LEGION of NET HEROES
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NAME: Allusion Lad TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: kog...@ucsu.colorado.edu
POWERS: Able to stick literary allusions into any storyline.
ADD.NOTES: Alternative version of Rebel Yell
STATUS: Unknown.
NAME: Amorphous Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to change form and mass, at will or not.
NAME: BackGround Boy TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: bar...@wkuvx1.bitnet
POWERS: HideOut in Background w/out being noticed.
ADD.NOTES: Identity used once by Continuity Champion which
seems to have achieved a life of it's own (or has it)
NAME: Bad-Timing Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Say the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time
NAME: BandWagon Boy TYPE: WC CREATED BY: SL859.CC.USU.EDU
POWERS: Liable to jump on in anywhere, even w/out prior knowledge.
ADD.NOTES: Has been caught buying Image Comics.
Never buys 1st issues.
Has no own opinion, just uses other peoples.'
Secret Identity is the Ultimate Ninja.
STATUS: Alive as the Ultimate Ninja
NAME: BandWagon Chick TYPE: WC CREATED BY: cl...@netcom.com
POWERS: Gets involved in things long after it's chic.
NAME: Bibliography Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Ability to answer any question (retired--see the Tygger)
NAME: Browsing Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to read Sandman, Hepcats, and Savage Henry while
standing in front of comic rack
NAME: California Kid TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Read comix weeks after everyone else has discussed them...
NAME: Cannon Fodder TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: In every comic Cannon Fodder appears to allow other heroes
ability to demonstrate their powers on him. He dies all the time.
NAME: Captain Capitalize TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Always capitalizes everything.
ADD.NOTES: Often killed on the spot for this.
Is brought back when someone does this.
NAME: Captain CleanUp TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Good at cleaning up.
ADD.NOTES: Has sidekick named Squeaky Clean
Drives a super-fast street sweeper.
Usually appears when it is time to clean-up.
NAME: Captain Continuity TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: bar...@wkuvx1.bitnet
ADD.NOTES: Divergent future version of the Champion
NAME: Captain Naplam TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: l...@soda.berkerly.edu
POWERS: Gratuitously flame bozos to charred crisps
ADD.NOTES: Mastered art of flaming w/out cause
Anyone offending him will be charred to crisp as CN bursts into
flame.
Will reappear later with an explosion of flame.
ENEMIES: Nomex Man, only person impervious to Capt. Naplam's flames
NAME: Catalyst Lass TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Power to make others share my interests
NAME: ChainBlazer TYPE: WC CREATED BY: v077...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
POWERS: Reputation ALWAYS precedes him.
Possible Arch-Magus, but not sure if he really is.
Can blow smoke and flick cigarettes at his enemies.
ADD.NOTES: Also known as John Constantoke.
Smokes upwards of three packs of cigarettes a day.
Can drink copious ammounts of alcohol and smoke anyhting w/ style.
W/ no visible means of support he is still able to afford his vices
a place to stay, and bribe church officials into giving him
rare and unusual texts.
STATUS: Unemployed.
NAME: Cheeezarr/Masked Man TYPE: WC CREATED BY: lu...@vm1.nodak.edu
POWERS: Ability to make any encounter cheesy, cliched, and generally silly.
Plus, he owns Camembert Coils, cosmic weapons of indeterminate origin.
The Coils grant him many cosmic powers. (no limits found, yet)
Ability to ride off into the sunset and disappearing from sight.
ADD.NOTES: Sidekick named Makkaroni (convert starchy foods to energy immed.)
Recently underwent change to Masked Man and rode off into sunset.
Appointed Frigidaire to the Universe by Freon, cosmic entity.
STATUS: On leave in space
ENEMIES: Blacky, Archer of Doom
NAME: CheeseCake Eater Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Primarily bodily function related powers, but they are potent.
NAME: Cliche Dude TYPE: WC CREATED BY: v129...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
POWERS: Shout out cliches at any time, which are used as missile weapons.
ADD.NOTES: formerly of the Tantalizing Teens
STATUS: (Reserve Member) currently teamed up with Halls Jordan
NAME: Comics-Snob-Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to convice another to fight after insulting their comic tastes.
