Amazon.com Widgets

Follow me on Twitter

Comic Book Characters and Their Real Life Enemies

Superman

Every man of steel has his kryptonite.

Some can be defeated with common household items.

Yes, even with all of the superpowers in the world, there are still things that can easily destroy these superhumans. Whether you read comics or not, I think you’ll be able to appreciate this list.

Banshee

Power:
Sonic scream
Natural enemy:
A cave
Banshee

Catwoman

Power:
Cat-like reflexes
Natural enemy:
Water
Catwoman

Gambit

Power:
Manipulating Kinetic Energy
Hypnotically charm people
Natural enemy:
Rosie O’Donnell
Gambit

Human Torch

Power:
Flame Body
Natural enemy:
A room full of gas
Human Torch

Wolverine

Power:
Adamantium Skeleton
Healing Power
Claws
Natural enemy:
Appalachian State University
Wolverine

Cyclops

Power:
Psionic Blast
Natural enemy:
His own reflection
Cyclops

Thing

Power:
Superhuman strength
Withstands extreme environments
Natural enemy:
Women
Thing

Sabretooth

Power:
Superhuman strength
Superhuman smell
Superhuman reflexes
Natural enemy:
Everlasting Gobstoppers
Sabretooth

Spiderman

Power:
Spider-sense
Web-shooting
Natural enemy:
Shoes, newspapers, and other blunt objects
Spiderman

The Hulk

Power:
Superhuman Strength
Natural enemy:
Nalgene water bottles
The Hulk

Rogue

Power:
Drain other’s powers
Natural enemy:
Conformity
Rogue

Invisible Woman

Power:
Turn invisible
Natural enemy:
Clothes
Invisible Woman

Professor X

Power:
Mind Reading
Telepathy
Natural enemy:
Jessica Simpson
Professor X

Watcher

Power:
Cosmic Awareness
Natural enemy:
Hats
Watcher

There you go. A bunch of superpeople defeated by everyday things. Gives hope to the rest of us, doesn’t it?

Now go own the world.

-Ravi Vora

Be the first to know how to own the world: Subscribe via e-mail or RSS feed.
Let yourself be heard:
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • Technorati

16 Responses to “Comic Book Characters and Their Real Life Enemies”


  1. 1 Shirley

    Too funny! I especially loved Banshee’s enemy of the cave. My husband is an avid comic collector (since he was 5) and I’ve read off and on for years.

    This post was great for showing that everyone has a weakness, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t super! :0)

  2. 2 Wahoo

    Thank you for sharing!

  3. 3 Charlie Miller

    RAVIIII!!! I StumbleUpon’ed your page!!! RANDOMLY! I got to the end and I was like “wow… that was really funny… I wonder who’s page this is… and who can jock on the Wolverines like that… OH ITS RAVI” lol
    Keep it up man! You’re a reviewers favorite on stumbleupon :)

  4. 4 Ravi Vora

    Shirley - Very true!

    Wahoo - Of course.

    Charlie - Wow, I haven’t heard from you in forever! Glad you stopped by and of course I’d love to hear from you any time. Hope things are going well for you!

  5. 5 Je

    Hi, I saw this post and it was very good, but too short a list. What about Silver Surfer, Batman, Daredevil, Aquaman, etc…

  6. 6 wraith

    cyclops has concussive eye blasts. the word psionic implies “of the mind.” good stuff though.

  7. 7 kate

    clothes.

    hehe

  8. 8 CJ

    Great list, really funny. But that one about Wolverine…that one hurt.

  9. 9 Good Boy Gone Bad

    Oh wow!!! This is definitely a super cool collection! I stumbled upon this and this gave me a good laugh! Haha! Cheers! :D

  10. 10 Jet

    lol the one with jessica simpson xDDDD

  11. 11 Fernando

    hey thanks for this really funny keep up the good work

  12. 12 Kevin

    Haha, the one with Invisible Woman’s weakness being clothes is actually quite sexy…

  13. 13 nick

    bravo! the wolverine thing, priceless. michigan sucks.

  1. 1 the skwib
  2. 2 anja merret - chatting to my generation » Blog Carnival of Observations on Life September 30, 2007
  3. 3 303 Insanely Interesting Links From 2007 -- Jarkko Laine - Insanely interested

Leave a Reply