There's nothing worse than annoying kid heroes. Not only can they make a book worse, but they make things harder for the heroes too. Throughout comic history, writers have introduced kid heroes to books where all the characters were adults. These characters were meant to give the kid readers someone to relate to, or change the dynamic by making the hero responsible for raising a new generation.
Sometimes, this idea worked, like with Dick Grayson or Tim Drake, two of the coolest Robins. These characters became break out stars who could carry comics all on their own. But when a kid hero was annoying, they either ruined the chemistry of the book, or proved that even heroes had a limit to their patience.
10 Cyclone Makes Most Heroes She Meets Uncomfortable
A bubbly sixteen-year-old who struggled to make friends, fans of the JSA never had a problem with Cyclone, but the Justice Society was a different story. Because Cyclone had spent so much of her life alone, she didn’t know how to interact with people who actually wanted her around.
Cyclone would hammer everyone on the team with countless questions that she never allowed them to answer. She ran a Justice Society fanclub at her school and talked without listening for so long they all abandoned her. Even on the team, people mostly never wanted to talk to Cyclone again once she met them.
9 Damian Wayne Is Difficult For Any Hero To Adjust To
Damian Wayne has experienced a ton of growth in the years since his introduction. When he first appeared, he was a petulant brat that no one in the Bat-Family liked. Admittedly, he had some of the worst parents of any DC hero, but that's no excuse for his actions. Damian started off by beating up Alfred and assaulting Tim Drake.
After that, Damian struck up a love-hate relationship with Stephanie Brown by constantly insulting her. Although Bruce took him in, even Bruce found him so annoying he wound up screaming at him, saying he was "disrespecting his sensei." Fortunately, in the years since then, Damian has made massive changes and is at least tolerable.
8 Alpha Refused To Accept The Responsibility That Came With His Powers
Alpha was meant to be Spider-Man’s teenage sidekick. His inclusion would freshen up a title which didn’t add new characters often. The problem was nobody wanted him around. Alpha gained cosmic-level power within Spider-Man’s comics, but he was nothing like the titular hero.
Unlike Spider-Man, Alpha refused to shoulder the responsibilities that came with being a hero. There’s a reason this character isn’t even around anymore. Alpha was nothing but a problem for Peter Parker, and before lone, Alpha lost his powers and faded into obscurity.
7 The DEO's Orphans Took Time Away From The Other Titans Members
The DEO's orphan characters were introduced during the Titans Vol. 1 in the early 2000s. Because the Titans were all adults, DC wanted a group of new heroes who could be the next generation. The Titans rescued a group of orphans who all had superpowers, and who hung around Titans Tower for the majority of the 2000s Titans run.
However, the DEO orphans were inexperienced with their powers and caused more problems for the Titans than anything. Worse, they took too much time from the Titans’ storylines, causing the heroes to waste a lot of time babysitting them.
6 Jason Todd Was So Disliked Fans Voted To Kill Him Off
These days, Red Hood is one of the most popular members of the Batman family, but that wasn’t always the case. In the ‘80s, Jason Todd got his start as a knock-off version of Dick Grayson until his character got a reset following Crisis on Infinite Earths. Jason’s “new” self became considerably more annoying.
Jason Todd was more vocally disrespectful to Batman, often going against his orders. Although this behavior made him popular as Red Hood, as a teenager, it just made him a pain to deal with in and out of comics. Todd became so annoying that DC Comics readers actually called a hotline to have him killed off. DC eventually brought Todd back, but even now he's better as a villain than an antihero.
5 Rick Jones Is The Reason There's A Hulk
Rick Jones’ status as a hero comes largely because he wouldn’t stop hanging around the heroes. He spent so much time with them that the Avengers eventually made him an honorary member. For a time, Jones even took on Bucky Barnes’ original costume.
In Rick’s early years, he was nothing but trouble. In fact, Rick was the reason Hulk exists, since Bruce Banner had rushed in to rescue Rick Jones and got caught in the blast radius. In the aftermath, Rick followed Hulk around out of a sense of guilt, but his antics only caused more trouble for Banner.
4 The Cyclone Kids Followed Around Ma Hunkel Causing Trouble
In the Golden Age, comics were allowed to be a little more silly than they are today. So a superhero like the Red Tornado could be a mother with a pot on her head and a costume made of long johns. However, these silly aesthetics didn’t make the Cyclone Kids any more tolerable.
The Cyclone Kids were Ma Hunkel’s daughter and her close neighbor friend, who had their own makeshift costumes. Still elementary school kids, the fact they tried to tag along with Red Tornado made them a liability and potential victims. Fortunately, they rarely ran into truly dangerous threats.
3 Misfit Refuses To Listen To Orders And Endangers People Around Her
Misfit was an honorary member of Gail Simone's era of Birds of Prey, and one of their most polarizing members. She had a habit of constantly getting in trouble around other heroes, and seemingly a natural ability to avoid consequences to her actions.
The Birds of Prey had reluctantly taken Misfit in because they know she had no one else. However, Misfit's habit of ignoring people’s orders resulted in the many innocent people's deaths in Metropolis. Misfit's only saving grace was that she meant well and had a desire to inflict "Dark Vengeance," but that could only carry her so far.
2 Danny Chase Was Disliked By Every Member Of The Teen Titans
Danny Chase became a rarity in comic book history: he’s a superhero that no one tried to bring back after he died. He joined the Teen Titans after they worked together to save his parents. However, despite the team having his back as friends, Danny was always ungrateful.
Danny Chase saw himself as more important than the team and constantly made decisions that put the rest of the Teen Titans in danger. Despite his powers, the team rarely brought Danny along, turning him into the annoying kid sidekick, who wasn’t even helpful.
1 Bombshell Simply Existed To Cause Friction Among The Teen Titans
Bombshell is a Ravager with superpowers. She was meant to be the teenage Captain Atom, but she didn't get nearly the time Captain Atom did to develop. Part of this resulted from how Bombshell got introduced: she was a failed member of the Teen Titans during the One Year Later era.
On her return, Bombshell betrayed the Titans by working with Deathstroke, making her even more difficult for Titans fans to like. Despite this, Bombshell never felt like she had much character depth and seemingly existed to cause friction on the team.