Revamp a Hero....

[Huntsman Spider]

After taking down the Scourge organization with U.S. Agent...Priscilla Lyons (AKA Vagabond) returned home to Indiana. Having no prospects in her home town of Gary she moved to Indianapolis and put her Scourge training to good use by going to work for an aging private investigator handling the field work for him. After getting her license the old investigator retired after they solved a big case and claimed a large reward. During her time as a solo investigator while working on a missing persons case, Priscilla fell into the middle of a local criminals attempt to buy a super suit that used Pym Particles. Causing a distraction she was able to steal the suit and get away without being seen while the police rolled in and arrested all the others present. She started using the suit during her investigations.

That's another good one. Wonder if she'd still call herself Vagabond, or go by an insect-themed name.

[Chris0013]

That's another good one. Wonder if she'd still call herself Vagabond, or go by an insect-themed name.

Or a size changing name.

[Huntsman Spider]

Or a size changing name.

Hmm, that could work, too.

[Draegwolf]

Iron Fist 2099
Was originally gonna have Iron Fist be title inherited by whoever became the champion of the Iron Fist Tournament but ended up deciding on a slightly different route.

A descendant of Wenwu/Zheng Zu (or whatever Marvel’s calling him these days) through one of his many children, Iron Fist would pretty much just be Kung Lao in the last few Mortal Kombat games. Incredibly talented, aware of their heritage, and completely full of themselves because of it though not without a little cause. Series would begin with them entering into the [Tournament of the Ten Rings/Ten Rings Tournament] with a distant cousin alongside a host of other competitors, with the inciting incident being the loss of Iron Fist arm & death of the aforementioned cousin by way of their competitors possibly utilizing underhanded tactics in response to an earlier slight or insult.

From there it would more or less be a story of revenge and humility as we’d see Iron Fist outfitted with a prosthetic arm, albeit it an outdated one, hence them taking on the name of the Iron Fist. We’d see Iron Fist struggling to grow accustomed to their new arm and the situations it places them in, their own arrogance and unchecked ego making it all the worse as they set out in pursuit of their vengeance before becoming fully acclimated to their new condition. We’d see someone starting out at the top of their game put in a situation where they’re forced to acknowledge the consequences of their own actions and limitations suddenly imposed upon them because of it.

Against the wishes and better judgement of his supporting cast Iron Fist would actively seek out the individuals responsible for the death of their cousin, many of whom would later be revealed to also be descendants of Wenwu/Zheng Zu as part of some unspecified plot on behalf of the Ten Rings. Iron Fist rogue’s gallery would consist of new iterations of Steel Serpent, Razorfist, Death Dealer, Midnight Sun, Cursed Lotus, Crane Mother, the Immortal Weapons, Mister Negative, etc. And while I generally try to avoid using the descendants of core Marvel characters for these hypotheticals (feels lazy most of the time), I do think it could be fun to have Danny Rand’s descendant pop up as this loud showboat legacy character that would basically just be Johnny Cage and serve to show what Iron Fist would have likely become had things gone differently.

Theme: Humility

[Huntsman Spider]

Iron Fist 2099
Was originally gonna have Iron Fist be title inherited by whoever became the champion of the Iron Fist Tournament but ended up deciding on a slightly different route.

A descendant of Wenwu/Zheng Zu (or whatever Marvel’s calling him these days) through one of his many children, Iron Fist would pretty much just be Kung Lao in the last few Mortal Kombat games. Incredibly talented, aware of their heritage, and completely full of themselves because of it though not without a little cause. Series would begin with them entering into the [Tournament of the Ten Rings/Ten Rings Tournament] with a distant cousin alongside a host of other competitors, with the inciting incident being the loss of Iron Fist arm & death of the aforementioned cousin by way of their competitors possibly utilizing underhanded tactics in response to an earlier slight or insult.

From there it would more or less be a story of revenge and humility as we’d see Iron Fist outfitted with a prosthetic arm, albeit it an outdated one, hence them taking on the name of the Iron Fist. We’d see Iron Fist struggling to grow accustomed to their new arm and the situations it places them in, their own arrogance and unchecked ego making it all the worse as they set out in pursuit of their vengeance before becoming fully acclimated to their new condition. We’d see someone starting out at the top of their game put in a situation where they’re forced to acknowledge the consequences of their own actions and limitations suddenly imposed upon them because of it.

