Originally posted by riv6672
Spider-man.
Its a unique power set that would let me convincingly fight from street level to mid herald.All the rest of the characters listed have power sets (especially Colossus and Speed Demon) that can be done better by the routinely overpowered heroes/villains of the DCu.
Whether or not i joined a team, a year later i'd have carved out a niche in whatever city i choose to stay.
As Spider-man proved during Identity Crisis, i wouldnt even have to adopt an arachnid alias.
Exactly! Spider-Man would really fit in, and he has amazing flexibility in regards to what he could be. He doesn't have to be arachnid based, and could come across as anything from a Deathstroke analogue to a legit member of the JLA (reserves).
Originally posted by Sin I AM
Like who hulk, gladiator? Serious question, Do you like any other characters? Glads wouldnt matter but hulk would be a good add to DC. Esoecially classic Hulk.
Would he, really? Wouldn't Banner simply be a rage-induced version of Solomon Grundy, with the only real difference being that the Hulk's power is more consistent than Grundy's (which wavers considerably, with one iteration of Grundy being unstoppable even to mages, and another being susceptible to Batman)?
The Hulk would be an interesting addition, but not a unique one.
I am, obviously, assuming that he has to stand on his own merits and doesn't receive any 'fluffing.'
Originally posted by spetznaz
Would he, really? Wouldn't Banner simply be a rage-induced version of Solomon Grundy, with the only real difference being that the Hulk's power is more consistent than Grundy's (which wavers considerably, with one iteration of Grundy being unstoppable even to mages, and another being susceptible to Batman)?The Hulk would be an interesting addition, but not a unique one.
I am, obviously, assuming that he has to stand on his own merits and doesn't receive any 'fluffing.'
If hes treated like classic he would be fine. Someone who wants to be left alone but gets dragged into stuff by being him. Or as a wmd type weapon like they did in ultimates
@carver...u said obvious
While I think Hulk would do OK, as someone already mentioned Dc already has Grundy & OMAC who're both Hulk analogues. As for Ghost Rider I don't see him joining any DC team except for JL Dark and they already have the Demon as a member. In a like manner most of street vl characters don't bring anything unique to the table with few exceptions like Spiderman or Cap. To tell the truth most Marvel heroes are either under-powered by DC standards or has characters that already do the job better. Here's a few I think are unique enough that they would fit in and aren't under-powered by DC standards.
Thor
Iron Man
Dr Strange
Sersi
From Marvel, using Carver's level limits:
Fantomex (a genius thief who can use misdirect, has bullets made of sentient skin, a separate nervous system housed in his ship, shrink ray technology and is immune to telepaths);
Aquarian (a complete pacifist who can stop any and all metahuman powers, but is susceptible to MAs); and
Iron Man (because let's face it, there isn't an out-and-out human technoexpert quite like Tony).
Off the top of my head.
Originally posted by staxamillion
nightcrawler, gambit, or rogue I think could do well in DC universeand I think metamorpho, blue beetle would be good in marvel
If you are going to be put in a situation where your life can be better, then the next logical step is always to protect and enhance your lifespan, i.e., always choose immortality, or failing that, the next best thing.
So X23.
That's my own take, of course. When offered the choice of Achilles, I will take a long and happy life over glory. Others may be more heroic, of course.
With X23's power set, I'd probably try to find a way to leverage it safely in order to make money, and then live the life of Riley. I'd not be any kind of regular super hero. X23's power set doesn't exactly lend itself to making a lot of cash really fast, but one also has time. So I don't think I'd be doing much than grinding for cash in a year, though I'd keep it alight grind. I'd make sure I was fit and do some training, just as insurance. Mostly, you could find me in the club, surrounded by ladies and snorting large amounts of cocaine off of every surface I could find.
As an aside, if I wanted to get in on the action, then one has the normal problem with such threads. It's difficult to evaluate what kind of universe one would get into once you introduce a fully rational actor.
Comic universes, by and large, behave according to certain conventions and patterns; they aren't truly realistic. For example, realistically, Flash might be one of the most powerful heroes in any kind of realistic DCU. Instead, he's usually high mid tier-ish. You can't have one character (yourself) using powers realistically and nobody else doing it.
So in these situations, will you be somehow constrained by comic realities, or will everybody be using their powers realistically, in which case the DC universe we will be entering may look nothing like the one in the comics. In particular, the life of most heroes may be short, violent, and brutal. There are so many attacks that most characters have no defense against. The Flash may dominate until he encounters a villain with long-range TP, and then his head simply explodes. If you have any kind of weakness, like say MM's fire weakness or any of Superman's, it will be exploited ruthlessly whenever possible.
The only other way to think about it would be that characters could act realistically, but somehow the current hierarchy and typical types of fights are maintained. For that to work, all the power sets would have to be heavily tweaked below the surface. For example, a non-flying brick like a Hulk or Doomsday would have to have some kind of involuntary mass and/or gravity control so that strength could really translate into harder punches as compared to the speed of the punch. And mass or gravity would be temporarily manipulated whenever a Hulk or Doomsday type connects with a punch to avoid being flung backwards by Newtonian physics, etc.