Marvel Super Heroes

[Anthony]

where can i find a source that lists every comic hero and their powers?

[moriarty]

Try Wikipedia. Or bump the question in the thread where all the comic geeks were distraught about Spider Man revealing his identity.

[moriarty]

I get the feeling I missed a parody thread somewhere, but at the risk of sounding stupid, try this link: hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_characters

[wade moore]

Maybe this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Handbook_of_the_Marvel_Universe ???

[wade moore]

Didn't see moriarty's, his is probably better...

[Anthony]

thank you.

i had these marvel trading cards as a teen that listed specifically the abilities of each hero. spider man's card said he could lift a ton; hulk's said he could lift 100 tons (or something like that). i wish i had those cards still, i was talking to my friends about who would win in fight between spiderman and superman (obviously superman would win) and i listed spiderman only being able to lift a ton and they questioned that claim.

[Anthony]

lol, one of my friends made fun of me cuz of my favorite super hero - Longshot. his power is luck and he only has 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand. this is the image that my friend send me with the following caption:




http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/site/supersite/resources/images/fingers.jpg
"Evil doers beware. Don't make me palm you to death".

[moriarty]

I'd just like to add that the General Lee would totally blow away the Knight Rider Kitt 2000.

[MikeVic]

Marvel.com has information about every super hero/villain, as well as information about different events throughout the years.

[Franklinnoble]

There used to be a Marvel Super Heroes RPG that would have catalogued all this sort of information.

[Franklinnoble]

Dola... and Longshot kicked ass. My second-favorite X-Man of all time (after Colossus).

[Anthony]

Dola... and Longshot kicked ass. My second-favorite X-Man of all time (after Colossus).

there's some hope for you after all.

[Shkspr]

There used to be a Marvel Super Heroes RPG that would have catalogued all this sort of information.

Like the one here? (http://www.classicmarvel.com/)

[Fidatelo]

Like the one here? (http://www.classicmarvel.com/)

That site just made my week!

[Franklinnoble]

Like the one here? (http://www.classicmarvel.com/)

You are my hero.

That site rules. I am regressing to my childhood looking at all the old books they have there to download.

Oh, and it looks like HA can compare Spider-Man and Superman there, because it appears they have a database containing attributes for both DC and Marvel.

[Franklinnoble]

Seriously... I smell a dynasty here. Or maybe a PBEM game...

[wade moore]

Seriously... I smell a dynasty here. Or maybe a PBEM game...

I've come VERY close to seeing if anyone played the "TMNT" RPG and if they'd be interested in a PBEM for it...

[condors]

i played tmnt game and the marvel game have the basic and advanced sets

"tmnt" game was pretty cool back in the day

[wade moore]

i played tmnt game and the marvel game have the basic and advanced sets

"tmnt" game was pretty cool back in the day

When Palladium was discontinueing TMNT, they put all of the books 1/2 off.. So I bought them all... then when my mom was going through the house I grew up in in the last few months because she's selling it, I ran across the books...

[Fidatelo]

I played TMNT, still have a half dozen books. That was my introduction to all things roleplaying, it was a great game.

It's big brother, Heroes Unlimited, still stands as my favorite RPG.

[Celeval]

The old Marvel game was what I got my hands on when my parents thought D&D was evil.

[wade moore]

I played TMNT, still have a half dozen books. That was my introduction to all things roleplaying, it was a great game.

It's big brother, Heroes Unlimited, still stands as my favorite RPG.

Yeah, I have the Heroes and Villians Unlimited books too... My start was via AD&D, but I just got really hooked on TMNT for some reason..

If someone wanted to do a Heroes and/or TMNT PBEM, I'd totally be up for it.. although I'm not sure when I could get up to pickup my books...

[hoopsguy]

I spent a ton of time with the Marvel game, and a little bit with Villains and Vigilantes as well, back in the day.

