person begging you to give them one, but you know it. Or maybe you’re on the other side of the spectrum and you think the tradition of giving diamond engagement rings is something hallowed, historical, and healthy. Well, it's not. To put it simply: Diamonds aren't worth it. The diamond engagement ring tradition is a modern development - and a dirty one. It was invented not by our venerable ancestors, but by a devilishly clever marketing firm and a maniacal, power-hungry diamond company. Giving a diamond ring to your beloved doesn't symbolize your everlasting love, but helps rich people make even more money on a worthless, abundant natural resource. When it comes to the good and bad of buying diamonds, the cons far outweigh the pros. Don't let fake nostalgia be your guide; arm yourself with knowledge.The history of the diamond trade is a long and dirty one that you should know about before you spend your cash.&nbsp; And in case a crucial point gets lost in the shuffle, here are the two syllables you need to understand every item on this list: De Beers. De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., aka The De Beers Group of Companies, aka The Syndicate, aka Diamond Trading Company, aka Diamond Development Corporation, aka Mining Services, Inc... they're&nbsp;all the same thing. &nbsp;It’s the cabal that, until recently, controlled the entirety of the diamond market on Earth. All of it. They've jacked up prices, supported evil mining practices, and brainwashed you, the customer. And that's just an abbreviated list of all the negatives that come along with purchasing your beloved a ring. Reasons against caving to the diamond fallacy are as common as diamonds themselves.Don't buy a diamond. Here's why:

26 Reasons Why Diamonds Are for Suckers

26 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Buy Diamonds

Lists about Marvel's team of superhuman mutants in all its variations.

Who Xes the X-Men?

Superheroes

The shape-shifting mutant known as Mystique appears in all five of the main X-Men movies. She's played by Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca Romijn, along with 34 other actors for all the times Mystique transforms. Her favorite victim is undoubtedly William Stryker who she impersonated 5 times (that we know of). The directors of the X-Men franchise (mostly Bryan Singer) are so in love with Mystique that her transformations have been shoehorned into every conceivable corner of the quintology. It's almost like they have a Mystique addiction.This list compiles every single one of her transformations in the X-Men film series so far. In total, she assumes different appearances 46 times in X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, and X-Men: Days of Future Past with undoubtedly more to come in X-Men: Apocalypse. That's a lot of impersonations, but we've got them all tracked in this list of every time Mystique impersonated someone in the X-Men movies.Disclaimer: All timecodes provided for X-Men: Days of Future Past refer to the extended &quot;Rogue Cut&quot; version.

Every Single Time Mystique Transforms in the X-Men Movies

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Every Mystique Transformation in the X-Men Movies

Comic Book Creators

It's rare for a single voice to pierce through the hazy collaboration it takes to produce comics, but Grant Morrison's is one of the loudest and most unique. The violently original Scotsman is one of the greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/comic-books-written-by-women/john-saavedra?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book writers</a> of all time. His works are surreal, bizarre, and iconoclastic, but above all, uncompromising.He has guided some of the most popular characters of all-time and created original works that are both literally and figuratively magical. Whether writing for iconic figures like Superman or characters of his own strange invention, the loquacious and inventive scribe always has a surprise up his sleeve. He's written for both <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shameless-marvel-dc-analogs/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Marvel and DC</a>, along with plenty of indies, yet has always maintained his totally unique voice.These are the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/tags/comic-books?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">comic books</a> by Grant Morrison. Vote up your favorite comics and vote down the ones that aren't up to Morrison's standards.

Seaguy

The Best Grant Morrison Comics of All Time

Comic Book Series

Spawn

When Todd McFarlane set out to merchandise his hit comic book character, he revolutionized the toy industry with his Spawn action figures. By ramping up production standards, McFarlane Toys blurred the lines between collectible sculptures and action figures, between craftsmanship and mass manufacturing, and between toys and art.The <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-goth-paintings/christopher-shultz?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">dark and gothic</a> tone of the comics feed the aesthetic of the toy line. Spawn comics and McFarlane's exacting standards made a perfect storm for toys that could pass as 3D decor for the discerning and classy eye.&nbsp;In many ways, the toys are better than the comics, leaving you thinking simply, &quot;Damn, this looks cool and spooky.&quot;&nbsp;Compared to their competition, Spawn figures look so sharp that one can't help but think of them as being something finer. They don't belong in the toy aisle in plastic clam shells; they deserve expertly-lit pedestals. It's not too hard to envision a future where Spawn toys are exhibited as if they were classical sculptures and auctioned off by Sotheby's to snooty rich people who don't even know what they're bidding on. So let us be your curator and auctioneer as we take a stroll through the gallery of that imaginary auction, and vote up the pieces you'd most like to purchase among the best Spawn toys ever made.

