HubZilla:
I hope it’s not too much of a hijack, but I think it’s on the same lines.
Have any superbeings rejected the hero/villian calling and use their powers for fun and profit? Play in the NFL, work for construction firms lifting heavy objects, join the military and become a SEAL? Use mind-reading to become lawyers or businessmen? Use technical/invention skills (like Batman) and work for IBM or General Motors?
Well, there’s NFL Superpro.
NFL SuperPro is a short-lived comic book series published by Marvel Comics, centered on Phil Grayfield, an ex-National Football League (NFL) player who survives a freak accident and wears a near-indestructible football uniform. Produced in collaboration with the NFL and originally written by Fabian Nicieza and artist Jose Delbo, the series started publication in 1991 and ended after 12 issues.
Nicieza wrote a story centering on Phil Grayfield, once an aspiring football player. His career ended w...
This. Also, I’d say Oracle is very definitely a super-hero, and I think both the heroes and villains of her universe would agree. She used to be a freaking member of the Justice League, after all.
pravnik
January 28, 2009, 6:54pm
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Do the Swamp Thing and John Constantine count?
No.
Too many tries at killing the JLA.
“The Watcher.” /facepalm.
Ok, let me try again…The Spectre?
Yeah. The Spectre’s no more a villain than Batman is a pyschopath.
pravnik
January 28, 2009, 11:12pm
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You mean, depends on who’s writing?
Similarly, hasn’t Lucifer gotten out of the good/evil game?
Nah, ole Spec’s a villain. Sometimes he’s just less villainous than others. It depends on whether the Presence is playing attention to the DCU rather than playing poker with the Living Tribunal that day.
