the comic book super-hero (& villain) index of themes & motifs

Cafe Society
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Black Cat (Marvel), Catman, Human Fly II (the stuntman, not the bug guy), Killer Shrike, Leapfrog, Frog Man, Snowbird (Alpha Flight), Spider-Woman I, II and III, Tarantula

Lillith (Dracula’s daughter), Ghost Rider I, Night Rider

Snowbird again, Hercules, Wendigo

Dumb Bunny, Awkwardman (Inferior Five)

Spitfire (New Universe), Arthur (Tick’s sidekick), Beetle

Awkwardman again

Madame Rogue (Doom Patrol Villain)

Human Torch I, Ultron, Jocasta, Machine Man

Psylocke, Mentallo, Psi-Force (New Universe), Psimon

Dr Polaris, Doctor Light, Magenta, Living Laser, Klaw

Shrinking Violet

White Feather (Inferior Five)

Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew, The Vishanti

Alternate Timelines: Phoenix (Rachel Summers), X, Vance Astro I, Deathlok

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Cosmic/Godlike/Omnipotent - Thanos, The Watcher, Phantom Stranger, Guardians of OA, Zeus, The Spectre, Captain Marvel/Mar-Vell, Galactus, Galactus’ heralds (incl. Silver Surfer), the Celestials, Asgardians, The Beyonder, Lord Order/Master Chaos, Lords of Order and Chaos, Dr. Fate, the Endless, the Living Tribunal, the In-Betweener

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Note - I lumped Dr. Fate in with the above category because in some incarnations he was considered almost/as powerful as the Spectre and Phantom Stranger

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Well if you want to get technical Colossal Boy in the current Legion is a giant who shrinks to six feet.

Super Powerful: Power Girl

Fire: Fire

Ice: Ice

Transmutters (Alchemists if you will): Element Lad, Firestorm

Made up of multiple beings: Supergirl (Linda Danvers), Firestorm, Triplecate Girl

Considering Countdown shouldn’t Blue Beetle be in infilators? Nightwing is doing some infilating himself currently.

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I thought Green Arrow’s mainly concerned himself with helping people make left-hand turns at busy intersections.

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Ice–Frozone
Ragman is–

[ol]
[li]Made up of multiple beings[/li][li]Wears a super-suit[/li][li]Ghosts/undead:[/li][li]Vigilantes[/li]and may be
[li]Magicians[/li][/ol]

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French: Batroc

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And Bomb Voyage.

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Zut alors! Ze stereotyping, il est atroce!