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Written by Zeromage 129 Comments
Last Updated:: October 23, 2008

One of the most common debates found on comic book forums across the interweb is who is the most powerful superhero of all time? Another common debate is who’s the best superhero of all time. Well, since the staff here at Old-Wizard.com are a couple of real going against the grain type o’ guys, we decided to ask the much less often asked question of who the worst superheroes of all time are. After a couple of hours of heated debate, this is the list that we came up with:

10. The Thing

The Thing has always reminded me of those “no name” wrestlers you used to see on the WWF back when Wrestling was cool. His main function in the Marvel Universe is to show you how powerful some new villain is. His one super power is super strength, but unfortunately there are about a hundred other heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe who possess super strength, and many of them have other powers as well. Not only that but most of the other heroes who have super strength are much stronger than him. Even Colossus is supposed to be stronger than the Thing. Add to that the fact that he’s a rocky freak of nature and his favorite catch phrase is “It’s clobberin’ Time” and you have one of the worst superheroes of all time.

9. Aquaman

In a comic book universe where almost every major story arc takes place on dry land, its good to have a super hero who can’t survive outside of the water for an extended period of time. Enter Aquaman, the super hero whose main powers are the ability to breath underwater and talk to fish. Yeah, that should come in handy next time Darkseid decides to attack the Earth, right?

8. Jubilee

Jubilee possesses the ability to make fireworks. This would be a great super power if she was on a superhero team with Aqualad and Arm Fall Off Boy, but on a team with guy who can heal from pretty much atoms, a lady who can control weather and the like, Jubilee’s power to make sparklers is pretty lame. Note to super villains: Stand 10 feet back and you should be fine.

7. Sentry

I honestly wish Marvel would just kill this character off already. Although he’s supposed to be “more powerful than a million exploding suns” he hardly ever makes any meaningful impact in any of the major story arcs that take place in the Marvel Universe. In both the Civil War and World War Hulk we are forced to sit through pages and pages of the other super heroes trying to get him over all of his psychological issues and convince him to join the fray, only to see him make no difference once he finally does get involved (Civil War) or simply get his ass handed to him (World War Hulk).

6. Squirrel Girl

Do I really have to explain this choice? Squirrel Girl’s main super power is the ability to communicate with squirrels. Yeah, you read that right. She communicates with squirrels. You have to give Marvel some credit here. The best stories I would have been able to come up with for this “super” hero would be looking for nuts and dodging cars. But the writers at Marvel have actually managed to create some great stories for Squirrel Girl. Like the time her and her pet squirrel “Tippy-Toe” defeated Thanos all by themselves. And in another story line she even beat the criminal mastermind Doctor Doom. It takes some some great writing to pull off those stories. My only question is, why don’t the other Marvel heroes make fun of these guys afterwards? If I was the Silver Surfer and I was fighting Thanos, I would start taunting him about the time he got his ass handed to him by Squirrel Girl and her pet Tippy-Toe.

5. Ant Man

Ant Man. This guy’s super power is the ability to turn really small. I’ve never understood how he was able to get on the same super hero team as The Might Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America. It’s like Chad Pennington on the ‘85 Bears. This guy is a brilliant scientist, and yet, instead of using his brain to figure out a way to give himself some useful super power like super strength, or even the ability to turn invisible, he decided to figure out a way shrink himself instead. Now he can’t even drive a car or pick up a beer. Way to go, buddy.

4. Dazzler

You have to wonder if Marvel was starting to run out of ideas when they came up with Dazzler in the mid seventies and early eighties. She was a low point for the X-men and for Marvel in general. She had a bad costume, and lame powers. Not only that but she was basically a failed marketing attempt . For those of you who don’t know, Dazzler was was originally a project commissioned by Casablanca Records in the mid-late 1970s, in which Marvel would develop a singing super heroine, while Casablanca would produce a singer. Needless to say this project was a complete failure, and so is this super hero.

3. Blue Beetle

I have no idea why they keep bringing this super hero back. It seems like there’s a new Blue Beetle every few years, and yet he’s consistently one of the worst heroes in comics. His powers vary, but they usually consist of some combination of enhanced strength, flight and the ability to generate lightning. Basically he’s a lamer, and much weaker version of Thor from Marvel comics. That wouldn’t be so bad, but his costume is almost as lame as Robin’s. ‘Nuff said.

