Make your own Marvel team, base it on whatever!

[Riv86672]

I like to not only create line-ups, but also to give it some thought as to develop relationships, plot threads and potential threats, so I took my time with a concept I've thrown around before, a line-up of characters who've never been Avengers before, but who could still hold their own as Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I came up with this:

The All-New, All-Different Avengers - All Those who have ever borne the name Avengers are called away to a battlefront on the other side of the universe, for a war upon which may be decided the fate of all existence, however, since that also includes a major portion of the Fantastic Four, the New Warriors and the X-Men, that leaves Earth really short in terms of super-human protectors, and the threats keep piling up, regardless.
So, Nick Fury Jr, takes it upon himself, making use of all of SHIELD’s resources, to assemble an all-new Avengers task-force, to stand in for the departed heroes and to protect the Earth from whatever threat may come its way.
American Eagle (Jason Strongbow)-Jason Strongbow is the first to be sought out by Fury, feeling that his new Avengers need an inspirational symbol, much like Captain America has ever been the focus point for the old team. He discarded other patriotic heroes, such as Union Jack, Guardian, and others, in favor of Strongbow, due to his background in law enforcement. Used to working alone, the American Eagle struggles with the leadership of the team, specially with Silver Sable attempting to take the role over from him at every chance she gets. However, smart and strong-willed, Jason manages to inspire more loyalty in his teammates than Sable does, and he soon starts to live up to the leadership potential that Fury saw in him. (15 T)
Sepulchre (Jillian Marie Woods) – Having fought at her side against the Thunderbolts during Osborn’s Dark Reign, Sepulchre was the first new member that Strongbow suggested after Fury contacted him. The two of them having formed a surprisingly strong bond in such a brief contact, Jillian does not hesitate in accepting the invitation, and she becomes a trusted confident for the American Eagle, as well as a powerful ally and teammate with her control over the dark force.
Silver Sable (Silvija Sablinova) – Upon hearing that a new Avengers team was being formed, Sable saw in this an opportunity to promote herself, and advance the cause of her nation. She offers herself to Fury as a new leader for the team, however, Fury had already selected the American Eagle for the spot, so, Sable decides to sabotage her rival as much as she can, in hopes of taking the leadership from him. However, despite her disruptive presence, Sable is a great tactician and strategist, as well as a superb hand-to-hand combatant, and proves herself to be a valuable member for the team.
Deathlok (Micheal Collins) – Fury had long suspected that the nanobots in Collins body that transformed him into Deathlok were not as inert as everyone was led to believe, and the current crisis was enough of an incentive for him to force Collins to reveal his hand. As the unstoppable combat machine Deathlok, as well as a computer expert and an unapparelled information gatherer, Collins becomes one of the most valuable of the team, and, most often than not, the voice of reason and experience. (90 T)
Madrox, The Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) - The scientific mind of the bunch. People tend to forget Madrox was once Moira McTarget's assistant, and through his dupes, he's majored in many scientific fields. Despite his slightly unstable personality, Fury decides to bring him in. Time will tell if it was a sound move.
Thena, The Eternal - Fury knew his new Avengers would need some heavy-duty power to face the threats that were waiting in the wings, and he thought that the Eternals race, who had already provided the Avengers with two of its most powerful members, Gilgamesh and Sersi, would be a good place to start looking. He had his sight set on the most powerful of the Polar Eternals, Ikaris, however, it was Thena, due to her former allegiance with the Heroes for hire, and worried with how the Deviants may take advantage of this current lack of super-powered defenders facing Earth, who decided to follow him. Satisfied that he’d at least secured the aid of one godlike being to his team, Fury was surprised to find another one waiting for him back in New York. (35 T)
Leir, Lord of the Lightning and God of the Spear – The news that Thor and Hercules had been forced to leave the Earth unprotected having reached him, and that dark gods, such as Seth, might take the opportunity to move against the planet, led Lier to decide to offer his services to the heroes of Earth, at least while his godly friends prove to be unavailable. While easily in the same power range as the Asgardian and Olympian Avengers, the Celtic god however, proves to be not as effective as a teammate. Headstrong and brash, Lier is prone to act without thinking things through, however, it’s undeniable that his power alone makes him someone you want at your side in a crunch. (100 T)
Black Goliath (Tom Foster) – Fury has long thought that Tom Foster deserved a second chance at living up to his uncle’s name and reputation, as his scientific background as an M.I.T. graduate make him as attractive as his size-changing powers. (20 T)
Andromeda (Andromeda Attumasen) – Feeling that threats may come from all sides, Fury decides to seek out the warrior daughter of Attuma as an ally against threats that may come from under the sea. Once having been briefly part of the new Defenders, Andromeda revels in the sense of camaraderie she finds with some of her teammates, and sees in the American Eagle a leader as inspiring as her King, Namor. Her father, however, may not approve much of her stance in this. (30 T)
Azure Arcanna (Jennifer Kale) – Many times over, magic has proven to be quite a bit of trouble, with alarming frequency, so Fury finds it prudent to have someone with experience in dealing with that at his side, and Jennifer Kale is at the top of his short list of experts. Taking on the identity of Azure Arcanna, Jennifer proves to be quite an asset for the team.

