Concept for a superhero · 1:37am May 10th, 2016
Of course I get ideas for OC superheroes. I'm a geek, and like many geeks, I all but worship the ground beneath the feet of Batman, Spiderman, and Caped Baldy. When I was younger, I used to imagine myself with ice powers, and I'd make ice guns that shot ice bullets that I'd call icicles.
Today's concept is a little less stupid. It involves a normal looking guy with the ability to transform into a stronger form, much like Captain Marvel/Shazam. In this form, our hero had super strength, could fly, and was invulnerable to practically anything. Think Superman, the original boring invincible hero, only without the crippling weakness to krytonite, magic, N64 controls, and Zack Snyder's creative vision. There's just one problem.
He looks like Hitler. Yeah, you know, toothbrush mustache, very obvious lack of blond hair and blue eyes, has that most evil man in history look?
So our hero Hitler-man, as dubbed by the public, faces a issue different from the obstacles other heroes face. See, it doesn't matter how many good deeds he does or how many times he saves the day, he looks like Hitler so he must be evil. Bank robbers become victims of muggings to fund the Fourth Reich. Kaijus become scared innocent wild life bullied for kicks. The gangster tooting a fully automatic assault rifle? He was just exercising his God given rights as established by the US Constitution before being oppressed by the great anti-American oppressor himself.
It's a little like Spiderman and J Jonah Jameson, only in this case it's everyone hating on our hero because, come on, he looks like Hitler, so the hate's kind of justified. I understand why no mainstream publisher would ever release a comic where the hero is Hitler, or at least looks like him, but that would simply demonstrate the whole point of the character and his story: everything is in the appearance. It doesn't matter if you're a good person, if you're ugly or just look, well, wrong, society will reject you. I believe this little concept is a test of that old saying, don't judge a book by its cover. Sure we know it's wrong to base our entire opinion on someone by how they appear, but on the other hand it's freaking Hitler. That at least should be okay to hate, right?
Oh, and he can't shave the mustache off. Nigh invulnerable, remember?
