I believe so though there's a good chance we get another vote for the Funnyface situation
EDIT: By the way @King crimson after rewatching World's Finest I was wondering, what would we need to do to build the Lexwing?
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Lex Sedet In Vertice: A Supervillain in the DCU CK2 quest
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EDIT: By the way @King crimson after rewatching World's Finest I was wondering, what would we need to do to build the Lexwing?
Are we able to make that kryptonite steroid that lex took in the public enemies movie in the quest just wondering
King crimson
Confusion Will Be My Epitaph
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So confession time, I kind of want to end the Nemesis mini-events here. You labelled the two loose ends left, but I feel like the nemesis mini-events have wrapped up cleanly enough that I don't really want to get too into them right now.
Interrogating Funnyface is especially something I don't want to do because that's another potential three or four updates just in people trying to formulate responses to things and interrogating down specific lines of inquiry. I'm probably going to move that to going after the turn especially since I doubt much of the results are going to affect what you interrogate him on.
I did try to write the Siobhan stuff for this update but ultimately cut it since it wasn't coming together, especially since I struggled on whether or not to blend it into the action Leslie Willis took this turn to criticize Superman. Ultimately I decided to hold off on including it in the Nemesis mini-events. What I'm likely going to do is package the effects of that into the "results part 3" of this turn and then include a post results POV from someone else who is meant to give you a more "on the ground" view of Superman, rather than Siobhan or Leslie's POV.
As such unless I change my mind while studying, I think I'm going to end the nemesis mini-events here and move onto the results. This isn't set in stone, but that's my current thoughts on the matter.
Technically all you would need to do is pick the "build your own custom vehicle" action, specify that you want an Aircraft/Airplane (there are some slight differences as one's more direct than the other but both can achieve it) and then roll well. The steps are slightly different if you want to mass produce it but if you just want to make the one, you have the capability to do so.
This is only one way to achieve what I think you're asking about.
Kryptonite does not have the capability to be used as a steroid, it'd be like trying to include Alexandrite as part of a steroid. You can technically do it, but the additional presence of the mineral would do nothing to improve the capability of the steroid. Furthermore, injecting kryptonite directly into your body is dangerous because kryptonite is radioactive, admittedly not much more so than sunlight, but it's still radioactive enough that it can cause complications.
That being said you could make something that appears functionally identical to what was in that movie and achieves the same broad goals (for example an injection that is both a steroid and nanobots designed to break down kryptonite and cause you to secrete it through your sweat to make hurting kryptonians easier).
So to summarize, you can't make "literally the thing in the movie" but you can make things that are functionally, and to an extent visibly, identical to the stuff in the movie that also uses kryptonite. I hope that explains things.
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Gumiho
Reach heaven through violence!
I think this is fair, though i am biased as i want to move on from the mini-events to the results already.
Yeah it makes sense plus in the movie it seemed like taking it was not only making him go insane but also poisoning him the more he took it so it probably wouldn't be worth it considering we haven't even built lex his power armor yet
Yeah the mini events were fun but I want to get to the rolls as well but I'm cool if we continue the mini events or if we move on
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For what it's worth I'm fine with that. I wanna see the rolls (as long as they're good
). I'm exited to see what we'll get done this turn. I'm especially hoping we'll get the bone serum up and running.Yeah, don't do Kryptonite kids. You won't like it were it takes you.
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Sounds good. They were fun, but they've run there course and it sounds like what's left doesn't leave you a lot to use to build on the already released nemesis update in a way that merits that degree of detail or attention. Thanks again for some excellent scenarios and your usual masterful characterization. Good luck in law school, and have a nice day.
So basically just have a post result sub vote of "This is what Funnyface told you, what do you want to do with him now?"
That works for me.
It's fine for me the two remaining sections are pretty much already wrapped up besides for some very slight falling action.
Hmm, ideally I'd want to mass produce something like that, especially because I don't the government would be particularly happy with us privately owning the only version, which I imagine is locked behind creating combat planes which we should really do one of these days.
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
Yes. The mini events were very fun and creative, but there were too many of them. We have been thinking of ideas, counter measures, and all types of plans for our next turns, but we are still on the mini events.
I would really like to see the results.
I would really like to see the results.
I liked the nemesis events, though I'm looking forward to the results for this turn.
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I have tremendous respect for the woman, but any plan that involves smooching Amanda Waller is a bad plan. Amanda Wallers are not for smooching.
I do agree not when you have a perfectly loyal Mercy
Sirrocco
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Nonconsensual smooching of Amanda Wallers in particular. That's the sort of thing that she'd react poorly to.
The other way... well, honestly, I've seen a story where the protagonist put in real and significant effort over an extended period of time in an entirely sincere and forthright attempt to seduce Emily Piggot, and had my respect for it. So... kinda depends on what you're into, you know?
...but not for our Lex. Oh no. Oh nonononono. That, I'll agree with you on.
Lex never wants to see a glowing a green rock again after that
P.A.I.D. Comic Industry Report: The Retaliators
To: Mr. Lex Luthor, CEO, CSO and CFO of LexCorp and Mr. Oswald Loomis, Head of Television Programming at Lightyear Entertainment (LexCorp Subsidiary)
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Potential Acquisitions Investigations Department Comic Industry Report A-3: The Retaliators & Others.
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The Retaliators
Highly Confidential Information, if you are not one of the above individuals reading the contents of this report qualifies as an act of industrial espionage and any LexCorp, or LexCorp subsidiary, employee(s) doing so should immediately turn themselves in to either Ms. Mercy Graves, Head of LexCorp Security or Mr. Carl Draper, Head of the Department of Internal Review, failure to do so will result in immediate termination and the pursuit of legal action to the full extent of the law.
Potential Acquisitions Investigations Department Comic Industry Report A-3: The Retaliators & Others.
This document is a continuation of the initial Potential Acquisitions Investigations Department report on the current state of the comics industry, with a specific focus on the Major Comics comic book company and their most iconic and profitable brands/characters. For more information see P.A.I.D Comic Industry Report A-1 and/or P.A.I.D Comic Industry Report A-2
The Retaliators
The first Retaliators comic was published in 1963 and unlike the Spider Power or Zen Men comics primarily featured a team of pre-existing characters as opposed to newly created ones. The main purpose of the series from a marketing perspective was to unite several of Major Comic's historic characters, many of whom had been experiencing a decline in popularity in recent years, as members of the eponymous team in order to introduce them to new readers and hopefully convince them to buy the characters individual books. While the original run would be fairly successful it wouldn't achieve the popularity of its contemporaries and would fade into relative obscurity. Despite this the series has continued to be published, occasionally being reinvigorated by the introduction of new team members and has maintained a decent amount of popularity among hardcore fans.
