If the Australian summer was a comic book characterNovember 17, 2012 by

As I mentioned yesterday the last few days have been extremely hot in Australia and this has resulted in a few very sweaty days and nights. The thing is when there are hot days in Australian summers...they are quite often followed by violent storm systems that are filled with heavy rain, wind and hail.

Currently one is carrying on and I'm stuck away from home at 10:30pm writing this post on my phone. (as I've said..crazy Australian summers. Am I right?)

Anywho, while sitting here I've been thinking. If Australian summers were a comic book character, which one would it be.

Obviously it shares similarities to the character of Storm from the X-men, what with thunder, lightning and wind capabilities etc.

Unfortunately Storm doesn't have the heat bringing abilities of a Australian summer (if she can bring heat then I stand corrected, for the purpose of this post I'm going on what I have seen...and I can't say ive personally seen storm bring the heat. Powers wise that is. She totally brings the heat in other ways ;) )

I like to think of the Australian summer as something that can tire you out, then when you finally get comfortable with the insane heat and being tired, it throws a curveball at you with devastating effect.

A character that can do all this, would in essence be the Australian summer of the comics world.

A character that can be devastating in one blow..well there's plenty of those. Hulk, thing, superman, etc. You get the picture, strong characters who with one hit could wipe the floor with you.

None of these guys however wear down their respective opposition. Characters that do this are guys like the flash, quicksilver, fast guys that eventually tire you out to the point of giving up. Then there are guys like green arrow, who although very direct, have the ability to wear you down through stealth and picking off your allies, etc.

Now where does this leave me? In a bit of a pickle actually. I'm struggling to find a character I like that fits my view on Australian Summers.

So I turn it over to you guys, who do you think should have the mantle and why?

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