[Groundhog]

Like the one here? (http://www.classicmarvel.com/)

Gee, thanks. There goes any hope I had of being productive at work tomorrow... :)

[oykib]

thank you.

i had these marvel trading cards as a teen that listed specifically the abilities of each hero. spider man's card said he could lift a ton; hulk's said he could lift 100 tons (or something like that). i wish i had those cards still, i was talking to my friends about who would win in fight between spiderman and superman (obviously superman would win) and i listed spiderman only being able to lift a ton and they questioned that claim.

You are giving Spidey short shrift-- He can lift ten tons. But Superman would still paste spidey before he could blink. Hell, he could incinerate spidey from orbit if he wanted.

[Anthony]

You are giving Spidey short shrift-- He can lift ten tons. But Superman would still paste spidey before he could blink. Hell, he could incinerate spidey from orbit if he wanted.

where'd you get that info from (re: 10 tons)?

[Franklinnoble]

You are giving Spidey short shrift-- He can lift ten tons. But Superman would still paste spidey before he could blink. Hell, he could incinerate spidey from orbit if he wanted.

I dunno... I think his spider-sense would allow him to dodge a blast from orbit. Up close might be a different story. But unless Spider-Man has some sort of kryptonite-reinforced webbing at his disposal, he doesn't have a prayer against Superman in direct combat.

[Anthony]

i confirmed, spiderman can in fact lift 10 tons.

[hoopsguy]

There was one Spider Man comic where he defeated Firelord (think I'm remembering the name correctly), who was a herald of Galactus and basically as powerful as Silver Surfer. I think that was the last issue of Spider Man I ever read - I thought it was so ridiculous that Spider Man could defeat this opponent that I was done respecting the authors of that book.

[spleen1015]

There was one Spider Man comic where he defeated Firelord (think I'm remembering the name correctly), who was a herald of Galactus and basically as powerful as Silver Surfer. I think that was the last issue of Spider Man I ever read - I thought it was so ridiculous that Spider Man could defeat this opponent that I was done respecting the authors of that book.

Was that before or after Peter Parker turned out to be a clone?

[sachmo71]

I think i still have my Mavel Superheroes game.

[hoopsguy]

I think it was before that. This was probably 15-18 years ago at this point.

But yes, I read that ridiculous moment in a thread on this site a little while back and I don't think I would have taken that news terribly well either. Once you are deeply invested in a series (Uncanny X-Men from about 170-270ish for me), I think you are willing to let the writers abuse you quite a bit - it usually takes repeated idiocy to drive a fan away. But for a comic that I picked up from time to time on a whim like Spider Man, I didn't need too much incentive to stop reading.

[cubboyroy1826]

Here are some links for you:

A lot of the Marvel heroes stats:
http://www.classicmarvel.com/cast_list/heroes.htm

Some of the original Marvel Super Heroes roleplaying game and accessories:
http://www.heroplay.com/features/rules/marvel.php

Addtl accessories:
http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=261

[oykib]

There was one Spider Man comic where he defeated Firelord (think I'm remembering the name correctly), who was a herald of Galactus and basically as powerful as Silver Surfer. I think that was the last issue of Spider Man I ever read - I thought it was so ridiculous that Spider Man could defeat this opponent that I was done respecting the authors of that book.

I had that comic. The one where Firelord is terrifying the pizza shop...

Firelord was dependant on his staff to channel his powers. Spidey figured that out and basically played keepaway for ten pages.

[hoopsguy]

http://www.classicmarvel.com/cast/firelord.htm

I don't think I ever ran across another instance where Firelord depended on his staff. It certainly is not listed in the character bio above. And Firelord did appear in the Silver Surfer comic, Thor, and Fantastic Four just to name a few others that I knew about ...

[hoopsguy]

And there are links to this comic out there (this blockbuster runs over two months!):
http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_amazing/269.html
http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_amazing/270.html

[Bee]

i confirmed, spiderman can in fact lift 10 tons.

Anyone else reading this get the image of the "placement" tests from the movie Sky High? :D

[Franklinnoble]

Anyone else reading this get the image of the "placement" tests from the movie Sky High? :D

:D

And I thought I was the only one who liked that movie...