NAME: Continuity Champ TYPE: WC CREATED BY: BAR...@WKUVX1.Bitnet
POWERS: The ability to redefine and remake continuity, come up with semi-
plausible explanations, fire blasts, fly, and several other as-yet
unreaveled powers.
ADD.NOTES: Known to be last survivors of an extradimensional race.
Hinted as an "exiled Knight of Continuity"
Lived several centuries.
STATUS: Dead (owner will bring him back when he returns)
ENEMIES: Crossover Queen, Royalty King, Dr. Killfile, and (shhhh!) Darkchamp
NAME: Deja Dude TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: gu...@hep.physics.mcgill.ca
POWERS: Power of suggestion, low level energy blasts.
Ability to transport helpself between newsgroups.
NAME: Doctor Stomper TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Ability to come up with an entertaining explanation for the
stupid plotlines and plot devices
NAME: Elvis Man TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: lawr...@olympus.ctron.com
POWERS: Emit Vocals to either hit opponents and swoon female opposers.
Blind opponents with sequins on costume and his jewelry.
Black belt in karate.
Created Hip-kido: personal assult combat with bucking and hip motion.
Uses rings as brass knuckles.
ADD.NOTES: Susceptible to peanut butter/banana sandwiches, fried on bacon fat.
" " to young scantily-clad women. (younger the better)
" " to hotel lounge furniture and Moral Majority music critics.
Fears black doctor's bags.
NAME: Entropy Kid TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Ability to offer his opinion of almost any subject, but only
ONCE per thread.
NAME: Figment Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: *****
NAME: FlameProof Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Only flameproof, not able to emit flames
NAME: The Forgetting One TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Can never remember the damn artist/writers name until the next day.
NAME: Fuzzy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Vagueness and ambiguity that confound my enemies
NAME: Generic Man TYPE: WC CREATED BY: gu...@hep.physics.mcgill.ca
POWERS: Telekinetis, and ability to sense Looniverse on molecular level.
ADD.NOTES: TK Shields (TM) protect him from harmful levels of radiation.
NAME: Grammer Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Corrects grammar.
NAME: Half-Wit TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: j_fi...@oz.plymouth.edu
POWERS: AdamAnt sharp wit. Minimal martial arts.
(Cuts you down to size w/ flames/insults, then kicks you repeatedly.)
ADD.NOTES: Fights for truth, justice, and the satisfaction of busting skulls.
STATUS: Alive and insane.
ENEMIES: Pick a number. Everyone hates him, including friends.
NAME: Inacoustic Kid TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Silence flame wars where no one knew that it actually happened
NAME: The Incredible-Man-With-No-Life TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to exuberate coolness w/out having a social life.
NAME: Incredible UnSleeping Man TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to not need sleep for long periods of time.
ADD.NOTES: Has sidekick-- Insomnia Boy
NAME: Invisible Incendiary TYPE: WC CREATED BY: hu...@ibeam.intel.com
POWERS: Invisible because I post seldom, incendiary because
I seem to have this uncontrollable ability to set off flamewars.
NAME: Irony Man TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Ability to emit and detect emissions of irony
NAME: Kid Anarky TYPE: WC CREATED BY: 003...@ace.acadiau.ca
POWERS: Varies. supposably sonic powers,
ADD.NOTES: His purpose is to go back to a simpler way of life, where dead
characters return after a while, and everything is superficial, but
once you become intelligent, you just can't swallow that crud
anymore.
NAME: Kid Kirby TYPE: WC CREATED BY: ha...@andrew.cmu.edu
POWERS: Can defy the laws of physics by producing unrecognizable and
ridiculous technology that works. However, the devices' names
must make no sense. He can also distort perspective and
forshortening for dramatic effect.
ADD.NOTES: Is very melodramatic most of the time.
Must read Kirby comic books (or old Starlin) often or he begins to
speak like a normal person.
ENEMIES: YOUNGSTUD THE RAVAGER, the destroyer of proportions.
NAME: Kid Poetry TYPE: WC CREATED BY: ter...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
POWERS: No super powers.
Loves to talk in rhymes but isn't good at it.
Will make up words so it rhymes.
Sometimes says rhymes alittle fast so other won't understand.
ADD.NOTES: Aka Theron Ross, college student @ RIT who can't make it to class.
Weapons/equipment includes:
- a belt filled with tapes and beats for him to say rhymes to
- "Ghetto Cape" holds speakers, minitape player and microphone.