Against the wishes and better judgement of his supporting cast Iron Fist would actively seek out the individuals responsible for the death of their cousin, many of whom would later be revealed to also be descendants of Wenwu/Zheng Zu as part of some unspecified plot on behalf of the Ten Rings. Iron Fist rogue’s gallery would consist of new iterations of Steel Serpent, Razorfist, Death Dealer, Midnight Sun, Cursed Lotus, Crane Mother, the Immortal Weapons, Mister Negative, etc. And while I generally try to avoid using the descendants of core Marvel characters for these hypotheticals (feels lazy most of the time), I do think it could be fun to have Danny Rand’s descendant pop up as this loud showboat legacy character that would basically just be Johnny Cage and serve to show what Iron Fist would have likely become had things gone differently.

Theme: Humility

Sounds very intriguing. And yeah, the good if not great thing about Marvel 2099 was that the 2099 versions weren't simply future descendants of the original characters, but unrelated figures (Doom aside) taking on the iconography of those characters for their own reasons and purposes and with their own (futuristic) twists.

[marhawkman]

X-Statix!

It actually had several issues I personally saw as fundamental problems that really made no sense in-universe and required a stupid amount of hand waving to smooth over even a little bit. What issues and how to fix?

Problem 1: way too many character deaths. Yeah, the series had the general premise that it's dangerous and blah blah... Thing is... having the cast of a TV show actually DIE requires an exceptional in-universe justification. This didn't really have that. It's in large part a matter of scale. one or two? enh crap happens I guess, but they had pretty high death counts. It didn't make a lot of sense in-universe for people to fight supervillains in public... and possibly die... and not have actual superheroes get involved. There WAS a genuine reason for it, but.... not something I thought was a good reason personally. Then that reason gets resolved... but not really.... Anyways though, the series had a very long list of characters simply because of how many died. Some of them were barely even seen in a comic book before getting killed.

Fix 1: The reality TV show angle was something quite unique, and not inherently bad. Changing it to have kayfabe deaths that the reader doesn't know about might work better. You don't have to show to the reader which deaths are real and which are fake. But it's not really gonna be a big surprise if they're all mysterious. You gotta change it up to keep the readers guessing. This goes for both the villains and heroes. That series had some potentially interesting characters... who are there solely to get killed after being seen on panel once. Re-using them after they "nearly" died or something would seemingly be a workable solution. Heck maybe state that the production company found a mutant with healing powers?.... and didn't send her to die on a field assignment. Yes, REALLY... they actually did THAT!!!

Problem 2: X-statix is a glaring example of the idea of "too many mutants". But this is in large part due to the TINY numbers of characters seen in X-Statix that are seen OUTSIDE it. It's mutant centric, and Marvel so it HAS to have SOME connection to X-Men... but that connection is surprisingly tenuous. Sure, Guy knows Xavier, and wears a special suit designed by Xavier, but.... the team almost never sees the Xmen, and rarely see or talks to Xavier and Wolverine. Now this gets explained as the Xmen not liking them, and they even get into heated discussion on multiple occasions with various Xmen.... Such as when they got to they weren't allowed to use the name X-Force. But that's the exception and most of the time the Xmen might as well not exist. Which is strange when you see just how many Mutants work for this organization that created the X-statix team. Seriously they show a training camp with around a dozen, not in total, but actively training in the main area, at the time of Guy's visit. That's a lot of mutants to have in a single private security type company. Then there's all the mutants they FIGHT. More reuse of villains helps you avoid needing to explain the origin of a new cast every time. They did reuse some of them, and they ended up being good characters.

Fix 2: spend more time explaining who the bad guys actually are.... yeah... some of the time it felt like the bad guys... were just actors... but shooting to kill anyways. It played off the idea it was staged for putting on a show... but... Live weapons fire, and actually fighting to the death? that's a giant WTF!?!?!? The fix would be to simply not have people fight to the death so often. It got old FAST. And reusing villains means you don't have to explain who all of them are. One thing they played with was the idea that X-Statix wasn't the only team doing the same thing. Which is a good idea, and gives you a source for conflict in a way that is conducive to fighting the same enemies more than once. So I'd play off that more. Maybe have a team funded by Xavier, one by Emma Frost, perhaps Exodus, Sinister, and Magneto too? Enh, there's probably more options than that. At any rate that would give multiple groups with potentially conflicting goals that would act as reusable antagonists. Of course you need to properly define the actual goals of the teams. well that would presumably be different to a certain extent for each team. A Xavier sponsored team would probably have goals similar to what Guy Smith wanted his team to do. But Emma? I could see Sharon Ginsberg as someone working for Emma Frost. Yeah, Sharon was ruthless, but she always had a carefully thought out purpose behind it. Which sometimes went horribly wrong in an appropriately comic-booky way. But Sharon made for an interesting recurring antagonist. Also there were times when X-Statix got crazy. So crazy you'd expect the "real" superheroes to get involved.