Sam Roberts aka American Crusader: A man born and raised in the Bakerline borough of Metropolis in the 1920's where he would regularly get into confrontations with bullies and criminals in defence of others despite his own physical weakness. Roberts would develop a fascination with history from a young age, especially in regards to various historical conflicts and what could be learned from them, and would pursue and eventually attain a doctorate on the subject. At the outbreak of World War 2 Roberts would attempt to enlist but would be rejected due to his several medical conditions, causing him to focus his energy into a field he felt he could help in, keeping various important historical artefacts out of the hands of the Nazis. Eventually Roberts' research would uncover the supposed location of the holy grail and would lead an expedition to the Middle East to acquire it before the Nazis could but would end up accidentally leading them to the hidden temple where it was being kept due to a spy in the expedition. After being attacked and surrounded by the German army Roberts and the surviving members of the expedition would take shelter inside the temple and while the others would attempt to establish contact with the Allied army Roberts would delve deeper into the temple and find the grail. Upon hearing the Nazis break into the temple a desperate Roberts would drink from the grail which would transform him into a physical adonis with superhuman strength, durability, endurance and speed as well as the ability to summon a shield made out of red energy at will. Using his new abilities Roberts would save the surviving members of his expedition and manage to hold off the German army until Ally reinforcements arrived to escort them back to safety, after returning home Roberts would be approached by the US Government to use his newfound powers on the front lines which he would happily agree to. He would spend the rest of the war serving as the poster boy for the Allied forces, fighting in several major battles against the Axis and going on many important missions to counteract their enemies various evil schemes. Towards the end of the war Roberts would be forced to sacrifice himself by jumping into a portal to fight a monster that his arch nemesis was attempting to summon, only escaping several decades later when the Meta Militia managed to reopen the portal to try and save him so that he could lead a new team of heroes to deal with the many dangers of the modern world.
Alonzo "Lonnie" Sharp aka Machinehead: The scion of one of the most powerful families in the United States that own one of the largest and most powerful aerospace corporations on the planet with a focus on exploring the cosmos that was founded by his genius father. Sharp's father noticed from a young age that his son displayed a level of intelligence that exceeded even his and carefully nurtured it, providing him with the greatest education he could and working alongside him to develop various experimental technologies that would advance space flight by several decades. Eventually Sharp's parents would participate in the first manned expedition to Mars utilising technology developed by him but an unexpected malfunction would result in it disappearing on the journey there with everyone on board presumed dead. Sharp would be scarred by this event, believing that something wrong with his technology had caused the malfunction and that he was responsible for his parents disappearance causing him to become a recluse focusing all of his energy into discovering a way to find and rescue them, refusing to believe that they were dead. Several years later Sharp would emerge from isolation after inventing a suit of highly advanced power armour that could survive the vacuum of space, using it travel to the last known location of his parents ship to search for clues about what happened to them, finding traces of an unknown energy signature which suggests they were teleported somewhere. After returning home a reinvigorated Sharp would emerge back into the public eye and resume control of his parents company with the intention of using its resources to improve his suit even more so that he could track down his parents, only to discover that the people he had left in charge of it had repurposed his and his parents research for military purposes and sold them to the highest bidder. Blaming himself for allowing this to happen Sharp would decide to put his search for his parents on hold and use his power armour to fight crime and stop people from committing atrocities using bastardised versions of his and his parents technology, eventually joining the team being put together by the Meta Militia and becoming American Crusader's second in command, designing equipment for the rest of the team and letting them operate out of a building he owned in Metropolis.
David Dibble aka Behemoth: A man that grew up an orphan in the Gotham foster care system after he was abandoned by his parents where he was frequently tormented by his fellow orphans due to his extreme intelligence and bookish nature. Dibble would suppress his anger at this treatment for years before eventually snapping and beating one of his bullies unconscious, causing him to end up in a juvenile detention facility where he would swear never to let his anger get the best of him again. After being released Dibble would earn his GED and enrol in a prestigious university where he would pursue a degree in quantum physics with a specific focus on a newly discovered form of energy known as quantum energy and quickly becomes an expert in the field. Upon graduating Dibble would be recruited into a government project to try and harness the power of quantum energy which he would agree to in the hopes of developing a form of cheap, clean renewable energy to try and improve the world. However, after several years with little success the project would be coopted by a high ranking general who would pressure Dibble to begin working on a quantum bomb and while he would initially refuse he would be pressured into eventually agreeing by the general. After a year of gruelling work Dibble would successfully build a prototype bomb and conduct a test in the desert where he would be left to die by the military so that he couldn't share his knowledge on the weapon with anyone. After being caught in the explosion and exposed to an enormous amount of quantum radiation Dibble would mutate into an enormous blue monster and rampage through the desert before eventually reaching a city and causing chaos before seemingly disappearing. In reality the monster had transformed back into a disoriented and disheveled Dibble who stumbled his way out of the wreckage with little memory of what had happened. Dibble would soon realise that whenever he got too angry he would transform into a rage filled monster and spend the next few years wandering the world trying to learn how to control his transformation and avoiding the military who wanted to kill him and/or learn how to recreate his powers. Eventually Dibble would learn how to harness his other form somewhat, enough to direct it to unleash its anger on deserving targets, and would eventually be recruited by the Meta Militia to join their new team of heroes in exchange for protecting him from the people chasing him and helping him learn how to better control his monstrous form. After joining the team Dibble and Sharp would bond over their mutual interest in science, often working together and sharing their guilt over feeling responsible for people's deaths, becoming fast friends as a result.
Leonard Grant aka Wundajin: A man born in Coast City to an indigenous Australian woman who had immigrated there while pregnant after the death of her husband and would raise him as a single mother. From a young age Grant would have a strong sense of adventure and a keen interest in his ancestral history, spending most of his free time exploring the wilderness around Coast City or in museums learning about the history and traditions of his and many other cultures. As he grew up Grant would explore these interests more by pursuing an education and career in anthropology, a field that he would excel in and would participate in several major expeditions to study cultures around the world. Eventually Grant's mother would die and he would find several strange artefacts and notes among her belongings which he would deduce came from somewhere in the Australian Outback motivating him go on a solo expedition to try and learn more. After following the notes Grant would discover an abandoned yet perfectly intact indigenous village hidden in the mountains where he would come across a strange axe in a shrine at the mountains peak. Upon touching the axe Grant would recive a vision of the storm spirit Wundajin who would explain that years ago the village was home to a tribe of his chosen people, the strongest and bravest of which would be allowed to wield his axe and be granted a portion of his power with which to defend the tribe and fight injustice. Grant's mother was the last surviving member of the tribe and his father was the previous wielder of the axe who used it to fight the spirit's greatest enemy but died in the process, as such he offers Grant the opportunity to wield his axe in defence of people even if there is no longer a tribe to protect. Grant would immediately accept and be granted the power of flight, invulnerability, super strength and control over lightning, rain and thunder upon wielding the axe. He would quickly return to the United States where he would use his newfound powers to fight crime and protect the innocent, soon being recruited by the Meta Militia into the Retaliators with promises of seeing more of the world and having an opportunity to help even more people. Grant would initially be worried about how Robert's would feel about working with him due to their powers coming from different mythical/spiritual sources but would be happily surprised by how welcoming he was, excited to have a teammate who shared his interest in ancient history and that he could spar with.
