@toughbrick:
How do you mean? Granted, neither Hercules nor Orion can fly on their own, but beyond that... I believe they fit the definition of "brick" pretty accurately.
I understand you disagree, but could you elaborate on why? Thanks.
'Brick' doesn't really have a super standard definition so I can understand some variance in what people think, but at the very least a brick is a character whose powers are pretty much exclusively super strong and super tough. They win their fights through the simple art of hitting the other guy really hard. Think of characters like Hulk, Thing, Juggernaut etc.
As a very general rule, if the character has more powers than super strength, durability, and maybe some other powers which only supplement their brick fighting style (e.g. a healing factor), they are probably not a brick. But it's a little more complicated than that in practice.
The following characters there is almost no argument for being bricks:
- Carol (energy blasts/manip)
- Blue Marvel (same as above)
- Icon (same as above)
- Orion (same as above)
- Captain Atom (same as above)
- Sentry (like a billion powers, although he rarely uses most of them in fights)
- Wonder Woman (uses a sword and shield, rarely engages in slugfests)
- MMH (telepathy, intangibility, shapeshifting, etc.)
Then you also have characters (mostly just Superman and his clones) who have quite a lot of versatility but fight like bricks a lot of the time. These Superman clone ones are often separated into their own archetype called 'flying bricks', and could arguably include Blue Marvel and Sentry.
- Thor
- Superman
- Hyperion
- Gladiator
- Captain Marvel
So really, the only characters here I would classify as definite bricks are Wonder Man, Herc, and Black Adam. Although others would disagree with Black Adam because they think flying = not a brick, but I tend to disagree with that.
There is literally only 1 brick here lol.
I know you think Herc is a brick so how is Wonder Man not one 🤔
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