Repaints, Retreads and Rehashes- Episode 3: Agent Venom
Eugene "Flash" Thompson is probably Marvel's most famous 'frenemy'. The story lines between him and Peter Parker run on all sides of the friends/enemy spectrum usually siding on the side of Flash's redemption. This will be a shortened list due to the sharing between Agent Venom, Anti-Venom and Venom- but between those three, you'll see nearly 40 possible R3s (Repaints, Retreads & Rehashes). I plan on using the abbreviation "R3s" a lot, so get used to it. :p
[LIST][*]Repaint- AKA Reskin. An exact or near exact duplicate hero in terms of combo & PUs/HU. We have just a few of these in SHSO: AAIM, White Phoenix, Classic Daredevil, Avenging Wolverine etc.[*]Retread- Same hero different combos, PUs and HU. Examples: Swashbuckling Nightcrawler and Pirate Deadpool.[*]Rehash- Similar hero similar combo, PUs, and HU. Examples: Red Hulk, Rescue, Beta Ray Bill.[*][/LIST]
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1. [b]Captain Spider[/b]: Earth-78127. In this reality Flash got bitten by the radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker...and dies quickly fighting the Vulture due to his hubris.
2. [b]Agent Venom[/b]: Multiple Earths. Same outfit but with Thunderbolt's red instead of white. Quite possibly the easiest repaint Gaz could...and should...do.
3. [b]Scorpion[/b]: Earth-96282. On this Earth, J. Jonah adopts Peter and hires Flash as Peter's bodyguard. Flash steals bio-tech from the Scorpion project and becomes the Scorpion. SHSO needs a Scorpion ASAP.
4. [b]Mania[/b]: Earth-616. Andrea Benton was Flash's neighbor. Hobgoblin attacked Benton and her father, killing Andrea's father, in an attempt to use them as bait to capture/kill Flash for a bounty placed by Lord Ogre. Flash protected Andrea with a piece of the symbiote who then bonded with Andrea. It was later storied-in that thee piece of symbiote Andrea received also contained a demonic hell-mark that allows her to control lesser demons. A demon HU would be awesome.
5. [b]Scorn[/b]: Earth-616. Tara Nieves, one of Cletus's psychiatrist, with a prosthetic arm that briefly was attached to the Carnage symbiote- Carnage wanted back with Cletus. During the brief symbiosis Carnage impregnated Tara's prosthesis (crazy, right?) and through a series of symbiotic events, Tara became the human-techno-symbiote known as Scorn. Her prosthetic arm can change into multiple weapons, including guns and blades, as well as appear as a normal arm. She's a 'good guy' and she's purple.
6. [b]Phage[/b]: Earth-616. Rico Axelson was a member of the Mercury Team. The Mercury Team got their powers from the separation of Hybrid. Hybrid was formed from the merged symbiotes during experimentation at the Vault. The symbiotes were sent to the Vault after being caught running evil errands for the Life Foundation. The Life Foundation was responsible for forcibly spawning Venom to create 5 symbiotes. Got it? Here's it again chronologically: Venom is forced to spawn 5 'children' (Agony, Lasher, Phage, Riot and Scream) by the Life Foundation> All but Scream are captured and sent to the Vault> The four are experimented on and combine to form Hybrid> Hybrid is broken up by the US Army> The Us Army forms Mercury Team with the four symbiotes and their counterparts. Got it, now? Another good symbiote, Rico is orange/yellow and a sniper.
7. [b]Zzxz[/b]: Earth-616. A bad, Shi'ar discovered zombie-symbiote (it eats brains). He once attached to Raza Longknife of the Starjammers...so, he'd be a perfect mission boss for a Starjammer theme.
I hope you enjoyed the list, remember there will be more for this list with R3s for Anti-Venom and Venom. I told you I'd use that again. Would you buy a purple, female Agent Venom? Would you buy a larger version of Spidey? Will SHSO ever see a Scorpion? Do you finally understand how Venom's 'kids' were born, combined, split, and re-born? How cool would a symbiote with a demon attack be?
11/6 CBR Codebreaker Addendum
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P1: Slashing Charge
P2: Righeous Fury! (I think Gaz misspelled "Righteous")
P3: Drop of Destruction
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P1: Special Fastball!
