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Which characters have the worst weakness? I added some; feel free to pick a #1, order the list, add others, etc.

Note: not necessarily current continuity and all in good fun.

Martian Manhunter- Fire
Green Lantern- Anything yellow
Alan Scott/Power Girl- Wood
Wonder Woman- Binding her bracelets
Superman- Kryptonite
Green Lantern- Losing concentration
Shazam- Saying his own name
Thor- Dropping his hammer for a minute
Venom- Zippos
Lar Gand- Lead
Flash- Tripping

@ Power Girl.

Aquaman: useless on land....biscuits

Earth 2 Alan Scott is still weak to wood... literally

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/earth2-2-625x288.jpg

Originally posted by Estacado
Aquaman: useless on land....biscuits

sneer

If only people could actually be accurate...

Originally posted by Estacado
Aquaman: useless

but seriously, jonn's fire weakness is the dumbest shit ever. he's a high herald for ****'s sake. it's even worse than having a color as a weakness

Originally posted by -Pr-
sneer

If only people could actually be accurate...
He did beat Tom Cruise though.....hmm
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Originally posted by Estacado
He did beat Tom Cruise though.....hmm
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Originally posted by Eel O'Brien

Martian Manhunter- Fire
Green Lantern- Anything yellow
Alan Scott/Power Girl- Wood
Wonder Woman- Binding her bracelets
Superman- Kryptonite
Green Lantern- Losing concentration
Shazam- Saying his own name
Thor- Dropping his hammer for a minute
Venom- Zippos
Lar Gand- Lead
Flash- Tripping

Martian manhunter can avoid fire for a long time and still tries damnit lol, with that ill say venom.. Spiderman set fire to the end of a newspaper and made him run away like a little girl. Thats just cripplingly sad.
My other choice..shazam.
shazam doesn't need to call himself shazam so he kinda did it to himself, same with captain marvel jr.. Pick a different name! How often could it really be used against him if he developed common sense or uses the wisdom of Solomon? 'maybe I shouldn't read my name aloud' I'm sure it can be used against him but still.

Yellow and Wood come across as arbitrary if not downright silly.
But tripping...for shame.

Yellow and Wood tied with Ultimate Colossus inability to move when on Steel Form (without drugs).

What? How is ultimate colossus of use to anyone then?

He was plenty useful when he was a Banshee(the name of the drug) junkie but became lame after it was revealed. I haven't followed it for a long time but last time I checked, he was in a sort of mutan prison and they seemed to ignore that storyline altogether.

That drug was cool though, it made Cyclops temporarily Superman.(not that i condone drug taking)

Originally posted by SevenShackles
.. Spiderman set fire to the end of a newspaper and made him run away like a little girl. Thats just cripplingly sad.


I seem to also recall a time where Venom freaked out when Spidey shoved a lighter in his face. Such a ubiquitous weakness is bad enough, but to be so potent is small doses is kinda pathetic...

Thor: Punches.



vin

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
Which characters have the worst weakness? I added some; feel free to pick a #1, order the list, add others, etc.

Note: not necessarily current continuity and all in good fun.

Martian Manhunter- Fire
Green Lantern- Anything yellow
Alan Scott/Power Girl- Wood
Wonder Woman- Binding her bracelets
Superman- Kryptonite
Green Lantern- Losing concentration
Shazam- Saying his own name
Thor- Dropping his hammer for a minute
Venom- Zippos
Lar Gand- Lead
Flash- Tripping

Wanna know what's extra weird about the pre-crisis wonder woman one? It *has* to be 'by a man.'

Which sounds even sadder, but it means that if she bound them herself or got a woman to do it, then she didn't lose her powers and was fine. So binding her own wrists was a way she's literally used to get around the weakness.



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There's also Power Girl's weakness when she was 'atlantean,' the weakness of unprocessed natural elements. I.e. wood, earth, etc..

Everyone of them are equally stupid

Originally posted by Q99
Wanna know what's extra weird about the pre-crisis wonder woman one? It *has* to be 'by a man.'

Which sounds even sadder, but it means that if she bound them herself or got a woman to do it, then she didn't lose her powers and was fine. So binding her own wrists was a way she's literally used to get around the weakness.



