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That-Guy
04-24-2006, 01:50 PM
Okay, we have Lex and the Joker duking it out for the #1 spot of who is DC's greatest villain... but who do you think is the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to DC bad guys? I didn't include a poll because I'd undoubtedly leave someone out who deserves a spot. But here are the bad guys that I personally can't stand, off the top of my head.

Captain Cold
Mr. Mxyzptlk
Bat-Mite
Captain Boomerang (in case you haven't caught on, I pretty much hate any villain with the word "Captain" in their name)
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Merlyn
The Fiddler

The Question
04-24-2006, 01:55 PM
Captain Cold

Cold's ****ing badass, man. Read Johns' Flash run, you'll see why.

Mr. Mxyzptlk

Mxy was pretty sweet in Adventures of Superman.

Lackey
04-24-2006, 02:08 PM
"Who will be remembered as DC's LAMEST villain of all time?"


Lame villains aren't remembered :confused:

Lackey
04-24-2006, 02:16 PM
Cold's ****ing badass, man. Read Johns' Flash run, you'll see why.

:up:

Recommended Captain Cold reading -
Flash #182 (http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/critiques/012102/flash182.shtml)
Catwoman #21 (http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/snapjudgments/072803/catwoman21.shtml)

Just goes to show, there are no bad characters, only bad writers.

Mxy was pretty sweet in Adventures of Superman.
Rucka's Mxy issues in AoS were his best ones, IMO...and his entire run was fantastic.

yenaled
04-24-2006, 02:27 PM
Captain Cold is probably one the best villains DC has got. He is easily one of my favourites up with Black Adam and Johnny Sorrow (and the rest of the Injustice Society).

Merlyn has been badass in the past with his League of Assasin adventures.

Crazy Quilt, Kite-Man have always been the classic "lame villains". The new Sonar as well was a walking failure for Kyle Rayner.

But people have been threatening to make both Crazy Quilt and Kite-Man much more badass for years and it could easily be done. Look what was just done with Catman and The Calculator. Everyone always talks about Catman being turned around but the Calculator in my opinion was a much better turn of character making him amazingly dangerous. At least Catman had fought Batman to a stalement before... Calc was a man walking around dressed as a Calculator leaving math based clues to his crimes.

Personally I always hated Scarface and the Ventriloquist.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 02:33 PM
Rainbow Raider. Come on, how do you really beat a guy named "Roy G. Bivolo" who rides rainbows around?

Also, anyone who claims that Mxyzptlk is a lame character after reading Rucka's AoS and Moore's Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow should probably just give up on comics altogether. :(

Red
04-24-2006, 02:41 PM
Cold and Boomerang are great villians :up:

Green Lantern
04-24-2006, 02:53 PM
I like Busiek's reasoning on why Composite Superman is lame:

I think he's kinda sorta horrible, actually. Half-Batman, half-Superman, named after one of them, with the powers of the whole, uh, Legion?

Next up, the Composite Flash -- dressed like Flash on the left, Green Lantern on the right, and with the powers of all the Metal Men!

But Mark Waid likes him, so there's always hope, even if I have no love for poor Compozzy.

kdb

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 02:56 PM
He is a pretty stupid character. I don't think he trumps the Rainbow Raider, though. :p

Green Lantern
04-24-2006, 02:59 PM
What about Composite Flash, would he? :o

TheFalcon
04-24-2006, 03:14 PM
I'll give my vote for Bat-Mite. If you manage to remember a really lame villain I think it would be Bat-Mite.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 03:23 PM
What about Composite Flash, would he? :o
No. The Flash, Green Lantern, and the Metal Men are all cool. Nothing about rainbows or the name "Roy G. Bivolo" is cool. :o

Green Lantern
04-24-2006, 03:26 PM
... How bout Composite Rainbow Raider; half RR half Crazy Quilt with all the powers of the cast of Gotham Central? :o

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 03:28 PM
Ok, that would be more lame. I think that would threaten the entire space/time continuum with its lameness.

Green Lantern
04-24-2006, 03:29 PM
I win! :D

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 03:30 PM
With an imaginary villain. :o

kiuju2k
04-24-2006, 03:32 PM
Anyone who isn't in continuity.

That-Guy
04-24-2006, 03:54 PM
Rainbow Raider. Come on, how do you really beat a guy named "Roy G. Bivolo" who rides rainbows around?