Hellspawn (Series 24)

The Best Spawn Action Figures Ever Sculpted

Best Spawn Figures | List of McFarlane Spawn Toys

Real life is hard. Sometimes you just need a drink. If you&#39;re craving an escape from reality altogether, why not hit up one of the watering holes from your <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-graphic-novels-and-collected-editions">favorite comic books</a>? These are all the comic book bars that may not exist in real life, but you&#39;d definitely hang out in if they did.

From luxurious lounges and dirty dives to tumultuous taverns and pandimensional pubs, these are the best comic book bars to get a pint, a glass, a shot, a cocktail, or even an oil change. That last one&#39;s mostly for <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-transformers-toys/john-barryman">Transformers</a>, but it&#39;s also not that much weirder than the booze you&#39;d find in any bar in Gotham City. Even the seemingly ordinary pubs on this list of bars in comics aren&#39;t what they seem. Harry&#39;s Hideaway in upstate New York, for example, looks like a quiet bar, except that <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/wolverine-trivia/ranker-comics">Wolverine</a> and the X-Men regularly get into brawls there.

Vote up the fictional comic book bars where you&#39;d most like to sit back, relax, enjoy a cocktail, and maybe watch Batman or Daredevil beat the snot out of some bad guys. Just be on your best behavior, or else you might end up in one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/comic-book-prisons/ranker-comics">worst comic book jails</a>.

Comic Book Bars Where You'd Like to Get a Drink

The Best Fictional Comic Book Bars, Ranked

Lists that rank the best, worst, smartest, richest, fastest, most powerful, etc., etc., characters in comic book history.

The People on the Page

Female Characters

There are plenty of genius female characters in comic books. You just don&#39;t hear about them as often because comics are pretty tough on dames. In fact, the medium&#39;s portrayals of women are just as antiquated and sexist as the term &quot;dames.&quot; While male characters save the day, the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-comic-book-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">women in comics</a> are often cast as brain-dead bystanders or one-dimensional romantic prizes. 

The women that do get to be heroes are often fetishized, shown in bustiers and nylons when they should be wearing armor. Nevertheless, a few brainy women have slipped through the cracks and made it into the pages of comic books. These are the smartest female characters in comics, the genius superheroines and villains who can more than match wits with Iron Man, Batman, and all those other men. Vote up your favorite brilliant women in comics!

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Ultimate Invisible Woman

11 Female Comics Characters Who Are Smarter Than You

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The 11 Smartest Female Comic Book Characters

Comic Books

Comic books are often dismissed as juvenile works, but they also represent a powerful art form that attracts imaginative storytellers who are interested in writing about the entire spectrum of human behavior. They may not all&nbsp;be great, but at the intersection of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-graphic-novels-and-collected-editions" target="_blank">graphic content</a>&nbsp;and quality you'll find the best comics that definitely aren't for kids. In the Golden Age, many comics embraced adult elements with the enthusiasm of pulp fiction. After the advent of the <a href="http://cbldf.org/the-comics-code-of-1954/" target="_blank">Comics Code Authority</a> in 1954, this content was forced <a href="https://www.npr.org/2011/01/27/133253953/censors-and-sensibility-rip-comics-code-authority-seal-of-approval-1954-2011" target="_blank">underground to small press publishers</a>, making it harder for mature readers to find the grown-up&nbsp;storytelling they craved. It also led to a slew of comics bereft of plot and a strengthening of the perception that the only &quot;acceptable&quot; comics were those portraying facile, simplified superhero stories.Despite these conditions, some of the comic world's best creators took leaps of faith and put out comics that explore explicit themes, yet aren't totally bad. In fact, these&nbsp;comic books for adults&nbsp;are often masterpieces. While they aren't necessarily racy comics, these mature comic books&nbsp;definitely aren't for kids.

