Create a Supervillain team!

[sandwraith]

Next to Reed Richards of course.

 

[Silicon Surfer]

Reed may be a rival but in the early days it was Johnny that kept trying to have a fish fry and came close on a couple of occasions.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Taskmaster and Bullseye aren't exactly Stealthy. Spymaster would be a better choice.

Taskmaster is stealthy as hell.

 

[sandwraith]

Not when it comes to supposed crippled Superheroes like Moon Knight it seems. Nice Optimal Optimus avvy Corp.

 

[sandwraith]

I like everyone's Reverse Illuminati but you haven't done the TRUE reverse.

Maximus
Magneto
Dr. Doom
Mandarin
Attuma
Dormammu

My Reverse Illuminati or as I call them: The 'Grigori' (Fallen...I think) would be:

Dr. Doom (2nd or 3rd smartest intellect on the planet + 2nd to Sorcerer Supreme+Iron Man level armor)
Magneto (Powerful Mutant, counters Professor Xavier)
Mole Man (Namor's opposite. Namor controls the Ocean, Mole Man rules the Subterranean)
Kro the Deviant (Rivals Black Bolt)
The Kingpin (...I dunno)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Not when it comes to supposed crippled Superheroes like Moon Knight it seems. Nice Optimal Optimus avvy Corp.

Thanks. I haven't read Moon Knight, but Taskie was pretty impressive at covert ops in his UDON mini-series.

 

[sandwraith]

He was ridiculous in 'The Bottom'. It was like he was paid to look stupid despite Finch's ultra cool pencils.

 

[PhotoJones]

Looking stupid? Finch's pencils? Sounds about right.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Charlie Huston don't know Taskmaster, then.

 

[PhotoJones]

From what little I know about his run, Huston doesn't know a lot of things. Pacing would be one of them.

 

[The Overlord]

Seems like another offshoot of Anubis' "How Would You Do It" thread in a way, but I'll bite.

The Masters of Crime: An offshoot of the Masters of Evil, only I switched the last bit for two reasons. One, personally, no one really thinks of themselves as Evil so the villains who name themselves this really have to be sadistical MF's. The second reason is that this team is about more than doing nasty things. They are out for money, gotten illegally. Most times this can mean hiests, or being hired, or whatnot. But their main goal is money, not global conquest or revenge. Of course, that is in theory; they do have tempers. The aim here is to assemble something like Flash's original "rogues"

Leader: The Shocker: I always seen Herman Schultz as perhaps someone who was a notch below The Fixer, a genius who could cobble together fantastic devices even without the best materials; I mean he made his first "vibro-shock" units from prison scrabs he ferreted away and has usually tried to improve his costume & gauntlets every time. He's actually been one of Spider-Man's fiestier enemies; in his first 6 or so brawls against Spider-Man, he acquired a 50% success rate, and quite often Spidey has needed to be saved from him. He has gotten defeated plenty of times, though, especially by other superheroes. He also has worked in various Sinister Six/Seven/Twelve teams as well as two incarnations of the Masters of Evil so he should know what works and what doesn't. He's had successful hiests, too. He finally decides to stop taking orders and start giving them, trying to assemble like-minded allies, mostly those he has worked with before. However, he does have his own personal demons, such as wanting to amp his reputation.

Members:

Puff Adder: Gordon Fraley (also goes by "Gordo" or "Willard") was a member of the Serpant Society and the Masters of Evil. His skin color has changed a few times from Caucasian to Black due to errors (as well as his hair from red to black), but we actually learn he does this deliberately, via make-up/wigs/dye, to confuse his identity to others (as his serpant costume doesn't really cover his face well at certain angles). He originally had the mutant power to increase his size from 6' 2'' to 10' as well as his mass, where he presumably got extra strength & durability, but after M-Day he lost these powers. Via technology, his costume (or jaws) can emit a gass (or "puff") that is acidic and can melt metals. He also is a skilled pilot. Shocker comes across Fraley who is obviously going through confidence issues having lost his ability to increase his size; once realizing he can regain these abilities with some MGH, Puff Adder agrees to work for the team as a pilot, brawler, and lock-picker (with his acidic breath). The question is whether the MGH merely acts as a crutch that can be exploited.

