Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today we’re still talking
powers, I love it we’re in the realm of dumb powers today we did dumb marvel so now
it’s time for dumb dc also dumb is relative although I think you’d have to stretch hard
to make some of these credible but if you can please leave me a detailed comment as
to how down below I want to know. I’m Sasha and let’s talk about some of these powers
and hopefully have a bit of a laugh.
Number 10 – The Red Bee – we’re talking about the first red bee who debuted in Hit
Comics #1 (July 1940), he was originally a quality comics creation but was bought along
with all their other assets by dc once their company folded. The first Red Bee was Rick
Raleigh who was a district attorney by day and crime fighter by night and also sometimes
by day. So he fought crime in his red and yellow striped costume with the help of his
trained bees and stinger gun. Trained bees now this ok this could sound terrifying you’re
just trying to steal a painting suddenly bees, but if you take a moment calm down fight the
urge to scream not the bees there are lots of ways to get around bees, just be prepared.
Pun not intended but appreciated. Bug spray, it was still the golden age so giant net.
There are much more useful powers out there I mostly wanted to make bad bees jokes. The
bees can sense royalty and superheroes apparently. He kind of just faded but there’s a new
red bee on the scene his grandniece Jenna she has a mech suit and mechanical bees. So
better improving the family rep for sure. However, she eventually gave up her superhero
life in the name of research. It’s ok we’ll always have the trained bees.
Number 9 – Six Pack ok so six pack doesn’t really have any powers he just thinks that
he does because well he’s really drunk all the time. He first appeared in Hitman #9 (December,
1996). Hit man followed the adventures of Tommy Monaghan and his contract killing exploits
which somehow found themselves set in the dc universe despite it’s odd tone. Six Pack
was a member of section 8 in fact he formed the team they go around aiding Tommy Monaghan
or do they. Six Packs main power is his extremely high alcohol tolerance and while drunk he’ll
tell everyone and anyone who’ll listen about his heroic exploits. However, when he sobers
up he’s not sure any of it happened but he may also have reality altering powers but
if he does have them he doesn’t remember that when he’s sober. So yeah not the best
his liver will thank him for not living a super hero life but will the world, probably
actually hit man was an interesting one.
Number 8 Arm Fall Off Boy it wouldn’t be one of these lists without arm fall off he
boy he debuted in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #46, (December 1989) Yeah he’s a lot more recent
than most people think. So he can detach his own limbs but usually does it with his arms
cause well that’s the most convenient very few situations where you could detach a leg
and wield it properly without falling over. So he can beat people with his own arms or
teach them the importance of leaving a note. Little arrested development reference for
all you. So arm fall off boys real name is Floyd Belkin and well he can beat people with
his arms that’s it they’re just clubs and he got his powers by accident while holding
a anti-gravity metal Element 152. However, Matter eater lad is the one who said this
so it may not be true on his first appearance he was rejected from the legion during their
tryouts for not having powers that were useful enough. He then tried again, but when he made
it to the final 5 he literally fell to pieces just limbs everywhere. So yeah arm fall off
boy he sure exists. Number 7 – Doll Man once more we must head
back to the golden age, and we’re going to be talking about the first doll man there
have been 3. Darrel Dane debuted in Feature Comics #27 (December 1939) and was labelled
the earths mightiest mite, and may have been the first shrinking hero he could shrink down
to 6 inches so doll size. So you may be wondering why is he here shrinking is a good power.
However unlike other shrinkers he couldn’t do in between sizes no full size or 6 inches.
Nothing else. People were confused by this initially though cause his size varied all
the time in comics, but that was an artist thing not a story thing. Here’s the thing
he’s also still the same proportional strength as that size so he’s as strong as a six
inch doll man would be In short not very. It’s just not the best, I mean good for
infiltrating but in a conflict doll man is probably going down. There have been two more
doll men since dc’s attempts to relaunch the character after enfolding him into the
dc universe upon another earth yielded middling results and each one of those also doesn’t
have very credible shrinking power. It’s ok doll man sounds more like a villain name
anyway.