Natalia Romanić aka Red Dragon: A woman born to a powerful Kaznian aristocratic family from a secret relationship between her father, the head of the family, and a maid, making her ineligible for inheritance despite being the first born but her father still took her in and raised after her mother died in childbirth. Due to her bastard status Romanić was treated coldly by most of her family, especially by her future stepmother who resented her lowborn status and the potential threat she presented to her own children. This would cause Romanić to become very distant and antisocial, focusing on pursuing her hobbies of gymnastics and shooting while also learning how to blend in and avoid the attention of her crueler family members. Eventually her stepmother would give birth to a daughter that Romanić would find herself almost immediately attached to and promise her father that she would dedicate her life to protecting her, stepping up her training to keep that promise and becoming a renowned martial artist and marksman in the process. Over the next few years Romanić would rarely leave her sisters side, serving as a loyal bodyguard and caretaker that her sister would grow up greatly admiring and looking up to, much to her mother's chagrin. However, things would eventually take a turn for the worse when the neighbouring Soviet Union began exerting pressure on the Kaznian government as well as encouraging and supplying the country's own socialist party resulting in growing tension between the nations aristocracy and its general population. Eventually the situation would grow tense enough that after an attempted assassination of the royal family Romanić would track down the leader of a local KGB cell and, after taking down every other member of his cell, would offer to join the organisation and use her skills on their behalf in exchange for keeping her family safe. Impressed by her skills he would agree and Romanić would have to leave her family behind to take on her first mission for the Soviet Union, marking the beginning of a long and bloody career in their employ. After many years she would return to a now soviet controlled Kaznia on a mission to assassinate a Western agent that had infiltrated the country only to discover that and her family had been swept up in a recent purge with her father dying and her sister going missing, causing her to hunt down several important officials responsible for the purge and kill them. After succeeding on her self imposed mission she would be approached by the Western agent who would convince her to defect to the US in exchange for help tracking down her sister as well as to get revenge on the Soviet Union for betraying her. After defecting to the US Romanić would be drafted into the Meta Militia where her abilities would be put to use spying on and assassinating various superpowered threats around the world before eventually being assigned to the Retaliators both to keep them in line and to serve as the teams espionage expert.
Clive Burton aka Deadeye: A man born in England in the late 12th century to a poor family of hunters who would teach him a how to use a bow and arrow from a young age, something that he would quickly discover that he had a significant talent for. Eventually his family would have to resort to poaching to feed themselves and the people of their village due to the cruelty and greed of the local sheriff but they would be caught and executed by him for doing so, leaving Burton as the only survivor and imbuing him with a drive for revenge. Burton would devote himself to being a thorn in the sheriffs side, using the skills his family taught him to steal from the sheriff and redistribute his reclaimed fortune amongst the poor and destitute and over the years he would build up a cadre of loyal followers to aid him. Eventually Burton would be caught by the sheriff and tortured to try and learn what he had done with the stolen money but would refuse to answer even after having his eyes cut out, causing the sheriff to give up and execute him out of frustration. After his death stories of his deeds would spread and form the foundation of the legend of Robin Hood, inspiring people around the known world to resist against similar corruption and do what they could to help the less fortunate. Hundreds of years later, during the Second World War, a secret department of the British government focused on the study and usage of magic would unearth Burton's body and use powerful necromantic magic to resurrect him in their hour of need. Despite the magic reviving him Burton would be left with blue skin and without his eyes, something that he would have to get used to while adapting to the modern day. In the process Burton would learn that his lack of eyes seemingly hadn't effected his skills and that due to the necromantic energy reanimating him he had gained the ability to heal from any injury so long as his body remained intact. After getting his bearings Burton would often be deployed on special missions to take out important targets and protect the Allies' interests, working with American Crusader on several occasions and becoming a renowned Allied agent in the process. After the end of the war Burton would continue to operate as an agent for the western powers, eventually being loaned out to the Meta Militia by the British government to serve as a disposable asset and an anti-superhuman agent above and beyond his regular missions. On one of said missions he would encounter and recruit Natalia Romanić, becoming one of her few friends and eventually being assigned to the Retaliators alongside her to make the most of his powers.
Jay Abrams aka Blue Jay: The son of a scientist that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War Two but would come to greatly regret the role he played in the creation of the bomb. Abrams would grow up in Ivy Town where his father had position as a professor of nuclear physics at a prestigious university, he would spend most of his childhood sitting in on his fathers lectures and attending various anti-nuclear demonstrations and hearings with him. Over the years Abrams would adopt his fathers stance on the dangers of nuclear power and decide to use his natural genius to try either develop an alternative energy source or else find a way to make nuclear energy safer. To that end he would pursue an education in physics, quickly graduating from university at the top of his class and being approached by the government to work on an experimental flight harness that they were developing. He would agree to work on it with the goal of using the money and connections he would make on the project to support his own research but would soon be consumed by the project, throwing himself into it and eventually succeeding in creating a prototype that worked but required an immense amount of power rendering it useless in the field. After a few years Abrams would receive a cryptic letter from his father but when he returned home to investigate would learn that his father had died recently under suspicious circumstances and while looking through his belongings would discover a hidden notebook filled with coded messages and diagrams. After decrypting the contents of the notebook Abrams would discover that his father had discovered an experimental new particle, dubbed the Abrams Atom, which could not only be used to significantly reduce the size of any object while allowing it to retain its mass and function but also generate the same amount of power as a nuclear reactor in a palm sized device. Abrams would initially be excited to learn that his father had discovered a way to accomplish his life goal but after noticing several government agents lurking around his fathers property and following him would realise that he had likely refused to hand over his discovery for fear that the government would weaponise it and had been killed fast a result. Angry at his fathers fate Abrams would approach the former director of his project with his suspicions but while she would express her sympathy she would also tell him that even if he was right it was unlikely that the government would do anything about it unless he had irrefutable evidence. Infuriated and despondent at the injustice Abrams would decide to steal the failed experimental flight harness and combine it with an Abrams Atom reactor to create a suit that would allow him to fly as well as shrink down to seven inches which he would use to try and find his fathers killer while stopping any other crimes he encountered or learned about in the process. During his career as a hero Abrams would begin a relationship with the former director of his project Diane, struggling to keep his heroic identity a secret from her before she would eventually learn the truth and decide to help him, equipping herself with a suit that granted her similar abilities to his and taking up the moniker of Kite. Eventually they would catch the man who had killed Abrams' father and prove his guilt before being approached by the Meta Militia and convinced to join the Retaliators in exchange for their assistance in helping them find out who had given his fathers killer the order. While Abrams would get along well with most of the team he would form a friendly rivalry with Sharp over who the smartest member of the team was, with both of them occasionally making rash decisions to try and prove their superiority to the other,
Maya Chamara aka Dr Multiverse: A woman born and raised in Toronto by her astrophysicist parents who instilled a deep and abiding love for space and a desire to discover the unknown in her that would last her entire life. In order to achieve her dream of exploring the cosmos Chamara would pursue a doctorate in astrophysics much like her parents, but unlike them she aimed to become an astronaut rather than a researcher. Eventually she would graduate at the top of her class and begin her training with the Canadian Space Agency to become an astronaut, quickly proving her talent and completing her training in record time. After becoming an astronaut Chamara would participate in several missions exploring the solar system and making a name for herself before eventually being sent to investigate a mysterious anomaly that was detected in the orbit of Saturn. Once she and her team reached the site of the anomaly they would discover what appeared to be a strange crack in reality that would suddenly emit an enormous amount of unknown cosmic energies that would destroy her shuttle and kill the rest of her crew. In the aftermath of the disaster Chamara would wake up floating in an endless void and after briefly panicking would realise that she had somehow been imbued with an enormous amount of energy and begin trying to learn how to harness it in the hopes of finding a way home. Initially she would only be able to fly and shoot concussive blasts of energy but after enough time she would learn to harness the energy, which she would term multiversal energy, to peer into other universes and eventually even open portals to them, which she would use to escape the void and return home. However, after arriving back at Earth she would realise that several years had passed since her disappearance and that her newfound knowledge of the multiverse and ability to look into it caused her to struggle to empathise with or understand normal people. Not knowing what to do with her life Chamara would decide to use her powers to fight criminals that no one else could or would, in the process learning that she could use her multiversal energy to manipulate and change the world around her as well as track anyone she had interacted with anywhere in the world or multiverse. After a few years of this she would be approached by the Meta Militia to join the Retaliators which she would reject, choosing to use the emergence of other heroes protecting the Earth as an opportunity to explore the multiverse and help those who truly needed it. However, she would still return every so often in order to help the Retaliators deal with certain threats or to visit what few friends she had been able to make since gaining her powers, such as Roberts and Dibble who could sympathise with her being forced to distance herself from most people.
