Characters who fulfill a role in the MU

[Flash's Lightning]

I was thinking earlier of characters that tend to do other things to benefit the MU rather than just fight supervillains.

Some examples.

Sampson - Psychologist

Night Nurse - Medical care

Layla Miller - Kind of hard to explain, but sort of a spiritual advisor? She seems to appear where and when she's needed to a person. Pietro in jail, for example, or Madrox when X Factor went through some changes.

Am I missing any others? I seem to remember a tailor that served heroes and villains as well.

[AllisterH]

Daredevil and Shehulk - Lawyers
Not sure who else provides a service for superheroes?

[CaptainOtter]

Reed Richards serves as sort of a science wiz for characters, since he has a special area of expertise that few can match.

[IMJ]

I was thinking earlier of characters that tend to do other things to benefit the MU rather than just fight supervillains.

Some examples.

Sampson - Psychologist

I've always wanted to see more done with this character. His role in Iron Man: The Inevitable was great.

[Timoteo]

The Thing will probably help you move if you bring the beer.

[stubarnes]

Squirrel Girl can beat anyone, just in case all else fails.

Plus, she drives the fanboys nuts.

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[Butch Mapa]

Urrg, trying to remember, I think there was a character in Tieri/Johnson's Underworld who outfitted bad guys with tech.

Cage, of course, was a hired gun for a time.

[_OM_]

The Thing will probably help you move if you bring the beer.

...Owner and part-time director of a youth center, one of Dan Slott's best addition to Ben's lifestyle.

[Moose967]

Sharon Carter had been Steve's SHIELD liason a while back.

Jarvis = Butler.

[Greg Anderson]

Who provides the hoes?

[Rurik]

Who provides the hoes?

Ms. Marvel comes immediately to mind.

[bad trotsky]

Taskmaster- trainer of agents.

[Madison Carter]

Urrg, trying to remember, I think there was a character in Tieri/Johnson's Underworld who outfitted bad guys with tech.


The Consultant.

Been a few of these types - one of the main ones is the Tinkerer, who repairs villain equipment. Then there's the types like Dr. Malus and Power Broker who upgrade their clients' superpowers.

Xavier has done a few stints as a public speaker on mutant rights, even before he was "outed"

Of course, there's Damage Control, whose role is to clean up the messes.

[worstblogever]

Doc Samson got tagged as a psychologist, well... gotta show some love for Moonstone.

But how have we not mentioned like every reporter for the Daily Bugle, or the whole staff of the company? There's more journalists in the Marvel U. than you can shake a stick at.

J. Jonah Jameson
Robbie Robertson
Betty Brant
Ben Urich
Sally Floyd
Kat Farrell
Trish (the succubus) Tilby
Neal Conan.

etc. etc.

Plus, pop stars.

Dazzler, Lila Cheney, Sugar Kane, (and their supporting bands).

[AllisterH]

Who provides the hoes?

When Songbird went by the name Screaming Mimi, she was known among the villain community as the town bike and She hulk seems willing to give anyone a ride as long as they aren't a villain...

[Jay Dogg]

Wolverine - Wolverine appearance (whether the hero fight, team up, or drink beer with)

[Flash's Lightning]

Wolverine - Wolverine appearance (whether the hero fight, team up, or drink beer with)

That's funny 'cause it's true.

Someone else mentioned Thing helping move things for beer. That's probably more true than you think. Hell, he invited Deadpool over for beer. If he'll invite Deadpool, he'll invite anyone.

[Flash's Lightning]

Squirrel Girl can beat anyone, just in case all else fails.

Plus, she drives the fanboys nuts.

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

You know, I have *got* to read GLI or whatever name their team goes by right now. Is it true she kicked Dr. Doom's ass?

[worstblogever]

Who provides the hoes?

Stacy X, Madame Drache, Bette, and the rest of the mutant sex workers at the X-Ranch, that's who.

[Alan2099]

I haven't read Moonknight in quite some time, but he used to drive a cab.

[Shellhead]

Professor X and Magneto serve as the Martin Luthor King and the Malcolm X of the mutant minority. Whenever Professor X is out of the picture, Beast at least serves as an expert on medical/biological aspects of being a mutant.

Certain characters like Tony Stark and Warren Worthington have functioned as The Wallet for each team they are on.

Captain America was the moral compass of the Marvel Universe, at least for the heroes on Earth.

In the Silver Age, Iron Man was kind of a champion of capitalism. Several of his regular villains were communists or anarchists.

Hulk is kind of an all-purpose punching bag for the heroes. Sooner or later, nearly every hero fights the Hulk, and Hulk loses those fights more often than he should. Same with Doctor Doom, except that his losses are more often like draws, since he never gets captured.

In the Silver Age, Spider-man and the Thing both had monthly team-up titles that served as a way to introduce relatively minor heroes to a larger group of readers, to boost sales on their titles or gauge potential for a new title.

The Fantastic Four (for at least their first decade) kept expanding the Marvel Universe, discovering new concepts, exotic locations, alien races and more.

Sentry serves no particular role at all. His story was okay for a couple of minis, but he really just doesn't work in the overall Marvel Universe.