Also, anyone who claims that Mxyzptlk is a lame character after reading Rucka's AoS and Moore's Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow should probably just give up on comics altogether. :(


Sorry dude, I will always hate Mxy... just because someone writes a good story and revamps a character to some degree doesn't make up for decades of him being the most annoying douchebag in comics. Of course, that's just my opinion... but ever since I was a kid, my eyes would roll every time I picked up a Superman comic and found out Mxy was in it. But to each his own.

Dope Nose
04-24-2006, 03:59 PM
how 'bout Clock King?

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3135/clockking4js.png

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 04:07 PM
Sorry dude, I will always hate Mxy... just because someone writes a good story and revamps a character to some degree doesn't make up for decades of him being the most annoying douchebag in comics. Of course, that's just my opinion... but ever since I was a kid, my eyes would roll every time I picked up a Superman comic and found out Mxy was in it. But to each his own.
Wow. Good thing you weren't reading comics in the '40s. Batman would forever be stuck in the goofy, Dick Sprang mode for you. :(

GOODT!MES
04-24-2006, 05:31 PM
I'd just like to say- Composite Rainbow Raider made me bust up laughing.

ToddIsDead
04-24-2006, 05:35 PM
Magpie, based soley on costume.

Pksoze
04-24-2006, 05:52 PM
This guy imho is number 1

http://www.superdickery.com/images/oneshot/kite-man.jpg


This second guy... though not a regular villain deserves a special mention.


http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/images/superman1.jpg

Calendar Man
04-24-2006, 05:57 PM
Magpie, based soley on costume.

Beat me to it. SPOILER ALERT.....



...... Glad shes dead.

ToddIsDead
04-24-2006, 06:02 PM
Beat me to it. SPOILER ALERT.....



...... Glad shes dead.
Great minds think alike. :up:

newmexneon
04-24-2006, 06:03 PM
How about Sportsmaster

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Nomsportsmaster.jpg/200px-Nomsportsmaster.jpg

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 06:10 PM
Okay, we have Lex and the Joker duking it out for the #1 spot of who is DC's greatest villain... but who do you think is the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to DC bad guys? I didn't include a poll because I'd undoubtedly leave someone out who deserves a spot. But here are the bad guys that I personally can't stand, off the top of my head.

Captain Cold
Mr. Mxyzptlk
Bat-Mite
Captain Boomerang (in case you haven't caught on, I pretty much hate any villain with the word "Captain" in their name)
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Merlyn
The Fiddler

Those guys are actually pretty cool.

the ten-eyed man has ten eyes, one on each fingertip, and none in his head. That's his power. Batman had trouble with this guy... Literally, it would be worse than being blind, because the way you see would be so stupid...

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 06:12 PM
How about Sportsmaster

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Nomsportsmaster.jpg/200px-Nomsportsmaster.jpg

I love the Sportsmaster. Not only is his costume (there's a different, much better one) rock, but he turned the original Huntress evil. She used to be a heroine in the All-Star Squadron, (you can sort of see her in the picture), but apparenly this overblown jock with an irrational fixation on winning is all it took to turn her around.

I also love Clock King. His appearances as a member of the Injustice League and the Suicide Squad, as well as a wannabe mastermind in Chase make him a singularly entertaining character.

there's a new Crazy Quilt, since the old one is dead. It's a woman, and that's all that anybody knows right now. Created by Gail Simone, who wanted to give her an actual role in Villains United, but ended up just sticking her in the background. Just so you know that somone wanted to make Crazy Quilt into a badass.
Geoff Johns said in an interview with Wizard that he's seriously thought about using Kite-Man in Gotham Central.

Pksoze
04-24-2006, 06:39 PM
Oh yeah Ten Eyed Man was lame.

His power was that he had eyes on his hands.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/10-catch.jpg

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 06:42 PM
The benefits of this were never explained, but he was treated as though he were very dangerous. It was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

yenaled
04-24-2006, 06:44 PM
I love Sportsmaster, a classic Golden Age villain.