[Draegwolf]

this one took me a while, but finally found a concept that I was happy with.

Black Knight 2099
- [archeologist enamored with history and the legend of the Black Knight, think the Andre Marek from the movie Timeline; accompanied by interactive holographic AI modeled after [Whitman] based on Orlando Jones character from 2002’s The Time Machine, the holographic artificial intelligence Vox 114]
- [revealed to be a descendant of Pendragon bloodline at some point during the series it would, related through the maternal line via Nathan Garret & Dane Whitman; later discover ancestry to also share blood ties to both Merlin and a number of Arthur’s knights (Lancelot, Percival, Gwain, Tristan, etc.) as they intersected over the generations across the years. Possibly some distant familial ties to the Bloodstones]
- [split the difference between Dane Whitman and Nathan Garret in that their equipment would be made up of a mix of ancient artifacts and technology from both the modern and heroic eras]
- [sword shown to be either Excalibur or unique weapon with the characteristics of the Bloodstone. In the case of the latter, nature and abilities of which would be explored throughout the course of the series; the Bloodstone would either make up the sword’s blade or simply rest in the pommel or hilt. Alternatively, could be something similar to the Masaki family sword Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo! Be it merely cosmetic or an unidentified alien artifact from the museum]
- [Ebony collection stolen at the start of the series, explaining the Ebony Blade’s absence and necessity for Black Knight to take up another weapon; relics later shown to have been destroyed at some point and recast into a new form/set of items]
- [attempt to impart the principles and ideals embodied by the heroes of the past that have seemingly been forgotten by the people living in the dystopic future]
- [series essentially play off as a futuristic Highlander, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale, with Black Knight receiving visions of the past that would generally be relevant to their present situation and gaining the assistance of a clandestine group of “Watchers” called Caretakers charged with aiding the Black Knight as they try to recover the Ebony Collection]
- [both Nathan Garret and Dane Whitman act as supporting characters, with their identities initially concealed and them acting subtly and manifesting discreetly during social situations to offer advice on a given situation and downplay their spiritual nature]
- [theme: ancestry]

[Huntsman Spider]

this one took me a while, but finally found a concept that I was happy with.

Black Knight 2099
- [archeologist enamored with history and the legend of the Black Knight, think the Andre Marek from the movie Timeline; accompanied by interactive holographic AI modeled after [Whitman] based on Orlando Jones character from 2002’s The Time Machine, the holographic artificial intelligence Vox 114]
- [revealed to be a descendant of Pendragon bloodline at some point during the series it would, related through the maternal line via Nathan Garret & Dane Whitman; later discover ancestry to also share blood ties to both Merlin and a number of Arthur’s knights (Lancelot, Percival, Gwain, Tristan, etc.) as they intersected over the generations across the years. Possibly some distant familial ties to the Bloodstones]
- [split the difference between Dane Whitman and Nathan Garret in that their equipment would be made up of a mix of ancient artifacts and technology from both the modern and heroic eras]
- [sword shown to be either Excalibur or unique weapon with the characteristics of the Bloodstone. In the case of the latter, nature and abilities of which would be explored throughout the course of the series; the Bloodstone would either make up the sword’s blade or simply rest in the pommel or hilt. Alternatively, could be something similar to the Masaki family sword Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo! Be it merely cosmetic or an unidentified alien artifact from the museum]
- [Ebony collection stolen at the start of the series, explaining the Ebony Blade’s absence and necessity for Black Knight to take up another weapon; relics later shown to have been destroyed at some point and recast into a new form/set of items]
- [attempt to impart the principles and ideals embodied by the heroes of the past that have seemingly been forgotten by the people living in the dystopic future]
- [series essentially play off as a futuristic Highlander, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale, with Black Knight receiving visions of the past that would generally be relevant to their present situation and gaining the assistance of a clandestine group of “Watchers” called Caretakers charged with aiding the Black Knight as they try to recover the Ebony Collection]
- [both Nathan Garret and Dane Whitman act as supporting characters, with their identities initially concealed and them acting subtly and manifesting discreetly during social situations to offer advice on a given situation and downplay their spiritual nature]
- [theme: ancestry]

I like that take on the Black Knight for 2099. How would you envision the armor, if I may ask?

