Silver Surfer (Silver Age)

Here is my Mighty Protectors write-up for the Silver Age version of the Silver Surfer and his Cosmic Surfboard!

This is all very esoteric stuff, but when the Surfer was tracking planets for Galactus, he might do so at a 14 Lightyear distance, which in the Mighty Protectors rules has a range penalty of -54 (I worked out the math).

An Earth-sized planet would reduce the ranged penalty to -40. With his telescopic bonus of +12 and with his Acute bonus of +24, the Surfer has a final penalty of -4. His surfboard can travel at 14.26 LY per hour. So, in order to find a planet with an appropriate life-giving energy he needed to make an IN-based task check of 7 or less!

Silver Surfer Sheet

Surfboard Sheet

The Surfer after Doom is Defeated

Notes:
1. I used the Companion ability to model the surfer's surfboard, as it often acted much more like a companion than a simple piece of gear.
2. In the comics, the surfer is able to affect huge areas, such as raising mountains or disturbing miles of ocean, something that is not possible with the current version of Mighty Protectors.
3. I took a modifier from Transmutation -- "any physical object" -- as a cost model for the Surfer's Shaping ability, as he can create almost any type of material.
4. The abilities which require concentration to activate is the surfer directing his vast cosmic power into an ability.
5. I did not give the surfer the cosmic awareness ability, as the MP version doesn't really fit him. His heightened sense of energy detection not only worked to find planets for Galactus, but it also works as a form of "cosmic awareness" as he can sense cosmically powerful beings or events.


The Silver Surfer is a trademark owned by the Disney Company. This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Starlight

SPOILER WARNING!
This write-up details the super-abilities of a character from the new Amazon Prime show The Boys.































Here's my MP write-up for Starlight, a member of the superhero team the Seven, the world's top superhero team. Before joining the Seven, Starlight fought crime by herself, in her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. She is conservative and religious, and has been shaken to discover that the members of the Seven are essentially evil jerks.

MP Sheet

Starlight is a character on the Amazon show, "The Boys". This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Queen Maeve

SPOILER WARNING!
This write-up details the super-abilities of a character from the new Amazon Prime show The Boys.































Here's my MP write-up for Queen Maeve, a member of the superhero team the Seven. Where Homelander is sort of an evil Superman, Maeve is the disallusioned and cynical version of Wonder Woman, albeit with no magic lasso or invisible plane.

Queen Maeve is considered the second most powerful member of the Seven, only behind Homelander in terms of raw power. In the comic, she can fly, but in the Amazon show she cannot. In The Boys Amazon show, she has the following abilities: super strength and stamina, nigh-invulnerability, and is an expert at combat. She once killed a person by throwing a pen into their neck from over fifty feet away, which implies that she is highly accurate.

Maeve was once idealistic and a feminine icon, but over the years while working for the evil Vought corporation, she has become disillusioned and cynical. She still has a spark of humanity in her, as evidenced by the scene with the doomed passenger plane, but she ultimately goes along with Homelander's plan to leave the passengers to die. This is why her side is evil and her motivation is a mercenary/servitor for the Vought corporation.

Maeve once dated Homelander but she has also had a sexual relationship with a woman. Like the other long-time members of the Seven, she has become quite wealthy.

MP Sheet

Queen Maeve is a character on the Amazon show, "The Boys". This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)

Here is my Mighty Protectors write-up for Captain Marvel, a Marvel comics hero who was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan and debuted in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (Dec, 1967). His stats and abilities reflect Captain Marvel issues #1 to #15, while he still wears his green and white battle-suit, and before he is imbued with additional powers in issue #17.

Updated 06-19-19: I've added a Heightened Attack invention that makes Mar-Vell's Wrist-Lens more powerful. He does this in issue #1, if I recall correctly.

MP sheet

Battle Helmet Gives Air

Wrist-Lens Power Blast & Flash

Oxygen-Burning Rocket Belt

Can't Breathe Earth Air Without a Potion

Notes:
1. I gave Mar-Vell +5 ST and +5 EN because the Kree are described as being stronger and tougher and humans.
2. The Natural Weaponry is there to reflect how Mar-Vell is described as a great unarmed fighter. In issue #4 Mar-Vell fights the Sub-Mariner, who is much stronger, but appears to be less skilled at unarmed combat.
3. The Wrist-Lens, or Universal Beam device as Mar-vell also calls it, is a weapon worn on Mar-Vell's right wrist. It has a variety of functions as shown on his character sheet. In issue #12 of Marvel Super-Heroes, Mar-Vell demonstrates how his Uni-Beam can reverse the damage it causes, but this ability is never used again. Thus, I did not include it as a modifier for his Power Blast.
4. Mar-Vell, or his beloved Una, are capable of creating the potion that allows him to breathe Earth air, but it only works for one hour. The MP weakness to best reflect this is Special Requirement. Mar-Vell can use his battle helmet, but not when he is impersonating Dr. Walter Lawson.
5. Yon-Rogg is a true nemesis of Mar-Vell and could be included on his write-up as: NEMESIS, Less Powerful (-2.5), Common (-10). However, due to the weakness cap of (-20) CPs, he gets no points for it.