Black Racer: Ariana is someone Puff Adder knows, who also undergoes disguises to conceal her identity (also due to coloring errors, but her costume always included a green wig). She can run at unrevealed superhuman speed and is apparently durabile enough to clothesline people at such speeds without harm to herself. Shocker lets her in to fill the "speedster" void left by Speed-Demon, who he no longer trusts. Eventually she changes her name to Shadow Racer because the "African American characters with Black in their names is horribly outdated" idea holds true.

Boomerang: Shocker has worked with Fred Myers a few times before and Fred usually knows how Shocker feels in terms of reputation and overcoming the stigma of beatings, or being teased by the underworld for said beatings, or for having a skill and gimmick that is quite good, but compared to others (like Bullseye or Taskmaster), it doesn't compare. They usually try to prep up one another when the other is down. In the supervillain world, someone you've worked with on a few teams and haven't tried to kill in a while for some petty reason, is the closest you get to being pals. His "assassin for hire" business hasn't gotten many hires with his low success rate, so he sticks with Shocker for, what else, cash & rep. His angle is long range offense from a variety of angles and types.

Scorpia: Recommended by Boomerang after one syndicate stint for "her tail" (which could mean a few things), Elaine Colls is busted out of jail and given new equipment by the gang and decides to stick around for a bit. In many ways she is a female version of the original Scorpian; her costume enhances her strength & speed by 500%, a tail that acts as a dangerous third limb for crushing, slicing, and blasting, durability, and even a micro-forcefield. She also has some mafia contacts via her former employer, Silvermane. Unfortunately, like Gargan, she is a diagnosed mental patient who sometimes can be unstable. But it also can give her inhuman focus.

Powderkeg: The mysterious one of the bunch, Shocker's teamed up with him and knows with his super strength, durability, and explosive sweat, he makes for a good brawler in a pinch. A longtime merc, he knows what it is to be professional.

Hydro-Man: Morris Bench can become and control water & moisture; unfortunately he usually lacks the brains or cunning to apply this to be a true force to be reckoned with. Fortunately he has worked with Shocker & Boomerang before and they help him build his confidence enough to experiment with his powers. The Wizard has helped aid him in mastering them but Morris feels the Wizard is too condesending or limited by his rivalry with Mr. Fantastic, which led to his latest humilating defeat. The underworld doesn't forget enemies who can be defeated by cement, sand, or freezers in terms of rep. With some like minded allies, he gets more focus and control, but will his confidence eventually lead him to believe he is better than the team? His ability to even drain moisture from others can be a useful talent even against the mightiest of superheroes.

Gargatua: The "main tank" of the team and someone Shocker has worked with; Edward Cobert was one of many, many government attempts to create superhumans which went wrong. In Cobert's case, growing to 25' tall with at least 75 ton strength & durability with a diminished intellect, making him a berserk killer (at least 50 people died in his initial rampage before SHIELD captured him). The team manages to track him down and they get him on some MGH that is endowed with "shrinking" properties that allow him to shrink to a lessor size (7' 7''') so he can reasonably fit into normal surroundings (before, he was stuck at 25' tall). While in this size some of his intellect returns (he used to be a scientist), but it is mostly at the level of a child beyond some "idiot savant" moments of brilliance. However, his adrenaline ******s the MGH keeping him smaller & weaker, so the madder he gets, the bigger and tougher he gets. Able to occupy teams of heroes with his berserk fury, Garg is the wildcard. The stupid lunk is often an attraction of the ladies for his "size", which riles some of the other fellas. He is much like an overgrown child, though, and sees the team as a sort of family.

