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Just a quick bit of fun but this little guy does exist in the same universe as my other characters and is actually one of the east coast’s top crime lords.
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Francis De Luca earned the nickname “Babyface” due to his youthful appearance. He ran one of the east coast’s most nefarious crime syndicates and was known to be ruthless, despite his innocent looking appearance. But Babyface had enemies. Lots of enemies. He became paranoid that eventually one of his many enemies would kill him. Or maybe even an ambitious ally.
But in a world full of super humans and magic, Babyface had a chance to avoid death…forever.
The gangster made a deal with a demon (via a witch) to grant him immortality. But this witch and her demon master enjoyed pulling pranks on mortals. They granted Babyface his immortality, but at the cost of reverting him physically to the age of an infant. Babyface was now stuck forever with a literal baby face. Suddenly, immortality didn’t seem like such a good idea.
Despite looking cute and innocent, Babyface is perhaps even more vicious now than he was before he gained his immortality.
He’s a cranky baby.
I’m going to be a tad lazy with Hellion. I had originally intended on creating a second image of him in his demonic form but it’s going to take a lot of time and effort and I just don’t have the motivation for it right now. I’m going to be moving onto other characters but I’ll update this post at some point with the second image.
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When Ryan Hart first transformed into the demonic Hellion, he hid himself away for weeks. It was Dragonfly who first encountered Hart after his transformation. A deeply religious man, Dragonfly believed he had encountered the biblical devil. Hart’s ability to induce terror in others didn’t exactly help the situation. Dragonfly fled as Hellion, driven mad by his transformation, attacked.
It was several other heroes who finally managed to subdue Hellion, each suffering through the same fear as Dragonfly.
Afterwards, Hellion spent several months in AEGIS custody, held in a special rig to control his fire powers. In a surprising twist, Dragonfly visited Hellion a number of times in order to confront his own fears. In the process, Dragonfly proved integral in snapping Hellion back to sanity. The road was long and hard but eventually Ryan Hart regained control of his own mind. He was eternally grateful to Dragonfly for his help and after being released from custody he decided to follow in his new friends footsteps and become a costumed crime fighter. Albeit with a much darker edge.
Hellion has since become a well respected, if not entirely trusted, hero.
(Recently, Hellion has learned that his powers go beyond controlling peoples fear. He can actually manipulate other emotions and even gains different appearances and powers based on which emotion he is controlling at the time. He still finds fear much easier to work with though)
Continuing my run of rip-off characters, here’s Wonder Wo–I mean American Dream.
Those of you who have been around the longest may recognize Dream, as she’s the character I’ve recreated more than any other. I think I’ve made about seven now, including Dream’s golden age predecessor. This probably isn’t the last time I’ll recreate her either.
I’ve always liked American Dream because while she’s the strong and patriotic heroine, she’s not entirely sane and often hears voices in her head. She tries to explain this away to herself by putting it down to her limited telepathic powers but deep down inside, she’s not so sure.
This is an HM3 remake of a character I created a loooooong time ago with HoM. I tried to stay as close to the original costume as possible but I may make him a new one at some point.
If Comet is the Superman of my universe, then Prowler is definitely the Batman. Although Jack and Lincoln don’t have the epic bromance that Clark and Bruce have. In fact they’ve never even met.
I’m not sure my usual white background works here. The character is supposed to be pretty stealthy but that doesn’t really come across here…..Oh well.
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Ask most people about the Prowler and they’ll tell you he’s nothing more than an urban legend. A story spread by the law to scare the bad guys into staying on the straight and narrow. But unfortunately for the criminal underworld, Prowler is all too real. The masked vigilante slinks through the shadows, pouncing on unsuspecting prey like a big cat of the urban jungle. They say he has control over the very shadows themselves and the speed of seven men. In actual fact, Lincoln Everett has none of these things. He’s just a man who grew tired of the criminal element that went unchecked by the almighty superheroes of the world and so decided to do something about it. But he lets the rumors spread. He lets his prey fear him. It makes his work so much easier. Not to mention fun.
