Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread Want to choose your own Defenders? Would you like to design the perfect Avengers roster? Think you could choose a better Infinity Watch than Adam Warlock? Here is the place to do all of those things! https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,3948#msg-3948 Tue, 14 May 2024 01:38:49 -0600 Phorum 5.2.22 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84700#msg-84700 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84700#msg-84700
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Howlet
I know Marvel characters are prefered, but if Disney owns the rights to them as well as just about everything else, I say screw it.

Avengers of the Multiverse.

Luke Skywalker
Iron Man
Darkwing Duck
Buzz Lightyear
Indiana Jones
and Homer Simpson.

There's another franchise you're ignoring: The Incredibles. I'd nominate Frozone rather than break up the family team dynamic of The Incredibles themselves. Besides, Frozone is probably on outs with his wife after all that arguing about his super suit and "the greater good."]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:46:21 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84677#msg-84677 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84677#msg-84677
Avengers of the Multiverse.

Luke Skywalker
Iron Man
Darkwing Duck
Buzz Lightyear
Indiana Jones
and Homer Simpson.]]> Howlet General Discussion Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:45:23 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84656#msg-84656 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84656#msg-84656
Deadpool
The Sensational She-Hulk
Squirrel Girl
Slapstick
Gwenpool
and Howard the Duck, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

They are... THE OFFENDERS.]]> Maniacles General Discussion Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:14:19 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84524#msg-84524 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84524#msg-84524
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Vrykolas2k
For my 7 person Avengers (take it a few years into the future...)

American Dream (daughter of Captain America and Ms. Marvel)
Dire Wolf (son of Wolverine and Wolfsbane)
Thunderhammer (son of Thorgirl and ?)
Dreadnought (son of Juggernaught and She-Hulk)
Lady Night (daughter of Moon Knight and Darkstar)
Wych (daughter of Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch)
Predator (son of Sabretooth and Mystique)


Interesting combinations, I'd like to see the stats on these]]> Direwolf2k General Discussion Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:42:11 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84518#msg-84518 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,84518#msg-84518
Namor.
Wolverine.
Jean Grey.
Polaris.
Havok.
Beast.
Mimic.
Iceman.
Angel.
Shadowcat..]]> Direwolf2k General Discussion Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:18:23 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,82649#msg-82649 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,82649#msg-82649
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Colossus
Havok
X-23
Quicksilver
Beast
Storm
Firestar]]> millerjg01 General Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:53:33 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,81835#msg-81835 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,81835#msg-81835
The Marvel Knights
Pulled together to fight the world's secret wrongs, this group was put together by a repentant clone of REDACTED.

Hawkeye (Clint Barton) - The World's Best Marksman
Elektra (Elektra Natchios)- The World's Best Assassin
The Cavalry (Melinda May) - The World's Best Spook
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) - The World's Best Detective
Patriot (Elijah Bradley) - Super Soldier

Agents of S.W.O.R.D.
Tasked with finding and stopping threats of an extraterrestrial nature on Earth, Abigail Brand collected young heroes with ties to alien cultures. The Agents are a scalpel, not a hammer.

Gee (Alex Power) - Empowered by a dying Kymellian
Lucy In The Sky (Carolina Dean) - A Majesdanian celebrity
Turbo (Mickey Musashi) - Wears Dire Wraith power armor
Nova (Sam Alexander) - Xandar-powered peacekeeper
Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman) - messianic Unifier of the Kree

Thunderbolts
A lower-powered version of the team of supervillains doing black ops missions to work off their prison sentences.

Batroc the Leaper
Ana Kravinoff
Silver Samurai
Whiplash
Diamondback]]> OhMyLanta General Discussion Sun, 20 May 2018 16:05:05 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,81589#msg-81589 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,81589#msg-81589
Bonus points for also putting together any other villain counterpart teams to replace evil X-Men, New Warriors, Champions, Defenders, Midnight Sons, or whatever.]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:29:12 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79074#msg-79074 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79074#msg-79074 Rintrah
The Puma
The Enforcer
John Steele]]> Primal General Discussion Sat, 20 May 2017 14:47:24 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79034#msg-79034 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79034#msg-79034
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Thrudjelmer
After watching Justice League Dark with it's magic-specific threats and a team of magic-oriented heroes, how would you build a "Dark" team suited for magic threats... what characters & why, and what main team would they be a branch of? You get five characters max.

