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I also thought the Golden Age Vision was more of an attempt at a Spectre-style hero: this otherworldly, inhuman entity who would float around and punish criminals, pulling out new powers as the plot demanded.
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OK, I altered the two Pretender Caps a bit, and added some new info to Miss Fury. I couldn't find squat about any "Magical Leopard Skin" mentioned in any of my sources, but ComicVine specifically says the original had no powers at all, and that powers were added to later versions. So I'm going with a powerless character. Toughness +4 and PL 7 will still do fine for her:


MISS FURY (Marla Drake, aka The Black Fury)- PL 7 (91)
Created By:
Tarpe Mills
First Appearance: Sunday Newspaper Strips (April 1941)
Stats: Agile Feint, Attractive, Benefit 2 (Wealth), Equipment 4 (Car, Clawed Gloves- Wall-Crawling, Handgun +4, Whip +0), Languages 1 (A Few) [9]
-Miss Fury wasn't really a Marvel character; they simply reprinted some of her appearances between 1942 & '46. She appears in the background of one issue of The Twelve as well. She's a wealthy socialite who fights crime in a skintight catsuit akin to what Catwoman would wear much later, and would have a love triangle between her ex-fiance and a Detective. Though popular, its status as a "Good Girl" book (the character wore skimpy outfits) was controversial, losing 37 newspapers as a result of a strip in which Marla appeared in a BIKINI (!!).

-Greycrusader seems to think she earns a ton of extra stuff and was particularly notable, which reminds me of that episode of Robot Chicken where that boy was obsessed with the vast and mighty "world of the Gobots", but here we go :): she's apparently wealthy and has some extra junk on her. He says she has powers so long as she has some "Magic Leopard Skin", but those apparently only got added to the character years later, in some other company.
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Nuklo

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NUKLO (Robert Frank, Jr.)
Created By:
Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler
First Appearance: Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug. 1974)
Role: Giant Enemy
Group Affiliations: The V-Battalion
PL 11 (80)
STRENGTH
10 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -1 AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE -1

Skills:
Intimidation 6 (+5)

Advantages:
Power Attack

Powers:
"Living Nuclear Energy"
"Force-Absorption Aura" Protection 10 (Extras: Impervious 13) [23]
"Emit Dangerous Radiation" Weaken Stamina 2 (Extras: Reaction +3, Area- 60ft. Cloud +2) (Flaws: Permanent) [10]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +5 (+15 Aura, +8 Impervious), Fortitude +5, Will +0

Complications:
Motivation (Destruction)- Unknowing and kept in a capsule for most of his life, Nuklo was left degraded in intelligence compared to someone of his comparative age. He often simply lashes out and destroys things.
Involuntary Transformation (Weird Powers)- One time he could make Duplicates. Another time, it was Energy Blasts. Sometimes, he's rather big. His power is Inconsistent Writing, basically.

Total: Abilities: 36 / Skills: 6--3 / Advantages: 1 / Powers: 33 / Defenses: 7 (80)

-Man, did Whizzer & Miss America ever get served a shit sandwich of a life in the Marvel Universe. All that heroism during World War II and their reward is to give birth to a toxic, radioactive Mutant Baby, then Miss America dies giving birth to a stillborn child, then Whizzer spends the rest of his life being a combination of bitter and crazy. Seriously, that's like "NuDCU" level GrimDark, but in a horrifyingly-different sort of way. Nuklo here is their first child- born radioactive, he was kept in a capsule by the government until it was accidentally-opened by The Avengers. Nuklo (artificially kept YOUNGER rather than older, which is unusual for the children of comic book characters) split into three beings but was stopped by his "sister", The Scarlet Witch (yes, the going origin for the Maximoff children at this point was that their birth parents were the Franks).

-Nuklo escaped once more, being stopped by his father. Later, an old enemy of The Whizzer's would siphon off some of Nuklo's radiation in order to gain revenge, and Robert Frank Sr. would die of a HEART ATTACK saving the day. So Nuklo was cured just in time to watch The Whizzer, his father, die. Yup- shit sandwich, right there. His last appearances are basically living a semi-normal life with an adopted family, and showing up in the background of the V-Battalion (a secret organization that really only ever showed up in Thunderbolts).

-Nuklo is exceptionally-tough and hard to hurt (not even sure how The Whizzer managed to K.O. him one time, though you can really Power Attack and spend a Hero Point whenever to do exceptional things, especially considering he was definitely earning Complication-based HPs for that fight), but rather simplistic. But a Radiation Cloud Aura, Toughness +15 and (at one point) Summon Minion to create two MORE of him? Not someone to mess with.

