Phantom Stranger

Phantom Stranger is by no means a joke character – far from it in fact – but his weird concept and completely unknown origins would certainly make for a very zany movie.

First appearing on panel in Phantom Stranger #1 (August–September 1952), he is depicted as a near-omniscient immortal whose use of magic essentially gives him vast reality warping powers. However, some people actually think he is a deluded fool who uses cheap parlour tricks to make himself look powerful.

Four different possible origin stories have been told for the character (e.g. he’s a fallen angel or a time-looped being who was present for both the start and end of the universe), while several more have been speculated or mentioned (e.g. he’s a variation of Judas Iscariot or an older and more powerful version of Jonathan Kent).

Like Deadpool, he is capable of breaking the Fourth Wall and has worked alongside the likes of the Justice League, the Justice League Dark and the Sentinels of Magic.