This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Captain Marvel is a trademark of Marvel Comics. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Number Seven

Here's my MP write-up for the Umbrella Academy superhero known as Number Seven, a.k.a. The White Violin, a.k.a. Vanya Hargreeves.

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Notes:
1. This write-up reflects the Umbrella Academy comic, not the Netflix series.
2. Although it's not clear that it is in the comic, I included Sonic Boom as one of her abilities in order to round out her sonic powers and to make her an even 200 CPs.
3. The Conductor altered Vanya's body, creating her alter-ego of the villainous White Violin.

This write-up is by B.K. Adams. The White Violin is a trademark of Dark Horse Comics. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Number Six

Here's my MP write-up for the Umbrella Academy superhero known as Number Six, a.k.a. The Horror, a.k.a. Ben Hargreeves. Aside from the four extremely powerful tentacles that emerge from Ben's chest, and that he was killed at some point, not much is known about The Horror.

Character Sheet Image

Notes:
1. This write-up reflects the comics, not the Netflix series.
2. There isn't enough material to know what possible other powers Ben may have possessed.
3. I gave Ben Heightened Expertise with his tentacles as a way of boosting his overall power-level. He's still less than 150 CPs, but this ability is certainly within reason.

The Horror is a trademark of Dark Horse Comics.

Number Five

Here's my MP write-up for Umbrella Academy superhero The Boy, a.k.a. Number Five.

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Notes:
1. This write-up mostly reflects the Boy's abilities as they are shown in the comic book.
2. I gave him a motivation of Insane Utopian. This reflects that fact that he wants to save the world, but he's willing to murder people to do so. Plus, he loves and talks to, a mannequin he named Dolores.
3. In the comics, he can use his hands as lethal weapons, cutting into his opponents skulls.
4. I also gave him super-speed to reflect his ability to teleport and attack multiple opponents almost before they get a chance to attack back.
5. In the comic, he is told that his cells are not aging, thus the Adaptation to Time.

The Boy, character and artwork, is a copyright of Dark Horse Comics.

Number Four

Here's my MP write-up for Umbrella Academy superhero The Seance, a.k.a. Number Four, a.k.a. Klaus Hargreeves.

Character Sheet Image

Notes:
1. This write-up mostly reflects Klaus's abilities as they are shown in the comic book and some of his traits from the Netflix show. I did this mainly because I have not read all of the comic books, but I have seen all of the Umbrella Academy episodes.
2. I used the "Bonus Effects" rules under Ability Modifiers (p. 87 of the MP rulebook) to simulate Klaus's ability to see and hear ghosts, because I feel that it is a minor ability.
3. I came-up with the Possession modifier for Mind Control. Possessing a target has advantages and disadvantages, so I made it a +0 modifier. Similar to Astral Projection, the character's body falls into a coma while possessing someone.
4. Existing MP abilities like Summoning, Cosmic Awareness, Retrocognition, et al., didn't really work to model his power of summoning ghosts... so I invented a new ability called Mental Ability E) Spirit Medium.
5. In the Netflix series, Klaus is gay, but it is unclear what his sexuality is in the comics I read. I went with the Netflix series in this case.

The Seance, character and artwork, is a copyright of Dark Horse Comics.

Number Three

Here's my MP write-up for the Rumor, a.k.a. Number 3, a.k.a. Allison Hargreeves. She is one of the super-heroes of the Umbrella Academy comic book and Netflix series.

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Notes:
1. This write-up reflects both the comic book and the Netflix series.
2. Her power in the comic is the ability to alter reality, an ability that is not currently available in the Mighty Protectors rules.
3. From the Netflix series, I gave Rumor MInd Control; from the comic book series she gets Cybernetics in the form of a hand.

The character The Rumor and the artwork shown is a trademark of Dark Horse Comics.

Number Two

Here's my MP write-up for Kraken, a.k.a. Number 2, a.k.a. Diego. He is one of the super-heroes of the Umbrella Academy comic book and Netflix series.

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Notes:
1. This write-up reflects the comic book, not the Netflix series.
2. I guessed on the number of knives that I've given this character. In the comics that I've read, it's not clear exactly how many he carries.
3. I gave Kraken Adaptation: Asphyxiation, with the Activation Required modifier, because it is stated that "he can hold his breathe indefinitely".

The character Kraken and the artwork shown is a trademark of Dark Horse Comics.

Number One

Here's my MP write-up of Spaceboy, a.k.a. Number 1, a.k.a. Luther, of the Umbrella Academy. This write-up is based upon the comic book by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, and not the live-action Netflix series.

