# Most overrated comic book hero?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220 "2010-07-19T14:02:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220/61 "2010-07-20T22:40:34Z")

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Well, to be fair, I’ve never seen Spidey rocking [this bitchin’ hairdo](http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/3865_4_0079.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220/62 "2010-07-21T00:12:31Z")

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> [@MTCicero](#):
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> Well, to be fair, I’ve never seen Spidey rocking [this bitchin’ hairdo](http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/3865_4_0079.jpg).

I can envision the claws being nearly the length of his forearms, but those look longer than his _legs_.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220/63 "2010-07-21T00:33:36Z")

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Pym particles.

The Canadian government had them before Pym.

Beware Canadia!

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220/64 "2010-07-21T01:09:39Z")

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> [@MTCicero](#):
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> Well, to be fair, I’ve never seen Spidey rocking [this bitchin’ hairdo](http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/3865_4_0079.jpg).

Bah. That’s just Wolverine’s secondary mutation.

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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-comic-book-hero/547220/65 "2010-07-22T18:41:06Z")

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I, too, must abstain as Wolverine is the most overrated super-hero of all.

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