Stan Watson aka Silver Eagle: A man born in San Francisco to a family with a long and storied history as members of the US military, causing Watson to be raised in an extremely patriotic and militaristic environment and resulting in him eventually enlisting in the military himself. Over the next few years Watson would rapidly climb the ranks, becoming a captain at a relatively young age before leading his unit on a dangerous mission where most of them would die and leaving him wheelchair bound. As a result of his injuries Watson would be honourably discharged from the military and begin an alcohol fuelled depressive spiral, struggling with his injury and the trauma of having led his unit to their deaths as well as the tension with his family caused by his dismissal. His situation was only made worse by his realisation that he was attracted to men, something that he struggled with thanks to his conservative upbringing and kept a secret from his family due to worrying that they wouldn't accept him and not wanting to put undue pressure on their already strained relationship. Eventually Watson would be approached by the military to undergo an experimental procedure to bond a prototype flight suit based on Abrams' work to his body, which would allow him to not only walk again but to fly at high speeds and altitudes as well. Of the numerous veterans that volunteered Watson would show the best results and quickly get the hang of the various abilities afforded to him by his new suit, participating in several covert reconnaissance missions on behalf of the US government and distinguishing himself. While he would enjoy the new freedom afforded to him by the suit Watson would soon begin to struggle with his inability to remove it and the difficulties it caused with interacting with regular society. Due to his excellent performance Watson would be selected by the Meta Militia to join the Retaliators as a representative of the military to try and ease the growing tension between the two groups. After joining the team Watson would befriend several of his teammates due to his affable nature but would develop a frosty relationship with Abrams due to him viewing Watson's suit as a bastardisation of his work. The most significant relationship that Watson would foster within the team would be with Roberts, the two of them becoming fast friends and bonding over their shared history with the military before eventually starting a relationship where Watson would help Roberts explore his feelings and adapt to the modern age whilst Roberts would help him deal with his situation and trying to mend the rift with his family.
Clara Denver aka Major Max: A woman born and raised in the desert outside Roswell, New Mexico by her extremely strict ex-military father after the death of her mother and was forced to undergo rigorous survival training by him and rarely allowed to interact with other people her age. Due to her father's mistreatment and her isolation Denver would become extremely cynical, aggressive and closed off from other people, often preferring to keep to herself and struggling to work with others without snapping at them. However, despite her fathers best efforts to keep her isolated Denver would develop an intense curiosity about the rest of the world and a desire to explore it even if she didn't know how to interact with the people in it. Eventually Denver would get sick of the life forced on her by her father and decide to enlist in the Air Force to make use of the skills he had taught her while also getting to see more of the world in the process. While she would excel in this role she would often be reprimanded for her inability to coordinate with her squadron and her tendency to take unnecessary risks by herself, culminating in her being grounded after a mission where her antics almost resulted in a member of her squadron being shot down. While grounded a furious Denver would see something fall from the sky and upon investigating discovers that it was a ship piloted by a humanlike alien named Ma-Jorr, the original Major Max, and while she would think about turning him in to the military would decide not to due to her anger at them. After being nursed back to health by Denver Ma-Jorr would reveal that he had fled his home world after absorbing a powerful source of energy that his people had kept safe for generations in order to protect it from a warlord that had conquered his home. Upon settling in Ma-Jorr would decide to use the powers granted to him by the energy source (Flight, invulnerability, energy blasts and absorption) to defend the Earth from both external and internal threats with Denver deciding to use her knowledge of military protocols and tactics to help him evade the government. Eventually Ma-Jorr would manage to repair his spaceship but would ultimately decide to stay on Earth, causing Denver to decide to start using it in order to occasionally provide him with backup in the field when necessary. After several years of this Ma-Jorr would be fatally injured while defending Earth from the alien warlord that had invaded his home and decide to pass the energy source he was protecting on to Denver in his final moments, granting her all the same powers he had possessed and making her the second Major Max. Shortly after this Denver would be recruited into the Retaliators now that they were more aware of the dangers presented by alien invaders due to the strength and versatility of her powers and also to serve as their resident expert on alien societies and technology. However, despite joining the team she would maintain an icy demeanour and be distant from most of her new teammates due to both her own antisocial nature and the trauma of the recent death of one of her few friends.
Robot: A machine constructed as a joint project between Sharp, Abrams and Dibble in order to create an autonomous android capable of travelling the cosmos in order to gather information on extraterrestrial threats and phenomena, with Sharp in particular hoping that it would discover his parents location. In order to keep it safe while accomplishing its mission they equipped it with the powers of flight, magnetism, energy blasts and the ability to interface directly with any technology as well as various other high tech gadgets. After being launched into space Robot would spend the next few months drifting through the void scanning worlds, intercepting transmission and sending data back to Earth before eventually being caught in the wake of a supernova and crashing on an unknown world. After rebooting Robot lost its memories of its purpose and origins and would be found and taken in by the pacifist monk inhabitants of the world it had landed on who would help it learn more about itself and the universe, eventually becoming truly self aware in the process. After a few years the peaceful planet would be attacked by pirates causing Robot to unlock his weaponry and memories again which he would use to fight off the pirates and protect the people who had taken him in. However, while they would appreciate his help they would be forced to banish him for breaking their oath of pacifism causing him to return to Earth in the hopes of finding somewhere else he can belong. After returning home Robot would be somewhat disappointed at the violent and selfish nature of humanity and would decide to use his powers to fight crime and try to inspire people to be better, eventually joining the Retaliators to help more people. As a member of the team he would initially have a difficult relationship with his creators but would soon befriend them, becoming especially close with Sharp and Dibble due to sharing their love of space and belief that violence should be a last resort respectively.
