Source: marvel.com

13. The Slingers

I’ve always had a love for weird forgotten Spider-Man stories and a big one of those was Identity Crisis. No, not the terrible DC story, but the pretty solid Spider-Man story.

In the story, Spider-Man was framed, so in order to get his superheroing done, he took up a slate of brand new identities. The acrobatic Ricochet, the shadowy Dusk, the high flying Hornet, and the brilliant Prodigy. But after he was done clearing his name, he tossed those identities to the curb. And four young people picked them up.

The Slingers took pre-existing reputations and made real heroic identities out of them, becoming real superheroes. The team had a short-running series before going their separate ways. Dusk disappeared into the night, Hornet was killed by a HYDRA-controlled Wolverine, Prodigy took a position with the Avengers Initiative, and Ricochet joined up with the Avengers Academy.

Although they’re no longer a team, they deserve far more respect than they’re currently being given.