[The Canadian Content]

Lucky's The League: Catman, The Flash (Wally West), Donna Troy, Supergirl, Red Arrow, Green Lantern/Jade (Jennifer Lynn-Hayden)

Sergei's The Warriors: Hellboy, Mr. Miracle, Star Brand, Lightning, Cyclops, Karate Kid

Vote up, bitches. Poll closes Wednesday at 4:30 Eastern.

[Batman]

SHIELD Dossier #275G463TW
SUBJECT: Superhuman combat team designated The WARRIORS.

BACKGROUND: Several months ago all of the superhuman agents, vigilantes, and all-around helping hands on Earth disappeared. Unfortunately, they did not take the superhuman criminals, terrorists, and threats with them.

Since then, we have been scrambling to fill the gap. However, SHIELD agents and police officers armed with whatever super-tech gadgets you care to name are fine for handling a superhuman criminal who decides to rob a bank (see Appendix C: ARMOR WARS) but for superhuman threats with loftier goals there's no substitute for a "superhero team."

Happily, we finally have some of the superheroes back. Six of them.

We've put all of the Avengers' resources at their fingertips, but they have chosen a new name for themselves, as none of them were ever members, and they don't want to presume the actual Avengers dead. More likely lost but doing their best to find their way home.

In fact only one of the heroes is native to this dimension--which they designate Universe-616 for some reason. But the rest are thankfully well-suited to taking on the threats from their respective dimensions which have taken a sudden interest in our now poorly defended world.

God help them.

CYCLOPS REAL NAME: Scott Summers HOME: Earth, Universe-616, 20th Century POWERS: Immensely powerful force-beam projected from eyes. SKILLS: Consummate leader--his experience as a tactical leader of bands of super-powered fighters goes back to his teens. EQUIPMENT: Ruby-Quartz Visor--needed to control his eye-blasts. SPECIALTY: Leadership, Tactics, Distance-Striking NOTES: Minor brain damage from an emergency parachute jump as a small child caused his inability to consciously control his eye-blasts. He must wear his ruby-quartz lenses at all times to prevent devastating destruction from ravaging all around him. Rubs some people the wrong way with his abrupt, matter-of-fact manner, but highly respected for his decisive leadership and tactical brilliance.

HELLBOY REAL NAME: Something unpronouncable. Answers to Hellboy. HOME: Earth, Universe-L, 20th Century POWERS: Incredible strength and durability, instantaneous healing from any conventional injury, sledgehammer-like right hand. SKILLS: In-depth knowledge of all occult threats and extensive experience fighting them. EQUIPMENT: The Good Samaritan--an over-sized revolver with bullets made with silver, garlic, and/or holy water. Utility belt with pouches filled with assorted items useful against supernatural threats. SPECIALTY: The Occult, Fighting Monsters NOTES: Demon summoned from hell by Nazis. Rescued by American special forces and raised like a normal boy. Files down his horns in order to look less un-human. Has dedicated his life to protecting mankind from supernatural threats.

MISTER MIRACLE REAL NAME: Scott Free HOME: New Genesis, then Apokolips, then Earth, Universe-1, 20th Century POWERS: Normal for a native of New Genesis. But compared to a normal human: extremely strong, durable, and quick. Not to the point of being bullet-proof, though. SKILLS: Supreme escapologist EQUIPMENT: Assorted high-tech gadgets useful to escape. Extremely powerful sentient computer called a "Mother Box" built into his cowl. The Mother Box would normally be capable of producing "Boom Tubes" which are used to teleport anywhere in the Multiverse, but this capability was burned out on the trip here. SPECIALTY: Escape, Fighting Apokolips NOTES: Son of the leader of New Genesis, traded for the son of Darkseid the leader of Apokolips as part of a peace pact between the two planets. Endured "training" tantamount to torture intended to break his will and remake him into a loyal soldier of Apokolips, but never lost his independent spirit. In order to survive this harsh world, he learned to escape from any prison or trap. Eventually escaped to Earth and became a show-business escape artist and adventurer. Misses his wife.

LIGHTNING REAL NAME: Guy Gilbert HOME: Earth, Universe-T, 20th Century POWERS: None innate. His special high-tech Lightning suit gives him super-speed. SKILLS: Before acquiring the Lightning suit, Gilbert was a highly decorated soldier with special forces training. EQUIPMENT: The Lightning suit has a dial on the chest which essentially slows down time to whatever degree the wearer desires. The top speed Gilbert can reach is unknown, since the faster he goes the more time he cuts from his own lifespan with each use. SPECIALTY: Speed NOTES: Gilbert was a special forces soldier who volunteered to wear the Lightning suit to help defend his world from terrible threats, despite its life-shortening side-effects. Duty and self-sacrifice are everything to him.

