Round 1 Votes:

spider_ham - Spawn
In a time (and a company) full of surly fist-merchants and swollen pouch mannequins, Spawn managed to have some actual depth and interest as a character. For me (please don't be offended, everyone else), this dial pretty much does to the contest what the character did to Image Comics. He's sharp, interesting, and different enough from how everyone else works that he catches your eye. Bleeding off necroplasm to power him up as well as when he falls short means he'll seldom play quite the same way twice, and that slim-but-possible full-dial regeneration is gut-wrenching for both you and your opponent. I now want to stop voting and go read issues of Spawn.

TheClixCave - Storm Shadow
Half of the best part of G. I. Joe. His dial is that of a classical Martial Artist, but I really like the elements based on shared keywords, both on friendly and opposing characters. Especially in a post-Theme Team Probability Control environment, it's nice to see keyword-based synergies and bonuses that last beyond map roll.

No-Name - Jafar
The debuff to the Mystical keyword can be very useful depending on the opponent's team, so long as you stay away from it yourself. His Special Movement also reminds me of the Rise and Fall Exodus, with Mind Control plus damage on top, but in most cases I'd prefer Jafar's 1 unavoidable damage to up to two folks over one character getting slapped with 4 after executing his buddy.

Honorable Mention: brennan4 - Viper
She's not terribly aggressive herself, but her bystanders are so strong that, with no point value of their own, they should probably make her cost a little more. But I think you've captured most of the diverse fronts of the character in one dial, which is impressive.

Unique Red Claw
Real Name: (Unknown)
Team: Underworld
Range: 6
Points: 75
Keywords: Martial Artist, Soldier

6 10 16 3

7 11 17 2

8 12 18 1

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Hold the city for ransom: Outwit and Perplex. She can use them regardless of range and line of fire, but only if you have earned less than 150 victory points this game.

I have spent years building my criminal empire!: Leadership, Empower, Enhancement, Telekinesis.

Go ahead! Call my bluff!: STOP. Shape Change, Willpower.

ROUND 1 VOTES

1. The Question's SOLID SNAKE. That onsite proc ability is well done
2. LostGaladorian's ROCK PYTHON. Give us more Society!
3. 2 Gun Kid's STACY X.

HM: Buckwheat's Sandman might be too strong for the character and the game. FREE lockdown of up to 6 characters is a lot. But I otherwise love it so here it is

So many HM's for me this round! Lol! Thanks, Rurouni, and others.

ROUND ONE VOTES
Hesster56 - Serpentor
spider_ham - Spawn
mmiller42 - SpongeBob

HM: Buckwheat - Sandman

Well I ended up getting a vote. I suppose that means I should make something for round 2.

You can get zilch votes rounds 1 and 2, but still finish first if your last is a crackerjack!

Windfall
Real Name: Wendy Jones
Team: Outsiders, Suicide Squad
Range: 4
Points: 30
Keywords: Masters Of Disaster, Outsiders, Strike Force Kobra, Suicide Squad

6 10 17 2

5 10 17 2

5 9 17 1

5 9 16 1

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Snatch Your Breath: Poison, but all opposing characters within 2 squares are considered adjacent. Windfall's Poison deals penetrating damage to characters with 1+ action tokens.

Taking Position
Get Away!
Places, Everyone
Buoyed On The Air
Wind Wall
Aiding Projectiles
Bending Assaults

Significant Appearance: Batman and the Outsiders #32 (1986)

My thoughts precisely. And I went through the effort of flavor text

The first prompt made me want to go old school. This piece was a lot more memorable than that costume ever was.



#L066 Taskmaster
Real Name: Tony Masters
Team: Minions of Doom
Range: 6
Points: 45
Keywords: Assassin, Martial Artist, Soldier

8 12 16 2

7 11 16 2

6 10 15 1

6 9 15 1

5 8 14 1

5 7 14 1

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My Own Team Player: When building your force Taskmaster has one keyword of your choice this game. Taskmaster can use the team abilities of friendly characters.

Insight
Wanted to blend the old with the new. Wildcard abuse was the first kind of abuse and the best legacy cards capture their original moment and broaden it to modern play. The entire REV set of this guy was so overplayed you’d think he was an honorary member of every line up in comics. My singly restricted trait covers both aspects of this plastic legend with the added bonus of being able to assign keyword specific equipment (comic accurate )

Heads up, the distinction of generic keyword and named keyword no longer exists. It was retired a while back.

So what’s the difference between bold and italic? EDIT: The newest card I saw still separates them alphabetically even if not stylized.

Is THAT why I don't get more comments in my threads? I'm using retired mechanics?

Dang.

Wizkids being Wizkids I suppose. They still misprint cards with references to it (smbaL040 Spider-Man was made after this change), so I'm not surprised people might have missed it.

I'm so old-fashioned that I still call them "generic/non-generic."