# What super-hero team would you want to be a member of?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034
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**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034 "2006-02-25T04:36:13Z")
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/1 "2006-02-25T04:36:13Z")
Let’s say there were a rift in the space-time continuum that sucked you out of your den and into a comic-book universe. The transit between universe has mutagenic effects giving you mid-level super-powers on a par with Ms. Marvel–tough enough that you’d be an asset to any super-hero team, but not so tough that you’d never need help. You learn through consultation with Stephen Strange or Dr. Fate that you’re stuck in this universe for a a year, after which you’ll be able to return to our world; but you’ve also managed to piss off the local cosmic baddie, Thanos or Darkseid–somebody you clearly can’t hope to fight off on your own, and who intends to kill you only after a few unbelievably long hours of torture. Your mystic advisor is too busy with his own crap to baby sit you, he advises you to ally yourself with a super-hero team to increase your odds of surviving.
What team would you try to join?
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/2 "2006-02-25T04:54:30Z")
Legion of Super Heroes, if I got to pick an era, I’d say the Levitz/Giffen years (especially since that’s when they took on Darkseid and won)
But I refuse to have “Boy” or “Lad” in my code name.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/3 "2006-02-25T05:09:34Z")
Hmmmm. I’d like to say the X-Men, but they’ve gotten far too mopey for my taste. I guess it’s the Avengers by default.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/4 "2006-02-25T05:16:39Z")
The Fantastic Four, because I look great in a skin-tight blue costume.
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/5 "2006-02-25T05:21:17Z")
> [@JThunder](#):
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> The Fantastic Four, because I look great in a skin-tight blue costume.
I was sure you were going to say the JSA.
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/6 "2006-02-25T05:26:36Z")
Batman\* and Robin.
\*as long as he was prepared!
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/7 "2006-02-25T05:27:29Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#):
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> Legion of Super Heroes, if I got to pick an era, I’d say the Levitz/Giffen years (especially since that’s when they took on Darkseid and won)
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> But I refuse to have “Boy” or “Lad” in my code name.
I think we should all get to pick an era. And not ALL the Legionnaires had idiot names. Wildfire, Timber Wolf, Dawnstar, Shrinking Violet…those were all reasonable.
I’m ambivalent about the Giffen-Levitz era Legion myself. On the one hand the group is full of hot chicks, all but three of whom fight Khunds in their lingerie. On the other hand said hot chicks are all taken, generally by guys who can either crush your bones into dust, burn you to a crisp, or both. Plus, my one-year restriction means that, in comic-book time, you’d have a fair chance of being around during the Crisis…and being a newly-introduced character during that particular cosmic event was a good way to end up dead.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/8 "2006-02-25T05:43:03Z")
Legion of Superheroes, post 5-Year Gap.
I adore the Legion, and Darkseid’s power was severely on the wane in that era.
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/9 "2006-02-25T05:55:46Z")
The Authority. I’d be an uber-badass, engineered to always have the upper hand in any fanboyish “Who would win?” argument. My teammates and I could do anything we thought was right, even invade sovereign nations and depose the rulers we disapproved of, and take control for the common good of the people. We’d kill our super-villains so they could never return to hurt more innocents, we’d engage in massive rescue missions all the time, saving millions of lives, and we’d party a lot and have lots of sex (with each other and our tens of thousands of adoring fans) in the Carrier, our dimension-spanning shiftship powered by a caged baby universe.
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### Author:  [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/10 "2006-02-25T06:50:13Z")
The Inferior 5… just because.
I always wanted to be Cyclops but knew I was really Merryman or The Blimp.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/11 "2006-02-25T08:09:49Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> The Authority. \
_stink eye_ gorram people stealing all my answers _shakes fist_
O_kay_, I’ll go with the X-Men if I get to bump Emma Frost out of her place. Or possibly the Runaways.
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/12 "2006-02-25T11:51:28Z")
> [@marque elf](#):
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> The Inferior 5… just because.
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> I always wanted to be Cyclops but knew I was really Merryman or The Blimp.
I get where you’re coming from, I said I’d want to be in the Legion, but in my heart I know I would end up in the Subs. Actually, probably the Subs Auxilliary.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/13 "2006-02-25T13:46:32Z")
The Justice Society Of America, during World War 2. The long, proud tradition of the _original_ super-team has a powerful appeal to me.
If I get transformed to fit the milleu (ie–if I am an X-man, I become a mutant), then I pick the Cartoon Network version of the Teen Titans.
Another option would be working with Disney’s Kim Possible.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/14 "2006-02-25T13:51:05Z")
Legion of Super-Heroes, the SW6 batch. I loved the optomism of the bunch. And since they were only around for about a year, I’d know my fate anyway.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/15 "2006-02-25T20:03:08Z")
I’m going to have to go with **Harborwolf** (as I so often do in these threads) and say the X-Men or possibly the Avengers.
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### Author:  [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/16 "2006-02-25T21:04:46Z")
No doubt about it: The Giffen-DeMatteis Justice League. I’d fit right in.
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/17 "2006-02-25T21:40:38Z")
> [@marque elf](#):
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> The Inferior 5… just because.
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> I always wanted to be Cyclops but knew I was really Merryman or The Blimp.
Curse you , you semi-functioning manshonyagger! That was my first thought.
Okay then, I’ll take Captain Carrot’s Amazing Zoo Crew. Always liked Fastback, the Reptilian Rocket…
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### Author:  [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/18 "2006-02-25T21:51:06Z")
> [@Kythereia](#):
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> _stink eye_ gorram people stealing all my answers _shakes fist_
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> O_kay_, I’ll go with the X-Men if I get to bump Emma Frost out of her place. Or possibly the Runaways.
_stink eyes you too_ gorram people stealing all my answers after having their answers stolen _shakes fist_
Yep, Runaways for me. Molly = teh cute. And Nico…_Yow._
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### Author:  [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/19 "2006-02-25T22:34:44Z")
The Defenders. You get to have the Silver Surfer on your side! But…you’d be a Defender…
Naw, JSA. I’d spend hours just wandering around looking at stuff and listening to their stories. And, since I know I’m going home at the end, I can go out in a blaze of heroic glory! Ok, so I know I don’t die, so maybe not so heroic. It would still be fun. And there’s no Bat-jerk on that team, either.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-super-hero-team-would-you-want-to-be-a-member-of/346034/20 "2006-02-26T00:45:00Z")
Doom Patrol. Because they have the coolest name.
Given the choice, I’d pick Larry’s Negative Man’s powers. Sure he’s supposed to die if he stays in that form for over a minute, but how does anyone really know? Seems to me the only way to be sure is to wait over a minute and see what happens.
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