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

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Generic cacodemon
From the 1990s DooM video games comes… a monster ! 🙀
Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) at the very beginning of her career. Body-morphing powers and heroic spirit.
Ms. Marvel
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.
Lo Wang
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.
Lady Chian
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.
Syonide
A Black Lightning villain during the late 1970s. Expert manhunter with special weapons, probable mind control powers and a disco fever costume.
Muhammad Ali
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
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.
Proton
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.
Nadezhda Hohliskaya Demonicheskiy
Small profile about an odd demon I met once in the Thea: the Awakening video game, during a big fat Slavic wedding.
Mass Master
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.
Gee
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 .
Willow monster manual
Profiles for the imaginary creatures seen in the 1988 Willow fantasy movie. Death dogs, trolls, two-headed dragons, brownies (alas), fairies…
Energizer
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.
Jester
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.
Hantu
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.
DC Heroes RPG – Bows and archery
Extensive article about bows and arrows in action stories, with lots of explanations and TTRPG stats. See strong strings get strung!
Power Pack
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.
Bobbi Morse (aka Huntress, aka Mockingbird)
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.
Sergeant Slaughter
This is the version of the Sergeant Slaughter wrestling persona that appeared in older G.I. Joe cartoons because of reasons. Super-tough physical conditioning instructor and hand-to-hand fighter.
Doctor Facilier
The scheming, evil New Orleans wizard from the Disney movie The Princess And The Frog.
Misty Knight
Misty as she appeared during the 1970s, back when she was an Iron Fist supporting character. This profile is meant to be read after the corresponding Colleen Wing profile.
Colleen Wing
Colleen Wing as she appeared in Iron Fist and Heroes for Hire stories during the 1970s. P.I., martial artist, samurai.
Special Agent Vera Englund
Specialagent Englund is a enhanced detective in a Nordic Noir possible future. She appears in the well-reviewed 2019 Whispers of a Machine video game.
Atomic-Man
An obscure 1960 enemy of Batman, with transmutation eyebeams. The profile also has design notes discussing this kind of modelisation.
FAQ- Quantification heuristics
Clearly, everybody wants to read something called “quantification heuristics”. Total best headline. A discussion of the evidence-based approach used on writeups.org when it comes to stats and the like.
Mama Odie
The all-singing, all-dancing aged voodoo queen of the bayou in Disney’s The Frog and the Princess. Good creole witch.
Man-Killer
Super-strong D-list criminal mercenary. This is the second half of this profile – the first half is there.
FAQ – Normative encoding in stats and tags
Technical considerations about the role of norms in tabletop role-playing game stats on this here website, as well as our tags system.
So yeah, it’s not a *general* interest FAQ article. It’s more for folks who are into that sort of stuff.
It’s a bit like pineapple pizza, I guess.