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Pat Parker, War Nurse

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.

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.

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.

Clarissa and Large Daddy

Adventure/RPG games Video Games World of Warcraft

A minor but amusing World of Warcraft kid with a mystery to her, and a quite powerful giant war mecha. Also, gratuitous Bioshock references.

Generic Vahine

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

Here they are at least – the tiger women of Wildmoon Mountain with their potions, their flying tiger mounts, and so on. They once attacked The Jungle protected by Fantomah.

Org and the giant spiders

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

A notable foe of Fantomah, with hypnotic drum beats and a small army of elephant-sized spiders.

Jungle Demon

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

A fiendish foe of Fantomah armed with the evil eye and a titanic pet snake. But it wasn’t his fault, not really – not that Fantomah really cares.

Flaming Claws

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

Weird monsters who fought Fantomah in a 1940s Jungle Comics issue. They’re pretty good if you need a distinctive yet basic monster.

Arco

Comics Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks Golden Age Stuff

A mummy super-scientist from long ago – with a blinding ray, of course. He clashed with the great Fantomah, with predictable results.

From Warren Ellis’ Doktor Sleepless comic book series, the Doktor and Nurse Igor plus information about the story’s biopunk setting and how stuff might work. This profile was done part-way through the series.

Tempus

Charmed Television

A nasty demon with power over time loops, who was once sent after the Charmed Ones in the Charmed TV series. And he was played by David Carradine, too.

Madam Delamorte

Adventure/RPG games Video Games World of Warcraft

Our main sample World of Warcraft Player Character. Includes a primer about the Forsaken, the modelling of Shadow Priest abilities, and an extensive RPG discussion about playing in the WoW setting.

King’s Bounty The Legend – strategy/optimisation guide

Video game guide Video Games

One of our handful of video game guides to draw in some new readers. Lots of specific, hands-on strategy and management advice.

Eyes of Cthulhu

Daredevil

Other TV Shows Television

A profile for the version of DD on Netflix, during the first season – as played by Charlie Cox. Comes with videos and full technical design notes.

Silhouette

Comics Marvel Universe

This profile focuses on this sadly under-used character as she was during the classic New Warriors years of the early 1990s. Silhouette is an acrobatic street vigilante with shadow melding/telportation powers.

Black Rook

Comics Marvel Universe

Very minor member of the Hellfire Club during their big clashes with the X-Men back in the days. Minor feral powers, priest of Selene.

Generic Thin Man

Yellow Ranger

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Television

The Yellow Ranger (Trini Kwan) during the first two seasons of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, during the 1980s.

Commander Shran

Star Trek Television

An alien military officer in Star Trek: Enterprise who eventually became an ally of Commander Archer of the Enterprise.

Lucky Campo

Books Other books

The pulpish super-competent hero from the Time Portal series of novels. Spoiler – these novels are about time travel. Our profile covers the first book in the series.