# Name 17 superheroes in this picture (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [April 14, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006 "2021-04-14T22:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/1 "2021-04-14T22:20:07Z")
Supposed to be 17, I can only get 16. Considering all the comic nerds here, I figure this should take no time. First off, let’s use spoilers so everyone can play. No cheating by looking at other answers until you put up your list. AFAIK, the correct answers are not listed by the artist. Here are my 16 > **Summary** > > Spawn, Deadpool, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Thor, Flash, Shazam, Thing, Green Lantern, Hellboy, Aquaman, Superman, Spider-Man, Punisher, Wonder Woman, Captain America, some X-man, I’ll go with Wolverine. My guess is I’m missing who wears the belt with pouches or whatever shoulders are between the cowl and the neck. Here goes! [![](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/1a289a5d-a91b-4491-9de8-2ac61c14bf18/d89tqfp-49f95832-0da5-4540-a9ba-515be884ae6e.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMWEyODlhNWQtYTkxYi00NDkxLTlkZTgtMmFjNjFjMTRiZjE4XC9kODl0cWZwLTQ5Zjk1ODMyLTBkYTUtNDU0MC1hOWJhLTUxNWJlODg0YWU2ZS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.4_Zk_pm4A60NUdD8Ex0nOuoHXNFSNwWYh3jZUdXTZL8) ](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/1a289a5d-a91b-4491-9de8-2ac61c14bf18/d89tqfp-49f95832-0da5-4540-a9ba-515be884ae6e.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMWEyODlhNWQtYTkxYi00NDkxLTlkZTgtMmFjNjFjMTRiZjE4XC9kODl0cWZwLTQ5Zjk1ODMyLTBkYTUtNDU0MC1hOWJhLTUxNWJlODg0YWU2ZS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.4_Zk_pm4A60NUdD8Ex0nOuoHXNFSNwWYh3jZUdXTZL8) ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/2 "2021-04-14T22:35:22Z")
Dude. Who is most famous for wearing a utility belt? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/3 "2021-04-14T22:36:22Z")
Not a red one! ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/4 "2021-04-14T22:37:19Z")
Here goes, in no particular order: 1. Deadpool (the mask) 2. Thor (the hammer) 3. Doctor Strange (the shoulders of the cloak-although that doesn’t quite look right for his cloak…) 4. The Thing (orange rocky right arm) 5. The Flash (symbol on the hammer) 6. Green Lantern (the ring) 7. Iron Man (the gauntlet on the left hand) 8. Spawn (the tattered cloak collar) 9. Damien Hellstrom (the trident - could be Aquaman’s trident instead) 10. The Punisher (skull symbol on chest) 11. Spiderman (spiderlegs on chest symbol) 12. Wonder Woman (golden lasso on belt) 13. Cyclops (or some other X-Man - the X symbol on the belt buckle) 14. Batman (the pouches on the utility belt) 15. Superman (the diamond on the chest for the insignia) 16. Captain America (the star in the center of the chest) 17. Daredevil (the horns on the mask) ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/5 "2021-04-14T22:37:33Z")
… And Thor’s hammer doesn’t have a flash symbol on it… ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/6 "2021-04-14T22:39:42Z")
Shazam on the hammer, Flash hanging off the handle ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/7 "2021-04-14T22:42:23Z")
I think Hellboy for the left hand, and since everything else is the correct color, I don’t think the belt can be Batman’s. ETA: Maybe Iron man is right, I think Hellboy’s left hand is normal. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/8 "2021-04-14T22:45:50Z")
I counted 17… 18 if that belt is supposed to be Batman’s. My list concurs with gdave’s list, but I’d add Shazam. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/9 "2021-04-14T22:46:13Z")
Well, That might well be the Hand of Doom, not an armored gauntlet, so that one I’ll concede. But some of the colors are off - that’s clearly Punisher’s skull, but it’s red instead of white. And if the star is Captain America’s, that’s the wrong color as well, so I don’t think we can go by colors. Still, I missed the two lighting bolts, so, yeah, Flash _and_ Shazam. But then I’m up to _18_ superheroes. And Cyclops did sometimes wear a utility belt. So, the whole belt, including pouches, could be Cyclops, which brings me back down to 17. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/10 "2021-04-14T22:47:31Z")
Name of character: Copyright Infringement Man ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/11 "2021-04-14T22:47:54Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I counted 17… 18 if that belt is supposed to be Batman’s. My list concurs with gdave’s list, but I’d add Shazam. I now think the whole belt is supposed to be Cyclop’s, who did sometimes use a utility belt, which brings me back down to 17. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/12 "2021-04-14T22:48:56Z")
You actually got that backwards. [Flash](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(New_Earth)) is on the head of the hammer, and the charm is [Shazam](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_Batson_(New_Earth)) (Jay Garrick’s symbol lacks the circle, and only has one point on the lightning bolt, but it’s point-upward, and there are no variations of Shazam’s with the circle or 2 pointed ends.) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/13 "2021-04-14T22:52:32Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I think Hellboy’s left hand is normal. Yeah. His special hand is the right, in reference to the Nick Cave song Red Right Hand. [Edit WRONG NICK.] ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/14 "2021-04-14T22:53:36Z")
Points 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/15 "2021-04-14T22:56:02Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I now think the whole belt is supposed to be Cyclop’s, who did sometimes use a utility belt, which brings me back down to 17. Okay, belt goes to Cyclops, left hand only has 3 fingers so, Hellboy? Even tho it’s the wrong hand? Who do you give the blue uniform to? Still Dr. Strange? Maybe the cape buttons are someone else. Damn there are a lot of different X-men uniforms. Do they change them every year? ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/16 "2021-04-14T22:57:12Z")
You’re right, but I’m still gonna claim points for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/17 "2021-04-14T23:02:32Z")
I don’t know how I missed the three fingers, but you’re right, so that’s _definitely_ the Hand of Doom, even though it’s the wrong hand - that’s probably simple artist’s error - so, Hellboy. The blue costume could be Cyclops, to go with the belt, or Superman, or…a _lot_ of characters have had a blue onesie, and, again, I don’t think the colors are reliable, so that could be just anybody. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/18 "2021-04-14T23:09:59Z")
The bottom of the blue looks like a skirt type thing like Dr. Strange has rather than tights. But if all that blue is Dr. Strange maybe the cape buttons are someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/19 "2021-04-14T23:14:31Z")
1. Deadpool’s mask 2. Daredevil’s horns on Deadpool’s mask 3. Spawn’s cape 4. Thor’s hammer 5. The Flash’s insignia on Thor’s hammer 6. The Thing’s right arm 7. Green Lantern ring on Thing’s arm 8. Spider-Man logo on the chest 9. Punisher logo on the Spider-Man logo 10. X-Men belt buckle 11. Wonder Woman’s lasso on the belt 12. Shazam’s symbol hanging from a keychain on Thor’s hammer Guessing: 12. Aquaman’s trident? 13. I want to say Hellboy’s Red Right Hand, except that’s a left hand 14. Homeslander’s blue body suit with the shoulder fastened cape 15. Is the star on the Punisher Skull from Captain Marvel? 16. I guessing the yellow diamond background to the chest logo is a reference, just because it’s not really a part of any of the component logo’s designs, but I have no idea what its from ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006/20 "2021-04-14T23:23:34Z")
Can anyone name a hero who commonly has the gold buttons on the cape? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006.md?page=2)