6. Bouncing Boy
The Origin: Bouncing Boy doesnt just have a ridiculously implausible origin, hes also quite possibly the lamest, most unglamorous Superhero in DCs entire roster. He is Chuck Taine of Earth, member of D.Cs rubbish Legion of Superheroes and he has the amazing power to well, to inflate like a ball and bounce around looking like a complete pleb. He received his powers one fateful day when he mistakenly drank, and I quote, Super Plastic Formula, which he mistakenly believed to be a soda. This is a terrible message to give to kids, am I wrong? Hey boys and girls, if you drink as much crap in a bottle that you can get your greedy paws on - dont think about whats in it, just do it - then maybe one day, youll get superpowers! Lazy writing, or the terrifying prophecy of a nation in the grips of an obesity epidemic? Lazy writing, without a doubt.
In Reality: First off, I imagine itd be pretty difficult to willingly swallow too much of an industrial chemical before you realised it wasnt Fanta, and spat it all over whoever you were with in panic. And for what possible reason would a substance have been invented that boasted properties like giving whoever drinks it the ability to inflate themselves into a ball? Even by comic book science standards, this is a hell of a lot to expect an audience to get behind. Liquid rubber based chemicals are usually some form of latex compound extremely thick, viscous and presumably difficult to swallow which is usually used in the manufacture things like tyres, right down to condoms. This greedy little bastard would have undoubtedly killed himself by ingesting whatever that chemical was; either that, or itd have been an interesting time in the bathroom the next morning.