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Fruity20 posted:so why is that superheroes have this need to save the world or something? What about ones who dick around and use their powers for trivial things. I liked Judd Winick’s Josie Mac, a Gotham City police detective with the minor superpower of being able to find lost things (or people.)
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Mister Mind posted:I liked Judd Winick’s Josie Mac, a Gotham City police detective with the minor superpower of being able to find lost things (or people.) That formed the basis of an Astro City arc too I think. The one with the lady who had minor illusion powers and used them for Hollywood special effects.
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Did they ever explain the "there are three Jokers" thing from Metron's chair?
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Dillbag posted:Did they ever explain the "there are three Jokers" thing from Metron's chair? There's a 3-part story from Johns and Fabok coming out this year that is meant to explain it.
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Dillbag posted:Did they ever explain the "there are three Jokers" thing from Metron's chair? Nope. But it’s only been nearly four years since he asked the question and almost three since we heard the answer so maybe don’t be in such a hurry!
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https://twitter.com/zdarsky/status/1079843323987271682?s=19
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CityMidnightJunky posted:Regardless of who came first, and even if DC is in the right, as soon as the movies kicked off and these things entered the general public conciousness, it became irrelevant. DC releasing a movie called Captain Marvel at this point would be like Burger King releasing a burger called the 'Flame-grilled McDonald' 
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What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around.
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Feb 8, 2019 15:36
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. I once picked up a book a dude self published about a dude who had the "powers" of a rat.
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Feb 8, 2019 15:44
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Is Captain America still a nazi / 2 caps? What's the TLDR from that storyline to now? Would I want to get back into it because cap as a nazi totally turned me off all things marvel.
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Feb 8, 2019 15:47
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. It's not the most original because there are several characters who possess this power but the power of good luck always seemed very strange to me because their lives don't seem appreciably better than any other character despite being able to (supposedly) always win at life.
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Feb 8, 2019 15:49
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Lobok posted:It's not the most original because there are several characters who possess this power but the power of good luck always seemed very strange to me because their lives don't seem appreciably better than any other character despite being able to (supposedly) always win at life. in Longshot's case, his luck power only works when he's using it for the benefit of other people so he can't really just make his life better through luck everyone else though, they're balanced out by the terminal unluckiness that comes with being a comic book character. 
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Feb 8, 2019 15:51
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Where's the modern pages of this guy?
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Croatoan posted:Is Captain America still a nazi / 2 caps? What's the TLDR from that storyline to now? Would I want to get back into it because cap as a nazi totally turned me off all things marvel. Not a nazi, still two. TLDR Nick Spencer is a lovely writer.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. Pretty much most of the Technet from Excalibur - like Joyboy, who is a tiny alien babyman in a flying chair whose power is to grant you your "true desire" but with an ironic twist by physically transforming your body somehow. He uses this power to be an interplanetary bounty hunter, naturally.
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Alaois posted:in Longshot's case, his luck power only works when he's using it for the benefit of other people This just raises more questions! Like, is Longshot arguing with his X-gene over ethical questions? To paraphrase The Good Place, "this is why nobody likes moral philosophy powers".
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Feb 8, 2019 15:59
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Lobok posted:This just raises more questions! Does Longshot have an X-gene? I don't think he's human; Mojo grew him in a vat or something.
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Lobok posted:This just raises more questions! Longshot isn't a mutant, he's from the Mojoverse. his powers work that way because Mojo thought it'd be funny/make for good ratings
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Back in the 80s he mistakenly thought he was a mutant, and so did the X-Men, so it's reasonably easy to get confused.
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he's also the clone of his own son, Shatterstar.
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Feb 8, 2019 16:04
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Android Blues posted:Back in the 80s he mistakenly thought he was a mutant, and so did the X-Men, so it's reasonably easy to get confused. Not confused, I just don't know the X-Men universe very well.
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In retrospect, poor Dazzler got close to a Ms. Marvel-type rap in that storyline. It's definitely not as bad, but it's reminiscent of the whole deal with Marcus.
