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Re: Jab's Builds! (White Tigers! Wraiths! Paper Doll! Ero! Screwball!)

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I just tried researching the Freedom's Five...and it appears there are TWO given names and backgrounds each for Sir Steel, Silver Squire, and Crimson Cavalier, mainly because in the modern era, some writer or other just forgot short biographies already existed. I rather like the idea of the Five fighting the first Martian Invasion alongside the Orson Randall Iron Fist however, and could also see teaming them up with the other Marvel retro-WW I heroes against period-era mad scientists and monsters.

And yes, Ennis should be kept far away from existing characters, but Chaykin, Morrison, Moore, and many others have been guilty of character assassination as well.

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Numinus

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Okay, Modern Numinus is adorable as balls.

NUMINUS
Created By: Gray Morrow & Jon Bogdanove
First Appearance: Power Pack #51 (Dec. 1989)
Role: Cosmic Whoopi Goldberg

-A particularly bizarre character, Numinus appeared in Power Pack, and was essentially drawn to look exactly like what Whoopi Goldberg would look like if she was a Cosmic Being. This is of course when Whoopi was a big, big deal, after appearing successfully as a comedian and in a few movies (notably Ghost)- her brassy, self-assured kind of comedy (often quite shocking) was a breath of fresh air in the late 1980s, making her a pretty big deal.

-Numinus said her purpose was to show sentient beings the wonder of the universe- she appeared before Power Pack and took them across space, convincing them to save a race of aliens from another, attacking race. The character then takes a twenty-five year break before appearing in 2015's Groot comic, helping him save Rocket Raccoon- she empowers Groot further, allowing him to save th e day.
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The New Genix

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NEW GENIX:
Created By: Steve Lightle
First Appearance: Marvel Comics Presents #150 (March 1994)

-The New Genix were the creation of Steve Lightle, who states that the team's debut in Marvel Comics Presents was supposed to lead to a regular feature within that Anthology title. However, the book's cancellation put an end to that, and the characters never reappeared.

-The characters were a team of kids who thought they lived in the far, far future (3065 A.D.)- one in which Mutants had been wiped out, and that they were genetic creations meant to "revive" the Mutant Gene in human beings. These manipulationes were created by their masters at The Fortress- a facility meant to observe, analyze and create superhuman abilities. Wolverine, and later, Steel Raven, both interacted with these guys. The New Genix were briefly seen in their debut issue by Steel Raven (they thought she was "retro"), and then again in MCP #175, where they got actual introductions. Steel Raven, an agent of the Fortress, sympathized with them (she occasionally turned on her masters), and was using a robot in order to toughen them up and improve their fighting skills. That was the last we ever saw of them- twenty-two years later, neither Lightle nor anybody else has seen fit to use them.

The Members:

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ALLEGRA:
-Has "Hyper-Speed", making her run and heal quickly- she can appear invisible. Like many speedsters, she was impatient and energetic. Her mother was apparently an earlier test subject, and died from the surgeries.

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BLUE SHARK:
-A Class 10 Atlantean-like guy (but with pink skin), said to be created from Atlantean genes. He and Allegra had a romantic thing going on.

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BOMBARDIER (Elvis):
-Wears strength-enhancing Armor and can throw out "Bio-Energy" Blasts.
MERIDIAN:
-Powers never seen, he was comatose as a result of experiments.

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MUNCHKIN:
-A fairly small kid, Munchkin could affect the molecular density of things- strengthening or weakening them. This had the effect of weakening ADAMANTIUM, allowing Blue Shark to damage a robot made from the stuff.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (White Tigers! Wraiths! Paper Doll! Ero! Screwball!)

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Jabroniville wrote: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:51 pm
KorokoMystia wrote: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:06 pm Seeing these Golden Age guys reminds me that you never did build Iron Cross in your Golden Age set. I know that Prodigyduck has built him.
Right- I keep forgetting to add him. I never heard of the guy.
Technically there are now four people that have used this code name, the first Iron Cross, Helmut Gruler served the Nazis in WWII but was not a Nazi, more a patriot of his country. He latter became a member of the V-battalion serving on the Penance Council before dieing in space stoping a satellite weapon system.

The second Iron Cross, came about from a bit of issue with the appearance of Iron Cross after he had been defeated and supposedly killed. He was latter given the name Oskar Mors and was loyal nazi follow of the third reich and worked with members of the Uberkommando.