P2: MOAR BUFFS!
P3: Bouncy Fun Time!
Gaz also did more finishing work on Iron Man Midas.
Stay Tuned, True Believers!
Repaints, Retreads and Rehashes- Episode 4: American Dream
Shannon Carter is my 5-year old niece's favorite Marvel hero. She calls her "Girl Captain America" and says she's the prettiest but not as pretty as Elsa from [i]Frozen[/i]. Shannon got her start in Earth-982's (MC2) A-Next series and has been kicking butt since. Here's some R3s of this All-American girl:
[LIST][*]Repaint- AKA Reskin. An exact or near exact duplicate hero in terms of combo & PUs/HU. We have just a few of these in SHSO: AAIM, White Phoenix, Classic Daredevil, Avenging Wolverine etc.[*]Retread- Same hero different combos, PUs and HU. Examples: Swashbuckling Nightcrawler and Pirate Deadpool.[*]Rehash- Similar hero similar combo, PUs, and HU. Examples: Red Hulk, Rescue, Beta Ray Bill.[*][/LIST]
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1. [b]American Dream[/b]: Earth-982. This is Shannon's alt. uniform based on the long-lived, Marvel "Nomad" character. This is also where Shannon gets her "mini-disk" attack already in SHSO.
2. [b]Miss America[/b]: Multiple Earths, but mainly Earth-TRN366. America Chavez is the second of three Marvel's Miss Americas. This Young Avenger (left uniform) and Teen Brigade (right uniform) can also fly. Her bisexuality may keep her from SHSO, but since she is an alien and both her 'parents' are female (or look female), it may turn out she is omnisexual.
3. [b]Crusader[/b]: Earth-9811 (Battleworld). Sarah Rogers is the daughter of Rogue and Steve Rogers. She can fly and she possesses Mjolnir and Cap's vibranium shield. Who wouldn't want this combo?
4. [b]Captain America[/b]: Earth-2301 (Mangaverse). This is actually Carol Danvers! So, if we get this version it would be a Retread of Ms. Marvel and a Rehash of American Dream (and Captain America).
5. [b]Miss America[/b]: Multiple Earths. Madeline Joyce has been around since 1943! She's been an Invader, a member of the Liberty Legion and All-Winners Squad. She can also fly.
6. [b]Captain America[/b]: Earth-81223 (and sometimes Earth-14622). Ava is the leader of this Earth's Captain Americorps. And on Earth-81223 the 'real' Captain America is actually Frank Castle.
7. [b]Golden Girl[/b]: Multiple Earths. Elizabeth "Betsy" Ross was the original Agent 13 and is the aunt of the Red Hulk (Thadeus "Thunderbolt" Ross). She has a bulletproof cape given to her by the Spirit of '76 (Nasland) and was a member of the All-Winners Squad. Betsy also helped her FBI partner, Jimmy Woo, found the Agents of Atlas. Her golden, starred 'bathing suit' costume was her short-lived Captain America's Freedom Five uniform.
8. [b]Captain America[/b]: Earth-81223. This is actually Mercedes "Misty" Knight. I think we all rather have her in a Heroes for Hire costume, but having a black female as Captain America is pretty cool.
9. [b]Bucky[/b]: Multiple Earths. Rebecca "Rikki" Barnes is the granddaughter of the original Bucky (Bucky Cap/Winter Soldier). Pictured are her Young Allies Bucky uniform and Counter-Earth's Nomad uniform. Her Bucky uniform has a triangular, 'hard-light' shield that features an eagle's head silhouette top.
10. [b]Free Spirit[/b]: Earth-616. Cathy Webster got her powers from a mutagenic radiation experiment by the criminal scientist Superia. She was also brain-washed into hating men. She, and Jack Flag, were trained by Captain America.
11. [b]Liberty Girl[/b]: Earth-616. The 2000 series "Marvel: The Lost Generation" was reverse-order series to ret-con the timeline of Earth-616. One of the Teams in those book was First Line, a team built by the Defense Dept. to combat Skrulls. Beverly "Bev", was the All-American girl on that team.
