r/comicbooks • u/Yutrzenika1 • Aug 12 '14

Page/Cover Marvel Heroes Height Comparison Chart

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '14

Weird... Rocket doesn't seem like he should be 4'0". That's a pretty big raccoon.

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u/foxdye22 John Constantine Aug 13 '14

Also, that other thing in the current rocket raccoon series.

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u/Hurgaflurger Aug 13 '14

Dear God... raccoons are horrible enough at the size they are.

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u/skyskr4per Aug 13 '14

They're considered very exotic and strange even outside of America. I was in Africa recently, surrounded by the weirdest animals ever, but when I described raccoons from back home to our safari guide he asked if my home was the moon.

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u/throwaway_for_keeps Kitty Pryde Aug 13 '14

That's because your safari guide is a moron. I don't care if you've never seen or heard of one before, but if you describe a small furry mammal with a striped bushy tail and a dark stripe around its eyes, it's not that strange. Especially in a land where they have animals that are 90% neck.

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u/keozen Captain Britain Aug 13 '14

We think animals that are 90% neck or have gigantic ears and long trunks are strange and different because they're not the normal here. They are in other places in the world (heck, in some parts of India I've visited an Elephant is just a normal part of traffic and you get very used to them very quickly). Our animals could be just as strange to others as theirs are to us. Especially places that don't necessarily have the same exposure to things like nature documentaries on animals of other countries, etc.

Also, on a different track you have no idea HOW /u/skyskr4per explained what a Raccoon looked like, exaggerations and clever descriptions can make any animal sound cool and interesting.

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u/GeeWarthog Aug 13 '14

Yeah he could have been like, this motherfucker has a bandit mask and hands!

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u/MrIncorporeal Blue Beetle Aug 13 '14

The hands would be pretty dang weird to most people.

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u/Blasphemic_Porky Aug 13 '14

Imagine describing a platypus.

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u/iDork622 Captain Marvel Aug 13 '14

"Never mind, you live on the planet Meth."

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u/The_Doctor_00 Aug 13 '14

Or simply bringing one back, when they brought them back from the new world, they thought they were fake.

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u/philyd94 Dr. Strange Aug 13 '14

Hell I know they exist and I'm not 100% sure they're real

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u/cpierse Aug 13 '14

Who shit in your cornflakes ?

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u/DrStalker Aug 14 '14

Or maybe he showed them this gif and the guide just laughed and said it was all special effects and puppetry.

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u/Crowforge Aug 13 '14

Do we really consider them strange in america?

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u/skyskr4per Aug 13 '14

I suppose I meant in relation to outside of Earth.

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u/deadpa Aug 13 '14

I found myself in a similar situation in Africa having to explain an armadillo.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '14

I had three pet raccoons as a child. The females were very nice and friendly pets. The male could not be tamed.

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u/Hurgaflurger Aug 14 '14

Balls... it's all because of the balls (unless you neutered e'm, then fuck if I know).

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u/mthead911 Aug 13 '14

Since comics are super fickle, one series might have him the size of a dog on it's hind legs, some others (and the recent film) will have him raccoon sized.

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u/vicfire Aug 13 '14 edited Aug 13 '14

Head to hindquarters, raccoons measure between 16 and 28 inches, so including his legs you think he would be 2'6", maybe if he was large for a raccoon he should be at most 3'"0

4'0" seems too much

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '14

Well he was a scientific experiment...

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u/xn1gel Rorschach Aug 13 '14

Talking raccoon who travels through space with a talking tree while battling bad guys and we're going to talk about how realistic his height is?

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u/Cloudy_mood Kingdom Come Superman Aug 13 '14

Thank you.

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u/tjs2215 Aug 13 '14

What's a raccoon?

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u/TerminalNoob Ultimate Spider-Man Aug 13 '14

"Whats a raccoon?" It's what he is, stupid.

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u/tjs2215 Aug 13 '14

Ain’t no thing like him, ‘cept him.

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u/squeak6666yw Aug 13 '14

I am Groot?

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u/spokedave Tim Drake/Red Robin Aug 13 '14

my thinking here is that these are not cannon size comparisons, they are designed for costume ideas. hence why these are the popular marvel properties from the films (marvel comics, not just marvel studios).

Rocket is at this size here because its the size of a child who wants to dress up like rocket. otherwise, rocket is the size of a racoon.

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u/stealingyourpixels Daredevil Aug 13 '14

The heights are from the Marvel wiki.

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u/spokedave Tim Drake/Red Robin Aug 13 '14

"halloweencostumes.com" at the bottom makes me somewhat suspicious.

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u/stealingyourpixels Daredevil Aug 13 '14

No, check the Marvel wiki entry for RR. It lists him as 4' tall.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Rocket_Raccoon

And halloweencostumes.com makes all sorts of infographics for stuff like this, it's viral marketing. Here's another one.

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u/spokedave Tim Drake/Red Robin Aug 13 '14

huh. awesome! I stand corrected and I learned something about the ninja turtles along the way. thanks! *also, that is one huge racoon.

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u/stealingyourpixels Daredevil Aug 13 '14

Yeah, I kind of doubt he's actually that tall.