With the superhero roughly a century old, there have been a lot of super-types running around, from Zippo, The Human Automobile to Cabbot The Whatever-Cabbot-Is to Sideways, the Recently Cancelled. Every aspect of the cape and tights genre has been examined, from super-teens to super-octogenarians to the wonderful concept of the super-family. The idea of Mon and Dad leading their teens into battle is… Actually, it’s more than a little bit troubling, but we can’t pull at that thread too hard, or Robins cease to exist, leading to today’s pater familias query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) considered disqualifying The Fantastic Four, but then again, why handicap people for liking something that cool, asking: Which powered brood is the best super-family in all of pop culture?
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Fantastic Four, no question. They’re the archetypal one, and they are still the best.
Once upon a time, I was quite partial to the Power family of Power Pack fame.
The Incredibles, hands down.