While other heroes in other countries, such as Union Jack and Spitfire in Britain, Guardian in Canada, the Red Guardian in Russia, etc… and even the U.S., try to reorganize their own super-human resources, Shield sees the need of a premiere super-hero team for the whole world. Feeling the void left by the Avengers, some super-forces start to gather. Someone saw fit to bring the current Avenger’s leader’s deceased brother, Ward Strongbow, back to life, and the American Eagle will have to face an enemy as powerful as he is in the form of the Navajo Condor. This will lead to the formation of a New Masters of Evil, led by a major super-villainous figure, and with a few members with quite personal connections to the new Avengers line-up, such as the Formorian witch, Charma, who is looking for a new bearer for the Executioner’s Axe and Tiger Shark, looking to settle old debts with Andromeda. The Deviants put their schemes in action, which also brings Attuma into war with the surface world. The Shi’ar Death Squad have a target on Earth. And Seth really does make a move against the Earth. Plus, the completely unexpected return of Ngh, the Unspeakable!

Peace

******* damn that is so ******* GOOD!!!!!

[Nomads1]

******* damn that is so ******* GOOD!!!!!

Thanks.

Peace

[Nomads1]

Shadow Command – A specialized group formed to combat super-terrorism.

• Solo – James Bourne is hired to lead the Shadow Command by the unit’s mysterious backer. Solo has somewhat limited teleportation abilities, allowing him to "jump" from place to place for short distances. There appears to be a limit to the distance and the amount of time between Solo's teleports. He has a gifted intellect, and is a master of many forms of hand-to-hand combat, and appears to have extensive military experience. He is highly adept in the use of conventional weapons and firearms and is an expert marksman. Solo wears bullet-proof quilted Kevlar with pouches to hold weapons and ammunition. He carries an arsenal of portable conventional weaponry, including sub-machine guns, automatic rifles, automatic pistols, hand grenades, combat knives, etc., and has been known to use ninja climbing claws. Jason has a deep-seated trauma when it comes to terrorism, and he occasionally seems too obsessed, however, his crusade against terrorism has cost him almost as much as what began it, and he is trying to temper this with the help of his teammates.
• Elektra – Elektra Natchios. Sometimes, to combat terror, you need actions that go beyond those of a hero. That’s when the master assassin, Elektra, comes in. Oddly enough, Elektra seems the best suited to rein in Solo’s excesses in the name of the mission. Expert martial artist with a preference for her signature twin Sai Blades.
• Hannibal King – Solo needed someone in his team with experience with the supernatural, and who better than a PI with a history of combating terrorism. King decides to join the Shadow Command for his own personal reasons, namely a former CIA lover, who he turned into a vampire and who jumped sides. King has superhuman strength and speed and sharper senses than an average human.
• Juggernaut – After facing down Cyttorak himself, Cain Marko escaped from the Cyttorak dimension, an escape that, for the first time, has left him fully empowered and completely free from Cyttorak’s influence. As such, Cain carries with him the heavy burden of remorse for his many sins as the Juggernaut. As a former terrorist himself, he is sought out by Solo, who is seeking an ally with experience in the enemies’ tactics. The fact that Juggernaut is one of the Exemplars, who are also in Solo’s hitlist, is a bonus. Unbelievably strong and almost totally impervious to physical harm, Cain Marko is in search of redemption.
