Cassandra

Pearl Harbor (2001) Just kidding.

I once played Frederick Douglass in a one woman show at the University of Maryland that the Diamondback called "Too confusing to be offensive."

If I do this I get your Yankee tickets on A-Rod bobblehead day. And I'm going to throw that thing in front of your train. Go Phillies.

Informed decision? Do you think this country was founded on informed decisions? Columbus thought he was in India. And did he worry about being wrong? No, he just called everyone Indians. And we still do it today. Why? 'Cause. You want to be an American? You fill out that ballot because you don't know what you're doing. Just like we named this country after the fourth and fifth guy who discovered it. Amerigo Vespucci. Who cares? America.

Well I didn't win, but at least I didn't make any new friends.

This is so true. CBS only keeps SWAT and SEAL Team on because everything else on the network is so terrible.

Which surprised me because I always thought that Constantine was a Buffy character.

Everything I learned about the Golden Age came from Republic Serials. A number of wartime ones would serve well as a bases for a Champions campaign. The Even Mastermind who's headquarters is often hidden inside the Heroes based of operations (yes, that happened a lot), his evil henchmen led by Clayton Moore (unless he was a G-Man), all working to build the ultimate weapon (usually a death ray but sometimes a space ship) and the hero and his sidekick/love interest were all that were standing in the way of doom.

Originally she had super-strength, was very tough, could fly, had x-ray vision, and a brilliant mind. Not surprisingly she was created by Otto Binder who has previously created Mary Marvel, and would create Supergirl. There is a bridge in National City named after him. I have a paperback copy of The Avengers Battle The Earth -Wrecker by Otto Binder from 1967.

And it was stretching powers that got Sue Storm for Reed Richards.

Which explains why Magneto didn't just show up in Age of Ultron and crush all the robots. How it should have ended showed us that.

I think his greatest power was getting Miss America, a superstrong flying superheroine who happened to be a brilliant millionaire, and who looked like Maureen O'Hara, to go out with his.

Johnny Thunder springs to mind. The only good thing about his comic is the introduction of Black Canary.

I think those are more Pulp characteristics. After the War started the Heroes became to work with the Authorities. Even Sub-Mariner joined up.

The very first Champions Adventure way back in the 1st Edition had a group of heroes recruited by UNTIL to rescue a VIPER defector. They went up against a group of mercenary Supervillains. If they saved the VIPER Defector it led to a mission to recover some microfilm that would expose a VIPER Base. If they got the microfilm they would raid a VIPER base and captured the key to the VIPER computer network.

A few Golden Age characteristics. 1. The Heroes will be fighting non-costumed individuals more often then villains. They will be either criminals or Axis spies. Many will be working for a Mastermind who conceals their identity because they are part of the establishment. Of course most of the heroes will be too so have some Money and High Society. 2. The Heroes are expected to bring their opponents alive. That's why no matter what powers the heroes have they will engage in hand to hand combat so they can pull their punches and knock out the criminals and spies out. You'll have a chance to question them, but the Mastermind will always be nearby to shut them up before they can reveal too much, usually with a secret device that the minion had no idea they were wearing. Most heroes, especially Bricks, should have Interrogation ("Talk or I'll . . . ") 3. The Heroes will from time to time get captured because the Mastermind will send them into an ambush. But this will give the Heroes a chance to gain valuable information that will allow them to stop the Mastermind's current evil scheme once they escape. All characters should have Contortionist. 4. When one of the Mastermind's minions is eliminated for getting captured, this will allow one of the Heroes to infiltrate the gang, and discover a lead to the Mastermind's secret identity. At least one of the Heroes should have Disguise and Streetwise. 5. The Mastermind is often building an Ultimate Weapon, but needs components and equipment to activate it. This will lead to thefts and kidnappings of scientists. At least one of the Heroes should have a Science Skill, and technical skills like electronics, inventor, mechanics, and Systems Operations. 6. In the 1940s is was inconceivable that the Heroes would be vigilantes. Even Batman in the 1943 Serial was working for the U.S. Government. So FB: Federal Police Powers and Reputation: Superhero or Crime Fighter is a must.

Big Bang Comics has created a whole series of superheroes set in the 1940s. Most are an homage to better known heroes.

Jack of All Trades (2000) Bruce Campbell plays America Secret Agent Jack Stiles who is assigned to work with Emilia Rothschild (Angela Dotchin), a brilliant British Agent and Scientist on a small tropical island in order to stop Napolean from Napoleon from taking over the world.

Most modern superheroes have a Golden Age counterpart. There is nothing wrong with taking any superhero and having them show up back in the 1940s. Of course if they have Computer Programming they might want to swap that out for Lightning Calculator.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) A Janitor trapped in space builds a pair of robots to make fun of bad movies for our delight.

DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) A group of female Martial Artist battle for the right to be the best, but must deal with a sinister plot.

D.E.B.S. (2004) Four young women take the SATs and because of the way they answered the questions they are recruited into an espionage agency. One of them falls for a Legendary Villainess.

Dames is poison.

They say a verbal insult hurts worse then actually physical pain. They are wrong.

Never drink anything while at a place a Villain has taken you to.