12. [b]Ms. America[/b]: Earth-616. My favorite state team of the Initiative was the Pennsylvania Team, The Liberteens. The 3rd "Miss America" has not yet been named and her powers include flight, super strength and durability.
13. [b]Jackpot[/b]: Earth-616. Sara Ehret was the original Jackpot and sold her registered super-hero name and costume to Alana Jobson. Alana died from complications from a blindness antidote and the MGH she was taking. Spider-Man (Peter Parker) investigated the death tracking down Sara Ehret from the registration papers and scolded her for selling her identity and not using her powers. Sara Ehret changed her name to recently deceased Alana Jobson and took the mantle of Jackpot once more.
14. [b]Bright Star[/b]: Earth-11418. Bright Star is a flying super-heroine who also can turn invisible. She is good-natured and is duped by the Americommand Team into believing what they are doing is best for the nation. She glows blue when she flies.
15. [b]Broad-Stripe[/b]: Earth-11418. Another member of the fascist Americommand Team, Broad-Stripe is actually Deidre Wentworth AKA Superia. She uses the Americommand Team to imprison mutants, especially males.
So, as you can see with a few tweaks the Shannon Carter character can give us the blueprints to all of these worthy heroes. Would you buy a hero that dresses like Rogue and wields a shield and Mjolnir? Are you wanting any of the patriotic heroines from the 50s and 60s? Which Miss America will we get first? How many outfits/personas does Carol Danvers have? When will we get a black Captain America? How cool are the 'hard-light' shields?
Thanks for reading!
Mister Tiger Gecko and Simplistic Lion Alchemist's Most Wanted Characters
I asked some other people I know who play SHSO what characters should be in the game. This is what they came up with.
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[B]A-Bomb[/B]: Rick Jones was transformed by gamma radiation into A-Bomb. Along with standard gama strength, A-Bomb has the somewhat unique powers of camouflage and being able to roll into a ball.
[B]Annihilus[/B]: It's a little surprising that Annihilus isn't already playable. He has one of the coolest villain designs and would probably pretty powerrful. SHSO hasn't gone far enough into the cosmic side of Marvel.
[B]Avengers Quicksilver[/B]: In the Cinematic Universe, Pietro Maximoff isn't a mutant, he's a Hydra experiment created by Loki's staff and Baron Strucker. He has the same power of super-speed, but a much better costume.
[B]Avengers Scarlet Witch[/B]: Like her brother, Wanda Maximoff isn't a mutant in Earth-199999. From what's been seen so far, she appears to have telekinesis and energy powers.
[B]Avengers Vision[/B]: Not much is currently known about the Vision that will appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron, except he will be voiced by Paul Bettany, the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. It would be nice to get a new Vision.
[B]Banshee[/B]: Sean Cassidy is probably the second-most famous sound-based Marvel character (after Black Bolt). He was a major character in X-Men: First CLass, and can fly by propelling himself with his voice.
[B]Baymax[/B]: Who wouldn't want this inflatable healthcare robot star of Big Hero 6? He should normaly be in his powered armor, but have a power emote that lets you move in zones as regular Baymax. He would also need a team health boost in missions.
[B]Classic Beast[/B]: Before Beast was further mutated and grew blue fur, he was a human-looking mutant with prehensile feet and enhanced agility. All the original X-Men should have their classic variants.
[B]Classic Falcon[/B]: Falcon used to war a green costume instead of his more iconic red one. Falcon's a pretty cool character, and it would be great to see more of him.
[B]Classic Loki[/B]: Classic Loki is already a boss, and Loki is a really popular character. It's still weird that there isn't a playable Loki with his helmet.
[B]Classic Malekith[/B]: Malekith in the comics had a half-blue, half-black face. He still used magik, but looked distinctly less human.
[B]Drax[/B]: Why wasn't Drax added in the Guardians of the Galaxy theme? He is thhe only missing member of the team. His knifes could make for a fairly unique fighting style.
[B]First Class Havok[/B]: Havok had a much cooler costume in X-Men First Class. His powers are slightly different: red rings of plasma, similar to Cyclops' eye beams.
[B]Future Foundation Thing[/B]: This is the last alternate costume of a current character on this list, I promise. If we are getting a Future Foundation Theme, I'd prefer him to have pants rather than the full body outfit.
