See, with enough planning, Batman can defeat everything!

The Spider-mobile was boss! It could avoid NYC traffic by driving up the sides of buildings!

Doom's Time Platform really shouldn't count. The factthat you chose that over Captain America's custom Harley makes me sad inside. Including Doom's Platform is the equivalent of putting Iron Man on the list since the armor is technically speaking a means of getting around. It's not like Doom uses the Plstform to run to the store when he needs a gallon of Milk. That is why he has Doom-bots!

and seriously, how can you not put the Supermobile in the worst list?

Bryan Hitch's detailed renditions of the Carrier and the Helicarrier are TEH AWESOMENESS

where was the Punisher van in the best list?

The Fantasticar Mk. I could also separate into four compartments, and I have to admit a love for it because it didn't have a "cool-looking" aspect to it. It was a flying bathtub with an utterly practical, no-frills look to it, just like the FF's jumpsuits, items that looked like an efficiency-minded guy like Reed would have come up with.

And if memory serves, I think the Spider-Mobile appeared in the comics because an identical toy came out at the same time and a four-color tie-in may have been designed to help sales. Whatever the case may have been, I was nine years old when it happened and even then I stopped and asked, "Why the fuck would Spider-Man need a car? And one that was a dune buggy, no les?!!?"

It's kind of a copout to put Batman's entire garage in at number one. As cool as each vehicle is, it's only one vehicle. You didn't list the entire fleet of vehicles that Reed has made, you only listed one vehicle of his. Batman should get the same treatment.

And I'll agree that Doom's time platform isn't any more a vehicle than the elevator in the Baxter Building. If Doom drove a Delorean to get back in time, then that would earn a slot on a list of vehicles, but its just a square on the ground. The Quinjet/Blackbird were marked down for looking mundane, yet a square is the fourth most badass vehicle in comics?

Halfazedninja-

"But that's the thing about Batman. Batman thinks of everything" - Grant Morrison, Batman #681

If Doom's Time Platform counts, shouldn't the Cosmic Treadmill make one of the lists (either for the nice visual, or the sheer absurdity of silver age science that surrounds it?).

Also missing - although who knows if it appeared in anything outside the animated tie-in comic - is the Javelin, which unlike the Quintjet at least has a purpose (space travel / transportation to anywhere not covered by the JLA's teleporters).

And it's no big deal to have Batman's entire gargage at #1 because, let's face it - the Batmobile was going to be there no matter what. It's arguably the most famous car in the world, period.

And one other thing: whomever decided "Wonder Woman doesn't need a freaking invisible jet, she should just be able to fly" was a very smart man. I'm assuming it was George Perez.

Wtf?? you alienated me right off the bad. I love the quinjet you jerk! Oh well the rest of your list was decent I guess.

Just as an answer to your question, even if the whole team can fly, the quinjet is faster for at least a few of them and it keeps the whole team together. Also, what the hell is the point of showing up to a fight halfway across the world winded from your flight over there. ALSO, time spent in the quinjet on the way to a destination is spent planning and discussing what is going to be done. You can't really do that in the air.

Having all of Batman's toys as number 1 is a copout. And if you're going to dock the Quinjet and Blackbird for basically being tricked out planes, isn't the Batmobile just a tricked out car? Isn't the Batplane another tricked out airplane?

The X-Men's Blackbird uses Shi'ar technology and includes features your floor model Blackbird doesn't include, such as VTOL and a cloaking device, as well as spaceflight capability. Plus, Cyclops can fire his optic blasts through the windshield, with the windshield increasing their power. The Blackbird doesn't deserve to be on the list of Worst Comic Book Vehicles.

I went into this prepared for the Redbike not to be included on the Best list. In fact, as I clicked the link I was mentally preparing my comment of protest.

I'm glad to see you didn't let IT or the Redbird -- or in fact even Robin's skate board, the Redboard -- slip through the cracks.

I appreciate this. You have made my day.

I got nothing but love for the various incarnations of the Blackbirds and Quinjets. Yeah, SOME X-Men and Avengers can fly, but not all. And with the exception of those who can break light speed like Photon/Captain Marvel, most of them can't fly as fast as a jet.

Now if the JLA had jets, that would be dumb.

No love for Prof. X's wheelchair?

My chair is lumpy.

Complaining makes me AWESOME!! Awesomer thEn U!

Spider-Man's car was pretty boss in Old Man Logan, though.

This list reeks of DC fanboy

was going to be surprised if the spider buggy did not make the worse list and glad to see the invisible jet on there as well for always though the thing was stupid.as for the blackbird and quin jets true some mebers can fly but others can not and need someway to travel and also the flyers could use a rest some times.and the whole batman fleet was figuring only the batmobible as number one.

Didn't expect the Carrier to make the list, awesome!
Is Wonder Woman doing her Zoolander impression there?

Anyone else who wonders what the hell is keeping Green Goblin elevated a foot above his broom stick? He's clearly not sitting on it.

