Weekly Comic Book Discussion 6/21/2007

Even funnier, Wolverine and Captain America are 6’s, Peter Parker’s a 4.

…maybe they are so high because they are so old?

Somebody needs a big ol’ dope slap, or maybe a tap with the ol’ clue-by-4.

Those Marvel ratings are a joke. Just look at Hawkeye’s stats. His intelligence, strength, and speed are rated at a lousy 2? Gimme a break.

Hawkeye wasn’t a genius by any means, but he was a tactical leader and he designed some of his own arrowheads. Heck, the Wasp’s intelligence level is listed as 4, and I see no reason to believe that she’s a lot smarter than he is.

Strength and speed at level 2? As I recall, Clint Barton is supposed to be an Olympic-level athlete, or darned close to one. He’s also a circus aerialist, and he’s supposed to have uncanny reflexes. Once again though, the Wasp outclasses him, with strength and speed listed at 4 and 5, respectively.

Heck, the Scarlet Witch’s intelligence and speed are given as 6 and 4, respectively. By what stretch of the imagination does she outclass Hawkeye in those regards?

I suspect that we’d find a lot of other anomalies like these with just a modicum of effort. Suffice to say that I’d take these ratings with a Goliath-sized chunk of sodium chloride.

Oh, good grief. Johnny Storm gets a"7" in every single category.

These ratings are complete nonsense.

Johnny Storm, secret mastermind of the Marvel Universe! Of course, it all makes sense now… he was once married to… a Skrull!

Shhhh…you’re going to give them IDEAS…