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"I'm full of tinier men!"

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Also, not a physicist. Do not take advice on consensus reality from Doctor Ditko.

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18 hours ago, DoctorDitko said:

"I'm full of tinier men!"

 

There was a book... dragon-something, dragonhenge? - which described dragon fire as a dragon breathing out tinier dragons which breathed out tinier dragons all the way down...

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What the power set really needs is a cool travel power.  Something that just really screams silver age comic.  Something that shows off how awesome the Silver Age was.  Something that even a god would use.  Something like...

 

...Space Skis

 

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(That's Black Racer btw, invented by Jack Kirby in 1971.  Because of course Kirby is going to decide that the way to travel through space is on a pair of skis, complete with ski polls.)

 

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10 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

What the power set really needs is a cool travel power.  Something that just really screams silver age comic.  Something that shows off how awesome the Silver Age was.  Something that even a god would use.  Something like...

 

...Space Skis

 

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(That's Black Racer btw, invented by Jack Kirby in 1971.  Because of course Kirby is going to decide that the way to travel through space is on a pair of skis, complete with ski polls.)

 

 

Yeah, but think about it. He's the New Gods version of Death.

 

Dude rolls up as you're breathing your last. 

 

"I am here to ferry you to the other side."

 

'On space skis?'

 

"On space skis."

 

'...Let's do this.'

 

(Sounds of whimsy and merriment echo into the ether.)

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I went a tangential deep dive.

I found a ton of non-Silver Age stuff

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/olddude/lists/weird-marvel-characters/37858/

 

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I cannot think of one bizarre silver age comic villain or hero. 

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55 minutes ago, starro said:

I cannot think of one bizarre silver age comic villain or hero. 

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1 hour ago, starro said:

I cannot think of one bizarre silver age comic villain or hero. 

 

How bizarr..oh...I get it. 

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I mean come on!  One thing to have Silver Age weirdness in comic books, which have limited pages and completely forget about the craziness by the next issue.

 

Put that in City and it's here forever!  Our Devs have enough on their plate, what with nerfing Regen and other things under consideration.  Having them take on a Silver Age Weirdness Powerset will just break them!  😺

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16 hours ago, Jacke said:

Our Devs have enough on their plate, what with nerfing Regen and other things under consideration.

Perhaps the tasks can be combined. What would be more Silver Age bizarre than *gasp* a Regen char who is not gimped? [To be continued...]

 

16 hours ago, Jacke said:

comic books, which have limited pages and completely forget about the craziness by the next issue

[...Continued] But of course, the subsequent week's patch reverts Regen back to its previous form. 😉

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On 11/11/2024 at 3:45 AM, gameboy1234 said:

What the power set really needs is a cool travel power.  Something that just really screams silver age comic.  Something that shows off how awesome the Silver Age was.  Something that even a god would use.  Something like...

 

...Space Skis

 

blackracer1.jpg.7b2e2887191c5a5bbb7b36003838d32d.jpg

 

(That's Black Racer btw, invented by Jack Kirby in 1971.  Because of course Kirby is going to decide that the way to travel through space is on a pair of skis, complete with ski polls.)

 

 

Someone looked at Silver Surfer and went hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

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1 hour ago, biostem said:

Maybe not Silver Age, but worth a mention...

 

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It is very Silver Age in its craziness.

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I think the main issue, if we were to take this suggestion to its logical conclusion, is that every power would either be too specific in what it's a reference to, or too vague to really be anything more than a generic "smorgasbord" of quirky powers...

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6 hours ago, biostem said:

Maybe not Silver Age, but worth a mention...

 

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As silly as that was, I always chalked it up to Kryptonian technology, rather than any power he possessed. With his dad the leading scientist of Krypton, I'd expect the rocket came packed with useful Kryptonian science and technology.  Adapting it to be a quick peel-off and toss feature of his chest shield seems reasonable.  The real problem was that it was a one-and-done concept.  I don't believe it even had a Chekov's smoking gun build-up in the story.  A bit more explanation or appearances would have moved it off the shelf of the bizarre. 

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