Tony V. Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 One of the few times I got to play in a supers game we had a British flag-type named "Lionheart". As a minor member of the Royal Family he was allowed to wear the Three Lions standard of Great Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Please "Pol Rua", it's early saturday morning here in Sydney and I don't think that I am ready to contemplate the "super Blackhawks" at this point! Although it does remind me of the time that D C had the "Challengers Of The Unknown" with super powers (mostly gadgets , I think I can remember a jet pack/flight suit and a chest mounted energy weapon among their devices, but it's a while since i read that issue), fortunately that idea was rather short lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 I was having a hard time remembering whether it was Redback or Red-stripe, but Then I remembered redstripe was a Jamaican beer, not an Australian one. If only I could afford to vacation in Perth and Sydney/Hunter river valley Yearly! Originally posted by assault Flying Fox is a good name, and I've used it in the past. I was really annoyed when DC used it for one of the Young All-Stars back in the '80s. On the other hand, that series is so obscure that I might just go ahead and use it again. Thanks for reminding me of it. As for the animals themselves - yes, you are weird for thinking they are cute! As an aside, you can actually catch a rather interesting disease (Lyssavirus) from them. Actually, Redback is quite a good name, too, IMHO.(It is one word, incidentally.) I use it. Redbacks look quite a bit like Black Widows, but are more poisonous. I dextrously avoided one at work today, when I had to go rummaging about in a junk storage area. There are a number of other interesting beasties you can use - CU has Taipan, which is pretty good. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Originally posted by st barbara Please "Pol Rua", it's early saturday morning here in Sydney and I don't think that I am ready to contemplate the "super Blackhawks" at this point! Although it does remind me of the time that D C had the "Challengers Of The Unknown" with super powers (mostly gadgets , I think I can remember a jet pack/flight suit and a chest mounted energy weapon among their devices, but it's a while since i read that issue), fortunately that idea was rather short lived. Challengers of the Unknown with powers? Didn't they call them the Fantastic Four?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 To "Mister Vimes" A wiseguy huh ! I am sure that the comic that I read in which the "Challengers Of The Unknown" had super powers (or super gadgets, except "Rocky") was published well AFTER the "FF" were established at "Marvel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 Originally posted by MisterVimes Olaf - Sweden I almost forgot about learning to say " Ay tank ay ban clobber dat guy." when I was a tyke. Yikes, spooky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCobra Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 Speaking of the Blackhawks, did anyone catch the animated Justice League series when they time-traveled back to WWII and were rescued by the Blackhawks? There they were strictly awesome aviators. As for superhero ideas in other countries -- don't forget literary heroes: Three Musketeers (France) the Scarlet Pimpernel (Britain) Beowulf (Denmark, Scandavia) I could go on and on -- if I could remember more. And of course, don't forget mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Well "Black Cobra", while I don't mind "Beowulf" I'd rather not get mixed up with either Grendel or his Mother, thank you very much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevHooligan Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 My campaign has a GoldenAge Brittish brick named John Bull. Of course Ireland has The Hound of Ulster. Does Monaco rate a superhero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Originally posted by RevHooligan Does Monaco rate a superhero? Population: 31,987 That's 0.031 Heroes (using the 1:1,000,000) theory... I'd say no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevHooligan Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 But who'll protect the casinos? Poor, poor Monaco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Originally posted by RevHooligan But who'll protect the casinos? Poor, poor Monaco. You forget CASINO-MAN! (he travels a lot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 When I convert comic book heros into champs I like to change them so I can make them mine...So I turned Cap into japans WW2 national hero: Onimusha with a magical "red buckler" hero used shinto magic instead of a "super serum"...I have a freind who is a rugby fanatic so I plan to convert sunspot from the x-men to be "All black" the NZ national hero...hey stop throwing things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proemial Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Being a Canadian, I'll post a few tongue-in-cheek ideas. I doubt anyone but Canadians will get them, but hey Please excuse any horrible french, it has been some time since I've used it. Sovereignty and le Seperatiste Unity and Diversity - "For Peace, Order and Good Government!" "Icons" (From B.C.) Afghaan Dream, Cali Miss, Electric Haze, and Fast Freddie (From NFld) The Rock, Toutans (Spelling?) (From Ontario) Clawbacks, Cutbacks (Manitoba) Brandon Man! "At The Center Of It All!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinDangaioh Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Japan has their two main heroes Ultraman and Kamen Rider. Their Superman and Batman, so to speak. Their Captain America wouldn't be represented by one person, it would be represented by three/four/five/six. A multi color battle team. Samurai Troopers Sei Rne Ha(Ronin Warriors) would be the best example bacause of the attributes they represnt. However they do have a Captain Tokyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader108 Posted April 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 I thought Captain Tokyo was called Moldiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinDangaioh Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 No. Moldiver is the leggy destroyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's Olaf - Sweden Hmm? When the Blackhawk comic appered here they listed Olaf as Norwegian. Maybe the translators tried to pull a fast one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's Hmm? When the Blackhawk comic appered here they listed Olaf as Norwegian. Maybe the translators tried to pull a fast one. nah, Norway Denmark and Sweeden are the same country, just like Canadia and America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's Okay just like Niv-Silland and Auvstralia then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's probably. The Koreans are going to end up owning our countries anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterD Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's I always tried to look at the native comics for inspiration: * Canadian Shield (Canada) * Super Rey (Mexico) [Mexico has no real super tradition, but they have Lucha Libre as a great inpriration] * The Octobrist (Russia/USSR) * Saint George (England) * John Flag (UK-Flag Suit) * LeSabre (France-Flag Suit) * Tetsuronin-Go (Japan) * Southern Cross (Australia) * The Monkey King (China) I admit most of them are merely extrapolations from ideas I've seen. Each country has a defining nationalism, buit that nationalism is hard to define when you are not a member of that nation. I tried to steer clear of stereotypes and to try and capture that national flavor (as I understood it). In the case of LeSabre for example, he began (jokingly) as Le Capitaine Gallios. The NPC got fed up with the French attempt at creating an "Image" and changed his name and his gimmick, looking more like a swashbuckler and calling himself LeSabre Mogen David {Shield of david, also used as shield of Israel} (Israel) Sabra {Native born in Israel, like Cap being called American} (Israel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's My Centurians project has many characters from other countries' date=' some of them are the national heroes of there countries: Red Knight' date=' a russian Supersoldier...[/quote'] Druzhina - Knights of Blood or Red Knight Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's Well, I have to bite at this one - and recalled a past real EU 'Superpower Summit'... UK: London Pryde (my own flagsuit type) Rep. Ireland: Pouka (liberally swiped from GURPS IST) Italy: Romulus and Remus (not great, I agree, but their powers - and weaknesses - were pivotal to the story) Germany: Jedermann ('Everyman', a kind of psychic chameleon) France: Liberte (telepath, Resistance heroine and the grande dame of European metaherodom) Netherlands: Black Tulip (superspy) Spain: Conquistador (powered armour) Denmark: Thumbelina (size reduction) Belgium: Atomium (transmuter like Element Lad of the LSH; after that godawful statue in Brussels) Portugal: the Navigator (teleporter / psychometric powers; after Prince Henry of Portugal) Greece: Heraklitea (brick type - descendant and inheritor of Herakles) I'd like to have used the White Eagle (Poland) but I could never come up with a good enough excuse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Re: Foriegn Captain America's Cool. I was going to have a White Eagle as my Polish hero as well, but never had a place to play him/her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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