I'm thinking of a team of Avengers Dark ( not to be confused with Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers), including...
  • Valkyrie as the muscle
  • Ian McNee as the team's spellcaster
  • Hellcat as the stealthy tracker/scrapper
  • Devil-Slayer as the team's multi-purpose hero
  • and Moon Knight as the not-especially-magic guy who's had more than a little experience with supernatural stuff.

I feel like Marvel did this a LONG time ago with Dr. Strange and the Midnight Sons......
I would probably do a close variation of the list I added to Jack's previous question above.]]> Necromancer General Discussion Sun, 14 May 2017 14:23:22 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79032#msg-79032 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,79032#msg-79032
I'm thinking of a team of Avengers Dark ( not to be confused with Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers), including...
  • Valkyrie as the muscle
  • Ian McNee as the team's spellcaster
  • Hellcat as the stealthy tracker/scrapper
  • Devil-Slayer as the team's multi-purpose hero
  • and Moon Knight as the not-especially-magic guy who's had more than a little experience with supernatural stuff.

]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Sun, 14 May 2017 14:18:19 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,78597#msg-78597 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,78597#msg-78597
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Screaming Dean
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thorr-kan
Rick Jones
Cypher (ninja'd!)
Frog-Man
Vagabond
Topaz (they're gonna need someone to patch them up...)
Captain Universe
Watch exactly is Rick Jones going to do? Are you using the version that had powers from the Beyonder?
He's *Rick Jones!* What *isn't* he going to do?
Contacts.
Science familiarity.
Bucky-lite.
Latent psi powers.
Latent gamma powers.
Friends.

For that matter, enemies. He's a walking plot device.]]> thorr-kan General Discussion Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:30:04 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,78569#msg-78569 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,78569#msg-78569
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thorr-kan
Rick Jones
Cypher (ninja'd!)
Frog-Man
Vagabond
Topaz (they're gonna need someone to patch them up...)
Captain Universe
Watch exactly is Rick Jones going to do? Are you using the version that had powers from the Beyonder?]]> Screaming Dean General Discussion Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:43:55 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77381#msg-77381 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77381#msg-77381 Midnight Sons

Devil Slayer
Gargoyle
Janus
Rachel Van Helsing
The Frankenstein Monster
Abdul Alhazred

*Jack did say any character]]> Necromancer General Discussion Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:34:03 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77264#msg-77264 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77264#msg-77264
Cloak & Dagger
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
Satana
Spitfire
Strong Guy
Topaz]]> Dr Archeville General Discussion Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:13:50 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77260#msg-77260 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77260#msg-77260
Build a Midnight Sons team, using any comic character that is supernatural or similar that has not been associated with the Midnight Sons previously in any incarnations.]]> thejackolantern General Discussion Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:18:53 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77259#msg-77259 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,77259#msg-77259 The Cheshire Cat: Tigra
The Red Queen: Thundra
The Mad Hatter: The Ringmaster
The White Rabbit: Nightcrawler
The Caterpillar: Madame Web]]> thejackolantern General Discussion Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:17:58 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75820#msg-75820 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75820#msg-75820
For example, here's a Wizard of Oz-themed villain team:
  • Dorothy: Black Mamba
  • Scarecrow Scarecrow
  • Cowardly Lion: Sabretooth
  • Tin Man: Dreadnought
  • and Toto, too: Mad-Dog
  • the Wizard: M.O.D.O.K. as the mind-controlling force bringing the others together for some sinister plan.
]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:04:30 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75753#msg-75753 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75753#msg-75753
I see the Alpha Flight characters pop up from time to time and I have a huge soft spot for them due to the X-Men connection and that amazing Byrne run. But it was a title that crashed and burned HARD after Byrne left. I've often wondered if there was some bullpen drama behind that as several of the key characters either died or had really bad turns. From them though, my favorite was always Snowbird who I thought had such a cool look to her or Puck who was just fun.]]> J Bone General Discussion Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:10:00 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75750#msg-75750 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75750#msg-75750
Sunspot would fit right in as south America representtive... as for nother American continent - you could always revisit the Canadians - then you have all of Alpha Flight to pick from (are they still around?)]]> NikMak General Discussion Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:39:18 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75748#msg-75748 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,75748#msg-75748
Captain Britain - The Team Leader
Collective Man - The team muscle
Shamrock - Team Buffer and hot chick (Why didn't Marvel do more with her!)
Crimson Dynamo - Gadget armor guy
Sabra - General bad ass and government agent type
Black Panther - Stealth
Sunfire - Energy blaster

