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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts 
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So the idea is pretty straightforward. Create the perfect arch-enemy (or alternate arch-enemy if they already have one) for any superhero. Or, heck, you could do the perfect hero to match up with a villian too. Either way.
For The Shadow: Jack Boxx. He has teleporting powers, seeming to pop out of nowhere like a Jack in the Box (get it?) Plus, check this out- The Shadow- "The Shadow Knows." Jack Boxx- "You don't know Jack!" Awesome.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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For Superman: Shinyman. Shinyman is really shiny. Superman's tiny mind* can not comprehend how Shinyman could possibly be so incredibly shiny. Superman becomes entranced with Shinyman's shininess, entering a state of hypnotic stupidity. So, really not much different than normal. Then, Lex Luthor clocks him with a kryptonite boxing glove. Superman dies of a cerebral edema. Idiot.
*I really hate Superman. Speaking of Lex Luthor. In an alternate reality, Lex Luthor becomes a super-hero. He teams up with Bill Gates to design new methods to help young people to become as brilliant as he is. In this universe, his arch-nemesis is Donald Trump, who wants the children to stay stupid so they'll believe every dumb ash thing that comes out of his mouth. Incredibly, Trump is also vulnerable to Kryptonite. Boxing glove time.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-04-27 18:27, critter wrote: Lol, awesome. Though Superman had his own Super Hypnosis power, so would that cancel out the effects of getting lost in Shinyman's gleaming prowess? As for arch nemesisesses, I have one of my own, so not sure if I want to bother making one up. Suffice to say, his name turns the magi here into the children of Hogwarts, our very own "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Heh, I've got a bunch of these from my days of playing the Champions RPG. One of my favorites was a pyrokinetic assassin named "Pyro". (He wasn't very creative.) He could excite the molecular structure of any non-organic material, heating it until it exploded. Didn't even have to touch it, or necessarily even see it. One of his victims was a CEO who double-crossed him. Said CEO happened to be a veteran, who had a metal plate in his head. The result was fairly messy.
Put this guy up against pretty much any superhero and they won't be happy. I imagine Wolverine in particular, though he could regenerate the damage, wouldn't be too happy about his whole skeleton exploding.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Critter- Remember one of Batman's expressions? "Dumb as Clark." as in Kent. Superman definitely isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. But he doesn't need to be, considering he's nigh invulnerable...
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NicholasD Inner circle 1458 Posts
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Back in the 50's and 60's, when I collected Superman and Batman comics ( sure wish I had them today, but who knew ) Superman was actually considered a super-human problem solver in addition to being invulnerable. Surely that quote by Batman was a tongue in cheek reference to Clark.
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-04-27 22:04, NicholasD wrote: I don't think so. Batman still considered Superman to be kind of naive. If you want to read a great Superman story that hearkens back to Superman's smarter, more fantastical days, check out All Star Superman. Also, for Pyro and Wolverine, ademantium is indestructible. Would this be an immovable object meets unstoppable force type scenario?
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Gdw- if Magneto can rip it out, Pyro can blow it up.
My villain, my continuity. 
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-04-28 00:06, EsnRedshirt wrote: Good point, though it is not the bond with his bone's that is indestructible.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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On 2011-04-27 18:27, critter wrote: You don't need a "alternate reality." In the 60s, there was a couple of stories about another planet where Lex was the resident superhero and Supes the villain for trying to bring him back to Earth to answer for his crimes. *** I think Bats take on Clark (Superman) is mostly his trusting nature. They even play it up in one story where Supes asks why Bats has to scare everybody. "I'm not bulletproof Clark."
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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The Evil Twin of said Superhero makes the best Arch Nemesis.
Sibling Rivalry and Villainy! 
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts
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A population of arch nemeses to Superman... people who aren't dumb enough to be fooled by a pair of eyeglasses.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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Watch the first Superman movie, I wasn't even paying all that close attention to what Christopher Reeve was doing until he stood there in Lois' apartment, took them off, stood up straight and spoke in the "Superman" voice. Then chickened out at the last second and went back into "Clark Kent" mode. It was more than "a pair of glasses."
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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NicholasD Inner circle 1458 Posts
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On 2011-04-27 23:23, gdw wrote: After the 1940's, Superman had a super genius level intelligence and a photographic memory. I guess that perception changed as the comic progressed through and past the '70's. |
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-04-28 09:30, NicholasD wrote: Yeah, that's what I was referring to.
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-04-28 05:41, ed rhodes wrote: I love that moment. So much is said, and it shows how great Reeve was.
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts
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The Flash
vs Lady Flasher who stops him in his tracks. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Old storylines or no, Superman never came off as particularly sharp to me in the issues I read. Or the movies, for that matter. He'd just stand around deflecting bullets and then use superstrength to tie up the villian with some re-bar.
And yeah his tiny brain always seems to stand out more when he is in a storyline involving Batman. Lady Flasher is brilliant. Maybe one of the Marvel heroines could jump over to DC to take on the role. Those characters could distract any hero.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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On 2011-04-28 11:24, critter wrote: Go with one of Liefield's Image Comics heroines (circa early to mid 1990's). They'd distract the hero, only because he'd be astounded that she was able to stand on those mis-shapen legs without her freakish spine snapping in half.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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I had a thing for late 90's Rogue from X-Men. Before the movie came out and she was suddenly 12. Way to make it weird, Marvel films.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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