I like the fist fight him and Alan Scott have in the Golden Age.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 06:46 PM
Geoff Johns said in an interview with Wizard that he's seriously thought about using Kite-Man in Gotham Central.
Really? Odd, given that Geoff Johns never wrote or was rumored to be writing Gotham Central. :confused:

Pksoze
04-24-2006, 06:47 PM
The benefits of this were never explained, but he was treated as though he were very dangerous. It was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

Yup the most hillarious part about Ten Eyed Man was that for some reason he was a respected villain & not laughed at.

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/images/10-jail.jpg

yenaled
04-24-2006, 06:51 PM
They couldn't have just put one finger out of the box.

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 06:51 PM
Really? Odd, given that Geoff Johns never wrote or was rumored to be writing Gotham Central. :confused:

It was Johns who said it, I'm pretty sure. I'm wrong about GC because I don't read it and don't care to start.
Someone else joked about turning Maxie Zeus into a symbiote so that Bats could at least get a new costume.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 06:52 PM
Oh, it was probably for The Flash or something. He liked rejuvenating old villains in there. The Turtle, the Top, the original Trickster, Goldface, etc.
Yup the most hillarious part about Ten Eyed Man was that for some reason he was a respected villain & not laughed at.


Seriously, what's with all that dialogue after the cop's explanation of him? The only thing that should've followed that is about three pages of hysterical laughter. :p

The Question
04-24-2006, 06:54 PM
The benefits of this were never explained, but he was treated as though he were very dangerous. It was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.


The benefit is that he could pretend to be a blind man, walk into a bank, and scope out the joind by feeling around, and no one would be suspicious. Plus, he was an ex marine with alot of weapons and hand to hand combat training, so that helped things.

yenaled
04-24-2006, 06:54 PM
...Goldface...

I'm not sure how he pulled off that resurrection.

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 06:58 PM
The benefit is that he could pretend to be a blind man, walk into a bank, and scope out the joind by feeling around, and no one would be suspicious. Plus, he was an ex marine with alot of weapons and hand to hand combat training, so that helped things.

The thing is that he can't really hold much of anything, since he doesn't have eyelids for his fingers (at least I think not), and eyes are really sensetive, and whatnot.

The Question
04-24-2006, 07:00 PM
His fingertips aren't as sensative as eyes. He can hold things just fine.

Pksoze
04-24-2006, 07:02 PM
Oh, it was probably for The Flash or something. He liked rejuvenating old villains in there. The Turtle, the Top, the original Trickster, Goldface, etc.

Seriously, what's with all that dialogue after the cop's explanation of him? The only thing that should've followed that is about three pages of hysterical laughter. :p


Rumor had it Marv Wolfman specifically requested the death of this character in the original Crisis.

Pksoze
04-24-2006, 07:04 PM
More Ten Eyed Man Goodness

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/images/10-death.jpg

rigel7soldiers
04-24-2006, 07:05 PM
His fingertips aren't as sensative as eyes. He can hold things just fine.

Okay. I just guessed. Haven't really read his stuff, Sorry.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 07:11 PM
...Goldface...

I'm not sure how he pulled off that resurrection.
I loved Goldface in Johns' Flash. Good idea to make him a union leader.

yenaled
04-24-2006, 07:29 PM
Yeah he was great, it's just amazing that Johns can take a character who was literally a walking plot device for Hal Jordan and make him a real character.

Also; that death is so lame, especially because nothing was really stopping Man-Bat from saving him.

ToddIsDead
04-24-2006, 07:37 PM
I just think Man-Bat didn't really care. He's a guy with eyes on his fingers and he's somekind of criminal genious for Christ's sake! What the Hell is up with that?

The Question
04-24-2006, 07:42 PM
Well, why would how good his powers are have anything to do with how smart he is? He could be a highly skilled tactitian and fighter and still have a rather useless power.

Hellstormer
04-24-2006, 07:46 PM
Joel Schumacher

ToddIsDead
04-24-2006, 07:59 PM
Joel Schumacher
Ding Ding Ding!!! We have a winner.

drastic_quench
04-24-2006, 08:52 PM
Hush. I really hope he's killed in the current arc in Batman/Detective.

newmexneon
04-24-2006, 08:53 PM
Angle Man has to be one of the worst. Couldn't find a pic.

yenaled
04-24-2006, 09:11 PM
Angle Man has a crap gimmick, but he really does rule.

TheCorpulent1
04-24-2006, 09:24 PM
Yeah, he's actually got impressive powers and he's a cool character. Good product wrapped in a really, really lame package.

War Lord
04-25-2006, 12:23 AM
Okay, we have Lex and the Joker duking it out for the #1 spot of who is DC's greatest villain... but who do you think is the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to DC bad guys? I didn't include a poll because I'd undoubtedly leave someone out who deserves a spot. But here are the bad guys that I personally can't stand, off the top of my head.

Captain Cold
Mr. Mxyzptlk
Bat-Mite
Captain Boomerang (in case you haven't caught on, I pretty much hate any villain with the word "Captain" in their name)
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Merlyn
The Fiddler

Prior to pre-crisis, Mxyzptlik (or however his name is spelt) was a lame villain, but now they've re-created him as a sincere menace, he's a fantastic villain and I never tire him.

TheCorpulent1
04-25-2006, 12:28 AM
Not so much a menace anymore, though. Just capricious, I guess.

Green Lantern
04-25-2006, 01:44 AM
I'd just like to say- Composite Rainbow Raider made me bust up laughing.Glad I had the desired effect on someone :)

newmexneon
04-25-2006, 12:16 PM
Egg Fu is another Lame-O

http://dialbforblog.com/archives/8/ww157p10_andru_esposito_big.gif

TheFalcon
04-25-2006, 12:39 PM
I just started re-reading Knigthfall and in the beginning Bane kills some guy named Film Freak who had escaped from Arkham. He had an earring shaped as a roll of film.
Has he shown up anywhere else? If so, does anybody know what his powers where (if any) and if he was as lame as he sounds?

That-Guy
04-26-2006, 07:58 AM
I'm not sure about the Film Freak guy. The only thing I ever saw him in was Knightfall, but I figure he had to appear somewhere before because he was, apparently, and established bad guy.

Speaking of Batman villains, I'd like to ad Black Mask to this list. Ever since he's come back into the limelight, I can't stand him. Prior to the whole "War Games" fiasco, he wasn't too bad, but now that DC has changed him into Joker-Skeletor, he's done nothing but merit a curbstomp. As I said before, you can't blame a character just because a writer writes him a certain way, but when its every writer... indicating that the character has been changed overall... then the character can be blamed. I haven't heard anything about Black Mask appearing OYL. Hopefully that's because he's dead.

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 09:05 AM
Hopefully that's because he's dead.


He died in Catwoman.

Brian Braddock
04-26-2006, 09:34 AM
Surely, this guy gets consideration?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/SUPERBENITEZ/jdkjww7.jpg

TheCorpulent1
04-26-2006, 09:35 AM
He was considered almost immediately.

Spike_x1
04-26-2006, 10:05 AM
Loophole. :o

That-Guy
04-26-2006, 10:15 AM
He died in Catwoman.


He did? Recently? Because I remember hearing that he supposedly died in Catwoman a few years ago, but then he suddenly reappeared during War Games. Did he die officially, now? If so, was it painful? I truly hope so. The only thing Black Mask did that was worthwhile was kill Spoiler, and hell, he couldn't even do THAT right. First he gets his ass handed to him by her and then he shoots her, but it takes LESLIE THOMPKINS of all people to finish her off.

The Question
04-26-2006, 10:16 AM
Well, that wasn't Black Mask's fault. That was the fault of the idiot writer who made Leslie a murderer. Really, I like The Black Mask.

That-Guy
04-26-2006, 10:17 AM
And that reminds me... I think I'd have to put Leslie Thompkins as one of the lamest villains ever. Not because she's a lame character, but because turning her into a cold-blooded murderer is pretty much pissing all over everything that the character once was. I'll give them that it was a bold move, but it was the wrong one.

yenaled
04-26-2006, 10:20 AM
I like how Winick writes Black Mask, Batman could do with more waring mob bosses.

I thought the rapport between Black Mask and Mr. Freeze was excellent.

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 10:20 AM
He did? Recently? Because I remember hearing that he supposedly died in Catwoman a few years ago, but then he suddenly reappeared during War Games. Did he die officially, now? If so, was it painful? I truly hope so. The only thing Black Mask did that was worthwhile was kill Spoiler, and hell, he couldn't even do THAT right. First he gets his ass handed to him by her and then he shoots her, but it takes LESLIE THOMPKINS of all people to finish her off.


Yeah I think its official, and I think it was painful.

