If I was going to live in any fictional comic book location, it would Definitely be Danny the Street. Fun Fact: Danny The Street is word play on the name Danny LaRue (French for The Road) an Irish entertainer who famously did drag shows in the 70s.
Although they are fairly recent characters, I'd add Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool to the list. Squirrel Girl was considered as a mutant since her debut (I believe it was in 1991), but never wanted to join the X-Men or any mutant team. In the more recent "Unbeatable Squirrel Girl" run, it's confirmed that she isn't a mutant, but instead she was born with squirrel powers. It's never revealed how or why that happened, and the only hint is that she says she has "partially squirrel blood", but that's only supposed to be a reference to the Spider-Man theme song. As for Gwenpool, it's sort of ambiguous. On one hand she was given an origin story, but soon found out it was a retcon, and hence it wasn't real. On the other hand, it's almost immediately revealed that her "origin" is basically her first appearance in the comics (as a variant cover, and her debut with Howard the Duck), because that's literally how she was created by Marvel. Her later miniseries also explores the idea of her being a mutant, but she regularly says that she isn't one. Depending on how you look at it, Gwenpool either has an origin that was fake, an origin that is too literal to be an "origin story", an origin that isn't true, or an origin that will always remain a mystery.
@@conradojavier7547 The thing is though, she's nothing like Deadpool (apart from her weapons, costume and name) or Gwen Stacy (apart from her first name and costume similarities), and she isn't a Deadpool variant. Making her origins as a literal Gwen version of Deadpool from a different universe won't work. Her origin is that she's a regular human being (named Gwendolyn Poole) from our universe that got sucked into the Marvel multiverse. Doctor Strange catches a glimpse of our universe (and even acknowledges the MCU's choice to cast Benedict Cumberbatch as him), and he states that the Marvel universe leaves stories of their reality as Marvel comic books in ours. This however is clearly impossible, and hence it cannot be her true origin. The only other option is to consider her origin story as writers saying "Hey, what if we make her a fictional character from our world?". That however automatically becomes the true origin of every superhero ever from "Hey, why don't we make him a kid that got bitten by a spider?" to "Hey, how about an alien baby that gets sent to earth moments before his planet is destroyed?". The mutant theory is also denounced by Doctor Strange's witnessing our universe. Unless there's a way to permanently retcon her story, Gwenpool has no true origin.
@@theartoonnerdologist411 In the early works she was considered a Mutant, it's only later on that it was revealed she's a mutate and not a mutant. However, there is still no explanation (unless I probably missed something) on how she has partial squirrel DNA.
I think Doop is a satire of DC Proty from LSH. #9: Look at AC comics for their tribute to her in Blue Bulleteer (later the sorceress, Nightveil) There's Black Orchid. At least she was a mystery (with multiple identities) at the times I read the comics back in the 70s.
The Phantom Stranger is an excellent choice for the top slot. My preferred origin: the Paul Levitz / Jose Luis Garcia Lopez one, where there is a town that the Old Testament God is smiting, with only one good man in the town. And that man first begs, and then argues with, an angel that it is better to turn evil to good than to kill the wicked, and eventually decides he would rather die with his people. So the angel instead charges him to walk with mankind as long as there is evil in the world, and to turn it to good. The one mercy she offers is that he will not remember his life as an ordinary man.
@@usernamenotwrittenoutoflaz9865 Thanks!! For me, the central question about the Phantom Stranger is, is he a man who became something more, or is he something else (like an angel)? Personally I am all in on, he is (or was) a man who has somehow touched the Divine and is operating on another level. Beyond that, I'm not really wedded to any one origin. Did you ever see the bowling alley scene from season 3 of "Fargo"? Tell me Ray Wise shouldn't be the Phantom Stranger. th-cam.com/video/4pbkSxibBzY/w-d-xo.html
Wasn't there a follow up story to Kingdom Come called simply Kingdom where The Phantom Stranger in that story was the adult child of that universe's Superman & Wonder Woman? Still doesn't explain how he became the Phantom Stranger, but he revealed this to the Kingdom Come Superman & Wonder Woman.
