Man your amazing.even the goofiest and weird villain in the marvel universe has a great stories.i guess this is what you call don't judge a book by its cover huh.i feel like you make more of best silly rogue story like paste Pot Pete,thumbelina,leap frog from marvel
I'm surprised no writer ever came up with the most obvious and most interesting origin story for Stilt-Man; a person whom loses his legs and builds (or commissions) a suit with bionic legs.
That would be mixing apples and oranges. Stilt-Man's design is inherently over-the-top, putting a layer of real down-to-earth trauma underneath that is kind of in poor taste. His legs would turn from a weird standout gimmick into a desperate coping mechanism and that would make his character all sorts of uncomfortable.
"Hated by all fans" is a really strong term. I think he's more beloved by most fans than anything in a jokey, "he's too cute to be threatening" sort of way. I think the Marvel Universe would be poorer without him in it.
marvel has hundreds of joke villains actually, they rarely try to redo them so turning them into joke is a default, you dont need a hundred condiment kings nor fake treat them as some big villain equivalent like some dofor the sake of contrarianism.
People hate on Stiltman, but forget that the best villains challenge specific aspects of the hero. Stiltman is a specific challenge for Daredevil’s acrobatic abilities.
Thank you rogues for spotlighting Stilt-Man, I do agree that there's nothing silly about someone becoming as tall as a skyscraper. I think Stilt-Man is one of the most underrated Daredevil foes and Frank Miller did hint that a more darker and fascinating Stilt-Man is possible ins his story!
"Daredevil's most hated nemesis" ...is it bad then that he's one of my favorites? Like the Frank Miller story is my favorite lighthearted Daredevil story, I like it more than pretty much all of Mark Waid's run. Plus like Rogues said, the original Stan Lee/Wally Wood comic is actually really decent! Among the best of the early DD stories. People say Stilt-Man is so lame, but in all honesty his stories really don't reflect that. Wilbur has more good comics than Mr. Freeze imo, so in that sense he's doing pretty well for himself.
I was just about to say, I am a huge Stilt-Man fan Haha! He's really goofy, but I can't deny his charm. Also, he is one of very few villains that actually learn from his battles and adds defensive measures to his armor like, electric current to shock Daredevil when he touches him, or a special chemical coating that dissolves Spider-Man's webs on contact etc.
It's weird. The tech used by stilt man has alot of potential for everyday use in construction, repair, and transport. Yet the only man who has the tech uses it for petty crimes...
I can't believe Chris Claremont took this guy seriously. Meanwhile, back at DC we got writers making fun of old Eddie Nigma. This guy shows that you can have a nice balance between goofiness and threat level. Wish Dr. Light was still around, but noooooo, they needed to write Identity Crisis...
Believe it or not I actually like the character of Stilt Man for what he is and feel he's an important part of Daredevil lore, even if his gimmick is a bit outmoded by modern standards and wonderfully Silver Age! Still I get where you're coming from Rogues, and think these are all great picks! I/we can always count on you to highlight obscure mid-20th century stories/characters! Never change!
To me Stilt Man can work as a threatening foe, just change the name, add extendable arms, he can shrink his legs down, he can be a pretty interesting robo looking mercenary.
Did you know Stilt-Man’s costume appeared in a background scene on the Netflix Daredevil show. Anyway. How about talking about villains that appear in other superhero comics. Like Flash villain Weather Wizard fighting Batman in a Batman story, or Riddler battling Elongated Man in a Elongated Man story. Hammerhead fighting the FF. There are plenty of stories like that.
That 5 issue Black Goliath run was pretty sweet. He literally lost in every comic until the last one, which also introduced an alien race that appeared in literally no other comics but managed to get referenced in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie
Your right I wasn't expecting this. Stiltman can be a pretty solid C list character. There are really only two flaws. Day is a man who always came up short, but now that he can tower over everything is on a power trip. O.k. villian motivation, but not much to work with. The more serious is the joke aspect. Not writing him as a joke threat is easy. He has power armor. The trouble is he uses most of it to get really tall. Obvious question. Why not just boot jets. Or trade being able to only get 200 feet tall for more superstrength? True he does have secondary weapons. But lets face it. No one is looking at that cover and noticing the gun in his hand.
