# Ineffectual Comics Villains **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538 "2010-09-21T14:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/21 "2010-09-22T19:26:47Z")
Hey, don’t discount the Joker. He’s been known to pull a boner or two in his time. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/22 "2010-09-22T22:27:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Hey, don’t discount the Joker. He’s been known to pull a boner or two in his time. And all of us who chose comic-reading over maturity-attaining get [that](http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/136/) reference… Speaking of bats, don’t forget [The Ten-Eyed Man](http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/10eyedman.htm)… …who had his eyes surgically “moved” to his fingers, all ten of them! So? Do click that link-- you get Seanbaby’s review, which starts off like serious Lit-Crit: _I think the best part about his “powers” is that everyone seemed seriously impressed by them. When he was finally brought to justice, they had to put him in a special maximum security **hand-box** to prevent his escape. As one wise guard said, “ **Because of his… special abilities… Reardon has virtual 360 degree vision. Without the box, escape would be child’s play for him**.”_ But Seanbaby then takes a left turn into an “interview” with 10-E Man. Fun. And his demise? Equally intimidating. He[wandered off a rooftop](http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/images/10-death.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/23 "2010-09-23T07:11:36Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > The Hand is definitely a good choice. Do those guys ever win a fight? They managed to steal and revive Elektra and to kidnap and mind-control Northstar while he was with the X-Men. I don’t know what happened to Northstar after that, haven’t bought comics in ages but happened to browse that one issue. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/24 "2010-09-23T07:34:54Z")
Can we count the countless villains who were foiled by a carefully placed package of Hostess Snack Cakes? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/25 "2010-09-23T08:07:15Z")
There’s Forearm, the Morlock whose power is that he has four arms. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/26 "2010-09-23T08:40:05Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Dr. Doom. He couldn’t even beat Squirrel Girl. And he was bawling after 9/11 ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538/27 "2010-09-23T09:13:02Z")
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned Captain Boomerang- isn’t his whole job basically to be ineffective? I mean, you have to wonder about someone who tries to hit The Flash with a hand-thrown boomerang. Also, Squirrel Girl is _awesome_. If I ever convened a team of superheroes, she’d be the team leader in a snap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ineffectual-comics-villains/554538.md?page=1)