The team assembles, scopes out hits, trains, and then commits them. They split the money evenly amongst themselves and part of the training is "road-tripping", going to states between NY and CA where superheroes are still rare as the 50 State Intitiative is being set up. I picked a range of decently known C-Listers and some more relatively unknown or lower level criminals for some range and development.

That's a pretty cool team right there, I like your use of C-listers.

 

[Dread]

Taskmaster is stealthy as hell.

Not when it comes to supposed crippled Superheroes like Moon Knight it seems. Nice Optimal Optimus avvy Corp.

Thanks. I haven't read Moon Knight, but Taskie was pretty impressive at covert ops in his UDON mini-series.

He was ridiculous in 'The Bottom'. It was like he was paid to look stupid despite Finch's ultra cool pencils.

Looking stupid? Finch's pencils? Sounds about right.

Charlie Huston don't know Taskmaster, then.

From what little I know about his run, Huston doesn't know a lot of things. Pacing would be one of them.

I like MOON KNIGHT but I will easily agree that Huston's pacing is a major problem, especially with the parade of slow artists that book has. The first arc, which was better than the second, literally had 2 issues with Marc in one room. Huston hasn't adjusted well from novel to comic; in a novel, spending 40 pages of exposition to build something is nothing, but in a comic that is at least two issues. His second arc was worse and he literally used The Initiative/CW to inflate his story far longer than it had to be. It could have been done in 4 issues at most without many of the random guest shots. And I hated how wimpy he wrote Taskmaster. But he isn't alone; didn't Deadpool, who has been portrayed at best as an idiot savant fighter for years, get to beat Taskmaster? Any rep that foe had is long gone, and I really don't know how he will get it back at this rate. Bendis has mentioned Taskie once or twice in passing in interviews about his Avengers work and I utterly dread that, especially since he'd just have Echo or Jessica Drew beat him anyway. He arguably predated Deathstroke yet has never been anywhere near as dangerous for ages. That needs to change. Taskmaster is a mountain of wasted potential.

I think part of it is his sheer professionalism; he only works for the money and doesn't stick around for losing battles because of personal grudges or evil desires for conquest. Writers may have a hard time getting a handle on that, especially when you have far nastier hit-men like Bullseye out there.

That's a pretty cool team right there, I like your use of C-listers.

Thanks. I usually find them to be a treasure trove of potential. They're established so you don't have to risk inventing new ones, but usually have been kept bare that you can add elements without inciting riots, so long as they make sense.

 

[KangConquers]

A legion of the unliving to fight the Mighty Avengers:


The Master of World (Killed by Ms. Marvel; she felt guilty about it for a long time.)
Iron Monger (a business rival of Stark's who committed suicide.)
Red Guardian (Black Widow's ex-husband, killed in an early avengers issue.)
The Original Vision (Wonderman's "brainwave brother")

Still working on picks for who should come back to fight against The Sentry, Wasp, and Ares.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Considering the ENDLESS amount of Superhero teams in Marvel right now, I'd say the bad guys NEED to get their act together. Construct a team that you feel can combat the likes of the Mighty and New Avengers, the X-Men and so on. There HAS to be restrictions though:

"Ban" list:
- Beyonder
- Kang/Immortus/Scarlet Centurion/Rama Tut
- Annihilus
- Galactus
- Dr. Doom (debatable)
- Mephisto
- "Clones" of heroes
- Alternate versions of villains on the same team as their current versions
- Master Menace
- "Reformed" villains...AKA the Thuderbolts!

Okay here's my team:

Termination Inc.:

With the 50 States Initiative in full swing, crimelords are having a tough time trying to operate under the constant vigil of Superheroes. Financed by a mysterious benefactor, the Arranger, former underling to the Kingpin is tasked with assembling a group of crack Supervillains to safeguard his/her interests. Accompanied by the reprogrammed Zero android, Arranger scouts and approaches promising candidates for this new "company" known as Termination Inc.