Could the next video be about the frogman from Spider-Man? He started out as a villain then when his son took over he tried making it as a hero. It was the first overweight hero I had seen in comics ( aside from the overweight asgardian god and kingpin... yes I know Kingpin is not a hero but in my eyes he was 😂)
@@JosephFlores-yn4yi thanks for correcting me. Yes, leaping frog is who I had in mind. When his son tried to follow in his footsteps as a hero, he was kind of like the first big boned (overweight) super hero.
Can you do Top 5 best kiteman stories Top 5 best big wheel stories Arkham patient sesions : crazy quilt kiteman eraser head falcone superman Joe chill Please
When I think of Stilt-Man, I think of Iron Man #225, where Tony Stark, walking tall in his Silver Centurion armor, takes Wilbur out in two short pages. I need to read these comics to raise my estimations of this pillar of the Silver Age!
This is exactly the kind of video I did expect from you, I mean that in the most complimentary way dude, but I just figured that it would be tough choices
Hey Mr. Rogues, here are some suggestions for you Top 5 X-Men villains Top 5 Captain America villains Top 5 TMNT villains And i know you're a villain channel, but just one single list of your favorite comic book heroes.
Hey (👋), Rogues, I've been wondering if, for these Marvel videos you've been branching out with, you should edit you're outro to, "And, remember, Ravencroft Institute awaits you in the next video!" Just a suggestion; I know it's sort of your thing and all, but I'm just throwin' it out there. Cheers!
I think Stilt Man’s lameness in this legs, I mean what’s to stoping Spidey or DD from AT-AT-ing him down I don’t think Stilt Man is lame as everyone says he is, and if everyone thinks his stilts are lame then as a reminder, Spider-Man’s Rogues Gallery is mostly filled with 40-something year old Dudes wearing brightly color spandex
I don't think I'll ever understand why everyone treats Stilt-Man like a joke. He has an absolutely unique gimmick and power set, a classic look, and has proved himself to be a genuinely formidable foe under the right circumstances. Sure, maybe he has a bit of a silly name, but 'Doctor Doom' and 'Green Goblin' are also a little silly, and no one ever has a problem with THEM.
Having long legs is a joke by nature, its only "serious" to someone who doesnt grasp reality, its the whole reason hes a joke villain, its worse than KiteMan at being a threat, even the most try hard poser who just wants to be contrarian would get that you cant write any story about a leg stretching tief without it being a joke. Comparing them to just the 'name" of a mythical creature and the concept of "doom" is straigh up bad faith, you can like the joke character without trying to hard to be quirky
@@yodorr6249 'A joke by nature'? OK, why? Can you actually tell me why? I mean, call me all the names you want, but all I'm really getting from you here is 'I think he's dumb, so that's the last word on the subject'.
What’s funny, you think these Stilt-Man stories would be horrible. You think, but you know they literally take a silly looking villain, and actually make it stick.
From the patient files of Dr. Simon Hurt, Director of Arkham Asylum. Patient: Alexis Kaye, aka "Punchline". Anti-Social. Psychotic. Obsessive. Manipulative. Unpredictable. Highly Intelligent and Resourceful. Addendum: Keep the patient isolated in the maximum security wing. Addendum 2: Keep the patient heavily monitored. Addendum 3: Keep the patient isolated away from the other patients as she tend to manipulate them. Addendum 4: Keep the patient away from any chemicals, including simple cleaning products. Addendum 5: Refrain from mentioning The Joker around the patient as it might lean to acts of violent. Addendum 6: Keep the patient heavily sedated as often as possible to prevent attacks on staffs and other patients Addendum 7: Keep the patient heavily medicated. Addendum 8: Keep a minimum of four (4) armed guards on the patients at ALL TIMES!
