Worst Super Hero or Heroic Protagonist

[Julianking93]

I've seen lots of threads recently about the worst villain or best hero, but I'm here to ask, "Who is the worst hero?"

I say Heroic Protagonist because a protagonist does not mean "hero" Just look at Light Yagami.

Personally, I'd say Ant Man or any hero who's only ability is to either grow or shrink. Seriously, how far can that get you when fighting crime?

 

[TheStickman]

I'm gonna say Aquaman Green Arrow.

Only so much you can do with fish arrows.

 

[Jackalb]

Captain Underpants.
I raging hated those books, granted it was for kids but it was so silly.
Biff & Chip for the win.

 

[xHipaboo420x]

Whatever the guy's called in Assassin's Creed.

 

[The Night Shade]

the KOOL-AID MAN!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Omikron009]

Either Desmond Miles because he's boring and has no idea what the fuck he's doing, or Rico Rodriguez because he's actually the villain.

 

[DanDeFool]

I say Superman, just because he's just about the blandest and least interesting Superhero to emerge from the Golden Age. Also because he's the reason people automatically think spandex and wearing your underpants outside your trousers when they think of superheroes.

Of course, he's a lot more interesting when he's being a dick. [http://www.superdickery.com/]

EDIT: ... and also because he's shaped like an upside-down triangle balanced on a couple of toothpicks.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Plastic man...but damn he tries.

 

[SailorShale]

Out of the main ones, Superman. He's too powerful and too boring. He has no *real* problems and it's generally cheap whenever they try to hurt him or kill him. He's just a bad hero who needs adjusting.

 

[vansau]

Smokescreen, the villain created for a Spider-Man anti-smoking comic. Pants On Head Retarded.

 

[Deacon Cole]

Probably Ghost Rider. How lame is it to have your head on fire?

 

[Billion Backs]

Practically any super hero, EVER.

Why? The way you make money of comic books, you have to keep 'em rolling out of the press. And people do not like having a new villain with shitty powers and personality to be introduced and killed off in every comic book, so there are fan favorites...

And you get hundreds, or more likely thousands of super heroes who fail to contain super villains. Super villains who have no problem with killing people, and who end up killing a lot of innocent bystanders, policemen, and everything. Most comic books only show the struggle between the apparent hero and the apparent villain. They don't bother with details. It's all about personal victories, and not the actual benefit of people who the superhero should be protecting...

How many times has Joker or Scarecrow escaped the prison/insane asylum/ et cetera? Plenty. How many casualties they inflicted? Plenty. How hard would it be for Batman, or the police, or any other superhero to kill them off after they've shown that prison doesn't hold them? Not very hard at all, considering that they got caught and apprehended plenty of times. Of course, killing 'em off would only last a few issues because nobody dies in comic book world forever aside from Peter Pan's uncle or whoever the fuck he is... But, y'know. Practicality.

I'm not a comic book nerd because I have little appreciation for most generic "heroic" stories, but I've read a few. The only real heroes are heroes that come from finite series that don't have to last practically forever.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

Superman. It's bad enough that his powers make him nearly indestructable but on top of that he's a boy scout. It's a boring character. the best hero's in my opion are the vunerable ones, the ones that take a massive beating but in the end still come up on top.

John MaClain from Die Hard is a good example. one of the reasons die hard was so popular at the time was because he came off as a normal guy which made us relate to him better and the fact that he managed to come out on top after getting beating after beating made his victory seem that much more epic.

Superman has taken beatings yes, but kind of have to bring in a Dragon Ball Z element in order to do it and then it just turns into two muscle heads beating the crap out of each other.

A hero is only as intresting as there flaws, there weaknesses and of course there villians. super man has some ok villians but he doesn't have enough flaws or weaknesses to keep me intrested.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

How about Mario? You start of in Galaxy 2 by killing an infant...
Our protagonist, ladies and gentlemen!

 

[Blueruler182]

I'd say Kratos. I mean... He's not very heroic. And trying to kill the gods doesn't do the bestest things for the world. Play the game, you'll find out what I mean after the first boss fight.

I've seen lots of threads recently about the worst villain or best hero, but I'm here to ask, "Who is the worst hero?"

I say Heroic Protagonist because a protagonist does not mean "hero" Just look at Light Yagami.

Personally, I'd say Ant Man or any hero who's only ability is to either grow or shrink. Seriously, how far can that get you when fighting crime?

The ability to grow is actually rather useful. Think of it this way. A normal man can punch someone, break a rib, all that. A fifty foot man, with fifty foot muscle and fifty foot weight can punch you into the stratosphere. Saying he's useless would be like saying a UFC fighter would be useless in a fight against a baby. Not to mention the intelligence part of it, he's one of the smartest people in a world that includes Iron Man and a shitload of futuristic tech.

I'm gonna say Aquaman Green Arrow.

Only so much you can do with fish arrows.

You'd be surprised. Fun fact, arrows can pierce Kevlar. Bullets rely on force to do damage, so Kevlar is designed for force, but arrows pierce, so they go through.

And Aquaman is more powerful than people seem to think. At least, that's what I've heard.

Out of the main ones, Superman. He's too powerful and too boring. He has no *real* problems and it's generally cheap whenever they try to hurt him or kill him. He's just a bad hero who needs adjusting.

Nah, he's a good "hero" just not a good "read".

Probably Ghost Rider. How lame is it to have your head on fire?

Don't judge by the movie. Whatever I've read of him is pretty cool. Hell, he nearly took down the Hulk when he was at his angriest. The only reason he didn't is because the "spirit of vengeance" only hurts the guilty.

C'mon, give me more. I'm feeling like a geek today.

 

[Yureina]

Superman. I never found him even remotely interesting.

 

[TheStickman]

-snip-

Still not very good in a fight.

And yes, I understand he has a bunch of fancy arrows that he keeps in his magical quiver that dispenses an infinite amount of arrows.

 

[Omegatronacles]

Condoman!

He was the brainfart of the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities.

http://www.qahc.org.au/condoman

 

[Megacherv]

How about Mario? You start of in Galaxy 2 by killing an infant...
Our protagonist, ladies and gentlemen!

This. I thank you greatly for reminding me.

It's not even an infant, it's a fucking baby...