Laura Nielsen aka Silver Sorceress: A young woman born in the mountains of the Eastern European country of Bulgravia to a coven of witches that had practiced various forms of magic for centuries. It would be apparent from a young age that Nielsen possessed an innate talent at any magic she tried her hand at due to a combination of her natural inclination towards it and, unbeknownst to her or her coven, her possessing a Genoman power that enhanced her ability to understand and control magical energies. Unfortunately, on the night before Nielsen's induction into the coven proper they would be exterminated by the new Soviet government, leaving her as the sole survivor and fleeing from the government. While on the run she would meet up with Christos and his little sister Anna who would help her hide from a KGB agent that was hunting her down, showing off their own powers in the process and convincing her to stay with them before they would eventually encounter Hans Leckter. While travelling with Leckter Nielsen would constantly practice her magic and take advantage of visiting numerous countries around the world to learn from and about their magical traditions, soon becoming one of the most powerful and talented practitioners on the planet. Several years later Nielsen, tormented by the death of her sister as well as her father and brothers radicalisation, would become despondent and relocate to an abandoned island in the pacific where she would live a life of isolation for a few years. Eventually her peace would be broken by Abrams crashing on her island after a massive fight between the Retaliators and one of their most powerful villains, with the other members believing he had died in the battle. Nielsen would nurse Abrams back to health over the next few days using her magic and upon realising how powerful she was he would attempt to convince her to help them defeat the enemy he had been fighting though she would refuse which Abrams would reluctantly accept and return home without her. However, shortly after Abrams left she would be visited by Chamara who would tell Nielsen that unless she helped the Retaliators their enemy would soon kill them and conquer the world, forcing her to reluctantly leave her island to help them. As a member of the team Nielsen would have a tense relationship with some of the team due to her maintaining her distance from them, especially with Sharp who refused to believe in magic, but would establish a friendship with Abrams, who was grateful for her saving him, and especially Robot, thanks to their shared preferences for isolation and avoiding using their powers, which would eventually lead to a romantic relationship between them.
Faust von Knochen aka Baron Bone: A man born in Munich in the early 20th century where he was raised in a deeply religious household that struggled to get by due to the country's economic crisis, where he was regularly abused by his drunken father venting his anger at being unable to find a job. Von Knochen's difficult childhood would result in him resenting the church and cause him to join the Thule Society, initially just as an act of rebellion but he would soon become a true believer and quickly ascend its ranks. After the outbreak of the war von Knochen would discover a mysterious tome full of demonic rituals and magic in an ancient fortress hidden in the Alps which he would make his base of operations throughout the war while he studied the tome, adopting the demeanour and look of an old fashioned aristocrat in the process. As part of his research von Knochen would learn how to create all sorts of monstrous creatures which the Nazi's would use as a part of their war machine, which would soon come up against American Crusader and draw his attention to von Knochen and his occult studies. Eventually Roberts would track von Knochen to his mountain fortress and lead a strike force there with the intent of killing or capturing him and decapitating the Nazi regimes occult research division, however, during the battle von Knochen would enact an ancient ritual, sacrificing the lives of all his soldiers in exchange for being granted immense demonic power. As a result of this ritual von Knochen would gain superhuman strength, speed and reflexes as well as greatly enhanced knowledge of magic but in exchange would lose all of his flesh, becoming a hideously deformed skeleton. Using his new powers von Knochen would manage to escape and become a continuous enemy for American Crusader throughout the war before eventually having his soul claimed by his demonic master after supposedly fulfilling his goal of trapping his nemesis in another dimension at the tail end of the war. However, shortly after Roberts escaped from his exile von Knochen would also manage to escape from hell and become a recurring foe for his old enemy and the Retaliators.
Lucas "Lucky" Lorne aka The Soldier: A childhood friend of Sam Roberts who regularly got into fights to protect him due to Roberts' tendency to stand up to bullies and crooks much stronger than him. Despite their strong friendship and shared values Lorne and Roberts were very different people, with the former lacking much of the latter's academic ability while being much stronger and more athletic. After the outbreak of the war Lorne would enlist in order to protect people from the threat of the Nazi's and would rapidly climb the ranks due to his skill and bravery before eventually being reunited with Roberts after he became American Crusader. From then on Lorne would serve as Roberts' second in command throughout the war, participating in several major battles and helping him to save the world on numerous occasions. After Roberts' sacrifice Lorne would attempt to fill the void left behind by him, eventually volunteering for a top secret project attempting to develop a serum that could replicate some of Roberts' abilities. The project would be a success and Lorne would gain significantly enhanced speed, strength, stamina, reflexes and lifespan, however, sabotage by the terrorist group TYPHON would result in the project's data being lost and most of the involved personnel dying, making the results almost impossible to replicate. Over the next few decades Lorne would work as a secret operative for the US government, gathering information on and taking out several potential threats. However, as time went on Lorne would become increasingly cynical and begin questioning the morality and necessity of the missions he was being sent on before eventually trying to quit. Upon doing so Lorne would be betrayed by the division of the US Government that he worked for, who would use an experimental device to erase his memory and brainwashing him into becoming unquestioningly loyal to them. From that point on Lorne would be involved in several shady government operations before eventually crossing paths with Roberts again after his return but upon realising that Lorne had no memory of him Roberts would become dedicated to saving his old friend. They would cross paths on numerous occasions with Lorne becoming a recurring antagonist for the Retaliators on behalf of his shadowy masters but over time he would begin to regain some of his memories and become more of an anti-hero than a regular villain.
Automaton aka Superion: A robot that was originally created as a replacement for Robot after he stopped responding following the crash that erased his memory but would be put aside after his return to focus on other projects. After discovering the existence of his "little brother" Robot would convince Sharp, Dibble and Abrams to resume work on him, giving him several upgrades to his mental and defensive abilities in the process as well as slimming down his frame considerably. Upon coming online she machine would be taken under Robot's wing and serve as his sidekick under the name Automaton, over the next few years Automaton would be exposed to both the best and worst of humanity while his brother would try to impart on him is appreciation for humanity and dislike for violence. Eventually Automaton would bear witness to an atrocity committed by a regular person, rather than a supervillain, that the Retaliators were unable to stop and would become increasingly aware of the many smaller injustices that occurred every day that heroes were forced to ignore while dealing with larger problems. Over time he would be consumed by these thoughts and develop a bastardised version of his brothers ideology, believing that the only way to have peace and to protect humanity would be to observe and control every aspect of their lives, punishing even the slightest infraction. Robot would be horrified by this idea, resulting in a fight between them that would culminate in Automaton taking up the mantle of Superion and becoming a villain dedicated to accomplishing his goal and creating his supposed utopia. After this Superion would become a recurring antagonist for the Retaliators, often making use of his own armies of robots to try and destabilise nations and enforce his own regime.
