Cardinal Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I was going through the Viper book the other day and was reminded how Scott Bennie* had created many of the villains with powersets, etc. so that they were homages to heroes from the comic books. IDHMBIFOM, but here are the ones I remembered off the top of my head: Villain (Source Hero) Oculon (Cyclops) Viperia (Supergirl) Freon (Iceman) Are there any others I missed? Also, has anyone done something similar in a campaign and how did it come out (whether it be using a comic hero as the basis for a villain, or comic villain for the basis for a comic villain)? * While I know that Scott wrote Viper with Steve Long, my memory was that he was also involved in the creation of many of the long standing Viper characters from earlier generations. If I blew my KS: Hero Games History roll, I apologize. I would love to hear the real story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Villain (Source Hero) Halfjack (Cyborg) Sidewinder (Flash/Kid-Flash) Viper-X (Batman/Robin/Nightwing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes If the Hulk was a hero then Ogre would be a tribute to him I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes If the Hulk was a hero then Ogre would be a tribute to him I think. Or Grond. Or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawksmoorSD Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes I used to think Grond was the Hulk tribute but here lately I see Grond more as an Abomination and Ripper as the Hulk. Actually, I don't think we have too many "smarter" ugly bricks floating around. Odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Steroid use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybertooth Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes IIRC: Mechanon (Ultron) Giganto (The Thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes In "Things I Learned Playing Champions" on Surbrook's Stuff, it says that Brick is the CU equiv of the Thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Firewing = Firelord, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimble Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Let us not forget Foxbat. A silly Batman homage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes In "Things I Learned Playing Champions" on Surbrook's Stuff' date=' it says that [i']Brick[/i] is the CU equiv of the Thing. I thought that Diamond was supposed to be the Thing (not to suggest he counts as a Villain). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Both Brick and Diamond are Thing homages. Brick was from way back in 2nd Edition, while Diamond is a 5th Edition character from the CU's FF homage team. Professor Muerte's flunky Giganto was yet another one. Technically he's still around in the current CU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes I used to think Grond was the Hulk tribute but here lately I see Grond more as an Abomination and Ripper as the Hulk. Actually, I don't think we have too many "smarter" ugly bricks floating around. Odd. Yeah ... the Abomination was a spy; as far as I know, he never went stupid. I need to run an adventure where Ogre or Grond become geniuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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