2. Hawkeye

Much like the equally lame Green Arrow from DC comics, Hawkeye’s “super power” is the fact that he is a master archer. Watch out, Magneto. But at least the Green Arrow came first. Which makes Hawkeye a knock-off of a crappy character. Plus, he wears purple.

1. Robin

Robin is a superhero named after a migratory songbird that you can find in your backyard and feed bird seed to. Can someone tell me why they would name Batman’s sidekick after a songbird? What do bats have to do with robins anyway? Is there some connection that I’m missing here? Bats and robins can both fly, something neither Batman nor Robin can do by the way, but other than that the two have nothing in common. Robins aren’t even nocturnal. The funny thing is, Robin is one of the first superheroes ever created. (granted “super” is a stretch here). Its not like they were running out of cool bird names for superheroes at that point. I’m pretty sure Hawkman was still available. Or even the Blue Falcon. So we’re left with the simple question: Why Robin? Were they trying to “gay up” batman? Was he too scary for little kids? Was the creator of the dynamic duo some sort of closet bird watcher? We may never know the answer.

129 Comments

#1 Delta says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:42 pm

lol Composite-Superman had Matter-Eater Lad’s powers. Of course, since he had the powers of several members of the LSH, he was insanely powerful. We’re talking as much as three times Silver Age Superman’s power level, plus various energy projection abilities, telepathy, invisibility, phasing, shape-shifting, ect.

#2 bryan says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:36 am

yeah but after goliath becomes yellowjacket hawkeye becomes goliath 2 so why is he here?

#3 Sean says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:14 am

Hawkeye has be redone now. He uses guns instead of arrows now. He looks a lot cooler. He also has a very tragic back story that has made him fairly unstable. All in all he is now one of the more interesting characters presently in the Avenger universe. The only critique I have about the character now is that there is one particular personalty trait that is perhaps a little too simillar to deadshot.

#4 AlGore says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:42 am

Like the description says : he wears purple!
Plus, matter-eater lad will kick (or eat) his ass! lol

#5 Delta says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:18 am

‘Cuz Hawkeye is back to Hawkeye maybe, Bryan?

#6 p.okas says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

the hawkeye with guns is from ultimate comics, not the mainstream marvel, and honestly, i think he’s even silier now.two guns = cool? don’t think so. i don’t like neither of his costumes, by the way, maybe the new ronin one.nevertheless i don’t agree with a lot of choices in this list, but i wont bother to explain, i would have to write a lot lol

oh, and hate answers will be ignored, since i won’t come back to read them.bu-bye

#7 AlGore says:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:36 pm

I just heard that Pixar want to realize the next Ant-man, as well as the famous Edgar Wright. It seem that I’m not the only one to think that this character is not so bad after all! Indeed, I don’t see anybody fighting to realize a movie on squirrel girl, even if she deafeated Deadpool and Dr Doom…

#8 Alberto says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

I would have to disagree on the last 3 characters, well maybe 2…… No lets leave it at 3.

Technically this 3 guys are not superheroes. (the last bettle is a superhero, but not eh one in the picture) they are Heroes. Zeromage stated “super” and “super power” with both characters.
They are not Super humans, so they can’t be Super heroes. Agree that, they are look lame compared to guys that can move planets and have claws coming out from their fist, but come on. This guys are nothing but regular humans. They have a lot of fucking cojones to fight.
No?
If you see a fucking 12 year old kid, trying to fight a fucking killer crok, the joker or two face would not you believe that he has more cojones than, Zeromage, you and me put together.
And what about a guy whose only ability is to have and arsenal of trick arrows, sure does sound lame, but will you fight Ultron with only arrows? No.
This Fucking guy has cojones. They are not the worst superheroes, because this actions are heroic, No wait let me raphrase that, they are Super-heroic actions, more heroic than Hulk, Superman and Thor.
So this guys should not be here. Or the list should be renamed to probably “Silliest” or something else. But Robin and Hawkeye should not be here.

After seeing the size of cojones you need to have in order to fight the killer croc or Ultron. I will have to say that the Sentry should be Number 1. He has an inmense ammount of power, but I will rather trust my life to Robin, Than the Sentry.
The Sentry is the worst superhero of all time.
and actually look arround for the worst superheroes of all time. You should research arround in books and the internet. Not only ask the guys in the office, that way you can really name something “the worst”, “the most powerful” or “the best”.

