10 Unlikely (But Awesome) Lead Characters In Comics

2. The Doom Patrol In The Doom Patrol

Doom PatrolDC ComicsCertainly the most bizarre team book ever written, the superhero collective known as the Doom Patrol gets on this list purely by how downright weird they are. Some of their members include: Ambush Bug, with the ability to break the fourth wall and speak to the reader. The Animal-Mineral-Vegetable Man, who can transform any body part into the aforementioned things The Quiz, a Japanese woman with every superpower you never thought of (the only way to beat her was to think of it first) No surprise then, that the mighty but mental Grant Morrison made his name in comics writing on this title. Interestingly enough, the fact that it was a team of freaks lead by a wise man in a wheelchair has been the topic of much discussion as it has been suggested that Stan Lee ripped this idea off for the X-Men (Doom Patrol's debut pre-dates the X-Men's by several months.)
 
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