Other powers he's shown (simply tack on at-will to make various Nuklos):
"Split Into Three" Summon Duplicates 6 (Extras: Heroic +2, 2 Minions +2, Horde, Controlled) [48]
Radiation Blast 12 (Feats: Accurate 4) (Extras: Penetrating 8) [36]
Growth 8 (Flaws: Source- Enemy Attacks, Limited to Non-ST & STA Growths) [4]
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He also appeared in a brief appearance in the Cap Wolvy crossover against TESS where after clearing a bar out in a brawl, he was ambushed by the TESS robot.
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The Thunderer

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There's a LOT of characters in comics with this name, actually. DC's Qwardian Thunderers, Thor's nickname, Lei-Kung in the Iron Fist stuff, etc.

THE THUNDERER (Jerry Carstairs, aka The Black Avenger)
Created By:
Unknown
First Appearance: Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941)
Role: Forgotten Golden Age Hero
PL 9 (104)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Athletics 5 (+8)
Deception 2 (+5)
Expertise (Radio Operator) 5 (+8)
Insight 2 (+5)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Perception 1 (+4)
Stealth 1 (+5)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Disarm, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Ranged Attack 2

Powers:
"Thunderer Voice Box" (Flaws: Removable) [16]
"Sonic Scream" Damage 9 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Cone) (18) -- (19 points)
  • AE: "Sonic Wail" Dazzle Hearing 9 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Touch Range) (18)
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Sonic Scream +9 Area (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Sonic Wail +9 Area (+9 Affliction, DC 19)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Enemy (Nazi Germany)- Annoyed by the Americans staying out of World War II, Jerry Carstairs decides to don a costume and fight them himself.

Total: Abilities: 64 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 16 / Defenses: 8 (104)

-The Thunderer: a radio operator who decided to fight Nazis (Marvel's Editor-In-Chief Martin Goodman, a Jew, was QUITE annoyed that the Americans hadn't joined WWII yet, and demanded comics featuring Nazi-fighters) with a microphone built into his costume. The next year, he changed his name to The Black Avenger, changing nothing else about him. His appearances were few, featuring Nazi Fifth Columnists and an ugly guy who murdered attractive people, but the 1990s Spider-Man cartoon revived him along with a few other Golden Age characters (most of whom were bigger names), using a Sonic Wail. All in all, his costume's not that bad (certainly better than most of the JSA members of the time), but he's a nothing character.

-The Thunderer has a remarkably-original gimmick given that he was created in the early 1940s- a Dazzle Hearing-based guy from back then? This makes him rather high-level despite being your standard Two-Fisted Adventurer type otherwise. Alas, with a Stealth focus that'd likely be a big point in most WWII-based games (invading Nazi strongholds and the like), it's a touch power to use.
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KorokoMystia wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:40 pm I'm wondering if Aarkus's Ice Snare should have a Weaken Stamina effect on it like other characters's ice snares. Marvel Wiki says he can freeze things to death.
Hm, maybe. He's rather ill-defined, as you might imagine.
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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:00 am
KorokoMystia wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:40 pm I'm wondering if Aarkus's Ice Snare should have a Weaken Stamina effect on it like other characters's ice snares. Marvel Wiki says he can freeze things to death.
Hm, maybe. He's rather ill-defined, as you might imagine.
Yeah, a lot of Golden Agers seem to have ill-defined powers, which for some characters keep suddenly being introduced or retconned out.
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The Whizzer always used to have a top speed if 100 mph. Then a story said he was faster in his youth. Then the Marvel Handbooks seemed increase everyone (Quicksilver, Whizzer, Spitfire) to thousands of miles per hour. They even showed the Whizzer with a blue cloak and round helmet from long ago.

Miss America was said to have super intelligence also. But that, her atomic vision and most of her super strength faded fairly quickly. I always believed she retained a small measure of super strength, maybe 2-5 tons, flight and super vitality. The MH stated Madelyn had between 5 and 50 tons of strength. While I would not mind that level of strength, I never saw her demonstrate anything near that level and believe her to be much below it.
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The Blonde Phantom

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They had bare-bellied outfits in the 1940s?