That-Guy
04-26-2006, 10:23 AM
Yeah I think its official, and I think it was painful.


Oh, the joy. That made my day. :)

Green Lantern
04-26-2006, 12:07 PM
Selina shot him in the f**king head. After he point blank said she didn't have the balls to do it :o

ToddIsDead
04-26-2006, 12:09 PM
That doesn't sound painful at all...

nite-owl
04-26-2006, 12:51 PM
The Ten Eyed Man deserves a new ongoing just for the name alone imo.

ToddIsDead
04-26-2006, 12:54 PM
Definitely. You can say that he was brought back from the dead when Superboy Prime was punching time, just like Jason. It could work...

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 12:55 PM
That doesn't sound painful at all...


Does to me....

Then again your boy Jason had an even more painful death.

Ouch...

yenaled
04-26-2006, 01:01 PM
We should just turn this thread into the Ten Eyed Man appreciation thread :D

nite-owl
04-26-2006, 01:06 PM
Definitely. You can say that he was brought back from the dead when Superboy Prime was punching time, just like Jason. It could work...

Damm straight and he needs a goofy sidekick with a hilarious catchphrase.

ToddIsDead
04-26-2006, 01:20 PM
His sidekick should be Ten Ear Boy or Ten Nose Girl.

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 01:22 PM
Damm straight and he needs a goofy sidekick with a hilarious catchphrase.

Ten Eyed Man needs no sidekick he has his own quips.

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/images/10-dingbat.jpg

ToddIsDead
04-26-2006, 01:30 PM
Hahaha! "Ding-Bat", that's a great one!

The Question
04-26-2006, 01:43 PM
The Ten Eyed Man deserves a new ongoing just for the name alone imo.


Really, he's not that lame. He could be a pretty good villain if somene tried a little.

newmexneon
04-26-2006, 02:44 PM
You'll give anyone a chance won't you?

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 02:47 PM
Really, he's not that lame. He could be a pretty good villain if somene tried a little.


No...he's really lame.

But don't take my word for it...


Originally Posted by Pksoze
Kurt could you make the Ten Eyed Man a cool villain?


I doubt it.

kdb

http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=548545#post548545


And he's not the only writer I've asked about it either.

Lackey
04-26-2006, 04:09 PM
Ask Grant Morrison, he won't say no :)

yenaled
04-26-2006, 05:07 PM
LOL, here starts the ten-eyed man campaign.

rigel7soldiers
04-26-2006, 05:17 PM
Really, he's not that lame. He could be a pretty good villain if somene tried a little.

I guess. I have who's who, and incidentally flipping through it I saw his entry.. Apparently a superb HtH combatant and marksman (even though he can't see with his eyes"

And, of course, there's the fact that he dies in Crisis #10.
Honestly, I don't like him. There might be worse villains, but I can't think of any. He accidentally blinded himself because he forgot where his eyes were.

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/10eyedman.htm

I thnk we can at least agree that he did badly as a villain, despite how good he could have been.

Pksoze
04-26-2006, 05:20 PM
Ask Grant Morrison, he won't say no :)

Even Grant's gotta have limits. ;)

http://www.tfz.net/data/images/2615.jpg

The Question
04-26-2006, 05:41 PM
You'll give anyone a chance won't you?

No such thing as bad characters. Just lazy writers. People say that Ten Eyed Man sucks because he has a useless power. Lex Lythor doesn't have any powers, but everyone loves him. An "no powers" is a much more useless power than "see out of your fingertips."

No...he's really lame.

But don't take my word for it...


Originally Posted by Pksoze
Kurt could you make the Ten Eyed Man a cool villain?


I doubt it.

kdb

http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=548545#post548545


And he's not the only writer I've asked about it either.

So, Kurt can't think of how he'd use him. Big deal. I can. Ten Eyed Man isn't a bad character. He just hasn't been used to his full potential.

I guess. I have who's who, and incidentally flipping through it I saw his entry.. Apparently a superb HtH combatant and marksman (even though he can't see with his eyes"

And, of course, there's the fact that he dies in Crisis #10.
Honestly, I don't like him. There might be worse villains, but I can't think of any. He accidentally blinded himself because he forgot where his eyes were.

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/10eyedman.htm

I thnk we can at least agree that he did badly as a villain, despite how good he could have been.

