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I'd say it's a pretty good field. wouldn't you?

"MINE!!! ALL MINE!!!"

We Can Be Heroes

Presenting America's newest superheroine-- STAR-SPANGLED SIREN!

I believe that's from this upcoming movie-- Pixels

Comics were educational even in the Golden Age--just by reading them you could learn how to fight-- Someone let me know if any of these work, okay?

To my mind, "strong" does not always translate to "can handle herself in a fight." The Oracle from the Matrix movies could be seen as a strong character--she was certianly very important. And I don't recall Battlestar Galactica's Laura Roslin ever swinging a fist or discharging a firearm--and she was as strong as Old Man Adama. Then there is Anita Van Buren from Law & Order--excuse me, Detective Lieutenant Anita Van Buren. Definitely in charge of her squadroom, and when the other detectives got stuck during an investigation, she could always give them a oush in the right direction. And while she could handle an unruly suspect--as evidenced by one episode where she was part of a stakeout--it wasn't like she had to do that every other episode to prove her strength. Just some thoughts on the subject--take them as you will.

Interesting. Zima got its product placed on Babylon 5, and now it's gone. Pan Am got their name placed on the space clipper in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and now they're gone. Nokia got their product placed in the 2009 Star Trek movie. I wonder how long before they're gone?

Good Job. A first-time player--or even a long-time player--could have lots of fun with this. For a name--how about The Hammer. It speaks to his power set and his combat skill set. Hope that helps.

Heroic Publishing does count--but the name is spelled F-L-A-R-E.

"Regeneration--it's a lottery."

PS238 The Roleplaying Game has writeups in HERO System for American Eagle and USA Patriot Act, two kids in flag suits competing to be the next "Official" American hero. American Eagle is sponsored by the Democratic Party and USA Patriot Act is sponsored by the Republican Party--and as one might expect, they don't get along. They're not evil, unless your opinion of the two main US political parties is that low. The big problem is with their "handlers" who tend to push them into conflict with one another. While there hasn't been a fight between them since their first appearance--issue #5, I think--the emnity between them is still there. The entire run of PS238 is available to read online at Aaron Williams's site Do-Gooder Press. Hope that helps.

In the 5th Edition book Champions Battlegrounds there is a character described as part of the fictional TV show To Save The World called Captain Thunder. From Page 49 of that book-- "Charles Malone loved his country, and had no reservations about volunteering for the super-soldier program that made him a step beyond human. He fought for the cause of justice for several years, even joining Justice Force Omega for a while, but he eventually started to change. Radical fascist elements in and around the government gradually steered Captain Thunder from true patriotism and toward a belief in intolerance and bigotry. Now he fights against anyone and any cause that he brands 'Un-American.' Unfortunately, that seemingly includes everyone and every cause except his Neo-Nazi friends. . ." Sounds to me that he may be what you're looking for. Further information on Page 63 helps convert him into a playable character-- "Use the powers and abilities of Captain Patriot (Champions Universe, Page 86). Add a Thunder Punch Multipower containing a sonic Energy Blast 6D6 NND (defense is Hearing Group Flash Defense) with No Range, and a Hearing Group Flash 12D6 with No Range." Hope that helps.

I came across this news yesterday, and I wasn't sure whether to put it in this forum or in Dark Champions. Wherever it belongs, it's quite an impressive achievement.

"I will hug him and pet him and name him George--"

These, and one more thing--keep a lookout for any other "heel-face turns" superhuman or otherwise. If there are others there could be a pattern--and if there is, there could be outside forces at work. The only people that could actually have a problem with Bulldozer's change of heart would be AIM--the Alliance of Indomitable Men. Not necessarily because they're creeped out by his new revelation but because as their former leader he knows all their secrets--the bank accounts where they stashed their loot, locations of the Mencaves, secret identities and other vital information. They may attempt to contact him, if for no other reason than to elicit his promise that he wouldn't squeal on them--but such things have a way of getting out of hand. . .

Batman can solve crimes before the perpetrator even thinks of committing them.

Normally I'm not a fan of the villains--but I do like her version of Loki the best.

If extraterrestrials knew this guy was guarding our planet-- they'd never even think about invading Earth. P.S. I want that gun and helmet for Christmas.

A mind-control artist--Hypnos or someone like him--enters a a bank and announces his intention to rob it. Thing is, he's already robbed the bank by taking over the bank manager and all the bank's employees in the days leading up to the crime. The whole robbery is a trap for the heroes--and when they arrive, they find that the tellers, the bank executives, the guards and more than a few of the customers draw energy pistols, take aim and fire, while Hypnos laughs triumphantly.

Or they could build in the weaknesses deliberately, as a means of controlling their "super-products" should they get out of hand. Steve mentioned the Robocop movies--remember in the first one we had Murphy being limited by Directive Four. While mentally conditioning is always very likely, such conditioning can fail, and often does depending on the plot, so the physical limitations would be put in as a fail-safe measure. Hope that helps.

And you know what they say about bombs--some days you just can't get rid of them.

And then they become Iconic.