One of the most common debates found on comic book forums across the interweb is who is the most powerful superhero of all time? Another common debate is who’s the best superhero of all time. Well, since the staff here at Old-Wizard.com are a couple of real going against the grain type o’ guys, we decided to ask the much less often asked question of who the worst superheroes of all time are. After a couple of hours of heated debate, this is the list that we came up with:
10. The Thing
The Thing has always reminded me of those “no name” wrestlers you used to see on the WWF back when Wrestling was cool. His main function in the Marvel Universe is to show you how powerful some new villain is. His one super power is super strength, but unfortunately there are about a hundred other heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe who possess super strength, and many of them have other powers as well. Not only that but most of the other heroes who have super strength are much stronger than him. Even Colossus is supposed to be stronger than the Thing. Add to that the fact that he’s a rocky freak of nature and his favorite catch phrase is “It’s clobberin’ Time” and you have one of the worst superheroes of all time.
9. Aquaman
In a comic book universe where almost every major story arc takes place on dry land, its good to have a super hero who can’t survive outside of the water for an extended period of time. Enter Aquaman, the super hero whose main powers are the ability to breath underwater and talk to fish. Yeah, that should come in handy next time Darkseid decides to attack the Earth, right?
8. Jubilee
Jubilee possesses the ability to make fireworks. This would be a great super power if she was on a superhero team with Aqualad and Arm Fall Off Boy, but on a team with guy who can heal from pretty much atoms, a lady who can control weather and the like, Jubilee’s power to make sparklers is pretty lame. Note to super villains: Stand 10 feet back and you should be fine.
7. Sentry
I honestly wish Marvel would just kill this character off already. Although he’s supposed to be “more powerful than a million exploding suns” he hardly ever makes any meaningful impact in any of the major story arcs that take place in the Marvel Universe. In both the Civil War and World War Hulk we are forced to sit through pages and pages of the other super heroes trying to get him over all of his psychological issues and convince him to join the fray, only to see him make no difference once he finally does get involved (Civil War) or simply get his ass handed to him (World War Hulk).
6. Squirrel Girl
Do I really have to explain this choice? Squirrel Girl’s main super power is the ability to communicate with squirrels. Yeah, you read that right. She communicates with squirrels. You have to give Marvel some credit here. The best stories I would have been able to come up with for this “super” hero would be looking for nuts and dodging cars. But the writers at Marvel have actually managed to create some great stories for Squirrel Girl. Like the time her and her pet squirrel “Tippy-Toe” defeated Thanos all by themselves. And in another story line she even beat the criminal mastermind Doctor Doom. It takes some some great writing to pull off those stories. My only question is, why don’t the other Marvel heroes make fun of these guys afterwards? If I was the Silver Surfer and I was fighting Thanos, I would start taunting him about the time he got his ass handed to him by Squirrel Girl and her pet Tippy-Toe.
5. Ant Man
Ant Man. This guy’s super power is the ability to turn really small. I’ve never understood how he was able to get on the same super hero team as The Might Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America. It’s like Chad Pennington on the ’85 Bears. This guy is a brilliant scientist, and yet, instead of using his brain to figure out a way to give himself some useful super power like super strength, or even the ability to turn invisible, he decided to figure out a way shrink himself instead. Now he can’t even drive a car or pick up a beer. Way to go, buddy.
4. Dazzler
You have to wonder if Marvel was starting to run out of ideas when they came up with Dazzler in the mid seventies and early eighties. She was a low point for the X-men and for Marvel in general. She had a bad costume, and lame powers. Not only that but she was basically a failed marketing attempt . For those of you who don’t know, Dazzler was was originally a project commissioned by Casablanca Records in the mid-late 1970s, in which Marvel would develop a singing super heroine, while Casablanca would produce a singer. Needless to say this project was a complete failure, and so is this super hero.
3. Blue Beetle
I have no idea why they keep bringing this super hero back. It seems like there’s a new Blue Beetle every few years, and yet he’s consistently one of the worst heroes in comics. His powers vary, but they usually consist of some combination of enhanced strength, flight and the ability to generate lightning. Basically he’s a lamer, and much weaker version of Thor from Marvel comics. That wouldn’t be so bad, but his costume is almost as lame as Robin’s. ‘Nuff said.
2. Hawkeye
Much like the equally lame Green Arrow from DC comics, Hawkeye’s “super power” is the fact that he is a master archer. Watch out, Magneto. But at least the Green Arrow came first. Which makes Hawkeye a knock-off of a crappy character. Plus, he wears purple.
