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Conner Dinkins
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Science. With Mysticism they can always come back and change stuff and make all kinds of illogical ideas.
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Brian O'Neill
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!etuc s'ehs , dna... looc si sdrawkcab gniklat esuaceb ,annataZ sevlovni yrots eht sselnu ,ecneicS
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Bill Guerra
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I always go with "science" myself. I've never gotten too into the magical characters.
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Steven Myers
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I think I read more Fantasy than Sci-Fi, but I don't really have a preference.
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Eric Russ
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LOL @ Brian O'Neill's answer. I agree. Zatanna is a cool character.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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Science - definitely.
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Eric Jansen
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I don't really make a distinction with comic characters--since they all interact, that puts all the mystic heroes in a science-based world and all the science-based heroes in a mystic world. When Superman fights Mr. Mxyzptlk, is it a science-based story or a mystic-based story?
Super-heroes are a whole genre to themselves, whether their powers are mystic-based, science-based, or (with someone like Batman) no powers. They're all super-heroes.
Jim Starlin's work is a great example--he goes back and forth between the cosmic and the mystic, and I enjoy it all! Walt Simonson too.
Outside of comics though, I definitely love sci fi and have no interest in fantasy or magic. It's aggravating when a bookstore puts the two genres together. But in comics, I love Dr. Fate, Dr. Strange, Zatanna, Hellboy, and especially the Phantom Stranger! That is, at least as much as Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, and all the radiated and mutated Marvel guys!
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Robert Shepherd
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I like reading fantasy far more than science fiction, but in comics I like science based characters more.
One pet peeve, I don't like when fantasy characters match the power levels of super heroes. I like fantasy characters that are more vulnerable.
Edited by Robert Shepherd on 18 August 2014 at 11:05pm
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Peter Hicks
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Joe Q had some interesting comments on why magical characters have usually been second tier to science characters. With science characters, as fantastic as their powers may be, the reader is told what their powers are, and then the writer is confined to work within those abilities. But with magic, Dr. Strange can be on the verge of certain defeat, and suddenly he casts some spell we have never heard of previously, and he wins the battle. So it is harder for the reader to get emotionally invested in a character that can pull a solution out of thin air.
Remember how you felt at the end of Superman II when Clark erases Lois' memory with a kiss? Huh? I didn't know Superman could erase memories! What the..?
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Kip Lewis
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Didn't Superman do things like that all the time in the 50s
and 60s. He would demonstrate a new super power over and
over again?
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John Popa
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If it's Thor-related I prefer mysticism, otherwise the straight magic characters don't do a lot for me, other than I love how Dormammu looks.
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Brian O'Neill
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Kip, usually Superman's 'new' powers were the temporary results of Red K, magic, or some other weird, gimmicky never-seen-before-or-since plot device(also known as 'every Superman story Cary Bates ever wrote').Similarly, Green Arrow's quiver and Batman's utility belt seemed to hold a lot of "deus ex gadgeta" devices...'I'll stop them with my 'crook dog whistle arrow', which will generate a piercing sound only crooks can hear...'
Edited by Brian O'Neill on 19 August 2014 at 4:30pm
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