A third unnammed Iron Cross was introduced in the modern age (Invaders Now #2), this was in a effort to renact the flash back fight scene in the same village by the writer, bringing back the same villans of modern day equivalents to echo the previous fight. (personally I would like to think of him as a relation of Mors)

The fourth Iron Cross is Clare Gruler, a previously unknown daughter of Helmut (and given her apparent age they may have been better off saying Grandaughter, because Helmut must have had her in his early seventies at best, the guy lived through WWI), was revealed to be a previously unknown German Superhero that became a Inhuman during the Inhumanity storyline.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Paper Doll! Ero! Screwball! Freedom's 5! Numinus! Marvel- N!)

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Haha, god damn! Finally found the greatest panel in the history of the G.I. Joe comic (yes, even better than Storm Shadow's epic diatribe to Billy):

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Night Nurse

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NIGHT NURSE (Linda Carter)
Created By:
Stan Lee & Al Hartley
First Appearance: Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1 (Sept. 1961), Night Nurse #1 (Nov. 1972- as Night Nurse)
Role: Romance Comic Character, Assistant Character
Group Affiliations: None
PL 3 (48), PL 4 (48) Defenses
STRENGTH
1 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Athletics 3 (+4)
Deception 3 (+6)
Insight 3 (+6)
Perception 2 (+5)
Persuasion 3 (+6)
Treatment 8 (+11)

Advantages:
None

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +2 (DC 12), Parry +3 (DC 13), Toughness +2, Fortitude +3, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Helping Others)- Carter chose her career over marriage to a wealthy businessman.
Responsibility (Helping Super-Heroes)- Carter had her life saved by a superhero at one point- in gratitude, she does her work for free, caring for heroes injured in the line of duty.

Total: Abilities: 34 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 0 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 3 (48)

-Night Nurse has a pretty odd history- the character Linda Carter (no, really) debuted in the early '60s as a Romance Comics character, done by the co-founder of the Marvel Universe, and the guy who did all those weird Archie Christian Comics. The Linda Carter, Student Nurse comic was short-lived (nine issues), as was the 1970s book Night Nurse, featuring the same character. This one featured a Medical Drama/Romance theme (mobsters & bomb plots and stuff), with three female roommates working the night shift at an NYC hospital. This book, which debuted at the same time as Shanna the She-Devil and The Cat, was meant to appeal to a female demographic, and win back a lost target audience to comics. All three books were created by Stan Lee, but Roy Thomas had the idea of having them be written by women. Unfortunately, the women had little comic book experience- Night Nurse was written by Roy's then-wife, Jean.

-When all three books failed (and QUICKLY), Marvel basically went "WELP, that didn't work. Guess we'll give up". Naturally, they've attempted this again and again, usually meeting failure each time, though the modern era is a weird combination of success (Ms. Marvel) and controversial messes (the modern "replace everyone with a minority/let's call it a failure but passive-aggressively blame our fans for being too racist & sexist to like it" surge).

-Linda Carter is a doctor's daughter who moves to Manhattan, falling in love with wealthy businessman Marshall Michaels- however, when he forces her to choose between him and her career, she chooses her career. She'd begun a romance with a young doctor as the series was cancelled with its fourth issue. The character then disappeared for thirty years, until appearing out of nowhere in a 2004 Daredevil issue, written by Brian Michael Bendis- he "Gruenwalded" in a character who answered one of those weird questions- "who takes care of these guy when they get hurt?" It turns out that Linda, as the "Night Nurse" (no character went under than name in the '70s series- it was just the title), works pro bono to care for guys like Iron Fist & Daredevil when they get injured. She later hooks up with Dr. Strange, but they split pretty quickly. A composite character of sorts has appeared in the Netflix-verse of Marvel's shows- combining Night Nurse with the character Temple from the Cage books.

-Night Nurse is a capable medical practitioner- Nurses, while lacking the education of doctors, know much of the same stuff, often have more experience than the doctors (especially young ones) who order them around, and tend to do most of the work in hospitals anyways (I know plenty of nurses and cops; they all share the same history). She's in shape, but no match for anyone who really knows what they're doing.
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Re: Night Nurse!

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No relation to the 1931 Barbara Stanwyck film. Which was pre-Hayes Code, so the fact that it also sounds like an adult film, may not be too far off the mark.
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N'Garai

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THE N'GARAI
Created By:
Chris Claremont, Bill Mantlo & Dave Cockrum
First Appearance: The Uncanny X-Men #96 (Dec. 1975)
Role: Evil Demon Race
Group Affiliations: The N'Garai, Chthon's Forces
PL 6 (81)
STRENGTH
6 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -2

Skills:
Athletics 4 (+10)
Intimidation 8 (+6)
Perception 5 (+5)
Stealth 1 (+5)

Advantages: 
Improved Critical (Claws), Startle

Powers:
"Natural Size" Growth 2 (Str & Sta +2, +2 Mass, +1 Intimidation, -1 Dodge/Parry, -2 Stealth) -- (10 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [5]