Dude, Seanbaby's funny, but he seems to hate every damn character there is. They put Ten Eyed Man is a maximum security cell because he's a former speciual forces military operative. You put guys like that in maximum security. And really, seeing out of your fingertips would give you an advantage in escaping from a cell, because you're more likely to notice small details that could help in your escape.

Hellstormer
04-26-2006, 05:49 PM
Even Grant's gotta have limits. ;)
No he's like God he can make anything cool again. Even the pet rock.

yenaled
04-26-2006, 06:05 PM
Pet Rocks never stopped being cool.

rigel7soldiers
04-26-2006, 06:17 PM
No such thing as bad characters. Just lazy writers. People say that Ten Eyed Man sucks because he has a useless power. Lex Lythor doesn't have any powers, but everyone loves him. An "no powers" is a much more useless power than "see out of your fingertips."



So, Kurt can't think of how he'd use him. Big deal. I can. Ten Eyed Man isn't a bad character. He just hasn't been used to his full potential.



Dude, Seanbaby's funny, but he seems to hate every damn character there is. They put Ten Eyed Man is a maximum security cell because he's a former speciual forces military operative. You put guys like that in maximum security. And really, seeing out of your fingertips would give you an advantage in escaping from a cell, because you're more likely to notice small details that could help in your escape.

I know, but it sounds stupid. And Seanbaby can make it sound een stupider than it normally does... Eh. I agree with oyu on the potential thing, but that's part of what makes him laughable; He barely used his powers to any advantage at all, and accidentally lost them before acidentally dying.

That-Guy
04-27-2006, 09:52 AM
I don't know much about the Ten-Eyed Man at all, but if they did bring him back, I think they should revamp him so that he actually has EYEBALLS on his fingertips. Like, you could actually see them blinking and such. That would be freaky. Heh.

Pksoze
04-27-2006, 09:58 AM
Patrick Gerard sort of answered my question on how to make the Ten Eyed Man sort of cool on comicbloc.

Pat said....

*I* could make him creepy as heck... Not sure about cool.

First of all, his gimmick is creepy as it is.

Second, this guy was born to be revamped even creepier.

Robin: "The ten-eyed man? That lame-o? Ooh. He was born with eyes on his fingers. Scary."

Batman: "He wasn't born that way."

Robin: "So how'd he get eyes for fingers? Somebody reconnect his optic nerve to his fingertips?"

Batman: "Those 'eyes' don't belong to Reardon. They belong to his victims. It's his time in special forces that make him dangerous. The human optic nerves surgically grafted inside his fingertips make him sick."

Robin: "Ew..."

Batman: "Also...? He's supposed to be dead."

TheCorpulent1
04-27-2006, 08:15 PM
Yeah, the underlying premise of the character still makes him goofy. Gerard's take is more interesting but still, at its core, just goofy.

Anyway, I thought ol' Angelo Bend was going to get an upgrade out of his appearances in Catwoman, hunting down the new Catwoman all creepily. But no, he just tied her up, she got free, and she kicked his ass with ease. Pretty lame, unfortunately. Bend could be a badass if he'd just use his damn powers well. :(

yenaled
04-27-2006, 09:23 PM
Agreed, the concept is great... just no-one seems to want to touch him.

TheCorpulent1
04-27-2006, 11:01 PM
Angle Man or the Ten-Eyed Man?

yenaled
04-27-2006, 11:03 PM
Angelo Bend I mean, well it's not that people don't want to touch him, it's just that he isn't really being made a threat.

Maybe he'll get a run in Heinbergs Wonder Woman though.

TheCorpulent1
04-27-2006, 11:05 PM
Yeah, his angler can do practically anything, including teleport. If Mirror Master has shown us anything, it's that a seemingly goofy villain with unusual teleporting capabilities can be an absolute badass.

Manic
04-28-2006, 02:05 AM
I guess. I have who's who, and incidentally flipping through it I saw his entry.. Apparently a superb HtH combatant and marksman (even though he can't see with his eyes"

And, of course, there's the fact that he dies in Crisis #10.
Honestly, I don't like him. There might be worse villains, but I can't think of any. He accidentally blinded himself because he forgot where his eyes were.

http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/10eyedman.htm

I thnk we can at least agree that he did badly as a villain, despite how good he could have been.
Oh god! Now I remember why I stopped exploring SeanBaby's website. I read the Superfriends pages, and nearly died laughing. It took me forever to read each article, because I was too busy laughing.