Number 6 Stone Boy, Stone Boy is one of those characters who is a lot more credible now
than when he first debuted in Adventure Comics #306 (March 1963) he’s a member of the legion
and comes from the planet Zwen where the people can petrify their skin and they used to hibernate
for 6 months at a time something that would also happen while Stone Boy was on earth and
during that time he would just be there standing petrified. So his teammates would sometimes
just pick him up and throw him at enemies just because you’re hibernating doesn’t
mean you don’t have to pull your weight there’s no hibernate in team. In fact because
of this he actually didn’t make the team proper he’s a substitute on the Legion of
Substitute Heroes just that name can you imagine people seeing you coming oh look the league
of substitutes. Later he gained the ability to move in stone form so he’s much more
of a threat now but he’s still not used and I hope that they still throw him that’s
just amazing. Form of a giant paper weight.
Number 5 - Brother Power the Geek he first debuted in Brother Power the Geek #1 (October
1968) so brother the geek was meant to be a take on mary shelley’s Frankenstein he
first appeared as an abandoned mannequin in a tailor shop he was brought to life when
he was struck by lightning. He was then captured by the circus who gave him a face the book
was actually anti hippie propaganda with him running for congress and encouraging the hippies
to get real jobs. Here’s the thing the staff themselves didn’t like this character they
thought he was lame and propagandistic and wanted him gone. Although what’s funny is
that some people on staff felt the hippies in the stories were too sympathetic. Also
the level of drug use in the series was a lot of a lot and some just wondered why does
this character exist. In later appearances brother geek would be retconned to being an
imperfect elemental and take part in the swamp things lore. He was then connected to all
human simulacra like dolls, and statues so much more useful and creepy. He can possess
dolls now that’s terrifying.
Number 4 Colour kid, the fact that I know the lower third is not going to have a u in
it causes me physical pain. So this is another member from the league of substitutes. Now
colour kid has made few appearances and is set up as a happy go lucky classic side kick
type his power he can change the colour of any object. There you go, phenomenal cosmic
power. He once used his powers to conceal an object and trip some villains. Now there
are ways this power could be used but it’s really not all that useful for every object
you can cloak you have a telekinetic or a force field user who can do the same thing.
Still you know what colour kid would be great for parties he has a great party career ahead
of him superheroing isn’t the only life choice out there for people with powers.
Number 3 - Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man half man half vegetable half mineral. So this character
isn’t a hero no we have our first villain joining the list. He first debuted in Doom
Patrol Vol. 1, #89 (August 1964). He’s very metamorpho so he is Dr. Sven Larsen who gained
his powers after falling into a vat of amino acids. It was the 60s we all know that falling
into essentially a vitamin vat would not give you powers sadly. So his powers are that he
can change any part of his body into an animal vegetable or mineral. He can also combine
them all at once into some horrible franken compound. In classic appearances usually only
one side of his body would change and the other would be kept normal so that he could
be identified and had a base model for artists to be able to draw. Yeah he was briefly brought
back for the new 52. But I think the world is safe from animal vegetable mineral man
now that I’ve said that watch him get his own mini series.
Number 2 Rainbow Girl, it’s time for more colours. She first debuted in Adventure Comics
#309 (June 1963) and is an alien from the planet
xolnar. Again on the legion of substitute heroes. Her power was wielding an emotion
spectrum that resulted in her having intense random unpredictable mood swings. So how do
her powers work well she’s not sure. She can tap into some of the colours like red
for anger blue for hope and green willpower so the lantern emotion spectrum which was
introduced long after her creation. However, it is said that she mostly uses her powers
whatever they are for fun. Also guess what she has pheromones and does she abuse oh yes
she does she used them to create an rainbow aura around herself giving her an irresistible
personality to everyone just going full purple man but with out words. So do you like rainbow
girl you don’t know she made you also why is she in the league even the substitute league
shrugs
And finally in at number 1 friendly fire. Friendly fire had to be number one cause his
powers are hilarious He’s also a member of section 8 and his powers are actually quite
strong energy projection from his hands. He debuted in Hitman #18 (September, 1997) The
only problem is he can’t hit a target and definitely not an enemy one in fact he most
often hits his allies hence his name. He’s the guy you don’t want on your team he was
so bad at using his powers he actually killed himself with them decapitated or rather disintegrated
his own head. So the powers not dumb but the fact that he used it while being so fundamentally
unable to control it yeah that earns you the number one spot.
So those were ten dumb dc superpowers had you head of them which was your fave. I like
tapping into colours just cause. I’m Sasha thanks so much for watching top 10 nerd don’t
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