I've often encountered variants of the thought experiment "which superhero would you be if you could?" But today I thought of one further...
PNQ: What superhero would you be if you also got their additional baggage?
1. You have to have their day job, socioeconomic status, etc.
2. You have to have the same supporting cast and enemies.
That is, if you want to have Spider-Man's powers you also have to deal with being perpetually broke, sick Aunt May, knowing that Venom etc. are out there and want you dead, etc.
I'll let you pick an era of comics as well, but remember that you also have to live in that world. Maybe villains aren't so bloodthirsty in the Golden Age, but you also have to deal with Nazis looking for mystical artifacts, the Spear of Destiny, etc. Plus you have to deal with the normal technology of the age, you can't prompt Reed Richards to create cell phone infrastructure or anything.
I'm not sure I'd want to be ANY hero with these additional constraints.
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