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Number 10 – Dial H - Now this isn’t one specific superhero but rather a comic series
featuring a rotarydevice called the dial though in the most recent 2019 series it is a phone
that allows the user to access superpowers when they dial hero. Hence dial H. The title
is 100% a play on the alfred hitchcock title dial m for murder. This series first debuted
in the 60s and has had numerous updates since the first iteration which debuted House of
Mystery #156 (January 1966) in it Robery Reed fell into a cavern and found the dial. He
then used it to transform into various superheroes and they would change he wasn’t always the
same one and it wasn’t til the 80s that it would come into play with existing heroes.
Also other people could use the dial it wasn’t keyed to one person or anything. The 80s series
also had the added aspect that fans could submit their own heroes and villains and would
get credit and a t-shirt. Over time the series has evolved into an examination of what it
means to be a hero and how finding the dial impacts people’s lives, spoilers it’s
not always for good. The dial is pretty random with what hero you become but that’s part
of the fun, it’s the mystery box superhero power generator. I was going to say lootbox
but you don’t have to pay for it heyo well I mean not with money but emotionally oh yes
you pay.
9 Gwenpool When Gwenpool first hit the scene in 2015,
she was a huge success, becoming instantly beloved amongst fans after merely appearing
on the cover of Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars issue 2. Here’s the thing though; many
people mistaken her abilities as those of Deadpool’s, with her being assumed to be
a female version of Wade Wilson. That’s not the case. Gweenpool’s name may have
a hilarious relations to deadpool, thanks to a goof up from her dry cleaner, and the
fact that her last name is Poole (spelt P O O L E). That was something that was retconned
after her first appearance, might I add. So if she doesn’t share Deadpool’s powers,
what can she do? She’s a brilliant tactician, has vast knowledge of the Marvel universe
(claiming she’s from a timeline in which she read the comics and is now a part of them,
plus breaks the 4th wall like it’s nobody’s business), she knows her way around a whole
lot of weapons, is capable of inter-dimensional travel, and has a regenerative healing factor.
Number 8 - Jack Hawksmoor he is a member of the authority this is a justice league esque
team published by wildstorm comics featuring the characters from stormwatch. Most people
know it because Apollo the superman pastiche and the midnughter the batman pastiche were
married yes I said were they broke them up cause DC actually has a no domestic happiness
mandate. People think of other things but that comes up a lot you know it’s true.
Ok so Jack hawksmoor. He first debuted in Stormwatch #37 (July 1996) and has been in
the authority since issue one and he can’t survive outside of an urban environment. So
no trips to the country for him, when in the city he has super powers that are tied to
the city these include strength and agility just like the city? Telepathic control and
he can animated objects in the city like the buildings. This varies a little bit from city
to city and Jack acts like each city is a unique entity which in a way they are. He
one time turned a city into a battlesuit for him to wear. He also doesn’t need to eat,
he converts air pollution into sustenance so he must be doing great, He can transport
between cities in a mini womb thing. What the confusing part is here is why does the
city do this to him he was modified by humans from the 70th century which caused him to
have these powers. You have a lot of freedom with this you can do some zany things based
on the cities he’s in. My plan is just to go to field in the middle of nowhere one on
one he’s done. Also this was done so he could fight a threat from the future a city
based threat clearly. At least he has an excuse to go around saying This city unlike other
heroes they just do it.
7 The Impossible Man Impossible Man hails from Marvel comics, first
appearing in Fantastic Four issue 11 from 1963. He’s an alien character from the planet
Poppup who has shape shifting abilities, and was typically used for comedic relief, portrayed
as a lonely, attention seeking extra terrestrial who annoyed the crap out of the Fantastic
Four. In addition to his shape shifting and mimicry abilities, he could also teleport,
and had an encyclopedic knowledge of Earth culture. So if that description is so straight
forward, how does he land on this list? It’s because of how the Impossible Man was depicted.
His first appearance had him visiting Earth on vacation, assuming he was the most powerful
being on Earth after meeting the Fantastic four, and then consisted of him harassing
the team of heroes, wanting to start up an Earth Poppup travel agency. His earlier depictions
gave him unlimited shapeshifting powers via molecular rearrangement, but due to his use
as a comedic character, the extent of his abilities often fell into befuddling territory,
and the full scale of his abilities became questionable, especially since he was able
to mimic the likes of Thor and Wolverine.
Number 6 Zatanna - Now you may be thinking are you both ok everyone understands Zatanna
a magician speaks backwards. But what some people miss out on is the scale of her powers.
Zatanna is actually one of the most powerful sorceresses on earth and her powers appear
to be inherited, what people tend to misuse or not remember is that her magic increases
if not used. So if she doesn’t use her magic it builds to a critical point which can cause
an incident this is why she releases it in such a controlled manner. However, if she
uses too much she depletes her powers so she has to find a balance. She can also do spells
spoken forward on some occasions and blood magic. Also the limits of her powers not fully
defined so have we seen the ceiling we don’t know she’s dangerous don’t be fooled just
because you could temporarily stop her with some duct tape.