I’ve been experimenting with a new costume for perhaps my second favourite character (and inadvertent Superman rip-off) Comet, who I’ve been meaning to create for quite some time now. This is not at all the costume I had intended to create (he’s supposed to have a blue and white costume with a mask) but I got this image stuck in my head of him flying above the city at night, with lights on his costume. And since this guy literally bleeds cosmic energy in the form of bright lights, I thought “why not”.
Thoughts and comments welcome. Does it work?
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There is quite some debate about Comet’s origins. The majority of people believe him to be some form of extra terrestrial entity as he first appeared near a comet which crashed on the outskirts of Freedom City after a bizarre flight path which led many to believe it was actually some form of spacecraft. The Freedom League were among the first on the scene and discovered Comet, naked and suffering from disorientation with apparently no memory of his life before that point in time. Believing he was being attacked, Comet retaliated and fought the League until their superior numbers won out. Later, while being questioned by Captain Thunder, he remained quiet (and apparently dazed) for some time until he suddenly began talking, claiming “It took time to learn your languageâ€. This statement lent credence to the belief that he is an alien. After all, what human could learn an entire language in a few hours after only listening to other people speak? Despite this, some people believe that there is at least a possibility that he is actually a human who gained powers from the mysterious comet from which he took his name as it was apparently made of a material which no one could identify.
Captain Thunder christened Comet “Jack†simply for convenience sake as he appeared to have no other name at the time. Jack would later adopt the surname Holmes after the Holmes comet, which is believed to be the comet which crashed outside of Freedom City, bringing him to our world. Interestingly, the Holmes comet has been observed entering and leaving out solar system for centuries, perhaps even millennia. If Jack was indeed aboard the comet that full time, he may well be one of the oldest living creatures in existence.
Comet was initially detained by AEGIS who believed he could pose a considerable threat. He seemed perfectly willing to remain in their custody, understanding their fears, although he did break out of their detainment facility with surprisingly little effort after observing the Freedom League in trouble on TV. To the surprise of many, after helping the League defeat their enemies, Jack returned to the facility of his own volition where he again seemed perfectly willing to stay. The Freedom League eventually convinced the powers that be that Comet was not a threat and could in fact become one of the worlds greatest heroes. He was released under the provision that he work under the supervision of a number of trusted heroes.
He quickly became one of the worlds most popular heroes, thanks in no small part to his very friendly personality and genuine altruism. But while Jack was a friendly and kind individual, there was another being which arrived on Earth in the comet. One which seemed the polar opposite of Jack. The being which would later dub itself ‘Entropy’ went completely unnoticed by the heroes of the world in the confusion that surrounded Comet’s arrival. The normally insubstantial being managed to possess a number of individuals and sowed seeds of discord throughout the world as it plotted the destruction of the planet. Eventually it managed to possess Comet himself, intending to use the hero’s vast power to literally tear the world apart. Still unaware of Entropy’s existence, many thought Comet had simply gone mad and a number of the worlds heroes fought the fallen hero high above Freedom city. A number of heroes (and villains) who had previously been possessed by Entropy proved the key to returning ousting Entropy from Comet’s body, along with astounding willpower from Comet himself. Entropy was eventually defeated, but not before vast damage had been done.
Those who had been critical of Comet’s presence on Earth already took the opportunity to point out the destruction caused by just one man and laid the blame for the devastation squarely at Comet’s feet. They either didn’t believe that Entropy truly existed or simply didn’t care. They wanted Comet gone, one way or another.
Jack himself was horrified by his own actions while possessed by Entropy and decided it was best if he left the planet. Despite pleas to stay from several major heroes and the majority of the public (who still considered him a hero even after the destruction he wrought) Comet left Earth and took up a sentry like watch over the planet from the cold reaches of space, where he remains to this day. He has returned on several occasions to aid his former allies and the people of Earth when they truly need him but each time he returns to the cold vacuum of space once the day is saved.
The truth of Entropy’s existence has been released to the world and there has been a public outcry for Comet to return, but Jack’s own shame keeps him at a distance from humanity. Perhaps one day he will return to solid ground, but until then, he continues to hold his solitary vigil over the Earth.
