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Jack Frost

This is Iron Man enemy Dr. Gregor Shapanka in his identity as Jack Frost, which is distinct from his identity as Blizzard. Mad scientist type with cryogenic weapons and technology.

Shinobi Shaw

Comics Marvel Universe

A minor foe of the X-Men, chiefly associated with the Upstarts and the Hellfire Club during the 1990s. He’s lamentable but you don’t always want to break out Magneto or Darkseid.

Welcome to the 2016 version of writeups.org

Articles about Writeups.org

A short, bullet-point summary of what’s new with this version of writeups.org. Recommended reading!

The Question – guide to versions of the Question

Articles about Writeups.org

A summary of the various “The Question” characters with writeups.org profiles in order to help confused readers who wonder who’s who.

It’s not that there’s that many of them, but explaining it well requires a bit of time, you see.

Captain Marvel – a guide to Captain Marvels

Articles about Writeups.org

A summary of the various “Captain Marvel” characters with writeups.org profiles in order to help confused readers who wonder who’s who.

XCom 2012 weapons locker

Other video games Video Games Weapons Locker articles XCom

A semi-technical article about the guns, planes, body armour, accessories, etc. in the 2012 version of the XCom video game. For now covers the tech tree up to the best laser weaponry.

Karma

Comics Marvel Universe

This is for X’ian Coy Manh while she was working with the New Mutants, during the 1980s – plus her known earlier life. Vietnamese mutant lass with possession powers.

FAQ – Beyond emergent and gisted profiles

Articles about Writeups.org

A FAQ article for writeups.org readers about methodologies beyond the gisted take and the emergent history method that were previously discussed.

Generic Demons and Spectres in DooM

Doom (video game) Shooting games Video Games

From the 1990s Doom video games, the big pink humanoid bull gorillas and the invisible ones.

David Llewellyn Jones

Adventure/RPG games Video Games

The protagonist of the old Project: IGI video game. A smart, well-trained realistic commando specializing in stealth and intrusion.

Ranger

Quake Shooting games Video Games

The Player Character in the first Quake video game. BOOM BOOM BOOM SLASH RATATATAATATATATA PSHHHEEEEEEWWW BOOM !

Short news for early May, 2016

Some short news for early May, oddly enough. Click to get the bullet points list about what’s goin’ on.

FAQ – Help with searches

Articles about Writeups.org

This help page provides instructions, explanations and examples about the Search page on writeups.org. Learn how to find profiles and build lists of entries.

Force of July

Comics DC Universe

A 1980s team of baddie semi-official superhumans, who repeatedly fought the Outsiders. Convenient mid-powered opponents.

FAQ – Gisted profiles & emergent history profiles

Articles about Writeups.org

An explanation about what “gisted” profiles and “emergent history” profiles are on writeups.org, and why we use these approaches.

Great Video

Comics Golden Age Stuff Marvel Universe Proto-Marvel Universe (Atlas, Timely)

A bad guy with “radioactive vision” powers who fought Marvel Boy (Timely Comics) in 1950. Quite cromulent if you need an Atomic Age villain.

SSV Normandy SR1 and SR2

Adventure/RPG games Mass Effect Video Games

Everything you wanted to know about the versions of the SSV Normandy in the first two Mass Effect video games. A beautiful space frigate with all sorts of interesting characteristics, plus some primers about space flight and space combat in Mass Effect.

Aruna

Comics DC Universe

One of DC’s few Indian super-heroes, Aruna can adopt any humanoid form and has talents for detection and acrobatics. Unfortunately they only appeared once.

Joker

Comics DC Universe Other DC Universe corners

This is the Tangent Comics version of the Joker – from a separate DC Comics continuity. Anti-authoritarian, acrobatic vigilante with novelty gadgets and some curiously Batman-like aspects. I thought she was pretty cool, and sadly underused.

Pat Parker, War Nurse

Comics Golden Age Stuff

A 1940s action heroine whose strip was published by Harvey Comics in Speed Comics. She’s a two-fisted nurse fighting WWII in hot pants and a mask, as was the style of the day.

Magician from Mars

Comics Golden Age Stuff Other Golden Age stuff

One of the earliest comic book super-powered heroines, debuting in 1940. An odd, brief-lived character with unlimited powers.

Madame Ovary

Comics DC Universe

Very obscure mad scientist type, but she can grow clones with the full memories of the original (somehow). Which could certainly be useful, if cheesy.

Amazon

Adventure/RPG games Diablo Video Games

The unnamed Amazon as she appears in Diablo II. We do know a few things about her origins, and she is something of an archetype so that’s useful. The stats are for a “bowazon” build.

New Mutants

Comics Marvel Universe

Our second team profile for the classic New Mutants, which — gasp — follows the first. This one covers everything from the second Secret Wars to the creation of X-Force.

New Mutants

Comics Marvel Universe

This team profile covers the original New Mutants as they were early on – a sort of “Year One” era. It’s best to read this before the individual profiles.

Mass Effects graphics enhancement guide

Adventure/RPG games Mass Effect Video game guide Video Games

This is an article for people playing the Mass Effect *video game* on a PC, because we can – not a role-playing-oriented article.

Class strength system

Comics Technical RPG articles

A detailed description of the “class” system Marvel uses to describe superhuman strength, how it works (and doesn’t work) and how it aligns with DC Heroes numbers.

Annette Durand

Fantomah

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

Fantomah is probably the first super-powered heroine in US comics. She starred in pretty weird stories starting in 1940, and is a powerful mystical guardian.