COMPENSATING for something, Mr.Axe???
BLACK AXE
Created By: Simon Jowett & Edmund Perryman
First Appearance: Black Axe #1 (April 1993)
Role: Terrible Marvel UK Character, Immortal Warrior
Country of Origin: England
Group Affiliations: None
PL 10 (174)
STRENGTH 6/8
STAMINA 8
AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 9
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 5
AWARENESS 3
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+11)
Deception 5 (+8)
Intimidation 5 (+8)
Expertise (Assassin/Mercenary) 4 (+9)
Expertise (History) 10 (+15)
Expertise (Science) 3 (+8)
Insight 3 (+6)
Investigation 3 (+6)
Perception 4 (+7)
Persuasion 2 (+5)
Technology 3 (+8)
Vehicles 2 (+7)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, All-Out Attack, Beginner's Luck, Benefit 4 (Wealth), Diehard, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Axe) 2, Jack-of-All-Trades, Languages 2 (Many), Power Attack, Precise Attack (Close/Concealment), Ranged Attack 10
Powers:
"Unknown Physiology"
Immunity 3 (Aging, Disease, Poison) [3]
Regeneration 2 [2]
Senses 2 (Extended & Acute Scent) [2]
"Special Armour" (Flaws: Removable) [11]
Enhanced Strength 2 (2)
Power-Lifting 1 (12 tons) (1)
Protection 2 (2)
Senses 4 (Infravision, Extended Vision, Detect Weakness- Acute) (4)
"Invisibility" Concealment 2 (Visual Senses) (4) -- (13 points)
"Black Axe" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [17]
"Ballistics" Blast 8 (Extras: Multiattack) (Inaccurate -1) (23) -- (27 points)
- AE: Blast 10 (20)
- AE: Strength-Damage +3 (Feats: Reach) (Extras: Penetrating 10) (14)
- AE: Force Field 10 (Flaws: Immobile) (5)
- AE: Teleport 10 (Flaws: Drains Axe) (10)
Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Armour +11 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Black Axe +9 (+11 Damage, DC 26)
Blast +10 (+10 Ranged Damage, DC 25)
Ballistics +8 (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +8 (+10 Armour), Fortitude +11, Will +6
Complications:
Responsibility (Unknown Identity)
Total: Abilities: 78 / Skills: 46--23 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 35 / Defenses: 12 (174)
-I gotta admit- I only did this build originally because I own his Marvel Card
. See, back in 1993, Marvel was on its FOURTH set of Marvel Cards, and they were kinda running out of steam. That edition had a great concept- every nine cards could be grouped into a single page "spread" of all the characters in one big scene, themed around something or other. It worked well for some (X-Men, Avengers), but not so much for others, as it forced the set to only have a FEW X-Men, Avengers, etc., while Street Level guys ended up putting losers like The Scarecrow (Marvel version), Cobweb and Terror, Inc. out in card form to fill the gaps in their sets, while many X-Force guys couldn't make the cut. The backs of the cards also sucked, as they replaced the big mini-bio and Power Ratings chart with only FOUR categories for their Powers (chosen nearly at random for most guys), and a mini "Did You Know" blurb.
-The whole set was rather disappointing (especially compared to how good Series II & III were, but it did have an interesting bit- the Marvel UK cards section. NINE CARDS devoted to some do-nothing characters from the mostly-unsuccessful Marvel UK imprint, back when comic companies were just throwing EVERYTHING out there to see what would stick. Centred around Death's Head II & someone named "Dark Angel", it was mostly uninspired, derivative, '90s-Dork Age drek. Every character was dark as hell, everyone had spiked weapons and/or guns, had some combo of Blood, Death, Kill or Murder in their name (my personal favourite series title in comics history was
Death's Head II & Killpower: BATTLETIDE, which only needed a subtitle of "BLOODSPASM MURDERDEATH" to be the ultimate '90s book of all time).
-OK, so yeah... I had this guy's card, and was fascinated by him. He's a dude in black armour carrying around a giant axe, that is apparently immortal, has been alive for thousands of years, and has a questionable origin. All in all, brutally '90s. I'm not sure what his job or motivation was- he just kind of kicked around, fought some guys, and killed some people. He had his own book, but it didn't last too long. All in all, it went for seven issues, which is even worse than Slapstick got.
-Jeez, this guy's kind of an average combatant (a good fighter with some balanced offensive/defensive stats, but focused on his Melee talents), but he goes WAYYY over cost. That happens alot with this "I'm an elite military/smarts/designer/builder/immortal" type of guy, as they end up with boatloads of military prowess and "I've done everything, ever" skills. He's partially super-tough outside of his Armour, but REALLY gets elite with that and his Black Axe (which is a super-tough set of Blast, Autofire Blast, Penetrating Strike, Force Field & Teleport).