I am writing this for all you people that want to write a book with people that have superpowers in it, but you cant. So, without further ado heres my list of 27 of the lamest characters created in comic book history. The comic world is littered with heroes possessing various godlike abilities. First, armfalloff boy can effectively use his arm as a flail. This series mostly avoids the problems bewitched had, however, by explaining the rules the fairies work by at the beginning and then sticking to them. Excelsior and welcome to top10archives top 10 unusual and maybe even some useless super powers found in comic books. Any serious evaluation of fictional comic book superpowers will tell you that hers are not very good.
Below is a list of many of those powers that have been used. Back in a time when comic books were innocent and had their heroes seriously say lines like. Ever wished you had superpowers or were born with the mutant gene. You might think twice after a taking a look at this list of lessthanimpressive superpowers from comic book history. Some of them have even made it onto the big screen. Only one person has this power and unfortunately kinnear is the only thing she can move. Here are 10 of the worst superpowers in comics that youll wish never even existed. Uncommonly used in stories by notspecified with 159,933 reads. Heroes who could end all life as we know it with a thought, punt a hospital into orbit, or fart tornadoes. Superpower is a popular culture term for an imaginary superhuman ability. When the uselessness happens just when the power wouldve been necessary, then its plotdriven breakdown.
Enjoy this funny collection of pointless superpowers and write you own. Top ten superheroes with useless superpowers thetoptens. Feel free to comment, but please no swearing or they will be deleted. Adolfo alcala, patrick conlon, jason nitti, and neel williams have compiled a book of super useless superpowers, really powerful stuff like telekinnearsis, which is the power to move greg kinnear with ones mind. While at the time most uniquely powered comic book characters were done as quirky satires of the industry, the doom patrols angstridden and mentally imbalanced crew were part of one of the first books to insinuate that superpowers could be terrifyingly abnormal. The best superheroes have an ability that would work in the real world. You can change the color of your skin, but only change it to bright yellow, indigo, or strawberryshortcake.
A cute website with dinky cartoons and fun descriptions of those super powers which, if you were to be blessed with one, would be pretty much damnnear useless. And yet, despite the exaggeratedly large size of the rule book, it only. Comic books what kind of lame power is heart anyway tv. These heroes have powers so strange, they may make you reconsider the term super. The 30 most useless superpowers ever created gamespot. Top ten fastest fictional characters megamanzerostrider top ten most powerful supervillains top ten superheroes with useless superpowers bluefish. Superuseless superpowers by jason nitti, adolfo alcala. Here, we round up fifteen of the craziest, leastlogical inclusions from the pages of our favorite comic series. Sure, most comic book heroes have the abilities of flight and super strength, but how many can vomit acid.
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Are there any comics about how terrible superpowers would probably be. Maybe its because im an outdoorsy person, but being a walking can of off. List of supernatural powers and abilities superpower wiki. Besides the fact that you and a few other losers were dangerous or worthless for the superhero team. I, however, disagree that the said characters are useless. The 10 most useless superpowers in comics green label. Some of these characters you just have to see to believe. Have you ever thought of or seen a superpower that was completely useless, but didnt want to cause a scene. So, for this weeks ttt, i decided to create a list of 10 books that feature characters who have superpowers.
Apr 12, 2018 one of the most powerful telepaths in the world, xavier can use his powers to read minds, but his most powerful ability is altering or erasing someones memories, or simply making them do what he desires. Jan 07, 2019 bailey is the main protagonist in this comic. There are many different types of superpowers though most are physical, mental, technological, or mystical. Whats the most useless super power that you can think of.
For every hero with awesome superpowers, there are plenty of. Superpowers are abilities uncommon to the average human. Characters with useless superpowers, inexplicable inclusions, and notably inappropriate choices all appear alongside the big names leaving us thinking wtf, comics. Feb 11, 2016 the 30 most useless superpowers ever created. Superuseless superpowers nitti, jason, alcala, adolfo, conlon, patrick, williams, neel on.
He has the ability to explode himself as a firework o. Having a cast iron stomach is pretty much a useless power that some people do indeed have. Dc comics is one of the largest and oldest american comic book companies. Here are 20 with bafflingly silly powers, ranked from least to most useless. This includes abbreviations which contain one or more letters meant to represent one or more swear words keep your comments clean, appropriate, and respectful. And yet, these notsohelpful superpowers have appeared time and time again in actual comics. Xavier has done more damage to other peoples brains than most supervillains in comic book history.
Feb 10, 2019 comic book fans of the world are feeling the hype for the first big screen appearance of captain marvel. Useless enough to only be marginally helpful if even that, but still qualify as a super power. I provide advice about how to write novels, comic books and graphic novels. The most useless superpowers zeon santos tuesday, march 27, 2018 at 3.
