Doc Samson Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 A recent discussion on "B-Villains" (the Marvelous Suicide Squad thread) had me thinking about the origin of some of my favorite characters. It had occurred to me in the past that some of the characters I like most are based on old Universal Movie Monsters. My favorites (heroes and villains) include the Hulk (a mash-up of Frankenstein and Mr. Hyde), the Abomination (The Gill Man), The Thing (I have heard it defended the he is a loose homage to other "ugly but noble characters" like the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera), Mister Hyde (a direct homage), and numerous Wolf Man (Wolverine?) and Dracula homages. For your amusement I have attached my own homage to a old Universal monster, The Creeper. At the very least, you can use him as B-villain fodder for your heroes in the vein of the Rhino or Mr. Hyde (whom his pic is borrowed from). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Awesome! I think I'll use this guy to deal out some pain over the next few weeks. B-squad is the Best Squad. Great build. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Samson Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Thank you. I just made a quick edit to fix a typo. Like most hired muscle types, he can bring the pain if you fight him head on (by abusing his AE STR with Move Throughs and Multiple Attacks) but otherwise he should be pretty reasonable to manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Whew. With a name like The Creeper he sounded like he specialized in sneaking into houses and stealing leadies underwear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Fist thing I thought of when I read the Creeper Come on Scoob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Zoiks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Jinkies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper This was my first thought: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice9 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: The Creeper Fist thing I thought of when I read the Creeper... First thing I thought of was: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Re: The Creeper Quick! Everyone needs to make their own "The Creeper!" ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Re: The Creeper Digital Hero #39 also includes an article on Rondo Hatton and his alter-ego, the Creeper, as well as character sheets for both. BTW if you've seen the 1989 film version of The Rocketeer, the grotesque villainous henchman in the film was made to look just like the Creeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Samson Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Re: The Creeper Well, so much for having an original stolen idea. I made a few more small edits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Re: The Creeper Heh, it's comic book stuff, hence, there IS no Original Ideas anymore, just Original presentations. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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