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8. Mongrel
*whistling noise*
Welp, here we go, let's talk about yet another character with a troubling name and concept. Josh Xan was an edgy teenager (I am so sick of typing out that sentence, and it’s only gonna get worse), whose entire characterization was that he was a jerk.
The victim of targeted harassment due to his half-Vietnamese heritage, Josh was attacked by a bloodlines parasite who gave him the super power of channeling his negative emotions into dark force energy. He used this power to help Hawkman, because Hawkman needs all the help he can get.
Josh settled on the nickname Mongrel, which seems misplaced. Like, I get the whole "take a horrible nickname you were given as a kid and reclaim it as your superhero name" thing. Daredevil did that. But "Daredevil" is a cool name. "Mongrel" is not.
He took his name and powers into the field for a long time as a member of the Blood Pack, until Superboy Prime vaporized him with heat vision.
