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  1. Has anything happened about the guy who got killed by the sheriffs department in Los Angeles? CES
  2. Obviously the villain with so many WW2 heroes has to be the Red Skull CES
  3. I liked Independence Day. I thought it was pretty good, especially Quaid as the abductee finally getting his revenge by saving the world CES
  4. DHS shot a protestor in the head in Portland with less lethal munitions and put them in the hospital. The guy cataloguing this stuff puts it at 750+ for police incidents since the protests started CES
  5. I am going to pick Norbert Sykes as my next protagonist CES
  6. I am picking Jim Hammond the Human Torch today. CES
  7. A hero from the forties and fifties, The Red Rube CES
  8. There is something strange about Dudley. He always wears the same red coat and battered hat. He always has advice from his friend Nell. He receives orders from his commander, Fenwick. The worst thing is the horse, if that is what you want to call the thing that follows him around. Dudley just goes about his business in the most polite way he can CES
  9. Marconi controls the radio. Sonic attacks, broadcasting, eavesdropping, and transportation are all on the plate. His power does require a radio to be present to use his powers. CES
  10. A piece of the action, trouble with tribbles, or assignment earth. CES
  11. I don't know if this is more than a conspiracy theory but Breonna Taylor's family has hired a lawyer to sue Louisville for her death. One of the contentions filed is the police weren't there to execute a drug search warrant. They were there to move Taylor and her boyfriend out of their place so it could be gentrified, and the mayor's office knew it at the time of her shooting. CES
  12. The fairies kept up their battle until the movie ended. CES
  13. The Journal said (I didn't read the whole article because I wasn't supposed to be reading the paper in the first place) that all the facebook groups that targeted Coronavirus problems with lies and urban myths are now doing the same thing with Black Lives Matter CES
  14. Timeline so far 5000 BC- The Murmur tries to summon the Destroyer and is opposed by Nobody, Cain, Memphis, Al-a-Din, The King and Mr. Multiverse in the Destroyer. The line of Kings is created by the Destroyer. The creature that would be known as Mr. Multiverse was created to stop the Destroyer in the Will of the Universe. 1670- Bill Crenshaw is killed by a pirate hunter known as El Rey (The reincarnated King) in Crenshaw. 1935- Bobby Benson takes over from Cain in the Heir. He becomes the Mark. 1938- Sir Laurence Fletcher starts the Commando X program with its first recruit, James Rafferty. The mission is to investigate smuggler Mick Brown for the Secret Service. 1940- Frank Flanagan decides to become the Protector in the Shield. The Mark brings the USS Armand in to NYC Harbor after it was struck by a torpedo. Barry Nicklaus sets a record for highest a human has been in the air. The Promethan saves people from a fire. 1941- Frank Saxon becomes the Rocket and helps defeat Doctor Rainey Sybil in Flight of the Rocket Man 1955- Barney Strife takes over for Joe Carlson as Herocles in Inherit the Monsters. 1956- Enemies of The Mark wound him and kill his friends and fellow spark bearers. He lethally retaliates against them. Will Williams and Ann Baker were killed. The Mark’s human side was wounded. Barberossa, Dr. Rainey Sybil, the Butterfly, Koal, and the Spine were all killed by The Mark in the End of the Light. 1964- The Hazard Scouts help the Park Service with an animal enrager. 