[Draegwolf]

I like that take on the Black Knight for 2099. How would you envision the armor, if I may ask?

You know, I've actually went back and forth on that since I can see it going a couple of different ways.

For the type of niche I ultimately ended up settling on I could genuinely see Black Knight's armor being more in line with what the original wore in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, the concept of them utilizing power armor works better for the cyberpunk setting of 2099 especially when keeping in line with the idea of there being very little magic left in the world. Armor probably wouldn't be as bulky as the one in the show just so they could have a bit more maneuverability, so probably something closer to a mix of Dane Whitman's Weirdworld armor and a knight-themed Iron Man.
Keeping with the idea of magic trying to reassert itself and Black Knight as walking the line between science and magic, they would have some minor enchantments woven into the armor via various items incorporated into it during it's creation. Actually I kinda like the idea of BK's armor being made from the remnants of the Destroyer armor, which in itself would justify any lingering enchantments asserting themselves in the armor. Would be a nice happy medium between magic and technology, deviate enough from the last few Black Knight's to be it's own thing, and tie-in to another Marvel character.

Plus Uru metal, so win.

At least idea I had was going to be BK running around with a hodgepodge of gear collected from the museum they were working at that would have just been a collection of relics from the Heroic Age, with it all serving as a functional suit of armor after a little tweaking. Back when I was debating making them a cosmic character formerly from the Universal Church of Truth, they were going to have Richard Riders' Nova Centurion helmet, a Darkhawk Amulet, and the Quantum Bands.

[Huntsman Spider]

You know, I've actually went back and forth on that since I can see it going a couple of different ways.

For the type of niche I ultimately ended up settling on I could genuinely see Black Knight's armor being more in line with what the original wore in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, the concept of them utilizing power armor works better for the cyberpunk setting of 2099 especially when keeping in line with the idea of there being very little magic left in the world. Armor probably wouldn't be as bulky as the one in the show just so they could have a bit more maneuverability, so probably something closer to a mix of Dane Whitman's Weirdworld armor and a knight-themed Iron Man.
Keeping with the idea of magic trying to reassert itself and Black Knight as walking the line between science and magic, they would have some minor enchantments woven into the armor via various items incorporated into it during it's creation. Actually I kinda like the idea of BK's armor being made from the remnants of the Destroyer armor, which in itself would justify any lingering enchantments asserting themselves in the armor. Would be a nice happy medium between magic and technology, deviate enough from the last few Black Knight's to be it's own thing, and tie-in to another Marvel character.

Plus Uru metal, so win.

At least idea I had was going to be BK running around with a hodgepodge of gear collected from the museum they were working at that would have just been a collection of relics from the Heroic Age, with it all serving as a functional suit of armor after a little tweaking. Back when I was debating making them a cosmic character formerly from the Universal Church of Truth, they were going to have Richard Riders' Nova Centurion helmet, a Darkhawk Amulet, and the Quantum Bands.

That could definitely work. At the very least, it looks pretty cool as I envision it.

[Draegwolf]

Decided to revisit Black Knight 2099 again and try to streamline it a bit more.

Concept
- [series essentially play off as a futuristic Highlander, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale, with Black Knight receiving visions of the past that would generally be relevant to their present situation and gaining the assistance of a clandestine group of “Watchers” called Caretakers charged with aiding the Black Knight as they try to recover the Ebony Collection]
- [both Nathan Garret and Dane Whitman act as supporting characters, with their identities initially concealed and them acting subtly and manifesting discreetly during social situations to offer advice on a given situation and downplay their spiritual nature]
- [Ebony collection stolen at the start of the series, explaining the Ebony Blade’s absence and necessity for Black Knight to take up another weapon; relics later shown to have been destroyed at some point and recast into a new form/set of items]
- [theme: ancestry]

