Useless Superpowers

[SofaMan]

Sofaman: Batman has an incredible array of awesome gadgets and high training...

So does GA. He (and his Marvel ripoff Hawkeye) had loads and loads of different high-tech arrowheads. Batman and Green Arrow are very similar in many important respects:

- Both are billionaires. Well GA was, anyway.
- Both have access to a large array of high tech gadgetry, although GA's is mostly archery related, natch.
- Both are highly trained physically, with considerable acrobatic and martial arts skill.

The green Robin Hood cap is a bit natty, I grant you.

[TheDirtyDigger]

The green Robin Hood cap is a bit natty, I grant you.

Yeah but the hoodie rocks.

[Hot Rodimus]

If memory serves me correctly Green Arrow also won a martial arts competition which included fighters the likes of Batman and Huntress, this was the 2nd green arrow though, Ollie the sone of the original.

So yes while lame and very gimicky as well as being DC's answer to Hawkeye dude can fight.

I think the lamess is Antman.... ok so your going to shrink to the size of an ant..... then what???

[SofaMan]

So yes while lame and very gimicky as well as being DC's answer to Hawkeye dude can fight.

If we're being very nerdy and pedantic, Hawkeye is Marvel's answer to Green Arrow. GA was created in 1941, Hawkeye in 1965.

[GoktimusPrime]

If memory serves me correctly Green Arrow also won a martial arts competition which included fighters the likes of Batman and Huntress

That's only cos CHUCK NORRIS wasn't there!

[Paulbot]

There's some cute and funny cartoons on that blog.

[Hot Rodimus]

If we're being very nerdy and pedantic, Hawkeye is Marvel's answer to Green Arrow. GA was created in 1941, Hawkeye in 1965.

Dude most of us are grown men posting on a forum that is pretty much about toys, I would say most of the stuff on here is nerdy, and collecting is easilyt something one can become pedantic about...... doesn't mean I don't love it though.

Didn't know GA was before Hawkeye though....obviously...... I was always more of a Hawkeye fan as a kid.

Gok that youtube clip is a classic! I had heard most of them before but to hear it from the man's mouth himself was gold.Number 3 was my fave.

[STL]

Dude most of us are grown men posting on a forum that is pretty much about toys, I would say most of the stuff on here is nerdy, and collecting is easilyt something one can become pedantic about...... doesn't mean I don't love it though.

Didn't know GA was before Hawkeye though....obviously...... I was always more of a Hawkeye fan as a kid.

Correcto!

I think "useless superpowers" misses the point of reading comics in the first place. You're not reading for the powers, for the characters. So Silver Surfer is the most powerful superhero out there. Does that make him more interesting that Superman? Heck no. Age of creation is irrelevant too. Spider-Man was created before Captain America. Guess who is far more relevant and popular? Age has nothing to do with it.

I love Hawkeye too. He's got different layers to Green Arrow and I've got say I've never been a fan of the playboy billionaire stereotype. Makes them far too dull. Batman's different b/c he's scarred. Hawkeye's the underdog and that's why he appeals to me. Through the Avengers and the Thunderbolts, I grew up on him and he was a fighter.

[dirge]

Aquaman. He has the ability to telepathetically communicate with fish. It could be useful if he were a member of the Sea Shepherd, telling whales to flee from Japanese whalers... but as a member of the JLA it seems kinda lame.

Actually, it still would be useless. Whales aren't fish, they're placental mammals

Hehe - the Great Lakes Avengers. Mr. Immortal, who literally couldn't die. Which is to say, he could be fatally wounded, but would heal pretty much instantly.

I'd argue that this is a awesome superpower. Sure, he'd take a hell of a beating, but would defeat almost _any_ supervillian. Eventually

[Golden Phoenix]

I'd argue that this is a awesome superpower. Sure, he'd take a hell of a beating, but would defeat almost _any_ supervillian. Eventually

They could just put him in a pod and fire him into the sun.
He wouldn't die, but keep healing. He'd live in constant pain until the end of the universe. That would kind of suck