Bronze Age/Copper Age X-Men: Chris Claremont as writer and John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and John Romita Jr. as artists. Xavier was the loving father figure/mentor and not this guy with a lot of secrets. Cyclops was a true X-Man and not Magneto lite like he is now. Wolverine was that mysterious ass kicker who didn't know his past. The team of Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler is my favorite team lineup.
Post crisis up until the late 90's Batman: Skilled crime fighter that wasn't overpowered with the damn prep time. Was vulnerable but still bad ass. dikk Grayson was Nightwing, Jason Todd was dead, and Tim Drake was the only Robin. The Bat Family was extremely small like it should be. Batman is my favorite superhero of all time but he's too overpowered and exposed to much.
College Age Spider-Man: Some of Peter's best stories were when he was in college or was a fresh college grad. I don't know why people have this obsession with Spider-Man as a high school student since the majority of his stories in the mainstream Marvel universe have been when he was out of high school.