RESEARCH!!!

#9 Alberto says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:39 pm

You should actually put on this list all of the marvel familly.

Captain Marvel hass all the power to match Superman’s and yet he always let the big blue to do the hard work.

Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr. They are even worse, theya let Captain Marvel to steal the show.

Uncle Marvel should not be included in this list, because he has no super powers.

The Super-horse, animal super friends.

Black Bolt, has ever made a big impact on the marvel universe and he is the “second strongest” superhero in Marvel. Yes he is cool, but lets face it, has he ever done something really important?
Even the Punisher is more important than Black Bolt in the Marvel Universe.

This guys should be considered the worst superheroes. They have a lot of power and hardly ever make a difference, whenever they appear.

#10 KT says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

I think Robin is one of the most awesome superheroes. And the reason that for Robins names stems from his storyline. When he was a circus performer, his parents would sometimes refer to him as thier little “robin”, a play on thier name as the “Flying” Graysons, and for the acceptional athletic abilities he diplayed as part of thier trapize act. it was an affectionate pet name. when they were killed, he adapted the name as his hero identity.

#11 Forsejtildig says:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

Did you just put the sentry on your “worst heroes ever” list when you also placed him nr. 6 on your “most powerful heroes ever”?

#12 gidi says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

Forsejtildig you are a dum bicth. The worst heroes ever title does not mean they are not powerfull.

#13 Forsejtildig says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:33 am

Oh I love tough guys like you gidi…

Big and strong behind your keyboard miles and miles away..

Was just pointing out the oddness.. No reason for hostility..

#14 Forsejtildig says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:43 am

Point taken btw.

Would have worked without the “dumb bitch” remark though…

#15 wallyg says:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:51 am

ummm…..just a heads up too robins don’t eat birdseed. they live off of insects. other than that i agree with most the list

#16 faggotinabox says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

ant man should not be on there

#17 Justin says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:11 am

Note on The Thing.I tohught he was the second strongest behind the Hulk?Colossus isn’t stronger than him.He is pretty gay though and annoying,a decent comedic relief though.

#18 Delta says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:41 am

Actually Thing’s below strength of Thor, Wonder Man, possibly Colossus(he got quite a power-up since then), Hercules, Sentry, Silver Surfer and maybe She-Hulk. In addition to below Hulk, most of the time. And I could probably come-up with more after some research.

#19 dubious says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:35 pm

Well by far the lamest was T from PT Marvel. He could sleep on command with a single bound of boring work.

#20 alex says:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:09 am

wow, not only are your choices totally WRONG (you diss Hawkeye? Really??), but you round out your worst list with a homophobically tainted remark. There’s nothing more inherently gay about Robin’s costume than any other superhero! In fact, most of the out of the closet mainstream gay heroes have dark costumes and powers!!

The point of super heroes is not always to have some atom bending, mind melting powers; sometimes their look or concept can be interesting enough to produce good stories. (What isn’t interesting about an archer?? It plays into the Robin Hood mythos!)

Robin is “lame” if you’re watching the ’60s tv show or any of the early SuperFriends cartoons; everyone knows that the Robin character has evolved into it’s own! The point of Robin is to contrast batman’s darker persona with that some color and light; to contrast the hardness of the bat with something softer (he’s a teenager for chrissakes!). Where batman is in eternal despair, Robin gives us hope.

The only ones i agree with are Jubilee and Sentry. Even dazzler is pretty awesome (she converts sound into different kinds of light!)

#21 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:50 am

God, remove Robin from the list! He’s a teen and he actually helped Batman with most of the Dark Knight villains!

#22 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:53 am

Euh.. Aquaman is pretty much strong…

#23 jared says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:16 am

sentry is awesome! But robin is a lame name and “the dazzler” I mean really! I mean really really!BBBBBBBAAAAAAAADDDDDDD

#24 Aiki says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Well, not a bad top 10.

I’m not here to make a point about your choices but seriously, one of the worst heroes .. is Superman.

Okay, that’s a damn good list of powers and he’s almost indestructible and all but he just sucks at using them.
I’m not going to tell all the things he CAN do around the whole damn world, almost at the speed of light, but just imagine .. and guess what ? He DOESN’T.

