9 Characters Who Should Be In DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Yesterday CW finally announced the name of their Arrow/Flash spin-off.  DC's Legends of Tomorrow will feature a large cast of time traveling characters including those already seen on its parent shows like Brandon Routh's Ray Palmer (Atom) and Wentworth Miller's Leonard Snart (Captain Cold) as well as new characters Rip Hunter and Hawkgirl as played by Arthur Darvill and Ciara Renee respectively.  The new show's line up is already pretty stuffed but I think there's room for a little more.

1. Static Shock

Static, alias Virgil Hawkins, is best remembered for his cartoon that ran for four seasons in the early 00's.  Static was originally created by Milestone Media in 1993 but was owned by DC, allowing his cartoon to cross over with Batman , Superman, and Justice League.  In 2008 he officially joined the DC comics universe.  He was last seen on the pages in a 2011 series as part of the New 52 reboot but it was cancelled after 8 issues.  Most recently Static appeared in the final season of the Young Justice cartoon.

Static's appeal has been compared to the early days of Spider-Man.  He's a normal nerdy teenager blessed/cursed with amazing powers after an accident and a great since of humor since birth.  The comparison has been noted by the character's creator Dwayne McDuffie who named Spidey as an influence.  

The original Static comic book and the animated series, both created by McDuffie, were critically and commercially successful but the character hasn't been able to find a steady foothold since.  He will get another chance in the upcoming live action web series by WB.  It was announced last fall but nothing has been said about it since.  Based on the little information available I can't imagine any reason the series couldn't cross over with Legends of Tomorrow.  Static's snark would certainly fit in well with the lighthearted atmosphere of The Flash and he would probably get along with Arrow's boyish rich genius pseudo-Iron-Man Ray Palmer, who will be in the new series.

2. Mr. Mxyzptlk

Legends of Tomorrow already features a couple of villains in Captain Cold and Heatwave but they're a little underrepresented.  A great addition could be a classic Superman foe, specifically the malicious imp Mr. Mxyzptlk from the 5th dimension.  The Unpronounceable One is nearly omnipotent and completely unpredictable.  Ideally, Mr. Mxyzptlk would be played by his voice actor from Superman: The Animated Series, the one and only Gilbert Gottfried.  Featuring a live action Mr. Mxyzptlk and staying true to his absurdist roots would be risky but if anyone can pull it off it's the people who put a psychic gorilla in The Flash.

3-9.  All Static Shock again

He's really great.