What about Garnish, from the original JLA? He could conjure 1/4 cup of any salad dressing out of thin air.
Aside from fly away from a fight, I don’t know what else Hawk Man can do.
He can drop gerbils on you. Agitated gerbils.
That’s probably why he always carried a mace or some other medieval weapon.
All of Hawkman’s powers come from Nth metal except reincarnation. At least I think that isn’t the result of Nth metal. So Nth metal weapons from above are good enough.
Dream Girl (Nura Nal) could see into the future. Great for avoiding a fight, but hardly good for being in one.
She also came from the planet Naltor, where everyone could see into the future Except her sister Mysa, who became the White Witch, casting her spells. Much better power.
Cool powers, bro.
That could be handy in a fight, if it’s a vinaigrette and you toss it in their eyes.
She was always so much more than that.
Can he conjure the vinaigrette so it appears in the guy’s lungs?
If she can do it short term, it can also be great for avoiding a punch.
Kitty Pride always seemed to do okay.
One of the later reboots worked that in, but she still wasn’t a good HtH combatant.
Madame Web circa 1982 had a number of odd and impressive mental abilities, but was completely physically helpless.
Business Man! A man with the power to make ten times more money than a regular man.
Ayn Rand didn’t last long at DC Comics.
John Constantine is probably the best example here. I am sure I could kick his ass, and you could too. I think he only won two fistfights in the 30 year run of his comic, but The First of the Fallen and the King of the Vampires both had a really bad time. If you’re going to punch, punch. Don’t stop to talk, and never have a drink with him.
Anyone who likes superhero fiction should check out George R R Martin’s “Wild Card” shared world superhero books. It grew out of an author’s group role playing game, and they had some fun creating bizarre powers- for example, Nova boy, who could cause the nearest star to go nova at will. Yeah, that’s useful. Or the guy that could teleport any woman he could think of to his bedroom. In the comic book series based on the books, they had a kid gain the power to shoot red lighting out of his hands, but when he tries to fight, he discovers he is actually less dangerous than an ordinary person with a gun.
That would be incredibly useful for evacuating female teammates from dangerous situations. It’d also be quite good for capturing female supervillains.
He had to be in his bedroom at the time.
Presumably, his bedroom would be safer than, say, the midst of a war-time ambush. Hence, the use of it for evacuations. Keep him in radio contact with the team and when they yell HELP! he does his thing and >poof!< they’re safe.