Ever sit down to read a comic book, and ask yourself, “Where the heck did they come up with stuff?” Ever watch the “Super Friends” and say, “Who’d want to be a Wonder Twin and transform into water, ice or steam?” Add to it the humiliation of having to call over your twin for a pound to activate this “special” talent and you’ve got yourself one very “lame” power.
Well, the SciFi Chick recently compiled an awesome list of the 13 Lamest Superpowers to ever grace (or in this case defile) the world of comics and cartoons.
You can check out the full article here: http://scifichick.com/?p=404.
One of the lamest characters on the list - imo - is Tommy, the Morlock (from the pages of X-Men) who’s power allowed her to become as thin as paper. Luckily, the Marauders killed her off in Uncanny X-Men #210.
Coming it at the number one spot was “Stretching,” a power held by Elongated Man, Plastic Man and Mr. Fantastic. Agreed. Stretching as a power is lame on its own. Case in point : Elongated Man and Plastic Man are lame without question, the former is a “who cares” character that if not for his wife Sue’s death would have no real purpose, and the latter Plastic Man is a goof off that belongs in the Sunday funnies of old. Making your hand into a tennis racket to deflect a missle is just off the wall loony tunes.
However, Mr. Fantastic combines the lame power of stretching with genius. That’s got to count for something, right? Heck, the guy’s fought Galactus.
One character that the Bag Man begs to add is Jimmy Olsen as Turtle Boy (or turtle man…whichever). Or Jimmy Olsen as Bizarro Olsen… or Jimmy Olsen -most recently- as Mr. Action. Well any incarnate of Jimmy Olsen with Super Powers.
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When DC upgraded Jimmy to contemporary clothing after Zero Hour and the Crisis, allowing him to lose the bowtie, that was enough. This whole Jimmy Olsen has powers thing in “Countdown” is terrible. - Nuff Said.
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didnt Hiro’s girlfriend do that in season 1. she learned japanese in like 24 hours
No the lamest power of all has to be Cypher’s from X-men. The ability to learn any language at super-human speed…..wooooooow…..
I was actually a big fan of Plastic Man. It was a fun toon to catch as part of a weekend line-up but, certainly, he was not meant to be taken seriously and can hardly be placed into the elite super hero class. That being said, stretching is definitely more of a third-tier hero power. Only the creme de la creme deserve to be considered “super”, I say!
LOL @ 2D Girl power being a substitute for gym workouts.
(You don’t need her power for that. Just work out at home instead! WAHAHA!)
if i had 2D girl’s power i wouldn’t need to spend so much time in the gym
Oh wow… I actually liked the Wonder Twins when i was growing up. there were so cute. i guess that’s showing my age. I wouldn’t mind having the power of the Atom. At least would help me to hide when i want to sleep at work. No matter how i position my computer screen it never seems to quite cut it. hehe. Great article SciFi Chick - XO
Mr. Action is terrible. They should kill Olsen already and quit the entire story
How bout Bouncing Boy on Legion of Superheroes? He just turns into a ball and bounces. And they also had Calamity King on the cartoon who just causes calamities
hehe. i love lists like these.
I am not familiar with many of these characters. I actually liked Jubilee in the cartoon, never really followed the comic book. Your Yogi reference was funny Shawna.
Jubilee is lame, elongated man is lame. 2d girl is lame… and the Monitor is lame. and Countdown is lame. and yes Jimmy is also lame.
Don’t forget Yogi Bear’s power - The Ability to steal any picnic basket no matter the size or location.