7. Black Condor
The Origin: Black Condor was a member of the Freedom Fighters, one of D.Cs earlier superteams. His origin was retconned years back so that he now attributes his powers of flight to exposure to a radioactive meteor which is still pretty implausible. But its better than his original origin, by a damn sight. In the first version of the character, a newly-born Richard Grey, Jr. and his scientist parents were victim of a bandit attack while on an expedition in Mongolia. Grey was the only survivor after being rescued byermby super-intelligent Condors. TheseCondors...proceeded to raise the child; as such he developed an innate ability to fly as they do.
In Reality: Black Condor was inspired directly by Tarzan and its easy to see the parallels. However, the idea that a boy raised by apes might share some of their racial traits and abilities is at least remotely feasible Chimps are 99.4% genetically similar to humans, for example, and other species of ape arent far that far behind them either. But, forgetting for a moment that the existence of the super intelligent Condor is about as implausible as its likely to get, theres no reason that a boy who was raised by these nightmarish creatures would suddenly be able to defy all known laws of physics and actually physically fly. In reality, Richard Grey Jrs adoptive parents and siblings would have watched proudly as their ward attempted to take flight for the first time. Before, basically, watching him commit own-goal suicide as a result of his own stupidity. Super intelligent my ass.