I believe Stan Lee’s own super-power is a chronic lack of taste.
Lesse, what Morts do I remember?
Batlash - His daddy wanted 'im tough. His momma wanted 'im nice. Now, he dresses in flowered vests and fights crime. (Died in Crisis, I believe.)
The Great Lakes Avengers - Doorman? Phbt.
Anything Valiant after “Chaos Effect” (Unity was a great read.)
Jason Tood - Robin no. II! Yes, after Dick Grayson became Nightwing, and before Tim Drake, there was the guy everyone hated! DC put it to a vote, which almost unonimously ended up with the verdict of “Kill him.”
And, a mort can be pulled out of any comic where the first issue starts in the middle of a battle waged by a government super team. (The origin would be thought up in a “zero” issue.)
As an aside on this point, one minor inaccuracy, that only an anal-retentive person without a life would point out, and one whopping big mistake:
Anal Retentive point first:
There were two Jason Todds. The first Jason Todd was a nice (but very young, maybe 9 years old) kid who was an acrobat at the same circus that Dick Grayson came from. His parents were killed by King Croc and he became Robin soon afterwards.
A while after Crisis (a year or two, longer in books like Teen Titans which kept using Jason Todd 1), someone had the idiot idea to make Jason Todd into a street-punk. Suddenly, poof, his history, background, etc. changed. This was part of the post-Crisis confusion that DC was having at the time. This character is the one who was snuffed.
The mistake: The vote was not overwhelmingly in favor of snuffing Jason II, much to DC’s suprise. Apparently DC was so confident that Jason II would be offed, the artwork for the Jason Lives scenario was never drawn. Just a few panels.
The vote was razor thin, and I’ve heard allegations that DC had it’s staffers calling the 900-SNUF-ROB line to pad the vote. Apparently, no one at DC thought the story would make headlines. It did and baby-boomers who grew up with Adam West got the idea that DC was gonna kill Dick Grayson.
Fenris
Three words: Justice League Antarctica
When villians go good (and become worse for it).
sigh
Bwah-ha-ha!
Funniest comic I ever read. I still have it packed away somewhere.
Not from comics but: The old Saturday Night Live skit when they were all super heroes, Dan Aykroyd as Superman, Belushi as Hulk. Superman comes up to Garrett Morris and asks him what superhero he is, the answer “Antman.” Superman asks hey I have never heard of Antman what super powers do you have? "I have the powers of a MAN when I am the size of an ANT. That’s really lame!