[RBishop]

Silver Sable provides mercenary services, typically of a "good" nature, while The Foreigner, her ex-husband, provides mercenary services on the "bad" side of the ledger.

Nice symmetry.

[T Hedge Coke]

Wouldn't basically any hero that has a job fall into this category? I mean, as garbage collectors or photojournalists, they're "fulfilling a roll" and providing a service, socially.

Also, can we officially retire the very awkward, incorrect, and somewhat stupid Xavier/Magneto MLK/Malcom X comparison? Make it Roosevelt/Hitler if you must, or Arthur/Mordred, turn it into the War of the Roses, but seriously, Magneto is Malcolm X is kind of insulting us all.

[Expletive Deleted]

Wouldn't basically any hero that has a job fall into this category? I mean, as garbage collectors or photojournalists, they're "fulfilling a role" and providing a service, socially.I think Flash's Lightning meant in terms of designated characters for certain tasks.

If a superhero needs a psychologist, he's probably going to call Doc Samson. If he needs a plumber, he's probably not going to call Captain Ultra.

[AllisterH]

I think Flash's Lightning meant in terms of designated characters for certain tasks.

If a superhero needs a psychologist, he's probably going to call Doc Samson. If he needs a plumber, he's probably not going to call Captain Ultra.

Exactly what I thought...

If you need a lawyer, heroes in the MU tend to turn to She-hulk and Matt Murdock (hell, this was even a plot point in Busiek's run on Avengers where Shehulk mentioned that what Captain A wanted her to work on - I think it was international law, WASN'T her specialty - criminal law)

That's why I nominated Screaming Mimi and She hulk - the former because even Songbird doesn't deny she was the village bike in the villain community when she was a villain and She Hulk seems like the first person any male hero calls when they're interested in getting their rocks off

[7thangel]

lois london: killer of hobo's and cats

she's doing her part to keep the mu hobo and cat free

[Finganforn]

In the Silver Age, Iron Man was kind of a champion of capitalism. Several of his regular villains were communists or anarchists.
That is not really particular to him. You can consider heroes fighting anything that had a different lifestyle/government scheme/philosophy different from US as characteristic of American culture during and after WWII, and I won't talk about present. First you would see people fighting nazis, then afterward people were fighting the evil communists. A lot of characters on that time had those kind of enemies, some more other less, even characters like Thor with cosmic and magical adventures would stop from time to time to put and end at a communist menace or to say something that could translate as "american way of life is the only one" in a way.

[Wind-Breaker]

Deadpool, Slapstick, Spider-Man: Jesters

[Flash's Lightning]

Yeah, just to clarify, what I mean is: if a hero needs a service as a hero, where can he go to get it? A superhero who doesn't want to reveal his identity, but is in legal trouble, would go to Matt, a superhero with the same needs, but for injuries, would go to the Night nurse.

And what roles do heroes play to other heroes? Reed is the science man for other heroes, it seems, for example.

Though I don't mind the other lists, I just wanted to clarify what I mean is all. I'm not very clear at times... :redface:

[Monty_Cristo]

Ant-Man - Female Body Inspector

[7thangel]

Yeah, just to clarify, what I mean is: if a hero needs a service as a hero, where can he go to get it? A superhero who doesn't want to reveal his identity, but is in legal trouble, would go to Matt, a superhero with the same needs, but for injuries, would go to the Night nurse.

And what roles do heroes play to other heroes? Reed is the science man for other heroes, it seems, for example.

Though I don't mind the other lists, I just wanted to clarify what I mean is all. I'm not very clear at times... :redface:
once again, lois london, killer of hobo's and cats. a hero can't be seen doing such dirty, but important work, it would be a p.r. nightmare. so they send for someone with experience and that would be lois london, the lesser known sister of dazzler but no less important in the MU.

unfortunately, she hasn't added redheads to her list of undesirables.

[Flash's Lightning]

unfortunately, she hasn't added redheads to her list of undesirables.

Where's Springheeled Jack when you need him? Marvel should use the character... :redface:

[invisiblefive]

(first, sorry for my english. not my native language...)
willie lumpkin is probably (although he is now retired) the official mailman of the marvel universe. he was also spiderman's mailman (and dated aunt may, if i recall)
she's dead now, but agatha harkness fulfilled the role of nanny, both for franklin richards and wanda maximoff.
curt connors was the official "blood sample" guy in the spider-verse for long.
and there's strong guy, who was bodyguard for lila cheney and dazzler.
cheney was also THE pop star of the marvel universe.
also, it seems a lot of the movies inside the marvel universe star simon williams, but i'm not quite sure.

[ReboundTerminator]

Who provides the hoes?
plantman provides hoes

[ReboundTerminator]

also dr donald blake and nurse/dr jane foster provide healthcare to heroes

various x-men have been teachers or other school staff, including magneto, tom corsi and sharon friedlander prodive schooling to mutants

[Greg Anderson]

I think Flash's Lightning meant in terms of designated characters for certain tasks.

If a superhero needs a psychologist, he's probably going to call Doc Samson. If he needs a plumber, he's probably not going to call Captain Ultra.

Voodoo's also a psychiatrist. :cool: