Top Five Superheroes for People Who Aren't Nerds

The Dark Knight and Iron Man have lifted the superhero to unparalleled heights in 2008, proving once again that comic book superheroes are not just for nerds who can't get a date anymore. Even so, most of the comic book superheroes who have gotten the big screen treatment and who are known by people who never picked up a comic in their lives are still on the far side of paradise of cool. So who are the five coolest superheroes for people are not nerds? One man's opinion is another man's insanity, but herewith I offer a list of superheroes that I believe you don't necessarily need to be the equivalent of a fat, waddling Comic Book Guy to enjoy. Oh, and did you know that Comic Book Guy's real name on The Simpsons is Jeff Albertson. It was a blink and you missed it moment in an episode from a few years ago.

Freakazoid: Canceled too early, this WB briliance from the people who live inside Steven Spielberg's head was one half parody of superheroes, one half parody of 1960s cartoons, and one half parody of superhero cartoons from the 1960s. While utterly deranged crapulence like The Fairly OddParents has been on TV for about a decade now, Freakazoid lasted barely year. Kind of tells you all you need know about the minds (so-called) of American television network executives. Freakazoid was a show not easily described in the monosyllabic terms that network executives can understand and so lived on the memory of those who watched it during the last gasp of the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons, sandwiched between Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Funny thing about Freakazod; his altar ego is a nerd.

V: Heck, any comic book superhero who engages in anarchic tactics to bring down a system sunk in the mire of corporate fascism is okay by me. America could use a few real life V's right now to do the job that Nancy Pelosi won't. When Pres. John McCain realizes that Pres. Bush got away with it all and the Democrats didn't even hold one single investigation, well, the combination of McCain's ignorance and that huge chip on his should is going to mean we need a V more than ever.