Stan Lee's Calls, The Good and The Bad (Spoilers)

Last night Stan Lee displayed both some of his best judgment and some of his worst.
Last year, one of the competitors had a habit of removing parts of his costume for one reason or another. For some reason, Stan doesn't like this. His argument is that Superman or Spider-man would not remove part of their costumes because it's part of who they are. (Keep in mind, Spider-man had JUST revealed his identity to the world on Marvel comics when that episode aired.)
The competitor last year was even penalized once for removing his cape and placing it in a puddle for some women to walk on as he helped them across the street. Bad call, Stan.

Well, Stan did it again. Last night, the Defuser gave a small metal "jack" to an adoring child and said, "if the bad guys are chasing you, throw this behind you and it'll stop the bad guys." Later, he was lectured by Stan for giving away a part of his costume. Again, this seemed like an idiotic reason to penalize someone. Although it wasn't my favorite moment, even Batman in "Batman Begins" gave his night goggles to a kid. And he didn't even give a legitimate reason! At least the Defuser gave the kid the "gadget" so he could protect himself from, "bad guys"!

Despite this lame call, Stan made the right decision, I think, by removing "Whip-Snap" from the game. Near the beginning, I thought she would be a contender for the final prize. She seems to have come from the lowest place in life and really overcome alot to be where she is. In that sense, she is a true, real-life hero. However, one of the qualities looked for in a Superhero for this show is that of being a role-model. With all of the baggage that Whip-Snap is still obviously dealing with, she's certainly on the road to being a wonderful role model... but she isn't there yet. And I was afraid she might win based on sympathy from Stan. I'd love for her to come back to the show and compete again in a few years after dealing some more with the pain of her past, but this was the right time for her to go.

Still, I gotta say I prefer the role of "arm-chair critic" to contestant. I wouldn't last more than one episode on this show. Freakin' snakes and spiders, people... snakes and spiders... in the dark!