Which spoof of the superhero genre is the spoofiest.
The Flaming Carrot wears a costume that consists of a giant carrot mask (which extends from above his head to below his crotch and is actually on fire at the top), a white shirt, red pants, and flippers on his feet (in case he has to swim). The mask has a continually burning flame at the top and a secret compartment containing a nuclear powered pogo stick. Flaming Carrot also wears a crime fighting utility belt, but unlike that of the Batman, his is filled with silly putty, rubber bands, random playing cards, sneeze powder, and other similarly useless items (which nonetheless can become lethal weapons in his hands).
He is not averse to the use of firearms, and can be seen from time to time brandishing a semi-automatic pistol. The Carrot lives in Palookaville, a neighborhood of Iron City (a working-stiff sort of town like Akron, Ohio or Pittsburgh). Possessing no real super powers, the Carrot wins the day through sheer grit, raw determination, blinding stupidity, and bizarre luck.
Frank Einstein was born Zane Townsend, an agent of the Tri-Eye Agency. Townsend was killed in a car accident, then stitched back together and brought to life by two scientists, Dr. Egon Boiffard and Dr. Gillespie Flem. This resurrection left him amnesiac, and the resurrected John Doe was named after each of Flem and Boiffard's heroes, Frank Sinatra and Albert Einstein The procedure left Frank with supernatural reflexes and a slight degree of precognitive and empathic power, however he remembers nothing about his former life but faint, troubling memories relating to his death. Madman's costume is based on the only thing he can clearly remember: a fascination with a comic book character called Mr. Excitement.
Frank's resurrection altered his body, giving him various supernatural abilities. He possesses a supernatural intuitive talent for learning, allowing him to instinctively learn any skill and gain knowledge at a superhuman rate. He possesses supernatural physical coordination. His agility and reflexes are far superior or nule to those of an ordinary human. His tendons and connective tissues are more elastic and his nerve endings transfer stimuli faster.
Frank has also manifested numerous psionic abilities that border on the supernatural, including the power to obtain information about an individual by making physical contact, empathy, and clairvoyance. He is also able to perceive the future, sometimes manifesting in vague dreams while asleep, other times displayed in clear thought, and sometimes occurring at will. Unfortunately, he does not have complete control over his psionic abilities.
The battle between the Madman and the Flaming Carrot would be an epic battle, but in the end the Madman would win, because he actually has some superpowers. Using his supernatural talent for learning, he would figure out a way to beat the Flaming Carrot.
