Solid point. "Hell's Kitchen" would be a great set name/theme, though we're more likely to see it released as a tie-in to the Netflix Defenders series... there's a Defenders set coming next year, isn't there? Defenders War or something? Maybe we'll see Nuke then.

Thoughts?

Unique Nuke
Real Name: Frank Simpson
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 6
Points: 100
Keywords: Soldier, Thunderbolts, Weapon Plus

9 11 17 3

8 10 17 2

8 10 17 2

8 10 17 2

8 9 17 2

8 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Red, White, or Blue?: At the beginning of your turn, put either a Red Pill token, Blue Pill token, or a White Pill token on this card. If Nuke has a Red Pill token on this card, he can use and Battle Fury. If Nuke has a Blue Pill token on this card, remove any action tokens, heal him 1 click, and he may not be given any free or non-free actions this turn. If Nuke has a White Pill token on this card, he can use Sidestep.
A Walking Weapon: Friendly characters that share a keyword with Nuke can use Mastermind, but only to transfer damage to Nuke.
Cybernetic Implants, Plastic Skin, Second Heart: Nuke ignores poison. Give a friendly character with the scientist keyword a double power action, and heal Nuke 1 click.


Edit: Would it make more sense to swap RCE and CCE?

I like it... And would change 2 very little things.
Swap out weapon plus, and give him Weapon X KW.
Toss him Police TA too for the hell of it. He looks Solid!

Just a thought but wouldn't it be simpler to just state that the player chooses red, white or blue at the beginning of each turn and get rid of the whole token idea?

Daredevil's Born Again story arc was the best use of Nuke and it was also the first time that I can say I honestly liked Captain America as a character

Great trade to read, by the way

definitely needs to be made. and there really should have been a daredevil set by now. here's my take on nuke back in my 2012 marvel knights set:

#mk015 Unique Nuke
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 6
Points: 67
Keywords: Brute, Soldier, Thunderbolts, Weapon X

8 10 17 3

8 10 17 3

7 9 16 2

7 10 17 2

7 9 16 2

6 9 15 3

6 8 15 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Mission First
Black OPs
Exoskeleton
Red Pills
Super Soldier
Born in Blood
Blindly Following Orders: When an adjacent friendly character with the Soldier, Politician or Ruler keyword uses Leadership, immediately remove an action token from Nuke.
Still Fighting 'Name
Weapon Plus

You know, I went back and read up on Weapon Plus - and there's no reason not to just morph it into the Weapon X keyword.

As far as I can tell, he was only ever a cop in the show - so the police KW or TA wouldn't be appropriate.


No argument here.

Great article! Keep em coming.

YES! NUKE!!!!!!!!! One of the most underrated super villains ever. The thing though is there are so many elements you can have with the character you'd almost have to make multiple versions of him. He has his gun that can do multiple functions but he also has super strength, Hardened plastic for skin, and if memory serves me right he can run 600 mph.... And yes let's not forget the pills that surely can come into play and probably serve as tokens.... Maybe do something like Use a red pill token and Nuke can use Flurry or something like that.

Here's my recent take on him over in my daredevil set:


#dd038 Unique Nuke
Real Name: Frank Simpson
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 6
Points: 65
Keywords: Assassin, Brute, Soldier, Thunderbolts, Weapon X

6 8 16 1 1

6 8 16 1 2

KO KO KO KO 3

8 10 17 3 4

8 10 17 3 5

8 10 17 3 6

9 10 17 3 7

9 11 17 3 8

10 11 17 3 9

KO KO KO KO 10

6 8 16 1 11

KO KO KO KO 12

Hired Muscle: When a friendly character uses Leadership this character is considered adjacent.
Pills: At the end of your turn, roll 1d6. On a result of 4-6, you may turn Nuke to click #1 . On a result of 6, you may turn Nuke to click #11.
"Balanced" Between Missions
Yes, Sir!
Gimme A Red
Blue Pill: Nuke can use Earthbound/Neutralized. When this power is revealed, remove all action tokens from him. At the beginning of your turn, turn Nuke to click #2.
Going For A High Score
Killing Machine For The U.S. of A.
White Pill: Nuke can use Earthbound/Neutralized and Toughness. At the beginning of your turn, if Nuke has no action tokens, give him a free action to turn him to click #4.
Enhanced Strength
Mission Complete
Unstable
Red Pill: Nuke can use the Colossal Stamina ability. At the end of your turn, deal Nuke 1 unavoidable damage if he did not deal damage to an opposing character this turn.