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FIVE OF THE WORST MARVEL HEROES
There are a good number of marvel heroes worth their salt. They’re powerful, relatable and fun and entertaining. Most of them are just and true, and some of them are the bad boys or girls we refer to as anti-heroes. But amidst all those good marvel heroes reside some that just don’t make the mark. Maybe it’s their lame powers, or their crappy attitudes. Maybe they have lame costumes, or just aren’t good characters from the start. Whatever the case, these are five characters that should have never been marvel heroes.
HENRY “HANK” PYM (ANT-MAN, GIANT MAN, YELLOW JACKET, GOLIATH)
Pym may be one of the smartest guys in the marvel universe, but as far as marvel heroes go this guy just doesn’t cut the mustard. Sure, he’s one of the original Avengers, and he has been involved in almost every major storyline in the marvel universe to some degree. That doesn’t change the fact that this guy has turned evil on more than one occasion, has beat his wife, and created the evil killer robot Ultron that nearly destroyed the Avengers on more than one occasion. Why this guy is still considered one of the marvel heroes is beyond explanation.
SQUIRREL GIRL
She may be cute, but this leading lady of the Great Lakes Avengers is as nuts as they come, and should not be among the rank of marvel heroes. Her claim to fame is the ability to talk to squirrels. Now, in her defense, the Great Lake Avengers were made as a throw-away group and sort of a spoof on the West Coast Avengers, but some people liked them. A couple of years ago there was even a Great Lakes Avengers Christmas issue. Why so-called marvel heroes like these are popular is anyone’s guess.
DAZZLER
Could there be any lamer marvel heroes than a pop singer who shoots light? A failed attempt between Casablanca Records and marvel to produce a real life and fictional singing star, this character should have been given the hook long ago. But every once in a while she crops up for some lame appearance. Yet another example of lame marvel heroes.
EL GUAPO
Ok, so X-Statix nearly had the monopoly on lame marvel heroes, and most of them were created to be killed off in the first place, but this guy was just lame. He had a flying skateboard that did what it wanted to. That’s it. On a group of mutants you’d think there would be a bit more to him than that, but nope, that’s the kind of marvel heroes they let on that group.
BEAK
Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men brought a lot of bizarre and useless marvel heroes into the fold, but this one took the cake. He had no abilities, he just looked like a bird, and an ugly one at that. He was cowardly and weak and served no good in his entire tenure in the X-Men. There were many things wrong with that run, but lame marvel heroes like Beak is probably the worst.
So there you have it, five of the worst marvel heroes there ever were. Who’s on your li
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