Now, what do The X-Men's Charles Xavier, The Doom Patrol's Chief, The New Gods' Metron, and Dick Cheney all have in common??? These guys all use moving apparatuses for exuding a quiet yet stern contemplative strength of will and righteousness... That's what I'm going for with Count Goblin here...
He's the Last Original Supervillain of my story's city and the only recorded foe of the Silver Age Apparition... He's back (along with Bloodshaft!!) to wreak havok* on the city of his most active years... But there's a new Apparition in town...
My characters live in a world that is populated exclusively by a small Silver Age publisher's roster of Superheroes / Supervillains. The idea is that they're pursuing this semi-archaic yet noble profession amid almost no demand, very limited scope, and several equal peers
Apparition is the detective with gear & smarts, Solar Son can fly and has a small optic blast, and Leopard girl is fast and a skilled fighter. It's not like any of them can crater a city block or enter the mind's of others...
The backstory/history and adding the anomalistic Tengu to the cast are making for some really rich stuff. I can't wait to get this story absolutely right and get working on pages. Tonally, I'm pretty torn between something self-aware and modern superhero-ish like say, "X-Statix" or a rhythmic panel ride with very spare dialogue/narration like my favorite comics series ever, "Vagabond"... Hmmmm.....
So now everything is in place. I'm working out drafts, figuring out which ideas go and stay, hoping I have better ideas for everything along the way... Stay Tuned...
*I spell this word the X-Men way because it looks cooler...
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