THE BLONDE PHANTOM (Louise Grant)
Created By:
Stan Lee & Syd Shores
First Appearance: All Select Comics #11 (Fall 1946)
Role: Forgotten Golden Age Character
PL 7 (105)
STRENGTH
2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Athletics 5 (+7)
Deception 4 (+7, +9 Attractive)
Expertise (Secretary) 4 (+7)
Expertise (Crime) 5 (+8)
Insight 3 (+7)
Investigation 3 (+7)
Perception 2 (+6)
Persuasion 1 (+4, +6 Attractive)
Stealth 1 (+6)

Advantages:
Equipment 2 (.45 Pistol- Blast 5), Improved Critical 2 (Unarmed, Pistol), Improved Trip, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 4

Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
.45 Pistol +9 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +3, Fortitude +5, Will +6

Complications:
Relationship (Mark Mason)- She was initially his adoring secretary, though he only had eyes for The Blonde Phantom. Eventually, the two married.

Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 10 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 11 (105)

-Marvel Comics (then Timely) attempted to hitch onto one fad or another in the Post-War years (as superhero books became less popular amongst both children and returning soldiers), and one of them was female superheroes. They threw in Golden Girl, Miss America, Namora, Sun Girl, Venus, and this chick- The Blonde Phantom- a sexy lady-detective in a ballgown and black domino mask. She was an early Stan Lee creation, and lasted a little over two years (with backup features in MANY Marvel books of the era), pretty much vanishing after that point. I only know who she is because Les Daniels's Marvel book listed her as one of the more iconic Timely characters of this particular era, then showed a modern (at the time) She-Hulk book featuring her.

-Louise Grant was a secretary/Girl Friday to a Private Dick named Mark Mason, and, lovestruck, she dressed in a sexy disguise to help him out on cases. Mason, a PRIVATE DETECTIVE who couldn't tell that a chick with an identical figure and hair (and a tiny domino mask) was the same chick he worked with every day, was oblivious to Louise's attraction, but of course wanted to bone the Phantom instead. In modern times, the two had married, having two children- she kept working as a secretary when Mark died years later, and while working for the District Attorney interacted with Jennifer Walters. She soon became a voice of reason character to Jen/She-Hulk. Her daughter later became "The Phantom Blonde", but it didn't last for very long (an Initiative report implied she was a potential recruit).

-The Blonde Phantom is basically what happens when a Two-Fisted Detective character is a girl instead- she's still a good fighter, but she's much better off with a gun, making a balanced PL 7 character back in the Golden Age (when PL 8s were pretty elite, and PL 10s ULTRA-rare).
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The Black Marvel

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THE BLACK MARVEL (Dan Lyons)
Created By:
Unknown
First Appearance: Mystic Comics #5 (March 1941)
Role: Generic Hero, Forgotten Golden Age Hero
Group Affiliations: The Slingers
PL 8 (126)
STRENGTH
4 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 5 (+10)
Athletics 11 (+15)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+12)
Deception 2 (+4)
Expertise (Survival) 8 (+11)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 3 (+5)
Investigation 2 (+5)
Perception 4 (+7)
Stealth 1 (+6)

Advantages:
Chokehold, Diehard, Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Great Endurance, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Jack-of-All-Trades, Languages (Various), Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 6, Takedown, Tracking

Powers:
"Elite Physical Specimen"
Speed 1 (4 mph) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +9

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +4, Fortitude +6, Will +6

Complications:
Motivation (Champion of Justice)

Total: Abilities: 72 / Skills: 40--20 / Advantages: 21 / Powers: 1 / Defenses: 12 (126)

-The Black Marvel was a subject in Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, a retrospective by Les Daniels written many moons ago, albeit briefly. He was brought up as one of those generic heroes "who seemed to show up in a new costume each month"- he, Captain Wonder, Captain Terror and others were basically interchangeable "Regular Guy" characters who fought Nazi menaces. The Black Marvel had all of five appearances before vanishing, until Slingers brought him back as a dark mentor figure. He also appeared in the '90s Spider-Man episodes the other Golden Agers did, but was shown differently- he was an actual black guy ("didn't you wonder why I called myself the BLACK Marvel?") who took on an experiment because the initial subject was barred from it by his wealthy father.

-Dan Lyons was chosen by a "Black Feet" Native chieftan ("Blackfoot" tribe, probably. There was probably no encyclopedia handy when the writer hacked out this strip) to be a champion of justice after a great physical contest (chasing deer, outswimming salmon, hitting a bullseye while blindfolded, catching arrows thrown at him, and then snapping a bear's neck WITH HIS BARE HANDS). When he was in Slingers, he was a much older man who'd made a deal with Mephisto for more power- gaining the four suits that created the Slingers kids (empowering a few of them). He would challenge them tremendously in his sick desire for a hero's role once again, but was ultimately forgiven when Mephisto came to collect his soul, as the kids decided to let him go of his burden.