Imagine if ya tell one of them about their past, one of them would say like “oh…I’m sorry, it’s extremely personal” or like saying some kind of excuse in order to avoid their origin stories being really told…who knows lol
@@bobthedopeman7327 I want both, everyone already knows the characters so have the original team at start only to have them captured by Krakoa and bring in the Giant Size X-Men team (similar to the bait and switch in The Suicide Squad)
How can Danny The Street have any kind of sexual or gender identity? 🤦 It is a self-aware transforming piece of real estate.There are no other "The Street" type beings, and Danny cannot self-reproduce either. Danny being a he/him for the majority of the character's existence is akin to how ships and boats are commonly referred to as she/her. It is akin to referring to KITT or HAL 9000 as he/him. Using a gender pronoun makes the character more personable, but any kind of perceived sexual traits are literally and figuratively artificial.
@@glenndallas7171 KITT and KARR also have names, purposes, likes and dislikes, fears and heroic/villainous traits. (In case you are too young to know the reference, KITT and KARR are the self-aware, self-mobile vehicles from the Knight Rider franchise.) The vehicles’ programming and virtual intelligence matrixes make them seem like characters - aka people - more than vehicles, but they are still vehicles. They are not a species. They have no means of intimacy. They have no means or reproduction. They aren’t synthetic lifeforms, like The Transformers or The Borg from Star Trek. The vehicles cannot have gender identities because they are literally genderless! They cannot have a sexualities because they don’t have sexual or reproductive components. Here is more modern example. In the video game series, Mass Effect, there is an alien species known as the Asari. They have humanoid female body structures, including wide hips, soft voices, and enlarged breasts. However, the first game points out the Asari aren’t really females. They don’t truly have a gender. There are no male Asari, or male equivalent of the species either. Asari can mate with any gender of any other sentient alien species, AND the Asari can mate with other Asari (which is culturally frowned upon) However, the offspring is always more Asari. The progeny will have some of the personality traits of its “father” parent, but progeny itself will still have the same humanoid female body structures. The Asari are not women. They aren’t men. They are not pan or trans or non-binary or whatever buzz word the kids of today are using. But because the Asari have traits that are very similar most species with male vs female structures, the Asari have adopted terms like she, her, mother, daughter to effectively communicate with rest of the galaxy. Basically, it is the “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck…” rule. Until DC Comics introduces other “(Insert Name Here) The Street” characters in order to make comparisons to Danny The Street, the character is not a he/him or a she/her (and damn sure isn’t a they/them). Danny The Street is a singular unique being in the DC Universe with neither gender nor reproductive capability. Referring to Danny The Street as “he/him” makes communication more effective, just as referring to the Asari with female terms makes it easier for the Mass Effect franchise. 👨🏫🧬
@@HighHeelKnight You have no idea if Danny can reproduce. Danny is magical, and has taken the forms of a street, a brick, a van, and a world. You might not even be able to recognize the form Danny's reproductive or sexual organs take, if such are required for them to reproduce. You're being presumptuous and making specious comparisons. You might as well argue that a soldier who loses his genitals in wartime is no longer a man, because he lacks the sexual organ you expect. Referencing an AI like KITT or KARR is a totally nonsensical comparison. And the alien race from Mass Effect is equally irrelevant. Danny has "they/them" pronouns because those are Danny's pronouns. Case closed.
Pretty sure you described the origins of a fifth of those just in this video
If I was going to live in any fictional comic book location, it would Definitely be Danny the Street.
Fun Fact: Danny The Street is word play on the name Danny LaRue (French for The Road) an Irish entertainer who famously did drag shows in the 70s.
Although they are fairly recent characters, I'd add Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool to the list.
Squirrel Girl was considered as a mutant since her debut (I believe it was in 1991), but never wanted to join the X-Men or any mutant team. In the more recent "Unbeatable Squirrel Girl" run, it's confirmed that she isn't a mutant, but instead she was born with squirrel powers. It's never revealed how or why that happened, and the only hint is that she says she has "partially squirrel blood", but that's only supposed to be a reference to the Spider-Man theme song.
As for Gwenpool, it's sort of ambiguous. On one hand she was given an origin story, but soon found out it was a retcon, and hence it wasn't real. On the other hand, it's almost immediately revealed that her "origin" is basically her first appearance in the comics (as a variant cover, and her debut with Howard the Duck), because that's literally how she was created by Marvel. Her later miniseries also explores the idea of her being a mutant, but she regularly says that she isn't one. Depending on how you look at it, Gwenpool either has an origin that was fake, an origin that is too literal to be an "origin story", an origin that isn't true, or an origin that will always remain a mystery.
I'd rather Depict Gwenpool as a Gwen Stacy Variant if She's that Universe's Deadpool.
