Alternate Marvel Universe

[Clonus]

I can't find the other threads so I'll do this one and then blog it.

 

Stephen Strange: Instead of going to the Himilayas for a cure for his hands, goes to Wundagore. Becomes the world's foremost expert on unconventional medical problems and cures.

 

Anthony Stark: Instead of becoming an inventor, sells out of the munitions industry an, becomes a collector of mystic artifacts and tomes. When he falls afoul of a mystic cabal, puts his collection and knowledge to work as the Dark Knight.

 

Bruce Banner: Instead of developing a new weapon of mass destruction turns his attention toward peaceful applications of gamma power, treating terminally ill patients with low dosage radiation. To his dismay this treatment while saving many lives has some adverse side effects in a large number of cases resulting in super-powered rampages. He becomes the leader of Gamma Force, a team of the less poorly affected patients who hunt down and treat the more malignant ones

 

Donald Blake: Instead taking a vacation in Norway, Donald travels to the Himalayas instead where he becomes a disciple of the Ancient One. After returning to the United States he learns more magic from a mysterious one-eyed mentor and fights supernatural evil as "Runelord".

 

Reed Richards: Attempting to save his room-mate's life, Reed Richard's face was scarred and this made him more shy and reclusive. He watched as his room-mate went on to become the world-famous "Viktor" and chose himself to become the opposite. Using his inventions, he became the unseen protector of the world as mysterious Invisible Man.

[HawksmoorSD]

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Really cool! I especially like the Runelord one. I tried to rep you but you know the song about spreading the rep.

[Lord Liaden]

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Eric Lenscher: Hidden by a German family from the Nazis when they were rounding up Jews to send to internment camps, young Eric was moved by their kindness and courage to dedicate himself to working for peace among all men. When his mutant powers of magnetism emerged, Eric became the great hero and symbol of brotherhood called the Unifier.

 

Charles Xavier: Merciless bullying by his older step-brother Cain Marko resulted in an accident that deprived Charles of the use of his legs. Consumed by hatred, Charles swore revenge against Marko. When his vast telepathic abilities developed, Xavier tracked Marko down outside a lost temple in Southeast Asia, where Marko was working as a mercenary. Xavier destroyed his mind, leaving him a vegetable. Attracted to the strange temple, Xavier discovered the Ruby of Cyttorak, which transformed him into a being with the physical might to match his mental abilities. Freed of his crippling injury, and drunk with power, Charles Xavier decided that an Overman such as he had become had the qualifications and the right to rule the world.

[kahuna's bro]

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steve rogers

after discharge from the army he is hired by dr simon mills and dr wendy day assecurity for an expidition to the hymalas there they encounter themystic city of kun l'un while there steve is injured in a vehicle crash and whenhe recuperates by studying martail arts he and the two doctors retrn to america and steve puts his new skil to good use as the patriotic hero deadly hands

[Peregrine]

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Charles Xavier: Merciless bullying by his older step-brother Cain Marko resulted in an accident that deprived Charles of the use of his legs. Consumed by hatred' date=' Charles swore revenge against Marko. When his vast telepathic abilities developed, Xavier tracked Marko down outside a lost temple in Southeast Asia, where Marko was working as a mercenary. Xavier destroyed his mind, leaving him a vegetable. Attracted to the strange temple, Xavier discovered the Ruby of Cyttorak, which transformed him into a being with the physical might to match his mental abilities. Freed of his crippling injury, and drunk with power, Charles Xavier decided that an Overman such as he had become had the qualifications and the right to rule the world.[/quote']

 

I thought this was an alternate universe?

[BobGreenwade]

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Peter Parker: After his beloved Uncle Ben was murdered by a robber, Peter applied his extensive (albeit still rudimentary) skill as an inventor to create a suit of reinforced armor. Now supported by the proceeds of his numerous household and medical patents, he goes out and fights crime as the Knight of Justice.