Black Kiss

Comic Book Series That Were Definitely Not Made For Kids

17 Comic Books & Comics Not for Kids

Comic Books & Characters

When your industry is based on memorable and iconic characters, and half of them are bad guys, you're going to need memorable and iconic prisons to hold them. Some comic book prisons only serve as villainous pit stops between capers, while others have been settings for influential storylines. Some comic book jails are outrageous and fantastical in design, some are based on real prisons, and others really are real prisons. Nobody wants to be in prison, but prisons in comics are especially bad since you can count on above average amounts of escape attempts, riots, superpowers, and general danger. You're far more likely to see a coffin than the end of your sentence. These are the comic book prisons where you'd least like to serve time. Vote up the most nightmarish penitentiaries in comic books, the ones in which you wouldn't last a minute if you were locked up.

Comic Book Prisons You Wouldn't Want to Be Locked Up In

Ranking the 19 Worst Prisons in Comic Books

Lists about that dark, stylish, dramatic, hard-to-define but know-it-when-you-see-it genre that boomed in the 1940s and '50s and still influences moody films and TV series of today.

Notorious Noir

A lot of us love crime noir comics, but which titles have the right to be considered the best? Comic books are almost exclusively associated with the superheroes, but this list of the best crime comics proves what comic aficionados have always known: just as many great stories have been told in other styles. Whether the general public knows it or not, before superheroes flew to supremacy, crime comics were just as (if not more) popular. &nbsp;In fact, many of the biggest names working on today's superhero comics got their start on crime comic books. So early works by many of the heaviest hitters in contemporary comics can be found on this list of the best crime comics.This crime comics list tends towards modern graphic novels, not the many, many pulpy criminal comics that were popular decades ago, after the Golden Age of superheroes. Still, there's at least one comic here that's been patrolling dark alleyways for the better part of a century.

Sleeper, Season 1

The Best Crime Comics to Ever Hit the Shelves

The 20+ Best Crime Noir Comic Books of All Time

Ranking the hottest characters, scenes, and moments in all sorts of different comic books and adaptations.

When Comics Get Saucy

Superhero movies are ripe for sexy scenes. They cast the best looking people in the world and squeeze them into tight-fitting and revealing costumes. It&#39;s a formula that practically prints money. However, the movies focus on action, are mostly rated PG-13, and thanks to their bloated budgets, have to appeal to wide audiences.

Despite these conflicting objectives, filmmakers have managed to offer up plenty of sizzle and you&#39;ll find the best of it in this list of the sexiest scenes in superhero movies. There aren&#39;t too many overtly <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/female-comic-book-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">sexy comic book</a> movies, but there are plenty of sexy scenes in comic book movies, so we&#39;re rounded them up here.

Vote up the hottest scenes from comic book and superhero movies below.

The Sexiest Scenes In Comic Book Movies

Hot Comic Book Movie Scenes | Sexy Comic Movies

A look at the decade-long heyday of brightly-colored, ridiculously loud, direct-to-children marketing and the many toys, foods, and products you begged your parents to buy you.

Big Spending in the '90s

Collectibles

The &#39;90s were an interesting time to be a collector. The internet was gaining steam and suddenly, it was easier than ever for buyers and sellers to connect. Price guides like Wizard and Beckett were becoming staples of their industry, and people were starting to realize that some of the junk they accumulated in the preceding decades had become rare, desirable, and valuable. No longer was the speculation game confined to the niche convention circuit. Baby boomers tore into their belongings to unearth hidden gems.

In 1991, hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky made a high-profile purchase of the world&#39;s most prominent baseball card. Collectibles became seen as investments. Speculation markets grew quickly, but the sudden upswing in popularity had three major consequences.

1. While demand may have exploded, supply went supernova in response. The producers capitalized on their sudden popularity by flooding the market with an obscene glut of product.

2. People stopped discarding anything with the slightest potential for appreciation. As a result, less items became scarce.

3. When the internet became commonplace and the seller pool expanded to be international instead of local, values plummeted.

Decades have passed, nostalgia has set in, but values haven&#39;t soared the way investors had hoped. To make matters worse, a lot of the things that attracted speculators were crappy products to begin with. Nothing was as rare as it was perceived to be, and some of us were left with attics, basements, and our very childhoods stuffed with the worst collectibles of the &#39;90s.

