Secondary Super Friends characters had superior powers
We are all so familiar with the main Super Friends, not to mention their powers. Superman, with his x-ray vision, super strength, and all that flying and stuff. Batman, pretty much powerless, but with a darned cool toolbelt and a car second only to Kitt. Wonder Woman, complete with magic lasso of truth and invisible jet.
These Super Friends ran the show over at the Hall of Justice, while the secondary heroes played second fiddle. But why? Honestly, I think some of the secondary heroes had the superior powers and they probably would have kicked the pants off of some of the main Super Friends. So why did they remain secondary characters? Let’s take a closer look at their powers ….
Samurai
Besides being able to turn into a tornado and set himself on fire, Samurai can become invisible. Yes, that’s cool and all, but if your enemy cannot see you, how can they defeat you? I’m pretty sure the Legion of Doom would be mighty confused by this, as would most of the super heroes.
Apache Chief
He grows big. Really big. In fact, there are no known limits to his hugeness. Thanks to a little magic dust, he can increase in size whenever he says “Inyuk-chuk.” So, if you can grow limitlessly, how can anything defeat you? If you can grown big enough to squash your enemy like a bug, aren’t you top dog? Just a question….
Firestorm
Actually the combination of one man’s body and another man’s mind, Firestorm can transform anything non-organic into whatever he wants it to be. One of my favorite Firestorm moments (probably because it cracks up my son so much) is when he changes some thieves’ getaway vehicle into a bathtub, thwarting their escape. So if Firestorm could change weapons and vehicles into something inert, then he’s seemingly more powerful than many of the Super Friends who would be threatened by those things.
Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins
I purport that if these two were ever allowed to really fight crime, they’d have some unlimited potential. Sure, they were young and goofy and pretty much comic relief with their monkey pet, Gleek. Zan, who can change into anything water, could wipe out the world with a giant flood. Maybe a little less cool is Jayna’s ability to turn into any animal, because animals are vulnerable. Their biggest weakness is that they need each other to use their powers, but as long as they are together, Zan could kick some serious bad guy butt.
Black Vulcan
Now here’s an interesting fact about Black Vulcan: he’s the only Super Friends character who was not a comic book character, because the show’s creators and Black Vulcan’s creator just couldn’t get along. What’s really notable, though, is that the dude could shoot lightning from his hands, travel at the speed of light, and go back in time. Beats the heck out of a Baterang, if you ask me …
El Dorado
Reading minds, teleportation, creating illusions, and that respectable shooting-lasers-from-eyes thing (shared with none other than Superman) — how could anyone conquer this guy? When threatened, he could teleport. If he didn’t have time for that, he’d simply boggle your mind with a confusing illusion or two. Heck, he could have created the illusion that he was in charge of the Hall of Justice.
What say you, readers? Have these secondary Super Friends been relegated to second fiddle unfairly?
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