topcapfan Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 I've been reading the old Champions comics by Eclipse and Hero when I can get my hands on them. I loved the Galloping Galooper. Whatever happened to him. I don't see references to him in any of the fifth ed publications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 None of the Champions in the Comic are mentioned in 5th edition. And I only ever saw references to the Galooper aside from his Comic Appearance in The Great Supervillain Contest. so if you want to convert him, do so. But the chances of him making an appearance in 5th are slim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 I'm pretty sure that the Galooper was created and is owned by Dennis Mallonee, who wrote those Champions comics and their successor series. DoJ has made it clear that they don't want to use characters that they don't own the rights to. GG was fun, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 I think some characters are property of Heroic Publishing and therefore not converted to 5e. [Edit: Whoops! Beat me to it. That's what I get for having a conversation while I type a reply] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 I always thought Andy Robinson was the Galooper...Hmmmm I'm sure he played him once...but that may not mean he wasn't borrowing a concept though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Galooper retired Actually, the Galloping Galooper retired after being badly hurt by the Blond Bombshell and finally realising he was a pathetic joke of a superhero.(At least he never realised that Flare recruited Foxbat to act as his stand-in). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyendasky80 Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Could someone tell me who/what the Galloping Galooper was? What sort of powers and such? I am not familar with the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Originally posted by Eyendasky80 Could someone tell me who/what the Galloping Galooper was? What sort of powers and such? I am not familar with the series. Under 3rd Edition rules, he was a 268 point character. Enhanced DEX, a sword, Flash Def AVLD EB Enervator Ray, Force Field, Flash grenades, Entangle grenades, Flash Def goggles, Mental Defense (helmet?), and a Running boost from "leg pumpers" (OIF). And because of all of his gadgets, he took 1d6 electrical damage if splashed with water. He would require a severe rewrite these days. e.g. his Force Field is bought with 16 Charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 You know ... it'd be cool to see Dennis Mallonee make a Guardians sourcebook for Champions that includes people like good ole GG and the gang Too bad it'd never happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Just how much bad blood is there between some of the old guard and DOJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 When the Galooper was introduced in the Champions comic series, I got a kick out of the various rumored origins that he himself had spread: that he had arrived on Earth as a baby in a space ship; that he was a reincarnated Egyptian prince; or that he had been bitten by a radioactive horse. Also a nice touch that he would use his great-grandfather's cavalry sword in battle, or at least one of them - his grandfather didn't use them, he made them. Silly as his name and gimmicks were, though, Dennis Mallonee wrote him as utterly serious, not seeing himself as silly at all. All of those elements made him sort of comic relief, but he was competent enough to not be a total joke character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Originally posted by Agent X Just how much bad blood is there between some of the old guard and DOJ? I'm not sure that there's any bad blood at all between DoJ and Dennis Mallonee - in fact Dennis has posted to these boards a few times. Whatever conflicts might have occurred in the past would have been between Mallonee and the original shepherds of Hero Games: Steve Peterson, George MacDonald et al, although I personally have never heard details. Or perhaps the problems were between DM and Iron Crown Enterprises when they owned Hero. Certainly the ICE era left a bad taste with several Hero creators. As for Peterson, MacDonald, Glen Thain and other Hero "old guard," Steve Long has mentioned on more than one occasion that they remain in touch and on good terms, and wish DoJ the best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Originally posted by Lord Liaden I'm not sure that there's any bad blood at all between DoJ and Dennis Mallonee - in fact Dennis has posted to these boards a few times. Whatever conflicts might have occurred in the past would have been between Mallonee and the original shepherds of Hero Games: Steve Peterson, George MacDonald et al, although I personally have never heard details. Or perhaps the problems were between DM and Iron Crown Enterprises when they owned Hero. Certainly the ICE era left a bad taste with several Hero creators. As for Peterson, MacDonald, Glen Thain and other Hero "old guard," Steve Long has mentioned on more than one occasion that they remain in touch and on good terms, and wish DoJ the best of luck. I just see people out there with properties of limited value without Hero and a Hero that couldn't hurt itself by reconnecting with many of those past properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Originally posted by Agent X I just see people out there with properties of limited value without Hero and a Hero that couldn't hurt itself by reconnecting with many of those past properties. I'd buy an "Old Guard NPC book" with Marksman, Flare and the gang, Galooper, the Golden Swordsman, Lenore and all that. It would be nifty. Don't figure it will ever happen, but it would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamashii2000 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Originally posted by Eyendasky80 Could someone tell me who/what the Galloping Galooper was? What sort of powers and such? I am not familar with the series. He was a joke, and not a very funny one. (No, I never liked Galloping Galooper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmallonee Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: Galloping Galooper Andy Robinson created and owns the rights to the Galooper. The Galooper was a joke. But he was a very serious joke, the point of which was that a hero can be far more than a name. I should make it clear that Heroic Publishing's policy has always been to make certain rights are vested with their creators. Any characters and concepts used in the comics, both old and new, were and are used with creator permission, and therefore come directly from the source. As far as we're concerned there's no bad blood between Heroic Publishing and Hero Games. It's just a question of maintaining separate identities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: Galloping Galooper I always loved Flare and the others. Anyways, hear's wishing you luck with the new paper version of Heroic Publishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: Galloping Galooper Wow, I just had flashbacks to the Mark Williams art for Golden Swordsman. The one with his autograph... Yeah, a nostalgia book would be awesome. I'd love to see some of the old concepts updated...Gargoyle, Goliath, all the heroes from the examples and art early in the books. hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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