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Re: Jab’s Builds! (The Mandarin! Temugin! Spymaster!)

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Also, weird little observation, but it seems like Tony's armor got easier to damage the moment his identity became public knowledge. When his identity was no longer a secret, suddenly everyone from Namor to Thor to Spider-Man to Carol Danvers could rip his helmet off to talk to him personally.

Before, even visible damage to his armor tended to result in dents, chips, rents and the occasional exposed wire/circuit, rather than widespread damage or huge chunks of the suit being ripped off. While the latter could happen on occasion, it was usually very rare (requiring things like a mind-controlled Wonder Man, a Banner-less Hulk or an adamantium arms using Dr. Octopus).

These days, Carol Danvers can just rip his entire suit open if she gets her hands on him, and it seems to trace back to when damaging the armor would mean exposing Tony's secret. Once that was no longer an issue, the armor became a lot easier to crack.
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Re: The Mandarin

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I'd think that he would wear more orange.
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Spymaster (Lemon)

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Man what is THAT atrocity?

SPYMASTER II (Nathan Lemon)
Created By:
Bob Layton
First Appearance: Iron Man #254 (March 1990)
Role: Elite Spy, Forgotten Villain
Group Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D., Zodiac, The Maggia, A.I.M., Roxxon Oil, The Espionage Elite
PL 8 (112)
STRENGTH
2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 7
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+10)
Athletics 6 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+8)
Deception 5 (+7)
Expertise (Spy) 8 (+10)
Insight 2 (+5)
Investigation 7 (+10)
Perception 5 (+8)
Persuasion 4 (+6)
Sleight of Hand 1 (+8)
Stealth 7 (+11)
Technology 4 (+6)

Advantages:
Equipment 4 (Spy Gear, Suit, Electrified Nunchucks +4), Evasion, Improved Aim, Ranged Attack 3, Second Chance (Being Spotted), Well-Informed

Equipment:
"Spy Gear" (6)
"Pistol" Blast 5 (10)
"Protective Suit" Protection 1 (1)

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Electrified Nunchucks +8 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Pistol +10 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +3 (+4 Suit), Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Greed)
Enemy (Iron Man)

Total: Abilities: 60 / Skills: 56--28 / Advantages: 11 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 13 (112)

-The second Spymaster is a student of the Taskmaster, who earned the rights to the name after passing a series of tests (which included killing all of the other contestants)- that sounds like a pretty cool way to explain someone's gaining a Legacy, as a matter of fact. He thus became an agent of Justin Hammer's, and even discovered Tony Stark's secret identity and beat up the hero sans-armor (Tony later memory-wiped him using the super-villain Mentallo). As far as I know, he hasn't appeared much since- just showing up at Tony Stark's funeral (he was dead during The Crossing at this point, I believe), and fighting Silver Sable and the Wild Pack. Later, he was killed by a wealthy CEO, Sinclair Abbot, who wanted to become the third Spymaster- he arranges to have Lemon arrested, beaten up in prison, then smothered by his own wife.

-Spymaster II is a much-lesser version of the first, but has the same PL offensively.
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Spymaster (Abbott)

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SPYMASTER III (Sinclair Abbot)
Created By:
Joe Casey & Frazer Irving
First Appearance: Iron Man: The Inevitable #1 (2007)
Role: Elite Spy, Rival CEO
Group Affiliations: Sinclair Industries
PL 8 (122)
STRENGTH
2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 7
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+10)
Athletics 6 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+8)
Deception 6 (+8)
Expertise (Business) 7 (+9)
Expertise (Spy) 8 (+10)
Insight 2 (+5)
Investigation 7 (+10)
Persuasion 4 (+7)
Perception 5 (+8)
Sleight of Hand 1 (+8)
Stealth 7 (+11)
Technology 4 (+6)

Advantages:
Benefit 4 (Wealth), Equipment 4 (Spy Gear, Suit), Evasion, Improved Aim, Ranged Attack 3, Second Chance (Being Spotted), Well-Informed

Equipment:
"Spy Gear" (6)
"Pistol" Blast 5 (10)
"Protective Suit" Protection 1 (1)

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Pistol +10 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +3 (+4 Suit), Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Greed)
Enemy (Iron Man)

Total: Abilities: 62 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 15 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 13 (122)

