We need to talk about Kevin

Kevin memed me after being memed by Sterling. I'm sure this is payback for... something.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? (Assume you also get baseline superhero enhancements like moderately increased strength, endurance and agility.)

I already have a very minor superpower, in that I can get Mrs. GFR to think about burritos if I concentrate hard enough. "What do you want for dinner tonight?" (Burritos burritos burritos... No offense to the taco blog, of course.)

But I think the power I want most of all would be teleportation through time and space. Since I'm all about freeing myself from the tyranny of geography.

Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you fancy, and why?

(I am assuming these quotes are since we're talking comics and not, say, MLK or Gandhi...) To take out to a beer, it would have to be Jenny Sparks. Or really, most any member of StormWatch or the Authority. Note I said most any member, not Bendix or the Doctor, for example.

Then there's Tesla Strong, though I think she fancies the molten guy more. And then Promethea or Girl One or... (I have a thing for smart women, so Moore's characters are usually right up my alley.)

Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you hate?

I'm not a huge fan of most of the "gritty" violent superheroes peddled for the last 20 years. I really wanted to like The Monarchy, but man was it ever awful. And then there's Strangers in Paradise, which isn't a superhero title but I just cannot stand in any way, shape, or form. I wanted to like it, really, I did, but I just did not.

OK, here’s the tough one. What would your superhero name be? (No prefab porn-name formulas here, you have to make up the name you think you’d be proud to mask under.)

During an Marvel RPG session, I was playing an electronics-powered superhero, and I think the name I came up with was Capaci-Tor, which seemed very 60s Marvel to me.

For me, personally, I think I am torn between The Electric Moose (all the powers of a moose, all the electricity of the Hoover Dam), or Ubiquitous Avenger. He's everywhere!

For extra credit: Is there an ‘existing’ superhero with whom you identify/whom you would like to be?

I think one of the reasons Spider-Man has been so popular through the years is that we all feel awkward and weird. Watching Peter Parker deal with his life is pretty true to what I remember of my own teen years, minus the mutants trying to kill me. "With great power comes great responsibility" is something I try to incorporate into my own life. Plus, who doesn't want a red-headed girlfriend who calls you "Tiger"?

Then there's the Alan Moore Supreme, who gets to edit comics, has multiple love interests, a robot army, AND has the best dog superhero pal ever.

Pass it on. Three people please, and why they’re the wind beneath your wings.

Rick - Because he hates Coldplay, too.
Philip - A distraction from the impending move!
and Lyle - Who reminds me that I need to cook more, and write about same.