1969- The Mark helps his alternate Earth counterpart, Captain Spark in Across the Divide. The Hazard Scouts are decimated by an unknown enemy in Showdown in a Small Town. Only Marty Morgan, the Animal Boy survives. 1976- Cassie Troy cements her prophetic abilities by stopping a summoned monster in a church for the life of her friend, Hector, in Cassie’s Knife. She is abetted by Nobody. 1979- Marty Morgan leads Corona, Cog, Finch and Ren against Watson Security and their superpowered minions, The Squad, and rescues Barry Nicklaus and Cortez from imprisonment in Revenge of the Scouts. 1986- The Mark meets Eleanor, Carrie, and Money. He introduces them to Spiffy, and Cassie Troy in the Sisters. Mark Hadron develops his lamp and begins to gather the original Lamplighters in Light the Lamp. 1990- Eleanor, Carrie, and Money help the Robot Rangers fight a building come to life in Tokyo in the Robot Ranger Rescue. 1992- Pablo Estevez introduces his trainee, Henry Harkness, to his mentors and Cassie Troy at the Good Eats Diner in the Four Musketeers. The Morgans and Bond take Stella Marston Scouting in the Woods 1995- Shirou Morita becomes M-37 after touching an orb left over from the Apartment Man’s attack on Tokyo in M-37. Stephen Scry loses his identity and goes on the run from the Sons of Set. 1996- Dr. Yamada tests a radioactive coat for M-37 in Testing for M-37 1997- M-37 responds to an earthquake in M-37's First Flight. 2000- Stephen Scry and Memphis confronts Steven Scry at Last Stop, Nevada in Meet Yourself 2002- Lynette Harkness is born to Henry and Martha June Harkness in Happy Birthday. 2010- Jason Parley gains the sword of the King during a bust of cultists and their summoned monster in Return of the King. Al-a-Din and his butler deal with a bombing in Master and Servant. Memphis helps Moshe and Sara Levram against the Dog Maker in Duel in the Desert. Tanner Lerner and Darla Huitt gain their powers from a meteor in Ink Buttons. 2014- The Lamplighters are decimated. Three are killed. Mark Hadron lost an eye and had a hand punctured. 2015- Jane Hillsmeirer talked to Mark Hadron about restarting the Lamplighters in The Hermit. Jason Parley, the modern King, threatened a deal of nonagression with the local mobster in A Parley. Denver McGinty picks up Kisara, Princess of the Genn, on the side of the road and drops her off in New York City in Girl on the Road. The basis for Lamplighters West is formed when four women ask Mark Hadron for help dealing with Crenshaw the ghost pirate in Splinter Cell. Marcel Hobart is the first new recruit for the new Lamplighters in the Interview. Rangifer Tarandus, The Reindeer, evades the Black Wolves while trying to save a town in Norway in Special Delivery. Patty Page, Kathy Baker, Lin Qi, Jean Lopez form the Lamplighters West and take on Crenshaw with the help of Mark Hadron in Blue Flames in San Francisco. Roland Givens is embedded with seven spirits by Amenophis and the Sons of Set despite interference from Tanner Lerner and Lynette Harkness in Button Pushing. Bobby Iger and Maria Garcia-Lopez join the Lamplighters after a talk with Harry Cho in Recruited. Ken Aioki is hired to be a Lamplighter in the Last Spot. 2017- The Mark is killed by the Queen of Genn in Make Your Mark. Lynette Harkness helps fight the invasion in her training suit in New Girl. Marty Morgan dies leading the Hazard Scouts, the Lamplighters, M-37, the Robot Rangers, and others against the Queen of Genn in The Scouts Hold the Line. Tanner Lerner and Darla Huitt take part in the battle for New York in Push All the Buttons.