5 Ink Our next baffling character is a Marvel creation,
who first appeared in Young X-Men, issue 1, from 2008. And his powers are his tattoos.
Yes, no joke, this fellow, whose real name is Eric Gitter, gets all of his abilities
from his tattoos, and has no actual super powers of his own. Ink has access to a mutant
tattoo artist who gave superpowers to individuals via his ‘ironic power symbols’ he would
tattoo on them. Ink’s tattoos consist of a biohazard symbol (to make his foes extremely
sick), a symbol that allows him to heal others, one that gives him super strength, wings on
his back that grant him flight, a nuclear symbol (in case he wants to create a deadly
explosion), a red cross on his neck that gives him self-healing powers, lightning bolts on
his temples that lets him read minds, and two explosive symbols that allow him to blow
up objects and punch through walls. And the worst part? That tattoo artist, the one with
the real abilities, went into a catatonic state after giving Ink his last tattoo, the
symbol for the phoenix force around his eye.
Number 4 - The Silver agent - Astro city that’s right astro city time. I love astro city and
we don’t talk about it enough I will make all the reaches to get characters on it on
this list. So Astro city parallels the different era in the mainstream superhero development.
So the silver agent is their big silver age patriotic hero and ok so astro city isn’t
told in order. Instead it jumps around to different tales from astro city so the silver
agents tale is revealed in bits and pieces. And so at the start we know that he was hero
and that the city has a monument to him as what happened to him is their greatest shame.
So The silver agents story involves time travel, and he is travelling back through his own
timeline and each time he gets a little more powerful. So to the city he appears magical
and even more mythic but really he is being charged by the time travel energy as he moves
back further and further he gained super strength, flight and more. However the silver agent
actually gifted his energy to the city when he returned to be executed for a crime he
didn’t commit. Something only revealed after his death hence their great shame. Astro city
is a ride like how the samaritan has fight his enemy the infernal to such a standstill
they just have dinner once a year to see if either is closing to coming over to each others
side. I could talk about this all day.
3 The Negative Man The Negative Man is a character that first
debuted in 1963, a DC creation who as eluded fans for years. Makes sense that he’s a
member of the Doom Patrol. Negative Man aka Larry Trainor is an individual who was accidentally
exposed to a radioactive field in the atmosphere while piloting a test plane. This gave him
an interesting set of powers; not only was he now radioactive, but he had the ability
to release negatively charged energy from his body, referred to as the Negative spirit,
or his soul self. This soul self is intangible, capable of flight, and can generate minor
explosions when it comes into contact with positive energy. It also acts as a means of
temporal astral projection, and visually was represented as a shadowy silhouette of a human
being. The down side? Larry’s body is physically defenseless when he is separated from it,
so he only risks using this ability 60 seconds at a time in order to avoid death. Because
of his radioactive nature, he wears special bandages that protect those around him, making
him look a whole hell of a lot like the Invisible Man; something that can be slightly confusing
to those unfamiliar with his character or the Doom Patrol upon first glance.
Number 2 Pureheart - This is archie andrews from that time when archie was a superhero
archie comics do what they want and in 2019 they brought this series back again. So when
archie is pureheart his powers depend on his ph factor or his pureheart factor so he can
only access his powers if he has a pure heart hence his name pureheart the powerful. Here’s
the thing he can lose his powers really easily just one impure though. So feeling jealous
boom powerless accept a gift or kiss from a grateful rescuee boom no powers. I hope
they don’t do it mid flight cause then well they’re both dead.
1 Fantomex First appearing in New X-Men issue 128 from
2000, Fantomex was a character created by the Weapon Plus program to act as a super
sentinel against mutants. The process uses technorganic organisms whose living tissue
is then fused with sentinel nanotech on a cellular level. Fantomex is birthed from a
woman who underwent that process, and he was raised in a place called ‘the world’,
a man made environment for these super-sentinels. All in all, it’s very absurd and peculiar,
as are his powers. His nervous system is referred to as something called an EVA. This nervous
system came out of his body - yes, outside of his physical being - and developed into
a techno organic flying saucer of sorts that he has a symbiotic relationship with. When
EVA is separated from him and in pain, he feels pain. But when he is attacked or someone
or something has inflicted damage onto him, he feels nothing, no pain at all, and can
ignore those injuries. Fantomex can also see through EVA’s POV, and can control her movement
and re-shape her form (or body, if you will) if he concentrates enough. If that wasn’t
confusing enough, Fantomex has microtechnology laced into his blood, which have some eerie
effects, prohibiting him from things like believing in anything greater than himself,
like gods or supernatural beings, or the concept of love. He also can’t see colours. He can
control his pain resistance, he can self heal, and can alter his body to increase his strength
or hearing range. He can also enter a trance in order to perform crucial tasks, such as
surgery on his own body. All in all, he’s a curious character, to say the least.