Echoes of the Multiverse

Tillie is also clearly a Little Orphan Annie analogue.

Life hasn't left me with the mental energy to post much lately, but I continue to marvel at your creativity and prolific work rate! Good show, my friend!

All my best.

Childhood memories of afterschool Ultraman re-runs...low-grade production values, but better story lines than I remembered. Thanks for these, OwoMotaros. Dealing with some of life's sadder realities lately, and this thread made me smile.

All my best.

Yeah, the "Hindu Kush" thing was odd, given she looks CELTIC or maybe "White Russian" (given her name), but maybe it was another nod to the comic-book tropes where nearly ALL the "hidden tribes/racial groups" somehow almost all looked like Western Europeans, no matter w...

Having read this over again, I really like the treatment you gave, often with just the right amount changed to fit your timeline and setting details. Because of depressing real-world family matters (caring for aging loved ones), I don't post nearly as often, but would you be open to others (myself i...

The Tarnished Angel storyline was essentially a mash-up of the Flint Marko/Sandman reformed villain period (when he became a good friend to Ben Grimm and Spider-Man), and the the Henry Pym/Yellowjacket "psychotic break/infamous Jan-slap" plots, but sadder and more sentimental, though at le...

Some cool ideas here thanks for posting your builds!

Due to Busiek's chronic health issues AND the details-rich style of his Astro City stories, the long, long breaks between issues essentially KILLED any anticipation of that particular arc for me, as by year four I had to go back and refresh my memory of what happened in the interim issues that set C...

Amazing work on the setting! I love all the little nods to throw-away bits of actual DC history, yet all done with a bit more forethought and elegance than what occurred in the the real world (in fairness, a whole LOT of those came about because a nearly century-year old comics company simply has WA...

I agree, Ares. There are some books that I SHOULD like/regard more than I do, but there's just something about them that fails to appeal (the Neil Gaiman current run on Miracleman being a contemporary example); Ordway just needed to be a touch more whimsical, maybe a little more light-hearted, thoug...

Mr. Drama, the Drama Queen, and the Weirdies are VERY much a Ditko homage, in their designs and motivations. When Steve Ditko was on point, he was REALLY on point with character designs (Spider-Man being the best example, but even D-listers like the Question or Hawk and Dove stuck around in comics b...

Ba-dum-DUM!!!

Hey, Eternal Phoenix, I haven't had much time or mental energy to post much of late, but I just want to compliment you again on your builds! Excellent insight into what makes certain archetypes work mechanically in 3e, along with some really creative choices overall. So again, thanks for doing these...

It cracks me up that "Imperious Rex!" translates to "Arrogant King!...I mean, THAT's Namor's battle cry? Honestly, I KNOW I could rescue the Sub-Mariner as a character...no, scrap that, as a legitimate hero, though one with a heaping helping of flaws. And I would absolutely have someo...

I haven't gotten a chance to really read the quick starter rules for the Valiant setting in detail yet, let alone weigh them out, but here a few initial thoughts about what I've gleaned so far: 1. Options for making combat a bit more serious (including the re-introduction of lethal damage) opens up ...