Lazarus "Lightning Strike" Moss aka Dead Red: A high ranking US General that earned his nickname due to his preference for quick and highly destructive tactics to take his enemies off guard and do as much damage as possible in the process. After having several of his operations go disastrously wrong due to the intervention of Soviet super agents, such as the Crimson Defender or Canis Major, Moss would become obsessed with developing countermeasures to such things and would support several secret research projects in the hopes that one of them would bear fruit. While some of these projects would produce results the most notable of which would be the quantum energy project that he strong armed into developing a quantum bomb that he had hoped would provide the US with the upper hand over the Soviet Union, unfortunately the Behemoth's creation and initial rampage would result in most of the data being destroyed and without Dibble's assistance it would be extremely difficult to replicate. While Moss would continue to fund quantum energy in the hopes of recreating Dibble's success in the meantime he would focus on finding other ways to deal with the increasing number of superhuman threats. The most notable of these would be the creation of the Lightning Strikes, an elite Spec Ops team consisting of various morally dubious superhumans coerced into joining through money, threats, promises of leniency for their crimes or appealing to some sort of ideology. Moss would be infuriated when Dibble joined the Retaliators, pushing both the researchers and Lightning Strikes to produce more results and oppose any suggestions for the military to work more closely with the superhero team. Eventually the Lightning Strikes would be captured behind enemy lines on a mission that Moss forced them to perform and have to be rescued by the Retaliators, the poor optics of which would destroy Moss' reputation and cause the military to begin pressuring him to retire. Upon learning that his researchers believed that they had discovered a way to replicate the event that gave Dibble his powers Moss would demand that they performed the procedure in him in a last ditch effort to prove its viability and retain his position. While the process would be a success, transforming Moss into a red skinned version of the Behemoth with similar strength and resilience but with the advantage of retaining his intelligence and personality, there would be some unforeseen downsides. The most notable of these would be his inability to transform back into his regular self and that rather than becoming stronger as he got angry like Dibble, Moss instead would become increasingly radioactive while also losing more and more of his intelligence, eventually becoming like a feral animal that attacked anything it saw and blasting anything nearby with lethal amounts of radiation. Due to the pain of the procedure Moss would instantly go on a rampage, quickly destroying the remote facility it had been conducted in and having to be captured by the Retaliators before he could do more damage. After being arrested Moss would be disavowed by the US government and would swear vengeance on the Retaliators, and especially Dibble, for this humiliation. Dibble would manage to escape to pursue his vengeance fairly regularly due to the difficulty in building a prison that could contain him but would also occasionally be convinced to join new iterations of the Lightning Strikes, now under new leadership, by appealing to his patriotism.
Gunther Golden aka Bamapana: An Australian man born into an impoverished family descended from a long line of crooks and criminals reaching back to their family's exile from Britain, with the exception of his father who was ashamed of his family history and tried his best to be a good man. As a child Golden would grow to resent both his poverty and his father, viewing his desperate struggle to find legitimate employment and refusal to sink to the lows of his ancestors as pathetic and pointless. Once he was old enough Golden would drop out of school and resort to various cons and scams to support himself, eventually becoming an experienced and infamous conman. Despite his successes Golden would struggle to make the fortune he so desperately sought due to a combination of legal troubles and making enemies of or owing debts to various dangerous criminals. During one of his scams, the acquisition and sale of usually fake aboriginal artefacts, Golden would come into possession of a strange mask which seemed to cause misfortune and strange behaviour in those around it. Over time Golden would become increasingly obsessed with the mask, refusing to let it out of his sight and beginning to hear strange whispers coming from it before eventually giving in to temptation and putting it on. Upon doing so Golden would be possessed by the aboriginal trickster spirit Bamapana who would explain that for generations he had spread discord and insanity throughout the outback, regularly doing battle with Wundajin's chosen warriors before being sealed away by the previous champion but not before striking a fatal blow. Due to being bound to the mask the spirit could no longer manifest itself without a host but would promise Golden that in exchange for allowing him to use his body to pursue his revenge and sow chaos heather spirit would grant him powerful magics such as illusions, mind control and shapeshifting with which to pursue his dreams. Golden would readily agree to the deal and the two of them would become known as the villain Bamapana, using their powers to commit various crimes and strange schemes. Despite typically managing to work well together they would still argue fairly frequently due to their different priorities, with Golden typically wanting to focus on long term and/or profitable schemes while Bamapana preferred to focus on either random chaos or his revenge on Wundajin. This would on many occasions lead to their downfall as whoever they were fighting could exploit this dichotomy to distract them for long enough to stop their plot and capture them.
Dreamslayer: An enigmatic and immensely powerful magical entity who rules over the mysterious Nightmare Dimension and is constantly looking for ways to expand his dominion. For centuries Dreamslayer would try to absorb Earth into his dimension, barely being beaten back on several occasions by various groups of mages and heroes throughout history. Eventually Dreamslayer would use his ability to influence people's dreams to manipulate a high ranking military official into forming a magic focused division of the US military with the secret goal of summoning Dreamslayer into their world. This plot is how Dr Multiverse, who had been brought on board to advise on the project, would have her first encounter with Dreamslayer whose plan she would foil by exposing that the leader of the project was under his thrall. From that point on Dreamslayer would become obsessed with either converting her to his side or stealing her powers so that he could use her ability to harness multiversal energy to expand his realm even farther. Due to this he would become a recurring enemy of Dr Multiverse, using his mastery over dreams to track her across the multiverse and continue causing problems for her all while also conducting his usual schemes to try and conquer Earth in more conventional ways. Despite his inability to manifest on Earth without significant effort he would continue to pose a significant risk to its inhabitants, and the Retaliators in particular, due to his abilities to manipulate people, his far reaching magic and the many cults who worshipped him under various different pseudonyms.
Tartarus: An alien warlord who ruled over his homeworld with an iron fist before eventually being ousted and banished by the Quasar Force, an interstellar peacekeeping organisation, after a long and costly war. During his exile Tartarus would cut a bloody swathe through the galaxy, accruing an army of followers consisting of various criminals and monsters in the process. While waging his various wars Tartarus would be visited by the personification of War to praise him for his efforts and would become infatuated with her, becoming obsessed with waging a war glorious enough to earn her attention and affection. In aid of achieving his so goal Tartarus would begin searching for the Eight Rings of the Ancient Spectrum, ancient weapons of an unknown origin said to bestow upon their bearer immense power and an array of unique abilities. While pursuing one of the rings Tartarus would arrive at Earth, resulting in his first encounter with the Retaliators who he would almost manage to kill before being stopped by the newly arrived Silver Sorceress. Over the next few years Tartarus would become a major antagonist of the Retaliators, fighting them both on Earth and on several adventures in space, slowly collecting more of the rings and becoming an even larger threat in the process. Eventually he would manage to acquire them all and launch his Eternity Conquest, a long and arduous conflict that would involve heroes and villains from across the galaxy and result in many of their deaths.
Additional Properties
In addition to the core properties that have been discussed in this and previous reports Major Comics also publishes several other prolific, if less notable, characters and teams that are worthy of their own considerations when discussing the value of a potential acquisition:
The Future Family - One of Major Comics first creations and often credited as the original superhero team, while they have experienced a decline in popularity in recent years they still maintain a strong base of loyal fans and their pedigree alone makes them worthy of consideration. Consisting of the heroes Fireball, Ghost Girl, Golem and their genius leader Frank Future who all received their powers as the result of a scientific experiment gone wrong, they spend most of their time dealing with villains such as the envious Barracuda or the diabolical Lord Havok.
