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FORCE-WORKS

Roster:


Paladin - Team leader (by default) and yes he's getting paid big dollars to run this unit, unfortunately everyone hates his guts.



Solo - Since Civil War Solo has signed the SHRA and is now the team recon man, he spends the most time alone doing recon and for that reason the hardest guy for Paladin to control.

Echo - Forced to sign the SHRA, but chose this assignment. Echo is deep undercover her specialty.

Kasper Cole a.k.a White Tiger II - This isn't exactly the promotion he was hoping for, but it pays the bills and shut his girlfriend and mama up, Kasper work undercover with Echo.

StingRay - Chosen for this assignment for his underwater expertise, Ray works the docks and coastline and offers technical guidance.

Crippler - If you don't remember this dirtbag, look him up online (Wiki) this former member of Silver Sable's Six Pack was loaned out to the team from the T-Bolts. He's the guy who does the dirty work and he enjoys it.

Diamondback - Undercover and intel, aside from Paladin she has the most expeirence in undercover work and espionage.

Battlestar - The muscle plain and simple, but he has much more to offer and is steadly becoming the guy who could compete with Paladin for leadership of the team.


Premise:

The idea came to me when I was watching 'Miami-Vice' and 'Scarface' recently, and I had this notion for a superhero team located in Miami and with the '50 State: Initiative' being a reality in the Marvel U now, I figured at some point the 'Super Hero Registration Act' would bleed into other government agencies. Basically this team is an extension of sorts to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency).

The basic premise is that MGH(Mutant Growth Hormone) is in high demand in America now and is seeping into the Marvel U like Meth is in ours. A lot of the villians of the MU have scattered to the four winds, but a few have went underground and gotten better organized and a key few baddies have gotten into the drug game (Smuggling and distribution.)

Imagine your a regular DEA agent and your used to some sick and depraved scum, but for the most part their average flatscan humans. Now imagine your job requires you to bring to justice a 'drug mule' who can fly, swim like a torpedo under water or has ungodly superstrength. How can a normal force of DEA agents over come such a situation? You fight fire with fire! S.H.I.E.L.D has authorized a special unit of operatives to aid the Miami and greater south eastern American coastal area. This force, this Force-Works!

Key figures,villians and the playing field:

*Gravestone Posse:
Old Spider-man villian 'Tombstone' has made his way to the carribean and has been by mysterious benefactors setup as the leader and primary distributer of MGH in the south/east coastal Americas. He runs the Gravestone Posse with an ironfist, and has accrued a crew of familiar villians.

Barracuda(Punisher baddie and now Tombstone's enforcer, he is severly addicted to MGH which gives him superstrength and amphibious breathing.)

Hypno Hustler(He now goes by the name Hypnotize and runs a Gravestone Posse business front, a nightclub called 'Liquid Ice' he's Tomdstones second in command and lords over the sales of MGH in the Miami area.)

The rest of the Posse consists of Slyde, Gibbon, Shocker and other C&D listers.



*The Ockers:

Another fan favorite the 'Kangaroo' whos had an old beef with Tombstone in the past, has gather a motley crew of nutjobs in a biker gang called the Ockers which is the Australian word equivalent of Redneck, Kangaroo has setup shop in Tampa and frequents Miami to cause trouble for Tombstone and compete for distribution of MGH in the area. Kangaroo is affiliated with Hydra and gets his supply from them.


*The Deepthrows:

This mysterious faction of drug smugglers are Atlantean in origin, but have no direct connection to Namor. I would keep these guys in the background for a while most likely would create new villians in this role.


The Big Reveal!:

One of the main secrets I would play with is who's supplying Tombstone? The reveal would be Count Nefaria who has re-organized the Maggia and is the true threat to FORCE-WORKS and by extention Florida and eventually the rest of the U.S.A.

The team would also have to deal with Namor and Atlantis and all the legal quagmire the is involved when dealing with Atlantean criminals such as the Deepthrows gang.


The other key plot point would be that Count Nefaria's source for the MGH would be Curt Connors the Lizard, Connors has been kidnapped by the Maggia for well over 6 months and has been forced to create MGH from his own DNA and the Owl is working with Hydra to produce MGH which in turn is Kangaroo's source.
 
If you supplanted the Paladin at somepoint, sure. Sorry, reading H4H has turned me off to him. I mean at some point in, show Paladin taking a bribe or at least being TEMPTED to screw his team over. I think I'd rather Solo in charge of this anyway.
 
Shang-chi
Master of Kung-Fu

Premise:
First off my intent is to break Shang-Chi away from the stereotypical 'Humorless, Sexless, Emotionless, Fighting machines with bowl haircuts and confusious sayings Asian comicbook hero.' This to me is more important than any story angle or new direction I'd take him on.

My interpretation of Shang-Chi would be more 'MacGyver' meets 'Bruce Lee' meets 'Wesley Snipes' with a dash of 'James Bond'. Shang would loosen up a bit, he'd be more talkative and suave, yet still disciplined and a master of the deadly arts.



