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roughrider
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Comic book names too silly to say out loud in live action
I have a lady friend who I've turned into a hardcore MCU fan. But she didn't grow up reading this stuff so her reactions to some names I give her are telling as a non-fan.
The New Gods will have the hardest time getting respectability according to her - names like Darkseid, Steppenwolf, Granny Goodness and Mister Miracle make her snicker in their hokeyness. The Justice League movie being a mess wasn't helped by their badly named villain.
Other silly names to her are Black Bolt and He-Man.
Thank goodness they turned Killmonger and Kilgrave into assumed nicknames rather than literal names in the MCU, she says.
Anyone else?
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Teenage Negasonic Teenage Warhead is a mouthful.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, though i’m pretty sure that was intended.
Much as i hate to admit it, Blue Beetle.
The Ten Eyed Man. Sigh, i love that one.
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I'm generally of the opinion that steering in to the ludicrousness of comics makes them better when it comes to making movies.
That said, Maggot is an awful name for a superhero.
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I agree w. steering into the inherent ludicrousness. That said,
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. 
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roughrider
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Most of the Legion Of Super Heroes have stupid, outdated names.
And though I'm a Thor fan - Beta Ray Bill is too silly.
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I thought Beta Ray Bill was cool.
There is 3D Man, Ruby Thursday, Spawn, Orb, Doop, Gamecock(no seriously I just googled him) , X-O Manowar, Killowog, Phone ranger, bi-beast, parallax, puck, Despotellis, gibbon, dex-starr etc
The list is way long
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TITAN SUPER GLADIATOR
Really, DC?
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Holocaust for obvious reasons
The Gay Ghost
Bouncing boy
Blitzkrieg
Anything with evil in
Etc
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