Hot take: that’s the problem I have with crossovers - each hero’s circumstances for gaining their powers was written in a unique way, but when you mash them all together, you wind up with either contradictory stories or a world where there are like 70 different ways to suddenly become a superhero.
I can logically see that too, but personally I just find that it undermines how “special” the solo superhero is in their own story, which is a classic theme in comics.
Ambush Bug gained his powers when a spaceship carrying alien laundry crashed down in the asylum where he was being treated, and he dressed in some of it.
I can’t remember what their deal is.
Hot take: that’s the problem I have with crossovers - each hero’s circumstances for gaining their powers was written in a unique way, but when you mash them all together, you wind up with either contradictory stories or a world where there are like 70 different ways to suddenly become a superhero.
Honestly, if there’s already one fantastical way to become a superhero (or supervillain), why not have more?
I can logically see that too, but personally I just find that it undermines how “special” the solo superhero is in their own story, which is a classic theme in comics.
Ambush Bug gained his powers when a spaceship carrying alien laundry crashed down in the asylum where he was being treated, and he dressed in some of it.
To me, that’s always going to be special.
There is an Avengers’ story in which Earth’s proclivity for superpowered individuals is due to a Celestial’s corpse buried underground.