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Geese Howard

One of the main, and most recurrent, SNK video game villains. He's bad news. As of September of 2021 this profile has been revised. Chiefly to add a History section.

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Lady Eve

Deadly, scheming XO (then leader) of the global Kobra death cult. Mostly fought the Outsiders (and Robin).

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Pharaoh Tut-Ak-Mun

An obscure 1948 Egyptian enemy of Namora. Undead mummy soldiers. As of June of 2021, added Mutants & Pharaohs game stats for everybody.

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Leprechaun

(Terrible horror movies)

A "magical slasher" villain seen in Z-list -- mostly direct-to-video -- horror movies.

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Antonio Jose Bolivar Pronao

(Un viejo que leia novelas de amor)

An aged by sharp and wise wood runner living deep in the Amazon rain forest. He appears in a Luis Sepúlveda novel. As of April of 2021, added some portraits.

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Cocamama

(Lorra Juarez)

A non-player character from the GURPS: Aces Abroad supplement, set in the Wild Cards super-hero novels setting. Cocaine powers. Yes, I know. As of April of 2021, made a portrait of her so the profile looks less barren.

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Tibo the idol

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

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Dan Hibiki

From Street Fighter, a parody of a parody of Ryu. He's way less impressive that he thinks, though that's mostly because he thinks he's the best fighter in the world. As of January of 2020, this profile has had the MOST POWERFUL UPDATING AND EDITING PASS IN THE WORLD (not really).

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Samurai City

A strange secret town of immortal underground samurai. Samurai City appeared during Jack Kirby's run on Black Panther.

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Rayya Manticora

An example of a fully-fleshed out necromancer in the Guild Wars 2 setting. If you need an atypical, benign necro who likes rabbits (and magical action princess outfits), well it's just the occasion you've been waiting for.

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Ogar

A sort of golem that once fought the Black Panther in King Solomon's tomb. It was pretty tough.

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Commissar

An obscure robot who nearly beat the Avengers in 1965. Strong fighter. As of November of 2020, this entry was revisited. It also now includes M&M stats and a summary of the "fictional Sin Cong as a stand-in for the Việt Nam invasion" continuity bit.

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Outsiders

(Part #2 - 1986/92)

This recaps all wot you need to known about the second version of DC Comics' Outsiders. Which is the 1986-1992 Adventures of the Outsiders and The Outsiders material, plus contemporary appearances. Yes Gabrielle, there's a link to part #1.

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Lastikman

(Movie version)

The version of the Filipino super-hero Lastikman seen in the 2004 movie take. As of August of 2020, the game stats and discussion about the traditional version of Lastikman have been restored. They had been lost for far too long due to a stupid cut-and-paste mistake.

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Avalanche

(Part #1 - 1980s)

A mutant operative with vibrational powers over the ground. As of July of 2020, this profile was entirely redone.

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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.

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Madame Hydra a.k.a. Viper

(Ophelia Sarkissian) (Part #1 - Origins and ghosts)

This covers the Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)’s early life and her original career as Madame Hydra, during the early 1970s. That's the Jim Steranko era. So hang on to your fez, true believers ! As of May of 2020, this profile was entirely redone. We cut it once, and two shall take its place. More, actually.

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Rustam

(Dr. Raza Kattuah)

An enemy of the Suicide Squad with a magical fire scimitar. As of November of 2019, this entry had its edge sharpened and received burning, curved M&M stats.

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El Tigre

An obscure enemy of the early X-Men, then of Ka-Zar and Mockingbird, back in the days. He was never quite developed but he has ties to Latin American mobs, the Mayan gods, the Savage Land, oil cartels and other uncommon story elements. So there's potential here.

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Luc Orient companions

The three main companions of vintage sci-fi Belgian adventurer Luc Orient. It's meant to be read after the Luc Orient profile, but it starts with a link toward that.

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Luc Orient

A vintage hero in Franco-Belgian graphic novels. We'll cover here the 1960s and early 1970s sci-fi stories.

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Brutale

(Guillermo Barrera)

Street-level costumed villain and sadist, with knives. As of July of 2018, this profile had some M&M stats brutally slapped on.

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Cybersix

A noir-ish genetically engineered Argentine urban avenger lady. From a famous and long-running Argentine comic book series of the same name. This profile presents Cybersix' past and the situation as the series begins.

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Mardirossian, the Devil’s Executioner

(Grim Dawn) (Part #1 - Setting)

The first part of an extensive sample character profile in the world of the Grim Dawn post-apocalyptic, steampunk action-adventure computer RPG. This part is chiefly about the world - technology, types of magic, atmosphere, known history, the recent zombie apocalypse, etc.

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Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine

One of the main Nick Fury supporting cast and S.H.I.E.L.D. higher-ups across the decades. This rescoped profile covers everything from her first appearance up to Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D..

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Sylphid Erymos

(Titan Quest)

This is our sample Player Character for Titan Quest, a cool action game about Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Chinese gods and monsters. Sylphid is a bratty, stealth demi-goddess of the wind and, inadvertently, the last Olympian and defender of mortals.

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Ramon Bracuda

Big tough killer crime lord type. Fought Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman. As of August, 2017 this profile was overhauled and received muscular M&M stats with pointy teeth.

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Phantom of the 42nd Street

One of the earliest enemies of Luke Cage was a ghost, though it may not have been his enemy and it may not have been a ghost and it may not have been an "a". Profile overhauled and enriched with glow-in-the-dark M&M stats as of August, 2017.

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Wonder Woman

(Diana of Themyscira) (Gail Simone take) (part #1)

Our main, Big Damn Huge Wonder Woman Profile. Tons of everything. Recommended reading. As of July of 2017, this article was split into three part due to the aforementioned "big damn huge" factor. So that's more convenient to read, and this allowed for various small improvements in passim. So now this specific article is the one with the quick intro, and...

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Siryn

This is Siryn (Theresa Cassidy) from the beginning up to Feral's attack. So the bulk is X-Force appearances, I reckon. We advice caution as THIS PROFILE CONTAINS ROB LIEFELD ART. People with allergies should thus be careful.

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