Personality breakdown for Shang-Chi:
MacGyver = Super adaptability, I guess Jackie Chan would be a better fit, but I say MacGyver; because well,,,I think he's cooler. Shang is the type of guy who with his experience in espionage can figure a way out of any situation and do it with humor.

Snipes = What Shang takes from Wesley in my interpretation is swagger and a bit of the "Mutha f--ka you shooting at me?!!" Blade, a bit of "These guys don't know who they messing" with vibe..

Bruce = Well it's Shang-Chi's prototype, nuff said.

Bond James Bond = I'm making Shang more flirty and a ladies man, but with a twist he's not totally aware of his 'hotness' to women.



The Look:
Total reinvention! Hear me out, I love the old 70's kung-fu look also, but screw that it's 2007! Shang-Chi is wearing what I call 'Street Armani' meaning he'll usually wear like a nice pair of black slacks or cargo pants with highend leather athletic shoes and a nice button up shirt with a loose tie. I'm visualizing say Justin Long(Mac) in the 'Mac&PC' ads on t.v. a urban business casual look. He'll mostly sport the color black with red mixed in.



The Story:
Long story short, Shang-Chi now owns a nice semi-upscale tea shoppette ala StarBucks in Tribeca, New York. It's a symbol of him cutting his ties to the espionage world and his father's legacy and to firmly plant himself in American culture (Basically he's making a life for himself outside of the chop socky.) he still works with Heroes-For-Hire, but with all the money he's making from the SHRA(Working officially as hero) why not start living like a half-way normal person? He goes on dates and runs his business, but when he's needed he'll be ready for action.

Most of the conflicts in the series would stem from villians and associates from his past trying to mess with the harmony of his new life.



Tone:
I'm thinking the book wouldn't be dark or noir like DareDevil, but more like a t.v. show like CSI + 24 + Alias(ABC) it would kind of like heres this guy who owns a tea shop and he's trying to balance a business and being a superhero. Shang-Chi would be more 'matter-of-fact' when it comes to his hero work and at the end of a hard days work of beating up Batroc Ze'Leaper he heads to his store to relax, but he can't because his store manager needs him to sign off on the payroll checks for the week.

Basically it's a comic about a career hero/entreprenuer and trying to maintain the American Dream and moving on from your past.
 
If you supplanted the Paladin at somepoint, sure. Sorry, reading H4H has turned me off to him. I mean at some point in, show Paladin taking a bribe or at least being TEMPTED to screw his team over. I think I'd rather Solo in charge of this anyway.


Well it works, because for most of these guys it's simply a job. It's not something were their hanging out afterwards.

plus you'll see in my pitch they more or less hate his guts, but a jobs a job right?
 
That's a fair point.

On the Shang-Chi stuff... I LOVE IT.

I like the idea of him moving away from that old "Kung-Fu" stereo type. he isn't a monk, just disciplined. I really love the imagery it conjures. I wouldn't make him flirty, but I do like that you described how he isn't aware of his hotness. more like he's decided to live for himself. not his ancestory, past or whatever it's about being happy for a while.

I like the though of him being on a date and as they're walking along they notice a meta-crime in effect. "I'll... I'll be right back,"
"I thought this was our date!"
"I have to do something!"
"YOu don't even have powers!"

my question to you: Is he still going to be nailing the Tarantula? Shang-Chi and the Tarantula made out like ferrets in the latest H4H, just thinking. OH! She's still got the hots for him, but he's decided she's "A toxic influence".
 
That's a fair point.

On the Shang-Chi stuff... I LOVE IT.

I like the idea of him moving away from that old "Kung-Fu" stereo type. he isn't a monk, just disciplined. I really love the imagery it conjures. I wouldn't make him flirty, but I do like that you described how he isn't aware of his hotness. more like he's decided to live for himself. not his ancestory, past or whatever it's about being happy for a while.

Yeah I see what ya mean with the flirting, I guess what I'm going for is trying to make him more romantic and less rigid.



I like the though of him being on a date and as they're walking along they notice a meta-crime in effect. "I'll... I'll be right back,"
"I thought this was our date!"
"I have to do something!"
"YOu don't even have powers!"

Heh! That's it on the money, it's a job and he can't not do his job even on a date.

my question to you: Is he still going to be nailing the Tarantula? Shang-Chi and the Tarantula made out like ferrets in the latest H4H, just thinking. OH! She's still got the hots for him, but he's decided she's "A toxic influence".

Nope, no more tarantula. I'm not feeling her. I'd rather put him with a normal chick and see how that works out for him.
 
my bad Sloth, I'm just saying Black taurantula doesn't have a prayer mano-o-mano with Elektra.

I'd probaly take a more 'Once upon a time in Mexico' approach with BT, let's see him get back to his latin roots. Maybe head back to Mexico and regroup see how he grew up. Things like that.
I was joking.
But I think his superstrenth and nigh invulnerability gives him the edge against her. Look at how he cleaned Spidermans clock in that dark alley. If he can do that to Spidey, then surely the same could happen to Elektra.
 