From the patient files of Dr. Simon Hurt, Director of Arkham Asylum. Patient: David Hyde, aka "Black Manta". Psychotic. Obsessive. Narcissistic. Extremely Violent. Highly Resourceful. Genius Level Intellect. Addendum: Keep the patient isolated in the maximum security wing. Addendum 2: Keep the patient heavily monitored. Addendum 3: Keep the patient heavily sedated for as often as possible to prevent any escape attempts and or attacks on staffs Addendum 4: Refrain from mentioning anything about Aquaman to/in front of the patient, as it may lend to violent outbursts. Addendum 5: Keep a minimum of four (4) armed guards on the patient AT ALL TIMES!
I never understood why Still-man is considered a pathetic villain. Yeah, his gimmick is kind of ridiculous but not as ridiculous as other villains, even within the Daredevil rogues gallery. Personally I think the Matador is more embarrassing, he looks like a villain from Adam West's Batman series but without tricks or weapons based on his theme, the only joke about him is throwing a cape. Maybe he seems ridiculous because now his armor looks obsolete but at that time there weren't many armored villains and few at the level of Iron Man.
Its one of the most ridiculous gimmicks by far, much worse than a kiteman. Some kid can push you over, its just long legs, its less useful than having nothing, other than the meme crowd who fake defends silly characters to fit in without reading the comics, its the whole reason why its a joke, imagine thinking its the armor, your grasp of reality needs to be quite done for, because even a joke hero gallery doesnt have a power that useless.
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Man your amazing.even the goofiest and weird villain in the marvel universe has a great stories.i guess this is what you call don't judge a book by its cover huh.i feel like you make more of best silly rogue story like paste Pot Pete,thumbelina,leap frog from marvel
Hey I actually have a copy of the comic on number 2. 😀 I was hoping this one would show up. I actually like this issue.
I'm surprised no writer ever came up with the most obvious and most interesting origin story for Stilt-Man; a person whom loses his legs and builds (or commissions) a suit with bionic legs.
That would be mixing apples and oranges. Stilt-Man's design is inherently over-the-top, putting a layer of real down-to-earth trauma underneath that is kind of in poor taste. His legs would turn from a weird standout gimmick into a desperate coping mechanism and that would make his character all sorts of uncomfortable.
That would work
@@olserknam no it wouldn't make him uncomfortable at all. It would make him tragic and more interesting. Nothing poor taste about it
"Hated by all fans" is a really strong term. I think he's more beloved by most fans than anything in a jokey, "he's too cute to be threatening" sort of way. I think the Marvel Universe would be poorer without him in it.
marvel has hundreds of joke villains actually, they rarely try to redo them so turning them into joke is a default, you dont need a hundred condiment kings nor fake treat them as some big villain equivalent like some dofor the sake of contrarianism.
He's Marvel's Killer Moth
But He can be quite threatening as well
As yes, Daredevil’s most memorable foe
He was Spidey’s too.
Let us nary forget, it was the great Stilt man who managed to win the heart of Princess Python (prior to being blown in half by the Punisher)
People hate on Stiltman, but forget that the best villains challenge specific aspects of the hero. Stiltman is a specific challenge for Daredevil’s acrobatic abilities.
Thank you rogues for spotlighting Stilt-Man, I do agree that there's nothing silly about someone becoming as tall as a skyscraper. I think Stilt-Man is one of the most underrated Daredevil foes and Frank Miller did hint that a more darker and fascinating Stilt-Man is possible ins his story!
"Daredevil's most hated nemesis"
...is it bad then that he's one of my favorites? Like the Frank Miller story is my favorite lighthearted Daredevil story, I like it more than pretty much all of Mark Waid's run. Plus like Rogues said, the original Stan Lee/Wally Wood comic is actually really decent! Among the best of the early DD stories.
People say Stilt-Man is so lame, but in all honesty his stories really don't reflect that. Wilbur has more good comics than Mr. Freeze imo, so in that sense he's doing pretty well for himself.