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There's also Power Girl's weakness when she was 'atlantean,' the weakness of unprocessed natural elements. I.e. wood, earth, etc..

http://i.imgur.com/50S5OnG.jpg

despite low showings, Venom has grown to be quite resistant to fire. jonn's predicament is much worse as he is much more powerful. the inherent idiocy of a weakness is related to the power level of a character, which is made more explicit when weaknesses are compared:


GL: So do you guys have weaknesses?

SM: yeah, there's this rare radioactive mineral from my now destroyed home planet that is poisonous to my kind. you guys?

MMH: fire

AS: wood

GL: yellow

Originally posted by CosmicComet
Thor: Punches.



vin



This reminds me of that scene in Scary Movie 3 when the aliens showed up.

Somebody lops one of their heads off with a shovel and yells, "WITHOUT THEIR HEADS THEIR POWERLESS!!"

"Look, it's Superman- somebody find some Kryptonite!"
"Look, it's Thor- somebody punch him in the face!"

Originally posted by -Pr-
sneer

If only people could actually be accurate...

Accurate as in useless on land and in space...

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
Accurate as in useless on land and in space...

Aquaman actually operates fine in a vacuum for a time.

Hourman - 1 hr power duration
Dr. Midnight - Daytime
Thanos - His desire to lose
That guy from the marauders who was made from glass. I remember his death as being one of the most hilarious ones I've seen.
Captain Planet - Pollution

Originally posted by -Pr-
@ Power Girl.

Don't all super chicks share the weakness?

It's not only wood. Even thrown rocks was deadly to Powergirl. Any natural materials really.

The Avengers: Brian Michael Bendis

thats more like a weakness of comics

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
The Avengers: Brian Michael Bendis

He's the anti-monitor of comic fans.

Bendis is like Red Kryptonite for Sentry. You just never knew how it was going to affect him from one story to the next.

I think Comics is too broad a term for his enemy. Let's just say he is a team wrecker

Team:

Continuity
Story Pace
Anti Pet-Character

Originally posted by -Pr-
He's the anti-monitor of comic fans.



His presence as a writer is an Crisis among Infinite Comics.

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
Which characters have the worst weakness? I added some; feel free to pick a #1, order the list, add others, etc.

Note: not necessarily current continuity and all in good fun.

Martian Manhunter- Fire
Green Lantern- Anything yellow
Alan Scott/Power Girl- Wood
Wonder Woman- Binding her bracelets
Superman- Kryptonite
Green Lantern- Losing concentration
Shazam- Saying his own name
Thor- Dropping his hammer for a minute
Venom- Zippos
Lar Gand- Lead
Flash- Tripping

smurph!

good to have you back.

and i've always thought wood is a pretty unbelievable weakness to give a character....

Originally posted by JakeTheBank


His presence as a writer is an Crisis among Infinite Comics.

Originally posted by 753


but seriously, jonn's fire weakness is the dumbest shit ever. he's a high herald for ****'s sake. it's even worse than having a color as a weakness

How can having fire as a weakness be worse than having a color as a weakness?

Originally posted by leonidas
smurph!

good to have you back.

and i've always thought wood is a pretty unbelievable weakness to give a character.... worse than yellow?

Originally posted by Perceiver1
How can having fire as a weakness be worse than having a color as a weakness? cause it's more likely to show up in battle against superpowered beings, but worse still is that by 2013 he still has that weakness, it didnt get dropped with the silliness of the silver age

I can appreciate the attempt writers used over the years to explain why J'onn, Alan, and Hal were weak to their respective foils. Alan and Hal at least were creative enough to work around their weaknesses more often than not. J'onn...not so much.

Originally posted by 753
worse than yellow?

yellow is stupid, no doubt about it but his power is colour related so, i guess a colour-related weakness just didn't always seem so inherently crazy. to me wood is just so....mundane. i kinda get what they were going for with it, but,....it's just so ridiculous. fire is also dumb, but jonn has overcome it so many times in so many ways that when he doesn't it seems more pis than anything anymore....

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien


This reminds me of that scene in Scary Movie 3 when the aliens showed up.

Somebody lops one of their heads off with a shovel and yells, "WITHOUT THEIR HEADS THEIR POWERLESS!!"

