Superhero updates Round 2

[dvandom]

Again, take classic characters and revamp them for a superhero (not just action) series!



Randolph Carter can enter the dreamlands, wherein he fights the evils that men do as they sleep. You may be able to escape the justice of the waking lands, but you cannot escape the SANDMAN!

A young boy in Calaveras County is bitten by a radioactive frog and...well, you know the rest.

The Bergson family of Nebraska is exposed to strange cosmic rays, gaining powers beyond mortal ken! They explore space and other realities as The Pioneers 4!


Now, add some more!

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[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

Escaping conviction of murder with the help of her friends, Minnie Foster dons a mask and commits herself to defending abused women who shared her previous hardships. Inspired by the single light of joy in her bleak, married years, Minnie Foster is...BIRD OF PREY!

Raised in a world of priveledge, she was always aware of the lurking dangers around her, hidden in the corners of the world. Using her father's wealth to travel the world and learn from the greatest detectives the world over...Nancy Drew is: Girl Detective!

When the world is held within the grip of terror by hijackings and mass transit bombs, the U.S. Government knows that can only turn to one man: Casey Jones, Agent of T.R.A.I.N. (Tactical Response to Anti-InterNationals).

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

Sent back in time to prevent an apocalypse, a violent time storm landed them off course. Now, stranded in the present with only their knowledge of future science to save them, they've taken on secret identities to fulfill their mission. Super Family Robinson.

[finback.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha.

I'll add in, Erich Zann, acoustics researcher, is cursed by deafness in an accident. But the same accident has given him the ability to produce music from within!

[finback.livejournal.com]

By clashing strange alien energy bands about his wrist together, scientist Henry Jekyll is replaced by the otherworldly titan known as "Mr. Hyde"!

[finback.livejournal.com]

The smartest man alive is on the run; every government wants him for their own. But can Leroy Brown piece together the missing parts of the puzzle that is his life?

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Infected by a rare tropical infection, a biologist is confronted by his new senses - everything the animals can sense, so can he! Pheromones, body language, infra-red and ultraviolet signals. Dr. Dolittle is the Animal Man!

[finback.livejournal.com]

Exposure to an early attempt at defoliants leaves Johnathan Appleseed sickly. Oxygen won't help; food isn't kept down. Until a young nurse leaves a window open, and sunlight rejuvenates him! He has denser body cells, can regrow limbs, and has immense strength - enough to crush boulders. He is.. the Botanical Man!

[finback.livejournal.com]

A young man in her care gains unearthly powers. Seeking to emulate his cause for the greater good, a young nurse takes up her nightlamp, and stalks the dark alleys of the city, battling the criminal element who would cause suffering to the weak.

She is.. the Nightingale!

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

After faking his death, the ex-con man travels the Mississippi with his faithful retainer, using his magic cane pole to bring people their destined fates. He is HUCKLEBERRY FINN!

Able to control the blades of his swords, a lone samurai strikes out a the corrupt underbelly of feudal Japan. MASAMUNE has returned!

Rejected and spurned by all who he thought loved him, a small Muppet uses his powers of tickling to torture those unlucky enough to stand in the way of his revenge. ELMO is here, let the cracking and tearing of ribs begin anew...

I would have liked to do the Count of Monte Cristo, one of my all-time favorites, but Gankutsuou beat me to it.

DrewDederer

[(Anonymous)]

Kip Russel was a small town boy with big dreams and no money. Then he nearly won a contest, and won the booby prize. Then the flying saucer landed, then he went to the moon.

Now he's back from saving the earth somewhere beyond the galaxy. Not a day older, but much wiser, and having seen technology far beyond man's wildest dreams, he's ready to make his way in the universe. On his card it reads.

Have Spacesuit Will Travel