-Sinclair Abbot is a Generic Evil Rival CEO to Stark, and accomplished his desire to become the third Spymaster by having the second one murdered. His actual desire is to become a true "Super-Villain". He tried to kill Tony, but was stopped by Happy Hogan, who died in the process. However, after this hit to the Iron Man mythos, he seems to have faded into the background, and later committed "Suicide-By-Cop" after being despondent over losing his stuff. This seems suspiciously like the writers wanted to get him out of the way to bring the original back.
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Whiplash/Blacklash (Scarlotti)

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WHIPLASH I (Mark Scarlotti, aka Blacklash)
Created By:
Stan Lee & Gene Colan
First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #97 (Jan. 1968), Iron Man #146 (May 1981- as Blacklash)
Role: Jobber Villain
Group Affiliations: The Maggia, The Death Squad, The Sinister Syndicate
PL 9 (142)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 5 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 3 (+6)
Close Combat (Whips) 1 (+9)
Expertise (Science) 6 (+11)
Expertise (Criminal) 1 (+6)
Insight 1 (+3)
Intimidation 6 (+8)
Perception 2 (+4)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Technology 6 (+11)
Vehicles 1 (+5)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Daze (Intimidation), Improved Critical (Whips) 2, Improved Disarm, Improved Smash, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 5, Startle

Powers:
"Titanium Whips & Costume" (Flaws: Removable) [26]
"Strength-Damage +6 (Feats: Reach 5, Penetrating 8) (19) -- (21)
  • AE: "Vaulting Pole" Leaping 4 (4)
  • AE: Deflect 10 (10)
"Bulletproof" Protection 4 (Extras: Impervious 7) (11)
-- (32 points)

"Devices" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [11]
"Anti-Gravity Bolas" Snare 6 (18 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Whips +9 (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +4 (+8 Costume), Fortitude +6, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Greed)
Enemy (Iron Man)
Responsibility (Manic-Depressive)
Relationship (Son)- Scarlotti returns to a life of crime to provide for his son.

Total: Abilities: 64 / Skills: 30--15 / Advantages: 13 / Powers: 37 / Defenses: 13 (142)

Whiplash- Iron Man's Personal Jobber Foe:
-The original Whiplash was a semi-recurring Iron Man villain, but nothing major- he kind of went from a Recurring Jobber to a renamed Journeyman Villain (Blacklash), then was Whiplash again with a bad-ass upgrade, only to die... and then Iron Man 2 came out and suddenly people were interested in "Whiplash" again.

-Marc "Whiplash" Scarlotti was an ex-Stark scientist who got bitter about Tony's fame and repute, and so he struck out on his own as an assassin, using a powerful metal whip he designed. Created by Stan Lee & Gene Colan in their final days on the Iron Man book, he allies with The Maggia and becomes a bit of a recurring Jobber Villain- just enough of a threat to be a pain, but nothing Tony can't handle by himself. He works undercover with the Maggia at another Stark plant, but his plan fails and he quits the organization. He, Melter & Man-Bull are recruited by the Black Lama as his "Death Squad" of goofy villains in a long-running story-arc, but is defeated. Whiplash later fights Spider-Man & Iron Man on behalf of the Maggia again, but is beaten by the Wraith (the one who got killed by Scourge, I think), then becomes a Justin Hammer goon along with a handful of other villains.

Blacklash- The New Identity:
-This last thing ends up with the damaged villain being given a new costume and identity- the goofy, Iron Age-sounding "Blacklash", which sounds like it was a way to reinvigorate a jobber with fading credibility and try to make him seem more bad-ass, but in that very issue Iron Man humiliates him and drags him before Hammer. At this point, he becomes a very generic Journeyman Villain who fought various guys over the years (usually magnets for such acts like Spider-Man & Captain America), rejoining Hammer's employ repeatedly alongside Beetle, Boomerang & Blizzard II (is Hammer only hiring "B"-named guys now?). Finally, the villain retires.

The End & Rebirth of Whiplash:
-However, in the late '90s, Scarlotti, who has since married and had a child, runs out of money and becomes a villain again. He becomes the target of an assassin, who kills his wife, and Scarlotti murders the man. He abandons the "Blacklash" identity and becomes Whiplash again, with an upgraded costume and new weaponry. However, a short while later, the Iron Man armor, which has now become sentient and takes control, defeating Whiplash easily and executing the helpless villain on the spot. Whiplash's throat is crushed, and we last see his son crying at the man's funeral (begging for his father to come back), an unmoved Sentient Armor watching with disgust. And so a longtime '60s Jobber Villain dies, never to return (sorta).

