10 Worst Weaknesses in Comic Book History

Lee Andrew Henderson
When a movie adaptation of a comic book hits the big screen there tend to be some fanatics that will complain about every little detail that is changed. Let's be fair though, sometimes in order to make a good movie things have to be changed. Some of these comics were written decades ago and are just silly now. A perfect example would be some of the weaknesses in comic books. Some comic book characters have some pretty lame weaknesses.

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #10 Aunt May - Old Age
If Peter Parker dares to ever come home late then he will have to feel the wrath of his Aunt May. Aunt May seems like a sweet woman but she put Peter in her place. Unfortunately the only person to boss Spider-man around has suffered like a billion heart attacks over the course of the Spider-man series.

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #9 Wolverine - Muramasa Blade
Muramasa forged a blade using a piece of Wolverine's soul, a sword so powerful that it could even beat Wolverine. So Wolvetine's only weakness is his own soul? Lame.

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #8 Human Torch - Asbestos
Asbestos isn't mentioned much with today's Human Torch but once upon a time asbestos was a common weakness for the youngest member of the Fantastic Four. He even had a villain called the Asbestos Man!

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #7 Martian Manhunter - Fire
If someone sat down and listed Martian Manhunter's abilities you would be impressed. He's basically Superman Jr. Despite all these crazy abilities his biggest weakness is fire? Seriously? Fires occur in almost every large battle and most camping adventures. How does Martian Manhunter avoid fire?

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #6 Mr. Sinister - Cyclops' Blasts
For a long time Mr. Sinister was infatuated with the Summers family. Mr. Sinister thought he can make the perfect solider out of the Summers DNA so he always wanted to capture the older Summers brother Cyclops. What is Mr. Sinister's only weakness? Cyclops' blasts! What a coinky dink!

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #5 Magneto - Plastic
Magneto is a badass. He has to be badass to be the X-Men's greatest villain. Magneto can control metal with the wave of his hand. So how do you stop him? Plastic. Yeah, that's it, plastic. All the X-men have to do is dig through the recycling bin and chunk stuff at him.

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #4 Storm - Claustrophobia
Storm's only weakness is her fear of enclosed spaces. Why is Storm like the only comic book character in history to have a fear that makes her useless? Why doesn't Wolverine have arachnophobia? Why doesn't Bishop have acrophobia? Why not make Cannonball a Glossophobic or Beast a Thanatophobic?

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #3 Green Lantern - Yellow
At one point in time the Green Lantern's biggest weakness was the color yellow. The Green Lantern is able to be used because of the owner's willpower. The color yellow stands for fear, which is the opposite of willpower, so for some reason the Green Lantern's ring will not work on anything yellow.

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #2 Mytslpick - Saying his name backwards
Mytslpick is a little annoying creature that pops up every once in a while and annoys people. The only way to get rid of him is to say his name backwards. What kind of dumb fairy tale is this? If we guess your name is Rumpelstiltskin will you give us our waste of time back?

10 Worst Superhero Weaknesses: #1 Superman - Kryptonite
Superman is pretty much invincible, he can fly faster than a speeding bullet, he can go into space without dying, he has super breath, heat ray vision, x-ray vision and he even has mild hypnotic powers. But he can be defeated by a rock? The only place to get this rock is from his home planet too. Is that supposed to be irony, because it's not, it's stupid. How would somebody's only weakness be the from the same place as them? It is more likely that somebody growing up in a planet with these strange rocks would have adapted to them. I'm from Alabama but I'm not suddenly weakened by tractors, bare feet and missing teeth.

Published by Lee Andrew Henderson

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  • Paulette Pasco6/14/2011

    Actually, Wolverine does have arachnophobia. He is afraid of scorpions. Scorpions are arachnids

  • Joan Haines7/27/2010

    The human torch is smart to stay away from asbestos. He could get mesothelioma! This one does make sense.

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