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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 9:31:45 GMT -5
Most Worthless Superpower EverFirst of all, to get the ball rolling -- to me, looking at the all the pictures that Prince Hal posted regarding the Legion of Superheroes and all that -- I say this -- that power that Bouncing Boy has by bouncing around is got to be one of the most worthless superpower to have. Perhaps Ever! Even, a couple of Legionnaire (pictured above) Gals decided to play a game of catch with him! What your take on this subject!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2018 11:13:35 GMT -5
Most Worthless Superpower EverFirst of all, to get the ball rolling -- to me, looking at the all the pictures that Prince Hal posted regarding the Legion of Superheroes and all that -- I say this -- that power that Bouncing Boy has by bouncing around is got to be one of the most worthless superpower to have. Perhaps Ever! Even, a couple of Legionnaire (pictured above) Gals decided to play a game of catch with him! What your take on this subject! Technically, that is one Legionnaire gal, Duo Damsel (formerly Triplicate Girl), his wife. She could split into two bodies (three originally, until one was killed). I don't care about his power; the guy married a woman who could split into two bodies. There's a reason why he is smiling.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 11:34:12 GMT -5
I agree with cody. Bouncing Boy has a pretty good life. This guy? Lame.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2018 11:38:29 GMT -5
I agree with cody. Bouncing Boy has a pretty good life. This guy? Lame. His planet had only one record: a 45 rpm disc of ELO's "Turn to Stone." Sad, really...
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2018 11:40:37 GMT -5
As Mystery Men and the Tick showed, even the lamest power is fantastic, in the right context.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 4, 2018 12:33:27 GMT -5
From David Letterman (1990)
Top 10 Least Exciting Superpowers
10. Super spelling
9. Lightning-fast mood swings
8. Really bendy thumb
7. Can breathe soup
6. Ability to calm jittery squirrels
5. Power to shake exactly two aspirin out of a bottle
4. Ability to get tickets to Goodwill Games
3. Power to score with other superheroes' wives
2. Ability to communicate with corn
1. Magnetic colon
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 4, 2018 14:18:03 GMT -5
Though it was only ever mentioned once to my knowledge (in Detective Comics 388), The Joker's face glows in the dark "due to a chemical accident early in his career". Not just a worthless ability, but a damaging one for someone who might not want to stand out if hiding from the police/Batman.
How about Superman being able to turn his 'S' emblem into a strip of cellophane and throw it at people in Superman II?
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Post by The Captain on Jul 4, 2018 14:48:14 GMT -5
In regard to Bouncing Boy, he was a product of Silver Age DC, so his inoffensive and ludicrous "power" made sense in the context that they were actually producing books aimed at kids, and what little kid wouldn't want to be able to bounce off of things without getting hurt?
My contribution to this thread is the worst X-Man ever, that being Maggott. His power set consisted of his digestive system being replaced by two sentient slugs that he could release from his body and that could eat through virtually any substance. They would then return to his body to feed him and provide him with increased strength, speed, and stamina based on what and how much they ate.
He was eventually given a second power, that being the ability to psionically scan an area for recent events and memories, but this seemed tacked on when the writers realized that his main ability sucked, as it made no sense in relation to his backstory and was pretty redundant on a team with folks with vastly-better mental skills.
Maggott was mercifully killed at the "Neverland" concentration camp for mutants in the Weapon X series, as he was deemed to have "no value" to the Project (a particularly appropriate meta comment), but who was then inexplicably resurrected in a later storyline and is somehow still alive in the books today apparently.
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 4, 2018 15:53:05 GMT -5
Most Worthless Superpower EverFirst of all, to get the ball rolling -- to me, looking at the all the pictures that Prince Hal posted regarding the Legion of Superheroes and all that -- I say this -- that power that Bouncing Boy has by bouncing around is got to be one of the most worthless superpower to have. Perhaps Ever! Even, a couple of Legionnaire (pictured above) Gals decided to play a game of catch with him! What your take on this subject! Great thread. The moment I spotted your threat title, I thought of Matter-Eater Lad. His power would only be worth something in an post-apocalyptic world where food resources were low to none, so he could survive on just about anything. In a regular environment, he's got a pretty lame power.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2018 16:19:06 GMT -5
Again, context. Matter-Eater Lad proved the worth of his powers when he saved the Legion from the Miracle Machine, by consuming it. The energies from it drove him insane, until Brainiac 5 finally was able to cure him. All it took was one writer to find a way to utilize the power to its fullest potential.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 16:26:13 GMT -5
Again, context. Matter-Eater Lad proved the worth of his powers when he saved the Legion from the Miracle Machine, by consuming it. The energies from it drove him insane, until Brainiac 5 finally was able to cure him. All it took was one writer to find a way to utilize the power to its fullest potential. Good point Cody ... I remember that story that you described here!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 17:09:07 GMT -5
Hmm Arm Fall Off Boy comes to mind.... (not quite as ridiculous as Armless Tiger man but at least Tiger Man's powers make sense in context. -M
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 4, 2018 20:45:11 GMT -5
Not sure if it qualifies as a super power, but Zippo ran on compressed air! Golden age of superheroes action in Clue Comics...
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Post by rberman on Jul 5, 2018 0:00:19 GMT -5
There's actually a whole song about this topic: This one gets my vote:
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 6, 2018 22:32:28 GMT -5
Things that come to mind for me:
1) Eye-Boy - In everything I've read of him, his power is just that he had lots of eyes, which had no practical use, and would make one extra sensitve
2) Marrow - Besides being insane, her power was that she had extra bones, which she would break off and use as weapons. (it's possible she also has a healing factor, but that's definitely NOT a useless power)
3) Mr. Immortal - He just... dies alot.
I think there were some good ones in Ressurection Man.. I remember at least one story where he'd just kill himself over and over until he got good powers, but I don't recall atm.
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