The Top 100 Super Palookas Part 1

Welcome, fellow Palookas, to the first installment of the Top 100 Super Palookas of all time. Now, while this list may seem arbitrary (and hey, full disclosure: it totally is) there ARE some factors that went into the rankings and consideration: 1.) How enduring is the Palooka? How much staying power have they had? 2.) How original are they? Did they add anything to the pantheon of superhero comics? and 3.)How ridiculous are they? And does the ridiculous mean we're laughing AT them, or WITH them? There are also some things that automatically disqualified characters from this list...first, all Golden Age characters are disqualified, as the 70 years of cultural differences make them almost impossible to scrutinize (pretty much ALL of those characters seem a little ludicrous) as are any characters created solely for satirical purposes. So, with that said, let's dive into the list!

  #100: MAN-BULL

William Taurens (Get it? Taurens? like Toro, for Bull? Yeah, there's gonna be a lot of that) was a pretty persistent nuisance for Daredevil, and popped up pretty regularly throughout the 70s. He was a legitimate threat at first, until eventually he became the typical punching bag for Marvel's heroes. His Palookaness is pretty much right up front: He's a big, strong super villain based off of an animal. You're gonna see a lot of that on this list.


#99: KITE-MAN

Charles Brown (yes, Kite Man's name is Charlie Brown...let that sink in for a second.) used Kite-based weapons to fight Batman and Robin and Hawkman and Hawkgirl. KITE. BASED. WEAPONS. Terrifying. Kite-Man makes this list just for his pretty entertaining appearances in the vastly under appreciated Batman: Brave and the Bold animated series, and voiced by the Palooka-approved Jeffrey Combs!

#98: MR. Fish

Mortimer Morris, aka Mr. Fish, was regularly screaming "Don't laugh at Mr. Fish!" I think it goes without saying that the creators of Fish knew the idea was ludicrous, but they actually treated him as a credible threat, which I think was actually pretty smart. He never made much of an impact outside of the Cage comics, but he oozes Palooka charm despite that fact. His brother took on the mantle in the early 2000s, but didn't do anything remarkable either.


#97: MUTANT-FORCE (AKA THE RESISTANTS)

Burner, Lifter, Shocker, Slither and Peeper were actually the replacement Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Magneto...until he wised up and ditched their goofy asses, and they became Mutant Force and joined the Mandril (a Palooka who will be appearing on this list himself.) They would eventually tussle with the B-teams of Marvel, like Alpha Flight and the New Warriors, but never had any major role again in the X-books.
At one point they changed their name to the Resistants. Not the Resistance, mind you...the Resistants. Resistant to what, exactly? Success? Penicilin? I guess we'll never know.
While they lacked NONE of the originality of the original Brotherhood, their generic mutant-ness and eagerness to follow characters nobody else would follow (Hello, Mad Dog) have cemented their place in this list.

#96: EGG FU

He's a big, giant, racist sterotype Egg man. He used to talk like Mickey Rooney in Breakfast At Tiffanys and used his mustache as a whip. DC has tried to turn him into their own M.O.D.O.K. but fuck all that.