A Totally Useless Superpower: a personalized comic book gift
Their power: they always know exactly how many seconds the toaster has left. Or they can talk to pigeons, but only about the weather. This story hands your hero a magnificently pointless superpower, then puts the whole city in danger and forces them to save the day with it anyway. Their face is on every page, proud and baffled in equal measure. Tell us their funniest habit or the oddly specific thing they are great at, and it can become the power. Peak silliness, lovingly drawn.
Create this comicWho it is for
Brilliant for the friend with weird talents, the coworker famous for one oddly specific skill, or your partner, as a birthday gift, a white-elephant swap or a just-because surprise.
What can happen in the story
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Your hero wakes up with a mysterious new superpower: they can make any sandwich perfectly room temperature.
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The real superheroes laugh them out of tryouts, just as a giant villain starts stomping toward downtown.
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Somehow your hero defeats the villain with a barrage of lukewarm sandwiches: SPLAT! SPLAT! 'You're welcome.'
How it is made
- 1. Add your hero.A clear photo, a first name and a few fun answers: their job, their catchphrase, a funny habit, an inside joke or two.
- 2. Pick a story idea.We write three A Totally Useless Superpower story ideas from your answers. Pick one and see the cover and the first page for free.
- 3. Read it, then print it.The eBook is $7.99 and ready in about 15 minutes. Print the hardcover if you love it.
Questions about this comic
Can the useless power be based on an inside joke?
That is the dream. Put the joke in the 'anything special' field, like their uncanny ability to find parking or to fall asleep in any chair, and the story is written around it. The more oddly specific the joke, the better this one works.
What if I cannot think of a useless power for them?
No problem. Answer the fun questions about your hero, especially the funny habit and what they know more about than anyone, and we write three story ideas, each with its own gloriously pointless power. Pick your favorite, then see the cover and the first page for free.