Crossbones (leader, "Supercommando")- The 'Skorzenky' of the 21th Century, Brock Rumslow has the perhaps one of the greatest credentials of any Merc: He killed Captain America. Broken out of SHIELD thanks to Arranger and the powerful teleportation abilities of Zero, Crossbones is offered a chance to finally be the one to call the shots and lead Termination Inc. Every bit as good as Captain America (with the Super Soldier formula), a weapons expert and passable tactician, Crossbones strongarms his fellow 'associates' into doing things his way while constantly being aware of each and every ability of his team.

Shriek (Sonic powers)- Rotting in a padded cell in Ravencroft,a heavily medicated Shriek subconsciously twisted the emotions of her fellow inmates, causing them o behave more violently then ever, some to the point of self-mutilation and suicide. Faking a transfer, Arranger had Shriek freed from the asylum however the once vicious Supervillainess had become reclusive and drained. Crossbones however detected the instinct to survive by tossing the broken Shriek into a dark New York alley where she was attacked by a number of would-be rapists. To Crossbones' delight, she responded violently, defending herself with her full array of powers, killing them instantly.

Crimson Dynamo (Advanced combat armor)
Living Laser (Intangibilty, Energy blast)
Lady Octopus (Metal tentacles, team scientist)
Zero (android. Mass teleportation)
Wrecker (Super strength)
The Destroyer (Odin-construct powerhouse)

If Dr. Doom is banned then Thanos should be as well.

 

[KangConquers]

Why is Kang Banned :-(

 

[KangConquers]

Not a bad line up can't go wrong with Shocker, I really think he needs a mini-series.

The Shocker is such a funny character. He's one of the least corny villains (in terms of personality) with one of the corniest costumes (oven mitt?)

 

[deemar325]

Here's an idea I've posted before, but it's a good way to start things off:

The Lowlifes:

Adrian Toombs (The Vulture)

Herman Schultz (The Shocker)

Peter Petruski (The Trapster)

Jonathan Ohn (The Spot)

Aleksie Sytsevich (The Rhino)

They're basically supposed to be the Marvel equivalent of The Rogues. A gang of thieves who use high tech weapons and, in the case of two of them, super powers to pull of robberies, but stay out of the Bond villain-y take over the world plots and are above the actions of cold blooded psychos like Osborn or Purple Man. Adrian's the leader, Herman's the tech specialist, Petruski's demolitions and other chemical stuff, Ohn is their transport, and Aleksie is the muscle in case a heist goes sower.

Another idea I had was for a group of villains, consisting of Norman Osborn, Doctor Octopus, Typhoid Mary, and Electro, who enact some big master plan to take over the world. Not sure of the plot, but it involved political manipulation and the such.

I dig it

 

[deemar325]

New Maggia

Premise:

Count Nefaria has been out of the loop lately in the Marvel U, so this is his comeback! Basically the Count tries to make his big return in New York, but things have changed and he quickly gets his butt trounced by the Mighty Avengers and the Initiative and to top it all off he's hit with S.P.I.N. tech and is depowered!

Luckly for him he was able to escape emprisonment in '42' now Nefaria has to rely on his wits and supreme criminal mind. He decides to start rebuilding his maggia from the ground up, that means enlisting new blood. He sets his sights on young thugs with and without superpowers, those who don't possess powers he pumps full of specially designed MGH and controls them by their addictions.

New Maggia Family:

Count Nefaria - The Count is without his powerhouse abilities and some think this would make him a has been, but in reality its made him more formidable since he now has to rely his cunning which he's neglected for so long.

Paulie Provenza - This former mutant and replacement X-man, has fully engulfed himself in a life of crime sine M-Day. He's jacked on MGH and now has both nigh-invurnerability and superstrength. Paulie is the Michael to Nefaria's Tony Soprano.

