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- [Narrator] Comics books offer fantastic villains
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of all types.
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This is because their authors have been given
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creative freedoms that just aren't possible
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in other forms of media.
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However, with this creative freedom comes the freedom
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to fail spectacularly.
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Nonsensical powers, odd motivations, poor back stories,
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and generally ludicrous premises have generated
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dozens of characters we'd rather forget.
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But not today, oh no.
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These are 10 of the lamest comic book supervillains.
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Number 10 is Egg Fu.
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In recent editions of the DC Universe,
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Egg Fu is a super smart, yellow, giant cracked egg
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perched upon a contraption that allows him to move around
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and manipulate items.
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All in all, his modern iteration is not the worst character
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in existence.
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The original Egg Fu, however, is another story entirely.
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His original appearance portrayed him as tall as a house
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and sporting slanted eyes and Fu Manchu mustache.
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Egg Fu was a horrifyingly blatant Asian stereotype.
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The worst part is that Egg Fu even talked in broken English.
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Many fans are happy that this character was rehabilitated
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in later releases, but others still believe that DC
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really should've just let this insulting egg be forgotten.
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Number nine is Stilt-Man.
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Wilbur Day is the true name of this ridiculous villain,
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and he wasn't even competent enough to build the key piece
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of his supervillain battle suit.
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Instead, he stole another scientist's hydraulic lift
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technology to transform himself into Stilt-Man.
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The legs could be used offensively,
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but their most notable power was their telescopic ability
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to make Wilbur Day extremely tall
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for some high-storied heists.
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But needless to say, this comic book villain
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only appeared in a handful of Daredevil comic books
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before being quietly retired by Marvel.
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Number eight is Lady Stilt-Man.
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But if it wasn't lame enough, somebody decided the character
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of Stilt-Man deserved a reboot as a woman.
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Strangely enough, though, the creators of Stilt-Man
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did not replace the word man with woman or girl
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like so many female characters do.
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Instead they named her Lady Stilt-Man.
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In one of Lady Stilt-Man's few comic book appearances,
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Spider-Man accused her of trying too hard,
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but he might've been addressing the writers instead.
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Number seven is Asbestos Lady.
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One comic book villain who has not aged well
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is the tragically named Asbestos Lady.
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This villain of the 1940s wore asbestos-lined clothing,
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robbed banks, and then set fires to delay the police.
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As everyone likely knows, asbestos,
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aside from being the cause of countless lung diseases,
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is also a pretty good flame retardant.
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This was a very lazy way of creating an adversary
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for the Human Torch, as her asbestos clothing
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made her immune to direct attacks from him.
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Although it didn't stop him from melting the asphalt
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beneath her feet and freezing her in place.
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But according to in universe comic book canon,
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Asbestos Lady eventually died of cancer,
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presumably from her choice of fashion.
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Number six is Mopee.
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Mopee might not be a classic villain,
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but he was antagonizing, both to The Flash
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and to comic book readers.
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Since the beginning, it's been known that The Flash
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received his powers through a chemical accident
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during an electrical storm.
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In 1967, however, it was revealed that
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an extra-dimensional being called Mopee
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deliberately gave Flash his abilities
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and everyone ignored it,
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sort of like the way Highlander 2 doesn't exist.
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Mopee appeared in just a single issue of The Flash
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and has since been retconned out of existence
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through everyone's sheer refusal
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to even acknowledge his existence.
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Number five is Codpiece Man.
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Codpiece Man is exactly what he sounds like,
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a man with comically large equipment between his legs,
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including a cannon, a boxing glove, giant scissors,
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and a drill.
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Codpiece Man, whose real name is never established,
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suffered a string of failed relationships,
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which he erroneously believed had to do with the size
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of his codpiece.
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Some people go to therapy for such perceptions.
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Codpiece Man, however, instead chose
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to become a supervillain, as you do.
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Number four is Ten-Eyed Man.
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According to DC comics canon, Philip Reardon's eyes
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were injured in Vietnam then again in an explosion
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back in the States, leaving him permanently blind.
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Luckily for him, a doctor was able to transplant
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his optic nerves.
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Unfortunately, he transplanted them into his fingers.
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So, of course, in typical comic book fashion,
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Ten-Eyed Man blamed Batman for what happened to him
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and fought Batman on two occasions,
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coming up short both times.
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This is because he could be injured simply
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from being tricked into catching or touching something.
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After his first appearance in 1970,
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he was rarely seen in comic books after that.
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Number three is Kite Man.
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As a child, Charles Brown, no not that Charlie Brown,
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was fascinated by kites.
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So when he decided to take up a life of crime,
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integrating kites into his MO somehow made sense.
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He traveled on a rocket-powered kite,
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which looks suspiciously like a rocket-powered hang glider,
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but let's not get hung up on words here.
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He also had a variety of kite gadgets,
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including a giant kite which assisted in escape attempts
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from prison.
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There was also a flashbulb kite and, of course,
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a kite that sported a trap net.
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Seeing as there isn't much a writer could do
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with a supervillain that exclusively makes use of kites,
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his appearances were few and far between after the 1970s.
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Number two is Hypno-Hustler.
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In true 1970s comic book fashion, Hypno-Hustler's guitar
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allowed him to hypnotize people.
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And when performing with his band,
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he could extend that influence over crowds.
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He, of course, could use his power to rob people,
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demanding concert-goes to hand over their wallets,
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even though after the price of admission for most concerts,
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people shouldn't have anything left in their wallets.
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The Hypno-Hustler, of course, was not immune
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to his own gadgets, and Spider-Man defeated him
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by removing his protective headphones.
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All in all, Hypno-Hustler has not seen a modern revival
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unlike other supervillains on this list,
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because he has received very negative reviews
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from comic book fans, thanks to the character's
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rather outdated camp factor.
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And number one is The Walrus, coo coo cachoo.
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Rounding out this top 10 is The Walrus,
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who seems to have been designed on the back of a napkin.
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Hubert Carpenter was engineered by his mad scientist uncle
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to have the, and I quote,
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"proportionate speed, strength, and agility of a walrus."
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Regardless of lexicon, The Walrus seems to have also
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inherited a Walrus' intelligence,
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as in he wasn't very bright.
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He regularly bungled criminal escapades.
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His motivations were similarly underdeveloped.
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Rather than wanting power or money for revenge,
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for the most part it appears he just wanted to break things.
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Even The Walrus' Wikipedia page can't seem
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to take this supervillain seriously.
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It lists his abilities as minimal superhuman strength,
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agility, and endurance.
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Good at crossword puzzles.
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Ability to distract enemies
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by making them laugh uncontrollably.
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Holding his breath much longer than humans.
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And survive in freezing water via his layer of blubber.
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