Source: comicvine.gamespot.com
7. Triumph
Ha ha, Triumph. Nothing says late-nineties DC Comics like friggin' Triumph.
Hey, do you like The Sentry, but wish he was EVEN LESS interesting? Well, boy, do I have a deal for you! When Triumph showed up, he revealed that he was actually a founding member of the Justice League of America before he sacrificed himself and was erased from history. Not only that, he FOUNDED the JLA. Yeah. So cool.
When he got un-erased during Zero Hour, no one remembered him, and he was relegated to working with the Justice League Task Force, which was the worst of the three Justice League teams of that time. Like the "˜90s X-Force of Justice League comics. He was eventually possessed by a Magic Thunderbolt Genie (roll with it), and the Spectre froze him. And then he exploded.
Why Wasn't He Bigger: Look, the Sentry didn't work for the same reason. Character you never heard about but they're secretly great is a really bad hook. It just makes me feel like I'm reading about someone's fanfiction OC. In addition, Triumph doesn't feel like a fifties character. He feels like a nineties character who you're telling me showed up in the fifties. It's just silly.
