Holy Ridiculous, Batman!

The ever-considerate Victor of Apostate Windbag has lassoed me with the latest meme on superheroes. After giving it far too much thought, here's my effort:

1/If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? (Assume you also get baseline superhero enhancements like moderately increased strength, endurance and agility.)

The ability to make life-threatening danger go away just by ignoring it.

2/ Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you fancy, and why?

It has to be Jean Grey, a.k.a. Phoenix from the X-Men, since she's the only one who comes anywhere near Neko Case.

3/Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you hate?

Captain Bird's-Eye

And as a long-time Mekons fan, I have to say Dan Dare.

But in fact, practically all of them. Social change should be brought about by the collective, democratic will of the people, not as a result of some farcical radioactive accident. You can’t expect to wield supreme executive superpowers just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because a spider bit me, they’d put me away!

4/ What would your superhero name be? (No prefab porn-name formulas here, you have to make up the name you think you'd be proud to mask under.)

Naive Boy.


5/ Is there an 'existing' superhero with whom you identify/whom you would like to be?

I’m tempted to say HellBoy, just because he’s a Brummie, but he’s probably an Albion fan.

After witnessing the unprovoked attack by the hierarchical, authoritarian militarist organization Spectrum on the Mysterons’ Martian home, I have to confess that I do have a soft spot for Captain Black, the epitome of cool with his 5 o'clock shadow and Goth attire. Far superior to the goodie-goodie indestructible Captain Scarlet and his virginal sidekick Captain Blue. Believe me, the Mysterons are the anarchists (and therefore the good guys) in that series.

Also, I rather like Howard the Duck, since he gets to smoke cigars when most other superheroes are self-regarding fascistic health nuts.

Pass it on. Three people please, and why....

Darren’s already been got, so I suspect Reidski will be too, so Lisa, (predictably), on condition she doesn’t take the easy option and resort to Buffy (and in the knowledge she’ll include Cloud), Kara because she IS Radio Active, and Jim at Times New Roman, just so I can refer to him as FontMan.