This Week in Bad Comic Ideas: Combo-Man

We were heavily debating what our second Bad Comic Idea should be. Lots of names were thrown around from Superman VS Muhammad Ali to The Fantastic Four, but then I remembered I had a Combo-Man phone card back in 1996. It was a no brainer. Yes Combos the snack food had a super-hero. He was a mismatch of Marvel characters (surprise, surprise that the House of Stupid Ideas was behind it) hence the "combo" part. I started to do a little research and found someone else had done it for me.

Here are Comb-Man's Stats: (Combo-Man's history and more pictures here.)

COMBO™ MAN

Real Name: Rick Wilder

Identity/Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Student

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Professor Boyd, Combos™ (mmm....yummy!)

Enemies: AIM, Super-Adaptoid

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Advertisements in 1996? comics
Combo Man#1 (1996)

Powers/Abilities: Rick can transform into a superhuman form which is an amalgamation of the Captain America, Carnage, Cyclops, Daredevil (wearing his biomimetic suit), Hulk (Banner), the Human Torch (presumably Johnny Storm), Iron Man (Mark XII armor), Magneto, Punisher (Frank Castle), Spider-Man, Wolverine, and two others (Doom 2099 and Sabretooth?). He can fly via jet-thrust from his boots, fire optic blasts, fire repulsor rays from his gauntlets, generate webbing, control iron and other metals via magnetism, sense dangers, and presumably has superhuman strength and healing, the ability to generate flame, enhanced senses, and perhaps advanced fighting skills and other abilities.

Bad Comic Ideas Bonus:

Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

Great Comic Book Ideas: Elementals: Sex Special