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Is this the worst superhero ever?

Quireboy

11:17 / 17.04.03

Join Captain Colon in his battle against the evil polyp...

Do you think he might get promoted to Brigader Bowel, or maybe General Duodenum?

Can anyone think over any comic book characters with worse missions or gross powers based on bizarre bodily functions?

sleazenation

11:23 / 17.04.03

Well there was the ironic animation "the organs" on This morning with richard, not Judy not so long ago - the baddy there was actually called derek duodenum...

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

12:00 / 17.04.03

Derek Duodenum*

Mutant Powers: Gaydar, corrupting message boards

*Quasi Stan Lee esque, no?

Brigade du jour

20:43 / 22.04.03

Robot Man. You know, from the Transformers comic, circa 1986. He was poo. But kind of on purpose. Hmm, still poo though ...

Our Lady of The Two Towers

06:20 / 23.04.03

Are you talking about Machine Man, who rocked? Or are you thinking of some Transformer that's alternate form was a dog turd? If so he must have been even more useless and unpopular than Bumblebee. "Hello Shitt-axe? This is Optimus Prime. No, I'd still like you to look for Decepticon infiltrators in that field of cows. Now come on, don't be like that, we all have to do our bit in the fight for freedom."

Dan Fish - @Fish1k

08:02 / 23.04.03

Wasn't it 'Robot Master', a human dupe in wrap-around sunglasses and a cape, basically a PR tool for the Decepticons?

I'll get me coat......

Brigade du jour

21:58 / 24.04.03

... then I'll get mine as well.

You're quite right, it was Robot Master, and now I feel dead silly for getting the name wrong. But he was a chain-smoking fat-lipped white man with an Afro.

It was a good piece of publicity for the Deceps though, it left Optimus Prime looking for his own personal Alistaircampbellbot the next three issues.

ONLY NICE THINGS

22:10 / 24.04.03

Before faking his own death, nearly being executed as a spy, and insisting that he be destroyed because he had killed some innocent civilians in a video game. Then not realizing that this, the 8 millionth time a Decepticon has affected to surrender, might *just* be a play for time.

I tell you, Optimus Prime was a really shit superhero. But then the opening chords of Stan Bush's classic "Dare" ring out and we forgive him everything. Because....that's just Prime.

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