I think he could stand a chance against her. But he certainly wouldn't "brutalize" her, and there's no way he's walking out alive if he atacks her in a building full of assassins on her payroll.
He single handedly took out all of the henchman and hydrasoldiers in The Roses mansion. Some were in titanium steel hydrabots that he easily ripped apart and tossed around.
 
The Amazing
SnappleJacks!
Rock&Roll Superheroes!


Premise:

Alright this pitch is purely for sh-tz&giggles, I'm about 2/3rds tanked on Mr.Beam and Mr.Coke so bare with me.

I was thinking why not a team of superheroes who happen to be a rock band? It's not a new concept, I don't think..but anyway here goes...


Indie rock group the SnappleJacks live a wild and crazy life on the road, they've experienced as much weirdness as any superhero from being the first rockband to have a concert in Latveria in over ten years since Dr. Doom banded all as he calls it "Doom! will not suffer such incessant noise! this infernal Rock&Roll so says DOOM!!!" and along the way gained superpowers from various sources...meet the Amazing SnappleJacks!


*Vic McCreager - Lead vocals
Powers: None has a Doom Bot for a personal bodyguard! "How do ya like them Apples!?"
Origin: They rocked Latveria so wicked hard that one of Dr. Doom's Doom Bots became sentient and vowed too never miss another SnappleJacks concert and to protect his favorite member Vic!


*Abe Slovick - Bass guitar
Powers: Super strength and durability.
Origin: None really he's a mutant and it so happens that his mutant powers only works when he's intoxicated or using drugs, which means he's been superstrong and invurnerable since the 7th grade.


*Pokey..."yeah just Pokey don't ask" - Drums
Powers: Werewolf and all the inherent abilities that applies.
Origin: While on a gig in London, Pokey had the misfortune of picking the wrong groupie to invite backstage the nuff said about it the better I say. The upside is their manager hired some Haitian VooDoo dude to work his jumba juice on Pokey so that he can maintain his personality while a werewolf and hey the gang always wanted a dog.


*Irving Rankel - Lead guitar
Powers: Super senses to include X-ray vision!
Origin: During a gig in Wakanda the guys were invited to the king's palace for an audience with the T'challa guy, Irv got his hands on some wicked good weed from the king's secret stash, Irv said something about it being shaped like a heart or whatever and he was pretty sure the king guy wouldn't mind.


*Dickie Brewster - Guitar/vocals
Powers: Can concentrate all his 'chi' into his well his..um..uh..?..he knows wicked Kung-Fu!! aside from that has wicked 'machismo! aura' that chicks totally dig!
Origin: Dickie took a vacation to Asia and had a life altering experience at some buddhist temple city or something Kong' Lung' or something anyway he said he found this sex book kinda like the Karmasutra, but wicked Metal!


Story Ideas:

Basically these guys adventures are them on tour around the Marvel Universe and the chaos and havoc they reap, it's pretty straight forward. To further break down these guys story some more Dickie is pretty much a tantric sex version of Ironfist, Abe is a total junky in the vein of Keith Richards accept drugs actually make him stronger, Pokey poor guy f--ked the wrong chick got bitten and know he turns into a real horndog, Irv is a pothead well they all are, but he really likes the stuff and now he got super senses and X-ray vision from mistaking BlackPanther's sacred 'Heart Shaped Herb' as weed and Vic he's without powers, but hey he's got a Doom Bot so no need to get his hands dirty.

Eventually Vic will gain superpowers in some weird random way connected to the history of the Marvel U, like the rest of the guys, but I haven't figured out how yet so fill free to suggest his accident waiting to happen.


Sidenote:

The guys get a pass from Tony Stark and the SHRA only because they aren't officially superheroes, but a rock group and as such only entertainers and represent no significant threat.


















 
and also embarassing, kinda like Tony gave Howard the Duck a pass because... well hell, who wants to admit they work for you. I actually had an idea for... eh... well it was a new Initiative recruit

Rebel March- God of Rock (His first name is Rebel his last name is March)
He is the god of the music of rebellion. as such his uru crafted guitar has mostly empathic effects, but when he really gets jamming on it, he can use it as a ranged weapon... or just grab by the neck and swing the damn thing. what every works (hey, it's Uru, it won't even get out of tune). He has strength comparable to an Asguardian. his origin is that he's a god from a different Universe-bundle. (Like there is an asguard, hell, limbo, etc for our universe and another Asguard, Hell, Limbo, etc for universe 617).
 
Pretty good Z a Uru guitar heh! Plus I think Marvel should have a actual God of Rock.
 
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Follow three mutant immigrants as they are finally forced to declare themselves. Kurt Wagner, Piotr Rasputin, and Xian Min Coy are forced to choose their nationalities. after spending most of their time away from the countries of their birth they must choose... American, German, Russian, Korean? Nationality means a lot to a person's identity... What does it mean to these mutants?
 

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