In 1985, NBC aired The Misfits of Science, a quirky, super-powered teenager show notable for being one of Courteney Cox’s first projects. The future Friends megastar played Gloria, a telekinetic teenage delinquent limited in that she could only move what she could see. Alongside her was Johnny Bukowski, a rocker who drains electricity nearby so that he could then unleash lightning, and Dr. Elvin Lincoln, played by The Predator himself, Kevin Peter Hall, who was able to shrink in size.

Led by Dr. Billy Haynes, the Misfits of Science resembled DC’s Doom Patrol in that they were all struggling to live with their powers, and everyone had their own fears and idiosyncracies that would help drive the plot of the “case of the week” series. Sadly only lasting one season, this was an early original superhero show that tried to do something a little different by focusing on the teenage team dynamic and struggle with normal life.

Oh wait, if that sounds a little unoriginal, then you should know that, yes, Marvel did sue NBC over Misfits of Science, which resulted in a character named Iceman being removed from the show after the pilot aired.