Arcturus

On 12/27/2022 at 6:55 PM, DentArthurDent said:

“Espionage” was the original Hero Games spy concept.

“Top Secret / S.I.” from TSR was a boxed set.

“Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes” was from Flying Buffalo games.

I played them all ‘back in the day.’ MSPE was my favorite to flip through for game ideas. TS had the best backgrounds for James Bond type missions. Espionage had the best set of rules. (Of course.) So, we ported everything over to Espionage and had a blast trying to figure out who was shooting at us this week.

 

Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes and Espionage (and Danger International) are available on DTRPG.
There's also a new version of Top Secret on DTRPG.

Thank you for taking the time to fill us in on the details you remember, Duke.
And congrats on the longevity of your parents! Staying active seems to be a common factor in longer living.

I looked through the pdf (my physical copy is en route, still) and the adventures have mini maps on the pages, but nothing that really looks worth blowing up to a full page except for the Penthouse on page 154.

I found some info on Wayne's Books...

Under the normal entry (near the bottom of the page), it mentions:
 

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BOX SET: 1985 ... HERO 17B ... ISBN (same)
CONTENTS: Rulebook; mini-poster; double-sided play map; 6 dice.

I'm guessing the poster was a copy of the cover.

I wonder what the map was.

I just noticed that you missed Colleen Wing.

I saw in one of the old Champions books an order form listing the then-current and upcoming releases, and it listed a Danger International limited boxed set.

Did this really exist?

If so, what were the contents?

1 hour ago, assault said:

None of these are Champions Now stats.

Sorry. I wandered in by accident.

It hadn't clicked that this was 'Champions Now' and not 'Champions, now'.

Ignore my previous post.

On 11/15/2022 at 12:41 PM, Seth0194 said:

So I know they are not official but would love to see some people's work on existing characters.  I mean even those in other universes.    Thanks!!!

There's this recent thread with stats for the tv Defenders (aka the comics Heroes For Hire/Marvel Knights) -

And this thread had some links worth checking out -

Also, if you can find copies, the Different Worlds magazine had stats for the '80s X-Men (in #23), New Teen Titans (in #30) and DNAgents (in #34).

In a secluded area of the world, high in the mountains, far above the clouds, a group of the most evil masterminds have come together with a plot to take over the world.

It could be Viper, or it could be a villain group ala Legion of Doom.

The base is deep inside the mountains and will be the location for the final showdown between the heroes and the villains, with a powerful weapon primed to blast the International Space Station. In their defeat, the villains set the lair to self-destruct and the heroes must then escape. They lose the villains which may or may not meet their demise in the fiery explosion.

From the amazing Glen Orbik, who passed away way too soon. I loved his work.

More can be seen here: https://americanpulps.com/noir-artwork-of-glen-orbik-pulp-artists/

5 hours ago, steriaca said:

Well, there is a Disney + version of Moon Knight. As for Jessica Drew Spiderwoman, one was seen in the trailer of Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse Part 1, but is she really that one? I don't remember her having a fluffy afro and riding a motorcycle. 

I found stats for Jessica Drew Spider-Woman, but not for Moon Knight.

In the early '80s, before Dennis O'Neil moved to DC to head the Batman department, he was the editor/writer of Marvel's street-level heroes. He edited Daredevil, Power Man & Iron Fist and Spiderwoman, and wrote Moon Knight. Spiderwoman eventually got moved to the Avengers editor right before her book was cancelled. It's possible they were planning on her joining the team, but instead she was 'killed off' at the end of her series.

Jessica Jones was originally supposed to be Jessica Drew in the comics, a former superhero turned full-time private investigator. But Marvel didn't care much for her getting hooked up with Luke Cage at the time and Bendis changed her from Spiderwoman/Jessica Drew to Jewel/Jessica Jones.

The version of Moon Knight that existed during the O'Neil era was very much like Batman and his stats could probably fit.
Well, before Batman could kick trees in half.

Thanks for putting these together.

I still need to watch the Netflix shows, but I consider the Denny O'Neil era of the early '80s as the best for Marvel's street-level characters.

Has anyone done stats for Moon Knight and/or the Jessica Drew Spider-Woman?