@@conradojavier7547 The thing is though, she's nothing like Deadpool (apart from her weapons, costume and name) or Gwen Stacy (apart from her first name and costume similarities), and she isn't a Deadpool variant. Making her origins as a literal Gwen version of Deadpool from a different universe won't work.
Her origin is that she's a regular human being (named Gwendolyn Poole) from our universe that got sucked into the Marvel multiverse. Doctor Strange catches a glimpse of our universe (and even acknowledges the MCU's choice to cast Benedict Cumberbatch as him), and he states that the Marvel universe leaves stories of their reality as Marvel comic books in ours. This however is clearly impossible, and hence it cannot be her true origin. The only other option is to consider her origin story as writers saying "Hey, what if we make her a fictional character from our world?". That however automatically becomes the true origin of every superhero ever from "Hey, why don't we make him a kid that got bitten by a spider?" to "Hey, how about an alien baby that gets sent to earth moments before his planet is destroyed?". The mutant theory is also denounced by Doctor Strange's witnessing our universe. Unless there's a way to permanently retcon her story, Gwenpool has no true origin.
Squirrel girl is a mutate not a mutant
@@theartoonnerdologist411 In the early works she was considered a Mutant, it's only later on that it was revealed she's a mutate and not a mutant. However, there is still no explanation (unless I probably missed something) on how she has partial squirrel DNA.
@@yannickvaz694 her dna was altered it wasnt explained how when she was a teen
I think Doop is a satire of DC Proty from LSH.
#9: Look at AC comics for their tribute to her in Blue Bulleteer (later the sorceress, Nightveil)
There's Black Orchid. At least she was a mystery (with multiple identities) at the times I read the comics back in the 70s.
Love to see some of the Legion of Superheroes on this list. Most of them get a new origin Every reboot
Hooded Justice got a pretty detailed origin story in the 2019 Watchmen HBO series.
The Phantom Stranger is an excellent choice for the top slot. My preferred origin: the Paul Levitz / Jose Luis Garcia Lopez one, where there is a town that the Old Testament God is smiting, with only one good man in the town. And that man first begs, and then argues with, an angel that it is better to turn evil to good than to kill the wicked, and eventually decides he would rather die with his people. So the angel instead charges him to walk with mankind as long as there is evil in the world, and to turn it to good. The one mercy she offers is that he will not remember his life as an ordinary man.
That is also really good.
I like the theory that all of his origins are true at the same time. Saw a video about this theory some time ago would recommend you to watch it
m.th-cam.com/video/cEiPCkLQzhg/w-d-xo.html
This is the video i am talking about
@@usernamenotwrittenoutoflaz9865 Thanks!! For me, the central question about the Phantom Stranger is, is he a man who became something more, or is he something else (like an angel)? Personally I am all in on, he is (or was) a man who has somehow touched the Divine and is operating on another level. Beyond that, I'm not really wedded to any one origin.
Did you ever see the bowling alley scene from season 3 of "Fargo"? Tell me Ray Wise shouldn't be the Phantom Stranger.
th-cam.com/video/4pbkSxibBzY/w-d-xo.html
@@usernamenotwrittenoutoflaz9865 I left a comment on that video; you can check it out if you like.
Great upload
Some German guy named ‘hooded justice’ shows up in my hood, we ain’t havin’ it.
Jean Grey never joined the Hellfire Club. The Phoenix entity did
Origins, hell! I've only ever heard of three of these!
Wasn't there a follow up story to Kingdom Come called simply Kingdom where The Phantom Stranger in that story was the adult child of that universe's Superman & Wonder Woman? Still doesn't explain how he became the Phantom Stranger, but he revealed this to the Kingdom Come Superman & Wonder Woman.
Good stuff
However I have to do it
Flash Gordon quarterback New York Jets.
Idk, that time machine looked like it came straight from Capsule Corp.🚀⏰️
The phantom strangers origin was explored in Dceased Dead Planet. We find out who he is.
I always felt Danny the Street was of the same species as Mogo and Ranx
A polo player who could automatically do whatever was needed, like flying a plane being a proficient fighter? Sounds like a Gary Stu.
nice to see ya Josh!
The TIck! Danny the Street! Flash! Gordonnnnn!
10 out of 10, great list!
Danny the Street is just an awesome character. Weird yes but awesome.
Imagine if ya tell one of them about their past, one of them would say like “oh…I’m sorry, it’s extremely personal” or like saying some kind of excuse in order to avoid their origin stories being really told…who knows lol
top 10 x-men characters that should and shouldn't be in their MCU debut!
