100 THINGS CHALLENGE (002 - "Hero")

[captain_slinky]

Vs.


From the search term "Hero" today, the number 1 image from Google is The Greatest American Hero! The titular character from the early 80's action show that lasted for three seasons featuring Willkiam Katt as high school teacher Ralph Hinkley and his adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that imbues him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use his powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

And from Yahoo, the number 1 image of a "Hero" that wasn't a generic bit of clip-art, a real-life fireman/policeman/doctor or weird Japanese fashion model is THE ENTIRE FRICKIN' MARVEL UNIVERSE! Way to bring your "A-Game", Yahoo!

THE SCENARIO: While trying to figure out just exactly how his Super Suit works, Ralph Hinkley accidentally triggers a "Reality Shift" which pops him out of his Reagan-era television reality and smack-dab in to the middle of an Avengers Membership Drive in Central Park - nearly EVERY MARVEL SUPER HERO is there! Any of the assembled heroes with some sort of heightened perception (psychic, spiritual, instinctual, etc) immediately know that SOMETHING is wrong with this new guy, and many choose to preemptively attack. This of course causes EVERYONE to jump in to the fray hoping that they can prove their worth as a future Avenger. Ralph is easily subdued, stripped of his super-powered suit and locked away in an asylum.

WINNER: THE ENTIRE FRICKIN' MARVEL UNIVERSE

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

No other result possible.

Fortunately Reed Richards takes the suit and reverse engineers it, writing his own manual for its use. After being used a a string of junior hero wannabe friends of Franklin Richards the suit is retired. But then the Earth finds itself facing a crisis that somehow occupies all of the A listers at once. The suit, now in the custody of S.H.I.E.L.D is pulled out of retirement and is given back to Ralph (now working for the New York Public Schools system) who saves the day against the nefarious notions of Paste Pot Pete.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I figure that since Ralph popped in to the Marvel Universe in the early 80's, they probably brought him back in the late 90's/early 2000's in a series where he wore lots and lots of pouches along with his twin Katanna Swords and giant gun, maybe they even gave him his own team of X-Men for a short-lived spin-off series...

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

I hope his feet were super tiny and he wore shoulder pads that weighed more than he did.