A cleanup crew works around a giant deceased chitauri alien creature with pointed teeth. There are always earthshattering events every 5 minutes in marvel and dc comics. Age of ultron is quite possibly the worst movie of whedons career, and i cant get over it. Leading child psychologist claims characters such as iron man are selling adolescent boys a narrow version of.
There are literally hundreds of superheroes out there in the universe and with literally countless to choose from there is bound to be some dumb ones. Here are 20 with bafflingly silly powers, ranked from least to most useless. Crackeds the 20 most secretly brilliant stupid criminals. Why are dc and marvel comics so stupid, inconsistent and.
Comic book historian craig yoe has a new book out called super weird heroes, a 320page compendium of golden age comic book stories featuring some of. This usually means trying to put other writers out of your mind when you read a given run of a comic. It really doesnt get any deeper than that, which is a real shame because such a beloved character should really have something more in. Jun 11, 2008 skin is definetely the stupidest marvel character to ever show up in my opinion.
There are so many obscure characters out there, and a lot of them are absurdly silly. By definition, superheroes are supposed to be super. It had been one of those rare times when all the superheroes and villains had banded together to defeat a common enemy. Take a lucky individual, liberally apply some animalthemed super powers, and youve got comic book gold.
Timed to coincide with mads historic 60th anniversary, each figure. Difficulties superheroes would face in the real world, part 1. The dumb just keeps getting dumber with the return of the just us league of stupid heroes, featuring mad magazine icon alfred e. Allow us to explain over 50 of the comic book references and hidden messages baked into the threehourlong mcu movie. Most issues of news of the weird have two or three entries under least competent criminals. That helmet may be functional, but it just looks stupid. One day, snyder received a call from his editor saying there was a big problem with his latest issue of swamp thing. Click here to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. In 1999, warren ellis and bryan hitchs the authority exploded onto the comics scene, instantly raising the stakes of traditional superhero adventures. Stupid villain showcase seanbabys stupid comics page. B stupidthey dont worry about superheroes, even though they need to. Featuring a team of ultrapowerful antiheroes led by spirit of the 20th century, jenny sparks, the authority refused to pull their punches, taking an eyeforaneye approach to meting out justice that challenged our perceptions of what it.
With powers like superhuman strength, durability, regeneration, flight and an ability to manipulate time and space, doop is no joke. Walking through the site, toomes gives a worker a thumbs up. The xmen s doop has long been the butt of comic jokes, but anyone in the know about this floating green glob of greatness would know that doop is more than formidable. We get more specific from here, but if we didnt lump these together the entire list would be broken spines and colossal hooters. There are a lot of easter eggs you might have missed in avengers. So yes, she was stupid, but she was not incapable of learning. Redditor explains why overpowered comic book heroes are. At the time, people thought it was pretty ridiculous but fastforward 50 years and four movies later, spiderman is now one of the most well known superheroes in the world. And who better to handle serious and complex political issues than comic book superheroes. Oct 29, 2019 the doom patrol is one of the strangest assortments of superheroes to exist. The 6 most unintentionally hilarious superhero reinventions. She was born with a tail, and doctors determined that she isnt a mutant, but is just weirdly in touch with squirrels.
Jan 05, 2018 by definition, superheroes are supposed to be super. Naked empowerment fantasies are exhilarating, a little shameful, and obviously implausible. So marvel decided to awesome things up a little during an avengers revamp in the late 90s, giving second antman, scott lang, a sleeker, more insectoid look. Jan 21, 2015 from superheroes that can only pick up radio, to people that can only teleport very small distances, we count 15 incredibly useless comic book characters ever to waste their presence on your eyeballs. Countless herod are geniuses and the rest are all pretty smart. May 10, 2017 in 1999, warren ellis and bryan hitchs the authority exploded onto the comics scene, instantly raising the stakes of traditional superhero adventures. It really doesnt get any deeper than that, which is a real shame because such a beloved character should really have something more indepth and interesting than this, but alas. Dec 27, 2016 comic book historian craig yoe has a new book out called super weird heroes, a 320page compendium of golden age comic book stories featuring some of the strangest superheroes ever concocted. In fact, sobbing about the hopelessness of each of the fantastic. He turns to herman schultz, who is one of his workers. All reprints with art by john severin, jack davis, steve ditko, dan clowes as stosh gillespie, bill ward, kurt schaffenberger, and others.
Cracked has become good enough to be worth the second click, but if they go to three, they may be in trouble. Jan 27, 20 they have so much plot induced stupidity, its laughable, i used to enjoy the stories and art and these days. So its more like that episode of the golden girls where bea arthur has to rescue sofia from the mafia using only her muscular, mannish body and her experience as a female wrestler it is entirely possible we dreamed this episode. We dont know whats worse, if this is our propaganda, or yours. Cracked does 34 articles per day, including the photoshop contests inherited from pwot and i kinda like the format they use for them.
It seems pretty clear that being a super hero comes with a decent amount ic intelligent. Top 10 stupid superhero powers that are actually powerful. Lets take a moment to remember everyone we lost in thor tantrums who didnt have a super cool american flag shield that absurd situation was actually very true to the comics. Ive been obsessed with this movie for a week now, poking through it in my mind, trying to figure out. From superheroes that can only pick up radio, to people that can only teleport very small distances, we count 15 incredibly useless comic book characters ever. With that in mind, here are 15 superheroes who seem really strong but are actually worthless. The doom patrol is one of the strangest assortments of superheroes to exist. Just like sitcoms had very special episodes that tried to build awareness of serious realworld issues like the one where punky brewster decides to get breast implants no, seriously, comics have occasionally wandered into after school territory.
