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[Dannyalcatraz]

I have this image in my head of Duke Thomas, or some other member of "We Are Robin" with a baseball bat.

That’s from well after I essentially stopped buying comic books.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For reasons I won't go into, I learned at an early age to screen background sound between relevant and irrelevant, even when sleeping; I'll utterly ignore even relatively loud sounds (such as music or construction) without paying it any conscious attention, but even fairly soft sounds my mind doesn't recognize will catch my attenion.

I do likewise…sometimes to my detriment.

In college, I quickly adapted to the weekly visits from the cleaning crews that would come in and empty trash cans and do some quick vacuuming & bathroom cleaning. I’d just roll over and bury my head under the pillow, usually without actually waking up. Part of this was because the guy who used to do my room in my freshman year was deaf and reeked of cheap cigarettes. That year, my roomie often left the door unlocked when he left for class- he always had earlier classes than I did.

Then one day (freshman year), I was awakened by the sound of campus security pounding on my door. I let them in, and they asked me about a baseball cap and other clothes I recognized as being my roomie’s.

Turns out a burglar had been spotted on campus, and in evading security, ducked into our room, grabbed some of my roomie’s clothes to disguise himself, and continued running. He got caught trying to jump off a dorm balcony just down the hall from our room.

I had done my usual rollover and pillow duck without realizing there was a stranger in my room.

(Even if I had, I might not have noticed the difference in the dark room and barely awake without my glasses- he was roughly the same height and complexion as the janitor.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Take a look at how many Green Arrow offshoots there've been some time...

GA & Hawkeye have loads of imitators, as do most of the major players in Marvel’s & DC’s respective product line.

HMMMM…
Campaign*/TV series idea
“I Can’t Believe It’s Not The Avengers!”**

Super group formed of knockoff heroes. Note: not Great Lakes Avengers, Legion of Substitute Heroes or anything similar. I mean cowled counterfeits.

ICBINTA notables could include Captain USA, The Incredible Bulk, FE-Male, Big Boy/The Hornet, Queen Bee, Mighty Sore***, The Crimson Caster, etc.


* maybe for Toon?

** or JLA, JSA, Legion of Super Heroes, Teen Titans, X-Men, New Mutants, Alpha Flight, Fantastic Four, etc.

*** an anthropomorphic bipedal black duck with a speech impediment and the power of a Norse god

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Super group formed of knockoff heroes. Note: not Great Lakes Avengers, Legion of Substitute Heroes or anything similar. I mean cowled counterfeits.

Grant Morrison fooled around with knock-off Batmen (obligatory "I'm not going to bury another Batman...") in their Batman run, with the Three Ghosts of Batman in Batman #655, Damien as a future Bats in #666, the Club of Heroes in #667-669, and Zur-en-Arrh in #678 and following. Hell, if you want to count the Manbats in the opening issues, their whole run was littered with knock-offs and substitutes, continuing into Batman and Robin with Dick in the cowl.

There's part of me that'd love to run a supers game using the lowest rent version of the Justice League as the PCs. Just go through DC history and pick the least appealing alternatives with similar powers/schticks to the Big 7 as the JL. Naturally, Aquaman would still be in the League. One, it's his own fault for sticking around for Detroit. Two, there's something that amuses me about the idea that Aqualad (Garth) wouldn't even crack my low rent JL.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Turns out all you can eat doesn't include takeout

Technically, it's all you CAN eat, not all you DO eat. So, I think take out is reasonable...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There's part of me that'd love to run a supers game using the lowest rent version of the Justice League as the PCs. Just go through DC history and pick the least appealing alternatives with similar powers/schticks to the Big 7 as the JL. Naturally, Aquaman would still be in the League. One, it's his own fault for sticking around for Detroit. Two, there's something that amuses me about the idea that Aqualad (Garth) wouldn't even crack my low rent JL.

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve read comics, so my knowledge is out of date.

Thinking, Steel would be on my list for a campaign like that. The Manhunter (Paul Kirk) could work.

Etrigan could be a nifty one to be in there.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve read comics, so my knowledge is out of date.

Thinking, Steel would be on my list for a campaign like that. The Manhunter (Paul Kirk) could work.

Etrigan could be a nifty one to be in there.

No wait!

Mr. Miracle & Big Barda could cover the Batman & Wonder Woman roles pretty well, especially with the Bats & WW romance storyline. Mr. Miracle also has some Superman style powers as well, though not as pronounced.

Nubia would also work.

The problematic ones (from my perspective) would be a super speedster (there’s lots, but we’re looking for a slower one) and a bargain basement Green Lantern (Hal Jordan ). I simply can’t recall a less powerful version of that character other than Green Lantern (Alan Scott).

 

[trappedslider]

The problematic ones (from my perspective) would be a super speedster (there’s lots, but we’re looking for a slower one) and a bargain basement Green Lantern (Hal Jordan ). I simply can’t recall a less powerful version of that character other than Green Lantern (Alan Scott).

Guy "One punch" Gardner

 

[AnotherGuy]

Guy "One punch" Gardner

Discounting the new ones (and I'm not talking of Kyle Rayner) sure.

I'd say the pecking order is
Hal Jordan
John Stewart/Kyle Rayner
Alan Scott/Jade
Guy Gardner

But if you go beyond Earth, there are plenty GL's that would fall under 1-punch

 

[The Soloist]

After all this time, with thousands of posts, why do some members still claim their experience of D&D is the only valid one and the experience of others are marginal? (rhetorical question)