-AAAAAAND of course the character is now a lot more famous thanks to the second Iron Man movie, which combines the secret I.D. of the original Crimson Dynamo (Ivan Vanko) with the name & powers of Whiplash, while ALSO making them an entirely new character, since Iron Man has very few "movie-worthy" villains that don't break the whole "Grounded-In-Reality Science-Fiction Hero" thing (Fin Fang Foom & The Mandarin were kinda... anti-thematic until The Avengers came out). As a reaction to this, Marvel did it's standard "Be Like The Movies" trick by creating a NEW Whiplash actually NAMED Ivan Vanko (not sure how they explained it, other than as a coincidence).

-The second Whirlwind came about while Scarlotti was "Blacklash"- she's a female mutant that used Adamantium (SERIOUSLY?) wires as whips coming out of her gloves. She joined Critical Mass's "Band of Baddies" (yup, that's a Marvel Comics Presents story alright), and is one of the Femme Fatales, joining other Erik Larsen-created female villains as Spider-Man opponents. A third Whiplash fights alongside Blacklash II as a pair of BDSM-related One-Off Villains during Civil War.

Whiplash's Powers:
-Scarlotti is more powerful than your typical Jobber, being pretty tough and PL 9 and everything. Most guys like him are PL 8-ish, but when you consider that his recurring foe is IRON MAN (a PL 11-ish guy for most of his career), and he can still provide a one-on-one challenge to Spidey & Cap after all these years, you've got a slightly-tougher Journeyman Villain. I had him at PL 9.5 in my last build, but man... his history is 100% full of losses, usually while on a TEAM of dudes.
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Whiplash (Unknown Female)

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WHIPLASH III (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Fabian Nicieza & Tom Grummett
First Appearance: Thunderbolts #104 (Sept. 2006)
Role: Jobber Villain, Random One-Off Villain
Group Affiliations: The Thunderbolts

-An unnamed female Whiplash shows up during Civil War along with a new Blacklash, the writers apparently just going like "LOL here's some new faces!". They are past associates of the new Swordsman (Andreas Von Strucker) and attend BDSM events while being supervillains (in Marvel, BDSM is a thing for super-villains, not giant nerds like in real life). They are beaten up and forcibly recruited into the Thunderbolts. She has only ever appeared in two Thunderbolts issues and that's it- a new Whiplash has since appeared more like the Iron Man 2 villain, making her pointless.
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Blacklash (Unknown Male)

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BLACKLASH II (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Fabian Nicieza & Tom Grummett
First Appearance: Thunderbolts #104 (Sept. 2006)
Role: Jobber Villain, Random One-Off Villain
Group Affiliations: The Thunderbolts

-A new Blacklash, also a male, teams up with Whiplash III in the same Thunderbolts issue as his girlfriend, and is also recruited into the T-Bolts, never to be seen again.
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Blacklash (Unknown Female)

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BLACKLASH III (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Nick Spencer & Ramon Rosanas
First Appearance: The Astonishing Ant-Man #5 (April 2016)
Role: Jobber Villain, Random One-Off Villain
Group Affiliations: None

-*SIGH*... we ALREADY HAD a new Blacklash, but nope- Nick Spencer randomly creates a new one for his Ant-Man run, working for the Power Broker- this one is a female wearing robes and wielding twin whips. She takes down Giant-Man (... which one?) during a fight, wrapping up his ankle and toppling him, then walks off with her boss. And is never seen again. The Marvunapp writer is like "This could MAYBE be the female Whiplash seen during Civil War, but probably not".
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Whiplash (Vanko)

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WHIPLASH IV (Anton Vanko)
Created By:
Marc Guggenheim, Philipe Briones & Marko Djurdjevic
First Appearance: Iron Man vs. Whiplash #1 (Jan. 2010)
Role: Movie Knock-Off Villain
Group Affiliations: The Shadow Council's Masters of Evil
PL 9 (122)
STRENGTH
2 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 5 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Athletics 3 (+5)
Close Combat (Whips) 2 (+10)
Expertise (Science) 6 (+11)
Expertise (Criminal) 1 (+6)
Intimidation 8 (+8)
Perception 3 (+4)
Stealth 2 (+6)
Technology 6 (+11)
Vehicles 1 (+5)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Daze (Intimidation), Improved Critical (Whips), Improved Disarm, Improved Smash, Inventor, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 5, Startle