Lightning Strikes - A relatively new addition to the Major Comics lineup and somewhat controversial for its more violent nature it's success has nonetheless proven that there is a market for a book focusing in villains or "anti-heroes" as opposed to the more traditional heroes. Furthermore the rotating cast and anthalogical approach to stories allows for more experimentation and room for adaptation than most comic books.
Young Retaliators - A newer team consisting of the children and protégés of many former and current members of the Retaliators with the intent of appealing to younger readers that aren't as invested in the old generation and planting seeds for future plans in the process. The next generation of heroes are led by Purple Rain, the daughter of Silver Sorceress and Robot, and her best friend Monster, the genius niece of Behemoth who gained her powers when attempting to replicate the experiment that gave him his.
Mechamorphers - While not owned by Major Comics in its entirety they do own the comic rights to the extremely popular cartoon and toy line and have produced several popular stories that have a captive audience in the form of the series large fanbase desperate for more content. The story primarily focuses on the shape shifting alien robot Maximus Supreme leader of the heroic Motoroids as they try to stop their evil counterparts, the Duplicidrones and their leader Gigatron from taking over the Earth.
- Conclusion of P.A.I.D Comic Industry Report A-3, for more information please see reports A-1 and A-2.
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So this took a while but here it is @King crimson, the last part of the comic book industry omakes. At least for now, I'll probably do more at some point just because I have a lot of ideas.
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You know if we do get ahold of a comic company and get our robotics up to snuff we could make our own superhero robots based on the comic characters. That'd be fun.
Also if we do buy comics we should get ahold of the rights to the Justice Guild of America. It's a longshot but it'd be neat if starting up comics again affect their universe. Though I think it was implied the comics were just drawing inspiration from their adventures somehow.
Also if we do buy comics we should get ahold of the rights to the Justice Guild of America. It's a longshot but it'd be neat if starting up comics again affect their universe. Though I think it was implied the comics were just drawing inspiration from their adventures somehow.
King crimson
Confusion Will Be My Epitaph
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Apologies if this is a little terse, I'm doing this during one of my self imposed breaks.
I will say this character leads to a very easy joke to make about Christian nationalism in the United States but that's kind of part and parcel with Captain America pastiches. I just wanted to point this out because while you didn't hit it and I don't think you were at all aware of it, you kind of made a character whom it's real easy to set off a political land mine with.
I also think Bakerline is an interesting pick because IIRC Bakerline isn't the section of Metropolis within the quest that's the worst off (that'd be Hobb's Gate) but I do believe it's a distant second in that regard. I'll also say that it's extra interesting because Jimmy Olsen lives in Bakerline and Oswald grew up in them.
Also while it's not quite relevant to your version of things, I'll say that I think "cracks in the multiverse" are unfortunately unintentionally funny to me. It just naturally leads to writers shortening things to "the crack" and that just leads to easy Snowflame comparisons and jokes.
You could just replace "skin" with "flesh" and the issue disappears.
Obviously the team that doesn't exist has no bearing on the canonicity of this as an in-universe comic character, I just thought it interesting to note.
Interesting character written here. No idea why the Holy Grail is in Egypt or where it went after he drank from it but it's the right amount of cool nonsense to make a solid superhero origin.
I will say this character leads to a very easy joke to make about Christian nationalism in the United States but that's kind of part and parcel with Captain America pastiches. I just wanted to point this out because while you didn't hit it and I don't think you were at all aware of it, you kind of made a character whom it's real easy to set off a political land mine with.
This is an interesting decision. I do appreciate the attempt to tie fictional DC cities into the writing of these comics. It's a neat little trick.
I also think Bakerline is an interesting pick because IIRC Bakerline isn't the section of Metropolis within the quest that's the worst off (that'd be Hobb's Gate) but I do believe it's a distant second in that regard. I'll also say that it's extra interesting because Jimmy Olsen lives in Bakerline and Oswald grew up in them.
I don't have much to say, I just think this is a solid character. It clearly takes inspiration from Iron Man but makes a few distinct differences and has him do his own thing. It's neat.
Man his presence might make Tantrum's secret a little more obvious to some people in-universe.
I have no idea how accurate the Aboriginal/Australian stuff is but it seems fairly solid as a pseudo-Excalibur-esque origin. I had fun reading this and seeing the little hint of the dynamic.
Well you kind of ran with the Romanov connection here, albeit with a fictional one. If you want to go all in on the Russian spellings, I'm pretty sure it should be "Natalya" instead of "Natalia" this doesn't matter at all (she's Kaznian and comic books often aren't accurate to this stuff), I just thought it worth pointing out.
So something to point out, technically IIRC Kaznia would have been a part of the Soviet Union as I placed it near Latvia. It's not super relevant and comic books often aren't historically accurate, but I thought it worth pointing out that this will cause problems later.
So to an extent this is possible but Kaznia likely would've been a part of the Soviet Union by the time this happened. They also likely would've been overrun by the Nazis during the second World War. You don't need to change anything (the person who wrote this in-universe could've just gotten history/geopolitics wrong and I don't think the backstory couldn't technically work as is), but I think it's worth noting that this is a potential hole.
I feel like this character got the furthest away from their Avengers counterpart and I kind of love him for that. Zombies aren't often heroic and it's nice to see a spin on that. Kind of going hand in hand with that, I'm not super thrilled with keeping the MCU connection between the Hawkeye and Black Widow equivalents (in the comics Black Widow was originally a supervillain who convinced Hawkeye to be a supervillain and team up with her to kill Iron Man. I understand why it has happened but it always feels weird to me that people have started flipping that part of the origin around so that Black Widow is more of a follower). It's not bad but it's kind of meh to me.
So this one wasn't bad. Kept the gross parts of Ant-Man out of it for the most part which honestly is a fair thing to do because even just the implications of a robot based on your brain having a massive Oedipus complex is some dark subject matter, and the Hank Pym only gets worse from there.
This is cheeky, as that's where the Ray Palmer, Atom would come from. I'm fine with canonizing this but I want you to know that you have forever doomed Ray Palmer to being compared to a comic book character in universe.
Love the alliteration but my inner science nerd would like to point out that if he discovered an "atom" then he discovered an element and you could build stuff out of "Abrams Atoms". Comic science is nonsense anyways so this gets a pass regardless, but if you want a particle that starts with "a" axinos are a hypothetical particle for sci-fi stuff.
So she's a character explicitly without a marvel character that they're pastiching, but it feels like you pulled elements from Captain Marvel's backstory for her (Captain Marvel initially got their powers through being exposed to Kree radiation). It's not bad.
Also while it's not quite relevant to your version of things, I'll say that I think "cracks in the multiverse" are unfortunately unintentionally funny to me. It just naturally leads to writers shortening things to "the crack" and that just leads to easy Snowflame comparisons and jokes.
Neat Falcon adaptation, I like the take on him being gay. I don't know if the "starting a relationship" line was meant to imply that American Crusader and Silver Eagle are dating but in my head at least I ship it.
Okay so this is a more solid Captain Marvel connection. I liked her connection to Ma-Jorr and I like how she's at a distinctly different point in here superhero career than a lot of these other guys. It's fun and this is another solid character.