Oh, and that baseball card Wayne Gretzky bought that started all this? It was a fraud.

The Most Worthless '90s Collectibles You Spent Money On

'90s Collectibles That Are Worth Nothing

Fun facts and interesting trivia to know about religious beliefs and practices around the world.

Cultural  Differences

Gaming

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-badass-video-game-heroes-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Video game characters</a> need to do stuff, or their games would be boring. More specifically, they need a reason to do stuff. The kinds of stuff they need to do to keep things interesting can include fighting, adventuring, and scaring the pants off you. In the real world, little inspires more fighting, adventuring, and scaring the pants off of you than religion, and the best video game religions do the same.

Video games occupy a weird space in artistic culture. In length and complexity they can put some of the greatest classic novels to shame, but in the entertainment pecking order, video games often are considered lowbrow. Yet many of the religions on this list are more than mere plot motivation; they are cosmological analyses of the planet and galaxy we inhabit, the nature of humanity, and why life exists at all (beyond the need to play video games). For sheer grandiosity and pensiveness, the best video game religions rival real religions in thoughtfulness and appeal.

The Epsilon Program

The Coolest Religions in Video Games

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Fantasy Religions in Video Games 

Voice acting may be the most important element of a successful animated show, and though the voice acting in superhero cartoons of the '90s wasn't always the best, it was some of the most fun voice acting of all-time.The majority of hero voices were bland, square-jawed, Anglo Boy Scouts, and most of the heroines were even more boring. Most male villains were either cackling high-pitched banshees or dumb thundering brutes, while the bad girls often took the sleazy seductress route. Without strong voice work, everything else falls flat. Flavorless portrayals let the parade of muscle-bound hunks blend together into an unintelligible mush. For example, on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there is nothing aside from headbands and weapons that visually&nbsp;separates the main characters. It was left to the cast to differentiate the four unique personalities. Without delineated vocal stylings, they would have just been Turtles #1-4. The voices that sounded truly unique to their characters are the ones that really stood out, and they usually did so by setting a baseline that referenced the key characteristics that had made the character popular in the first place. The best cartoon superhero voices of the '90s utilized accents, vernacular, tempo, pitch, timbre, and tone to craft a performance that fit their character, that could never be mistaken for another character, and let the audience know what that character was about from the moment they first spoke. The following are the best voices from superhero cartoons of the '90s.

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Comics book writers love destruction, especially in the superhero genre. Nothing demonstrates a character's power level faster than having them shake mountains, level buildings, or eat a planet. Sometimes, destruction can be more subtle with plagues, viruses, and even mental manipulation wreaking havoc, but usually it's explosions. However it happens, comic book&nbsp;destruction is what this list is all about.&nbsp;The amount of destruction can be citywide, continental, genocidal, planetary, universal, or even multi-universal, but it's the lasting impact on that comic universe that really matters. A single event can fuel an entire storyline or permanently change a character's arc.This list contains the worst disasters, devastating events, and destructive things that have ever happened to change the course of comic book history.

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The word &quot;retcon&quot; is shorthand for &quot;retroactive continuity changes.&quot; They happen when previously established facts within a fictional narrative are altered to form a new narrative. The characters within the narrative will acknowledge the new facts and forget the old facts, but the reader is confusingly left knowing both versions. Sometimes retcons are small tweaks that go practically unnoticed, and sometimes, they land on this list as one of the biggest retcons in comic history.&nbsp;

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Comic book characters</a> and stories can go on for decades.&nbsp;Because they go on for so long and often need to change with the times, comic book stories are especially susceptible to retcons. DC has even held several heavily promoted storylines intended to clean up their mangled continuity, piling retcons on top of retcons.&nbsp;

There are many different kinds of retcons, but common themes are bringing back&nbsp;a deceased character, rewriting an established origin, or undoing events that have derailed the narrative flow of a series by rebooting reality back to a more advantageous paradigm.

Fans reactions are mixed at best, but it&#39;s all a matter of how well the writer pulls it off. If they&nbsp;can craft a story that makes the change palatable, the new continuity becomes a welcome part of the canon, but if it&#39;s not done gracefully, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Good or bad, here is the list of the biggest retcons in comics!&nbsp;

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