# Non-comic book characters who would make great Avengers (or JLAers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789 "2007-10-15T14:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/1 "2007-10-15T14:39:12Z")
As I was playing Lego Star Wars with my son, it occured to me that Luke Skywalker would be a great superhero. Especially the dark, brooding version from RotJ. He has an awesome weapon, a cool uniform, neat powers, and a decent codename “Skywalker”. He would be great in the Avengers. Who else that is not a comic character (granted, Luke has appeared in hundreds of comics, but he originated in another medium) would fit in well in the Marvel or DC universe? Let’s open it to heroes and villains. A few others: Bumblebee from the Transformers as a Defender. Transportation AND firepower. Matt Tracker from M.A.S.K. (I’m surprised M.A.S.K. hasn’t ridden the nostalgia wave) as a solo hero. Raistlin from Dragonlance as a Dr. Strange foe. The T1000 from T2 as a JLA villain. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/2 "2007-10-15T15:03:08Z")
Doc Savage. He invented superhero. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/3 "2007-10-15T15:18:02Z")
Gil the Arm ([Gil Hamilton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Hamilton)), from Larry Niven’s early Known Space stories. He’s a high-tech detective with an interesting psychic power. (He has an “imaginary arm” that allows him to use limited telekinesis and a psychic tactile sense.) ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/4 "2007-10-15T15:36:22Z")
I realize she’s already had (and may again have) her own comic series, but I think Xena would make a great guest member of the [Birds of Prey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_%28comic%29). ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/5 "2007-10-15T18:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=xnylder] I realize she’s already had (and may again have) her own comic series, but I think Xena would make a great guest member of the [Birds of Prey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_%28comic%29). [/QUOTE] So would Aeon Flux and Laura Croft. I’d like to see an expansion of Batman’s Rogues Gallery: Hannibal Lecter Alex de Large (Clockwork Orange) Zartan (GI Joe) Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) Pee-Wee Herman (think about it!) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/6 "2007-10-15T18:28:49Z")
Zartan and Bumblebee have both been comic book characters in Marvel comics. Raistlin is in a comic adaptation of the series, and I’m fairly sure Jason Voorhees has also been rendered in the comic format. Personally, I’d like any of the members of [F.O.O.J.](http://www.amazon.com/Notebooks-Dr-Brain-Minister-Faust/dp/0345466373) to appear. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/7 "2007-10-15T18:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Zartan and Bumblebee have both been comic book characters in Marvel comics. Raistlin is in a comic adaptation of the series, and I’m fairly sure Jason Voorhees has also been rendered in the comic format. Personally, I’d like any of the members of [F.O.O.J.](http://www.amazon.com/Notebooks-Dr-Brain-Minister-Faust/dp/0345466373) to appear. [/QUOTE] So has Luke Skywalker, but in the OP, I note that the mere appearance in comics is not a disqualifier. It was that they were originally created in some other form (Zartan may have first appeared in comics, but he was created to be a toy). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/8 "2007-10-15T18:44:31Z")
It’d be cool for Remo Williams to turn up in the DCU. I can picture Batzy feeling obligated to stop the assassination for which Remo has been deployed. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/9 "2007-10-15T20:47:16Z")
Emma Peel? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/10 "2007-10-15T21:57:07Z")
Kayser Soze from “The Usual Suspects” would make a great villain – a really nice foil for Batman – two deep planners with wills of iron. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/11 "2007-10-15T22:00:04Z")
Mickey Finn from the Callahan’s Place books would make a good high-level superhero. He’s the guy they’d call in to solo a Herald of Galactus or substitute for Superman when Supe’s busy elsewhere. The superintelligent version of Barclay from the ST : TNG episode _The Nth Degree_ would make a good super-scientist type. Alicia DeVries from _Path of the Fury_. Seriously cyborged, superhuman in various ways; a nice set of power armor, incredibly skilled with weapons, an elite of the elite of the elite sort of soldier. Plus, she’s inhabited by one the the ancient Greek Furies, Tisiphone, and has a mind link to Megarea, a sentient AI warship. They’ve got everything from guns to missles to telepathy to hacking between them. The Stainless Steel Rat, aka James Bolivar diGriz would be a good superhero and -villain. He saves the world **and** robs banks, often at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/12 "2007-10-15T22:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] The Stainless Steel Rat, aka James Bolivar diGriz would be a good superhero and -villain. He saves the world **and** robs banks, often at the same time. [/QUOTE] Oh, I second this one! But make it a team effort, and include his wife Angelina, and sons as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/13 "2007-10-15T22:38:28Z")
Beowolf. Tom Swift Jr. Kim Possible ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/14 "2007-10-15T22:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] It’d be cool for Remo Williams to turn up in the DCU. I can picture Batzy feeling obligated to stop the assassination for which Remo has been deployed. [/QUOTE] Can we dump the Joel Grey Mickey-Rooneyesque wise-old-Asian act, though? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/15 "2007-10-16T01:27:33Z")
Francis Xavier Flynn would make a great Batman recurring guest star. And Ukiah Oregon might be a great Avenger, if someone could talk him into it. So would Duncan McLeod, although he wouldn’t need to be talked into it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/16 "2007-10-16T01:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Francis Xavier Flynn would make a great Batman recurring guest star. And Ukiah Oregon might be a great Avenger, if someone could talk him into it. So would Duncan McLeod, although he wouldn’t need to be talked into it. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but McLeod would be constantly trying to decapitate Thor and Hercules… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/17 "2007-10-16T01:32:48Z")
Brisco County, Jr. Harvard educated lawyer (120 years out of date) Man of action Enhanced reflexes, strength, and limited powers of illusion Accustomed to taking on enhanced villains He’d be a perfect Marvel hero. A team up with the She-Hulk would leave me gasping for breath. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/18 "2007-10-16T13:32:46Z")
A few more: Some new Avengers: BIONIC WOMAN GREATEST AMERICAN HERO BLUE FALCON MACGUYVER (Supporting Cast) MARY POPPINS (Sorceress) SPACE GHOST Freddy Krueger as an X-Men villian. Bender from Futurama as a member of the Metal Men. A Vertigo version of Pete’s Dragon! and of course, Chuck Norris should lead the Justice League… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/19 "2007-10-16T13:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] So would Aeon Flux and Laura Croft. I’d like to see an expansion of Batman’s Rogues Gallery: Hannibal Lecter Alex de Large (Clockwork Orange) Zartan (GI Joe) Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) Pee-Wee Herman (think about it!) [/QUOTE] Prison Break’s T-Bag And on the hero side, Michael Scofield. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789/20 "2007-10-16T15:12:12Z")
**Mongo the Magnificent** from George Chesbro’s Mongo novels. Dr. Robert Frederickson, better known as Mongo the Magnificent. Mongo has a genius I.Q., a Ph.D. in criminology, a black belt in karate, and an engaging personality. He is also a dwarf (he was once a circus performer) and a private investigator. StG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-comic-book-characters-who-would-make-great-avengers-or-jlaers/422789.md?page=2)