3. Stingray
Stingray, aka man-with-least-superheroic-name-ever Walter Newell, was an inventor and wannabe superhero based in Connecticut. Trying to be a superhero in Connecticut is like trying to be a movie star in San Diego: you can try, but all your opportunities are a two-hour commute away.
Clad in his power-rangers-esque costume, Stingray took to the seas, the one place with less crime than Connecticut. Stingray was drafted into the Avengers during a conflict over a Russian submarine because they needed a water guy and, wait for it, Namor was busy. That’s right, when the man who tried to murder-drown New York City isn’t available, Walter Newell is a good second choice.
I’ve read “The Crossing Line†Stingray’s one and only outing as an Avenger and I am 99 percent certain that the Avengers accidentally left Stingray in Soviet Russia at the end of that story. We don’t see him getting into the Quinjet with the rest of the team and when the Avengers return to their base at the start of the next issue, Stingray isn’t with them. Looks like Walter has a long swim back to Connecticut ahead of him.