Powers:
"Titanium Whips & Costume" (Flaws: Removable) [23]
"Strength-Damage +6 (Feats: Reach 4, Penetrating 6) (16) -- (17)
  • AE: Deflect 10 (10)
"Bulletproof" Protection 4 (Extras: Impervious 7) (11)
-- (28 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Whips +10 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +4 (+8 Costume), Fortitude +6, Will +5

Complications:
Enemy (Iron Man)

Total: Abilities: 56 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 13 / Powers: 23 / Defenses: 14 (122)

-*sigh* well, you know THIS was coming. Every time a Marvel movie comes out that completely reinvents an old villain, the comics gotta try and copy it, generally failing AND mixing up their own universe as well. From "Toad as Ray Park" to THIS guy. See, Iron Man 2 featured a then-hot Mickey Rourke as a menacing, lethal Russian villain named Anton Vanko (the name of the first Crimson Dynamo in the comics), but made HIM Whiplash. He got a kick-ass trailer that got people talking, but the movie was mostly "okay" to "pretty good" and wasn't Avengers-tier- it mostly got forgotten when THAT blockbuster came out. But so this Dynamo/Whiplash hybrid is a thing, but Marvel's killed both the first Dynamo AND the first Whiplash by this point- so now what?

-Well turns out this random dude just happens to have the same name as Anton Vanko, but is unrelated to him. He hails from a small Russian village wiped out by someone in fake Iron Man armor, attempting to frame the hero- Vanko survives, losing his father in the process, but manages to blow off the chest piece of the aggressor. Thinking it's Iron Man still, he uses his own genius to fashion weapons out of the Stark-like gear, reverse-engineering a suit of body armor with electric whips.

-Tony, imprisoned for these "crimes", is thus attacked by this new Whiplash! Powerless, he has to fashion a crude suit of Iron Man armor out of various technology in the prison, fending Whiplash off. Eventually, both Tony & Vanko discover the source of the framing- Russian & US interests combined, with Vladimir Putin in particular wanting an anti-Putin activist in Vanko's hometown killed and used this as a way to do it. Vanko is still like "Well even if you didn't kill my village, your technology did" and still tries to kill Tony, but Iron Man wins. Escaping again, Vanko is last seen walking towards St. Basil's Cathedral to enact vengeance, and that's where he leaves off.

-Vanko is later "Just Another Guy", popping up among various groups of guys- he's one of the Spymaster's recruits to attack a defenseless Stark Tower in Infinity, loses to Squirrel Girl, joins Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil, then is seen teaming with Taskmaster on NYC mayor Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts. So... after all that movie hype and this big new debut, the guy ends up failing to kill Tony repeatedly and JUST TAKES UP THE SAME ROLE THE OLD WHIPLASH DID. It's pretty funny, actually- all this work and all you get is another Journeyman Villain, one who doesn't even fight Stark after the first arc and is instead just some backgrounder. Well, the name is really good and it's a perfect "Speedbump Threat" deal.

-This Whiplash is just another PL 9 Journeyman Villain- perfectly good but no match for major heroes.
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Mandarin! Temugin! Spymaster! Whiplash!)

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I remember rolling my eyes the first time I saw they'd started putting Whiplash/Backlash in gimp clothes.

Whiplash is a decent journeyman villain, but a lousy Iron Man villain, at least on his own. As part of a squad of other villains, sure, but an Iron Man specific baddie? Not really.
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The Masters of Silence

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THE MASTERS OF SILENCE
Created By:
Len Kaminski & Kevin Hopgood
First Appearance: Iron Man #281 (June 1992)
Role: Jobber Villains

-Hahaha, oh my god- DREADFUL. Len Kaminski, jobber-creator of The Mandarin's Avatars, also created these armored samurai assassin guys. They were Bushido-obsessed guys who exacted vengeance for their employer, and if their bodies died, their "fighting spirit" would have to find a new host. They are invisible to most detection short of highly-advanced stuff- normal devices catch only their shadows- but they will reveal themselves to their bounty as a matter of honor.

