NBC’s Powerless is far from the first time DC Comics has gone down the comedic route.

At long last, some laughs are coming to the DC Universe.

Anything that can lighten the load in the usually dire DCU is okay by us.

Plass origin was pretty simple.

An OBGYN?).

When a job went wrong, Eel was shot in the shoulder and doused with an unknown chemical.

Abandoned by his gang, Eel stumbled off to find help.

In the 1960s, DC revived Eel and Woozy and the magic was back.

Over the decades, Plas kept his humorous edge and was way more Bugs Bunny than Mister Fantastic.

Seriously, its one of the great tragedies of history that Bruce Campbell never got to play Plastic Man.

The original Inferior Five comics still hold up.

Bridwell and company infused their team with a slapstick sensibility and a certain charm that still delights.

One could totally picture this team in some form on TV or in film.

Imagine aMystery Menlike comedy with this group of comedic misfits.

Bat Lash

Holy genre mash up, Batman!

Complete with an ever present flower in his hat, Bat Lash is one of DCs greatest cowboy heroes.

He was an anti-hero with a shred of conscience that always ended up neck deep in trouble.

Lash liked his wine, women, and song and preferred the good life to dust ups with owlhoots.

IfThe FlashTV series proved anything, its that monkeys can work on super hero television.

And heres one of the most hilarious monkey property of all time.

The unlikely duo received their own series after theirShowcasetry out and the results were pure hilarity.

It was likeScarecrow and Mrs. Kingbut instead of a dude named Scarecrow it was a monkey.

You get the idea.

Like we said, beauty and the beast solving crimes and eating bananas was comedic DC perfection.

The Green Team

Hey, the one percent can be funny.

Thats right, Joe Simon, the same Joe Simon that co-created Captain freakin America.

It was sort of like Duck Tales without the ducks.

Two other issues ofThe Green Teamwere nearly completed but only published in DCs dumping groundCancelled Comics Cavalcade.

These adventures saw The Green Team go up against a giant lobster and a Hitler clone named Paperhanger.

Now thats some funny shit right there.

Yes, we could use a little Cecil Sunbeam in our lives again.

DC tried a Green Team revival in the New 52 era.

It was written and drawn by comedic DC masters Art Baltazar and Franco and is really worth seeking out.

Theres an internet porn joke there somewhere, but I cant find it.

Okay, so imagine a team where there was a member whose power was to make people really sick.

Well, the Subs had one and her name was Infectious Lass.

Well, the Subs had one and his name was Stone Boy.

Or how about Porcupine Pete who was this dude but he was also a porcupine.

And let us not forget Double Header- a guy with two heads who has two heads.

Did I mention he was a guy with two heads?

That was his power.

And he was a member of this team.

Double Header, yall.

Frank Miller even provided a cover to the final issue of the original series.

Since Ambush Bug cannot connect to a linear reality, even his origins are disputed.

were bitten by a radioactive space spider and infused with incredible power- no, Im not making this up.

Bugs primary power is teleportation but his real power is to satirize comics and his fellow heroes.

Or at least on Zack Snyder.

Lobo

You all know this bastich.

The JLI is a media gold mine and a great way to lighten up the DC Universe.

Imagine Nathan Fillion as Blue Beetle and Alan Tudyk as Booster Gold fighting alongside Michael Cudlitz as Guy Gardner.

Hitman

Do you like the black comedy ofPreacher?

Well,Preacherco-creator Garth Ennis has the perfect follow up for you.

The Hitman was a paid assassin named Tommy Monaghan.

But it is Monaghans innate ability with any and all firearms that make him such an unstoppable badass.

Other stories include Tommy and his crew taking on zombie dolphins and things just got more outlandish from there.

Yeah, its even better than it sounds.

In 2015, writer Heath Corson and artist Gustavo Duarte presented a Bizarro series unlike any other.

A comedic road trip masterpiece staring the unlikeliest pals in the DCU.

It was like a Hope and Crosby but with super powers and kryptonite.

But since this was more of a cartoon strip why does Sugar and Spike make our list?