He’s a drugstore truckdriving man.
The Ghostbusters fired neutrona beams, powered by proton packs–small nuclear reactors in their backpacks.
More from comics:
Blue Beetle’s gun fires a blinding burst of light as well as non-lethal charges of compressed air to flatten foes.
Phantom Lady’s gauntlets emit “black light” rays that render her invisible.
Starman’s cosmic rod can levitate the user, create force fields, or fire a blast of energy channeled directly from the stars. Currently Stargirl has the rod in her possession.
Reducto, the villainous, size-obsessed lawyer from Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law, wields a shrink ray.
Space Ghost’s gauntlets also fire rays, but I forget what he called them. He was always blowing up Zorak on his talk show, though.
The OP mentioned the Noisy Cricket, but let’s not forget the “flashy-thingy”.
My all time favorite, Marvin Martian’s Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
RandomLetters, I knew I wouldn’t get far in this thread without a mention of “you-know-what’s”, but I couldn’t help laughing out loud despite myself.
…I only opened this thread to see how far it would go before you-know-whats got mentioned. 4th reply. Wow.
Don’t forget: Unregistered nuclear reactors.
Don’t cross the streams.
DD