I've finished my second draft of Victory! Twenty costumed adventurers battling to decide the fate of the moon! Action! Humor! Romance! This book is going to have it all. To whet your appetite, here's a list of the major players:
Lawful Legion Roll Call
Golden Victory – Super strength, super speed,
invulnerability, enhanced senses. Real identity Simon Palmer, small town
newspaper editor. Fights evil to follow the golden rule.
Retaliator – Martial arts expert and master detective. Real
identity Eric Gray, attorney. Fights crime to solve the mystery of his father’s
death.
Anyman – Can use his teleporter to transform into any member
of the Lawful Legion. Real identity, Harper Li, inventor. Became a superhero to
impress a waitress.
Doppelganger/Echo – Can create explosive clones by cutting
off an arm. Real identity Valentine Summer, lottery winner. Joined the Legion
to avenge her own death.
Big Ape – Half man, half ape, super strength and toughness.
Real identity Harry Moreau, unemployed. Became a superhero because of limited
job opportunities for man/ape hybrids.
Screaming Jenny – Can set things on fire by cussing at them.
Real identity Jenny Sanchez, hacker. Fights crime because she was brainwashed
to do so.
Nimble – Rubberized body, nearly indestructible. Real
identity Niko North. Fights to avenge the death of her parents.
Atomahawk – Living atomic reactor wearing high tech armor.
Real identity John Niache. Fights out of patriotic duty.
Blue Bee II – Enhanced strength, endurance, senses. Can communicate
with bees. Real identity Honey Dunn, attorney. Started fighting crime after the
first Blue Bee saved her life.
Smash Lass – Super strength, invulnerability. Real identity
Mica Dyson, heiress. Joined the Legion to be a good role model for others.
Prodigy – Possesses the ability to learn any skill after
seeing it done once, genius. Real identity Janice Vaughn, graduate student.
Joined the legion because she felt it was the most logical use of her peerless
intellect.
Arc – A living dynamo, lightning boots, enhanced vision.
Real identity Roy Richmond, electrical engineer. Helped found the legion as a
way to do the most good for the most people.
Lt. Laser – A being of coherent light. Real Identity Seymour
Kemp, retired astronaut. Uses his powers in service to his country.
The Bad Guys
The Spectacular Spelunker – Stalactite gun, mole-dozer,
cavemen. Real identity Ringo Phelps. Steals stuff because he likes stuff.
Chem Queen – Total control over body chemistry, ability to
create exotic chemical compounds from elements at hand. Real identity Cherry
Bloom. Eco-terrorist because she hates the corporations that poisoned her.
Heinrich Sterngeist – A former Nazi rocket man who stole a
flying saucer he was studying at area 51 and built an alien empire. Seeks to
cement galactic alliance by leading a united alien plan to take over the earth.
The Prime Mover – Tech genius, mob boss, master warlock.
Real identity unknown. Doomsday afficianado.
The Four Horsemen of the Prime Mover:
War – A fallen angel possessing an alien mercenary outfitted
with neutron star armor.
Pestilence – A cloud of virulent airborne diseases enclosed
in a humanoid force field.
Famine – The ghost of an Irish peasant. His touch brings
instant starvation.
Death – A demon possessing a futuristic android composed of
self-replicating nanites. Can kill anyone instantly by saying their name.
Coming soon!