Thanks a lot, Rigel. Now my sides hurt. I hope you're happy.

Stealth_Prime
04-28-2006, 04:40 AM
Crazy Quilt

nite-owl
04-28-2006, 08:44 AM
To Toddisdead and Pskoe, okay then ten-eyed man should have the quips but his sidekick should look up to him as a mentor and at the end of every issue should Hulk Hogan give the reader some advice.

Whirlysplat
04-28-2006, 11:28 AM
Ambush bug

- Whirly

Pksoze
04-28-2006, 11:50 AM
To Toddisdead and Pskoe, okay then ten-eyed man should have the quips but his sidekick should look up to him as a mentor and at the end of every issue should Hulk Hogan give the reader some advice.

Got the perfect sidekick then

http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/images/greenl5.jpg


http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/images/greenl31.jpg

yenaled
04-28-2006, 12:29 PM
Ambush bug

- Whirly

Take that back!

Ambush Bug is meant to be in 52, that would be so sweet!

Spike_x1
04-28-2006, 12:30 PM
Ambush bug

- WhirlyI was just thinking that. Has anyone else mentioned him in this thread?

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 12:34 PM
Not sure if this guys been mentioned before:-

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/SUPERBENITEZ/824_4_111.jpg


Asbestos Man?!

yenaled
04-28-2006, 12:42 PM
No, because he would be Marvel and we are talking DC.

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 12:45 PM
D'oh!!! Oh yeah, lol.


My mistake.

TheCorpulent1
04-28-2006, 12:49 PM
Asbestos Man is pretty damn lame, though.

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 12:51 PM
Asbestos Man is pretty damn lame, though.

Thanks - I feel slightly less of a fool now. Posting a Marvel villain in a DC villain thread. Such a noob mistake! :O

yenaled
04-28-2006, 01:32 PM
Haha, it doesn't matter.

He is incredibly lame though, it's like... i'm-going-to-get-a-disease-and-die-man.

The Question
04-28-2006, 01:33 PM
It would be sweet, though, if they did and FF story where The Human Torch fiund out that Asbestos Man was dying of cancer.

TheCorpulent1
04-28-2006, 01:38 PM
Yeah, and then he goes into his hospital room and laughs at him. :D

yenaled
04-28-2006, 01:54 PM
It would be sweet, though, if they did and FF story where The Human Torch fiund out that Asbestos Man was dying of cancer.

Different Human Torch :D

The Question
04-28-2006, 01:55 PM
No it's not. You think Hammond would refer to himself as his "favorite teen-ager?"

sinewave
04-28-2006, 02:18 PM
i've always hated the ventriloquist and scarface, but he's (they're?) kaputsville now so it doesn't matter.

nite-owl
04-28-2006, 02:43 PM
Got the perfect sidekick then

http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/images/greenl5.jpg


http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/images/greenl31.jpg

Blue Lad >>>>>> Robin:up:

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 05:42 PM
Ladies and Gentleman - I give you........................Slipknot:-

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/SUPERBENITEZ/Slipknot201.jpg


I especially like the part about his 'special glue'. ;)

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 05:43 PM
And why does he have holes around the ribcage area in his costume?! lol.

Purple Man
04-28-2006, 06:34 PM
Slipknot appeared in Identity Crisis, now he only has one arm and speaks like a snake.

Brian Braddock
04-28-2006, 06:36 PM
Slipknot appeared in Identity Crisis, now he only has one arm and speaks like a snake.


Oh, so that makes him cool again? ;)

Just going off that bio though - he is pretty lame.

Speedball
04-28-2006, 08:40 PM
has someone mentioned Maxie Zeus yet?
man what a lame ass.
the new The Batman version looks cool though.

The Question
04-28-2006, 09:32 PM
Maxie Zeus kicks ass. And he kind of sucked on "The Batman."

Speedball
04-28-2006, 09:34 PM
i meant he LOOKS cool. he kinda reminds of something out of Legend of Zelda

rigel7soldiers
04-30-2006, 06:10 PM
I sorta liked Slipknot... he was a total jackass, but he was sorta cool. Really, if the costume was better, he'd be alright.

And Maxie Zeus was really good in B:TAS, though.