drbindy wrote:
remind me - are your toy and custom verses 100% Joe based?
Pretty much.
My *universe* may have mutants, it may have people with extraordinary powers and abilities, it might have secret government agencies that protect us from threats we know nothing about, there might already be visitors from other planets living among us, and there might be secret organizations trying to gain global domination.
But, there is no Superman-yet. Clark Kent is a reporter for the Daily Planet. Peter Parker is a photographer for the Daily Bugle. Hector Ramirez is a reporter. There may be an agency with men in black protecting us from aliens from other planets. There might actually be robots in disguise hiding among us. People may have been born with some unique factor that allows them to do different things that others can't.
Basically I can use anything in fiction/TV/movies/video games as long as I can come up with a reasonable explanation of how it would fit. Medical experiments are ongoing. The Venomization experiments that Dr Mindbender worked on could be one way to explain Metahumans or Mutants.
Right now, no one is outed as a superhero. People exist prior to the events. Bruce Wayne is an orphan, now a billionaire while the Batman is a vigilante running around Gotham at night. Hal Jordan is a test pilot. Wade Wilson is a mercenary. Carol Danvers is in the military. There is a jewel thief/cat burglar prowling around Gotham. Sterling Archer tells everyone he is a secret agent. The Kingsman exist, MIB exists, things exist simply to flesh out the universe.
I'm not suddenly gonna have Superman taking on Cobra, Green Lantern working with Star Brigade, Aquaman helping the US Navy rescue the crew of a sunken submarine.
The JOEs might work with Steve Trevor and Diana Prince on a mission. Sam (Quantum Leap) Beckett might be a Scientist Cobra tried to kidnap. PMCs like Rios and Salem might cross paths with the JOEs. Heck, even one of the kids from the cartoon PSAs could have been an orphan who was adopted by the Robinson family.
Anything works with a proper explanation.
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