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  1. Two-Headed Man?

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    I'd like to build a character who has two heads, but is otherwise anatomically similar to a normal human (eg same size, two arms, two legs, etc). Since this would be his or her main "power", it can be quite expensive if you so choose. I'd also like to achieve maximum utility from it.

     

    I was thinking about some sort of full-feedback Duplication with appropriate limitations.

     

    What say you all?

  4. Silver Age Villains?

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    Re: Silver Age Villains?

     

    From the first few issues of Daredevil:

     

    Local crime boss and his thugs

     

    Electro

     

    Stilt-Man

     

    Purple Man

     

    The Plunderer (European aristocrat with a big ray gun)

     

    The Masked Marauder- criminal "mastermind" with an NND+Flash in his helmet

     

    The Gladiator- basically a third-rate hand-to-hand version of Iron Man

  5. Cosmic Threats

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    Re: Cosmic Threats

     

    Interesting no DC uptake here. I suspect that Parallax Hal Jordan is right up there with the best of them, but I dont have any real benchmarks. Certainly far more powerful than Galactus, but perhaps not in Beyonder class.

     

    Darkseid to me is *just* sub-cosmic level threat, but just above superhero level threat. He sort of bridges the divide.

     

    It's tough to tell in DC, even more than Marvel, since they keep rebooting every 8 years or so.

  7. movies/t.v. vs comic books

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    Re: movies/t.v. vs comic books

     

    For the record' date=' Ultimate Spidey uses mechanical webshooters too, using a web formula partially completed by his late father.[/quote']

     

    The silly string shooters is IMO much more satisfying than the juicy wrist-emissions.

  10. George Perez & Champions

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    Re: George Perez & Champions

     

    During the beginning of Avengers Reborn, 1998 or so, I was in the FLCS, and I heard one youngster say to the other somethign about this new guy George Perez becoming the next Todd McFarlane... I nearly fell off the floor. Kids!

  14. Fleeing the Supers-Hunters

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    Re: Fleeing the Supers-Hunters

     

    An alteranative style for a Champions campaign that is even grimmer than most Iron Age scenarios:

     

    The first superhumans to emerge were criminals and villains. After their defeat, all the governments of Earth were required, under pressure from the superpowers, to pass a sort of reverse-eugenics legislation: any person who was found to posess the potential to develop superpowers, much less actualy had them, was to be executed instantly. No appeal, no defense, no explanation, and any outside intereference with or criticsim of the process is also punishable by summary execution.

     

    The PCs are supers who have so far managed to avoid detection and destruction. And the campaign to eradicate "the X Potential" is accelerating, to the point that being considered a prodigy in any field of endeavor is a death sentence. The governments of Earth have developed a sort of massive death machine that, unless stopped, might extinguish all hope for the human race.

     

    All the world wants to kill the PCs, but those PCs are Humanity's only chance at redemption and survival. What will they do? What can they do?

     

    hehe.... Tonight on Champions: If Pol Pot Ruled the Earth!!!

  15. Lex Luthor's armor

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    Re: Lex Luthor's armor

     

    As long as they don't delve into a lot of the inconsistencies between dimensions, I don't see what's wrong with having a number of viable Earths. I mean... as long as the adventures in one don't appear as comic books in another, or whatever. After all, I'll buy anything with Captain Carrot or 'Mazing Man in it.

  16. Best Books of the Silver Age

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    Re: Best Books of the Silver Age

     

    The essential Daredevil Vol 1. Not in color, but still awesome. Also, check out the Mystery Men comic books (especially the Flaming Carrot) by Bob Burden. Although by today's standards it's delightfully deranged fun, it fits perfectly with silver age sensibilities.

  17. Creating the Silver Age Team

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    Re: Creating the Silver Age Team

     

    Some very good ideas so far, thanks!

     

    Regarding Athena, I like the idea of using the goddess or at least an avatar of her. Hmm... maybe I could make her an avatar of sorts: a young woman can call upon the power of Athena to gain her wisdom and power kinda like Billy Batson and Captain Marvel. By having her being a normal girl, you lose some of those war-like aspects. Also, ditch the sword and armor (make it more of a bronze age thing). Also, might change the name to Minerva (the Merciful?) since Wonder Woman used to always say "Merciful Minerva!"

     

    I love this idea. Making a Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman homage in one!~

  19. Creating the Silver Age Team

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    Re: Creating the Silver Age Team

     

    I think you did a god job of covering some major archetypes. I love the name Doctor Atom- very Silver Agey, and not that bad for modern day either. Athena needs a new name. Perhaps think outside of the warrior box. Moondragon, Medusa, Dream Girl, lots of sort of interesting names out there for powerful women. Also, in the late 50's and early 60's, it was not generally accepted than female super-heroes were as good as the men. Giving your super-woman a "weaker" name would be OK genre-wise (without of course dampening her power level). Big Bang Comics used Thunder Girl in the 60's, and prior to that, Venus the Goddess of Love and Laughter as their main female characters. Both were nearly as powerful as Ultiman, their big gun, but were considered "softer" by writers and fans alike due to their femininity.

     

    (And yes, I know Big Bang never actually pubished in the 50's and 60s... but they've got a fine homage universe that I love to mine for new material for older genres.)

  22. Is Crimefighting Ethical?

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    Re: Superman's Secret ID

     

    Not really... I mean' date=' in the real world, it turned out that that idea was darn easy to come up with.[/quote']

     

    I think that he had a "secret ID" because it allowed the writers to explore different aspect of his character, and allowed them to present a side of him more relevant to the reader, rather than some intrinsic rule of the genre- after all, the genre was being reinvented by these guys (superheroes). If Kal-El existed in the real world, my suspicion is that he wouldn't maintain his secret ID the way he does now. After all, the Fortress takes care of all his material needs. While he may, after a time, crave the social interaction that his secret ID provides, he's shown to be mentally tough enough to be able to face this hunger without succumbing to it.

     

    I think if Kal was a real person in the real world with all the advantages he has in the comics, he would almost certainly not maintain "Clark Kent" as he does in the comics. That would be what was borderline-unethical, given his personal worldview.

  24. Is Crimefighting Ethical?

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    Re: Is Crimefighting Ethical?

     

    Kind of reminds me why I think Superman would have a stone-cold-lead-pipe-lock of a secret ID- nobody would think that someone with his kind of powers and responsibilities would take time out to pretend to be a normal schlub for some of the time.

  25. Is Crimefighting Ethical?

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    Re: Is Crimefighting Ethical?

     

    Y'all thinking too hard.

     

    You fight crime so you can fight crime.

     

    You wear a costume because it's cool.

     

    Keep a secret ID or don't, there's drawbacks either way.

     

    Besides, morality is so stony-solid in the kinds of comics that spawn superheroes in longjohns with secret IDs, compared to the rich tonality in real life. Of course you couldn't maintain a secret ID for a long time in real life, it'd require you to lie to everyone you know about the very core of your being, all the time. But in comic books, you get to look cool, punch out the bad guy, save the day, and get the girl. What's not to like about that? It's not only ethical, it's cool. And that's what superheroes is. Not realistic, not ethical or not, just cool.

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