Yup. An intentionally shitty movie is just a shitty movie. True BAD MOVIE status can only be achieved by the best of intentions.

Fair enough. Transformers and Joe are basically anomalies that can be laid at the feet of creative teams (or at least writers) who actually gave a shit. Larry Hama on GIJoe actually served in Vietnam, which informed the book, and Simon Furman and Geoff Senior on Transformers not-so-secretly were aiming for some kind…

Ammospace. He only needs to reload when it's dramatically appropriate.

Any city that isn't NYC is consistently mishandled in Marvel. Atlanta's shown up a few times and it's usually just the World of Coke and then Generic City or its Mayberry (which is actually some of the suburbs, sure)

My favorite thing about Wild Dog is that in my mind, the DC and Marvel universes are probably full of these guys. Ex-military, ex-police, former college athletes, etc. They cobble together an outfit, grab a gun or a taser or some tonfa and "clean up the streets".

Hyper-invention, like Forge from the X-Men. If I can't do it, I can build a machine to do it.

The mutant/trucker thing was a retcon. IIRC, he first appeared in a Spidey book as Arkansas' only superhero.

Slapstick is a Marvel "humor" book. In this case, it was "Hey, that Mask thing made a lot of money! Let's do a "cartoon" hero! He can fight a little kid in pajamas and also a homeless guy! He can put a bucket of water on Ghost Rider's head!"

I think they murdered pretty much Cannonball's entire family at one point or another, tho. Plus his pappy's got th' black lung.

I'd say it isn't really fair to go after Air Raiders, Sectaurs, etc. Those are licensed toy books. It's like shitting on He-Man. If they're ever better than "not entirely shitty", it's a fucking miracle.

It's arguably one of the best powers around. IIRC, the Age of Apocalypse Doug Ramsey could do shit like tell if you were lying based on having read your body language.

Nah. One of the only real highlights of the ultra-gritty early-90s "nine-panel" Legion stories was Matter-Eater Lad becoming president of his home planet by basically Being Awesome. Tenzil Kem is alright with me.

Night Thrasher, whose super powers are basically "1989, yo!" - skateboard, nunchucks, high-top fade.

Combos was always the weak link of that outfit. Badger is where it's at.

My first reaction was "Aw, man, really?" followed by "of COURSE he is." He played a prominent role in my early adventures in the Marvel Superheroes RPG.

The best thing about Combo Man is how the Captain America and Punisher chest logos combine to form a big ol' smiling tooth on his chest.

A plus. I'm pretty sure the dude who runs that blog HATED me back in the Livejournal days.

This is America. There are no "former celebrities".

Community State College University Tech School County College - State College Campus.

Atom Smasher was introduced as a sort of second-generation version of the original Atom, who was just a small guy who kicked a lot of ass. He didn't shrink or grow or anything. IIRC, he's the god-son or nephew or something of the original Atom.