• Hummingbird – Maria Aracely Josefina Penalba de las Heras, or, Aracely Penalba, for short, or even Hummingbird, was an unexpected addition to the team when Solo went to recruit Sun Girl. A demigod, and supposedly the reincarnation of the Aztec god of war, Huitzilopochtli, Aracely is able to detect other people's feelings, thoughts and locate them wherever they are. However, she is also able to manipulate emotions and cause severe fits of fear and panic in her opponents - even specific kinds of fear (like arachnophobia). She has demonstrated the capacity to project her own thoughts into the minds of others to communicate with them. She can levitate (or "float"), which she can use to remain far off the ground during battle, carry team members through obstacles or going so far as to apparently remain in the air without moving, usually in an upside-down lotus position (even while sleeping). She can also invoke and hurtle sacred fire, and can telepathically learn other languages (French, Japanese, English, etc…). Hummingbird’s addition to the team also brought along her champion, Kaine Parker, aka the Red Tarantula.
• Red Tarantula – Kaine Parker had drifted away from Aracely, who was staying with their former New Warriors teammate Sun Girl. However, upon learning of their disappearance, he uses the link he has with Hummingbird to track them down. After singlehandedly taking on the whole team, Kaine, now going by Red Tarantula, decides to stick around, even if just to protect Aracely and Selah. He even finds the gifts inherited from boy genius Peter Parker useful when aiding Sun Girl in the lab. As an imperfect clone of Spider-Man, Kaine has superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and equilibrium all at higher levels than Spider-Man due to his continued mutation, specially the strength, being somewhat bigger than Peter Parker. Kaine's durability and his recently regained spider-sense are also superior to Spider-Man's. Additionally, Kaine possesses a retractable bone spike on the underside of each forearm behind the wrist, which he calls the "Sting of Kaine, and also uses his ability to stick to walls in other ways. In one instance, he fashioned a weapon out of a large section of a building by simply sticking to the building and then pulling away with his superhuman strength, bringing a large chunk of it with him. Kaine can also generate organic webbing from his wrists, similar to Spider-Man's web-shooters, is imbued with an accelerated healing factor, possesses his infamous “Mark of Kaine” and has enhanced senses.
• Sun Girl – In need of a tech expert, and not wanting to set his sights on the usual suspects, nor someone who may attract undue attention to his team, Solo chooses to invite engineering prodigy and neotype super-heroine Selah Burke, aka Sun Girl. Whoever the recruiting of Selah brings with her the unexpected addition of her friend, Hummingbird, and later of her “guardian angel”, Kaine Parker. Selah Burke is a brilliant engineer who creates a suit with a harness that grants her flight and the ability to project light blasts. Selah is often the true hero’s voice among a team that is prone to crossing the line way too often.


Peace

[Huntsman Spider]

Shadow Command – A specialized group formed to combat super-terrorism.