- sharp edged mini-CD's that he throws.
- microphone, with long wire, also makes for a decent weapon.
- pair of headphones, to listen to loud rap music, and annoys
a lot of people by not always using them.
NAME: Late-Nite Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Ability to stay awake for ridiculously long streches because
he goofs off when he should be doing work durring the day time.
NAME: List Lad TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: kog...@ucsu.colorado.edu
POWERS: Keeper of lots of silly lists.
ADD.NOTES: Alt.version of Rebel Yell.
Co-Keeper of the roster of LNH/LNV
NAME: Lost-Cause Boy TYPE: WC CREATED BY: U16244@uicvm
POWERS: Ability to get turned onto a series that will be ended/terrible.
Stick w/ fanboy books that are a shadow of what they were.
ADD.NOTES: Believes he single-handedly destroyed New Titans, Hawk and Dove
and the Superman titles.
STATUS: Dead.
GROUP AFF.: LNH, Angst Division.
ENEMIES: Jim Shooter, Tom DeFalco, Bob Harras, and Rob Liefeld.
NAME: Lurking Girl TYPE: WC CREATED BY: vc...@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
POWERS: Net.invisibility & desolidification.
Can focus totality of lurking powers to zap an opponent.
STATUS: alive, just escaped from fan.dom (reserved by Scav)
ENEMIES: Y-Plex Burp, Fan.Dom
NAME: Lurker Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Similiar to Lurking Girl (and you thought I would say lass, right?)
NAME: MainStream Man TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Physically unable to buy an independent.
NAME: Marvel Zombie Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: v124...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
POWERS: Ability to recall any Marvel plot, no matter how hokey.
Radiate angst in true Marvel fashion, increased by unknown foe.
Has "The Fire Which Sears Men's Soles". (cosmic hotfoot)
New powers yet not revealed.
ADD.NOTES: Charter Member of LNH.
Started 1st LNH Plotline by summoning all active members as a joke.
Has new black leather costume, motorcycle w/ flaming wheels and
'M' for a windshield.
STATUS: Dead and animated (like Spawn), currently stuck in own limited series.
ENEMIES: Y-Plex Burp, Table (sort of), Comics Snob Boy (argue over which are
the best comics)
NAME: Master Frothing-at-the-Mouth Lad TYPE: WC
CREATED BY: mor...@physics.rice.edu
POWERS: Ability to emit spittle at supersonic speeds.
ADD.NOTES: Around for founding of the LNH, but his power was deemed useless.
Inactive for most of the group's existence.
Leading to his retirement shortly thereafter.
Now known as Master FatM Lad, a retired source of knowledge
Absentee father figure to the rest of the LNH.
STATUS: Retired
ENEMIES: T&M&K, the evil retconners of space and time.
NAME: Master Roster Man TYPE: NWC CREATED BY v129...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
POWERs: To do the roster in the quickest possible time.
ADD.NOTES: New Co-Keeper of the Roster of LNH/LNV
Result of Dr. Stomper's experiment using DNA from RosterwReam and
Late-Nite Man.
Alt.version of Cliche Dude
NAME: Multi-Tasking Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: jec...@eos.ncsu.edu
POWERS: Ability to post to USEnet, read E-Mail, play net trek, and
read old Flaming Carrot issues simultaneously
NAME: Netiquette Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Flames any and all who don't adhere strictly to the
established laws of netiquette.
NAME: Nit-Pick Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Point out small errors which are, for the most part, incidental
to the discussion at hand.
NAME: Obscure Trivia Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: bxp...@hertz.njit.edu
POWERS: Ability to remember the stupidest bits of trivia on
virtually any subject (some limitations do apply, but he can never seem
to remember anything he needs to know.)
ADD.NOTES: Has strange urges to talk about himself in the third person
STATUS: DEAD
NAME: Occultism Kid TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Master of knowledge of all things occult.
NAME: Old Comics Man TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to bring back memories of Golden/Silver Age times.
NAME: Opposite-Takes-Place Man TYPE: WC CREATED BY: sta...@ecn.purfue.edu
POWERS: Whatever he thinks, opposite takes place.
STATUS: Who knows.