The Masters of Silence were tricked by Justin Hammer into attacking Iron Man, but teamed up with the hero to demolish Hammer's facilities once they found out the deception. They reappear in that year's Iron Man Annual, helping him against the demonic Face Thief (created for the "A Rookie Trading Card in Every Annual" sales gimmick). The Face Thief kills past guest star Meredith McCall's father and husband. The Masters fight him, but Kaze is mortally wounded by the demon. Meredith fights back with a gun, Inazuma admiring her bravery and fighting spirit- they bring her along as the new "Kaze" out of respect. The team later meet Ghost Rider when the Golden Triad engaged in the abduction & ritual sacrificing of children- joining forces after the mandatory fight, they kept a villain's army at bay so Ghost Rider could defeat him.
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Kaminari

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KAMINARI ("Thunder" Kiyoshi Kurata)
Created By:
Len Kaminski & Kevin Hopgood
First Appearance: Iron Man #281 (June 1992)
Role: Noble Assassin
Group Affiliations: The Masters of Silence
PL 8 (121)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 4 (+8)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Deception 2 (+4)
Expertise (Mercenaries) 6 (+8)
Insight 2 (+5)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Investigation 3 (+6)
Perception 3 (+6)
Stealth 4 (+8)
Technology 5 (+7)

Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Equipment (Armor +4), Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Critical (Sasumata), Improved Defenses, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 6

Powers:
"Psychic Invisibility" Concealment (Vision 2, Hearing) 5 [10]

"Energy Sasumata" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [4]
Strength-Damage +4 (Feats: Reach, Variable- Slashing & Energy) (6 points)

"Radio-Controlled Shuriken" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [6]
Blast 4 (Feats: Homing 4, Ricochet 2) (10 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Sasumata +9 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Shuriken +10 (+4 Ranged Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +3 (+7 Armor), Fortitude +5, Will +6

Complications:
Responsibility (Bushido)- The Masters of Silence will repay disrespect or deception brutally. They will also reveal themselves to their targets before attacking, ignoring their stealth powers.

Total: Abilities: 60 / Skills: 38--19 / Advantages: 12 / Powers: 20 / Defenses: 10 (121)

-Kaminari wields a giant spear-pole known as a Sasumata, and wears red.
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Mandarin! Temugin! Spymaster! Whiplash!)

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Whoa, the Iron Man books REALLY went through a run of lousy villains during that era!
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Mandarin! Temugin! Spymaster! Whiplash!)

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Hey, Jab, slightly off topic ... or going off on a tangent or something. Have you read Karl Kessel's Section Zero stuff? If not, I recommend it because it's fun. And it vaguely seems like you don't take requests -- did I hear that somewhere?-- but if you enjoyed the series and felt the spontaneous desire to stat everybody up I'm sure no one would stop you.
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Inazuma

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INAZUMA ("Lightning", Arashi Wakayama)
Created By:
Len Kaminski & Kevin Hopgood
First Appearance: Iron Man #281 (June 1992)
Role: Noble Assassin
Group Affiliations: The Masters of Silence
PL 8 (121)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 4 (+8)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Deception 2 (+4)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+8)
Insight 2 (+5)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Investigation 3 (+6)
Perception 3 (+6)
Stealth 4 (+8)
Technology 5 (+7)

Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Equipment (Armor +4), Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Critical (Katanas), Improved Defenses, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 6

Powers:
"Psychic Invisibility" Concealment (Vision 2, Hearing) 5 [10]

"Energy Katana" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [4]
Strength-Damage +4 (Feats: Split, Variable- Slashing & Energy) (6 points)

"Radio-Controlled Shuriken" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [6]
Blast 4 (Feats: Homing 4, Ricochet 2) (10 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Katanas +9 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Shuriken +10 (+4 Ranged Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +3 (+7 Armor), Fortitude +5, Will +6

Complications:
Responsibility (Bushido)- The Masters of Silence will repay disrespect or deception brutally. They will also reveal themselves to their targets before attacking, ignoring their stealth powers.

Total: Abilities: 60 / Skills: 38--19 / Advantages: 12 / Powers: 20 / Defenses: 10 (121)

-Inazuma wields twin Energy Katanas and wears white.
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