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Back in high school, my high-school-BFF Bridget and I had Grand Plans for this webcomic, Hand Cranked Monk, which was a really dumb/fun/awesome superhero parody where everybody had really shitty powers, like Mystery Men (yes, it was awesome, yes, we were like 16). The main cast included:

TYPOGIRL: with the ability to change typos in any document ON DEMAND,

THE HAT HOARDER: the villain and TypoGirl's archnemesis, whose hat collection gives her Alternating And Wonderful Super Powers,

THE MAD SCIENTIST: The Hat Hoarder's assistant, who has only one move/one invention: THE WONDER-GIRAFFE. What is the Wonder-Giraffe? We don't know. It's never used, explained, or shown on screen. Ever.

and the rest of the protag's superhero team,

EZRA WILKINS: A redneck teenager with an electrified pitchfork,

SUPERCHRISTINE: like a cross between a banshee and Christine from Phantom of the Opera, who kills people with her terrifying, screeching voice (jabbing at Andrew Lloyd Webber from 2007 from two teenagers in Nevada),

BRITNEY: an aloof and ultra-cool party girl who shows up only when necessary by contract, and 

BRITBOY: whose superpower was being really, really, really English.

It is the quintessential teenage-webcomic-idea of the 2006-2010 era and I'm proud to have been a part of history, dammit.

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Anonymous

TypoGirl could probably sell their power as a service on Twitter. Seems like this could still be a nice, funky comic today.