I was just about to say, I am a huge Stilt-Man fan Haha! He's really goofy, but I can't deny his charm. Also, he is one of very few villains that actually learn from his battles and adds defensive measures to his armor like, electric current to shock Daredevil when he touches him, or a special chemical coating that dissolves Spider-Man's webs on contact etc.
It's weird. The tech used by stilt man has alot of potential for everyday use in construction, repair, and transport. Yet the only man who has the tech uses it for petty crimes...
Well he does declare himself a god in two seperate issues. Day doesn't quite think normally.
I can't believe Chris Claremont took this guy seriously. Meanwhile, back at DC we got writers making fun of old Eddie Nigma. This guy shows that you can have a nice balance between goofiness and threat level.
Wish Dr. Light was still around, but noooooo, they needed to write Identity Crisis...
So long as I am master of my stilts, I'm unbeatable. I'm completely invincible.
Old comic book dialogue is the best
Believe it or not I actually like the character of Stilt Man for what he is and feel he's an important part of Daredevil lore, even if his gimmick is a bit outmoded by modern standards and wonderfully Silver Age! Still I get where you're coming from Rogues, and think these are all great picks! I/we can always count on you to highlight obscure mid-20th century stories/characters! Never change!
Still waiting for you to talk about Batman’s greatest adversary, Mr. Camera.
The Stilt-Man will stride again!
For a second I thought Black Goliath's giant collar was the world's tiniest cape.
To me Stilt Man can work as a threatening foe, just change the name, add extendable arms, he can shrink his legs down, he can be a pretty interesting robo looking mercenary.
Stilt man is a great example of "never judge a book by its cover"
Did you know Stilt-Man’s costume appeared in a background scene on the Netflix Daredevil show.
Anyway. How about talking about villains that appear in other superhero comics. Like Flash villain Weather Wizard fighting Batman in a Batman story, or Riddler battling Elongated Man in a Elongated Man story. Hammerhead fighting the FF. There are plenty of stories like that.
Great vid! Keep doing stuff like this. Make some stuff about Kite Man, Calendar Man, Condiment King, etc. other "joke" villains.
That 5 issue Black Goliath run was pretty sweet. He literally lost in every comic until the last one, which also introduced an alien race that appeared in literally no other comics but managed to get referenced in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie
an honorable mention: the iron man issue during armor wars where stilt man was utilising stark tech
I remember seeing this character in Iron man issue 225
Wow goofy marvel villains. Noice. If you do an Arkham sessions for marvel or something I’d like to see what you’d do to him.
I love this guy
Stiltie had a part in a single episode of Ironman (1994 cartoon, Armor Wars - Part I... ) 👍🏻👖🌆🌉
Love the channel. Hope to see more videos like this one
I actually really enjoy the Stilt Man and I just love how he's one of Daredevils most enduring enemies.
There's also Lady Stilt-Man, Did you know that??
Am I alone in thinking this guy actually seems to be very dangerous and could possibly be one of the more proficient villains?
Your right I wasn't expecting this. Stiltman can be a pretty solid C list character. There are really only two flaws. Day is a man who always came up short, but now that he can tower over everything is on a power trip. O.k. villian motivation, but not much to work with. The more serious is the joke aspect. Not writing him as a joke threat is easy. He has power armor. The trouble is he uses most of it to get really tall. Obvious question. Why not just boot jets. Or trade being able to only get 200 feet tall for more superstrength? True he does have secondary weapons. But lets face it. No one is looking at that cover and noticing the gun in his hand.
Stilt man is a great villain!
Now THIS is content!
I un-ironically love Stilt-man man and you can bet your ass I'm part of the legion of Stilt-man lovers.
Stilt-Man has had his ups and downs.
Could the next video be about the frogman from Spider-Man? He started out as a villain then when his son took over he tried making it as a hero.
It was the first overweight hero I had seen in comics ( aside from the overweight asgardian god and kingpin... yes I know Kingpin is not a hero but in my eyes he was 😂)
Are Frogman and Leaping Frog the same dude?
