Most Popular Superhero/Villian by State

After a totally work related discussion with a co-worker, it was decided that a listing of the most prominent comic book hero/villain from each state needed to be created. After hours of scouring the Marvel/DC/Dark Horse/Image comic book databases, and applying a tie breaker formula based on IMDB prominence. I bring you the list of the 50 (plus District of Columbia!) best Characters from each of the states!

Note: I attempted to avoid using characters who simply have a first appearance from a state or whose origin stories take place over a well established place of birth. But, with so many scantily populated states, you can dig all you want, you aren't going to find a hero or villain who actually claim some of these.

Cottonmouth

Alabama - Cottonmouth (Burchell Clemens)
     Had to dig pretty deep to find this character.

Alaska - Cyclops (Scott Summers)
    The Summers family does not appear to be fans of the 48 Continuous states.

Arizona - Warpath (James Proudstar) 
     Warpath's slated appearance in X:Men - DOFP helped him eek out his brother Thunderbird.

Arkansas - Razorback (Buford Hollis)
    From a list of no-names, this one seems the most appropriate.

California - Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
   Plenty of names from California, hard to argue against one of the core Justice League members.

Colorado - Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)
   Martian Manhunter claims Colorado as his home, but not many big names are born there.

Connecticut - Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
   The Osborn family has roots in Hartford.

Corruptor

Delaware - Corruptor (Jackson Day)
   Not too many heroes setting up shop in Newark between NYC and DC.

District of Columbia - Steel (John Henry Irons)
   Shaq will save the day in DC.

Florida - Ant Man (Scott Lang)
   The Non-Scientist rendition of Ant Man who will be the basis of an upcoming Marvel movie.

Georgia - U.S. Agent (John Walker)
   You would think some of the more vein heroes would set up shop here with the advent of 24/7 cable news.

Hawaii - Havok (Alex Summers)
   See what I mean about the Summers family?

Idaho - Leader (Sam Sterns)
   A Household name... just as soon as they make Incredible Hulk 2...

Illinois - The Beast (Hank McCoy)
   Using my cinema weighted formula for determining popularity, Hank beats out Johnny Blaze by a furry blue noze.

Indiana - Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
   Indiana, Home of Captain America's Understudy.

Iowa - Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
   Another state that may change soon depending on Bart Allen's involvement in future DC movie projects.

Kansas - Superman (Clark Kent)
   I have several stacks of adoption papers that say Clark Kent is a Kansas native.

Asbestos Lady

Kentucky - Asbestos Lady (Victoria Murdock)
   This is more so a guess then anything, come on Kentucky, you gotta work with me here.

Louisiana - Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
   Cajin through and through.

Maine - Luthor Robinson
   Luthor's biggest accomplishment in Marvel comics is not getting killed by Namor.

Maryland - Guy Gardner
   The Garden state has a Gardner... I see what you did there DC, well played.

Massachusetts - Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
   Repeated cartoon appearances help her beat out Emma Frost's brief appearance in the Wolverine origins movie.

Michigan - Firestorm (Jason Rusch)
    DC comic's present incarnation of a long standing character.

Bazooka

Minnesota - Bazooka (David L. Katzenbogen)
   That's right, I dipped into the G.I. Joe universe for Gopher state.... Deal!

Mississippi - Rogue (Anna Marie)
   Marvel has little lack of southerners.

Missouri - Whirlwind - David Cannon
   Small coincidence that a person with tornado like abilities is from the Midwest.

Montana - Montana (Jackson Brice)
   And the award for least original entry on this list goes to...

Nebraska - Kid Flash (Wally West)
   A surprising large list of second tier DC heroes to choose from including Star Girl and S.T.R.I.P.E.

Nevada - Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson)
   One of the original Justice Society members, Kent is still part of he Dr. Fate lore in present day comics.

Rabid

New Hampshire - Rabid (Leonard Speck)
   Had to dip into alternate universes to get a character for the Granite State.

New Jersey - Ultron
   Technically created, not born, this will be a household name next summer.

New Mexico - Multiple Man (James Arthur)
   You hired Eric Dane to give you 2 lines? Really Fox?

New York - Spiderman (Peter Parker)
   And let the debate for greatest New York Superhero begin... But with 5 movies and multiple animated series, video games, and children Halloween costumes, at this point, I think the answer is pretty clear.

North Carolina - The Question (Renee Montoya)
   The answer to most people's question of... "Who?"

North Dakota - Mentallo
   If 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D' goes for a few years, this character could fit into a 'Fixer' Story arc.

Ohio - Hulk (Bruce Banner)
   Ohio is no longer a blue or red state, it's now Green!

Oklahoma - Wyatt Wingfoot
   Sorry Doc Sampson, The Fifth member of the Fantastic Four is carrying the sooner state.

Oregon - Madame Web (Cassandra Webb)
   Little piece of trivia, the voice of Madame Web in the old 90's Spider-Man show was performed by Stan Lee's wife, Joan Lee.

Pennsylvania - War Machine (James Rhodes)
   Rhody is riding on the coat tails of Iron Man for the title of Penn's top hero, but a Dr. Strange movie could tip the scales pretty quickly.

Snapper Carr

Rhode Island - Snapper Carr
   A Character that always seems to pop up in JLA story arcs, frequently referred to as the League's Mascot.

South Carolina - Ellie Mae Skags
   There is no lack of fictional characters like Stephen Colbert and Frank Underwood, but not many of them have super powers.

South Dakota - Desmond Miles
   The Assassins Creed descendant and modern day protagonist of the popular video game series.

Tennessee - Mister Fear (Starr Saxon)
   A hard find among the slew of Country Music characters that stereotypically originate from volunteer state.

Texas - Blue Beetle (Jamie Reyes)
   A Staple character of Young Justice.

Orgazmo

Utah - Orgazmo (Joseph Young)
   Still waiting for the Marvel Universe/Trey Parker Universe cross over.

Vermont - Master Pandemonium (Martin Preston)

   A regular villian in the Marvel Universe.

Virginia - Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith)
   Because of it's proximity to DC, a lot of characters call Virginia home, but only a few were born there.

Washington - Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley)
   Though never stated flatly that she was born there, she is the most prominent character from the state.

West Virginia - Starshine (Brandy Clarke)
   The only earth born Space Knight.

Wisconsin - Quasar (Wendell Elvis Vaughn)

   This guy always seems to pop up during the most epic battles in the Marvel universe.

Wyoming - Jonah Hex
   Not your everyday western hero.

If you are a little disappointed by your states contribution to a super hero universe, just give Stan Lee a call, I'm looking at you Kentucky!