Clonus Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I tried to find the original thread, but couldn't, so here's a brief review: Don Blake: Goes to Tibet instead of Sweden. Apprentices to the Ancient One and becomes a powerful wizard with a particular affinity for weather magic. Hank Pym: Splices his dead wife's DNA into ant eggs and grows a race of super strong women who drive the Russians out of Latveria. Stephen Strange: Goes to the Balkans in search of a cure for his hands, and learns biology from the High Evolutionary. Becomes the go-to expert on exotic biomedical problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken peter parker reports the spider bite to campus authorites the military is notified and pete becomes a spider powered captain america Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Tony Stark gets caught in an explosion while testing an experimental ion engine and becomes an electrical version of the human torch. Reed Richards and Ben Grimm get recruited by SHIELD. Reed develops a suit of power armor. Grimm is selected to be the pilot and becomes SHIELD's Ironman. Matt Murdock is not in the area to save the blind man from the truck. When Matt's father is killed by the mob, he vows revenge. His search for a means to get his revenge leads him to a shady scientist who injects Matt with a serum. Matt gains invisibility and the ability to go desolid. He takes the name Geist and declares war on the underworld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Peter Parker stops the Robber, his uncle is in the mafia. He kills uncle Ben and aunt May by accident. Peter declares "War on crime"...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narratio Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Betty Ross, visiting the test site rushes to save a scientist who has driven onto the testing field for one last tweek of the controls. Pushing the scientist, Bruce Banner, into a trench, Ross is herself is caught in the blast, absorbing massive amounts of radiation. Now, what to do with Rick Jones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Betty Ross, visiting the test site rushes to save a scientist who has driven onto the testing field for one last tweek of the controls. Pushing the scientist, Bruce Banner, into a trench, Ross is herself is caught in the blast, absorbing massive amounts of radiation. Now, what to do with Rick Jones? try this rick is nearby unaware of the test hes not close enough to be terned into a monster but mutatEs to join with the desert sand the army then recuits him as a super soldier code namedSANDMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreBrute Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Betty Ross, visiting the test site rushes to save a scientist who has driven onto the testing field for one last tweek of the controls. Pushing the scientist, Bruce Banner, into a trench, Ross is herself is caught in the blast, absorbing massive amounts of radiation. Bruce Banner: After seeing the love of his life turn into a monster, and her own father send the military to capture her, releases his controlled anger which doesn't turn him into a Hulk. It just gets him arrested by the Military. In prison, his fuming rage attracts the attention of Mephisto, who offers him the power to escape from Jail and find his loved one, in exchange for his soul. Bruce Banner accepts and becomes Ghost Rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Hank Pym bases Ultron's brain functions on the data saved by the original Human Torch or Steve Rogers. Calling himself American Armor Ultron goes on to becomes the leader of the Avengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Samson Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Bruce Banner is exposed to a ground zero gamma bomb blast while saving the life of young Rick Jones. The blast tears open an extradimensional gateway to Hades allowing Bruce Banner to be possessed by the demon Mephisto. Banner gains the ability to change into a demon-like being of awesome physical might. The more evil Banner acts during the change, the stronger he becomes but at the cost of part of his soul. Despite his attempts to control his power, he is known to the world by the name the army game him on that fateful day. He is the Fiend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken while mary jane watson parker is a prisoner of her stalker jonathan cesar he takes her with him to attend illegal martial arts tournaments while there she finds she likes what she sees and makes a deal with cesar she will stay with him if he arranges for her to become one of his fighters cesar agrees and she abandons peter to become the fighter known as mj cesar the black widow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken After crashing in the Arctic Steve Rodgers manages to sail to a fishing boat on an ice drift. Returned to the US he continues to battle evil foreign and domestic for the next thirty years, founding the Avengers. As his age continues to advance he is persuaded by his close friends and allies to more into the public sector where he can continue to do good things. After eight years in the senate he runs for the highest office becoming President America. After several months in office he is struck by the Quesada Retrovirus activating programing by his long time foe the Red Skull becoming the Manchurian President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quozaxx Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Aunt May sees that Peter has forgotten his lunch and brings it to him in the science lab - getting bit by the spider instead of Peter Flash Tompson gets bit by the spider and gets Peter in the hospital with his new strength. He feels bad and visits Peter; while there, Uncle Ben gives him the "With great power comes great responsibility speech" (I wonder if his name would be Spider Flash?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quozaxx Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken When escaping Krypton, Superman's transport pod lands on the Luthor estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naanomi Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken After his accident, Bruce Banner seeks to control his emotions... and does so too well. He becomes an emotionless killing machine, leveraging his genius into the trade as a master assassin. The only shred of humanity that remains exists in his alter ego... the brutish, yet passionate Giant. When he gains control, Giant works hard to keep himself in an excited state... lest the world have to face the horror of Bruce Banner again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Resolving to fight crime after the death of his uncle, Peter Parker realises that spiders are a scary, unpopular animal. Revealing the source of his power will likely result in bad press. He names himself Lion-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Found wandering in the Canadian wilderness a man with amazing regenerative abilities and nigh indestructible skeleton is taken n by the government and trained as a bomb technician. Although never the best, he is the only bomb tech to ever walk away from an accident. He is the Bombardier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Namor's amnesia is never cured. His great strength and fighting prowess earns him the nickname 'Captain America' among New York's transient community. Dr. Otto Octavius builds a heavily shielded suit of power armor to allow him to work with radioactive materials. He becomes known as Lead Man. Loki forms a group of superheroes, The Avengers, to battle his violent and aggressive half-brother. Membership includes: Giantess (Loki's lover, Janet Van Dyne, gifted with the ability to grow to giant size via the norse god's magics), Fly Man (Loki, using his powers to transform into a fly), Lead Man, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America (Namor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken After getting his spider-powers, Peter Parker is approached by the CIA who reveal to him that his parents died in their employ. They recruit him to follow in their footsteps and he becomes the arch-enemy of the Russian "Black Widow". After many confrontations and encounters, when the Cold War ends, they leave their respective agencies to marry and raise their daughter (who is by that time in elementary school). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken After years of failed attempts to raise his mother from the dead and crushing the souls of those who serve under him Doctor Victor Von Doom opens his labs to the public. Publishing his research papers and shifts the country in the direction of a Constitutional Monarchy. After several years of planning the first election is held where a young man and former political prisoner is elected Prime Minister of Latveria. This marks the beginning of a new golden age of science as the precepts of Doctor Doom's strange infusion of magic spread through the community. A year later the new Latveria, a scientific haven and industrial superpower becomes an official member of the burgeoning EU. Six years later the Prime Minister of Latveria takes the reigns as President of the EU. Within a year after this Latveria is considered one of the economic hubs of the Union holding more power than any other nation. In effect Doctor Doom successfully conquers all of Europe without firing a single shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Jane Anger - A Fury chosen by Nemesis travels to man's world to seek vengeance and punish the guilty. Wields a barbed whip. The Human Lantern - Scientist Phineas Horton uses a glowing green meteorite as the power source for his android. Incendiary Blonde - Scientist Phineas Horton makes a statue of a woman out of clay and brings it to life with his purple ray. A flaw in the process causes her to burn on contact with air. The Black Magician - As a child, Bruce Wayne witnesses the death of his parents at the hands of a mugger. He learns dark magic, gaining the ability to summon creatures of the night - vampires and demons - to terrify and kill criminals. Johnny America - Born on the 4th of July, Johnny discovers that when he whistles the first three bars of the Star Spangled Banner he can summon the Spirit of America. To his delight this turns out to be a young blonde woman in a skimpy costume with powers much akin to those of a genie. She appears in a cloud of sparkling stars. The Green Shield - Thousands of years ago, a green flame fell to Earth, and was worked into the form of a shield. Railroad engineer Alan Scott finds the shield and is instructed in its use by a mysterious voice. American Werewolf - Patriotic Steve Rogers is bitten by a werewolf, which he manages to kill. He decides to use his lupine powers to fight the nazis. The Vampire - Came to Earth from another world as an infant. Doctor Thomas Wayne and his wife raised the boy as their own. His otherworldly origins gifted him with incredible strength and speed. His adoptive parents admonished him to use these gifts wisely but he ignored their advice and lived a dissolute life until the age of 21, when he received a telegram saying they had been killed in a hold-up gone wrong. He resolved to put his powers to good use – crimefighting. Realising that criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, he uses his strange abilities to pretend to be a vampire. The Blazing Ghost – Iola, a witch burned at the stake, uses flame to take revenge on evil-doers and send them to hell. Captain Atlantis - Namor Mckenzie, a sickly Atlantean of mixed race, is given a super serum so he can fight for his people. He wields a net and trident made of a special metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken The young Clark Kent, angry about being grounded for the misuse of his super strength, vows to run away to someplace so far away the Kent's will never find him. Really far away. Unfortunately this turns out to be too close to a red sun, and sapped of the Kryptonian powers by the red sunlight, Clark grows up on the alien planet to lead a normal life as an accountant. The special effects genius that became Mysterio is offered a job by LucasFilms Industrial Light and Magic. With his new job and stock options, he finds a much more comfortable life making movie magic than being a supervillain. At least until he is audited by the IRS. Fidel Castro is denied a position in the American Baseball League, and bitter at being snubbed goes on to lead a communist revolt in Cuba so that he can be a thorn in the side of the United States for the rest of his life... Oh, wait, that really happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Peter Parker was never bitten by the spider. He is in a car with Aunt May and Uncle Ben when a car fleeing from the police smashes into the their vehicle killing Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Turns out the driver of the vehicle worked for Osborne. Angry and driven by his need for justice, Peter trains in every fighting art he can find. He uses the money from his massive settlement to fund his hidden lab where he develops a series of gadgets to help in his quests. He takes up the mask and names himself The Wraith and begins his personal war on crime, specifically targeting Osborne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naanomi Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Bruce Wayne, after seening the murder of his parents, snapped and spent some time in the child wing of Arkam Asylum. Seeing the terrible lives and personal tragedies that led each person to be there, he vowed to stop the social injustice that drives people to madness and desperation and get them the help they needed. On being released, he took Wayne enterprises and made it the center of the world's largest corporation for positive social change. Wayne Enterprises cleaned up Gotham city into a virtually crime free beautiful city, and is well on it's way to making this change spread to cities around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken X-athlete celebrity Johnny Storm is gravely injured in a motorcycle accident. Doctors are forced to use an experimental treatment to accelerate his healing in order to save his legs. The procedure works, but Johnny begins to manifest a greatly increased metabolism and speed. His abilities increase over time. Seizing on his celebrity status, Johnny announces his attempt at the land speed record. He easily breaks the sound barrier in his test. He takes the name Redline and continues to exploit his celebrity status and does not join his sister, Reed, and Ben on the trip in space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Re: Paths Not Taken Bruce Wayne, after seening the murder of his parents, snapped and spent some time in the child wing of Arkam Asylum. Seeing the terrible lives and personal tragedies that led each person to be there, he vowed to stop the social injustice that drives people to madness and desperation and get them the help they needed. On being released, he took Wayne enterprises and made it the center of the world's largest corporation for positive social change. Wayne Enterprises cleaned up Gotham city into a virtually crime free beautiful city, and is well on it's way to making this change spread to cities around the world. Er...it isn't quite that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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