[B]Heimdall[/B]: Heimdall is an Asgardian who watches over all nine realms. He's also an excellent swordsman, and was playable in LEGO Marvel. There really aren't enough Thor characters in this game.
[B]Hobgoblin[/B]: Roderick Kingsley, the Hobgoblin, would have been a good choice for a Halloween character. He's pretty similar to Green Goblin. He uses a glider and pumpkin bombs, and was enhanced by the Goblin Formula/Globulin Green.
[B]Hydro-Man[/B]: Hydro-Man is one of the most underrated Spider-Man villains. Morris Bench gained the ability to be made of water, similar to Sandman, during an experimental energy accident. There are no hydrokinetics in SHSO.
[B]Iron Monger[/B]: Obadiah Stane built his Iron Monger suit with pieces of Iron Man MK I's armor. He claimed that it was superior to Iron Man's armor in every way.
[B]Living Mummy[/B]: N'Kantu was an ancient Egyptian who was paralyzed and made immortal by an evil wizard, then turned into a mummy and buried. Eventually the paralysis wore off, and he became the Living Mummy. This would be another great Halloween character.
[B]Malekith[/B]: Again, there should be more Thor characters. Malekith is a fun boss, and he could use his magic, dark elf abilities, and the Aether to be a great character.
[B]Mandarin[/B]: The Mandarin's ten alien rings would make him an extremely powerful and unique character. They give him lots of powers, including controlling Darkforce, sonic energy, light, fire, ice, electricity, and illusions.
[B]Man-Thing[/B]: Yet another great Halloween character. Ted Sallis was transformed into Man-Thing by a combination of his prototype super-soldier serum and the Nexus of All Realities' magical energies. Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch.
[B]Martinex[/B]: Martinex T'Naga was a member of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. He is the descendant of human colonists of Pluto. Martinex can generate heat from one hand a nd cold from the other.
[B]Namor[/B]: Namor McKenzie was one of the original Timely superheroes. He's a half-mutant, half-Atlantean hybrid. Namor might not be allowed in SHSO due to Universal owning his rights.
[B]Nightmare[/B]: There are a lot of good Halloween characters on this list. Nightmare is a Dr. Strange villain and ruler of the Dream Dimension. With a Dr. Strange movie coming soon, Nightmare could be a possibility.
[B]Professor X[/B]: Most likely the highest-profile character not in the game. Despite the wheelchair not working in zones (unless they use the hover wheelchair) and telepathy not making good attacks, Professor Charles Xavier needs to be playable.
[B]Sif[/B]: Sif is an Asgardian. She is the brother of Heimdall and a love interest for Thor. She is one of Asgard's best warriors, and has the power of teleportation.
[B]Skaar[/B]: Skaar is the son of the Hulk. He therefore has standard gamma powers: strength, durability, etc. In Agents of S.M.A.S.H., he's used weapons including a sword, an energy whip, and an explosive boomerang.
Repaints, Retreads and Rehashes- Episode 5: Angel
Warren Worthington III is another character that will have multiple Episodes in this series. I find it odd how Gaz lumps certain heroes together on the lists while keeping Warren's two identities separate. You'll see a suspicious absence of any blue-faced versions on this list and a ridiculous amount of his older 'red' versions. Angel has been around since the power duo of Kirby/Lee created him in 1963, so there's a lot of variants...or as I like to call them R3s. Here we go:
[LIST][*]Repaint- AKA Reskin. An exact or near exact duplicate hero in terms of combo & PUs/HU. We have just a few of these in SHSO: AAIM, White Phoenix, Classic Daredevil, Avenging Wolverine etc.[*]Retread- Same hero different combos, PUs and HU. Examples: Swashbuckling Nightcrawler and Pirate Deadpool.[*]Rehash- Similar hero similar combo, PUs, and HU. Examples: Red Hulk, Rescue, Beta Ray Bill.[*][/LIST]
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1. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. There are SO many 616 variants. I like the flowing blond hair, Gaz has no long hair heroes besides the mulleted Frankenstein. The cow neck tunic is fabulous.
2. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616 (Multiple Earths as well). Another 'no-brainer' Repaint would be to change Angel's current blue uni into a red uni. I'd buy it.
3. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616 (Multiple Earths as well). Warren's X-Factor look, this is the look where his wings were spiked and removed. I always like the literal "X" in different colors on the Team.
4. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. How tacky is Warren's second costume? Not tacky enough that I wouldn't buy it.
5. [b]Angel[/b]: Multiple Earths, but this was Angel's original X-Men look. I dream of the day when we can run an original X-Men mission with the four matching yellow/blue X-men. Call him "Classic Angel" and make him, Gaz.
6. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. You can see the progression from Angel's 2nd costume (#4) to the mask with the exposed hair and the "halo" on the chest. Those colors, though...
7. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. I love the sharp graphic line of the 2012's All New X-Men...even if Bendis was involved. Why does he need a bike?
8. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-905. You'll see that I did NOT include Earth-311 "Witchbreed" Angel because the outfit was uninspired. If we get a Morgan Le Fay-type Angel, I'd much prefer the 905 red tunic. Even if this tunic is a little short. It would be nice to have an Angel with a sword. NOT a "tunic sword"...get your mind out of the gutter.
9. [b]Angel[/b]: Multiple Earths. Angel went through a 'second mutation' which was called his Cheyarafim mutation (Warren is a descendant of that class of angels). This red outfit is referred to as Warren's Cheyarafim outfit.
10. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-4321. I love the Thanos death storyline of Marvel's The End series and the micro-square printing. Warren looks pretty-cool in his battle uni, too.
11. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. Marvel lost the copyright/trademark to the name "Champions", but this is Angel's Champions outfit. The name Champions is now called "The Order" for Marvel. Now that's a deep "V", Warren.
12. [b]Angel[/b]: Multiple Earths. Warren is going shirtless more and more, which makes sense because you figure it is hard to get shirts around his wings. Which is why I want the frilled leather jacket, shoeless Angel.
13. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-295. This Age of Apocalypse version is amazing with the long ponytail and harem style pants. Before he died in an ill-advised, angry solo attack on Apocalypse's citadel, Warren ran the nightclub Heaven.
14. [b]Angel[/b]: Multiple Earths. Warren rockin' the Uncanny X-Men leathers.
15. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-1610. This Ultimate Angel's shirt makes more sense. The large arm holes still seem too small to put his wings through, though... Maybe he has zippers on the sides of the abdomen.
16. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-5700. This Days of Future Now version of Warren is bald and has adamantium wings.
17. [b]Angel[/b]: Multiple Earths. OK, I misled you about the blue-face. That, and this character is clearly Archangel. Get over it. I wanted to include Angel's "Warriors of Ebon Night" look. Warren in his gi is pretty esoteric.
18. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-1007. As like most of all the other heroes in this Earth, Warren changed genders. And why not?
19. [b]Angel[/b]: Earth-616. Penny Newsom is Lobe's X-Men version of Warren. So you got 18 versions of Warren before this...
20. [b]Mimic[/b]: Multiple Earths. I pictured Calvin Rankin is his two most famous versions, his classic and Dark X-Men looks. Mimic may show up in other Episodes, but I think most of us comic purists would prefer him these first...Gaz could always add others down the road.
21. [b]Guardian[/b]: Earth-1610. You think that Marvel would have been able to come up with a new name for this Ultimate. I digress, Derek Morgan with talon and winged attacks, healing, and a prehensile tail that could do some damage would be welcome to SHSO.
22. [b]Waran[/b]: Earth-20329. Waran is the Herald of the gods.
So, there you have it. Already 22 R3s based on Angel...and we haven't explored Archangel, yet. Do you want a Bendis X-Men Theme? Will Lobe's X-Men make it to our little game? Will we ever see Professor X and the missing blue/yellow uniforms (we only have Jean Grey) of the original Team? Would you buy a red Angel Repaint? What about a female version of Warren? Why haven't we gotten Mimic, yet?!
I'd buy all 22 of these. But, Angel is my 3rd favorite Marvel hero. Even if he dies ALL the time.
Thanks for reading and Stay Tuned, True Believers!
Ant-Man is next...