Robot also doesn't line up with any Marvel character precisely but I think he's cool regardless. He's reads as more of a twist on the Iron Giant than on Vision and I enjoy him for that. Don't have much else to say, he's one of my favorites from this group.
Don't have much to say here, she's generally pretty solid as a Scarlet Witch expy
This is a fun name and I'm amazed that neither Marvel nor DC have a character named that (though there is a Baron Booby-Trap).
Wouldn't he also need to lose his muscles and tissues for that to be the case? Without skin you look like a flayed person not a skeleton.
You could just replace "skin" with "flesh" and the issue disappears.
Welp you pretty solidly mixed Winter Soldier, Commie-Smasher Cap, and US Agent pretty solidly. It was fun to read.
I appreciate that you picked another Greek snake related monster for your Hydra expy. The "cut off one head" metaphor doesn't work as well but there's an easy "spawn more monsters" equivalent and it's not like LADON or PYTHON would have lent themselves to better metaphors.
Solid take on Ultron and I liked the reversal of the usual order of things between him and the Vision expy.
Generally pretty solid take on Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk. Lot of little hints there with a Red Guardian and Ursa Major expy as well it was neat to see.
This should be "researchers"
So you've drawn a lot on the Donald Blake Thor stuff but this makes me think of the old Black Adam origin when the spirit of Black Adam merged with Theo Adam. It's neat and I like the fact that the two struggle to get along. I'm a big fan of the "two characters/personalities in one body" idea so I think there's a lot of fun to be had with this.
Is Doctor Multiverse meant to be a Dr. Strange expy? Huh, guess I missed that. Dreamslayer is probably meant to be a Dormammu expy but he's got a lot of elements of another Dr. Strange villain, Nightmare.
Welp that's meant to be Thanos. I will say it's a bit of a funny name because Tartarus is also the name of a DC comics supervillain team (and one that I particularly love). The team was brought together when Vandal Savage kidnapped the precognitive Lilith Clay and tried to force her to tell him what team composition would lead to his success. Lilith gave him a team that imploded on itself very quickly.
Obviously the team that doesn't exist has no bearing on the canonicity of this as an in-universe comic character, I just thought it interesting to note.
This take on the characters could probably lean in even harder on the whole "four elements thing" that I know was around in the comics for the Fantastic Four for a bit and now only the stretchy guy is a bit of a reach for tying him to an elemental power.
So a Barracuda is actually a super common name in DC comics. There's the Aquaman villain Scavenger who took up the name "Barracuda" as part of a rebrand to make him darker and edgier (the rebrand also made him a pedophile and a rapist which was in terrible taste), the 18th century magical immortal transforming pirate woman, the government agent fish mutant, the Seven Soldiers of Victory villain and more. It's a common name.
I don't know if you intended this, but Wiccan (the son of Scarlet Witch and Vision) and Hulkling (Hulk adjacent powerset) are in a gay couple. I don't know if you intended for that to map onto these characters but I felt it worth pointing out.
Go for it, I enjoy reading these. I'll say that this is almost certainly good enough as is (I didn't in depth check the spelling and grammar but you're generally pretty solid on that from what I can remember). This omake earns 500 exp and canon status. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to do the threadmarking and the exp awarding at a later point in time when I'm more awake.
King crimson
Confusion Will Be My Epitaph
- Location
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So status update now that I'm less sleep deprived. @jonasquinn has had their omake threadmarked and gotten 500 exp. I've also updated Jade Crock's picture in Other Encountered Characters Part 4 and I've started to work on the results proper. I've not finished it (and I won't this week) but from what I've done so far I can say that this turn is in contention for being the most successful turn ever for you guys, as while you did have one solid failure, your successes are so stupidly big that it doesn't matter in comparison.
Woot!!!
This is Superman's fault somehow I just know it.
But seriously as long as it's nothing important I don't care to much.
I'm gonna guess it was probably the Develop Bialya or we some how failed to meet up with count vertigo or the league of shadows I just have a feeling it was one of those
Yeah I intentionally left it slightly vague both due to general comic nonsense and to not get overly bogged down in the details.
Yeah I tried to skirt any potential issues there as much as I could since I didn't want to fall down that rabbit hole. For what it's worth my personal headcanon is that Crusader himself isn't particularly devout and struggles with various religious groups trying to project their views onto him when he's just trying to be a good person.
If I'm being honest I chose Bakerline for two reasons: 1) It's not as abjectly terrible as Hobb's Gate so Roberts didn't come from total squalor, 2) It's the closest in name to Brooklyn where Cap is from.
It is a fun coincidence that I could imagine both Jimmy and Oswald reading American Crusader comics growing up.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
It's a bit unfortunate but I think I'm fine leaving that stuff as it is since it can easily be explained away as just a comic writer of the time knowing next to nothing about the foreign country he's using as a setting.
That's fair, I personally like that dynamic but to each their own.
As for him being a zombie I decided to go that way both to explain his blue skin and as kind of a joke about how Hawkeye probably should have died a long time ago compared to all the other Avengers.
Yeah I tried to balance him being kind of a jerk with not going full Hank Pym.
To quote Professor Hulk, I see this as an absolute win.
It's tempting to change it now that I know that exists but I kinda prefer atom if only to serve as an example of nonsense comic book science.
I also kinda just want Atom to have to constantly explain that that's not how anything works.
Like you point out later I've used Dr Multiverse as kind of a pastiche of Dr Strange while maintaining her own origin. I figured that while the Retaliators don't have a Sorcerer Supreme she works quite well as the "somewhat mysterious ally that shows up in times of need and knows more about the secrets of the universe than everyone else out together."
I'm sure that there's a world out there where Snowflame is the world greatest hero.
Yeah that's what I was going for.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked them.
That definitely feels like someone was rushing to meet a deadline.
Good point, fixed.
Yeah the alternative was going for something like OROCHI but I wasn't sure how well that would translate.
Fixed, thanks.
I'm glad you like it, my thought process as I was coming up with it was something along the lines of "What would it be like if Joker and Penguin were forced to share a body?"
Dormammu was the original inspiration but I definitely took aspects from Nightmare.
To be fair it is a pretty cool name even if it basically just means "prison,"
If you really wanted to explore that you could also include Lord Havok as the element of metal which is considered it's own thing in some cultures.
Yeah even Earth 8 couldn't agree on one version of the character, he's either a raving sea monster, their version of Namor or somewhere in the middle.
That was not my original intention but I'll definitely take credit for it.
Alas no matter what heights we reach Lex will always be reminded that he is still a mere mortal.
For now…
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Just another day at lexcorp *Sips wine while laughing at the misfortune of other ck2 quests*
Good to know. Hopefully the one solid failure wasn't on anything too important.
the joker deserves a bullet with the purpose of sending him to the final slumber there are very few characters in the dc multiverse worse then him. He's a monster and every second he is still alive is a crime against humanity. There are a lot of other villans I'd let win in this quest if he died.
Pretty funny on it's own that the joker is the one you want to go a few rounds with. the psychopathic massmurderer. If you could give me an ic reason to want this I would support it through