"Look, it's Superman- somebody find some Kryptonite!"
"Look, it's Thor- somebody punch him in the face!"

There was a movie called Alien Apocalypse, starring Bruce Campbell, where the aliens weakness was stabbing.

See, they were scary looking, so everyone just assumed they were unbeatable, until Bruce came along, and...


Originally posted by Sixth_Winged

Dr. Midnight - Daytime

He can work fine in the day, he just uses his blackout bombs.


On the other hand, Night Girl qualifies. In darkness, she is kryptonian strong/tough. In light, she's human level.

Originally posted by leonidas
smurph!

good to have you back.

and i've always thought wood is a pretty unbelievable weakness to give a character....

Great to be here!! Have we met before?

he mistook you for a legendary poster. you should count yourself proud

Confidence of Gladiator (Kallark).

Lead for Daxamites,

Every character who's been given a lame weakness because it's "hard to write plots for strong characters": bad/lazy writers

Celestials - Hyperspace energy.

Gladiator - Radiation (????)

Captain marvels weakness to the shazam lighting bolt is ridiculous. Cap rarely gets defeated and when he does 90% of the time its due to reverting back to billy. Absolutly lame. It seems that any type of lighting or even electricity can revert him back to billy.


this is gay.

Originally posted by TheOneFirestorm
Confidence of Gladiator (Kallark). not really a weakness and actually a pretty cool concept

Batman-Young boys

Originally posted by 753
he mistook you for a legendary poster. you should count yourself proud Who is this legendary poster?

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
Bendis is like Red Kryptonite for Sentry. You just never knew how it was going to affect him from one story to the next. thank got In not the only Sebtry fan here legt

Originally posted by TheHulk
thank got In not the only Sebtry fan here legt
Got? Sebtry? Lulz.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
Thor: Punches.



vin

Originally posted by abhilegend
Got? Sebtry? Lulz. **** my iPhone I can't type shit...

Originally posted by TheHulk
**** my iPhone I can't type shit...

Hard to beat GL`s weakness to yellow in sheer stupidity.

Darkseid`s weakness to supes.

GL weakness to yellow. Wear all yellow, paint weapons and bullets yellow and drive a yellow car and have yellow paint grenades. Bam! Goto GLs city and Rob a bank and try not to get shot by real cops.

Thor's weakness to yeast infections is pretty bad

Originally posted by SevenShackles
GL weakness to yellow. Wear all yellow, paint weapons and bullets yellow and drive a yellow car and have yellow paint grenades. Bam! Goto GLs city and Rob a bank and try not to get shot by real cops.

Read All Star Batman?

Originally posted by abhilegend
They should add my name to this thread and add my weakness as IPhone

Originally posted by 753
he mistook you for a legendary poster. you should count yourself proud

lol yeah, not sure why. i swore smurph once went by that name.... anywho, moving on....

Originally posted by -Pr-
Read All Star Batman?

Lol.

"He's got the imagination of a goddamn potato."

All-Star Batman and Robin is probably one of the best worst books I've ever read.

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
All-Star Batman and Robin is probably one of the best worst books I've ever read.

WTF can somebody explain PG's wood weakness? Also what is it about WW's bracelets? Didnt know suck weakness existedd

Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
I seem to also recall a time where Venom freaked out when Spidey shoved a lighter in his face. Such a ubiquitous weakness is bad enough, but to be so potent is small doses is kinda pathetic... Agreed but tbf thats a low showing, the lighter thing happened in the same issue and didnt make much sense. In his latest incarnations Brock Venom could eat fire for breakfast.

Originally posted by SamZED
WTF can somebody explain PG's wood weakness? Also what is it about WW's bracelets? Didnt know suck weakness existedd

Agreed but tbf thats a low showing, the lighter thing happened in the same issue and didnt make much sense. In his latest incarnations Brock Venom could eat fire for breakfast.
She was badly injured by gray man and superman had to perform surgery on her. That somehow reduced her power levels and gave her a weakness to natural, un-processed things like rock and wood. She was once KTFO by a random mook throwing a rock to her head. As far WW's weakness that was a bondage dream by Marston.

zatanna - have to speak and speak backwards

Beast has the worst weakness to ass woopin.

It's just hard to top a weakness that is: things that are yellow.