"Venomous Claws" Strength-Damage Linked to Weaken Strength 6 (Extras: Progressive +2) [18]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+6 Damage & +6 Affliction, DC 21 & 16)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +6, Fortitude +6, Will +1

Complications:
Motivation (Returning to Earth)
Responsibility (Chthon's Will)

Total: Abilities: 32 / Skills: 18--14 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 26 / Defenses: 7 (81)

-The N'Garai first made their appearance in a very early issue of Claremont's X-Men, in which an ancient, regenerating cairn on the X-Mansion grounds had been opened by Cyclops in a fit of rage after Thunderbird's death- some Demons came forth, their leader Kierrok fought the X-Men, and Storm was able to re-seal their portal prison. Much later, in a pretty famous X-Men issue, a young, immature trainee Kitty Pryde was left alone at the X-Mansion, and a mysterious demon invaded it. The issue basically took the form of a "one-off" featuring a terrified Kitty (who wasn't immune to the creature's touch, despite her Phasing powers) fleeing the hostile monster, using whatever means she had available to her in order to stop it. In desperation, she set off the engines of the X-Men's Blackbird, frying the beast. The resulting damage to the Mansion became a bit of a gag later on.

-Though this is the only time I've ever seen the creatures, they've appeared multiple times since then- like, a lot. It turns out they were the creations of Chthon the Elder God, and used to live on Earth- they long to make a permanent return. They showed up to fight Maggott & Cecilia Reyes when they were new X-Men recruits, fought Satana because her father Lucifer had led Heaven's army against them millennia ago, etc.

-Despite their ferocity, the N'Garai are essentially still a Race of Mooks, able to be slaughtered en masse by someone like Wolverine, so they're still only PL 6. That's notably more dangerous than MANY races, though, so in great numbers, they're still quite scary.
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Re: Screwball

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SCREWBALL (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Dan Slott & Marcos Martin
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #559 (July 2008)
Role: Recurring Background Villain, Escaping Pest
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (102)
STRENGTH
2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 4

Skills:
Acrobatics 7 (+13)
Athletics 11 (+13)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 6 (+8)
Perception 4 (+7)
Technology 2 (+4)

Advantages:
Equipment 1 (Cameras), Evasion, Improved Defenses, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action

Powers:
"Parkour Specialist" Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Urban Landscapes) [2]

Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Initiative +10

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +3, Fort +4, Will +4

Complications:
Motivation (Hits For Her Website)- Screwball stages various situations in order to score more hits for her website.

Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 30--15 / Advantages: 5 / Powers: 2 / Defenses: 10 (102)

-Screwball is a modern, "relevant" villainess- she commits crimes to get hits on her website! However, she immediately gives up when he plants a Spider-Tracer on her, as they were then linked to a series of murderers and she feared for her life. She next got involved in a betting fix, disguising herself as Spider-Man in order to pull one over on betting villains at the Bar With No Name. Later, she tricks Spidey into helping her save a kid, just for more hits, and continues on as one of those annoying Background Villains that shows up semi-frequently as a pest, and usually escapes thanks to a mastery of distractions. However, she and The Jester soon draw the ire of The Superior Spider-Man- thinking that it's the same old Spidey, they humiliate and harass him, only to discover that this isn't the same old guy- Doc Ock in Spidey's body beats the ever-loving CRAP out of them, sending them both to the hospital. She is later seen harrassing Araña in HER book, but she hasn't been seen since.

-An expert planner and good with social media, Screwball is no physical threat (a mere PL 6 offensively), but she's as good as anyone at getting out of the way and avoiding capture- Acrobatics, Athletics AND Parkour (one of my favorite things is to stick Powers on "regular people"). She's out of her league in a fight against anyone, but her ability to cause chaos and use her minions effectively means she's rarely caught.
I like this character. She was pretty fun in the one comic of Spider-Man I read. Grant you she definitely had that new villain stink. Spidey actually thought she might be a mutant because of how nimble she was. I like to stick powers on 'regular people' too.
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Number Nine... Number Nine... Number Nine...

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John Romita Jr.'s "Hot Chicks" have always left something to be desired.

NUMBER NINE (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Ann Nocenti & John Romita, Jr.
First Appearance: Daredevil #271 (1989)
Role: Forgotten Character
Group Affiliations: None
PL 6 (53)
STRENGTH
5 STAMINA 8 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Perception 2 (+2)

Advantages: 
Attractive 2

Powers:
"Physically-Perfect"
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]
Regeneration 6 [6]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +3 (DC 13), Toughness +8, Fortitude +8, Will +1

Complications:
Responsibility (Pliant)- Number Nine believes that a woman's position is to do whatever a man says- she is a servile, plaint "decoration".