I want the originals. Professor X, Cyclops, Beast, Ice Man, Angel, and Jean Grey.
@@bobthedopeman7327 I want both, everyone already knows the characters so have the original team at start only to have them captured by Krakoa and bring in the Giant Size X-Men team (similar to the bait and switch in The Suicide Squad)
@@bobthedopeman7327 Jean Grey is overrated abd bland now!
@@bobthedopeman7327 i would put Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, ice Man, Beast, and emma frost! with Forge and Sunspot in the mix!
Sadly, being a stranger meant he couldn't help Stanley.
DOOP. Democratic Order Of Planets.
Love the video
Oooo9ooooo
@@davidnelson8082 Hooked on phonics can work for you
Upvote for talking about NOT MARVEL OR DC for a few minutes!!! All salute the Big Blue Bug of Justice!!!!
Da-DWEEEEEEEEEEE- dadadadweeDOW...
Danny!
I'm pretty sure you forgot the hooded justice was later discovered to be black man not wyt remember 🤷♂️
"[...] whose origins are a mystery" ...
If you explain most of their origins, where is the mystery??? Logic has left the building.
How can Danny The Street have any kind of sexual or gender identity? 🤦
It is a self-aware transforming piece of real estate.There are no other "The Street" type beings, and Danny cannot self-reproduce either.
Danny being a he/him for the majority of the character's existence is akin to how ships and boats are commonly referred to as she/her. It is akin to referring to KITT or HAL 9000 as he/him.
Using a gender pronoun makes the character more personable, but any kind of perceived sexual traits are literally and figuratively artificial.
Its fucking stupid is what it is
Danny has a name, a purpose, likes and dislikes, fears and heroic traits. Why can't Danny have a gender identity and sexuality too?
@@glenndallas7171 KITT and KARR also have names, purposes, likes and dislikes, fears and heroic/villainous traits. (In case you are too young to know the reference, KITT and KARR are the self-aware, self-mobile vehicles from the Knight Rider franchise.) The vehicles’ programming and virtual intelligence matrixes make them seem like characters - aka people - more than vehicles, but they are still vehicles. They are not a species. They have no means of intimacy. They have no means or reproduction. They aren’t synthetic lifeforms, like The Transformers or The Borg from Star Trek. The vehicles cannot have gender identities because they are literally genderless! They cannot have a sexualities because they don’t have sexual or reproductive components.
Here is more modern example. In the video game series, Mass Effect, there is an alien species known as the Asari. They have humanoid female body structures, including wide hips, soft voices, and enlarged breasts. However, the first game points out the Asari aren’t really females. They don’t truly have a gender. There are no male Asari, or male equivalent of the species either. Asari can mate with any gender of any other sentient alien species, AND the Asari can mate with other Asari (which is culturally frowned upon) However, the offspring is always more Asari. The progeny will have some of the personality traits of its “father” parent, but progeny itself will still have the same humanoid female body structures.
The Asari are not women. They aren’t men. They are not pan or trans or non-binary or whatever buzz word the kids of today are using.
But because the Asari have traits that are very similar most species with male vs female structures, the Asari have adopted terms like she, her, mother, daughter to effectively communicate with rest of the galaxy. Basically, it is the “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck…” rule.
Until DC Comics introduces other “(Insert Name Here) The Street” characters in order to make comparisons to Danny The Street, the character is not a he/him or a she/her (and damn sure isn’t a they/them). Danny The Street is a singular unique being in the DC Universe with neither gender nor reproductive capability. Referring to Danny The Street as “he/him” makes communication more effective, just as referring to the Asari with female terms makes it easier for the Mass Effect franchise. 👨🏫🧬
@@HighHeelKnight You have no idea if Danny can reproduce. Danny is magical, and has taken the forms of a street, a brick, a van, and a world. You might not even be able to recognize the form Danny's reproductive or sexual organs take, if such are required for them to reproduce. You're being presumptuous and making specious comparisons.
You might as well argue that a soldier who loses his genitals in wartime is no longer a man, because he lacks the sexual organ you expect.
Referencing an AI like KITT or KARR is a totally nonsensical comparison. And the alien race from Mass Effect is equally irrelevant.
Danny has "they/them" pronouns because those are Danny's pronouns. Case closed.
Writers made them up. Origin mystery solved.
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Sage is a mutant. What other explanation do you need?
Number 15. Watchmojo
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?
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