4. Whizzer
Whizzer has one of the worst origin stories ever committed to a character who requires an origin story: whilst on a trip to Africa with his father, Robert Frank - the soon-to-be Whizzer - is bitten by a cobra. His father saves him using a transfusion of mongoose blood and Robert soon discovers that he has developed super-speed. Apparently written back in a time period when comic books were taking science and, you know,
ignoring it, Whizzer has since faded into relative obscurity due to the fact that there are other, cooler super-speedy characters around to steal his thunder. Besides, Whizzer has to be one of the worst superhero character names ever conceived - it's simply a word that nobody should ever have to speak out loud.