Total: Abilities: 42 / Skills: 2--1 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 7 / Defenses: 1 (53)

-Number Nine is a Daredevil character who answered an ad offering to transform her into a "perfect being". She was remade using technology from the Inhumans, turning her into a Peak Human-type being with false memories- all the better to turn her into the "ideal woman" of a weirdonamed Skip Ash, who had Gaston-like sensibilities of what women were supposed to be about. Number Nine became pliant and over-nurturing, even when "rescued" by Daredevil. Brandy, Ash's daughter managed to convince him of the error of his ways, and so he left Nine with the heroes. She reappeared in Acts of Vengeance, making friends with a confused Ultron (who was infatuated with her physical perfection; she viewed him sympathetically as a friend), but he was defeated by DD, Karnak and Gorgon, who were on the trail of the Inhuman-related stuff that made her.

-Then, in a weird twist of events, these disparate characters all wound up fighting Blackheart and Mephisto, which drew in the Silver Surfer, and then Brandy was killed and turned into a quasi-angel. Number Nine, now more independent and self-assured, left to find her way in the world, and never showed up again. Very, VERY odd.

-Number Nine is strong and can survive "virtually any injury", but has limited capabilities and skills.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Ero! Screwball! Freedom's 5! Numinus! Night Nurse!)

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Did they give an "in-story" explanation for the choice of outfit? Nothing about her origin or anything mentioned seems to scream "flag character", but there she is...all dressed like a flag.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Ero! Screwball! Freedom's 5! Numinus! Night Nurse!)

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Jabroniville wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:53 am Image

NUMBER NINE (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Ann Nocenti & John Romita, Jr.
First Appearance: Daredevil #271 (1989)

-Then, in a weird twist of events, these disparate characters all wound up fighting Blackheart and Mephisto, which drew in the Silver Surfer, and then Brandy was killed and turned into a quasi-angel. Number Nine, now more independent and self-assured, left to find her way in the world, and never showed up again. Very, VERY odd.
Good grief, I actually HAVE the last issue of that, where Daredevil, Karnak, Gorgon, Number Nine and a couple other people are in Hell, being tormented by Mephisto, with Blackheart seemingly taking the heroes side in all of this, and it ends with the Silver Surfer coming out of nowhere to fight Mephisto (in Mephisto's own realm, which should have made him far more than Norrin could handle). Then Daredevil and company just wake up in the middle of a field, talk a bit, and go their separate ways. It was just REALLY weird and left me nothing but confused.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Ero! Screwball! Freedom's 5! Numinus! Night Nurse!)

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Horsenhero wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:31 am Did they give an "in-story" explanation for the choice of outfit? Nothing about her origin or anything mentioned seems to scream "flag character", but there she is...all dressed like a flag.
Yeah, I dunno- it's weird. Maybe they just ran into a costume shop and grabbed something.
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Re: Amphibian

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Jabroniville wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:55 pm AMPHIBIAN (Kingsley Rice)
Created By:
Steve Englehart
First Appearance: The Avengers #145 (March 1976)
Role: The Dissenter
Alternate Company Equivalent Of: Aquaman (water-breathing hero, more at home in the depths)
I was recently reminded of something about Amphibian I figured out some years back... His name: Kingsley Rice.

Kingsley, as in "Kingly", as in "King". And who is one of the most famous kings in Western Culture? Arthur.

Rice, as in the dish which is frequently associated with what Indian dish? Curry.


'Phib was one of the few Squadders who had that kind of 'joke' civilian name.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Ero! Screwball! Freedom's 5! Numinus! Night Nurse!)

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Night Nurse is an excellent example of worldbuilding, tho. I mean, if you think about it, every superhero without either the resources for their own medical treatment (Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark) or some kind of healing ability would eventually need medical treatment for injuries most doctors would have to report to the police. And it also makes sense that some medical practitioners would admire superheroes for the lives they save. So having one or more of them being a part of a ring of doctors who take care of superheroes off the books makes a lot of sense. Some settings like Empowered even go so far as to have specific hospitals set up for superpowered beings, simply because their health requirements are so unique.

I actually had a similar idea for this home-brew setting I came up with that combined the Watchmen setting with some video game franchises like inFAMOUS, [Prototype], Crackdown and a few others. The basic idea was that in the modern era, Dan/Nite-Owl II had retired as a hero, but he had set himself up as someone who outfitted superheroes, helped them develop costumes, gadgets and the like, assuming they either got recommendations from other heroes or met his standards as a hero. Basically a heroic version of Marvel's Tinkerer.
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