I personally like any skrulls + pc. When you finally roll that 6 while tying up someone like Logan. Now thats a kodak moment...

Game i played last night, a veteran Vampire Lackry took down Thanos of all people! Bit him for four clicks and then was able to finish him off. Should have seen my friends face...

I keep modding generics for myself.
An Alfred medic.
crips and bloods.
A TO Morrow to become a medic, and one as a generic scientist.
Myself from a kingpin. (I'm a 6'3" 300 lb. professor of Chemistry so my clix wears a white lab coat.)

I love these Ideas and will probably do some.

"convict - orange jumper with chained ankles, 4 movement
assassin - some type of RCE?
police officer - marvel version of a simple cop
fireman - maybe no abilities just decent stats for a normal
EMT - just another medic needed in future sets
punk - more of the same
goon - as above
body guard - guy in suit, glasses. with a gun i guess
reporter - low stats low cost
scientist - mostly useful in a senerio game"

I doubt that we'll see marvel cops that aren't given the shield symbol, since we've already given them the SWAT members.
I like the fireman idea, but I'd give them some kind of barrier, or offensive ability for fire hoses. (energy deflection maybe?)

Well, lackeys are quite useful for blocking line of sight, for cheap cannon fodders, to complete the points of an army, and of course for acting as trouble-makers and going to B2B with opponents (preferably shooters).

And sometimes they can be quite dangerous. In one of my last game, a Roo Henchman (11 pts !!!) shoot at my Roo white queen (61pts) and send her straight back to my case ! (yeah, my opponent roll a double 6 and do 5 clicks of damage with the resulting knockback, and of course I miss my Super Senses roll).

I was desesperate and was upset that a so pityful fig (henchman) could have done this to my White queen. Now, I stay far away from the walls and I shoot first on the grunts, delivering my vengeance upon the source of my defeat.

And I had the Green Spandexed Gun Wielding Lunatic (read: R Hydra Agent, 9 points) nearly take out E Firelord, while said E Firelord was backed up by R Firelord!!!

One surprisingly effective "generic" piece is the Criminal from DC HT.

Low point cost. 4 or 5 clicks of life. Range attack. It does its job well.