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Snowflame. Gains pyrokinesis, super strength and speed, and immunity to pain when he's high on coke. DC villain.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. 
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Flex Mentallo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_Mentallo quote:Flex can affect reality by flexing his muscles, in a reverse form of mind over matter. In the most extreme exertion of his power, he was able to transform the Pentagon into a circular building for a brief moment.
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There's the main characters in Sex Criminals, who stop time when they cum.
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I always like color control. There are a few people who can do it, and it’s even more exciting when they can’t cheat like turning things the color “invisible”. Heroes or villains who can change one letter in words are cool in comics about reading. I feel it be really annoying in “real comics”, where they can turn health into wealth or mope into pope or something.
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Did anyone ever watch Misfits in the UK? That show was a gold mine for weird rear end powers. There was the guy who controlled dairy The guy who could take away your power by having sex with you The gorilla who turned into a human The human who turned into a turtle (Second guy once tried to figure out the logistics of how to turn the turtle back into a human....yeah) I loved that show
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Feb 8, 2019 19:04
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In DC's Silverblade, the protagonist was an elderly actor who could turn into any role he'd ever played in the past (which included swashbuckling heroes and 50's SF/horror monsters).
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Feb 8, 2019 19:08
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. When it comes to original powers, you pretty much have to go to The Legion of Superheroes. You've got Matter Eater Lad who actually made it on the team. But the real gems are the people who don't make the team since the Legion had regular try outs and we got to see who didn't make it. People like Arms Fall Off Lad (whose powers were exactly what they said), Fortress Boy (whose power was to turn into the Legion's headquarters which he did and then had his brain erased), or X Bomb Betty who could generate a world shattering nuclear explosion... once. And some of the people who weren't good enough for the Legion still hung out together and formed their own group of Substitute Heroes that included Infectuous Lass whose power was to be a living disease vector for everything. Golden Bee posted:I always like color control. There are a few people who can do it, and it’s even more exciting when they can’t cheat like turning things the color “invisible”. What about turning green kryptonite into blue kryptonite? Which Color Kid, yet another Legion character, did to a radioactive cloud surrounding the earth.
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Everyone in Mystery Men. Random Stranger posted:X Bomb Betty who could generate a world shattering nuclear explosion... once. How do you find out you have this power? (reminds me of Jessica Jones (I think) saying she doesn't know if she's bullet proof because how would she find out, stand in front of a gun and hope?)
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Feb 8, 2019 19:27
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Everyone's favorite character Rockslide has the power to blow himself up which is weird.
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Feb 8, 2019 19:28
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TwoPair posted:Everyone's favorite character Rockslide has the power to blow himself up which is weird. You spelled AWESOME wrong. But he's hardly the first to have that power. Nitro, the Human Bomb etc.
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I thought Rockslide was just made of rock and could reform. His most famous explosion involved Gambit charging him up.
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Random Stranger posted:Fortress Boy (whose power was to turn into the Legion's headquarters which he did and then had his brain erased) hosed up
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Selachian posted:In DC's Silverblade, the protagonist was an elderly actor who could turn into any role he'd ever played in the past (which included swashbuckling heroes and 50's SF/horror monsters). That's actually pretty creative.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:What's the weirdest/most original/bizarre power you've read about in comics? Maybe I'm just a bit tired of 'punches really hard' and 'shoots lazers', but I personally love reading about powers that are so out there it keeps you up at night with existential questions about how the gently caress these people function. Forget-me-not would be a good example, or the guy with two sentient worms that follow him around. Damnit, I was trying to find the DC character who had a face in his torso but I can't find anything about him. I swear he exists. I think he even hit on Donna Troy or Starfire in a creepy way.
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Madkal posted:Damnit, I was trying to find the DC character who had a face in his torso but I can't find anything about him. I swear he exists. I think he even hit on Donna Troy or Starfire in a creepy way. Arnim Zola had a face in his torso. 
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Madkal posted:Damnit, I was trying to find the DC character who had a face in his torso but I can't find anything about him. I swear he exists. I think he even hit on Donna Troy or Starfire in a creepy way. 
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