• Solo – James Bourne is hired to lead the Shadow Command by the unit’s mysterious backer. Solo has somewhat limited teleportation abilities, allowing him to "jump" from place to place for short distances. There appears to be a limit to the distance and the amount of time between Solo's teleports. He has a gifted intellect, and is a master of many forms of hand-to-hand combat, and appears to have extensive military experience. He is highly adept in the use of conventional weapons and firearms and is an expert marksman. Solo wears bullet-proof quilted Kevlar with pouches to hold weapons and ammunition. He carries an arsenal of portable conventional weaponry, including sub-machine guns, automatic rifles, automatic pistols, hand grenades, combat knives, etc., and has been known to use ninja climbing claws. Jason has a deep-seated trauma when it comes to terrorism, and he occasionally seems too obsessed, however, his crusade against terrorism has cost him almost as much as what began it, and he is trying to temper this with the help of his teammates.
• Elektra – Elektra Natchios. Sometimes, to combat terror, you need actions that go beyond those of a hero. That’s when the master assassin, Elektra, comes in. Oddly enough, Elektra seems the best suited to rein in Solo’s excesses in the name of the mission. Expert martial artist with a preference for her signature twin Sai Blades.
• Hannibal King – Solo needed someone in his team with experience with the supernatural, and who better than a PI with a history of combating terrorism. King decides to join the Shadow Command for his own personal reasons, namely a former CIA lover, who he turned into a vampire and who jumped sides. King has superhuman strength and speed and sharper senses than an average human.
• Juggernaut – After facing down Cyttorak himself, Cain Marko escaped from the Cyttorak dimension, an escape that, for the first time, has left him fully empowered and completely free from Cyttorak’s influence. As such, Cain carries with him the heavy burden of remorse for his many sins as the Juggernaut. As a former terrorist himself, he is sought out by Solo, who is seeking an ally with experience in the enemies’ tactics. The fact that Juggernaut is one of the Exemplars, who are also in Solo’s hitlist, is a bonus. Unbelievably strong and almost totally impervious to physical harm, Cain Marko is in search of redemption.
• Hummingbird – Maria Aracely Josefina Penalba de las Heras, or, Aracely Penalba, for short, or even Hummingbird, was an unexpected addition to the team when Solo went to recruit Sun Girl. A demigod, and supposedly the reincarnation of the Aztec god of war, Huitzilopochtli, Aracely is able to detect other people's feelings, thoughts and locate them wherever they are. However, she is also able to manipulate emotions and cause severe fits of fear and panic in her opponents - even specific kinds of fear (like arachnophobia). She has demonstrated the capacity to project her own thoughts into the minds of others to communicate with them. She can levitate (or "float"), which she can use to remain far off the ground during battle, carry team members through obstacles or going so far as to apparently remain in the air without moving, usually in an upside-down lotus position (even while sleeping). She can also invoke and hurtle sacred fire, and can telepathically learn other languages (French, Japanese, English, etc…). Hummingbird’s addition to the team also brought along her champion, Kaine Parker, aka the Red Tarantula.
• Red Tarantula – Kaine Parker had drifted away from Aracely, who was staying with their former New Warriors teammate Sun Girl. However, upon learning of their disappearance, he uses the link he has with Hummingbird to track them down. After singlehandedly taking on the whole team, Kaine, now going by Red Tarantula, decides to stick around, even if just to protect Aracely and Selah. He even finds the gifts inherited from boy genius Peter Parker useful when aiding Sun Girl in the lab. As an imperfect clone of Spider-Man, Kaine has superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and equilibrium all at higher levels than Spider-Man due to his continued mutation, specially the strength, being somewhat bigger than Peter Parker. Kaine's durability and his recently regained spider-sense are also superior to Spider-Man's. Additionally, Kaine possesses a retractable bone spike on the underside of each forearm behind the wrist, which he calls the "Sting of Kaine, and also uses his ability to stick to walls in other ways. In one instance, he fashioned a weapon out of a large section of a building by simply sticking to the building and then pulling away with his superhuman strength, bringing a large chunk of it with him. Kaine can also generate organic webbing from his wrists, similar to Spider-Man's web-shooters, is imbued with an accelerated healing factor, possesses his infamous “Mark of Kaine” and has enhanced senses.
• Sun Girl – In need of a tech expert, and not wanting to set his sights on the usual suspects, nor someone who may attract undue attention to his team, Solo chooses to invite engineering prodigy and neotype super-heroine Selah Burke, aka Sun Girl. Whoever the recruiting of Selah brings with her the unexpected addition of her friend, Hummingbird, and later of her “guardian angel”, Kaine Parker. Selah Burke is a brilliant engineer who creates a suit with a harness that grants her flight and the ability to project light blasts. Selah is often the true hero’s voice among a team that is prone to crossing the line way too often.


