1962 enemies of Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Very Silver Age. Powerful alien mentalists.

6324 in-depth character profiles from comics, games, movies

6324 in-depth character profiles from comics, games, movies
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Minsc
One of the core companions from the canon adventuring party in the original Baldur’s Gate D&D video game. Probably the most famous and loved of the lot. Human fighter from Rashemen.
Dynaheir
One of the core companions from the canon adventuring party in the original Baldur’s Gate D&D video game. Comes with cultural/lore context. It’s meant to be read after the character profile for Minsc (and Boo)
Mangler
A big hairy wrestler who clashed with Luke Cage in 1976. So yeah, he’s pretty strong. This profile should be read after the Spear (Jasper Daniels) character profile.
Captain Q
A small profile for the character played by Adam West in 1965 TV commercials for powdered chocolate. Even though that makes no sense.
Anaconda
A classic mid-level Marvel Universe mercenary. She’s kinda cool.
As of December of 2021, this profile has been entirely redone. Since there’s now a Serpent Society article to explain all the context.
This profile is meant to be read after the Serpent Squad and Serpent Society team profiles.
Zenith
A capsule profile from the Halcyon comic book limited series. Superman expy.
Clem the rogue Grineer
A goofy super-soldier in the Warframe video game universe. He’s beloved by much of Warframe’s humongous player base.
Doctor Katherine Waynesboro
A skilled S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist and agent who kept tabs on Bruce Banner, the incredible Hulk. She had a long and seemingly impressive career.
Doctor Katherine Waynesboro
Second part of our profile for Dr. Kate Waynesboro, agent-scientist-technician-physician-and-other-things of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This one covers the World War Hulk era. First part of the series – Dr. Waynesboro – a scientific romance (1980s).
Doctor Katherine Waynesboro
Third and last part of our profile for Dr. Kate Waynesboro, agent-scientist-technician-physician-and-other-things of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This one covers Dr. Waynesboro as Kate the Oldstrong. The series starts there.
Baldur’s Gate profiles – an introduction
A primer article about the Forgotten Realms D&D world, to be read before our character profiles about the influential, classic 1990s computer RPG Baldur’s Gate.
Vancian D&D magic
Technical article about old-school, Jack-Vance-inspired, early-D&D-style magic in the DC Heroes RPG. Just so we can write up a handful of D&D characters at some point. Yes, it probably wasn’t reasonable.
Tuk the cave boy
A very minor character from the distant past of the Marvel Universe. Your typical heroic cave boy of the day, really. Except for one recent revelation…
Ivan the gunman
A 1967 Fantastic Four baddie with a solar pistol. Probable secret master of the Marvel Universe. This guys is terribly obscure, but you can use him pretty much anywhere. So that’s convenient.
Old-school D&D Genre and guidelines
Technical article about emulating the feel of older editions of AD&D in the DC Heroes RPG. Mostly to help us release coherent stats when we cover characters from the worlds of D&D, such as the Baldur’s Gate protagonists.
Night Stalker
A sample player character from an older DC Heroes/Blood of Heroes RPG game. Super-soldier with ghost-like powers.
Melter
A villain with a fairly powerful beam weapon who clashed with Iron Man (and sometimes the Avengers) from 1963 to 1986.
Shrew
From one of the 1980s Villains and Vigilantes super-hero RPG books. Super-boxer.
Killer Shrews
These cheapo monsters featured in 1959 monster mash/horror movie Attack of the Killer Shrews. They’re ravening wolf-sized rodents with a virulent venomous bite.
Killer Shrews
Murderous giant rodents from the terrible 2012 sequel to the terrible 1959 horror/monster mash movie.
New-Wave
The leader of the handy Masters of Disasters themed super-villains team. She can turn into large quantities of water. This profile is intended to be read after the Masters of Disaster team profile
Jan Ors
Spy and assassin Jan Ors, from the Star Wars Legends continuity of old. This profile covers her early career, until the close of the first Dark Forces mission.
Kal El’s random character generation system
A series of tables and rules to generate random super-characters using the Blood of Heroes / DC Heroes tabletop role-playing game rules. Comes with a link to the test characters created using this system.
Cornell Cottonmouth
One of the old school Luke Cage villains, a heroin king with super-strength and a certain style. This entry covers his 1970s appearances.
Cornell Cottonmouth
Old hand of the Harlem criminal scene, obscure Luke Cage enemy. That’s the second half of this profile, covering his returns during the 2010s – the first half is Cornell Cottonmouth (1970s).
Icicle
Obscure 1990s Flash character with cold weaponry. Went almost entirely unused.
Weapons Locker – Melee weapons – Heavy, common melee weapons
Third chapter in our document about common types of melee weapons. Like the rest, it is a useful illustrated primer that also establishes DC Heroes RPG reference stats.
Shakedown
From the convenient Masters of Disaster villain team. Vibration powers and “Class 10” strength. This profile is intended to be read after the Masters of Disaster team profile.