[kahuna's bro]

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thanks for the rep death tibble

[Clonus]

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Susan Storm: Instead of meeting Reed Richards and flying off into space, Susan went on a trip to Norway to explore the lands of her ancestors. There she encountered an alien incursion and fleeing into a cave pursued by one of them stumbled across an inscribed hammer. Trapped and cowering as the alien advanced on her, something awakened in her heart and she seized the hammer... Eventually she learned that she could become "Thunder" because she was a mortal descendant of the god, hence the name. Tragically, her brother became one of her greatest foes when he first stole the hammer, and then when he was adjudged unworthy it slipped from his hand and he went on to become Firestorm, thanks to an encounter with one Phineas T. Horton.

 

Peter Parker: After his beloved Uncle Ben was murdered by a robber' date=' Peter applied his extensive (albeit still rudimentary) skill as an inventor to create a suit of reinforced armor. Now supported by the proceeds of his numerous household and medical patents, he goes out and fights crime as the Knight of Justice.[/quote']

 

I guess it would have to be a suit of low end power armour to make up for him being a wimp... Still I like the idea.

[BobGreenwade]

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I guess it would have to be a suit of low end power armour to make up for him being a wimp... Still I like the idea.

I kind of see the Knight of Justice as a cross between Iron Man and Punisher (with just a little Batman thrown in for flavor).

[Lord Liaden]

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Eventually she learned that she could become "Thunder" because she was a mortal descendant of the god' date=' hence the name.[/quote']

 

An old issue of Marvel Comics' "What If..." had Jane Foster find the hammer and become "Thordis," which she said was the name of a Scandinavian girl she used to know.

[Clonus]

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Yes, but I preferred for Sue Storm to become an ersatz goddess of thunder and I didn't really like the name "Thordis". I would have gone with the name of Thor's actual daughter, except that her name was Thrud.

[Ian Mackinder]

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Yes' date=' but I preferred for Sue Storm to become an ersatz goddess of thunder and I didn't really like the name "Thordis". I would have gone with the name of Thor's actual daughter, except that her name was Thrud.[/quote']

 

Which is suddenly kind of scary for me. In 'White Dwarf' magazine (way back when it wasn't just a GW product catalogue), there used to be a comic strip called 'Thrud The Barbarian' - all about a stereotypical (male) barbarian.

[HawksmoorSD]

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See I've been mulling over a different take on Peter Parker so here goes.

 

Peter Parker: Parker was still a skinny frail boy got bit by a irradiated spider. He didn't get the spider stats but he did get the Danger Sense. With this it always seemed he was one step ahead whenever bullies were coming his way. As skinny kids tend to do, he started to put on weight, and seeking to bring some pay back to all the teasing he got, he set out to get into shape and eventually was able to take out Flash Thompson in a wrestling match to become team captain. It was at this point, while flush with his victory, that his Uncle Ben told him he was disappointed in him. "You're smarter than this Peter. Use your gifts, but use them to help people and be uplifting." Peter nodded and set out to do just that. He spent the rest of his senior year working with Flash to bring the wrestling title to the school while also graduating as Valedictorian. He set out to college and came up with some brilliant ideas while staying heavily involved in sports when fate finally got involved. His Aunt and Uncle were both killed in a bombing by Hydra, and while at the funeral he was approached by Nick Fury. Fury told Peter he'd had an eye on him for a while and needed Peter to head a covert team to go after Hydra on their level. He became "Renaissance" and along with the others on the team he set out to run a clandestine war against Hydra.

 

I'm picturing something much more long the lines of Batman. Highly trained and lots of gadgets that he invented. He heavily relies on the Danger Sense and has a defensive martial arts style that no one seems to be able to keep up with.

[Clonus]

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Benjamin Grimm, instead of becoming the pilot for an expedition into space, went on a spelunking expedition which discovered an underground world where he had the good fortune to stumble into rescuing Kala, the queen of one of the underworld realms from one of her rivals. He made quite a career out of queen rescuing and tempestuous romance. She declared him her champion, and armed and armoured him with her post-Atlantean technology, but he often found himself stripped down and relying his fists and his guts. Still when surface world heros came down, he ended up getting "Champion" as a pseudonym, even after he finally married Kala and was crowned her consort.

