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That's a heck of a note--all these years LEGO has been doing Marvel Comics Minifigs, and they never did one of Professor X?

On a more consensual note--30 Active Points gets you 6D6 of Mind Control power, which can get you a decent career as a stage hypnotist. Since a stage hypnotist's subjects are volunteers--eager volunteers, from every stage hypnosis show I've seen--the hypnotist only needs to roll "Greater Than EGO" on the Effects Table to achieve the desired result, such as a subject temporarily forgetting how to tie his shoe or flirting with an empty chair. Maybe "EGO + 10" for something like the "suspended-stiff-and-rigid-between-two-chairs" trick. This can also work for a therapeutic hypnotist--provided the subject has an average EGO (10), no Mental Defense and is willing to cooperate with the hypnotist, a "Greater Than EGO" result can help overcome a bad habit or a hurtful behavior. Hope that helps.

Telekinesis, STR 12, with Fine Manipulation. Anyone who has found themselves seated at one side of the room and the remote or the mobile phone on the other side can appreciate this. Also, you can tidy up the room or do the dishes or even fetch snacks or drinks from the kitchen without leaving your chair--provided you have line of sight. (One word--mirrors. Or cameras tied in to your smartphone. But that's more than one word. ) And if you have the Sleight-Of-Hand skill, you could pick pockets from a distance, or change channels on TVs in bars, or tie shoelaces together--or anything else your fiendish mind could imagine. You could also have a decent career as a stage magician--STR 12 would be enough to levitate a person without the use of a rig, or make handkerchiefs dance in the air all by themselves. (Sawing a person in half would still require a trick cabinet, however. That's not something you want to get wrong. ) Hope that helps.

You know what would really make this creepy? If that was the gunsel's actual head.

The Article At Cybernetic Zoo Not so much pulp as steampunk, but it's a heck of a look. Perhaps it could serve as inspiration for someone looking to build a mechanical man. There it is for anyone who's interested.

Chris Rock On Hollywood Race Relations

I would keep the fangs, I think.

So would say Midas.

Not unlike a number of characters in Greek mythology. This is from the Wikipedia article on Heracles--- "Another episode of his female affairs that stands out was his stay at the palace of Thespius king of Thespiae, who wished him to kill the Lion of Cithaeron. As a reward, the king offered him the chance to make love to his daughters, all fifty of them, in one night. Heracles complied and they all became pregnant and all bore sons. This is sometimes referred to as his Thirteenth Labour. Many of the kings of ancient Greece traced their lines to one or another of these, notably the kings of Sparta and Macedon." This could be a way to explain superpowers among humans--that the potential for them was introduced into the gene pool through Heracles' impregnation of the daughters of Thespius. A mythological metagene, if you will. As for anti-mutant hysteria--it makes much more sense in a world where mutants are the only super-powered beings, not unlike the X-Men movies. It's when you try to make the concept fit within a universe with other superpower possibilities that it becomes more difficult to accept. Then again, when it comes to Marvel, superheroes aren't that well regarded to begin with. Spider-Man, throughout most of his career was hounded by the press (The Daily Bugle in particular) and wanted by the authorities. The Hulk is less welcome that three natural disasters all on the same day. Only the Avengers and the Fantastic Four seem to get any respect, and even that depends on the whims of public opinion. Compare that to the DC Universe, where at least one superhero had an entire museum devoted to his exploits. Just some thoughts on the subject--take them as you will.

I believe that was addressed on an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, when Buffy briefly acquired telepathy. It was also described as one of the reasons Matt Parkman turned evil in HEROES Reborn. Welcome to the world of Benjamin J. Grimm.

Abortion Before Roe V. Wade

That's a good look. If you decide to use Commandant Savage, his uniform would be like that, but black with the emblem in gold.

Perhaps you could go into detail about the agent corps--their numbers, their weapons and equipment, their motivations, and so forth. I had this guy in mind for the leader of the corps-- COMMANDANT SAVAGE As a boy growing up in Mexico Sergio Garcia dreamed of being a soldier, a leader of men, fighting glorious battles and winning great victories. He joined the Mexican Army as soon as he was old enough, but fighting the minions of drug cartels wasn't quite what he was looking for. When VIPER made an offer, he took it--but starting at the bottom of a world-spanning organization meant starting a very long way down. Then he heard about Terror, Incorporated--smaller than VIPER, but with great potential. He sabotaged the Nest base and fled with millions of dollars in cash and materiel, and presented it to Meurte with this offer--"Appoint me as the leader of you forces, and I will build you an army worthy of a conqueror such as yourself." As Commandant Savage, Garcia has made good on his offer and then some. The agents of Terror, Inc. are a fighting force with which to be reckoned. And while Meurte respects Savage and appreciates all he's done for him, he still keeps a very close eye on the man, for such exceptional talent and motivation goes hand-in-hand with exceptional ambition. Hope that helps.

Just rolling any dice would be scary enough. . . "Why are you rolling dice? What are you trying to do? What are you planning? NO!!! NOOOOO!!!!!"

What's so dumb about wanting to get ahead?

Anything having to do with Mad Science--Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Invisible Man, and other such geniuses.

I, for one, wonder how much gamma radiation was in the vicinity.

First Playboy got rid of the nudity--now they're getting rid of the Mansion. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. . .

Crazy Cat Lady Starter Set--

The International Catalogue Of Superheroes Page For Australia Hope that helps.

This isn't creepy at all--is it? Is It?????

Ehang 184 AAV Passenger Drone The future of commuter travel--maybe.

The vast majority of Golden Age heroes who weren't Superman copies bulletproof bricks didn't have armor--of course, the bulletproof vest of the time were heavy and bulky, and didn't go at all well with the sort of form-fitting outfits almost all the heroes wore at the time. I remember Golden Age Batman did wear a bulletproof vest in his first encounter with The Joker--I also remember reading in a comics encyclopedia that he didn't wear it all the time. The Batman of the TV series had a bulletproof "Bat-Shield" that was transparent and folded up into his utility belt--not that he faced off against guns all the time. The Batman of the 1989 movie had full-body armor, which he needed because the movie's criminals not only had guns, they used them. One of my favorite scenes from that movie was when he confronted the two muggers on the rooftop--one of them shoots him, and he falls down, but then he gets back up. You can plainly see the terror in the muggers' faces--you can almost read the thoughts of the one: But I shot him. . . I imagine it's a "different times" kind of thing. I believe I've said before that back in the Golden Age, all you really needed to fight crime was a cape, a mask, and a good right hook. Maybe some detective skills. Nowadays, if you don't have any superpowers, you need a black belt or equivalent in at least six different martial arts disciplines, and ideally an outfit made of kevlar or its next-generation descendant. This is especially true in Champions/Hero System, because no matter how agile your character is, no matter how many CSLs are applied to DCV, there's always the chance that the opponent will roll a three.

I cannot agree with that. Yes, there were elements of bondage in the Wonder Woman comic, and there were elements of non-traditional lifestyle in the life of William Moulton Marston. But that does not mean there was not anything more to the comic, that there was not anything more to the life of Dr. Marston. There are plenty of people, women and men, who have found great significance in the character, and have made her a part of their lives. Many of them are featured in the PBS documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines--and if you were to say to them that their favorite hero was nothing more than "just thinly veiled bondage porn," I don't think they would take it well, and would be very cross with you. More than that--you would be aligning yourself with every parent, every schoolteacher, every self-proclaimed "expert" who said comics were nothing but childish, pointless trash which was not worth the paper it was printed on, that they were only fit for delinquents and illiterates. Is that what you want to say? Do you want to be the sort of person who says such things? Just saying.