Black Knight 2099
- [archeologist enamored with history and the legend of the Black Knight, think the Andre Marek from the movie Timeline]
- [would be assisted by an interactive holographic AI that is basically just a portable version of Orlando Jones character in 2002’s Time Machine, albeit modeled after Dane Whitman, Jacks Chopra, or someone with similar connections to the Black Knight mythos]
- [revealed to be member of the Pendragon bloodline over the course of the series via Nathan Garret/Dane Whitman through the maternal line; with the revelation of their ancestry also intersecting with Merlin (and possibly the Knights of the Round Table) across the generations coming to light at a later date.]
- [attempt to impart the principles and ideals embodied by the heroes of the past that have seemingly been forgotten by the people living in the dystopic future]
- [armor would be made up of defunct remnants of the Destroyer armor repurposed from an exhibit and upgraded accordingly with the necessary tech to serve as something of an Uru power armor reminiscent of Dane Whitman’s classic gear, acclimating it to the cyberpunk dystopia of 2099 and still keep in line with the idea of magic trying to reassert itself in the world via the lingering enchantments asserting themselves in the armor]
- [mount would take the form of a hoverbike with the previously mention AI frequently serving as the autopilot and directing the vehicles actions; bike itself would have the ability to reconfigure itself and synch up with BK’s armor further augmenting its offensive capabilities and speed]
- [come to wield the remnants of the sword Excalibur, with a potential plot point being the reforging of the sword or Black Knight working the shards into their armor to further augment its magical abilities and impart the innate abilities of Excalibur into the armor]
- [shield convert into stylized firearm resembling a crossbow to serve as secondary weapon; shield itself would have a bloodstone gem set at its center acting as both the weapons power source and mystic buffer]

[OBrianTallent]

Sharon Ventura, aka Ms Marvel II

I loathe that she got turned into She-Thing and that she's gone bat-guano crazy.

I'd bring her back by her having been exposed to the Terrigen cloud, coccooned and come out back to her human self. She's still super-strong, but now she's also got a new power (not flight, maybe telekinesis or super-speed?) and she gets a new costume and becomes Red Marvel and regains her senses and becomes a hero again.

I love you for this idea. She was an awesome character who has become just...sad.

[Huntsman Spider]

Decided to revisit Black Knight 2099 again and try to streamline it a bit more.

Concept
- [series essentially play off as a futuristic Highlander, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale, with Black Knight receiving visions of the past that would generally be relevant to their present situation and gaining the assistance of a clandestine group of “Watchers” called Caretakers charged with aiding the Black Knight as they try to recover the Ebony Collection]
- [both Nathan Garret and Dane Whitman act as supporting characters, with their identities initially concealed and them acting subtly and manifesting discreetly during social situations to offer advice on a given situation and downplay their spiritual nature]
- [Ebony collection stolen at the start of the series, explaining the Ebony Blade’s absence and necessity for Black Knight to take up another weapon; relics later shown to have been destroyed at some point and recast into a new form/set of items]
- [theme: ancestry]

Black Knight 2099
- [archeologist enamored with history and the legend of the Black Knight, think the Andre Marek from the movie Timeline]
- [would be assisted by an interactive holographic AI that is basically just a portable version of Orlando Jones character in 2002’s Time Machine, albeit modeled after Dane Whitman, Jacks Chopra, or someone with similar connections to the Black Knight mythos]
- [revealed to be member of the Pendragon bloodline over the course of the series via Nathan Garret/Dane Whitman through the maternal line; with the revelation of their ancestry also intersecting with Merlin (and possibly the Knights of the Round Table) across the generations coming to light at a later date.]
- [attempt to impart the principles and ideals embodied by the heroes of the past that have seemingly been forgotten by the people living in the dystopic future]
- [armor would be made up of defunct remnants of the Destroyer armor repurposed from an exhibit and upgraded accordingly with the necessary tech to serve as something of an Uru power armor reminiscent of Dane Whitman’s classic gear, acclimating it to the cyberpunk dystopia of 2099 and still keep in line with the idea of magic trying to reassert itself in the world via the lingering enchantments asserting themselves in the armor]
- [mount would take the form of a hoverbike with the previously mention AI frequently serving as the autopilot and directing the vehicles actions; bike itself would have the ability to reconfigure itself and synch up with BK’s armor further augmenting its offensive capabilities and speed]
- [come to wield the remnants of the sword Excalibur, with a potential plot point being the reforging of the sword or Black Knight working the shards into their armor to further augment its magical abilities and impart the innate abilities of Excalibur into the armor]
- [shield convert into stylized firearm resembling a crossbow to serve as secondary weapon; shield itself would have a bloodstone gem set at its center acting as both the weapons power source and mystic buffer]

Looks like a pretty solid streamlining of your original Black Knight 2099 idea. Speaking of, I'm thinking of throwing my hat in the ring again with another 2099 revamp.