GROUP AFF.: Hangs w/ Indecisive Lad
ENEMIES: All people w/ 'happy thoughts'
NAME: Organic Lass TYPE: WC CREATED BY: drayer-...@yale.edu
POWERS: Ability to memorize 100's of chemical equations then forget them
five minutes before/after the exam.
NAME: Panta TYPE: WC CREATED BY: h...@catalina.opt-sci.arizona.edu
POWERS: Feline. Claw attack, biting attack, very dextrous.
ADD.NOTES: Cat body and eyes. Woman's face.
Intelligent, but naive, must have things explained to her.
Prefers action to talk and likes a good fight.
STATUS: Alive and wants to join a marketable superhero team for merchandising
purposes.
NAME: Parking Karma Kid TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Always find a parking space, usually right next to the door
NAME: Pliable Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: Mi...@unh.edu
POWERS: Shapeshifting into something he saw in a comic book.
ADD.NOTES: Suffers from amnesia.
GROUP AFF.: Net.Patrol (subgroup of LNH)
NAME: Pocket Man TYPE: WC CREATED BY: lawr...@express.ctron.com
POWERS: Can pull anything out of his infinitly spaced pockets.
ADD.NOTES: Has everything, but doesn't know which pocket it is in.
Throughly smitten w/ Organic Lass.
Best friends w/ Sarcastic Lad.
ENEMIES: CluelessMaster, Dr. Boom(tm) and anyone who messes w/ Organic Lass
NAME: Plot King TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: kog...@ucsu.colorado.edu
POWERS: Determined to see plot threads carried out to their conclusion.
ADD.NOTES: Alt.version of Rebel Yell.
NAME: Politically Correct Person TYPE: WC
CREATED BY: jav...@ndsuvm1.bitnet or jav...@vm1.nodak.edu
POWERS: Annoy (much like Annoying Lad, but far more penetrating).
P.C.Pulse device which alters reality into a deluded Republican
view of how things ought to be.
Ability to heal ailments by refering to them in their P.C. terminology
thereby taking all of the meaning out of them.
ADD.NOTES: Couldn't take a hint if being handed out on twenty dollar bills.
STATUS: About to get his butt kicked by everyone who liked Lurking Girl in
her underwear. BTW-I figure her lurking power can get her un-P.C.
ENEMIES: LNH
NAME: Pompous Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to alienate even the most literate fellow readers with harsh
critiques, only to to turn around and admit I like something
schlocky.
NAME: Procrastination Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Able to avoid doing his project while reading Alt.Comics.LNH.
NAME: Punctuality Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: mi...@seas.gwu.edu
POWERS: Always arrive on time; perfect timing.
ADD.NOTES: Procastination Boy's twin brother. (wants attention)
ENEMIES: Time-zone changer
NAME: Rebel Yell TYPE: WC CREATED BY: kog...@ucsu.colorado.edu
POWERS: Possesses the ability to rant and rave about a poor
characterization of the South and New Orleans in particular
in comics, TV and Movies noone actually cared about
ADD.NOTES: Co-Leader of the LNH, currently on leave.
NAME: RosterwReam TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: sl...@cc.usu.edu
POWERS: Put off doing the roster until someone else does it.
ADD.NOTES: No desire to do the roster. Yearns for adventure.
Good at fiddling w/ computer systems.
Curiousity usually gets the better of him.
NAME: Sarcastic Lad TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: lawr...@olympus.ctron.com
POWERS: Retort stupid/inane postings in a sarcastic manner.
Micro-scrutinize any situation.
Unlimited knowledge of Trivia and comic info.
ADD.NOTES: Sidekick is Flatulence Lad.
Powers used against marketing ploys and schemes
NAME: Sardonic Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Float above rush hour traffic with my flight ring and make snide
Comments.
NAME: Shokk, the Electric TYPE: WC CREATED BY: eao...@psuvm.psu.edu
POWERS: Receives minor electric shocks when using anything remotely electric.
Can also discharge that energy to someone if touch him.
ADD.NOTES: Try and make it to old age without any electrifying accidents.
In college, working for his degree in electrical engineering.
Starting to regret this in his final semester of college.
GROUP AFF.: His indispensable partner, Insulation Man! LNH
ENEMIES: Any villain that discharges electrical energy.
