Captain Marvel. I didn’t mention him in my other post because I’m not sure what company he’s from (it’s complicated). And I know that “Shazam” is an acronym of the names of several mythological figures, and he gets a trait from each of them (the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, someone with an A name, the power of Zeus, etc.). And there are a few other Shazam heroes, too, with a different set of deities (but the same acronym) for each one.
I’m not a comics fan.
I know the origin story for Superman. That’s pretty much all I can say for sure.
I have a vague idea of the origin of Batman.
Spiderman, Hulk, Wolverine, etc.? No clue.
ETA: If it wasn’t obvious, I actively avoid movies based on comic books.
For the record, Jay Garrick was the first Flash, whose origin was described by Chronos. Wally West was the third Flash, who was Barry Allen’s nephew and got his powers from… who knows where.
Uncle Barry brought him to the police lab one day, and a second lightning bolt hit the same combination of lab chemicals.
Actually, Garrick got his speed powers from inhaling heavy water vapors in a college lab. No lightning bolt.
Perhaps worth noting that Archie and Jughead were superheroes (Pureheart the Powerful and Captain Hero, respectively) in a few issues. I don’t know their origin stories, however.
It is actually possible to be so lame you can’t join the Legion. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: The Legion of Substitute Heroes.
I know Superman and Spiderman (if all you want to know is the “bit by radioactive spider” part of it.) Totally don’t remember about Batman’s folks getting killed and a young Bruce Wayne witnessing it, even though I saw at least one Batman movie in the theatres (the first Michael Keaton one.) Definitely don’t know anything about Captain America, the Flash, Thor, or any of these superheroes.
No, and this is how a dweeb can, if inclined, figure out he’s a dweeb and make corrections against it.
Knowing origin stories is dweebish, and people of your father’s generation knew it. 95% or more of readers don’t care, and nearly 100% don’t like how you prance around, as if your data might make a difference.
I think he prefers the name Zoom these days. 
How about the Punisher? There’ve been two movies, numerous titles, cartoons, etc based on him. I should think that his origin would be fairly well-known (but, then again, if someone doesn’t know the origin of even the friggin’ X-Men I don’t they’d know Frank Castle).
Jay’s origin is nowhere in Chronos’s post - Jay got his powers when he (a college student, studying chemistry) accidentally inhaled fumes from a spilt beaker of, depending on the telling, hard water, or heavy water.
His version of Barry’s origin is more or less correct (I’m not sure if at any point he was thinking about Jay while working, but the rest is there), except for the whole inspired by Wally West part - it was Jay. (And since 1986, they’ve been from the same universe.) And the Mopey retcon has been ignored as ridiculous even by comic book standards.
Wally’s origin is he was Barry’s nephew (or, rather, Barry’s girlfriend/wife’s nephew), and, while visiting the lab where Barry worked (at a police station - Barry was a police scientist), Barry’s accident happened again, this time showering Wally with the chemicals, and giving him the same powers. It was, in fact, under Wally’s tenure that the Speed Force retcon happened…which involved all the Flashes…plus the other DC speedsters. (Though not all of them DEPEND on the Speed Force - Jay has powers even when the Speed Force is gone, he’s just not nearly as fast.) So, he actually got Wally almost right, just put him in Jay’s place, and gave him the same job both previous Flashes had. (Although not until after gaining his powers in Jay’s case.)
There’s also a fourth Flash (Barry’s grandson, Bart), whose origin is at once more simple (he inherited his powers from his grandfather, via his father, who also had them), and vastly more complicated (involving his powers going haywire, time travel, dimensional travel, a long history his mother’s family has with his father’s…).
I have a feeling, even with the movies…his existence isn’t well known, let alone his origin.
Although his origin is pretty generic - probably 80% of the characters of his type have exactly the same origin. (Saw his wife and kids gunned down by mafia types, swore revenge.) So if you know he exists, you can probably guess at his origin, easily enough.
From the link:
Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem from the planet Mardru): has the power to make plants grow super fast. He gained this power after falling into a vat of super plant growth formula as a small child. He has stated at various times that he can only accelerate plant growth, not control plant life, although some of his appearances seemed to contradict this
Ye gods! Horrible name, horrible origin, horrible power. Man, what were they smoking when they came up with this tool?
Am I the only on who considers him a knockoff of Mack Bolan?
Amen. My kids were poking fun at me because they knew I liked the first Spidey movie: “Oh, y’mean the PETER PARKER movie?” they taunted. And I said “Exactly! That’s the most interesting part. How would it FEEL to be a nerdy kid who suddenly had weird powers? It’d freak you out!”
The scenes with Peter getting the cafeteria tray stuck to his webbing, or ducking under the bully’s punch, resonated more with me than any superhero slugfest.
And even bad… um, *less good *movies have their moments: Daredevil dealing with multiple bruises (and taking multiple painkillers), The Human Torch thoroughly enjoying his powers, Wolverine’s childhood traumas, David Ogden Stiers as The Martian Manhunt…well, maybe not a movie that bad.
You need 19 more. Wasn’t Captain America injected with shit? Thor is a god, right? Who needs more backstory?
Right?
I think to really get the gist of it, you need to know that he volunteered to be injected. There’s a difference between becoming a superhero because you’re clumsy and spilled something, or the like, and becoming one because you’re patriotic enough to take the risk. There’s also the matter of his shield, which is frankly much more interesting than his actual powers.
Well as already mentioned, Thors alter ego “cripplied” Dr Don Blake “found” the hammer and “became” Thor then they had to make a justification about why he wasn’t Thor right from the start.
Capt America is an older character from 1941 and when he was revived in the Avengers in 1964 he had to be thawed out of a block of ice from suspended animation. Otherwise you either say he doesn’t age like the rest of us due to the serum or have the issue of why as a mere mortal, he was fighting the Nazis in the 1940s and still others into the 21st Century
Not that these things have to be so logical.
I’d like to avoid the Archie/Veronica weirdos & point you to the Donald Duck Family Tree. There’s an update here.