From the Force of July (1980s Batman & the Outsiders enemies). Plant control powers.

One of the Player Characters in the first Borderlands video game. Superhumanly strong and tough berserker giant mutant.

The anti-hero in Max Brand’s 1928 pulp western novel Hunted Riders.

A German ally of Captain America and (especially) Bucky during World War Two.

A former girlfriend of the Falcon (Sam Wilson), mostly during the 1970s. Harlem community activist, and later on wildcat journalist.

A classic video game heroine, as she appears in King of Fighters brawling games.

A young, low-level abjuration wizard in a Pathfinder campaign of yore.

Part of the Force of July team that fought Batman & the Outsiders during the 1980s. Heat/energy powers.

A criminal merc who juggles grenades. Yes, this is PERFECTLY SAFE.

A strange Medieval German giant mecha, built by Doctor Doom in curious circumstances. Fought Captain America in 1944.

A French Gendarmerie officer with unusual shape-changing powers. Your daddy issues are his strengths. Part of a small series of original characters.

Black Lightning in his early days — but as chronicled in the 2009 Year One retelling. This profile is part of a series that starts with Black Lightning (Profile 1 – Year One, original take).

A bunch of setting notes about the Borderlands video games. Essentially post-apocalyptic sci-fi with some alien tech, megacorporations and ultraviolence.

Second half of the article about the Borderlands sci-fi game setting – the first part is there. This one has the DC Heroes technical suggestions to play in these worlds. Which, given the nature of the games, largely means GUNS.

Our third profile for Black Lightning covers his 1995 series. These articles start with Black Lightning (Profile 1 – Year One, original take).

The 1970s, Marvel Comics one who fought the Falcon and Captain America. Venomous weapons, and the power of marketing.

A member of the Force of July that fought Batman & the Outsiders back during the 1980s and beyond. Self-replication power.

From the heights of the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four run. Inhuman manhunter and miserable so-and-so.

Super-gendarme with a strange, infectious “future vision” power.

An alleged enemy of Spider-Man, seen in 1970s Hostess Cakes adverts in comic books.

Mini-profile for some obscure enemies of Captain America in 1973. Street gang with blunt melee weapons.

Famous and irascible writer/sleuth in 1910s Paris.

Second half for our profile of this strange 1910s character. With a link to the first half.

The main enemy/rival figure in the King of Fighters martial arts games. Bitter heir of a cursed clan of defenders.

Minor horror character at the cusp between the Atlas Comics era and the Marvel Comics era.

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

A sample field agent of The Division, as a window into the setting of the first Tom Clancy’s The Division shooter video game by Ubisoft. Hard-arsed Beta Israel navy commando who thinks this whole thing is a load of drek.

A sample field agent of The Division, as a window into the setting of the first Tom Clancy’s The Division shooter video game by Ubisoft. This is part #2 — part #1 is here.

The units in the Christian post-apocalypse boardgame Final Days. Humans, psychics, demons, undead, etc..

An old opponent of Batman & the Outsiders, with the rest of the Force of July. Various blast powers.