-I would assume that anyone who can kill a bear unarmed would be a tremendous bad-ass, however few appearances he had back in the day. He was mostly a forgettable guy all around, though, despite PL 8 being pretty good for a Golden Age hero.
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The Fin

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THE FIN (Sergeant Peter Noble)
Created By:
Bill Everett
First Appearance: Daring Mystery Adventures #7 (April 1941)
Role: Failed Golden Age Hero, Namor Rip-Off, Undersea Hero
Group Affiliations: The United States Navy, The Invaders
PL 8 (122)
STRENGTH
6 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 2 (+9)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+9)
Expertise (Navy Officer) 7 (+10)
Expertise (Undersea Character) 3 (+6)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Perception 4 (+7)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Vehicles 6 (+8)

Advantages: 
Beginner's Luck, Ranged Attack 7

Powers:
"Undersea Physiology"
Swimming 8 (120 mph) [8]
Immunity 4 (Aging, Drowning, Cold, Pressure) [4]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Senses 1 (Low-Light Vision) [1]

"Magic Cutlass" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [3]
Strength-Damage +3 (Feats: Penetrating 2) (5 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Cutlass +7 (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +7, Fortitude +7, Will +6

Complications:
Relationship (Nia Noble)- The Fin is married to a Half-Atlantean woman.
Responsibility (Neptunia)- Noble fell into the Undersea Kingdom of Neptunia in the '40s, and quickly became it's king. Even today, he is responsible for its defense.
Weakness (Lack of Water)- If left without water, The Fin will grow progressively weaker, eventually reducing himself to human-level stats: Strength 2, Stamina 3 and Agility 2.

Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 18 / Defenses: 10 (122)

-The Fin is Bill Everett's rip-off of his own Sub-Mariner, doing the classic "Mighty Whitey" tale of the white hero who suffers a tragedy and is tossed into a foreign kingdom, where he instead becomes the greatest of his new people, leading them into the future. And for some reason he was immune to drowning. He lasted for two issues after his first appearance, and he's most notable for having one of the most ridiculous costumes in comic book history, EVEN FOR THE GOLDEN AGE. I mean, a big brown wetsuit with a giant fin on top of his head? And GOGGLES? Just terrible. This Z-League Golden Ager shows up a bit in tiny flashbacks to the era (Rick Jones summoned him at the end of the Kree/Skrull War storyline), and he even showed up in the modern day (apparently he can age slowly... somehow), but he's still goofy.

-The Fin's a classic Golden Age hero, where almost all of them were PL 8s at-best (Cap, Namor & The Torch were extreme rarities in their time). He's pretty smart and Skilled, given that he's a Naval Officer in addition to being an ageless undersea hero, too, and he's got a silly little Magic Cutlass (in his third appearance, he found the sword in some wreck... who knew that Power Creep existed in 1941?).
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And that's it for my Golden Ager re-posts! Kind of a fun set of forgettable goofs. Next up: Marvel 2099!
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MARVEL 2099:
-Among the more famous Marvel "lines" in history was the Marvel 2099 set- debuting in a hot part of the early 1990s, the comics started off well enough, and the line of four books (three pre-existing Marvel characters got spin-offs in the Punisher, Spider-Man & Doctor Doom, and were joined by Ravage 2099) quickly expanded to include further titles- especially a spin-off of the "Cash Cow Franchise" that was the X-Men. The line featured some hot work by Peter David (still making a name for himself as a top-tier comic book writer) on Spider-Man and Doom 2099, as well as some of the only modern mainstream work of one STAN LEE, who'd basically returned to comics (from his job as Marvel's hype-man) to write Ravage 2099. The Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Hulk and X-Men all received futuristic spin-offs, and multiple other characters appeared as backgrounders (Daredevil 2099, Moon Knight 2099).

The line was set in a heavily-dystopian world, ruled by corporations that controlled much of people's daily lives. The only line-wide crossover, The Fall of the Hammer, detailed corporations attempting to recreate the Norse pantheon in order to divert attention away from the anti-corporate superheroes. Warren Ellis soon wrote a story arc where Doom took control of the entire United States, but sales were soon falling heavily, and many books (Hulk, Ravage and Punisher 2099) were all cancelled. Several of them were killed by President Rogers, an imposter Captain America (an EVIL CAP? Who'd read THAT story?!?) who had taken over America after Doom's ouster.

Sales continued to fall, however, and Marvel fired the line's Editor in 1996. David & Ellis, the top writers, quite in protest, and soon everything floundered. X-Nation 2099 and Fantastic Four 2099 came about, but neither made a dent. Eventually, every book was cancelled, and the line continued on as 2099: World of Tomorrow, containing many of the regular characters- it only lasted eight issues, and the line as a whole was finished off in 1998's Manifest Destiny, which featured the formation of a new team of Avengers (the real Cap had emerged from suspended animation, and formed a team with Spidey 2099). 2099's dystopia is eventually ended, and by a thousand years later, Earth is now utopian.

