The Most "Creature of Their Time" Character DC Ever Did Was...?

[DrNewGod]

Someone on another thread mentioned The Sea Devils as an obscure DC property that they like. Got me thinking about how TSDs were really creatures of their time, Challengers of the Unknown knockoffs that came along during an early 1960s fascination with scuba-diving.

I don't know if you could ever make them really fly (or swim) again in today's world.

What are some others DCs done that are just hopelessly products of their time?

[MajorHoy]

Brother Power The Geek?

[j9ac9k]

You've been JAMMED!
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[Zero Hunter]

Oh god No!!! You made me remember Jamm! Probably the worst character created by DC ever.

[Buried Alien]

Prez was as 60s as it got, and Lobo was as 90s as it got.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[MajorHoy]

Prez was as 60s as it got, and Lobo was as 90s as it got.

Prez was 70s, not 60s.

(Voting age was lowered at the beginning of the 1970s.)

[Jackalope89]

Prez was as 60s as it got, and Lobo was as 90s as it got.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Lobo was 80s.

And Superboy Connor was as 90s as it got.

[CaptCleghorn]

Someone on another thread mentioned The Sea Devils as an obscure DC property that they like. Got me thinking about how TSDs were really creatures of their time, Challengers of the Unknown knockoffs that came along during an early 1960s fascination with scuba-diving.

I don't know if you could ever make them really fly (or swim) again in today's world.

What are some others DCs done that are just hopelessly products of their time?

The Sea Devils were basically Cave Carson's crew or Rip Hunter's crew underwater. Best to send the four of them into space and give them some super powers.

[DrNewGod]

The Sea Devils were basically Cave Carson's crew or Rip Hunter's crew underwater. Best to send the four of them into space and give them some super powers.

That sounds oddly familiar somehow ...

[Jim Kelly]

The Sea Devils started out as a practical team of divers, but as their series went on they became like the Fantastic Four underwater. They dealt with many oddball villains and strange creatures.

As bad as Vibe was in the Detroit League (he can laugh about it now--see the latest FLASH episode where he references Ozone from BREAKIN'), the greater sin was whatever Vixen had on her head, which was a drastic change from the hair she had before. It's that that made me run screaming from the comic.

Chuck Grayson was a scientist who transplanted Robert Crane's brain into the body of the original Robotman. But he doesn't seem to have cared what happened to his young cousin, Dick. John and Mary were circus folk so maybe Chuck was embarassed by the connection.

Dick's uncle and aunt, George and Clara, gained guardianship from Bruce, but they were just grifters doing it for the money. Later Harriet Cooper showed up at the mansion and got herself some comfy digs--where was she all those years? The courts must have seen the benefit of letting a rich tycoon take care of the boy, rather than a pack of moochers and lay-abouts.

[iron chimp]

Apropos of nothing but the recent cave carson series was top draw in my opinion and well worth a look for those who enjoy some pulpy science hero adventure nonsense. Great work by art team too who made it look retro and modern at same time and some truly off the wall back ups with sea devils wonder twins etc by Tom Scioli.

[married guy]

How can we forget all the awesome new heroes introduced in the 1993 Bloodlines annuals?

Gunfire!
Ballistic!
Geist!
Anima!
Loose Cannon!
Razorsharp!
Hook!
Nightblade!

(Actually, to be fair I REALLY loved both Hitman and Argus.)

Some of those names don't get any more 90's!