Supervillians

People make fun of comic books because they depict a world where everyone wears spandex and have stoopid nicknames. Take the X-Men (the sequel is out and is as yet unseen by me). The bad-guys are called "Deathstrike," "Mystique" and "Whippoorwill." Well, as a former cartoonist, I'll tell you that the spandex thing just makes 'em easier to draw. And the nicknames? I dunno... just compare it to a real-life organization of super-villians: the mob. Does "deathstrike" sound any more idiotic than Vincent "The Chin" or Sammy "The Bull"?