The first and greatest weird comics superhero was thor, god of thunder, which got a little confusing when, five issues later, they added a second, less amazing thor to the comic. The 40 worst rob liefeld drawings progressive boink. Aug 01, 2012 that helmet may be functional, but it just looks stupid. Ridiculous comic book superheroes come in all shapes and sizes. Depends on what you read and your level of intelligence. Subscribe to our youtube channel and check out why all superheroes are actually villains, and watch other videos you wont see on the site. In practice, it has little or no tie to the original, having merely bought the trademark name after cracked had long since ceased publication in its original format. Madam fatal was murder she wrote in the 1940s if murder she wrote involved more criminals getting punched in the face by an octogenarian lady. Rainbow raider had a lot more stupid color powers including a paint that made him invisible right, the ability to make very pretty things to posture on left, beams to. For more, check out9 lesserknown superheroes who deserve movie franchises and 5 beloved superheroes who are actually really stupid. Why simon pegg is wrong about scifi and superhero movies being childish the scifi genre boasts some of the most interesting narratives in film. Aug 15, 2010 superheroes of today are bad role models this article is more than 9 years old.
We will never see the majority of these characters on the big screen. If this was real life the state would have given mr. The new avengers movie, age of ultron, opens here next thursday a week ahead of the us, for some reason and a thought has occurred to me. The image is of a giant samurai with imperial japanese and nazi german flags behind him killing everything on the ocean with a katana while the smoke of burning ships rise beneath his feet. Explore 9gag for the most popular memes, breaking stories, awesome gifs, and viral videos on the internet. Ive set out on search to find some of the most ridicu. You never know, her boyfriend said cautiously before he began to read. He was a combination of all the crappiest parts of bruce wayne and timothy mcveigh, a wealthy miner who used his knowledge of explosives to bomb crime.
Superheroes of today are bad role models this article is more than 9 years old. Back when i was a early to mid teen, stories like xmen, spiderman, flash and superman were fun. We all love superheroes when we were kids we wanted to be like them actually i guess we still want to be like them when we are adults. Even though her creators gave her a horrible sexist superhero weakness, wonder woman is still a pretty big deal if this were a list of the 10 most recognizable superheroes ever, she would not only be there, but also be the only woman if this were a list of the superheroes whose live action tv shows weve masturbated to, it would be her and batman. Jan 18, 2015 bill maher suggests success of superhero movies means stupidity is on the rise. The colorist might be the most powerful person working in any given comic.
Percy picked up the book after he rotated his shoulders a bit. May 19, 2017 the xmen s doop has long been the butt of comic jokes, but anyone in the know about this floating green glob of greatness would know that doop is more than formidable. Nude humiliation boys gay twinks clip straight buddies smoke sex. And these are the characters voted by many to be the most ridiculous superheroes of all time. Bill maher suggests success of superhero movies means.
He has 3 to 6 feet of extra skin that he can reshape, but he never really used it when fighting. Mar 14, 2017 with that in mind, here are 15 superheroes who seem really strong but are actually worthless. Skin is definetely the stupidest marvel character to ever show up in my opinion. Superheroes of today are bad role models books the guardian. But every now and then we come across a few special cases that make us wonder if the super should be there at all. Cracked s the 20 most secretly brilliant stupid criminals. Weirdest comic book superheroes of all time boing boing. I still read marvel jusapilgrim and though what you say about spiderman is true the question isnt stupidest character recently. Why all superheroes are actually villains obsessive pop. List rules superheroes with the silliest powers and names initially featured in comic books. Marvel has a crazy number of characters in their comic book library over 7,000 of them. Listverse has features many lists on heroes, villains, side kicks, etc. Not to say they arent superheroes but the xmen and other xteams generally take alot of lives.
A unusually dangerousthey dont need to worry about superheroes. Ive always maintained that any logic is acceptable in comics is acceptable, as long as its consistent. Liam dunbar remembered the day it had first begun, the first of all their fights which had now led directly to this showdown. Most superheroes are as stupid as they are powerful. Bill maher suggests success of superhero movies means stupidity is on the rise. Age of ultron is proof marvel is killing the popcorn movie. May 01, 2012 cracked has become good enough to be worth the second click, but if they go to three, they may be in trouble. An exhaustive list of all the easter eggs in avengers. Chief, a brilliant wheelchairbound scientist whom many believed mad, the world was combed for unique, ostracized individualsthose with special talents, but still unwanted in their own societies. They have so much plot induced stupidity, its laughable, i used to enjoy the stories and art and these days. After years of being easily spotted, kidnapped, and forced into marriage, she started to realize that she wasnt very good at this. Ask comic book writer scott snyder, who, in a lengthy twitter thread, revealed how a subtle change in color caused his comic to be reduced to mush by dc. This being the darwin awards, most of the stupid crooks mentioned there manage to kill or injure themselves in the process of proving themselves worthy of that site and this trope.
936 804 1514 1435 1087 281 88 1472 875 1083 1461 1110 133 883 625 515 1314 775 1176 104 837 995 946 116 38 251 1118 176 1473 1165 1134 80 1187 671