Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Jolie, Clooney are Hollywood’s sexiest superheroes

Angelina Jolie and George Clooney are Hollywood’s sexiest superheroes.

Jolie’s sultry Lara Croft from ’Tomb Raider’ and Clooney’s turn as Batman in the widely-panned ’Batman and Robin’ saw them crowned the most lusted after Superwoman and Superman by film fans.

Jolie won with 36 percent of the vote, fighting off stiff competition from Jessica Alba’s sexy Sue Storm from the ’Fantastic Four’ franchise, who polled 19 per cent.

Third and fourth saw a battle of the catwomen as Halle Berry’s role in ’Catwoman’ took 11 percent of the vote, narrowly beating Michelle Pfeiffer’s leather-clad turn in ’Batman Returns’.

Clooney won by a landslide in the Superman section with a massive 73 percent of voters lusting after his portrayal of the Caped Crusader.

Trailing behind the 46-year-old actor was the late Christopher Reeve, who won seven percent of the vote for his performance as the Man of Steel in 1978 hit ’Superman’.

Latest Batman Christian Bale took third place with his performance in ’Batman Begins’.

Hugh Jackman’s hairy Wolverine from the ’X-Men’ movies and Tobey Maguire’s portrayal of Spider-Man in the trilogy rounded off the top five.

The poll was conducted to mark the DVD release of comic book adaptation ’Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’.

Top ten Sexiest Superwomen

1) Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in ’Tomb Raider’ - 36 per cent
2) Jessica Alba as Sue Storm in ’Fantastic Four’ - 19 per cent
3) Halle Berry as Catwoman in ’Catwoman’ - 11 per cent
4) Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in ’Batman Returns’ - 10 per cent
5) Jane Fonda as Barbarella in ’Barbarella’ - 8 per cent
6) Lynda Carter as Wonderwoman in ’Wonderwoman’
7) Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy in ’Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ - 5 per cent
8) Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl in ’Batman and Robin’ - 3 per cent
9) Jennifer Garner as Elektra in ’Elektra’ - 1.5 per cent
10) Michelle Ryan as Bionic Woman in ’Bionic Woman’ - 1 per cent

Top ten Sexiest Superman

1) George Clooney as Batman in ’Batman and Robin’ - 73 percent
2) Christopher Reeve as Superman in ’Superman’ - 7 percent
3) Christian Bale as Batman in ’Batman Begins’ - 4.5 percent
4) Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in ’X-Men’ - 4 percent
5) Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man in ’Spider-Man’ - 3.5 percent
6) Ben Affleck as Daredevil in ’Daredevil’ - 3 percent
7) Brandon Routh as Superman in ’Superman Returns’ - 2.5 percent
8) Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk in ’The Incredible Hulk’ - 2.5 percent
9) Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic in ’The Fantastic Four’ - 1 percent
10) Val Kilmer as Batman in ’Batman Forever’ - 0.5 percent