I have to admit that I love the Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet but you are right it`s almost useless . The Fantasticar Mk. II is great, for me it`s the best.

I would have liked to have seen the StarSharks that The Brood ride in/on from Uncanny X-Men. In issue #232 a StarShark crash alnds on Earth and devours an unsuspecting camper in New Mexico just before The Brood attack. Now that's an entrance!

MODOK's hoverchair didn't even make honorable mention in the best list. Sad.

The Helicarriers are flying deathtraps. Seriously, twice a year a helicarrier goes down, when they're not being captured by the undead, HYDRA, undead HYDRA agents, or rogue Nick Fury LMDs. It's like a big, flying symbol for government waste.

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't the Blackbird on one of your list for something like most badass fictionaly flying machines (excluding spaceships)? And now it's one of the worst comic book vehicles for pretty much identical reasons? Consistency, TP, consistency.

"It's like a big, flying symbol for government waste."- haha, Yes.

Plus, do they have a grounded central agency as well, or is it Just helicarriers? I know they have offices/locations in the Marvel universe (or, Did, as they're now HAMMER ones), but I can't remember there being a SHIELD HQ.

I liked that in "The Heart of Hush" you see that Batman has an entire fleet of Batmobiles, explaining away why it can look so very different from comic to comic.

the Spider-mobile will be forever awesome to me because of the song Dune Buggy by the Presidents of the United States of America.

Wonder Woman's giving everyone the stink eye for putting her Hwhip on the worst list.

And...
Big Wheel is due for a comeback! (I could see that tv show, like "Automan") Although it reminds me of a supervillian using Mr. Garrison's personal transport device because we're all getting screwed by the airlines anyway!

I agree with Scott Steubing.

The same reasons you used to downgrade the Blackbird and Quinjet are the same reasons why you overrated Batman's toys. Is that a DC over Marvel bias or just a massive case of inconsistency? At the end of the day, they're all just tricked out version of regular vehicles. Does Batman get a handicap just because he lacks superpowers and thus needs the vehicles more so than an entire team of heroes? Lame.

Also, way to talk down to comic book fans by pretending like we don't know about the Green Goblin's broomstick. It's not some super secret double probation hidden knowledge, pal.

I also don't get your Spider-Mobile entry. You admitted that you knew it was a joke at the time yet you can't muster any reasons to hate it besides ones that fall into "it was an obvious joke" category. That's hypocritical.

Honestly, I don't want to be mean but your reasoning for stuff on this list was pretty silly. But I will give you props for showing some Authority love. That's one thing you definitely got right.

Yeah, you're makin' some enemies by dissing on the X-Men's Blackbird. It's the most awesome thing ever.
Another most awesome thing ever? Metron's Mobius Chair, that allows him to travel through time and space throughout the cosmos.

No archie? it had a coffee machine next to the frickin flame thrower.

The Bat-Boat should be on the WORST list, and the Blackbird/Quinjet should top the BEST list, but I the rest I agree with.

I think you were a little hard on the Avenger Quinjet and X-Men's Blackbird. Sure the Quinjet isn't the greatest looking jet and the Blackbird is based off old design Lockheed's, but so what? They still look functional for the teams even today. I think the FF cars have always looked a bit goofy. And I totally agree on the Wonder Woman invisible jet. That's just, well, weird.

But ANYTHING Batman pimps out is A-OK with me! Except for that new vehicle they are using in the newer Christian Bale films. I'm not a big fan of that oddity. When I see that, all I can picture is a desert-camo paint job on it fighting muslim extremist terrorists. It looks like something that GI Joe should be using.

I, too, must officially lodge my protest for the X-Jet/Blackbird being on the "worst" list, even if it was only for being comparitively mundane.

I, too, must officially lodge my protest for the X-Jet/Blackbird being on the "worst" list, even if it was only for being comparatively mundane. Especially if we're talking about the later movie/comic design—that is one magnificent, beautiful beast.

What about Booster Gold's Boostermobile?

I loved that big living whale thing that the Brood flew around in.

The Green Goblins broomstick! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....oh, Norman Osborn, you silly, silly man. I bet he wants everyone to forget he ever rode it...but Spider-Man and the Hulk both saw him riding it around. They remember.

Speaking of Spidey, the Spider-Mobile, while cool (I had it when I was a kid), makes no sense for him, as Peter Parker does not have a drivers license! He can't drive! Oops.

Doctor Dooms time platform is the greatest invention ever! Except for the time it was used against the West Coast Avengers, because it only went backwards in time. YIKES! By the way, Doom can't use the machine to go back in time to fix his face, that would only create another alternate reality, not change his "actual" past. Everyone knows that!

What, no love/hate for the Flash Van from Justice League Unlimited? Or Nextwave's Shockwave Rider?

Also, have to join in on the Blackbird support, switch it with the Fantasticar and we're good.

