Iyo: The Most Underrated Or Underused Character In Comics

[robbneu]

It's nice to see all the Alpha Flight love on here. All this time I thought I was one of the very few people who counted Alpha Flight as one of my favorites (who have spent there *entire* careers in the "superhero ghetto"). I can't say that I blame Byrne for any horrible slight against them, but writer after writer, they seem to exist solely for being tortured. Sometimes that made for some really great stories... other times you just felt like the team couldn't get a break, no matter what they did. Kind of like Daredevil in the 80s.

It's not hard to draw up a list of underused characters, though. Look at Iceman in the X-Men. I haven't read any of the X-Books in years, but most of the time, Bobby Drake exists only as scenary. I mentioned The Question in another thread. The Rachel Summer's version of Pheonix was a really neat idea that was drained of anything useful or interesting. I don't even know what she's doing or if she even exists any more. I also used to really like the Elementals, but they seem doomed to a glut of "mature only" sex issues and only being published every two years.

Robb

[Kristopher]

This always draws an assortments of groans, giggles, and vague threats, but what the heck.

I've always thought that Domino had a lot more potential than the Marvel crew ever realized. I think she's been mistreated, misused, and underused.

And there's always something to be said for a character who keeps putting holes in Deadpool.

[csyphrett]

I guess the Blue Beetle should go on the list, but wait he's dead.
CES

[Eyendasky80]

I guess the Blue Beetle should go on the list, but wait he's dead.
CES

He is on the list, does that qualify as Irony?

[csyphrett]

I missed his addition, so I guess it qualifies as irony and a bit of bitterness.
CES

[megaplayboy]

Whom do I have to kill/sex-up to get the Ultimates version of the Vision revived and into a series?

[Vorsch]

The Ulimate vision probablly "owns" all computers in the world.

even the ones not connected, or military.

ie a plot device

[lemming]

Whom do I have to kill/sex-up to get the Ultimates version of the Vision revived and into a series?

They moved that out of that "What If?" did they?

[Mike W]

Well, Iron Man and Dr. Strange have always gotten shafted for writers(or almost always), but they've gotten so much air time that it is hard to call them underrated or underused.

I do think that Photon should have gotten more air time. They keep trying to push Shulkie as the lead Marvel Heroine and keep giving her books, but outside of Titania there is nothing to build around. I liked the most recent She Hulk book(too bad they killed it after a year) and I do like the character, but they just can't seem to figure out how to push her as a character.

[Enforcer84]

Thundra. She's a bit character to be sure, but I always liked her and she could be turned into something cool.

[McCoy]

Has anyone mentioned Callisto yet? All the Morlocks are underused, but Callisto is the most agregeously overlooked. She's been around over 20 years, she's the leader of the Mutant Morlocks so she must be a mutant, but I don't have the slightest idea what her powers are. Does anyone? Including any writer who ever scripted her?

[nexus]

Has anyone mentioned Callisto yet? All the Morlocks are underused, but Callisto is the most agregeously overlooked. She's been around over 20 years, she's the leader of the Mutant Morlocks so she must be a mutant, but I don't have the slightest idea what her powers are. Does anyone? Including any writer who ever scripted her?

I vaguely recall enchanced senses and reflexes....vaguely.

[Lightray]

I vaguely recall enchanced senses and reflexes....vaguely.

That was pretty much it for a long while (plus some tracking scent thing I vaguely recall). Then, Clairemont got a hold of her.

Before he had Masque remake Callisto into a glam beauty model (sans eyepatch). Now, Masque has remade Callisto into her old self (incl. eyepatch) -- but with bunches of tentacles instead of arms.

And she likes it.

And she was all Clairemont-ish lezbionic toward the end of X-treme X-Men. It was kind of gay X-women tentacle porn, in a hot tub from what little memory is leaking through...

She's in eXcalibur now, or she was. For some reason having tentacles for arms had made her uber-1337, in some Clairemont-ish way. Uber-knife thrower, and knife-catcher. Uber-reflexes, probably the focused totality of her psionic power.

Whatever.

Besides which, although she was the leader of the mutant Morlocks, it's been years since that. All the Morlocks were dead, then not-dead, then Colossus' older brother took them away somewhere, then they were back, then killed again I think, then Marrow was their leader, then forgotten again, last I recall Masque was in charge of the remainder.

I don't think it's possible for me to underrate Callisto and the Morlocks; I rate them pretty much as low as is possible.

[McCoy]

I vaguely recall enchanced senses and reflexes....vaguely.

One of the Handbooks said she had an energy blast from her covered eye, but later said that writeup was Erg's, not Callisto's. In my game world she's Sabertooth's grandaughter, with powers simular to Wolverine (high DEX, extra endurance STR beyond a normal Push, enhanced senses, healing factor), only less so.

[McCoy]

Now, Masque has remade Callisto into her old self (incl. eyepatch) -- but with bunches of tentacles instead of arms.

And she likes it.

And she was all Clairemont-ish lezbionic toward the end of X-treme X-Men. It was kind of gay X-women tentacle porn, in a hot tub from what little memory is leaking through...

She's in eXcalibur now, or she was. For some reason having tentacles for arms had made her uber-1337, in some Clairemont-ish way. Uber-knife thrower, and knife-catcher. Uber-reflexes, probably the focused totality of her psionic power.

The Clairemont-ish lezbionic element was part of the original character. She was based on a, let's be kind and say bisexual, character in Barbarella.