@@JosephFlores-yn4yi thanks for correcting me. Yes, leaping frog is who I had in mind. When his son tried to follow in his footsteps as a hero, he was kind of like the first big boned (overweight) super hero.
Can you do
Top 5 best kiteman stories
Top 5 best big wheel stories
Arkham patient sesions : crazy quilt kiteman eraser head falcone superman
Joe chill
Please
This reminds me when you Rogues made a top 5 video of the "best" Crazy Quilt stories.
When I think of Stilt-Man, I think of Iron Man #225, where Tony Stark, walking tall in his Silver Centurion armor, takes Wilbur out in two short pages. I need to read these comics to raise my estimations of this pillar of the Silver Age!
Yeah that's where I know him from as well.
I have a fondness for stilt man. So hockey and silver age perfection hahaha
This is exactly the kind of video I did expect from you, I mean that in the most complimentary way dude, but I just figured that it would be tough choices
Hell yeah! Stiltman is the sh!t!!!
In all the meanings of being "the sh!t!" Positives and negatives.
Can you do a Top 5 Best Catman Stories video?
He is like the killer moth of the daredevil villains but way more hated than moth.
Ngl Stilt Man is one of my fav Marvel villain
Hey Mr. Rogues, here are some suggestions for you
Top 5 X-Men villains
Top 5 Captain America villains
Top 5 TMNT villains
And i know you're a villain channel, but just one single list of your favorite comic book heroes.
Say what you want about Stilt-Man, he sure makes for some cool comic covers
Please do a Top 5 Bullseye stories video!! That would be amazing! 🎯
This is amazing
Hey (👋), Rogues, I've been wondering if, for these Marvel videos you've been branching out with, you should edit you're outro to, "And, remember, Ravencroft Institute awaits you in the next video!" Just a suggestion; I know it's sort of your thing and all, but I'm just throwin' it out there. Cheers!
Please do a Batman video of my favorite rouge Lord Death Man
I think Stilt Man’s lameness in this legs, I mean what’s to stoping Spidey or DD from AT-AT-ing him down
I don’t think Stilt Man is lame as everyone says he is, and if everyone thinks his stilts are lame then as a reminder, Spider-Man’s Rogues Gallery is mostly filled with 40-something year old Dudes wearing brightly color spandex
Do a Forgotten Villain On Lady Stilt Man
Hello Mr Rogues, would you be interested in talking about the graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum a serious house on serious earth?
For a "joke villain" he's actually rather succesful.
Stilt-Man could be considered a little stilted but I quite like the character. And then of course there is Lady Stilt-Man which is stranger still.
Next DC/Marvel collab will have Stilt-Man and Kite Man as the villains.
He the kite-man of DD!
I don't think I'll ever understand why everyone treats Stilt-Man like a joke. He has an absolutely unique gimmick and power set, a classic look, and has proved himself to be a genuinely formidable foe under the right circumstances. Sure, maybe he has a bit of a silly name, but 'Doctor Doom' and 'Green Goblin' are also a little silly, and no one ever has a problem with THEM.
Having long legs is a joke by nature, its only "serious" to someone who doesnt grasp reality, its the whole reason hes a joke villain, its worse than KiteMan at being a threat, even the most try hard poser who just wants to be contrarian would get that you cant write any story about a leg stretching tief without it being a joke. Comparing them to just the 'name" of a mythical creature and the concept of "doom" is straigh up bad faith, you can like the joke character without trying to hard to be quirky
@@yodorr6249 'A joke by nature'? OK, why? Can you actually tell me why? I mean, call me all the names you want, but all I'm really getting from you here is 'I think he's dumb, so that's the last word on the subject'.
could you do paste pot pete?
Stilt man Seems like more like a Spider-Man villain
Surprise that his involvement in the Armor wars not on the list
What’s funny, you think these Stilt-Man stories would be horrible. You think, but you know they literally take a silly looking villain, and actually make it stick.
Dont worry he will be fighting Charlie Cox’s Daredevil before you know it.