SR-71 Blackbird - not a stealth bomber. Not even stealth, it was built in the '60s or the '70s. But it DOES go so fucking fast that the top speed is still classified, and it goes so high that you had to dress up like an astronaut and eat food out of toothpaste tubes whilst flying it. Mundane? Not when you're flying the super-sonic stealth jet of yesterday's tomorrow!

What about Danny the Street from Doom Patrol? A sentient transvestite street that can teleport has got to count for something...

No way! How in the hell is the X-Men's Blackbird jet on the worst list? It's one of the BEST superhero vehicles/jets I've ever seen in my life! It has the advanced technology, systems, and all kinds of functional equipment that help them anytime! How could you not love that?

You know what's strange? It appears that a couple of the comic book vehicles on the best list should be on the worst list and vice versa.

At least the Spider-Mobile wasn't the talking Speed Buggy from the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon. ... Although now that I think about it, that would be pretty awesome.

I just realised.... where's Silver Surfer's board? That thing is iconic, man!

Who cares that Peter doesn't have a license, how is going to get pulled over DRIVING ON THE SIDE OF A SKYSCRAPER?! The Spider-Mobile was totally silly and completely awesome at the same time.

back2themud: I tend to think of Danny as a location, than a vehicle.

That picture of Wonder Woman had my in tears! New desktop background!

But, I really love the SR-71 Blackbird knock off. It's one of the pimpest planes that ever did fly.

I've always questioned why a person who must wear a mask to hide their identity would have a customized pimped out ride. If I was a superhero trying to evade the law and my enemies, I would drive a red 1992 Honda Accord. I mean, seriously, who doesn't still own one of those? It's one of the most common cars on the road. You can always pimp out what's under the hood, but you want your transport vehicle to draw as little attention as possible.

Let's not forget that a blackbird gets blowed every 2.5 x-comics. It's like a freaking hobby for an x-villain. Step one: create some kind of misunderstanding. Step two: blow up a blackbird. Step three: underestimate wolverine.

@Chad: Nightwing did exactly that during Chuck Dixon's run.

Actually, he built a generic chassis complete with a 650hp McLaren motor (... drool ...) and had several different types of car bodies - taxis, cop cars, and regular old beaters - that he could slap on top of it as disguise. It was a really great idea.

(The Batmobile also was a "stealth" version for several years, looking like a regular, if high-end, sportscar until a switch was pressed and all the intimidation stuff like the fins popped up.)

No matter which vehicle you choose, if you go to the Savage Land YOU WILL CRASH.

It's a law.

I second for the Flash Van. Pimpest and fest vehicle around.

Wonder Woman can't be seen from the outside when she's inside the invisible jet. Just like, people can't see the word balloons or sound effects.

The Spider-Mobile was created because of a toy (ditto the Supermobile).

And, the Supermobile was awesome. It's made of Kryptonian metal (so it's indestructable), can go into space, and has giant metal fists. Awesome!

@ AfterGlow:
"Anyone else who wonders what the hell is keeping Green Goblin elevated a foot above his broom stick? He's clearly not sitting on it."

Homophobia

I remember that Spider-Man actually crashed that Spider-Mobile because Peter Parker doesn't have a license nor does he know how to drive, lol.

I think there's a proportional thing that explains the why the Batvehicles are cool and the Blackbird/Quinjets aren't (though for the record, I have no particular dislike of either).

It's like he said, with the amount of super powered people, the Marvel vehicles are an afterthought. When half your team can fly already, it's not that impressive. Useful for outer space missions and getting the non-flyers around, but they're not that amazing.

Batman, on the otherhand, is just a dude. He needs these vehicles and they're completely tied to his persona. The vehicles, the gadgets, they're all products of Batman's superpower: his brain. Well, his brain and his trustfund, but you get the point. They're more than just souped up vehicles; they're extensions of his character.

That being said, I probably would have included some piece of crap like the Supermobile or Turbine's handi-capable super wheelchair (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/turbinespdm1.jpg) instead of the QJ or the BB, but that's just me.

I gotta at least mention Dave Cockrum's redesign of the Legion cruisers. They are fairly ordinary starships, true, but the design is so sweet it kinda makes up for the fact that they spent their formative years in a clubhouse shaped like a yellow rocketship with red fins. On top.

Granted, the very same design would look fairly lame if anyone but Cockrum or Grell drew it. I say that counts in its favor, not against it.

Six hundred years ago Mad Magazine did a series of parodies about Woman Wonder, and one of the running gags had her telling her plane passengers not to slam the plane door. Every time they did the plane would shatter. Inevitably she'd end up slamming the door herself and wincing as it shattered to pieces.

I guess you just have to see it.

I don't give a fuck WHAT you say...

there HAVE been ugly Batmobiles... and to piss on you further, I pick that eyesore Adam West drove as example #1...

1 reason why Spidey's buggy was the shiznit.The
WOLVERINE: OLDMAN LOGAN run. When Hawkeye and Wolvie practically went cross country in it.
P.S.
What about Ghost Riders motorcycles with the bitchin' hellfire wheels?