Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold.

I recently saw Quadrophenia on cable, and I couldn't get the whole Rockers vs. Mods thing out of my mind. Not two days later, I caught part of The Outsiders on tv. You know, that scene where the Socs and Greasers throw down in the park? Now, every time I read a comic, I can't help dividing up the characters into little social groups and subcultures and imagining the awesome knife fights they might have. I can't stop myself! A few of them are pretty easy.

Batman and Robin are clearly Socs.

Conan's definitely a Metalhead.

But, then I started to get a little confused. There's a lot of overlapping and contradiction involved in classifying some of these guys. For example-

Is Superboy a Nerd trapped in the body of a Jock? Or just a plain old Nerd?


Is Ghost Rider a Greaser or a Rocker? Can he be both?

I Just Don't Know.

I decided I need your help, fellow bloggers. In the spirit of recent interactive posts by Chris at the ISB and Devon over at Seven Hells, I've decided to open up the debate. Can you divide your favorite comic book characters up into easily distinguishable subgroups ? Can you imagine a scenario, a la The Warriors, in which a group of Hippies led by Angar the Screamer do glorious switchblade battle in an abandoned warehouse with the Pied Piper and his gang of Band Geeks? Would Raven and her fellow Goths fight Film Freak and the AV Nerds? Or would they team up to destroy the Jocks?

You Decide.

A great list of high school subcultures, past and present, can be found here .