Not a huge follower of Jon Kent...would he as a half Kryptonian be top tier or mid tier? I'm assuming all full Kryptonians are regarded as at the top end of the top tier.
Oh, Blue Devil? Captain Comet? Strata, Garv? Rocket Red, any of 'em? Ralph Dibney? Plas? I know Morrison was all hot and bothered about how powerful he was, but... Is Metamorpho top tier or mid?
I like kid!Jon and would consider half-Kryptonian as top-tier on powers if he had half strength, etc. (as I would have preferred), but they went the "hybrid vigor" route and said he should be more powerful than his father. No idea if that was walked back.Not a huge follower of Jon Kent...would he as a half Kryptonian be top tier or mid tier? I'm assuming all full Kryptonians are regarded as at the top end of the top tier.
Ralph's the only one I know well enough to comment on, and he's strictly street-level, as far as I'm concerned. I adore him and Sue in their old stuff. But his powers just aren't enough to make him qualify for mid-tier in pure strength/power, so far as I'm concerned. I like him solving mysteries.Oh, Blue Devil? Captain Comet? Strata, Garv? Rocket Red, any of 'em? Ralph Dibney? Plas? I know Morrison was all hot and bothered about how powerful he was, but... Is Metamorpho top tier or mid?
Leaving aside whether BL is mid tier or high tier (a blurry line between high mid tier and low high tier), how does giving feats improve their image? It might help establish whether they are middle tier or high tier, but it doesn't make them more popular, more well known in general, or make writers want to use them more.
That's how the Robot Chicken sketch played it!
I don't see the problem. Either you downplay the negative connotations, since not all drugs are bad/addictive (I have to take metformin since I was diagnosed as prediabetic for example), or you play up the drug angle and make it a story point, a hero having to battle addiction and weighing his own health against helping others and so forth. Sometimes controversy is a good thing, and a good take on it could make him more relevant.
Somebody already mentioned it earlier--midtier seems to be filled with mostly legacies due to focusing so much on the JL and giving feats to them, ie Garth, Donna, Cassie, Kaldur/Jackson vs Diana and Arthur.
Though it's funny I'd classify Sandy Hawkins Sandman as midtier when Wes himself was a street leveler, and he's the only legacy I can think getting significantly powerful than the predecessor..
Non legacy ones that come to mind that people haven't seem to mention (like Black Lightning) are Booster Gold, Stargirl, Geo Force, Mister Terrific, Red Tornado, Starfire, Jade (poor Jade, Obsidian got a significant powerup in Johns' JSA while she played second fiddle to him, Alan, and Kyle), some of LOSH like Imra, Vixen/Animal Man/Beast Boy, the Atoms (minus Pratt), Atom Smasher, etc. And Mera, forgot about her for a second.
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I was fine with that.
1) Deathstroke has dealt with the Titans (and Wally himself) for years. He wasn't some rookie coming out of nowhere.
2) 'Normal' humans have given Flash (all of them) a trouble for decades. Every one of the Rogues should be no issue for a speedster... but somehow they always get one over on him with their mundane and superscience guns...
So yeah.... it may not make much sense for Flash to fall for that... but that can be said for 90% of Flash stories.
Biggest problem with DC is that they won't LET anyone be mid tier. The moment they get kind of cool... they have to boost their powers and do incredibily unheard of things to make them rival Superman. Hawkman should be mid tier at best. ELongated Man... Heck, most of the JLI crew would be pretty mid-tier. More powers tahn Batman, but still need a team to be effective.
Is Jade mid-tier though? She's done some impressive stuff prior to Flashpoint. Stopped a rampaging Power Girl who even Supergirl couldn't stop, (yeah, magic, but still), among other feats. Don't know myself if she is.