In kayfabe, the secret vernacular of professional wrestling, a “face turn” is the moment where a villainous character suddenly joins the side of the angels, becoming one of the proverbial good guys. It’s quite common in the comics as well. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Face Turns!
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When it comes to super nomenclature, Captains are passe, and Doctors are played out. Fortunately, there’s centuries of nobles, royals, imperials and Real World alumni to choose from. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Nobles and Kings!
Gimme an ‘S”! Gimme a “U’! Gimme a “P-E-R”! What’s that spell? Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Fictional Cheerleaders!
A mass of fluid (such as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion is called a vortex. Due to the vagaries of language, two or more such masses are vortices. Write that down, there’ll be a test later! Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Vortices
The DC multiverse was created entirely by accident, to cross over Jay Garrick with his successor, Barry Allen. Sixty years later, things are a lot more complicated… Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Supers of Earth-D!
Good day. We’ve had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson. That is the sound of inevitability… The sound of Nerdery. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Supers You Call MISTER!
Anybody can beat Glass Joe, but some supers could easily go toe-to-toe with Mr. Dream himself! Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Boxers!
The Coogan Definition of a superhero requires skills or power, a pro-social agenda and a specific mode of dress, but not every superhero wants to be known as Something-Woman. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Supers With No Alias!
In eighty years, Superman has made a lot of friends and met a lot of hangers on, and more than a few of them chose to put on his shield. And most of them weren’t even his cousin! Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Super Girls!
Opposite characters are sometimes said to be as different as night and day. Other times, it’s a question of night or not? Welcome to Ten Things: Ten “Night Or Not” Supers!
Syncretism is the process by which different mythological traditions merge and assimilate as cultures interact, like when stories of Mercury and Hermes started sounding like stories of the same person. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Mythical God Pairs!
Do you SEE what you get, Warriors?! Do you SEE what you get when you mess with The Orphans?! Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Super Orphans!
Some supers have magic rings, others utility belts. And then, there those lucky few who needed only a little space debris. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Super-Powers From Meteors!
The Golden Age was full of magic rings, mystical lightning bolts and wizards in the sewers. The Silver Age was brimming with radiation. But there are a few fictional heroes who staunchly refuse to glow in the dark. Welcome to Ten Things: Ten Radiation-Proof Supers!