Plus, he gets his ass kicked once or twice every time.

Seriously ..

#25 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:15 am

Aiki : Your talking like a Marvel Fanboy. Superman was actually the first Superhero invented. If I good remember, he was used as propagand during the WW2. You can see some pictures of him with Adolf Hitler. People don’t realize that Superman is more human than any of us. He’s the spirit of peace and justice. He’s incredibly strong and yet, stronger than you think because you don’t seem to know alot about him. He gets his ass kicked once or twice every time? Who decide that? The writers. Why? Because having a PC Superman AGAIN wouldn’t be good for the comics.

For Robin, I agree that his name is lame but fuck. Who is enought dumb to put Robin first in the list because of his name? Robin is as good as Batman. He might wear clothes with ugly colors but god, if you judge him because of that, you should totally go kill yourself… I always have been a fan of Batman but I got to agree that Robin as been a pretty good teamate for him. Batman was lucky enought to have alot of teamates, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, etc… But the one who affected him the most was Robin.

For Aquaman, here is a list of Aquaman abilities on the DC Database of Wiki.

Powers

Atlantean Biological Adaptation: The Atlanteans are an offshoot of humanity that is biologically adapted to the deep ocean environment. For most Atlanteans, this means that can breathe underwater, endure the pressures of the deep (among other adaptations), and can only spend a very limited time out of water. He also possesses superhuman levels of strength, speed, endurance and durability, all by-products of his body being adapted to survive unprotected in the tremendous pressures of the ocean depths. Although other Atlanteans possess similar adaptations, Aquaman is super-Atlantean as well as super-human, and as such he has greater physical capabilities than does a typical Atlantean.

* Amphibious Nature: Aquaman, as an Atlantean, and the son of a wizard and Atlantean queen, can breathe both water and air, but must return to the aquatic environment at various intervals; this length can be prolonged by the humidity in the atmosphere.

* Enhanced Sight: His ability to see in the murky depths of the ocean allows him exceptional night vision while on land. He has claimed that his eyes are adapted to see at 6,000 fathoms (or 36,000 feet below the surface of the water).

* Enhanced Hearing: several times more acute than human capacity.

* Enhanced Smell: several times more acute than human capacity.

* Superhuman Strength: Aquaman possesses superhuman strength well above the order of 150 times human maximum, but his strength is always underrated, considering the company that he keeps. His strength is more than a match for most barriers such as wood, metals, brick or concrete walls. Only extremely durable metal reinforced barriers, have any chance of slowing him for any length of time. Aquaman frequently displays feats of Super-Atlantian (the average Atlantian can lift/press approximately 2 tons) and Superhuman strength. While not on par with Superman, he has proven capable of performing standing high jumps of 4 stories (both on land and from water), lifting and throwing a tank (at least 25 tons), and even managed to hold out for an incredible length of time against Wonder Woman in combat. His strength would appear somewhat dependent on how hydrated he is as he was capable of lifting a considerable chunk of a city block in Sub-Diego (which would weigh thousands of tons at least), and has proven capable of shifting an oil rig platform which would weigh thousands of tons as well.

* Superhuman Endurance: Aquaman possesses strength and stamina that allows him to swim up to 150 mph for at least a 4 hour period without significant breaks for rest or recuperation. If he wished to extend this period of travel at reduced speeds he could “ride” or be towed by dolphins or other swimmers until he was rested.

* Superhuman Durability: Aquaman’s enhanced physiology enables him to withstand impacts that would kill and ordinary human, and critically injure an average Atlantean. He has been seen in ocean depths as deep as 20,000 feet (3.79 miles) below the surface of the water. That amount of pressure is 800 atmospheres, which is enough to turn an ordinary human into a smear of blood and bone dust. It seems that Aquaman has been able to travel as deep as 36,000 feet (6.82 miles) considering that he claims that his eyes have been adapted to see at that depth. He is not completely durable against large fire arms, and, his skin cannot be punctured with sharp objects or bullets, and is able to take a direct hit by fire arms without incapacitation.

