Who is/was the JLA's most redundant member?

[Tojo]

I'll say Green Arrow.

 

[Eros]

The Flash

 

[Dwarf lord]

Funny, both are two of my favorite members. My choice is having both J'onn, Wonder Woman and Superman on the same team. They all do roughly the same things.

 

[Tojo]

Funny, both are two of my favorite members. My choice is having both J'onn, Wonder Woman and Superman on the same team. They all do roughly the same things.

And out of those 3 i'd say J'onn. Supes and WW are DC's signature characters, along with Batman.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

And yet J'onn is far more valuable to the team than Superman or Wonder Woman, given that they communicate and strategize telepathically through him.

 

[sethcohen]

natch!

 

[Eros]

Plastic Man.

 

[BrianWilly]

Redundant? If you want to be technical about it, Superman and Wonder Woman are pretty redundant because they've got basically the same powers, just that one has boobs and the other usually doesn't.

 

[bulok]

Huntress

 

[Not Jake]

Redundant? If you want to be technical about it, Superman and Wonder Woman are pretty redundant because they've got basically the same powers, just that one has boobs and the other usually doesn't.

So, Superman is the least necessary.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Clearly. You could argue that he's got one more power because he can shoot lazers from his eyes, but lazers pale in comparison to boobies.

 

[Harlekin]

Beyond that, Wonder Woman has the lasso of truth, an infinitely handier tool than lasers, considering just about every other member of the League can supply that. Then there's the magic expertise and resistance.

The only thing Supes' got going for him in comparison is a slight power/speed edge and a higher degree of invulnerability.

 

[Darthphere]

Vibe. I mean, how many hispanic break dancing gang members can you have on a team?

 

[Kebab gud]

this thread is redundant..

and Vide got my vote in the other larger still ongoing thread

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Vibe. I mean, how many hispanic break dancing gang members can you have on a team?

How many you got?

 

[Darthphere]

How many you got?

23.

 

[Tojo]

this thread is redundant..

and Vide got my vote in the other larger still ongoing thread

i didn't see that thread forgive me for not searching through pages of thread history.

 

[Kebab gud]

it was actually on the first page when you made this ...
http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261772

 

[Tojo]

 

[RockSP]

Probably Redundant Man.

 

[The Leaguer]

Redundant Man HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Not Jake]

Beyond that, Wonder Woman has the lasso of truth, an infinitely handier tool than lasers

Bah, not really. I mean, sure, there's the truth thing. But the lasso part of it? Not so useful. Ever since she could fly by herself, anyway. I mean, whoa, something's out of my reach! Better lass--wait, no, I can fly over there. That makes more sense.

 

[yenaled]

Meltzer needs to get Reverb/Hardline on the JLA as soon as possible.

He'd be better than Hawkgirl anyway.

 

[Hellstormer]

Redundant? If you want to be technical about it, Superman and Wonder Woman are pretty redundant because they've got basically the same powers, just that one has boobs and the other usually doesn't.

Unless Liefield's drawing him...

I don't consider MM to be more essential since his weakness is so easy. As a station manager he's essential but I'd rather have Superman (preferrably Captain Marvel) for my field team.

 

[The Question]

I'd say Batman. I mean, all off his specialties are covered by all of the other members:

Stealth: A guy who can fly, turn invisible, sheild himself from all telepathy, and walk through solid objects trumps a ninja any day.

Tactics: Wonder Woman was trained in several forms of armed and unarmed combat and military strategy from a very young age and has proven herself an equal to a living personification of war in both fighting prowess and tactical thinking. Aquaman is an acomplished military leader and a highl savy politician, well versed in many methods of psyhological manipulation. I'm not saying they're better than Bruce, but they certainly cover that territory.

Science: Bruce is smart, and he knows alot about mechanics, electronics, forensics, and metalurgy. But John Irons is a brilliant inventor and engineer and one of the top weapons designers for the military, and Ray Palmer is a world renound physicist, chemist, and inventor who's often called in as a consultant during disasters.

Funding: Aquaman can easily fund anything the League needs, having access to vast treasure troves of sunken antiques that he has little use for. Plus, as ambassadors to the U.N. who often assist U.N. peacekeeping forces abroad, Diana and Orin can easly influence the U.N. to bankroll the League as they (the U.N.) have in the past.

Detective work: People forget that Superman is a highly inteligent and succesful investigative reporter. He's obviously not as good as Batman, but the league rarely has mysteries that require world class detective work.


Really, he's only there because he's popular. If he was brought in every now and then as a consultant for organized crime related cases and the occassional tricky mystery, that's make more sense. But it wouldn't be cost effective.