Peace

This looks and sounds like it would be a great team. Especially love that you gave Kaine his new name in what I presume is homage to both his time as the second Scarlet Spider and as the mutated Tarantula in Spider-Island shortly before that. The dynamic with him and Hummingbird, as well as him and Sun Girl, would be great to see explored again, and I'd also love to see how he and Elektra would react to and interact with each other, given they were both assassins in the past and vigilantes in the present, not to mention both of them wearing red as their signature color.

[Nomads1]

This looks and sounds like it would be a great team. Especially love that you gave Kaine his new name in what I presume is homage to both his time as the second Scarlet Spider and as the mutated Tarantula in Spider-Island shortly before that. The dynamic with him and Hummingbird, as well as him and Sun Girl, would be great to see explored again, and I'd also love to see how he and Elektra would react to and interact with each other, given they were both assassins in the past and vigilantes in the present, not to mention both of them wearing red as their signature color.

I like my derivative heroes to stand out as much as they can from the original product. Thank you for the kind words.

Peace

[Nomads1]

Guardians of the Galaxy 616 (31st Century) – Since the future GotG no longer are in "our" future, I toyed with the idea of how the 31st Century GotG would be in the 616 reality, even using some characters that also found themselves involved with the original future GotG. I eventually may come up with the threats these Guardians would find themselves facing.

• Ultron 3010 – Team leader. The mind of Hank Pym in the body of his indestructible creation.
• Elsa Bloodstone – The Immortal Monster Hunter.
• Starhawk – Shi’ar wielder of the Quantum Bands. Also possesses Cosmic Awareness.
• Replica – Skrull kid. King’s protégé.
• Black Knight – Earthman. Richard Garret. New Champion of Avalon, wielder of the Shield of Knight, the Sword of Light and horseman to Strider.
• Hannibal King – Thousand year old vampire, believed to be the last of his kind. Cured of most of the weaknesses of the vampires.
• Photon – Female mutant from Alpha Centauri.


Peace

[ARkadelphia]

All New All Different Fantastic Four

- Ben Reilly
- Iron Fist
- Moon Knight
- Ms. Marvel

[Huntsman Spider]

I like my derivative heroes to stand out as much as they can from the original product. Thank you for the kind words.

Peace

Guardians of the Galaxy 616 (31st Century) – Since the future GotG no longer are in "our" future, I toyed with the idea of how the 31st Century GotG would be in the 616 reality, even using some characters that also found themselves involved with the original future GotG. I eventually may come up with the threats these Guardians would find themselves facing.

• Ultron 3010 – Team leader. The mind of Hank Pym in the body of his indestructible creation.
• Elsa Bloodstone – The Immortal Monster Hunter.
• Starhawk – Shi’ar wielder of the Quantum Bands. Also possesses Cosmic Awareness.
• Replica – Skrull kid. King’s protégé.
• Black Knight – Earthman. Richard Garret. New Champion of Avalon, wielder of the Shield of Knight, the Sword of Light and horseman to Strider.
• Hannibal King – Thousand year old vampire, believed to be the last of his kind. Cured of most of the weaknesses of the vampires.
• Photon – Female mutant from Alpha Centauri.


Peace

I can respect that, and I like your new 31st-century Guardians of the Galaxy.

All New All Different Fantastic Four

- Ben Reilly
- Iron Fist
- Moon Knight
- Ms. Marvel

Nice roster there. Does Ben get his mind back on right in this?

[JudicatorPrime]

If I had Al Ewing powers...


