The Stupidest Comic Book Vehicles For Super Characters Who Don't Need Vehicles At All

An overbearingly yellow chopper with the word "THANOS" scribed across the side, the Thanos Copter might not be the most sensible getaway vehicle for the barreling, purple beast, but it's certainly the most flamboyant. The strongest - and possibly deadliest - cosmic adversary of the Marvel Universe has no issues boarding a tiny bubble helicopter and zooming away to his next destination. Although a handy mode of transportation, he only uses it twice, in 1979's Spidey Super Stories and decades later in 2015's Deadpool.

The Supermobile serves as a soaring, multi-faceted vehicle for the DC Kryptonian alien, Superman. 1978's Action Comics #481 brought Superman a car that was just as super-powerful as himself - one which both duplicates and amplifies his powers. It also comes with some pretty wonky devices installed, such as hyper-extending mechanical robot arms and air jets that let Superman target his super breath.

In 1941's Marvel Mystery Comics #22, Namor, the DC Comics-dwelling, Atlantean superhero, builds his own land cruiser out of scrap metal. Its purpose? To herd out and apprehend Nazis. Even though he hails the vehicle as a technological marvel, one that even the German army would want for themselves, Namor abandons the Jeep soon afterward.

The Fiddle Car, property of The Fiddler in 1948's All-Flash #32, is an elongated car in the shape of a violin. The open-air vehicle might provide a breeze for its travelers, but beyond looking like a flashy corvette, the Fiddle Car serves little other purpose. The Fiddler might be able to use his instrument to control the people around him, but the car he drives around with him is just for show.

1952's Detective Comics #186 gave Batman and Robin the ability to fight crime from the leisure of their own miniature, flying Batcave. The Flying Batcave, a scaled-down version of their secret hideaway, is shaped like a bulbous, chopper-esque, purple saucer that compacts everything the crime-fighting duo needs into a single vehicle. It even includes a bunch of leisurely things that the two don't necessarily need in order to fight crime, including a miniature version of their trophy room. Not only does it allow for the Dynamic Duo to access many of the Batcave's real amenities in an instant, but it also serves as a home away from home if they decide to have company over.

Making its grand entrance in 1974's Amazing Spider-Man #130, the Spider-Mobile is a loud and colorful display of Spidey-pride. The road vehicle was originally built by Corona Motors to advertise their own wares, and they wanted Spider-Man to be the driving face of it. The clunky blue and red buggy has gone through a few upgrades in its existence, and it now comes as an upgraded version with web fluid airbags, ejection seats, gas bombs, and web-shooters.

Big Wheel's signature vehicle is a giant, spinning wheel of doom, which is also rather uncreatively named the Big Wheel. Big Wheel has used his main mode of transportation to rip and shred through the Marvel Universe since its creation in 1978's Amazing Spider-Man #182. The vehicle comes equipped with guns and movable arms, which makes the Big Wheel resemble a militant Ferris wheel gone rogue.

1983's Marvel comic series U.S. 1 features a trucker named Ulysses Solomon Archer and his high-tech big rig. Using the metal plate in his skull, he picks up CB radio frequencies and distress calls, promptly driving his truck to the scene of wherever the emergency calls him. The truck eventually ends up being modified to by aliens, allowing Archer to fly the giant metal crate through space.

Green Arrow cruises around the DC Universe in his own vehicle, the Arrowcar. His customized car, appropriately shaped like a giant arrow, first appeared in 1941's More Fun Comics #73. The Arrowcar met an interesting end when the Green Arrow decided that it was too expensive to maintain and auctioned it off. To keep criminals from bidding on it, he blew it up with a grenade.

Originally dubbed the "Kitty Car," the Catmobile is a vehicle shaped like a giant, elongated, squished cat. Built to soar across Gotham at super-fast speeds, the Catmobile is primarily used by Catwoman to escape from Batman at super-high speeds. After the vehicle's introduction in 1947's Detective Comics #122, Catwoman used the Cat-faced vehicle as a handy assistant to her heists, racing away from adversaries and leaping over buildings and bridges - just like a cat.

Soaring through the skies of DC Comics is Wonder Woman and her Invisible Jet. Although the jet itself is invisible, when Wonder Woman takes her seat in the cockpit, she can still be seen as a completely visible human, sitting in the pilot's chair. The Invisible Jet's stealth mode only makes the jet disappear, leaving its contents exposed to the naked eye - but only for the reader. The text within the comics hints that the jet makes everything invisible, and that Wonder Woman is seen so that the reader isn't just staring at an empty comic book panel. Making its first appearance in 1942's Sensation Comics #1, the Invisible Jet is a confusing pile of technology that frequently accompanies Wonder Woman as she traverses around the universe.

In mockery of Batman's own self-themed vehicle, the Joker made one of his own. The Jokermobile is a colorful, chaotic, limousine-like car that the Joker has used to zip around Gotham since 1946's Batman #37. Although the car packs a powerful punch, and is strapped with an arsenal of machine guns and other heavy artillery, the front of the car is also slapped with a giant plaster of the Joker's own goofy, grinning face.

1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1 features the super-genius Doctor Octopus and his giant Flying Octopus. In a fitting form of self-admiration, Doctor Octopus has shaped the vehicle just like an octopus, equipped with fully functioning, robotic octopus arms. As he soars the skies in the octo-saucer, he commits criminal activities and tries to outsmart Spider-Man by stashing the Flying Octopus away in a blimp. However, a massive, metal octopus isn't that easy to hide, and Spider-Man destroys it.

The Atomic Steed is a flying, metal, horse-like object. Brought into the Marvel Universe in 1978's Iron Man #110, the Atomic Steed is found by Beast and wielded as a piece of advanced weaponry. The futuristic steed was originally made to be used by the Knights of Wundagore, but the Avengers end up finding one for themselves during a mission in Transia. They use it for a bit, then lug it back to their mansion to toss into storage.

The Fantastic Four pilots a mega-vehicle suited to carry the entire crew. While it has gone through a few iterations in its existence, when the Fantasti-Car MK I was introduced in 1962's Fantastic Four #3, it was not a sleek or attractive sight. Although the whole group could definitely fit inside of the vehicle, its giant, clunky shape and awkward operational system promptly earned the vehicle the nickname "the Flying Bathtub."

Gracing the Marvel Universe with an absolutely absurd mode of transportation is none other than the almighty Thor. When he's not relying on his hammer to fly him around, Marvel's Thor is escorted around the multiverses via a heavy chariot pulled by two goats named Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder. Based off of the Norse god Thor's own chariot, the Marvel superhero's chariot first appeared in 1976's Thor Annual #5. Thor's goat chariot is great for times when he needs to bring along more than one passenger or is required to lug around any extra cargo.