Stilt Man isn’t a great villain by any means, but he is far from being Daredevil’s worst rogue. Does anybody remember The Matador?
Which one? There have been two.
The original.
Will you ever do stories videos on Kingpin or Purple Man?
Finally Stilt-Man gets some respect
Number 1 is obviously Mr. Rogues Revenge of Stilt Man
Could you please do a top 5 owl stories?
If the dislike option was still visible you'd be able to see just how many Stiltman fans there are Rogues
RIP Black Goliath
You had a stupid name, an even stupider costume and you were defeated by Stilt-Man.
All in all not a good look.
And was killed by a Thor clone in Civil War
I don't understand why he's not called Skyscraper.
From the patient files of Dr. Simon Hurt, Director of Arkham Asylum.
Patient: Alexis Kaye, aka "Punchline".
Anti-Social. Psychotic. Obsessive. Manipulative. Unpredictable. Highly Intelligent and Resourceful.
Addendum: Keep the patient isolated in the maximum security wing.
Addendum 2: Keep the patient heavily monitored.
Addendum 3: Keep the patient isolated away from the other patients as she tend to manipulate them.
Addendum 4: Keep the patient away from any chemicals, including simple cleaning products.
Addendum 5: Refrain from mentioning The Joker around the patient as it might lean to acts of violent.
Addendum 6: Keep the patient heavily sedated as often as possible to prevent attacks on staffs and other patients
Addendum 7: Keep the patient heavily medicated.
Addendum 8: Keep a minimum of four (4) armed guards on the patients at ALL TIMES!
Put stilt man in the next marvel vs Capcom game
Can you do one on Mr. Hyde?
Can we please 🙏🏿 have a Top 5 Best sandman Comics Not The lord Of Dreams I was Referring To Flint Marko
From the patient files of Dr. Simon Hurt, Director of Arkham Asylum.
Patient: David Hyde, aka "Black Manta".
Psychotic. Obsessive. Narcissistic. Extremely Violent. Highly Resourceful. Genius Level Intellect.
Addendum: Keep the patient isolated in the maximum security wing.
Addendum 2: Keep the patient heavily monitored.
Addendum 3: Keep the patient heavily sedated for as often as possible to prevent any escape attempts and or attacks on staffs
Addendum 4: Refrain from mentioning anything about Aquaman to/in front of the patient, as it may lend to violent outbursts.
Addendum 5: Keep a minimum of four (4) armed guards on the patient AT ALL TIMES!
LoL! Seriously, Rogues.
Top Mongul Stories?🙏
can I make a reaction video to this
Stilt man managed to marry kinda hot females Villlain so he has to have SOME skills
I never understood why Still-man is considered a pathetic villain. Yeah, his gimmick is kind of ridiculous but not as ridiculous as other villains, even within the Daredevil rogues gallery. Personally I think the Matador is more embarrassing, he looks like a villain from Adam West's Batman series but without tricks or weapons based on his theme, the only joke about him is throwing a cape.
Maybe he seems ridiculous because now his armor looks obsolete but at that time there weren't many armored villains and few at the level of Iron Man.
Its one of the most ridiculous gimmicks by far, much worse than a kiteman. Some kid can push you over, its just long legs, its less useful than having nothing, other than the meme crowd who fake defends silly characters to fit in without reading the comics, its the whole reason why its a joke, imagine thinking its the armor, your grasp of reality needs to be quite done for, because even a joke hero gallery doesnt have a power that useless.
@@yodorr6249almost all of the stories featured in this video make your statements a moot point
Please actually make the bullseye and kingpin videos
Wait.....Stiltman is a DD villain and not a spider man villain!?
Leap-Frog and The Matador is also pretty bad villains from Daredevil . But Stilt Man is one of my favorites for worst Daredevil villain
I mean I whould have an ego if I almost killed spider man
I’m not joking. Amazing spider man number 237 high and mighty. look it up
He also killed black Goliath but I didn’t mention that because no one knows who black Goliath is
Matador is way worse than Stilt Man.