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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.

Hermit? We found your new avatar.

Having been pointed out several times in this thread that a particular superhero's political sensibilities depend on the writer, I thought this page might be appropriate-- Author Tract at TV Tropes

UNTIL Angels A TV series running from 1980 to 1984, this "exercise in pure escapism" as one critic dubbed it, featured the adventures of four irresistibly glamourous and supremely competent UNTIL agents as they circled the globe outwitting, outfighting and outclassing the VIPER masterminds they encountered. Starring Loni Anderson as Serena Donovan, Jayne Kennedy as Carmen Turner, Jenny Agutter as Lady Celeste Harrowford and Maren Jensen as Marcy Stokes, the quartet were not only masters of disguise and infiltration, but exceptionally able pilots, and were often seen flying their Delta Angel fighters into battle--including one memorable episode when Serena flew a spacecraft with a nuclear payload into the path of an oncoming meteor, barely escaping with her life. The series also starred Susan Sullivan as their control officer, Commander Rosanna Chase, for the first two years; she was replaced by Erin Gray as Captain Allison Reynolds for the remainder of the run. A movie version--a sequel/update with new characters--starred Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Savage, Michelle Rodriguez as Tracy Hildago, Gina Torres as Petra Mitchell and Ali Larter as Hunter Reilly. It was released in 2013 and was number seven at the box office, receiving favorable reviews, although longtime fans of the show lamented the lack of cameo appearances by the original stars. A sequel is planned for release in 2015.

This well-experienced superhero comes to us from the work of Andreas Englund-- Don't let his age fool you--he can still dish it out with the best of them--

Now there's no need for that kind of language.

I was glad he didn't take it in that direction. Good Job, QM.

Fraimworks As mentioned before in another thread, the people at Kenzer & Company swear by them. Plus they've done a lot of work for HERO, so your players should be familiar with their art. Hope that helps.

That's what I was thinking, especially the Precognition part. Being able to state to the electorate exactly how and how badly your opponent's economic and/or diplomatic and/or social programs will go wrong would be a huge help in boosting your own poll numbers and making him look bad in the TV debates.

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Actually, the death penalty has existed throughout the history of this country and the history of human civilization. It's just been in comparatively recent times that we've had the debate over whether or not it is 1) an effective deterrent to crime, and 2) a just and fitting punishment for the guilty party. And most of the methods of execution we're familiar with--hanging, electrocution, lethal gas, and now lethal injection--have been attempts to refine the process to make it quicker and more painless. Even the guillotine, as gruesome as it was, was an attempt along those lines, a more sure and certain method of beheading than a headsman with an axe. As for superheroes and the death penalty, I think Vondy may have a point--if a criminal was duly convicted under the law and sentenced to death and was in fact, guilty, I don't think Superman or Batman or any other hero with a strong CVK would go out of their way to "rescue" that criminal from Death Row. Now if there was any conclusive evidence that a convict sentenced to die was in fact innocent, then Superman, Batman and any other responsible hero would do everything within their power to make sure that the innocent party was set free and justice was done. That was one of Superman's first adventures, as I recall--proving the innocence of a woman sentenced to die in the electric chair. Hope that helps.

A lot of characters would depend not just on your definition of "liberal," but who was writing them at the time. I remember a letter column in a long-ago issue of Captain America where the writer of the time offered the opinion that Cap was a New Deal liberal. The Ultimate Universe Cap has been depicted as a very solid conservative, with attitudes towards women and minorities that seem quite bigoted by today's sensibilities--or so I understand. Wonder Woman was created in part on the belief by William Moulton Marston that women were not only becoming more powerful in society, but that they were better suited for leadership because they were more disposed towards the greater good than men, who sought power for their own gain. Obviously not a traditional precept. Just about any character written by Dennis "Denny" O'Neil is going to come off as a liberal, I think. I remember on his run on Daredevil after Bullseye--Elektra's murderer--regained his mobility after Daredevil had crippled him during Frank Miller's run. Daredevil kept talking about how he was going to kiil Bullseye when he finally found him--but when he had him at his mercy, he realized he couldn't do it. "I'm not a killer," was his line, as much to himself as it was to Bullseye. Then there's the whole Code Vs. Killing thing, which to my mind would put most heroes--if not all of them--on the "anti-" side of the death penalty issue, usually seen as a liberal position. That doesn't mean they couldn't hold other points of view which could be seen as right-wing--Batman, I think, would prefer greater restrictions against convicts being granted parole, if not abolishing the practice altogether. Hope that helps.

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I've thought that Lady Blasphemy would make a good name for a villianess. That's the name you give to a solo operator or a mastermind.