NAME: SideWinder TYPE: NWC CREATED BY: dva...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
POWERS: Start off by blasting my way into a topic, but eventually wind up
on the sidelines.
ADD.NOTES: Discovered to be one of the Acton Lord running around at the time.
NAME: Sig.File Man Type: NWC Created by: v129...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
POWERS: Create large sig files out of thin air.
ADD.NOTES: former member of the Tantalizing Teens
NAME: Sig.Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY dva...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
POWERS: Ability to mutate at will and take on abilities appropriate to
any given situation, lightheartedly.
Control over abilities w/ Sword of Sig(changes form to match powers).
Can never have powers better than one who specializes in it.
ADD.NOTES: AKA SPELLCHECKER / PRICE GUIDE FREAK / ACTION LORD / SIGROACH /
CYBERSIG/ACTON LORD/CLAMORE.SIG/
Has red domino mask.
ENEMIES: Acton Lord
NAME: Sing-Alone Lass TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Keeps sing-along until she is shut up.
NAME: Spelling Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Draws his powers from the misspellings of others.
ADD.NOTES: Tends to annoy people w/ his power
NAME: Squid Boy TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWRES: Can lend his body to Suicide Squid when he needs a disguise
NAME: Super Apathy Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: ag...@yfn.ysu.edu
POWERS: Exudes an overwhelming sense of 'not-caring' to all those
who comes in physical contact with him.
ADD.NOTES: Olympic Class Sleeper: upto 48 hours at a time.
Tries his best to utterly destroy the Eng. Lang. via condensing
and acronyms.
STATUS: Unknown
NAME: Token Girl TYPE: WC CREATED BY: ta...@uxa.cso.uiuc
POWERS: Ability to attract wierdos.
Knowledgable about oddest most obscure things in anime in general.
ADD.NOTES: Clueless, but has snappy comebacks.
Be sleepless for three days and consume alot of alcohol.
Wants to learn as much obscure trivia as possible.
Never waivers from her dedication to fanfic and chocolate.
STATUS: Clueless
ENEMIES: Art history teachers everywhere.
NAME: Time-Waster Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Turn what was supposed to be a mere check of my e-mail into
hours of time wasted reading this and other newsgroups
NAME: Trivia King TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: VERY similar to Marvel Zombie Lad, except it includes DC.
NAME: Trivia Master TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Has type of cosmic awareness enabling him to know stupid little details
NAME: The Tygger TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Seems to have comic-related trivia powers
NAME: Typo Lad TYPE: NWC (Public Domain)
POWERS: Abble too mke thee mos amzing tyypos in alll off hiz sintincez.
Cidekik wanno-bee to Rebul Yehl.
NAME: Useless-Background-Character Lad TYPE: WC CREATED BY: gh...@ui.org
POWERS: Ability to blend, unnoticed by everyone, into the
background of a scene. During periods of extreme pathos,
he may assume the form of a frustrated artist, writer,
or political figure.
ADD.NOTES: May appear in multiple forms in the same scene,
but as he goes unnoticed by everyone, this is unimportant.
STATUS: ever-present but never seen.
GROUP AFF.: He is the 11% undecided you always hear in political poles.
ENEMIES: Plot-lines that recklessly injure innocent bystanders.
NAME: Ultimate Ninja TYPE: WC CREATED BY: sl...@cc.usu.edu
POWRS: Draws upon powers he saw to martial arts films.
If he has seen it, then he can do it, but more exaggerated.
Ginsu Katana Blade and Ninja Bush are favorite weapons.
ADD.NOTES: Embodiment of misconception of the Oriental arts.
Identity : BandWagon Boy (only Typo and CheeseCake Eater Lad know)
Created after wReam watched too many Ninja/Karate films.
STATUS: Leader of the LNH
ENEMIES: Acton Lord and Spelling Boy
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"Or watch Richard Gere follow the Dali Llama across the world, and then do
those oh-so Zen-Like movies with those oh-so Zen-Like messages like 'Hey, it's
fun to be a prostitute!'" - 'Folk Song' - Bongwater
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Jef Kolodziej Cliche Dude The KaTeFan(tm)
v129...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu State University of New York at Buffalo
History Major #(716) 834-2606 611 LaSalle Ave. Buffalo, NY 14215
P.S. I had other things to say but I am sure I will remember to bring them up
later...