  15. Flight of the Rocket Man 6 1941- Saxon followed the wiring and pipes down to where he wanted to go. He used his shoot power on anything that looked like it supplied the rest of the ship. He couldn’t tell how much of an effect he was having, but the Mark was outside. If the ship fell toward the city, he would have to trust the hero to catch the thing and drop it where it wouldn’t hurt anybody. He ducked back as more of the metal men came out of a storage closet. He supposed they were going to fix the sabotage he had committed. They were going to see him first. He raised his hands and prepared to fight. He was able to fire off a couple of shots before his power ran out. He looked down at his hands. He turned and ran. He was powerless until his cooldown period passed. The metal men chased after him as he tried to keep ahead of them. He should have thought of keeping an eye on the clock. Now he was running. Maybe he should arm himself if decided to keep doing this crazy stuff. His buttons came alive. He pushed the jet buttons as he reached a corner. He nodded as the power rolled into his hands. It was time to reverse course. Saxon turned and used his visual overlay to target legs. He concentrated fire to drop the crew in place with busted knees. He didn’t bother to go for the power packs as they collapsed in a pile and blockaded the hall. He would have to go around. Saxon shook his head. He had a general idea of which way he should go. He worked his way back around the pile up. He reached the door heading into the engine room and paused. He hoped it was the engine room. He stepped across the threshold. Giant engines and dynamos spun power to feed the rest of the ship. He could build his own company from this if he had the schematics. The metal men drew his attention since they were charging him. Saxon decided to concentrate fire on the dynamos. Shutting the power down seemed more important than the advancing artificial men rushing him as fast as they could move. He moved to the right to shoot around his oncoming enemies. He nodded when the lights blinked out for a moment. He had to do more damage to allow the Mark to push the thing away from the city. It was the only way to protect the civilians from harm. He fired jet after jet into the works. Several of his targets folded from the beating without resistance. He knocked a flywheel with a belt off another engine down the way. He shook his head at having to destroy the kind of thing his boss would cut off a hand to work on. The ship shook around him. Had he done enough damage? What did he do now? He decided to head for the top deck and hope he hadn’t made a mistake. Crashing the thing into downtown Los Angeles was a loss. He didn’t want to think about the deaths he would cause when the thing hit. He very much didn’t want to think about his death if he was still onboard when the thing hit. Saxon rushed upstairs to the deck. He took potshots at any of the metal men who tried to get in his way. He didn’t try to wreck them. He didn’t have time for that. He ran out of shooting power as he rushed up toward the main deck. He thought that was what he needed. He didn’t need to get into another fight when he could just run away. He decided his ground surfing power was what he needed for this since his flying power wouldn’t work that well in a confined space. He didn’t want to keep hitting the walls while making his escape. He activated the buttons and slid along the staircase. He jumped up where he thought he wouldn’t hit anything, or could slide along the walls to avoid any impact. He reached the door to the main deck. Had he shut the field down? Saxon paused on the deck. Some of the rotors had stopped revolving. The air ship listed to the left side. He couldn’t tell if the field was still up. If the thing hit the ground, it would still wreck the city more than itself as long as the shield was protecting the main body of the aircraft. The back half of the thing broke off. He looked toward the stern. Had he done enough damage to cause that? It blasted across the sky toward the ocean. He realized that Doctor Sybil had rigged part of the aircraft for a quick escape in case the Mark had broken through. That left the bow to crash into the street. He didn’t think he could stop it with his rocket power. Flying fast didn’t equate to moving mass anywhere. Could he push on the bottom of the ship and cushion the impact? Did he want to try? Could he save the city with just his jets? Saxon looked at the clock on his hand. He looked about ready to time out. Did he have enough time to save the day? Two minutes was forever. He touched down on the deck as his slide power ran out. He felt the buttons. They were cold to the touch. He started to slide down the incline to the lower side of the aircraft. If he fell off now, he wouldn’t have to worry about the ship hitting the street on top of him seconds after. Saxon slid toward the edge. He tried to grab part of the deck to keep from falling off. He wound up hitting part of a buckled plate and holding in place. He didn’t like the way the deck kept turning toward the street. How long did he have before it rolled over completely? The buttons on his hand warmed up. He pressed them all so he could fly. He jumped into the air and flew out. The wall was down so he didn’t crash into it. Saxon flew under the aircraft. He picked a spot that looked stable to put his back against. He began to push on it with