1. Robin
Robin is a superhero named after a migratory songbird that you can find in your backyard and feed bird seed to. Can someone tell me why they would name Batman’s sidekick after a songbird? What do bats have to do with robins anyway? Is there some connection that I’m missing here? Bats and robins can both fly, something neither Batman nor Robin can do by the way, but other than that the two have nothing in common. Robins aren’t even nocturnal. The funny thing is, Robin is one of the first superheroes ever created. (granted “super” is a stretch here). Its not like they were running out of cool bird names for superheroes at that point. I’m pretty sure Hawkman was still available. Or even the Blue Falcon. So we’re left with the simple question: Why Robin? Were they trying to “gay up” batman? Was he too scary for little kids? Was the creator of the dynamic duo some sort of closet bird watcher? We may never know the answer.
the hawkeye with guns is from ultimate comics, not the mainstream marvel, and honestly, i think he’s even silier now.two guns = cool? don’t think so. i don’t like neither of his costumes, by the way, maybe the new ronin one.nevertheless i don’t agree with a lot of choices in this list, but i wont bother to explain, i would have to write a lot lol
oh, and hate answers will be ignored, since i won’t come back to read them.bu-bye
I just heard that Pixar want to realize the next Ant-man, as well as the famous Edgar Wright. It seem that I’m not the only one to think that this character is not so bad after all! Indeed, I don’t see anybody fighting to realize a movie on squirrel girl, even if she deafeated Deadpool and Dr Doom…
Did you just put the sentry on your “worst heroes ever” list when you also placed him nr. 6 on your “most powerful heroes ever”?
Forsejtildig you are a dum bicth. The worst heroes ever title does not mean they are not powerfull.
Oh I love tough guys like you gidi…
Big and strong behind your keyboard miles and miles away..
Was just pointing out the oddness.. No reason for hostility..
Point taken btw.
Would have worked without the “dumb bitch” remark though…
ummm…..just a heads up too robins don’t eat birdseed. they live off of insects. other than that i agree with most the list
ant man should not be on there
Note on The Thing.I tohught he was the second strongest behind the Hulk?Colossus isn’t stronger than him.He is pretty gay though and annoying,a decent comedic relief though.
Actually Thing’s below strength of Thor, Wonder Man, possibly Colossus(he got quite a power-up since then), Hercules, Sentry, Silver Surfer and maybe She-Hulk. In addition to below Hulk, most of the time. And I could probably come-up with more after some research.
Well by far the lamest was T from PT Marvel. He could sleep on command with a single bound of boring work.
wow, not only are your choices totally WRONG (you diss Hawkeye? Really??), but you round out your worst list with a homophobically tainted remark. There’s nothing more inherently gay about Robin’s costume than any other superhero! In fact, most of the out of the closet mainstream gay heroes have dark costumes and powers!!
The point of super heroes is not always to have some atom bending, mind melting powers; sometimes their look or concept can be interesting enough to produce good stories. (What isn’t interesting about an archer?? It plays into the Robin Hood mythos!)
Robin is “lame” if you’re watching the ’60s tv show or any of the early SuperFriends cartoons; everyone knows that the Robin character has evolved into it’s own! The point of Robin is to contrast batman’s darker persona with that some color and light; to contrast the hardness of the bat with something softer (he’s a teenager for chrissakes!). Where batman is in eternal despair, Robin gives us hope.
The only ones i agree with are Jubilee and Sentry. Even dazzler is pretty awesome (she converts sound into different kinds of light!)
God, remove Robin from the list! He’s a teen and he actually helped Batman with most of the Dark Knight villains!
Euh.. Aquaman is pretty much strong…
sentry is awesome! But robin is a lame name and “the dazzler” I mean really! I mean really really!BBBBBBBAAAAAAAADDDDDDD
Well, not a bad top 10.
I’m not here to make a point about your choices but seriously, one of the worst heroes .. is Superman.
Okay, that’s a damn good list of powers and he’s almost indestructible and all but he just sucks at using them.
I’m not going to tell all the things he CAN do around the whole damn world, almost at the speed of light, but just imagine .. and guess what ? He DOESN’T.
Plus, he gets his ass kicked once or twice every time.
Seriously ..
How dare you! Some of these heros you put are worst then aquaman robin and the blue beetle! Robin is the best he is one of the oldest heros ever how dare you
Gess thats why they remade robin into nightwing
btw, why dont you add the grinch while at it.
The Thing is iconic! Someone should write a list about the worst anime shows of all-time. I would like to start the ball rolling by nominating Sailor Moon. She talks mad trash everytime, her and her crew get the crap kicked out of them and then they are saved in the final 3 minutes of every show because of her magical f@#ing wand. Bollocks!
Ha funny great list. Robin should be on this list. His costume is attrocious, hes a throwback to when kids were the ones comic books were trying to attract.
Also terrible the Submariner, Beast and Thor.
I have to agree with Shadowhunter. Aquaman kicks ass.
Oh, and by the way, Robin is named robin because his character is based on the robin hood mythos. THis was before Speedy was created. But, his costume is somewhat of a throwback to him.