[Clonus]

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Henry Pym, instead of letting his wife go off and get herself deaded in a remarkably stupid trip to Communist Hungary, persuaded Maria to pick another site for their honeymoon. Years later, he sacrificed his life to save his wife from a rampaging alien menace, and Maria Pym and Janet Van Dyne (whose father was also killed) used his discoveries to give themselves powers to fight as Insectra and Ant-Girl.

[Epic Legand]

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Anthony Masters was the top Drill instructor at East Point. As he watched the young students he trained, go off and die for his country, he was frustrated. That was something he could not do, due to his heart condition. When an experimental Heart replacement program needed a test subject, Tony answered the call. Now with a superhuman heart, and a desire to serve his country, Tony Masters serves as TASK MASTER, Americas best.

[Clonus]

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Here`s a question for the gallery. Who should the radioactive spider bite?

[kahuna's bro]

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mary jane or pepper potts

[HawksmoorSD]

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Aunt May, who went with her sickly nephew to that silly science fair natch!!!

[BobGreenwade]

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I was thinking of writing that one up for Otto Octavius.

[dmjalund]

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I was thinking of writing that one up for Otto Octavius.

A radioactive octopus?

[BobGreenwade]

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A radioactive octopus?

A little more like (with a quick consult on Doc Ock's Wikipedia entry):

 

Otto Octavius was the man bitten by the radioactive (and/or genetically engineered) spider, and who developed massive strength and the ability to stick to walls. He initially used his powers to rescue his wife, Mary Alice, from criminals who had kidnapped her as leverage to obtain his scientific secrets. Later, at her urging, he adopted a superhero persona, The Spider, building a special harness to give himself four extra limbs in true arachnid fashion.

[LA Singletary]

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Dr. Bruce Banner and his scientific partner & girlfriend, Dr. Betty Ross elect to conduct radiation experiments in space. The two world renowned scientist bring along their two lab assistance. Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. Their pilot for the mission is Lt. Col John Jameson.

 

When cosmic rays hit the shuttle and cause the radiation experiments to go awry the 5 astronauts are transformed into the Fantastic Five.

 

Dr. Fantastic (Banner)

Ms. Mirage (Ross)

Living Lightning (Parker)

Multi Girl (Stacy)

&

Ironclad (Jameson)

[Clonus]

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Lacking a Xavier's Academy and never having found the optometrist who would bizarrely create a pair of glasses with ruby quartz lenses (I mean really, how likely was that?), Scott Summers chose the only method which he discovered would work to keep from getting his headaches, avoiding any contact with sunlight. The result was years of isolation. His obviously mutant eyes, and inability to go out in the day, rendered him isolated, made it nearly impossible to support himself and soured his disposition. Eventually he turned to crime, committing burglaries to support himself. His mutant energy absorption power had responded a lifestyle which denied it by becoming more sensitive, allowing his eyes to soak up the slightest light to let him see in the dark, and feel electromagnetic flows, sensing the electric currents of alarm systems. He could even, at the cost of a headache afterwards, absorb the energy around him, shutting down powered machinery and creating a zone of darkness he would use to escape capture. Eventually they called him "Midnight".

[HawksmoorSD]

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Matt Murdock's father was desperate to do something for and with his son. Shortly after the accident that cost Matt his sight he needed to do something to try to cheer his son up, so he decided to take Matt to the circus that was in town. Never minding that the boy wouldn't be able to see any of it, it was at least something to do and get them out of the house. What he didn't know is that one of the carnies would see a blind Matt jump out of the way of a juggling clown who wasn't paying attention. The word spread back stage fairly fast and the old trick shot archer stepped up, "I need to see this boy." The ring master offered to show the blind boy and his father around back stage and Matt met the archer. It took a little bit, but they ended up getting a bow into the boys hands. After one shot that was just on the inside edge of the bulls eye, the old archer nodded proudly to himself. The archer knew it would take some work but the blind boy somehow was a natural with a bow.

 

Time would pass and eventually a dark new hunter would begin to work in Hell's Kitchen. Blind Justice would now be the name of the game. I picture something like a more ranger-esk version of Green Arrow but in the deep red that Murdock is known for.