Not all supers have what it takes to be a hero.
Some simply don't have the skill.
Some can't focus on the task and some just simply put aren't interested.
It doesn't mean that writers won't give them all their day in the sun to make an attempt.
But let's face it, not everyone has what it takes.
More importantly not all heroes can support the sales needed to keep their series afloat.
Which means some heroes retire or get simple get cancelled and evaporate, some just become
smaller characters, still interesting, just not what we need for hero material.
Today we are going to take a look at some of these intriguing characters as we count
down the 10 superhero failures who should quit.
I think this title is a little harsh so forgive me if I even pardon some of the characters
on this list.
There are actually quite a few supers on here that I love.
So if there are characters that made the cut that you love and you want to argue the greatness
of their heroic feats in the comments below, please feel free to do so.
I am always happy to hear you out.
Be sure to stick around to the end of this video as I have some ridiculous bonus content
for you.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Freakazoid
So admittedly, I actually really love Freakazoid.
If you are not familiar with him he comes from the Steven Spielberg 1990's cartoon by
the same name.
Freakazoid is Dexter Douglas a teenager who entered the internet accidentally one night
which change him forever.
He now lives with his other identity, Freakazoid.
Who has a superstrength, superspeed and super endurance.
He also has the knowledge of the internet which even in the 90s was pretty impressive.
Unfortunately this knowledge really only surfaces in the way of sort of useless facts and just
kind of ends up making Freakazoid a little crazy or nonsensical.
Due to his powers not being consistent and sort of based around random, often not super
useful facts, he is more comical than he is really particularly heroic.
Which might be why his series was so short lived, only existing for two short series,
despite being acclaimed.
9 Squirrel Girl
Another hero, I'm actually quite fond of reading about, the issue with Squirrel Girl as that
her list of powers is really not that impressive.
One of her powers is that she basically has sharp teeth that enable her to chew through
wood.
When she first meets a new hero, most have a hard time taking her seriously.
A lot of the time though this leads to people underestimating her which allows Squirrel
Girl to get the upper-hand.
And surprisingly she had managed to defeat even some of the biggest bads in the MCU,
including Doctor Doom and Galactus.
Still a lot of people feel like she's a bit too ridiculous for a hero.
Having a squirrel army you can call on is neat after all, but how useful is it really?
Especially if you aren't able to catch your opponent unawares.
If villains took her more seriously after all, and were on their A game when dealing
with Doreen she would probably be all too easily defeated.
But she probably shouldn't all out quit existing.
Because she is pretty adorkable.
And it's her personality that often helps her win most fights.
She's just a witty and fun person, which makes her a fun one to read about.
8 Vibe
Keep in mind we are not talking about The Flash's friend in the Arrowverse here who
admittedly is pretty great, we are talking about Vibe from the comics.
And in the comics he is not an engineer but just a dude who can emit vibrating shockwaves.
The part that really makes him an unfortunate failure is that he has died twice.
Cisco Ramone was originally the leader of street gang and left the gang to join up with
the new Justice League of America.
He got the JLA involved in a fight with a rival gang at one point and was known for
being the first member to die in the line of duty.
He later came back to existence in the Trinity series only to almost immediately be killed
off again.
In 2012, DC announced they'd be bringing Vibe back to star in his own series.
The series ran in 2013 but only lasted ten issues.
7 Stacy X
Stacy X sort of did already quit.
And she didn't fail necessarily due to her abilities.
She had some interesting powers revolving around pheromones.
Basically she secretes pheromones and through touch can use them to manipulate people's
physical and emotional state.
She can make you die with just a touch.
She could put you into a dramatically blissful euphoric state, or she could just make you
puke.
Her failure simply came from the fact that she just isn't really the superhero type.
She was saved from a mutant brothel when it burned to the ground and that was how she
came to join the X-Men but in the end she left because she had a thing for Angel and
he just didn't feel the same.
Really I feel like she missed her work.
Now unfortunately Stacey has remained depowered after M-Day.
She is currently in a state of depression and while fighting might do her some good
and she might have retained some of her fighting technique, she definitely isn't a place to
be a superhero again just yet.
Maybe if she gets her powers back?
But I still think she's happiest working as a prostitute and that general heroics just
aren't really her thing.
6 Bouncing Boy
This superhero has actually retired a few times from the superhero game.
Bouncing Boy was originally normal Earth man, Chuck Taine.
He received his powers after accidentally drinking a plastic formula, mistaking it for
a soda.
This granted him the abilities to blow up like a big bouncy ball, while in this state
he can bounce around quite quickly and maintains a level of invulnerability.
Chuck literally comes in like a wrecking ball.