* Superhuman Speed: Said to be the fastest thing underwater, he is capable of swimming at a consistent speed of 150 knots (175mph) for several hours. Aquaman can travel at much faster speeds for short “sprints.” He has also been seen swimming at 10,000 feet per second. It’s unknown how long he can keep up that amount of speed though. With his incredible speed in the water, Aquaman is able to create giant whirlpools.

* Superhuman Reflexes: While no speedster, Aquaman’s reflexes are superior to even exceptional metahumans such as Deathstroke the Terminator, and his reflexes are on the order of 12-15 times faster than a normal human. Aquaman is probably the greatest swimmer in the world. Easily the better of any Olympic level athlete.

Marine Telepathy: Aquaman has the ability to communicate directly with sea life and has done so throughout most of his life. Lately he possesses a greater range of control that can actually force sea creatures to obey his whims. Currently, he requests their assistance and they comply. He has chosen to continue to request since, if he forces them to comply, they will ultimately lose respect for him. He now also has access to a quantum field phenomenon called “the Clear”. “The Clear” quantum phenomenon has been observed with the subject called the Swamp Thing who called it the Green or the Morphogenic Field of Animal Man (also called the Red). Aquaman is also an accomplished telepath in general and can perform such telepathic feats as mind to mind communication, mind probes, mental domination of a non-aquatic mind, and mental attacks. The potency of such mental domination is unclear but he has been seen to use his powers to great effect against the White Martians and Doctor Polaris.

Access to the Clear: Aquaman has the ability to sense the primal emotions of aquatic creatures through “The Clear”. The Clear seems to function as a universal consciousness of all sea life. Via it he can communicate or command sea life on the other side of the planet. He can see what they see and much more what he is only beginning to realise. He can also push his telepathic powers to reach out to the higher land creatures to find that element of their brains that was once an aquatic dwelling creature. This may account for Aquaman’s facility with language.

Energy-Heat Resistance: Aquaman is extremely resistant to energy/heat based attacks as he has with stood multiple blasts from Amazo’s heat vision, Black Manta’s heat beams, and energy blasts from an Omac.

Sonar Location: A sonar power which allows Aquaman to detect things when blinded. A possible side effect of his gift from Posidon or from the nature of his advanced mental powers, Aquaman can use this sonar-like sense to detect objects much as a dolphin might. The range of this power is unknown.

Water Sense: He has a sixth sense of “feeling” flowing water over 47 feet away through any kind of surface or material and in any direction.

Superhuman Equilibrium
Sorcery: His mutation into the dweller of the Deep through a bargin with ancient sea gods gave him untold amounts of powerful ancient magics.
Abilities

Master Swimmer: Aquaman is a master swimmer. Perhaps the greatest there is.

Expert Combatant: Aquaman excels at hand-to-hand combat and overall martial ability.

Expert Tactician: He has an advanced strategic sense, and has natural leadership qualities.
Accomplished Diplomat: His natural autocratic nature does not suit him well in environments where democracy is an issue but Orin is a natural commander and his ability has served him well in the protection of Posidonis.
Strength level
An approximation of Aquaman’s strength would put his lifting/pressing capacity of at least over 60 tons while on land, depending on how long he has been out of water. While hydrated sufficiently, Aquaman has proven capable of lifting weights in excess of 10,000 tons.
Weaknesses

Water Deprivation: Aquaman must return to water after a period of time or he will weaken.

Waterbearer Abuse: Overuse of the Waterbearer Hand for violent means will cause the Thirst to attack the Secret Sea.

Might be always in the water but most of Superheroes powers only works on land…

#26 Bee says:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:23 am

How dare you! Some of these heros you put are worst then aquaman robin and the blue beetle! Robin is the best he is one of the oldest heros ever how dare you

#27 fu says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:49 pm

Gess thats why they remade robin into nightwing

btw, why dont you add the grinch while at it.

#28 Stomp em en tha nutz says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:23 am

The Thing is iconic! Someone should write a list about the worst anime shows of all-time. I would like to start the ball rolling by nominating Sailor Moon. She talks mad trash everytime, her and her crew get the crap kicked out of them and then they are saved in the final 3 minutes of every show because of her magical f@#ing wand. Bollocks!

#29 kinderegg says:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:32 pm

Ha funny great list. Robin should be on this list. His costume is attrocious, hes a throwback to when kids were the ones comic books were trying to attract.
Also terrible the Submariner, Beast and Thor.

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