On the face of it, many of our favorite superheros are… just a little bit odd. Superman dressed like a carnival strongman from the 1930s, Spider-Man is pretty clearly a scrawny teenager for much of his history, and even the Dark Knight himself looks mighty strange with his pointy helmet and scalloped cape. There isn’t that much real estate between Underdog in his pajamas and Cyclops in his blue and yellow tights, to be honest, which is part of why I love the most inexplicable heroes the most: Goofy as Super-Goof, Grover as Super-Grover, Barbie as… whatever Barbie becomes, leading us to today’s caped query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) thinks that it’s pretty wonderful that Donald Duck is known as the mysterious Paperinik in Europe, asking: What character is the most inexplicable hero ever, in your eyes?
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Gizmoduck!
Probably Super-Goof to me. He even wears woolen grandpa pajamas from early 20th century. Donald’s super hero persona was actually pretty cool, he was very competent crimefighter, quite the opposite of his every day self.
Those aren’t pajamas… those are his longjohn underwear… see he’s a superhero who wears his underwear on the outside.
Gotta be Doop for me! Inexplicable with a name to match.
Fat Fury aka Herbie Popnecker. Try explaining that to your neighbor. They’ll move by the end of the month.
As I often do, I fall back to the past, which in this case is 30th Century Earth. The Legion has often had an odd assortment of Heroes, but Quislet was by far one of my favorites and the oddest ever.
Dag Wentim – Stone Boy of the Subs.
And yes, I’m specifically thinking of the time Ambush Bug dropped by!