Skaterman was one of the most panned comics on its release. Russian space monument monument to the conquerors of space, moscow. Tony is a lovable character who definitely needs high priced. Jan 17, 2020 10 superpowers western comic books are useless but would work in my hero academia these superpowers arent really useful in western comics. Not everyone has supermans super strength and heat vision. Useless superpowers for everyday people posted on april 12, 2018 by dexter buschetelli posted in articles, other, uncategorized no comments v geeks always get it, the dumb questions. Superpowers is a comic book but without any pictures, which frankly ought not to work but thanks to david j. Jessica campbell jones cage is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Jun 27, 2015 excelsior and welcome to top10archives top 10 unusual and maybe even some useless super powers found in comic books. Tony stark may be a rich spoiled brat without super powers, but it doesnt mean that he cant bring the pain with his armored suit. If ive missed any of your favourites for the title, let me know. Some of these powers may or may not be already used in some stories, comic books, television shows, andor movies. Comic books what kind of lame power is heart anyway tv tropes. Legion of superheroes includes the strangest characters.
As a person who loves comics and as i grew up thought how cool. This tradition is especially rich in the fictional universes of various comic book stories, movies, and video games. Since that time, the comic books industry has churned out a huge number of superhero comics, which is. Marvel studios new avengers plans involve spiderman.
Comic book artist neal adams created the character and took some. Most of my content applies to fictionwriting in general, but i also provide articles specifically about superhero stories generic physical superpowers. The ability to freeze time, but by doing so you are also frozen. Well, the 19 heroes below can do all that and more.
No matter where you go, you always know exactly where the restrooms are located. So if you are a fan of comics and superheroes, then this book is a great one to read. They are most frequently used in pulp magazines, comic books, science fiction, television programs, and films as the key attribute of a superhero. You find the comic book market is especially profitable.
Love them because theyre fantastical, or hate them because theyre often corny and dont help push the narrative along a logical path, superpowers are more popular than ever. I wonder what kind of nutritional need the body would get out of consuming batteries, and passing those. Top ten books that feature characters who have superpowers. Not every comic book character is going to be spiderman, but were these really the best heroes marvel could come up with. These superpowers arent really useful in western comics. You are an ordinary student of the academy for gifted mutants. You can turn into a machine gun but not bullets, contemporary jazz turns you back to normal, you can only. Sep 27, 2011 10 comic book superpowers way worse than talking to fish. Which superpowers would be useless in real life comic vine. So which superpowers from worlds of fiction would be pretty useless in the realworld like if somebody couldnt absorb magic or something.
There are a few light mentions throughout all of comic books the flash complaining. Super powers are inherent to comic books, so a lot of our picks were culled from there, but there are also plenty to consider from video games, tv, and movies. Shes a bruja, a femme, a pop princess and she loves comic books, witches, dinosaurs and. Some superpowers pop up again and again in comic books. Read superpowers from the story 100 super strange superpowers. Pointless super powers a pointless super power is a supernatural ability that has no practical value. He decides to stay on earth after sampling some of. List rules comic book superpowers that are the most useless. He subsequently had his skull reformed with a metal plate which gave him his superpower. In the often obscure and bizarre world of comic books, here are 10 characters with way weirder and seemingly much more useless abilities. League to make what else a promotional series about a punloving, crimefighting, exfootball player with super powers. As a person who loves comics and as i grew up thought how cool it would be to have superpowers, i found this book to be a humorous look at some of the powers that i would never want to have.
Weve painstakingly delved into some of the most forgotten pages of comic. A list of superpowers cool powers make cool heroes. Five college students wake up one morning and discover that they have acquired various and typical for the genre superpowers. Comic book heroes with the most useless powers screenrant. The top two grossing films so far this year have been black panther and.
Top 22 superheroes with no super powers comic vine. Baileys parents took him to professor xaviers school, and meet beast to analyze his mutant powers. But that ability, historically, seems to have a lot of overlap with. List of supernatural powers and abilities superpower. For superpowers that are actually useless, see what kind of lame power is heart, anyway. Useless superheroes is a moderately humorous, erotic game. Video highlights the most useless superhero powers of alltime. Ok, ok, so were really talking about telekinetic ability here. We all wish we had super powers, and when we close our eyes and dream about our newfound. Jul 25, 2016 15 most useless superheroes in the marvel universe. Mar 27, 2018 the most useless superpowers zeon santos tuesday, march 27, 2018 at 3.
The humor is in the fact that you would be better of without that special ability. Superuseless superpowers is a collection of superpowers that would be funny if they werent so very sad. Seven of the 11 topgrossing films of 2017 were superhero movies, based on characters first introduced in comic books. Many forms of fiction feature characters attributed with superhuman, supernatural, or paranormal abilities, often referred to as superpowers also spelled super powers and superpowers or powers. Forum forum games useless superpowers 62622 users registered, 11526452 messages sent. Apr 28, 2015 as someone who grew up watching a ton of superhero movies and absolutely loves xmen, im a massive fan of books with characters who have superpowers. Are there any comics about how terrible superpowers would. The book is based on a super blog and is illustrated by the super mark todd. Which comic book superheroes have the most useless powers. What is the most uselessfunniest superpower that can be.
None of the following heroes were fortunate enough to have telekinesis, a bulletproof chest, or the ability to control fire. Sabu is a recurring character in chacha chaudhary, an indian comic book. In this age of economic downturn and global strife, when all that seemed powerful in the past has balked in the face of challenge. The story is that of young billy batson who after saying the phrase shazam becomes. Yet theres a group of characters who boast powers that push the limits of the superhero genre. This book is a great compilation of truly superuseless superpowers.