The line didn't really make much of a dent, despite lasting around five years- some of the times were considered quite good, but the characters didn't appear much. Spider-Man 2099 reappeared in a much later Exiles run, helping out the gang, while Peter David touched on it in a few of his other books. It wasn't until the modern-day Spider-Verse story saw the reintroduction of Miguel O'Hara, as he joins the ever-increasing legion of Marvel's Spiders.

And, having looked up & statted all the characters by this point, I gotta say... these are a REALLY uninteresting crew of people to research. Everything just kinda gets laid out in a big infodump of "BLAH", with some part indicating "and THIS... is where the wheels fell off and the writers lost track of where they were going". Part of the issue with my disinterest is the fact that since I've never read 99% of the line's output, I don't know the charactesr or their world. Which makes me completely "distant" from the whole thing. Since I'm unfamiliar with them, I don't latch onto who or what is important, nor do I know the relationships between the characters- the bios can occasionally be detailed, but none of them give any hints whatsoever as to most people's character traits, or if they had any unique Power Stunts.

Stuff like that, by the by, is why I hate statting "MC2" or Alternate Universe stuff, and generally refuse, no matter how many times I'm asked to build them. A huge combinatio of "I Don't Care", plus unknown characters, plus weak bios written online. It's just impossible to find the will to care about the characters.
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Miguel even got to show up in a few Spidey video games. I'm looking forward to the builds for Ravage 2099 and Punisher 2099. Such goofs. Doom 2099 was pretty interesting, too, since there was the big mystery of if he was the real Doom or just a Doombot or imposter with memory loss or something.
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Re: The Fin

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:51 pm Image

THE FIN (Sergeant Peter Noble)
Created By:
Bill Everett
First Appearance: Daring Mystery Adventures #7 (April 1941)
Role: Failed Golden Age Hero, Namor Rip-Off, Undersea Hero
Group Affiliations: The United States Navy, The Invaders
PL 8 (122)
STRENGTH
6 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 2 (+9)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+9)
Expertise (Navy Officer) 7 (+10)
Expertise (Undersea Character) 3 (+6)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Perception 4 (+7)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Vehicles 6 (+8)

Advantages: 
Beginner's Luck, Ranged Attack 7

Powers:
"Undersea Physiology"
Swimming 8 (120 mph) [8]
Immunity 4 (Aging, Drowning, Cold, Pressure) [4]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Senses 1 (Low-Light Vision) [1]

"Magic Cutlass" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [3]
Strength-Damage +3 (Feats: Penetrating 2) (5 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Cutlass +7 (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +7, Fortitude +7, Will +6

Complications:
Relationship (Nia Noble)- The Fin is married to a Half-Atlantean woman.
Responsibility (Neptunia)- Noble fell into the Undersea Kingdom of Neptunia in the '40s, and quickly became it's king. Even today, he is responsible for its defense.
Weakness (Lack of Water)- If left without water, The Fin will grow progressively weaker, eventually reducing himself to human-level stats: Strength 2, Stamina 3 and Agility 2.

Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 18 / Defenses: 10 (122)

-The Fin is Bill Everett's rip-off of his own Sub-Mariner, doing the classic "Mighty Whitey" tale of the white hero who suffers a tragedy and is tossed into a foreign kingdom, where he instead becomes the greatest of his new people, leading them into the future. And for some reason he was immune to drowning. He lasted for two issues after his first appearance, and he's most notable for having one of the most ridiculous costumes in comic book history, EVEN FOR THE GOLDEN AGE. I mean, a big brown wetsuit with a giant fin on top of his head? And GOGGLES? Just terrible. This Z-League Golden Ager shows up a bit in tiny flashbacks to the era (Rick Jones summoned him at the end of the Kree/Skrull War storyline), and he even showed up in the modern day (apparently he can age slowly... somehow), but he's still goofy.

-The Fin's a classic Golden Age hero, where almost all of them were PL 8s at-best (Cap, Namor & The Torch were extreme rarities in their time). He's pretty smart and Skilled, given that he's a Naval Officer in addition to being an ageless undersea hero, too, and he's got a silly little Magic Cutlass (in his third appearance, he found the sword in some wreck... who knew that Power Creep existed in 1941?).
Unlike most WW2 heroes Peter must have stayed in the military (US navy) after the war because in his last appearance he had attained the rank of admiral.
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