First, White Tiger 2099. The Jade Tiger Amulet that previously powered the White Tiger lineage has been (somehow) turned to dust in the process of experiments by one of the dubious megacorporations that dominate the world of 2099 (Alchemax or one of its rivals) to distill its properties into something that could be easily replicated and weaponized. However, turning the Tiger Amulet into a weaponized inhalant has turned out to be far more of a problem than the megacorporation experimenting with it was willing to foresee, given that its prime test subject and would-be corporate raider has been "tripping out" on visions of a very angry Tiger God, that might be far realer than the raider wants to admit. Finding himself in the Children of the Tiger underground martial arts dojo, he learns from its sensei the truth --- at least one version of it --- about the Tiger God haunting his nightmares and dons the raiment of the White Tiger, albeit with advanced nanocircuitry woven through it to further augment his increasing physical abilities (primarily senses and strength, secondarily speed and agility), so he can finally take back some semblance of control from the megacorporation that experimented on him with the Tiger Inhalant.

Second, Avengers 2099. Somewhat similar to how they were depicted in Secret Wars 2099, they're basically "superheroes" created by and for the dominant megacorps of 2099 as a form of propaganda to sway the public away from supporting anti-corporate vigilantes such as the new Spider-Man (and Daredevil). Nearly all of them are enhanced veteran corporate raiders now being dressed up as superheroes to be adored and admired by the public while privately enforcing the megacorps' agenda of continued dominance over the world. The team will end up consisting of 2099 versions of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, with Hulk being too unmanageable and volatile for a public-facing Avengers team and Ant-Man and the Wasp being relegated to espionage.

Captain America 2099 is a super-soldier who happens to be the programmed alter ego of (and a separate personality from) an ordinary Alchemax employee named Roberta Mendez, armed with a hard light-based shield and pair of glider wings similar to those of an American bald eagle. Iron Man 2099 is a corporate raider hired directly by Stark-Fujikawa, as Fujikawa Enterprises merged with and took over Stark Industries in the wake of the mysterious Cataclysm that ended the "Age of Heroes"). Thor 2099 is a former minister of the Church of Thor who seized upon the opportunity to become "Thor in the flesh" and was biotechnologically recreated in the image of Thor, with a replica of Mjolnir designed to mimic the abilities of the actual Mjolnir through various technological mechanisms. Black Widow 2099 is a cybernetically enhanced corporate raider named Tania with an unsavory habit of living down to her name regarding the men she lures into her parlor, like flies to a spider, and Hawkeye 2099 has cybernetic optical enhancements that dramatically improve his aim, and other augmentations for his coordination and reflexes, along with an incredibly ruthless and vicious disposition that puts him closer to Bullseye than Hawkeye. Coordinating them on missions is Vision 2099, who is both the hyper-advanced digital surveillance network of the future, programmed into every digital and virtual/augmented-reality device in 2099, and the woman who serves as the hub of that sprawling surveillance network.

[Chris0013]

Thunderstrike. Not in power but in mentality. After his time with the Asgardians of The Galaxy and fighting in WoTR he has embraced a warrior mentality. Not like an boisterous Asgardian warrior but more of someone who accepts that while he does not particularly like fighting he is good at it and willing to do what needs doing when the time comes. Also have it that during WoTR he killed...even though they were Dark Elves, Angels, Frost Giants, etc...they were sentient beings and he sees it as no different than killing a human being in war...and he is willing to kill again if necessary.

All this at 16 years old.

[dkrook]

Forget the muscle head, hero of Harlem with the heart of gold. I would love to see Cage Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Keep all the powers and abilities. Have the agency be the one that uncovers the corruption in Seagate and break it up. Instead of the typical antihero response after being discovered. Luke accepts an offer to use his powers as a trained, special SHIELD agent. Luke would go through extensive training of a superhuman field operative that will go up against organized crime bosses. Super powered, or not. Personality wise Luke would be a focused, intense agent that makes up what he lacks in natural tactical skill with highly intuitive observational prowess.