Speaking of the Redeemers, here's another one. Again, I tried to tinker with the point system to see what I could get away with, sacrificing speed for defense and damage.



#054 Beetle

Real Name: Leila Davis

Team: No Affiliation

Range: 5 

Points: 125/75

Keywords: Redeemers, Armor


4 10 19 4

4 10 18 4

4 10 18 4

| | | |

4 10 19 4

3 10 18 4

3 10 18 3

2 10 17 3

2 10 17 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Laser Filaments Wings: If Beetle has no Action Tokens, she can use Giant Reach: 4 & Exploit Weakness.

I like this Beetle but IMO she seems a little too protected, IIRC she gets smooshed by Graviton in a instant.

seeing all these previews makes me wish this was the set we were getting next and not the Battleword set. Heres hoping at least a few of the Runaways get MoE, but im not holding my breath.

Holy crap, that's incredible praise! Thank you so much!

Totally see where you're coming from about Graviton! My goal for Davis-Beetle was that she could double for Abner-Beetle and that she had stats that clearly differentiated her from an Iron Man clone, both of which translated to "tank." I suppose she could be redialed to a 75/50 point piece to make her capable of being OHKOed by aou102 Graviton, but I'd worry there that it'd undercut the piece and necessitate redialing the other Redeemers to fit that paradigm.

The other solution might be Graviton himself. The omnipotence and geographical omniscience he displays in his Thunderbolts appearances are bonkers and probably put him in the realm of 500-800 points. A hypothetical piece like that could absolutely deal out OHKOs like candy!

Asm033 Man-Thing is a perfect Man-Thing. The only troubles facing him are the last few years of power creep. I can justify the character at 200 points, but at 100, he starts showing his limitations. This version is an attempt to update one of my favorite pieces.



#055 Man-Thing

Real Name: Ted Sallis

Team: Mystics

Range: 0 

Points: 175/125/75

Keywords: Defenders, Legion of Monsters, Monster, Mystical, Thunderbolts


10 10 17 4

10 10 17 4

| | | |

10 10 17 3

10 10 17 3

10 10 16 4

10 10 16 3

| | | |

9 10 16 3

9 9 15 3

9 9 15 2

8 9 15 2

8 9 15 2

KO KO KO KO

Whatever Knows Fear...: Poison. It deals +1 Damage per Action Token on the target character.

 The Swamp-Walker: If Man-Thing occupies Hindering or Water Terrain, he heals 1 Click at the beginning of his turn and does not subtract from his Regeneration rolls.

Protector of the Nexus: Man-Thing can use Phasing/Teleport. Man-Thing can use the Carry ability and when he does, he may carry two characters that share a keyword with him and his speed value is not modified by it.

Infinite Dimensions & Possibilities: Exploit Weakness & Probability Control.

I'm sorry that this thread routinely throws shade at Bendis, but if you're writing a team comic, you have to make sure every member of the team feels distinctive. A reader should be able to say concrete things about everybody. I read all of Dark Avengers where he was a major character, and everything I know about him came from wikipedia & heroclix.

I still think Ultimate Spider-Man was one of the greatest comic runs of all time, though.



#056 Noh-Varr
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 8
Points: 125/75
Keywords: Animal, Cosmic, Dark Avengers, Future, Kree, Soldier, Spy, Warrior

11 12 18 4

10 11 18 4

9 10 17 3

| | | |

9 10 17 3

8 10 17 3

7 10 16 3

6 10 16 3

7 9 16 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Morphing Gauntlet Gun: At the beginning of your turn, pick Penetrating Shot, Energy Blast, Pulse Wave, or Precision Strike. Noh-Varr has that until you select again.

UPDATED: 9/20/18 as per Dasaul29's notes! Big thanks!

So here's another cheat. I REALLY like cw027 Genis-Vell, so I thought I'd update the dial to make it consistent.



#057 Photon

Real Name: Genis-Vell

Team: Power Cosmic

Range: 8

Points: 200

Keywords: Cosmic, Eternal, Kree, Thunderbolts


11 10 18 4

11 10 17 4

11 10 18 4

11 10 17 3

10 10 17 4

10 10 16 3

9 10 16 3

9 9 16 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Overwhelming Realities: Genis-Vell can use Perplex. When he does, roll a d6 and modify the following value based on the result:
1. Speed 2. Attack
3. Defense 4. Damage
5. Range 6. All

Cosmic Absorption: Steal Energy, can also be used at Ranged. Can not heal past starting line.

Man this takes me down memory lane with the nor-varr we got from WOS. I love those dark avenger pieces and how great they were at the time. That bulleye made folks cry . However, Nor-Varr was a force to be reckoned with. This would be an awesome update!

Only change I would make is to shorten his 125 dial to 2 clicks and increase some of those stats like attack and defense. I consider what he has now slightly below average in this day and age (cant believe im having to say that lol).

Many thanks for the feedback! Definitely seems like those old Dark Avengers pieces were crazy fun.

Hmmm... checking out modern 125 point pieces, 7-8 clicks are about average. How would you feel about just bumping up the front-dial stats? Seems like that would be consistent with modern design!

EDIT: Updated front end of Noh-Varr's stats to better justify his point value!

#058 Speed Demon

Real Name: James Sanders

Team: Sinister Syndicate

Range: 0 

Points: 75/50

Keywords: Speedster, Heroes for Hire, Scientist, Sinister Syndicate, Squadron Sinister, Thunderbolts


14 10 18 3

13 10 17 2

| | | |

12 10 17 2

11 10 17 2

10 10 16 2

9 10 16 2

8 10 16 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Cyclonic Updraft: When Speed Demon makes close combat attacks, he makes attacks until he misses. He does not reduce his damage. Each hit, -1 Attack until the end of your turn.

Heeeeeey! Welcome back, old-school Hypersonic Speed! Sorta. I dig it! Nice way to bridge the old with the new!

Yeah thats perfect imo, thanks!

Big thanks, No-Name! It's funny, if we still had HS option 2, this guy probably wouldn't have needed a special ability!

Awesome! Glad you dig the changes! Thanks again for the feedback!

I really dug how Warren Ellis wrote this guy.



#059 Venom

Real Name: Mac Gargan

Team: Sinister Syndicate

Range: 0

Points: 75/50

Keywords: Monster, Cosmic, Sinister Syndicate, Thunderbolts, Dark Avengers


7 7 15 2

7 8 15 2

6 8 15 2

5 9 15 3

5 9 16 3

| | | |

5 10 16 3

5 11 17 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

50 point dial: Clicks 1-5
75 point dial: Clicks 1-7
Maddening Hunger: Each time Venom takes or deals damage from an attack, +1 to Combat Stats (Max 3). When he has 2, you may give him for the rest of the game. When he has 3, give him Giant Reach: 3 for the rest of the game.

 Stolen Symbiote: Leap/Climb & Plasticity.

We Hunger: Quake & Steal Energy. Venom may not heal past his starting line.

Sooooo this guy looks like he needs a gofundme for a taco!

Why the dismissal stats? I could maybe see the mechanic with stop clicks. Im assuming I missed something. Lol

I think he's pretty balanced. He'll be crazy if you don't kill him in 2 hits.

I do think he'd be much more dangerous and accurate with some plasticity though.