Practical comic book heroes?

[nancylebov]

Here's an essay raising the question of why good superheroes don't use their powers for their own good.

I don't sign on to every idea in the essay, but I'm curious about whether any good comic book characters make decent or better livings by using their superpowers. If not--and I can't think of any who do, but I'm no comics expert, then why not?

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Re: Is there a business case for super heroes?

[inquisitiveravn.livejournal.com]

Spiderman? He'd make an excellent bodyguard. Think about it. Extraordinary reflexes, super strength, a non-lethal ranged weapon that does a remarkable job of immobilizing threats, and danger sense. Okay, the danger sense seems to work on threats to him personally, but if he's sticking close to his client, then any threats to the client are likely to have him in the splatter zone and therefore be something he could detect.