The Stats: Name: Victor (Vic) Stone (Cyborg) Height: 6’6 Weight: 385 lbs Powers: Cybernetic Being (Enhanced senses, Cognitive and Physical Abilities. Technopathy) Genius-Level intelligence. Type: Nondescript Metal Punching Bag Excels at: Being part of a team Fails at: Being an interesting part of a team. The Character: Victor Stone is one of DC’s […]
Character Issues
We discuss what sucks about popular characters and offer solutions to rehabilitate them.
Character Issues: The Vision
The Stats: Name: The Vision Height: 6’3 Weight: 300 lbs Powers: Mass Manipulation, Solar Energy Blasts, Super Strength, Flight, Computer Brain Type: Glass Cannon (Martian Manhunter sub-type) Excels at: OP’ed Melodrama Fails at: Living up to his potential The Character: The Vision we know was a Silver Age remix of a Golden Age Character from the […]
Character Issues: Apocalypse
The Stats: Name: En Sabah Nur or Apocalypse Height: 7’0 (variable) Weight: 725 (variable) Powers: All of them Type: Team Buster Excels at: Being the great unspoken evil Fails at: Living up to his reputation The Character: Apocalypse is one of the X-Men’s signature baddies. He has been central in multiple X-Team centric crossovers and exists as the […]
Character Issues: Animated Goku
The Stats: Name: Goku, Son Goku, Kakarot Height: 5’9 Weight: 137 lbs Powers: Super Strength, Super Speed, Flight, Ki Manipulation, Teleportation, Flight Type: Flying Brick, Martial Arts Superman Excels at: Glowing, Straining and Yelling Fails at: Protecting his family or friends, Saving the Planet. The Character: Any discussion about Goku starts a firestorm of fanboy […]
Character Issues: Professor X
The Stats: Name: Charles Xavier, Professor X Height: 6’0 Weight: 190lbs Powers: Telepathy and Psionic Powers Type: Professional Martyr Excels at: Dreams Fails at: Reality The Character: Professor X is the leader of the X-Men. I know that he’s currently dead but for Chuck being dead is more like being out for a sick […]
Character Issues: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
The Stats: Name: Captain Planet w/ Kwame, Wheeler, Linka, Gi, Ma-Ti Height: Variable Weight: Variable Powers: Weather and Elemental control (Captain Planet) and Elemental Control (Planeteers) Type: Marshmallow Voltron Excels at: Advancing the plot weekly Fails at: General Superheroics, Specifically being Awesome. The Character: In the 90’s, I had a hunger for anything that looked […]
Character Issues: Bishop
The Stats: Name: Lucas Bishop Height: 6’6 Weight: 275 lbs Powers: Energy Absorption Type: Whimsical Warrior Excels at: GUNS! Shooting lots of GUNS! Fails at: Having a reason to exist. The Character: I really wanted to like Bishop. He’s a Black Character who has had some significant impact on some major X-Men storylines. He […]
Character Issues: Barry Allen
The Stats: Name: Bartholomew Henry “Barry” Allen Height: 6’0 Weight: 195 Powers: The Fastest Man Alive Type: Misplaced Silver Age Rabbit Excels at: Making the laws of Physics his bitch Fails at: Existing outside of the Silver Age Learn more about Barry Allen here. The Character: DC’s greatest hero. The one who gave his life […]
Character Issues: Ben Grimm – The Thing
The Stats: Name: Benjamin Jacob Grimm Height: 6’0 Weight: 500 pounds Powers: Superhuman Strength and Durability Type: Walking Tank / Balboa Excels at: Moping, Fighting above his weight class Fails at: Changing with the times. Click here to learn more about The Thing The Character: OK LBWB fam, last week I got a chance to […]
Character Issues: Jason Todd
The Stats: Name: Jason Peter Todd Height: 6’0 Weight: 225 Powers: Angst Type: Emo Ninja Excels at: RAGING, Getting blown up Fails at: Being a fleshed out character. Click here to learn more about Jason Todd The Character: I will not even try to dress this up as an objective assessment of this character. I […]