Alternate uses for super-villain/hero powers

[War Lord]

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.

It may still be in the experimental stage, but they are also developing a fluid that instantly hardens like strong rubber and makes it impossible to move.

 

[War Lord]

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.

Electro could be a multi-millionaire by being working for the military to defeating an enemy by shorting their sources of power and using his energy build up to short circuit their electrical devices and vehicles.

 

[War Lord]

Hulk could make millions by being a human demoliton company, if he could stay focused on the job.

 

[unstoppable]

captain america professional frezbie player

 

[ang_hulk]

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

I dunno,a shantogun is a quick get it done blade,his blades are curved and wouldent be as practical on the hibachi grill.Hed have to move his forarm really fast to make it interesting and it would be a heath code violation since they come out of his skin unless he got them to except him sanatizing them all through the day,Another thing you have to look at is him destroying the grill with his claws.To slice things hed look really hookey as he drew his claws back,infact if they are rounded as some artists draw them it would be terrible for precises cuts.pending on the artists hed be of moderate to minimal use.

 

[supermarvelman]

captain america professional frezbie player

Disk Golf

 

[supermarvelman]

I dunno,a shantogun is a quick get it done blade,his blades are curved and wouldent be as practical on the hibachi grill.Hed have to move his forarm really fast to make it interesting and it would be a heath code violation since they come out of his skin unless he got them to except him sanatizing them all through the day,Another thing you have to look at is him destroying the grill with his claws.To slice things hed look really hookey as he drew his claws back,infact if they are rounded as some artists draw them it would be terrible for precises cuts.pending on the artists hed be of moderate to minimal use.

Maybe a sushi chef

 

[War Lord]

Vulture's courier service.

Going to addresses in a diagonal pattern in the air has to be faster than any bicyclist.

 

[supermarvelman]

Hydro-Man

Lifegaurd

 

[War Lord]

Iceman - fire fighter.

 

[War Lord]

Beyonder - everything he can think of.

 

[War Lord]

Venom - bar bouncer.

He could probably man the entire bar by himself and get paid 5 times what the job would normally pay. Who's going to argue?

 

[War Lord]

Sandman could be a really good riot control guy.

If the crowd gets out of order, he could blow a ton of sand over the entire crowd and blind everybody.

 

[Venom.Symbiote]

The human torch as a firefighter. He'd walk into the building, absorb all the fire and walk out.

Professor X as the world's greatest hostage negotiator. Just make the terrorist/kidnapper decide that he doesn't want to hold any hostages and let them go and turn himself in while he's at it. He'd also make a fortune on Jeopardy.

Any telekinetic would make a good lifeguard. They wouldn't even have to get wet, just levitate the person out of the water and bring them in.

I believe Nova had a courier service before. He used to fly important documents all around the city for businesses.

 

[Super Mark]

KevanG,
Gotta' tell you, THIS is the thread that made me decide to register for this forum! I thought, these are my type of people: Creative and bright without taking themselves too seriously! Anyway, good question.

So I should come up with an answer, huh?
I'll be back. Gotta' look at a list of metahumans, and see if anything clicks.
Mark (I'm not really Super. But the screen name Mark was taken...)

 

[War Lord]

KevanG,
Gotta' tell you, THIS is the thread that made me decide to register for this forum! I thought, these are my type of people: Creative and bright without taking themselves too seriously! Anyway, good question.

So I should come up with an answer, huh?
I'll be back. Gotta' look at a list of metahumans, and see if anything clicks.
Mark (I'm not really Super. But the screen name Mark was taken...)

You could have been Mark II.

But you threw it all away.

 

[Super Mark]

Well thank you Reed Richards.

 

[War Lord]

Well thank you Reed Richards.

Super Mark sounds like a great big mole.

 

[Vanguard07]

Molecule man'd be the best example of this. He could make an infinite ammount of money.

"what's that american military? you want me to turn this pile of flotsam into weapons grade plutonium? okay that'll be $1000"
"what's that? you want solid gold pants? okay"
etc etc.

 

[Super Mark]

I took a more mundane, everyday approach. Because I'm the new guy. (BTW, what is a mole?)

The Flash: Assembly-line worker.
Black Cat: Vegas Pitt Boss.
The Atom/Ant Man: Professional watch repair.
Judge Dread: IRS agent.
Thank you,
Mark

 

[Purple Man]

The Watcher could be a babysitter.

Mom: You let my kid stick a fork in the electrical outlet!? What kind of babysitter are you!?

Watcher: I have sworn to never interfere.

or maybe not..

Iceman and the Human Torch could start a heating and cooling service.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

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.

ur goin on an issue where he got a power boost and was havin trouble controllin his powers so no. anyway i always assumed reed richards and tony stark created plenty of power saving/generating tech. didnt think it was an issue in the MU

 

[Super Mark]

Braniac 5 = Kindergarten teacher
Magneto = Junk yard worker
Screaming Mimi = Camp counselor
Punisher = Bill collector
Mr. Freeze = Ski resort employee
Arabian Knight = Spokesman against stereotypes in comic books

Mark

 

[MyPokerShirt]

sandman - industrial sanding machine -- obvious i know, but he could have cars sanded down and resprayed in minutes...

 

[Super Mark]

Ghost Rider = Tour guide, Mammoth Cave National Park.
"OK, folks, if you'll just follow the flaming skull..."