You’ve always known that your abusive mother is not entirely human. That kind of evil has to be superhuman, akin to villains and mutants from the comic books.

So let’s play a game: which DC or Marvel comic book character is your mommy dearest?

1. Killer Frost Mother

Oooooooh she is as cold as ice!

A Killer Frost mother will give you cold shoulder all day, every day.

God forbid you’ve challenged her in some way. She will freeze you out until the end of time. Seriously, her silent treatment has no expiration date.

One bone-chilling look can bring you to your knees and make you regret ever crossing her. But don’t worry: a thaw will happen. When hell freezes over.

2. She-Hulk Mother

She is a She-Hulk mother.

You’re never sure what will set her off. But once she’s off – watch out!

Her rage is sudden and deadly. You can’t prevent it — but you can sort of see it coming. Her neck will thicken, her eyes will become smoldering sinkholes of fury, her skin will turn green, and she will grow to monstrous proportions.

At this point brace yourself – there will be angry shouting, name-calling and possibly physical violence.

She will get so scary so quickly, you won’t know what hit you. Well, it was probably her.

3. Polaris Mother

A Polaris mother is an erratic emotional mess.

Her superpower is wallowing in self-pity. She’s needy, she’s clingy, and totally enmeshed with her children. She will pull on your heartstrings day and night.

I’m having chest pains, can you come over? Your father abandoned me, I guess you will too. The clerk at the store gave me a stink eye. Everyone is out to get me. I’m hurt. Blah blah blah. Poor me.

Run before you get sucked into her cesspool of complaints, misery, and disappointment.

4. Wonder Woman Mother

Remember the line from that song – “Anything you can do I can do better”? That’s her! A Wonder Woman mother.

She can do it all – cook like the iron chef, keep her house spotless, throw tasteful dinner parties, crochet a fabulous afghan, have a lucrative career, and look great doing it.

She is just perfection in human form. And she’s compelled to let you know about it.

Did someone order unsolicited advice? No? Well, you’re getting it!

A Wonder Woman mother is filled with a sense of self-importance, and she always knows best. She will gladly point out your mistakes and share her authoritative opinion on just about anything – from treating genital warts to stuffing Christmas stockings.

So her superpower is being super annoying.

5. Granny Goodness Mother

As far as supervillain mothers go, Granny Goodness takes the cake.

On the surface, she is a marvelous grandmother. She showers your kids with attention, buys them expensive gifts, and takes them on fun trips.

But this is just a façade. Underneath this conjured-up image of a lovable babushka is a stone-cold manipulator who has found the perfect marionettes – innocent, naïve, defenseless children. She worms her way into their hearts, then turns them into pawns she can use in her games.

After spending alone time with Granny Goodness your kids may be starting all their sentences with: “But grandma says…”

They may be unusually temperamental or argumentative. They may be throwing tantrums if they can’t see her. They’ve been groomed.

Granny’s superpowers are brainwashing and comfort food.

Did you recognize your mother in one of the comic book characters from this list? Share below!

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