I'm not really into comics, but I've been reading The Inferior Five. An oooold DC comic starting in the late 60s, the plot is basically that the team was forced to become legacy superheroes despite being generally terrible. It's a way to make a bunch of superhero parodies.
Easily the stand-out character is Dumb Bunny here, who is described as "Stronger than an ox and almost as smart." She's basically a bimbo with super strength, and has that bunny look... Though interestingly, and perhaps unintentionally, the way she's written she usually comes off a bit more like she's playing up a bimbo stereotype and succeeding through trickery and confusion, a la Vash the Stampede. For instance, in their debut comic she defeats a villain by deflecting a laser back at him with her mirror when she stops mid-battle to adjust her makeup.
Modern stories that use her (There are... About two) have caught onto this and tend to imply or outright state she's something of the brains of the team
Merryman is probably the second best character. He's from a long line of heroes with no powers, so his family is full of WWII-era patriotic heroes, equivalents of The Green Hornet and Zorro, etc. Except while he does know martial arts, he isn't strong enough to make use of them, and so is essentially just a nerd with no powers. He stands out a bit by being sort of cynical and being the only one with any traditional rationality on the team. Being equally terrible at everything means he has no major weaknesses.
And yeah... I'm liking their concept a bit more than the execution so far, but a few moments are quite standout
Easily the stand-out character is Dumb Bunny here, who is described as "Stronger than an ox and almost as smart." She's basically a bimbo with super strength, and has that bunny look... Though interestingly, and perhaps unintentionally, the way she's written she usually comes off a bit more like she's playing up a bimbo stereotype and succeeding through trickery and confusion, a la Vash the Stampede. For instance, in their debut comic she defeats a villain by deflecting a laser back at him with her mirror when she stops mid-battle to adjust her makeup.
Modern stories that use her (There are... About two) have caught onto this and tend to imply or outright state she's something of the brains of the team
Merryman is probably the second best character. He's from a long line of heroes with no powers, so his family is full of WWII-era patriotic heroes, equivalents of The Green Hornet and Zorro, etc. Except while he does know martial arts, he isn't strong enough to make use of them, and so is essentially just a nerd with no powers. He stands out a bit by being sort of cynical and being the only one with any traditional rationality on the team. Being equally terrible at everything means he has no major weaknesses.
And yeah... I'm liking their concept a bit more than the execution so far, but a few moments are quite standout
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Checking Wikipedia and the DC Database, that looks about right: their book ran up until Issue #10 in '68, and then 11 and 12 came out in '72, with 11 reprinting their first appearance from Showcase #62. That must have been the one I picked up at the time.
I know I have read later I5 stories from the original run, but I am not sure when!
Where did you fined the copies you're reading?
I know I have read later I5 stories from the original run, but I am not sure when!
Where did you fined the copies you're reading?
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