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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 14, 2014 9:27:16 GMT -5
Betty Ross becomes Red She-Hulk. Heather Hudson becomes Vindicator. Pepper Potts dons the Iron Man armor.
Is there any supporting character that DIDN'T become a superhero ?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 14, 2014 9:46:09 GMT -5
Ben Urich?
But I get your meaning: there are way too many supporting characters getting superpowers, and each time it happens it hurts our willing suspension of disbelief.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 14, 2014 9:52:30 GMT -5
It's that whole aggravating trend of having super-heroes interacting almost exclusively with other heroes (and villains) that helped alienate me from mainstream comics a couple of decades ago. My favorite series in the years since then (e.g., Starman, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Ostrander's Spectre) have all featured strong supporting casts of non-super folk. Sorry to hear it's still going on.
Cei-U!
I summon the pet peeve!
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 14, 2014 10:00:20 GMT -5
It may have happened in a story I don't remember right now, but I can think of three
Bibbo Bibbowski
Joan Garrick
(Aunt) Harriet Cooper
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 14, 2014 10:04:41 GMT -5
I don't think Mary Jane ever got powers in 616 continuity.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 10:25:58 GMT -5
I've barely read any JLA, early or late; did Snapper Carr ever get super-powered?
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 14, 2014 10:28:24 GMT -5
What about Commissioner Gordon or Gwen Stacy? Foggy Nelson once dressed up as Daredevil to impress a girl, but I can't recall him gaining powers.
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 14, 2014 10:31:33 GMT -5
I've barely read any JLA, early or late; did Snapper Carr ever get super-powered? During the Invasion! event. He could teleport when he snapped his fingers.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 14, 2014 10:36:42 GMT -5
What about Commissioner Gordon or Gwen Stacy? Foggy Nelson once dressed up as Daredevil to impress a girl, but I can't recall him gaining powers. I didn't put down Commissioner Gordon because I've read very little Batman from 1950-1964 when it most likely would have happened. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 14, 2014 10:56:31 GMT -5
Gordon had super-powers in his guise of Anti-Batman in World's Finest #159. Prior to that, in Detective #254, he'd assumed the non-powered costumed identity of Mysteryman.
Cei-U!
No powers for Gwen, though!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 14, 2014 11:09:07 GMT -5
I don't think Mary Jane ever got powers in 616 continuity. Her inceccent nagging was pretty super powered. (At least in 90s Spidey.) As Cei-U might post ... I summon the earplugs! |
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Post by Randle-El on Jun 14, 2014 11:22:47 GMT -5
I don't think Mary Jane ever got powers in 616 continuity. Mary Jane, along with everyone else living in the island of Manhattan, got spider powers during the Spider-Island event back in 2010 or 2011. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 14, 2014 11:31:00 GMT -5
I don't think Mary Jane ever got powers in 616 continuity. Mary Jane, along with everyone else living in the island of Manhattan, got spider powers during the Spider-Island event back in 2010 or 2011. Whoops, I forgot about that event. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 11:51:39 GMT -5
Even Chuck Rozanski wants to be Superman...video comes on at around the 15 sec mark....
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 14, 2014 12:17:32 GMT -5
I don't recall Green Lantern's buddy Pieface getting powers
How about Smallville Police Chief Parker in Superboy?
Daredevil's Karen Page?
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