his jet power. He didn’t think he was doing much, but the jets did seem to be pouring more power into the pressure on him. He knew he would give out before he lifted that weight. His body just wasn’t sturdy enough to move the tons of metal trying to fall to the street. A young man in a red suit appeared. A green twelve pointed star acted as a tie clip. He planted himself against the bulk of the ship and things felt lighter to Saxon. “Let me help you out,” said the Red Mark. He smiled as he pushed up against the aircraft. “Sybil?,” asked Saxon. “He dropped into the ocean,” said the Red Mark. “He’s long gone.” “All I can do is fly,” said Saxon. “There’s nothing I can do about the rest of this.” “Shutting down the force wall was enough,” said the Red Mark. “It gave me a chance to break in and drive Sybil off so the city couldn’t be harmed more than it already has. I just need to put this out in the desert somewhere and bury it.” “Is it all right if I take off?,” asked Saxon. He checked the clock on his hand. “Don’t you want credit for saving the city?,” asked the Red Mark. He smiled. “I don’t have time for that,” said Saxon. “I have to fly.” “All right,” said the Red Mark. “I can handle the rest of this. It shouldn’t take a couple of minutes of flight time to get things done.” “If you need someone to look the engines over, I know a guy,” said Saxon. “Have a good night.” He called up the marker for his house and jetted away. He didn’t have a lot of time left, but he should have enough to reach the neighborhood without too many problems. Saxon flew across the country as fast as he could. He wondered if he should have landed and recharged the clock. He decided that he could reach Idaville easily enough. His house loomed up as the clock counted down the last few seconds of his time. He headed down and hovered outside of his back door as the jets cut off. He dropped silently to the ground. He looked around before he went inside. It looked like his arrival hadn’t been as noisy as his other departures had been. He walked inside. His back was sore. His stomach growled. His hands bled some. He didn’t know why but thought it was some feedback from using his shoot power too much. Maybe having the stream so close to his hands rubbed them raw after a while. He decided that he should change out of his clothes and put them away before someone saw him. He didn’t need the neighbors asking any more questions than they already did. He changed in the bathroom, taking a shower to clean up, dropping his dirty costume in the dirty clothes hamper. He put on pajamas and went to the kitchen. He made a late dinner for himself. After he ate, he cleaned everything up and went back to the living room. He wondered if there was band music to listen to so he could relax and sleep in his chair until he felt like moving on to his bed. He listened to the radio until he fell asleep in the dark. Maybe his new power took more of a toll on his body than he thought. Saxon woke up a few hours later to silence. He looked at the radio. The network must have gone off the air for a bit. He got out of his chair, went to his bedroom and found his alarm clock had stopped because he had forgotten to wind it up. He checked his watch. He had plenty of time to get ready to go to work. He heard his stomach growl. Did he need more food in his system? If he kept using his jet power, he’ll be spending all of his money on groceries. He went into the kitchen. He checked the pantry and refrigerator. He didn’t have anything he could cook. He could hit a place on the drive to work. It was the best he could do at the moment. Saxon got dressed, made sure he had everything he needed for the office, and started out to his car. He spotted Maury Chadwick standing at the end of his driveway. He held the morning paper in his hands. “Any good news?,” Saxon asked. He checked his watch. He was leaving earlier than usual, so he had a minute to spare to talk to his neighbor. “I don’t know,” said Chadwick. “Some new hero saved L. A. according to the paper. They’re calling him the Rocket.” “You’re kidding,” said Saxon. “What do you mean the Rocket?” “It’s right here on the front page,” said Chadwick. He turned the paper so Saxon could read the headline for himself. Saxon read the story with a deepening frown. He tried not to give away how he felt about things. The Red Mark had told reporters on the scene that someone else had forced Doctor Sybil out of the air. He was proud that a new hero had taken up the mantle to protect the innocent people that would have harmed by the mad scientist. Saxon shook his head. Now Doctor Sybil was going to hold a grudge against him. He was going to have to move to Mars to stay out of trouble. Why hadn’t the Red Mark taken the credit? He wouldn’t have cared. Now he felt like his fun power was another burden to carry. Saxon got in his car and headed for a diner to eat. He didn’t feel like it, but he had to eat. Especially since he was a hero now.
  16. The villain known as Marduk has infiltrated Moscow and controls all of its infrastructure with his crystal mind. His actual size is that of a pinhead CES
  17. Ishmael Buchanan is known as the Harpooner. His weapon allows him to put a target down either from stabbing, or throwing like lightning. Secondary effects allow him to use it to fly, point at things, and various other effects having to deal with distance. CES
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