So many superheroes are very versatile. The Flash doesn’t just have to deliver packages. There’s not an assembly line in the world which wouldn’t love him. And his typing speed?
Most heroes pick their day jobs to augment the super hero gig. So, given your criteria (no Cops, no robbers), what jobs best position our heroes to do their real jobs?
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[li]Reporter: Supposedly puts Clark Kent and Peter Parker near the action, but is newspapers enough these days? TV crews are more modern, but even today the “on the scene reporter” is being largely supplanted by “on the scene blogger”[/li][li]Cop/Detective: Yeah, that’s out by our criteria anyway, but would it really be a good idea? I mean, if you’re fighting crime, then a secret identity that fights crime seems to defeat the purpose? “Pardon me, I can’t arrest this man. I have to put on my tights, so I can fly him back to jail.”[/li][li]Scientist: Handy for those heroes who created their own powers, either by gadget or genetic tinkering. [/li][li]University Professor: Like scientist, good access to resources and smart types. The down side is that you’re most likely to end up a mentor to a group of smart and sassy younger heroes. Eychhh.[/li][li]Cab Driver: Suresh might have it right. In a cab, you’re mobile, able to get anywhere around the city you need to with little notice. Also, not directly supervised, so if you take an extended break it’s not as noticeable. Down side: not as easy to hide your cab while you’re off saving the day. See also: Bus Driver.[/li][/ul]
Per canon, they’re made of adamantium, a wondrous metal which is completely impervious to all forms of damage. If you ever see adamantium being damaged in the comics by anything, it was fake, or just a dream, or something. If the Living Tribunal smashed an antimatter planet into the Earth, then when all of the dust and gamma rays settled, Wolverine’s skeleton would still be floating around intact.
The Scarlet Witch could be useful to certain parties arranging the odds to go in a certain at betting parlors. And considering that she started out as a flunkie for Magneto, and has flip-flopped between good & evil ever since, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch that she’d take a job for the mob.
The Vision would be great as a surgeon - computerlike quick & precise thought calcluations, repressed emotions (no panicking under pressure during an operation) and the ability to put his hands quite literally in a patient’s chest cavity without having to cut them open. Even his laser vision would be useful in this line of work.
Starfox could put his ‘pleasure power’ to good use at a psychiatric ward for clinically depressed folks. Don’t drug them up, just keep them in the same room with Eros for a few hours, and they’ll get over their depression.
The Wasp is (or was, rather :< ) a fashion designer.
Invisible woman. I always thought invisiblity would get you a job with Henson Associates. Imaginge what an invisible puppeteer would be able to achieve.
So would the Hulk. Or Beast, for that matter. And don’t get me started on the shapeshifters.
The Human Torch could probably solve the energy crisis all by himself : put him under a turbine, feed him cheeseburgers all day long, flame on dude.
Magneto, besides being a living WMD, would make a killing in a Navy dockyard, building aircraft carriers as an afterthought while doing his morning crossword puzzles.
Wanda (Scarlet Witch) could run one hell of a fortune telling scam in Hollywood. “Yes, Matt, I definitely see you landing a blockbuster lead this summer.” FOOM “Hey, and what do you know, I bet the contract is actually in your mailbox as we speak !”
As for Multiple Man, the choice is easy : human spam bot.