Also, there have only been 3 Blue Beetles. The one you have pictured is Ted Kord, the second. HE had no powers, but was kinda Batman esque. And he had a flying craft called the Bug. The newest one, Jaime Reyes has the original scarab that powered up the first one. IT is actually alien technology that forms an exo suit over his body. Capable of flight, super strength, self-contained life support, and other purposes designed to fight the Green Lantern Corps.
lol robin does suck
Kinderegg, are you freaking kidding me Thor is one of the greatest heroes of all time, and the submariner is essentially a better version of aquaman in my book because he’s more useful on land than aquaman. Also he is more interesting because he isnt your archetypal heroe like aquaman , and his connection to the illuminati makes him pretty sweet in my book.
There are so many problems with this list.
If you think Hawkeye is lame, read the third installment of The Ultimates and try and say that again.
Being tied in a chair, he kills 6 people by flinging his fingernails into their throats that he ripped off.
And there is no reason why Robin should be number one. He is the only character to actually be killed by Joker (twice). No to mention that he becomes so bad-ass he leaves Batman and Gotham to become Nightwing.
Also, Ant-man doesn’t just turn small. He can control ants. Not that it makes his placement better, just get your facts straight.
I vote for the WONDER TWINS!!!!!!!!!
Worst duo/heroes ever.
Other than that, there could be much worse. But I’m not willing to devote my time.
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It’s funny that IF you state YOUR opinion “Superman sucks!” “DC’s better” “Thor and Robin are lame” you’re called a fanboy…sooo what?..Be a fan boy! If you LIKE a comic, character or story be the FAN of it! These interent bullies and wannabes call everyone else names all the time! Then you filter through their posts and they’re mispelling words like “ENOUGH” “A LOT” “PROPAGANDA”….take your time, relax and type…geez
Quicksilver should be added to this list.
I think Aquaman should be removed from this list, everyone loves to hate on him but he is in fact very helpful and powerful. He has super strength, the ability to telepathically communicate with fish, which when youre in the ocean surrounded by sharks and whales youre screwed, he can also cause you to have a seizure by locating a certain part of your brain, he is very durrable, as he has withstood a lot of high impact attacks.
Hes not THAT bad, certainly not one of the worst.
If we’re looking for bad why not as mentioned before, QuickSilver, whos power is to run fast, but many are much faster. Or Speedy, who is even more useless than Green Arrow.
How about Daredevil or Elektra? Or Maybe beast? God most of the Xmen could be a candidate for here.
Angel? I can fly…cool
There are much better examples than Aquaman. Man even Thing doesnt qualify compared to some of the lackluster Marvel heroes out there.
Fury : Well, Speedy has a Phantom Zone arrow
. She’s the one who trapped for a minute Superboy Prime in the zone 
Yea, I was actually wondering whether to place Speedy or Green Arrow in my post, I mean for humans with a bunch of random arrows, at least they are pretty useful on here. More than not they are more useful than Green Lantern, because from what Ive seen other than when hes in his super forms hes pretty useless.
Im still pretty sure though about what I said. Marvel has created a lot of bad, useless superheros (not that DC hasnt, but a lot more seem sub par in Marvel), and I think there are plenty who could replace Aquaman, who is usually pretty useful. Theres a reason he was one of the original JLA members, and its not simply because they needed a filler character.
Fury : The X-Men have alot of useless Superheroes.
Robin is awesome in my opinion and nothing you can say will change my mind. I can understand why Dazzler is on the list though.
Think Robin is awesome? Head on over to superdickery.com and go to seduction of the innocent. Robin is terrible. He’s powerless, gets in trouble all the time, isn’t very bright, and lead to the two worst batman movies of all time.
The X-men were some of the most popular comics ever, for a while.
Aquaman dies on land. Therefore, he’s pretty well useless.
Marvel>DC
DC created Superman. EASILY the jerkiest and most worthless superhero. Touch-type telekinesis? Really?
Also: The Flash, Green Lantern (w00t yellow), etc.
Marvel has characters like Captain Universe, who’s awesome.
Obviously a Marvel fanboy who never read a comic in his entire life. I suggest you go take a look on the DC Database and some Respect Thread since you can’t buy yourself a comic tard. Stop watching the movies and look somewhere else nub.
Where are the really bad ones?
I mean, where is Dogwelder?
Or how about Night Thrasher? (Yes, there is actually a superhero called that. He thrashes, at night.)
Or the infamous Wonder Twins?
I agree with a lot of these but I gotta ask…have you even read blue beetle over the past 30 years?
Where is Nighthawk? I actually like the Sentry. He’s one of those insane people with waaay too much power.
The Submariner was the original Aquaman and his personality is hilarious.
Oh, and Hawkman came out a few months before Robin did. If they’d have given him some pants I wouldn’t bother him.
Sentry should have not been there. I am ready to get my damned magnum and shoot the people writing these article. There are far worse superheroes than fucking Sentry, like hmm oh I dont know…The fucking Red Bee, Rocket Racer, Fucking Bouncing Boy or hell even the She-Thing.