Yeah, but TAO still has one of the most well executed prep showings ever. Just an enigmatic creep, that took out some of Wildstorm's finest with charisma, intelligence, and emotional manipulation. No fighting. Just treating them all like the morons he believes they are.
He was always cooler without the Creation Equation to me. Making him super powerful just misses the entire point of the character. He was dangerous because he pretended to be harmless.