KARATE KID REAL NAME: Val Armorr HOME: Earth, Universe-1, 30th Century POWERS: None. (According to him, anyway. Having seen him take out the Wrecker and Absorbing Man at the same time without breaking a sweat, I find this claim dubious at best.) SKILLS: Supreme mastery of all of the myriad humanoid forms of unarmed combat of his 30th Century. Labeled a "15th-Class" fighter--the highest ever recorded. EQUIPMENT: None. SPECIALTY: Hand-to-Hand Combat NOTES: Son of Japan's supreme crime-lord, the Black Dragon, and an American secret agent in the 30th Century. Father murdered mother for trying to keep him a secret. When father was killed in battle with Japan's greatest hero, the White Crane, Crane decided to take the orphan to raise as his own, and taught him his prodigious martial arts skills. Upon reaching teens, decided to roam the galaxy to learn every martial arts form in the universe and perfect his unarmed combat skills. When the Legion of Super-Heroes was looking for new blood to help them fend off the Khund invasion, he impressed them by challenging someone called "Superboy" (apparently a being of planet-busting power) and fighting him to a standstill, becoming the only non-powered person ever inducted into that prestigious club. Has defeated the Fatal 5 single-handed and escaped a prison made from a giant diamond (pictured.)

STAR BRAND REAL NAME: Ken Connell HOME: Earth, Universe-N, 20th Century POWERS: Near-immeasurable strength, invulnerability, flight, explosive energy blasts SKILLS: Skilled at using the power of the Star Brand. Other than that... Auto mechanics? Dirt Biking? Nothing useful, in any case. EQUIPMENT: None (unless you count the Star Brand itself.) SPECIALTY: Pure Power NOTES: Connell was an itinerant ne'er-do-well living in Pittsburgh (of Universe-N) when he was chosen by an alien being whom he calls "the Old Man" to receive an immensely powerful weapon called the Star Brand. Learning to use and deciding how best and most responsibly to use this incredible power has given his life a focus it previously lacked. Has since used his new power to defend himself and his world from beings who might like to steal and abuse the power of the Star Brand.

[Lucky]

That's all.

[The Canadian Content]

I just can't vote for Cyclops. Even Hellboy's awesomeness isn't enough to counter Cyke's non-awesomeness.

[Deleted]

What Hodgey said.

[Demko]

FUCK CYCLOPS. HE'S A FUCKING DOUCHEBAG.

[salmonjunkie]

Hey! I like Cyclops.

Well, I only like Cyclops from Joss Whedon's Astonoshing X-Men. Finally grew a set. So that's what, 3 maybe 4 years after decades of "Wah! Jean's dead! Wah! Madelyne's a clone and now she's dead! Yay! Jean's alive! Oh wait, I like Emma! Wah! Jean's dead! Time to get with Emma! I can't control my eyebeams!"

[Lucky]

Cyclops' power always made me crack up. "I CAN'T CONTROL MY POWERS! GET AWAY! I'LL KILL YOU! I CAN"T CONTROL THEM! I NEED... I NEED... SUNGLASSES!"

And Storm beating him by taking his glasses off remains one of the best "HA!" moments in comics. I know they intended it to show how smart Storm was to take advantage of Cyclops' unwillingness to hurt her and fear of his powers... but it just read as "Wow, Cyclops is lame" to me.

[Batman]

Apr 13, 2009 11:37:25 GMT -5 salmonjunkie said:

Hey! I like Cyclops.

Well, I only like Cyclops from Joss Whedon's Astonoshing X-Men. Finally grew a set. So that's what, 3 maybe 4 years after decades of "Wah! Jean's dead! Wah! Madelyne's a clone and now she's dead! Yay! Jean's alive! Oh wait, I like Emma! Wah! Jean's dead! Time to get with Emma! I can't control my eyebeams!"

Oh, I get it. People don't like Scott because he sucked when the X-Men Sucked!

He was awesome for decades before the suck started in the late 80, early 90s.

Thank you to the three people who don't think Cyclops sucks and voted for my team.

I really like this team, I think all of the guys really fit the "last stand" "thin blue multi-hued line" concept I developed for them. But the League has Catman and he is undeniably pretty awesome. And they're colorful.

[salmonjunkie]

Actually, I liked Cyclops when Jim Lee was drawing X-Men too. I was just having fun with the Cyclops bashing.

It wasn't really Cyclops that kept me from voting for your team. I just liked The League better.

Also, I've never heard of Star Brand. Is that a New Universe guy?

[Batman]

Yup. And yeah, The League is pretty strong. Wish I'd drawn team evil. I'm sad that I'm likely being whittled down to one team in the first round. I think my teams are awesome. But that's life.

[Lucky]

The League ARE pretty colorful. That team came together a lot better than I thought. Probably would have been stronger with Terrific but I threw him on the other team to try and strengthen it and drew Batman. DOH! Ah well.

I actually don't mind Cyclops that much either. Obviously I voted for my guys because I'm a selfish person but if it came down to it my bigger problem would just be that I'm very unfamiliar with Lightning and Star Brand and never really cared for Mr. Miracle or Karate Kid. Just diverging tastes. Still, in a lot of matchups that weren't me (or Thai) I think I would have given the Warriors a good chance for my vote.

[Batman]

Well, Lightning might be the most obscure guy to get drafted, but I thought that his premise sells itself. The THUNDER Agents are all awesome like that.