Defenders Beyond II

Blue Marvel
Karnilla
Beta Ray Bill
Midnight Sun (joining the good guys for a change)
Red Guardian (Starlight)
Gargoyle
Hellcat
Bug (of Micronauts renown)
Chopra (The Black Knight)

No rhyme or reason to this cast, aside from some old Defenders crew. I just want to have a little fun with various personalities and show that not every great team comes pre-baked in a lab.

[Huntsman Spider]

If I had Al Ewing powers...


Defenders Beyond II

Blue Marvel
Karnilla
Beta Ray Bill
Midnight Sun (joining the good guys for a change)
Red Guardian (Starlight)
Gargoyle
Hellcat
Bug (of Micronauts renown)
Chopra (The Black Knight)

No rhyme or reason to this cast, aside from some old Defenders crew. I just want to have a little fun with various personalities and show that not every great team comes pre-baked in a lab.

I like your idea there.

[Alan2099]

I wanted to make a supernatural fighting team, but I also wanted to avoid the big names you always see (Morbius, Dr. Strange, Ghostrider, Blade, etc).

And to steal a name from a very minor supervillain group, here's Night Shift.



Dr. Druid
Jennifer Kale
Sleepwalker
Gargoyle
John Blaze
Simon Garth
Hellcat
Devil Slayer
Deathlok

[Agent Z]

I wanted to make a supernatural fighting team, but I also wanted to avoid the big names you always see (Morbius, Dr. Strange, Ghostrider, Blade, etc).

And to steal a name from a very minor supervillain group, here's Night Shift.



Dr. Druid
Jennifer Kale
Sleepwalker
Gargoyle
John Blaze
Simon Garth
Hellcat
Devil Slayer
Deathlok

Why Deathlok?

[Riv86672]

Guardians of the Galaxy 616 (31st Century) – Since the future GotG no longer are in "our" future, I toyed with the idea of how the 31st Century GotG would be in the 616 reality, even using some characters that also found themselves involved with the original future GotG. I eventually may come up with the threats these Guardians would find themselves facing.

• Ultron 3010 – Team leader. The mind of Hank Pym in the body of his indestructible creation.
• Elsa Bloodstone – The Immortal Monster Hunter.
• Starhawk – Shi’ar wielder of the Quantum Bands. Also possesses Cosmic Awareness.
• Replica – Skrull kid. King’s protégé.
• Black Knight – Earthman. Richard Garret. New Champion of Avalon, wielder of the Shield of Knight, the Sword of Light and horseman to Strider.
• Hannibal King – Thousand year old vampire, believed to be the last of his kind. Cured of most of the weaknesses of the vampires.
• Photon – Female mutant from Alpha Centauri.


Peace

^^^Great premise and choices. Cool!

If I had Al Ewing powers...


Defenders Beyond II

Blue Marvel
Karnilla
Beta Ray Bill
Midnight Sun (joining the good guys for a change)
Red Guardian (Starlight)
Gargoyle
Hellcat
Bug (of Micronauts renown)
Chopra (The Black Knight)

No rhyme or reason to this cast, aside from some old Defenders crew. I just want to have a little fun with various personalities and show that not every great team comes pre-baked in a lab.

^^^Nice!
The last ad hoc team like yours I saw get a chance at Marvel was Strikeforce. I mean, it was cancelled yeah but I give Marvel points for actually putting it out there!

[Alan2099]

Why Deathlok?

While Deathlok isn't supernatural, he falls still fits well into many horror themes. Visually, he's a corpse hooked intoa machine and origin wise, he's a modern Frankenstein's Monster. He also provides nice contrast to the others and I felt the team could use at least one member that fights the supernatural with technology.

[Riv86672]

While Deathlok isn't supernatural, he falls still fits well into many horror themes. Visually, he's a corpse hooked intoa machine and origin wise, he's a modern Frankenstein's Monster. He also provides nice contrast to the others and I felt the team could use at least one member that fights the supernatural with technology.

^^^Thats how I figured he fit the theme. Score!