Jersey Devil - This brick city lowlife has toxic breath and a penchant for wearing a dimestore version of DareDevil's costume as a sick joke.

RazorFist - Martial artist with blades for hands! Spiked on MGH he now has the ability to grow extra arms.

The Russian II - Nefaria was owed a favor from associates in the Russian mafia this is what he got, a 6'11" 450lbs cybernetic dumbass!

Dump - This scumbag was one of the survivors of the attack on the Twin Towers, when the buildings fell Dump was on the 47th floor bathroom taking a crap lucky bastard discovered he was a mutant imagine that, one of the '198' he has the ability to reincarnate himself from his own fecal matter he rode the sewer line all the way to safety!

Nah'Mean?! - Has the ability to scramble the mind of anyone he talks to for more than 30 seconds.

 

[KangConquers]

New Maggia

Premise:

Count Nefaria has been out of the loop lately in the Marvel U, so this is his comeback! Basically the Count tries to make his big return in New York, but things have changed and he quickly gets his butt trounced by the Mighty Avengers and the Initiative and to top it all off he's hit with S.P.I.N. tech and is depowered!

Luckly for him he was able to escape emprisonment in '42' now Nefaria has to rely on his wits and supreme criminal mind. He decides to start rebuilding his maggia from the ground up, that means enlisting new blood. He sets his sights on young thugs with and without superpowers, those who don't possess powers he pumps full of specially designed MGH and controls them by their addictions.

New Maggia Family:

Count Nefaria - The Count is without his powerhouse abilities and some think this would make him a has been, but in reality its made him more formidable since he now has to rely his cunning which he's neglected for so long.

Paulie Provenza - This former mutant and replacement X-man, has fully engulfed himself in a life of crime sine M-Day. He's jacked on MGH and now has both nigh-invurnerability and superstrength. Paulie is the Michael to Nefaria's Tony Soprano.

Jersey Devil - This brick city lowlife has toxic breath and a penchant for wearing a wearing a dimestore version of DareDevil's costume as a sick joke.

RazorFist - Martial artist with blades for hands! Spiked on MGH he now has the ability to grow extra arms.

The Russian II - Nefaria was owed a favor from associates in the Russian mafia this is what he got, a 6'11" 450lbs cybernetic dumbass!

Dump - This scumbag was one of the survivors of the attack on the Twin Towers, when the buildings fell Dump was on the 47th floor bathroom taking a crap lucky bastard discovered he was a mutant imagine that, one of the '198' he has the ability to reincarnate himself from his own fecal matter he rode the sewer line all the way to safety!

Nah'Mean?! - Has the ability to scramble the mind of anyone he talks to for more than 30 seconds.

It's about time for a Nefaria comeback. I'm also glad he's no longer an Ionic vampire; kind of underplayed his persona as a grade-A evil schemer.

 

[deemar325]

Thanks, what do ya think of the other members of the Maggia?

 

[KangConquers]

Thanks, what do ya think of the other members of the Maggia?

I like the ones I'm familiar with. I'll have to do some shuffling through handbooks for a few.

What did you think of my idea for a Legion of the Unliving based on characters from the Mighty Avengers past?

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Do the guys have to be villains? I mean what if they're sort of in between

 

[KangConquers]

Do the guys have to be villains? I mean what if they're sort of in between

Post, and then we'll decide whether to flame you or not.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Well

A) Why isn't Thanos banned if Doom is up for debate.

B) The Champion

 

[deemar325]

A legion of the unliving to fight the Mighty Avengers:


The Master of World (Killed by Ms. Marvel; she felt guilty about it for a long time.)
Iron Monger (a business rival of Stark's who committed suicide.)
Red Guardian (Black Widow's ex-husband, killed in an early avengers issue.)
The Original Vision (Wonderman's "brainwave brother")

Still working on picks for who should come back to fight against The Sentry, Wasp, and Ares.

Being honest not really digging it.