5. UNDERDOGWhat's not to love about Underdog? Underdog's civilian identity is... dig this... Shoeshine Boy. How brilliant is that. His real name is what he is. What everyone calls him because they can't be bothered to actually learn his name. In a sense, Shoeshine Boy just may be the ultimate civilian identity.
4. BUD MANWhen I was a child, I didn't know what beer was but this guy made me want it. If this guy and The Trix Rabbit ever got together, that... would... be...
(Walks into the kitchen)
3. SUPER SMURFThe great thing about Super Smurf was that he didn't exist. Well, I guess none of them really existed but yeah, Super Smurf really didn't. Super Smurf only came into being when one particular Smurf felt powerless and imagine himself as the super powerful Super Smurf, conquering his fears. Ultimately, the Smurf would come to realize that his self-worth wasn't found in his becoming more powerful but in the way that he carried himself as a Smurf. In that one episode of The Smurfs, I learned more than I ever did from any dozen "Wendy and Marvin" Superfriends episodes.
2. SUPER GROVERSuper Grover's alter ego is Grover Kent, a doorknob salesman from Metro City. Excuse me while I go somewhere and cry 'cause that is beautiful. As a kid, I had this book and I don't remember what happened in the book but it had Super Grover in it. Super Grover is awesome because when he helps, you need to help your damn self. Your cat's in a tree and this dude just flies in, does a little dance, says, "Wubba! Wubba!," and then just flies off and your cat's still in the tree and your ass needs to go and find a damn ladder.
Super Grover is the type of superhero I would be.
"WUBBA! WUBBA!"
1. STUPENDOUS MANHow great would it be if whenever you wanted to get out of something, you would just put on your cape and just stride the f*** past it.
Maury Povich: Jon Carey, YOU ARE THE FATHER.
Jon Carey, wearing red shirt and black short pants, puts on a cape, simply walks off the stage.
7 comments:
Super Grover has a sweet hat.
Ahhhh...Stupendous Man.
I have to admit to being a Darkwing Duck fan as well. And Mighty Mouse.
There's a promo they run on PBS Kids now and then featuring Super Grover and one of the lions from Between the Lions, and it's about helping kids to be proud when they can learn to write letters and words properly, but the lesson is secondary to the fact that it looks and feels like a trailer for some sort of imaginary Super Grover movie.
It's a wonderful 30 seconds of television.
How can you say that Stupendous Man is a "non-comics" superhero? Calvin and Hobbes was a raging sweet comic strip for a decade!
Some of my personal favs:
1.) Handy Man (even though it's some offensive shit)
2.) Quail Man (from Doug)
3.) Captain Planet
Thegameiam:
I really meant non-superhero-comics-publisher comics.
We've never covered comic strips here so I never really thought I'd have to make the distinction.
Here's that Super Grover TV ad, which I think is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuWnEHtUcIc
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