Comic Book Characters as athletes

Some time back The Comic Treadmill talked about an old DC comic book where the heros and villains of the DCU played a challenge baseball game.

In that spirit, what are some sports/positions that major comics characters would be ideal for? (Note, unlike the baseball game, assume that powers are legal.)


The Flash Ok, you could put this guy in any one of about 150,000 things. As they say, you can't coach speed. That said, football wide reciever it is.

Superman Again, you name it, he can do it. I'll make him my running back.

That means that we need a quarterback, and while they may not like playing with villains on their team, is there a better quarterback out there than Bullseye?

Aquaman Of course, he's the captain of the Water Polo team. Poor guy, no one ever watches Water Polo any more.

Cyclops the guy is all about angles... it's not a sport per se, but let him go hustle Jackie Gleason over a pool table.

Spiderman I wonder of being bitten by a radioactive spider would be enough to disqualify him from the Olympics in gymnastics?

We have to have some baseball players... so

Batting leadoff, in Center Field... Quicksilver not as fast as Wally... but fast enough.
Batting second, at Second Base... Nightwing fast, agile, great hand eye coordination. Bet he's good with glove and bat.
Batting Third, in Right Field... Wonder Woman that's a slot you want a good mix of power and average, and good bat control.
Batting fourth, at Third Base... Captain Marvel (DC) Power, speed, he has the complete package
Batting Fifth, in Left Field... Wolverine Every team needs a fireball, Lenny Dykstra type. Besides, no risk of his ever being on the Disabled ist
Batting Sixth, at Shortstop... Brianna Diggers of course, she may be a bit error prone.. but hey
Batting Seventh, at Catcher Solomon Grundy Ok, I don't much like Grundy, but no one is going to steamroll him at the plate.
Batting Eigth, at First Base Rhino ok, he won't hit for average, but great power.
Batting Ninth, Starting Pitcher... Mr. Terrific of course, he wouldn't be allowed to use a T-sphere as a ball.

Manager: The Taskmaster


Finally, one last one

Hockey Goalie... the Blob.

You try getting a puck past him.