A goofy, obscure, super-dated cliché who fought Batman back in 1963. When the nights were young, when we could do no wrong.

A fully fleshed-out sample heroic/dark fantasy character, based on a weird Path of Exile build. A burning intelligent sword that kills her wielders, darting acrobatics based on a magical proximity sense, a feral huntress with a pet canary, these sorts of things.

The third part of our series of character profiles for Marvel Comics’ Mockingbird (Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Morse). This one covers the 1980s West Coast Avengers stuff. Our series about Bobbi starts there.

This covers the Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)’s early life and her original career as Madame Hydra, during the early 1970s. That’s the Jim Steranko era. So hang on to your fez, true believers !

A big, heavily illustrated article about handguns in fiction. So that’s useful to have. This is part #1, which presents the common types of handguns in stories.

A “base camp” article summarizing and linking toward the writeups.org articles that are about weapons. It sounded like a useful thing to have.

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This titanic crab appeared in a 1959 proto-Marvel Comics story, in Tales to Astonish. Giant monsters were hip in the 1950s, daddy-o. There’s also notes about the BODY score of giant monsters, somehow.

The post-alien-apocalypse setting seen in the Defiance TV show on SyFy and the Defiance 2050 MMORPG by Trion. Final fourth of a series of articles that starts there.

The oddest member of Marvel Comics’ Ani-Men, who’s had a cryptic and inexplicable career. But heh, I’m sure this article will get some positive buzz.

Silver Age themed Marvel minor villain wot got killed by the Bronze Age. He was a convenient 1960s/1970s jobber.

From the 1990s DooM video games comes… a monster ! 🙀

Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) at the very beginning of her career. Body-morphing powers and heroic spirit.

Profile #2 – still during her early career (“Year One”), but has already considerably improved because she’s good at this stuff. This profiles series starts with the Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Profile #1 – Absolute beginner) profile.

The protagonist of the 2013 reboot of the Shadow Warrior action AA video games series. Shallow, cretinous but gifted thug/hitman who ends up fighting a lot demons.

An elite fighter seen seen in the early 1980s Arion Lord of Atlantis comic books. Heroic Atlantean military officer as of 45,000 years ago.

A Black Lightning villain during the late 1970s. Expert manhunter with special weapons, probable mind control powers and a disco fever costume.

A primer about the great boxer Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay). Plus comic-book-style DC Heroes RPG game stats for him. Because, as you no doubt remember, he once fought Superman !

Lightspeed of Marvel’s Power Pack during the classic Weezie Simonson/June Brigman years. This profile is meant to be read after the Power Pack team profile.

The last (and least, size-wise) member of the Challengers. These were Player Characters in an older DC Heroes campaign by our contributors Ethan and Keith.

Small profile about an odd demon I met once in the Thea: the Awakening video game, during a big fat Slavic wedding.

The classic version of Mass Master from Marvel Comics’ kid team the Power Pack. Body density manipulation powers. This profile is meant to be read after the Power Pack team profile.

The oldest member of Power Pack — everything is relative — during the 1980s. Gravity powers. This profile is meant to be read after our Power Pack team profile .

Profiles for the imaginary creatures seen in the 1988 Willow fantasy movie. Death dogs, trolls, two-headed dragons, brownies (alas), fairies…

The baby of Marvel’s Power Pack, with surprisingly powerful energy powers. This entry covers the classic Simonson/Brigman era, and is meant to be read after the Power Pack team profile.

One of the older enemies of Daredevil (Matt Murdock). He’s one of those baddies who actually have plenty of range and potential if you pay a bit of attention.

Weretigress criminal Indonesian revenant forced to fight in a low-fantasy dismal world. Inspired by the niche Din’s Curse video game, because I was playing that instead of working.

Extensive article about bows and arrows in action stories, with lots of explanations and TTRPG stats. See strong strings get strung!

The “base camp” entry for the Power Pack team of superhuman children during its Simonson/Brigman heydays. To be read before the individual Power Pack profiles.

The second part of our series of character profiles for Marvel Comics’ Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Huntress and Mockingbird. Our series about Bobbi starts there.