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In reverse order, here are my top 10 childhood heroes:
Pavel Bure
NUMBER 10: Pavel Bure Bure arrived in Vancouver with loads of hype, and was one of those rare cases where something lives up to the hype. Bure is without a doubt the best player to ever play for the Vancouver Canucks. He is also, arguably, the most exciting player to ever play in the NHL. If I had been a forward instead of a goalie, Bure would have been my hockey idol, without a doubt. Megatron
NUMBER 9: Megatron I have a hard time putting Megatron on this list, considering who is number 1, but it's hard not to like a guy like Megatron. He personifies pure evil, he wants to destroy the Earth and everything on it, and his lifelong goal is to kill Optimus Prime. Still, Megatron was just so cool, that you couldn't help but love him.
ninjaturtles.jpgNUMBER 8: The Ninja Turtles
I was, like every other kid my age at the time, a pretty big Ninja Turtles fan. They were never quite as cool to me as the Transformers, but they were the next best thing. The original cartoons were great, the movies were great (well, to a 11 year old boy they were), and the characters were cool. Raphael was my favorite, as Leonardo seemed to be too goody-goody, Donatello too geeky and Michaelangelo too goofy. I still remember going to the theater to watch the original Ninja Turtles movie and having to sit in the aisle because the theater was so packed. It's amazing to see the Ninja Turtles still on tv and almost as popular as ever. There's even a new CGI movie coming out this year.
batman.jpgNUMBER 7: Batman
Growing up, when it came to comics, it was either Batman or Superman that reined supreme. To me, Batman was the ultimate superhero. The great thing is, he had no actual super powers. He was just a regular guy who suffered a great tragedy, and dedicated his life to making his city safer for the people around him. Batman wasn't your regular happy-go-lucky superhero, either. He was mysterious, dark and kept to himself. Batman had a secret hide-out (how many kids didn't want their own Bat cave?), he had millions of dollars which to spend on awesome weapons and vehicles and he had a costume that, in comparison to most super heroes, actually looked pretty bad ass. I'm sure every kid around my age dressed up as Batman for Halloween at least once in their life.
ranford.jpgNUMBER 6: Bill Ranford
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