Clonus

I don't think the flex-time of the major comic book companies is an element of the genre that is worth preserving in RPGs.   Campaigns just don't last that long. 

Never trust a clown.  

Energy blasts are a super power.   Marksmanship is a skill.  

Energy blasts are a super power.   Marksmanship is a skill.  

Time travel is a fine thing for anyone who feels like chasing their own tail.  

Magic is like the violin.  It's an easy instrument to play...badly.

Always...expect ninjas.
   --Sydney Scoville II

Always...expect ninjas.
   --Sydney Scoville II

Magic is like the violin.  It's an easy instrument to play...badly.

Never bring a gun to a swordfight.  
 
Don't fly higher than you can fall.
 
Terminal velocity is your friend.
 
Growth is the amazing power to make yourself an easy target.
 
Never call someone "dead" until you finish the autopsy.
 
Being dead doesn't necessarily stop people from making trouble
 
There is no idea so stupid that it can't be used to hurt people.
 
You can't mass produce awesome.  
 
Always make your capes detachable.
 
Always know which walls are load-bearing.
 
 
 

Never bring a gun to a swordfight.  
 
Don't fly higher than you can fall.
 
Terminal velocity is your friend.
 
Growth is the amazing power to make yourself an easy target.
 
Never call someone "dead" until you finish the autopsy.
 
Being dead doesn't necessarily stop people from making trouble
 
There is no idea so stupid that it can't be used to hurt people.
 
You can't mass produce awesome.  
 
Always make your capes detachable.
 
Always know which walls are load-bearing.
 
 
 

Never bring a gun to a swordfight.  
 
Don't fly higher than you can fall.
 
Terminal velocity is your friend.
 
Growth is the amazing power to make yourself an easy target.
 
Never call someone "dead" until you finish the autopsy.
 
Being dead doesn't necessarily stop people from making trouble
 
There is no idea so stupid that it can't be used to hurt people.
 
You can't mass produce awesome.  
 
Always make your capes detachable.
 
Always know which walls are load-bearing.
 
 
 

The Deryni books were better though, even though they came first.

Professionals doing what they do best.
 

Born of Silence. Resistance leader looking to overthrow the government doesn't know that her lover and second in command is the heir to the throne and her underlings kidnap him and torture him...without her noticing, so he goes kind of crazy starts hunting them down and putting their heads on spikes in front of his palace, along with his brutal uncle and a bunch of his guards and generally adopting a leadership style flavoured with Caligula and Vlad the Impaler until she's brought back from having been sold into slavery to turn him around with the power of luuuuve.
 
I kept being reminding of Dickens...because the alternate title that kept running through my head was "A Tale of Two Idiots".