Spaceboy PDF

Character Sheet Image

Notes:
1. It's not clear to me exactly how strong Luther is, but he's shown in the comics as being able to smash through a rock wall as a ten-year old boy. He is clearly the strongest member of the group.
2. Sir Reginald once describes Number 1 as being an expert with firearms which is why I gave him the expertise with his laser pistol (one could argue that this should be higher and/or apply to all guns).
3. In the comics, he is always wearing a space suit. It was never shown, at least in the issues that I read, exactly how long he can survive in space, thus I gave him the standard amount of CPs in the ability.

The character Spaceboy, and the artwork shown here, is a trademark of Dark Horse comics.

Superman 1938

I recently subscribed to the DC Universe Online, mainly because I wanted to read DC comics; something that I didn't really do during my comic book reading days.

I started with Superman #1 (which premiered June, 1938) and read up to issue #9. I have to say that this version of Superman is quite a bit different than the silver or bronze age depictions. In these early issues, Superman's origin is different, his powers are different, and his personality is different.

His planet of birth, Krypton, dies of 'old age.' A friendly scientist -- not his father -- places the infant Superman into a space-ship, sending it to Earth.

A passing motorist discovers the space-ship with the infant Superman and places the child in an orphanage. There is no mention of Ma and Pa Kent.

As an adult, Clark Kent works for the Daily Star, not the Daily Planet.

Superman can't fly, doesn't have heat-ray vision, doesn't have x-ray vision. There's no mention of super-breath, super-speed, or any of a dozen other abilities that he would later employ. There's no mention of him being harmed by kryptonite. He's strong, capable of bending steel bars. He can leap 1/8 of a mile! And he's bulletproof, with only a 'shell-burst' capable of piercing his skin.

Oh, and this Superman is a jerk, doubtless because he grew up in an orphanage... and by the way, Lois is a jerk too! Superman spies on people -- a lot. He's a bully, who terrifies ordinary citizens as well as crooks, and he casually beats up on people, usually mocking them as he does so.

Notes: On the first page of issue #1 it is stated that Superman can leap 1/8 of a mile, or 132" in Mighty Protectors terms. I therefore tried to get his leaping distance as close to this number as possible.

Superman 1938 PDF

Superman 1938 Image

Superman Origin

Superman is a Spy

Superman is a Jerk I

Superman is a Jerk II

Superman is a Jerk III

Lois is a Jerk Too

Superman #1 Cover

Superman is a trademark of DC Comics. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games. This write-up is by B.K. Adams.

Legion of Super-Heroes: Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy

Here are three more MP write-ups of early 1980's LSH superheroes: Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy. Their stats & abilities reflect the LSH comic as it was pre-crisis-on-infinite-earths.

Shrinking Violet

Star Boy

Sun Boy

Panel #1

Panel #2

LSH Cover #286

Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, and Sun Boy are trademarks of DC Comics. These write-ups are by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Legion of Super-Heroes: Star Cruiser LX-811

Here's my Mighty Protectors vehicle write-up of the Bronze Age Legion of Super-Heroes LX-811 Star Cruiser!
Notes:
1) The range on the Ion Cannons is AGx16", or 384".
2) The vehicle's central power system is the warp engines.

Cruiser LX-811

Legion of Super-Heroes is a trademark of DC Comics. This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.

Legion of Super-Heroes: Element Lad, Karate Kid, Light Lass

Here are three more MP write-ups of early 1980's LSH superheroes: Element Lad, Karate Kid, and Light Lass. Their stats & abilities reflect the LSH comic as it was pre-crisis-on-infinite-earths.

Notes:
1) Element Lad's CPs in Transmutation exceed his overall ability cap by 40 CPs. The 'transmute into any element' for +10 CPs is a modifier I made up (like I did with the villain Shimmer).
2) Years later both Element Lad and Light Lass are revealed to be gay.

Element Lad

Karate Kid

Light Lass

Panel from LSH #290

Element Lad, Karate Kid, and Light Lass are trademarks of DC Comics. These write-ups are by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House  Games.

Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters

Here's my rather skimpy write-up of the LSH Headquarters as a Mighty Protectors base. It does show the various types of gear that each Legionnaire receives, such as a Flight Ring. There are 25 active Legion members, so each member must pay 4 CPs to pay for the 100 CP cost of the base.

8-9-18: Updated & Revised
8-11-18: Revised the Flight Ring

LSH HQ

LSH HQ Pic

Red Tornado

Here's Red Tornado, the last of my MP write-ups of Bronze Age Justice League of America heroes. By modifying MP's Weather Control ability, I was able to simulate his air/wind powers without spending hundreds of CPs on separate Abilities.

Red Tornado Sheet

Red Tornado is a trademark of DC Comics. This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.