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Currently reading some old "Sword and Sorcery" "Elak Of Atlantis" by Henry Kuttner and enjoying it. On another note any "Batman" fans out here may be interested in another book that I purchased recently; "Batman's Arsenal" by Matt McNab a large book (large format as well as 456 pages) detailing the various devices used by Batman from the comics, the movies (including the 1943 batman serial). and TV (including the various animated shows) (Opus trade paperback,2016, $U S 32.95).

Thank you "Kharis2000". Write up makes me unsure about whether I want to pursue this character or not.

I often forget to use "Saint Barbara's" presence (in our modified campaign it is called "impact", but seems to be similar) in combat. Guess i'm worried that , if it doesn't work, she's made herself a target.

I don't know the "Jim Anthony" stories. Who wrote them ? If they are in the style of Doc Savage I will interested.

Hans Kammler, head of a lot of "black projects" for the Nazis in WWII, including some of the more bizarre ones , such as "The Bell"! Would make a great Nazi scientist villain.

Then there is Jack Parsons, early pioneer of jet engines and apparently an occultist as well.

If he hasn't been mentioned already Otto Rahn. Yes he was a nazi and member of the SS, but his obsession with the holy grail and the Cathars make him a perfect character for a pulp campaign.

Er I don't know. With my reading speed it may be years before it gets read.

The things that I have found useful for creating supers in various countries are Technology (especially military technology). mythology (Thor isn't the only god that makes a good super) and radiation (If a country has the bomb, or nuclear power, or is a source of radioactive material, you can have all sorts of characters). Nations such as the USA or Russia score well on numbers one and three, but countries such as Greece or Mexico for example can make up ground with number 2, despite not having much in the way of nuclear or military industries. Nations such as the U K or China could be very well populated with a diverse range of supers under this system.

What I really want to see from the Marvel movies is a Hawkeye/Black Widow movie, but I believe there are no plans for one in the immediate future.

Golden Age heroes tend to often be VERY powerful (several of the magic using types, such as "The Spectre") or no more than trained human level ("Wildcat", "The Atom" etc). Because of World War II, evil nazi's were very common, as were brilliant scientists, both good and bad ("Lex Luthor" or " Dr Thaddeus Sirvana" for examples of evil scientists , I suppose that "Batman" or "Dr Mid Nite " would be science oriented heroes (I know I should look for a better example, but I can't find one easily right now ).

When I was doing Australia in my "All The Worlds Heroes" write up I had one indigenous character (with electrical powers, "Paluma"), one Italian/Australian(with firework powers, done before I created "St Barbara", "Roman Candle") and one Vietnamese/Australian (a martial artist "The Gilt Dragon") out of a total of eight heroes.

I saw a programme on him on television It was called "Gunslingers" I think. I had never heard of him before.

If it is the book I have it is called simply "Doc Savage Skull Island" by Will Murray published by Altus Press

Not pulp "fiction", but I recently got two books "The Wonderful Future That Never Was" and "The Amazing Weapons That Never Were" both edited by Greg Benford and full of pictures and articles from "Popular Mechanics" magazine, from the 1930's through to 1970. Could be a great resourse for "Weird Tech" and weapons with which to equip science heroes and would be world conquerors. (Hearst Books, $u s 24.95).

"Ancient Aliens" is that the one hosted by the guy with the really wild hair ? He looks like he could be an alien himself !

As a proud citizen of New South Wales I represent that remark ! Or something.

Interestingly that is how our team (Zenith 3) was created (although it has changed drastically over time). One energy projector ("St Barbara"), a martial artist (A samurai named "Dragon's Claw"), a Brick (in an armoured suit named "Knight"), a magician ("Ravenscroft"), and a gadgeteer ("Widget"). Of the original team members only my character "St Barbara" has survived with players leaving and characters changing over time.

5'10' ? I can just see someone saying "Aren't you a bit short to be Wonder Woman" when she first appears.

To your "good Marvel" list I would add most of the "X-Men" movies and to the "bad Marvel" list all of the " Hulk" and "Punisher" movies.

I'm not so sure about that. The manga/anime of "Oh My Goddess !" using (somewhat twisted i'll admit) versions of the Norns (Urd, Skuld and Belldandy) has worked pretty well !

Of course you can ! All you need is enough missiles and the right computer targeting system.

And not necessarily even then. Think about all the villains (especially at Marvel) whose sole power/weapon is SO lethal that, if they ever succesfully HIT most heros they would be dead !

Why shoulk\d heros be limited to Victoria ? Let them use the other Australian states I say !

2nd History Channel ? Lucky furriners, we only get ONE history channel downunder !