He had prophetic dreams which led him to crimes. When he died he bequeathed that power along to Sand. (Hey, it was magically based,so why not?)
Except that for a while Snapper could teleport. He got the power during the alien Invasion and lost it when his hands were cut off by Khunds. They were regrown but he no longer had the power, which I thought made no sense.
How effectively? If the bad guys’ clothes suddenly go rigid or their masks fall off it could be pretty cool.
Those are the Nasty Armoured Dudes, like Iron Man.
The Running Guy is quite useless.
Ahem…far be if from me to be a nitpicking nerd or anything but Booster Gold could fly because he stole a Legion Flight Ring from the Space Museum in the 25th Century, his costume also gave him super strength and IIRC, the ability to project forcefields.
Have to admit I always thought Dream Girl was useless, it was always a bit odd that several people in the Substitute Legion were considerably more useful in a fight than a lot of full fledged Legionnaires, I mean who would you want beside you when fighting a supervillain, Matter Eater Lad or Fire Lad? (he could do stuff with erm, fire).
Lots of people think Triplicate Girl/Triad was useless. Her power was to split into three bodies-so she was three normal girls! Then one of her bodies got killed (pre zero hour) and she became even more useless! (although they did go to some pains to show her doing espionage stuff with her power but the fact that they wrote her and Matter Eater Lad out as soon as they could in the 70s speaks for itself!)
Oh and my namesake, Infectioius Lass wasn’t that bad-she once took out Universo with Oolian flu! And then there was the time she turned Color Kid into Color Queen with that gender reversal illness…
It has to be admitted that is about all she did in her entire career but still…pretty impressive! 
My nomination for Lamest Superhero Ever is a little-known Marvel character from the mid-80’s known as, “The Punisher.” His power? He had… a gun!
The source of his power? He was in Vietnam! …Great, just great.
He also apparently had the ability to locate large quantities of vaguely ethnic drug dealers, so he could shoot them. With the gun.
I’m sorry, but I don’t feel the need to regard this guy as any kind of superhero just because the comic book asserts that he is.
And, really, what the hell kind of superhero name is “The Punisher,” anyway? “Ooh, I’m going to punish you, evil doer. Come over here and be punished.”
Oh, God, will the Reagan Era ever end?
Damn you Infectious Lass! BG has always been one of my favorite heros(Along with Firestorm), and here you give all the details before I can. Ahh, well.
Actually, didn’t he have [pause for effect] two guns?
Either way, his costume was a literally skin-tight (he could have painted it on his chest and had it look the same) purple/dark thing with a skull symbol.
Yeah, I overlooked the incredibly fear-inducing costume.
“Look! I’m a pirate flag! Be afraid of me, I’m Mister Yuck!”
What a weed.
You know… I remember thinking about what the hell his power was when I was a little kid. That was from reading the ads for his comics.
Well for me he had the power to suck the joy out of comics.
Him and Wolverine. “Yeah, that’s what I’m looking for in a superhero! An ill-tempered, hairy Canadian with knives coming out of his arms!”
Well for me he had the power to suck the joy out of comics.
Him and Wolverine. “Yeah, that’s what I’m looking for in a superhero! An ill-tempered, hairy Canadian with knives coming out of his arms!”
And this was my childhood?!
Well that was odd. Must be heat lightning or something.
Say, has anyone mentioned Uncle Marvel? I think his only power was to dress like Captain Marvel.
I don’t remember anyone ever calling Punisher “a superhero.” He was a bad guy from the git-go. A vigilante hellbent on eliminating organized crime the best way he knows how…kill the criminals.
Black costume with the large white skull was purposeful…in the dark, the skull stand out right nicely (moreso than his head) and gives bad guys (worse guys) somthing to shoot at, where he was well armored with kevlar.
While I’m enjoying the current Punisher run as a black comedy, his earlier appearances which were much more realistic had the feel of a good action film. Unlike the Punisher action film which had the feel of a good hard kick in the balls.
The Ambigiously Gay Duo.
As the almighty Seanbaby points out, Hawkman’s power was particularly silly considering that almost everyone else on the various teams he worked with could AT LEAST fly. Sometimes, when the writers forgot, they even let the Flash fly.
http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/hawkman.htm
Come to think of it, you had better check out Seanbaby’s entire Superfriends site, new and classic, even though it isn’t exactly about physical comics
http://www.seanbaby.com/super.htm
Particularly the Aquaman cartoons in this one:
http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/aquaman.htm
And then there’s Stupid Comics page, along with the The Legion of Sh**ty Villians, featuring the Ten-Eyed Man, Clock King, Rainbow Raider, and the ultimate in lame villians Turner D. Century
http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom.htm
Yea, Seanbaby’s got some funny stuff on superheros. Too bad his site is afiliated with such a misanthropic one.
IIRC, she could make the clothes all constrictive and binding, but she couldn’t magically make them stronger than normal. So - great if you’re into S&M, but if you’re strong enough to rip through your shirt she’s not much of a threat.
The mask thing is a good idea though. Too bad no one ever thought of it.
Not so! He could run as fast as 10 fast men!
While I’m at it, I should correct something from up-thread…
She also had the power of multiple costumes, a power shared by her SO, Henry Pym. (What’s he calling himself these days, anyway?) In fact, she was quite a bit more powerful than the Embarrassing, oops, Astonishing Ant-Man. IIRC, Wasp retained her human strength while at tiny size. Her engineered wings enabled her to fly; Antsy had to ride an ant (Emma was her name). Her engineered antennae enabled her to communicate; Antsy had a helmet. And, of course, she had her stings.
And she was really, really rich.
—Too bad his site is afiliated with such a misanthropic one.—
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