Animals have long been a source of inspiration for superheroes. Spider-man, Batman, Wolverine, Sabretooth, Hawkman, The Lizard - the list is pretty long, and impressive. But there's one addition that shouldn't be forgotten: the mighty Squirrel Girl. Born with a bushy prehensile tail, Squirrel Girl possesses the traits of the squirrel - although presumably burying acorns and then forgetting about them doesn't really count as a power. Squirrel Girl flees society after the teasing of high school became too much for her. It's such a difficult time for the kids. After bonding with the local squirrel population, she decides she wants to become Iron Man's sidekick and ambushes him in the woods. Suitably unimpressed, Iron Man declines just as Doctor Doom attacks in a Doombot and is close to dropping Iron Man's body in the ocean - that is until Squirrel Girl commands a horde of the rodents to attack the aircraft, chewing on the wires and swarming over Doctor Doom until he crashes and Iron Man escapes. Even after all of this, Iron Man still doesn't think Squirrel Girl is up to the challenge of being his sidekick. Years later, Squirrel Girl would join the Great Lakes Avengers on the condition that one of her squirrel soldiers, Monkey Joe, was made an official member too. This alliance lasted until he was killed by our next lamest superhero...
