Comments on: 10 Completely Lame Superheroes

By: AstroGremlin

AstroGremlin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:52:43 +0000

I love minor superheros with marginal powers. Check out my site for an article “9 Largely Ignored Superheros.”

By: Brian T

Brian T — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:44:37 +0000

WHAT?? NO BIRD MAN??? bird man should be at the very top of this list! most superheroes from the ’60′s were pretty lame, but bird man was the lamest of all IMO. first there’s his name: “bird man”. ooh that’s threatening. then there’s his powers. he gets his powers from the sun. yes superman also gets his powers from a yellow sun, but sheesh at least HE gets to keep his powers! bird man can only be out of sunlight for a certain period of time before he begins to lose his powers and strength and falls out of the sky. then his freaky purple eagle avenger has to save his ass by dragging him into the sun to regain his strength. his weakness is shade! SHADE!! that’s beyond lame. no wonder he decided to become a lawyer lol.

By: Uriah Jordan

Uriah Jordan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:15:23 +0000

Patriot from Young Avengers: A drug addict who used controlled substances to gain powers.
Storm from X-Men: What’s up with the Blue eyes? Can’t we have a popular sister without the self-hatred surgery?
Falcon Captain America’s ‘Friday’: I might be mistaken but this former Pimp was shown how to become an upstanding citizen by a Nazi… Wow!
Luke Cage Longest Running Joke In Marvel: I don’t think I have to say anything. Just read any book with him inside of it.
Blue Marvel: This guy stood by during the Civil Rights Movement and allowed his own people to be hosed, shot, lynched and fire-bombed because the government told him to… and ended up marrying a white woman to boot. I suppose if he was born in the 1600′s he’d been rounding us up for a nice trip to the new world where we would have done a whole lot of gardening and leaning to say ‘Yessah’.
War Machine: Wearing Master’s Hand-Me-Downs with the personality of the aformentioned character above.

I’ve noticed over the past 20 years Marvel has made it a point to make some of the most insulting black characters to ever be printed on paper. Everyone from Joe Robertson to Bishop is an ex-convict and the others run the gambit of everything from Angery Negro (Patriot) to Plantatinon Fantasy (Misty Knight). I’ve yet to see a character of color rival the intellect of Reed Richards or the mechanical savay of Tony Stark. All of them are LAME, and its past time they do better.

By: GFS3

GFS3 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:48:45 +0000

Godiva is pretty lame — I’ll give you that.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:14:36 +0000

What no Blue Devil talk about just a crap idea a special effects/stuntman.

By: Paul Kupperberg

Paul Kupperberg — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:24:36 +0000

You can pick Bouncing Boy when the Legion of Super-Heroes also had Matter-Eater Lad from the planet Bismoll???
“What’s you power?”
“I can eat anything!”
“So can any frat boy! Next!”

By: Jeff Hotchkiss

Jeff Hotchkiss — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:39:19 +0000

Jubilee, Robin, Strong Guy, Doop, Hawk, and Dove are all less lame than Gambit? I think not. Agree with the rest.

I’m hoping his appearance in the Wolverine movie will change people’s perceptions of Gambit. We’ll see.

By: Brian Winkeler

Brian Winkeler — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:24:53 +0000

Trust me, Matter-Eater Lad was totally on the shortlist. I think the game changer was the pathetic-slash-creepy grin on Bouncing Boy in the panel next to his entry.

By: GFS3

GFS3 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:33 +0000

I freakin’ love posts like this. I did a similar thing not long ago called “Hall of Lame: The 10 Superheroes with the Lamest Powers.” Here it is:

http://tiny.cc/efQ5X

Amazingly, we have no overlap; which leads to the obvious — there are many lame-ass superheroes out there. My favorite: Matter-Eater Lad. Jesus!

By: AndyDecker

AndyDecker — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:19:47 +0000

Come on! Compared to characters like El Dorado, Samurai or Apache Chief from the timeless SuperFriends guys and dolls like Gambit and Dazzler are deep and meaningful characters Lol. Okay, I am not so sure about Dazzler.

By: Corey Redekop

Corey Redekop — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:10:47 +0000

Bouncing Boy! I had totally forgotten about Bouncing Boy! I love Bouncing Boy! Always seemed so happy. Where’s the movie version, huh? I’m picturing Paul Ruebens in a fat suit.

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:24:27 +0000

I weep for those who lack the heart and whimsy to appreciate the mirrored ball greatness of Marvel’s most worthwhile contribution to the superheroic arts. Like those who can watch Can’t Stop the Music and not immediately be overcome by its majesty and beauty, people who mock Dazzler simply don’t get it and, sadly, never will.
Betcha think I’m joking. Hah!