[Rory Regan II]

Being a fan of comics, I thought we could have a thread dedicated to the aforementioned favourite classic dialogue, pithy quotes and memorable scenes from our favourite comics of all eras.

Apart from the usual (highly quotable) Frank Miller and Alan Moore stuff, other writers from Stan Lee onwards (and before) have impressed us with some choice phrases and memorable images.

If I may, I'd like to kick off with a little known gem from Power Man & Iron Fist #73 (September 1981):- Iron Fist, having tried to subdue Rom, Spaceknight, realises that karate kicks and punches are not enough...

"For two hundred years, Rom has roamed the spaceways, fighting his war. Today, courtesy of Iron Fist, he has his first encounter... with the science of leverage!".

In other words, a judo throw by Danny (Iron Fist) Rand achieved what brute force could not. At the time, Alan Moore was praising the work of writer Mary Jo Duffy here on PM & IF and this scene is a reminder of how good the title was in the 1980s. I won't go into detail regarding the "Daleks" PM & IF encountered in a previous issue but does anyone else have a classic scene from a comic they can recount here?

[Whatever]

For me, Joe Kelly's run on Deadpool were the 33 (and 2 specials) most underaprechiated comics of all time.

So many fantastic lines, but the best of the bunch, issue 33, just after his final showdown with T-Ray, where the villan wins, and waltz off with deadpools wife

T-Ray: Oh, and you can keep the name, its the name of a loser

Deadpool: (just as he's being torn to shreads by everyone he's ever killed, and i think its his final line before his death) A loser? Maybe, but at least I do it with style

[kevinj]

Can I be the first to say "One Punch" especially for Black Canary's reaction

[igniz13]

Then I'll be the first to say, "Come on then you ****s, lets see what you've got".

[Rory Regan II]

I'm kind of an old school comic crumblie. We've all heard of the classics, such as Batman in the Dark Knight Returns:

"There are seven working defenses from this position, three of them kill, three of them disarm with minimal contact. The other one....HURTS!" (Batman does a reverse sidekick to the criminal's thigh, shattering his femur instantly).

Or, Captain America in Daredevil: Born Again: "I'm loyal to nothing, General. Except the Dream".

Or Rorschach, having thrown boiling hot chip fat in a con's face, telling everyone they're locked up in here with HIM, not the other way around...

[Whatever]

oh, and jokers speech fromthe killing joke, the one about humanity, perfect stuff, one of moore's finest

and thats saying something

[Chris B]

'Gazzzeee.....into the facccceeeee.....of feeeaaaarrrr....'

'Gaze into the fist of Dredd!'

[origamikid]

Last issue of PREACHER:

"My balls are in the bitches mouth... and not in a good way"

The accompanying art makes it without a doubt one of the greatest scenes I have ever come across in a comic.

PREACHER is full of some of the most incredible quotes, lines and just laugh out loud content. Highly advise it!

[rEmiXeN]

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[Validus]

Two for me come to mind worth sharing:

From The Ultimates, the battle between Captain America and Kleiser.

Kleiser: Now let's get back to buisness, eh, Captain? The world was about to go up and you were about to surrender in these few brief moments we've got left. Let me hear you say it..."I surrender Herr Kleiser! Make it quick!"

Captain America: Surrender? SURRENDER? You think this letter on my head stands for France?

The other, perhaps my favorite, is what Dr. Manhattan says to Ozymandias at the end of Watchmen.

Dr. Manhattan: I AM DISAPPOINTED, VEIDT. VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Restructuring myself after the subtraction of my intrinsic field was the first trick I learned. It didn't kill Osterman...Did you think it would kill me?

I've walked across the sun. I've seen events so tiny and so fast they hardly can be said to have occurred at all, but you...you are a man.

...and this world's smartest man means no more to me than does its smartest termite.

Honestly, the first time I read that back in 1985 it actually gave me chills. Seeing it played out in the film made me re-live that moment beautifully.