Alternate uses for super-villain/hero powers

[KevanG]

I was just flipping through some old comics and I noticed on one letters page that someone mentioned what an idiot the Spot from spider-man was. Instead of using his powers to rob banks and annoy spidey why didn't he join up with drug runners and teleport drugs from columbia directly to the guys in New york or LA? Or use his powers to help stars avoid the press? It also got me thinking what if heros and villains got the idea to do something else with thier powers/abilities instead of crimefighting/making?

This doesn't have to be serious but it does pull up a range of ideas, like spider-man being the ultimate window washer, or Namor being a under-sea treasure hunter? Hydro-man and Sandman teaming up to help put out forest fires? Post your ideas.

 

[War Lord]

Rhino would be an awesome professional wrestler.

 

[Vanguard07]

Namor isnt really a treasure hunter but he has laid claim to all the treasure from every sunken ship. He built his company with such treasures.

Also Spiderman's web fluid could have made him billions if he patented it. Xavier could manipulate the stock market or be an incredibly successful businessman/salesman.
Storm could be a big step towards solving world hunger by providing perfect weather for crops all across third world countries. Selling good weather could be an unbelievably good business.

The biggest example of poor use of powers though IMO is Electro.
I mean the guy could single handedly supply power for entire major metropolitan cities, no problem. He could make bajillions selling power to the U.S but what does he actually DO with his powers?

he blows up armored cars and bank vaults and he usually destroys most of the money inside em too he's so damn dumb.

 

[SLVRSR4]

Everything i ahve thought up is completely inappropriate and it involves mystique

 

[Gilpesh]

Everything i ahve thought up is completely inappropriate and it involves mystique

Well besides being on the same page as you.

I would think that Iceman, Pyro and Storm would make good fire fighters.

 

[War Lord]

Well besides being on the same page as you.

I would think that Iceman, Pyro and Storm would make good fire fighters.

Iceman would make a better bartender.

 

[Artistsean]

I was thinking about this during X-Men 3,
Pyro could be a great Fire Fighter, Magneto could work construction, Storm could stop life threatening storms and all sorts of natural disasters (and help provide perfect crops), Electro could help with the power crisis,
Kitty pride and Nightcrawler could be perfect to save hostages. Ice Man could help with fires and stopping the glaciers from melting.

 

[foxx5]

couldn't angel heal anyone of disease, and injury, because he can put his blood on people and they would be healed. I guess thats means he would be a great doctor.

 

[Nathan]

Also Spiderman's web fluid could have made him billions if he patented it.

I think he tried that. But because it had the habit of dissolving after an hour it was no good. I think they told him to come back once he stabilized the formula.

 

[Vanguard07]

Yeah but he tried it once with one company and they turned him down cause they're ******ed.
If he kept at it he could have become stupid-rich.

 

[Nathan]

What good is webbing that's strong as steel if it dissolves after an hour? What could you use it for?

 

[Cyclops]

If Storm prevented a weather system in one place, it would just show up somewhere else. She can't eliminate or create weather, just manipulate it.

Mad Magazine covered this once, years ago.

Hulk could be a chef at a restaurant ("Hey, Hulk, got an order of mashed potatoes on table five!" "Hulk MASH!"), Superman could be a dentist (X-Ray vision), Spider-Man could be a window-washer...

 

[storyteller]

What good is webbing that's strong as steel if it dissolves after an hour? What could you use it for?

Funding to make that said webbing not dissolve after an hour. I mean when you have something thats as strong as steel but really cheap to create. Dissolving after 1 hour is something you look into. In summary , the web fluid is an investment that wont make you go down under.

And something as strong as steel can be a cheap replacement to rope or hell, steel.

 

[Colossus24]

What good is webbing that's strong as steel if it dissolves after an hour? What could you use it for?

ummm....webswinging

 

[Artistsean]

I have heard that the army has invested money in trying to make something similar to Spider-Man's webbing.

 

[Nathan]

ummm....webswinging

Gah!

 

[Noon]

Quicksilver or the Flash: super fast delivery service, your packages breaking the sound barrier!

 

[KevanG]

Quicksilver or the Flash: super fast delivery service, your packages breaking the sound barrier!

Actually I forget which one, probably Flash, but one of them actually did have an overnight delivery service in the comics.

 

[Wyrminarrd]

Spidey´s web fluid would be every riot control squads wet dream. It would give them the means to neutralize and detain all members of the crowd without laying a finger on them.

Same goes for all law enforcement officals, not having to fire harmful things into people to stop them is worth a lot of money.

Let´s see, some other use for heroes powers... Superman could be an in-flight airplane window washer.

 

[Doc Destruction]

Reed Richards - PORNO STAR!

 

[Doc Destruction]

I have heard that the army has invested money in trying to make something similar to Spider-Man's webbing.

Actually, they have (I believe) created a frictionless fluid that washes off with water. So, they fire the stuff on a rioting crowd, everyone falls down, no one can get up and when everyone calms down, they wash it off and start the arrests.

 

[ang_hulk]

quicksilver could make a decent living running a five star resturant.

 

[SLVRSR4]

Wolfsbane could become the next dog whisperer

 

[unstoppable]

wolverine japanese chef(chop vegetable fruits meats tables chairs and everything else)

 

[The Question]

The biggest example of poor use of powers though IMO is Electro.
I mean the guy could single handedly supply power for entire major metropolitan cities, no problem. He could make bajillions selling power to the U.S but what does he actually DO with his powers?

he blows up armored cars and bank vaults and he usually destroys most of the money inside em too he's so damn dumb.

Actually, he can't do that. While he can produce large amounts of energy, he, like all things, needs a fuel source to do so. Generally, that source is whatever electrical energy is around him. So, he couldn't power an entire city since he would need to drain another city's power supply to do so.