While seemingly sounding useful in battle, he had to prove his mettle by stopping a robbery
before he was accepted into the Legion of Super-Heroes.
From there it seemed like writers were always looking like a way to get rid of poor Chuck,
probably because he was so silly.
Still he seemed to embrace his own silliness.
A light-hearted, smiley fellow, Bouncing Boy appointed himself the Legion's Morale Officer.
He has been depowered and forced to retire on more than one occasion.
And in one continuity he didn't even have powers but was simply the Legion's mechanic.
5 NFL SuperPro
Phil Grayfield was an aspiring football player till he took an arrow to the knee.
Just kidding.
But pretty close.
Till he saved a child and injured his knee, so bad in fact that he could no longer play.
Instead he became a sports reporter.
Because apparently former athletes become reporters is a thing.
No really, in the world of sports that is thing for retired athletes.
Though it's not easy for all former athletes to do.
Apparently Grayson had the chops.
During his time as a reporter he interviews an eccentric scientist and superfan who had
designed an indestructible football uniform at his house.
During his interview with the scientist slash fan, thieves break into the home and steal
a bunch of NFL merch but do not seem interested in the indestructible uniform which is apparently
worth $5 million dollars.
The criminals flee after setting the home ablaze.
Phil survives the fire and after being exposed to a variety of mysterious chemicals which
he knocked over in the tussle, becomes an invulnerable type superhero all his own.
He dons the scientist jersey and decides to fight crime...?
I mean okay, but why not just go back to being a football player?
4 Red Bee
This hero may sound like an Ant-Man rip off but he actually predated the creation of Ant-Man.
Ant-Man first appeared in Marvel in 1962 where Red Bee made his comic debut with Hit Comic
in 1940 and first appearance with DC in 1956.
So although he is not as well known, he actually could have inspired Ant-Man.
Red Bee was a hero who fought Nazis with a stinger gun and could summon an army of bees.
Yup.
Fighting Nazi's with bee stings.
Sounds pretty annoying or I guess deadly if you happen to have a bee allergy.
He met his demise fighting to protect others from Nazi's, unsurprisingly.
Bringing a bee sting to a gun fight just doesn't seem like a recipe for success.
DC even lovingly poked fun at Red Bee during his appearance in Animal Man, where he is
seen trying to work on his marketability as a hero.
3 Starfox
So if you've watched our videos here on Top 10, you know how many of us feel about Starfox.
If you're unaware you might be wondering why Starfox makes the cut.
He is Thanos' heroic brother, was an Avenger, and boasts of a wealth of superpowers including
super strength, super speed, super reflexes, he can transmute matter, fly, is basically
immortal, has an insanely high regeneration factor, he's super smart... and yet out of
all these abilities, he often prefers to fight people with pheromones.
He can make pretty much anyone fall in love with him.
Well almost anyone.
And he uses this ability to sleep with a lot of people or make other people sleep with
one another.
Sometimes he just tries to seduce enemies into doing his bidding.
But messing with people's free will so frequently is normally reserved for villains, and later
in the comics, even Eros learned there were consequences to his "heroic" actions.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind him staying a hero as long as he was willing to use the rest
of his abilities more often.
Like why is it always pheromones and seduction?
It's so problematic.
Not okay.
2 Section Eight
This whole superhero team just blows my mind in terms of the fact that it was even allowed
to exist.
It comes to us from DC and is the history of how the gang became a group of superheroes
is unknown, if you even want to call them that.
They are led by Six Pack, a hero who gets drunk and beats villains with liquor bottles.
The team includes such gems as Flemgem who fights villains by spitting phlegm at them;
Friendly Fire who would be deadly if he could actually successfully hit villains instead
of his teammates; Jean de Baton-Baton a walking French stereotype; Dogwelder who welds dead
dogs to criminals; and Beuno Excellent a bald, sweaty man who fights crime with acts of perversion
and a suspected sex offender.
He most likely date raped Kyle Rayner.
I could go on.
But I really feel like I don't need to.
1 Arm Fall Off Boy
This superhero's ability is pretty self explanatory.
Just like his name implies, his arms can come off.
In fact all of his limbs can come off.
Typically he is seen pulling off his arm and using it as a club to beat someone with.
Ick.
I mean, I wouldn't want to be beaten with a disembodied arm so sure it might deter me
from perpetrating villainous acts but doesn't sound super useful when it comes to actually
trying to defeat criminals who have already done an evil deed.
He tried for the Legion of Superheroes twice.
The first time he was the first one cut.
The second time he did better and made it into the top 5 but got scared and fell apart.
Proving even more why Arm Fall Off Boy is just not cut out for heroics.
Thank you, nerd squad, for hanging around till the end.
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