I know I've left South America and North America unrepresented but really can't think of many South American heroes and too many North American ones. Perhaps adding a Middle Eastern character might make for some interesting tension, esp with Sabra.]]> J Bone General Discussion Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:27:01 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,74466#msg-74466 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,74466#msg-74466
Mister Fantastic
Iron Man
Spider-Man
Hawkeye
Vision

Rather dysfunctional, but smart.]]> Taarna General Discussion Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:31:05 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,74255#msg-74255 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,74255#msg-74255
The jail characters were the player character prisoners and a handful of soon to be dead guards who left the prisoners trapped inside the lockup (one big cell).

The twist - no one got any powers unless they got out of the jail and lived* through the initial adventure. The powers were waiting for them on the outside if they could make it.

Origins became like the origin issue of a comic for each of them- pick up magic weapon, learn and say magic word, hit by weird magic blast, puberty meant the onset of previously unknown mutant powers, bitten by an enchanted river turtle and character is a halfbreed merman-human who has never bothered to embrace either heritage.

Anyone not making the team through death or not liking what they rolled up had to play a more standard kind of character sort of like a medieval fantasy version of a SHIELD agent or a random hedge wizard or thief.

It worked.


*One of them didn't live but became a player character Deadite



...

Using a similar motif, how about Morgan Conquesting a team of eg Guardians of the Galaxy into fantasy RPG space or a team of anti-Deadite standard heroes when the Deadites attack a Marvel Earth?]]> Flying Tiger Comics General Discussion Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:25:27 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73836#msg-73836 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73836#msg-73836 -------------------------------------------------------
> Moon Knight
> Volstagg
> Spiderman 2099
> Satana
> Storm

Nice. Moon Knight is clearly the Black Widow of the team and Volstagg makes an excellent Hercules substitution (god for a god), and he's pretty awesome. Satana is a perfect substitution for Ghost Rider (one hellspawn for another). Interesting choice with Spider-Man 2099... I guess he'd be the Iceman of the team, his webs filling in for ice entrapment attacks. And Storm is excellent on any team, easily taking over Angel's spot as the flyer plus bringing a whole lot more with her weather powers and combat skills.


thejackolantern Wrote:
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> 1. Troll (From the recent Thunderbolts series)
> 2. Cypher (Doug Ramsey)
> 3. Ravage 2099
> 4. Sunturion
> 5. Clea

Not familiar with Troll... my bad. Cypher as a ninja could be interesting. Maybe he got his hands on some ancient magic ninja scrolls and unlocked their secrets which bestowed kickass skills and powers on him. I liked Ravage in the 2099 line up at first, but I kind of lost interest when they had his physical form mutate into something kind grotesque. Sunturion... nice pick. The guy wanted to be a hero but really just ended up a pawn and a villain. It'd be nice to see him redeemed. And as for Clea, yeah, I could see that. Any good team needs someone with mystic skills on it, and she's not exactly welcome home in the Dark Dimension these days. I like it.


thorr-kan Wrote:
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> Rick Jones
> Cypher (ninja'd!)
> Frog-Man
> Vagabond
> Topaz (they're gonna need someone to patch them
> up...)
> Captain Universe


What? No, no, no! Horrible! Just awful. Just kidding!

Any team can benefit from Rick's years of sidekick experience... not to mention he can always call on one of his numerous longtime superhero friends for backup if his team needs the help. And these days, Rick goes by A-Bomb, the big blue Abomination substitute. Frog-Man is an inspired choice... because I can't imagine anyone would want to take him seriously, so he needs a home and I commend you trying to find him one. Vagabond, trained a little with Captain America (who hasn't, right?) and would be the Black Widow of the team. Personally, I think she's your weak link, but like Frog-Man, everyone needs a place where they can prove themselves... and besides, more on her in a moment. Topaz, good choice, as I said previously, every good team needs a mystic... and she's a healer, which Frog-Man and Vagabond might need often. And finally, Captain Universe. Wow, talk about pairing up Superman with a bunch of minor league powered Justice Leaguers... but hey, he can carry the team and let Frog-Man, Vagabond, and even unpowered Rick Jones feel like they're doing something important just by helping out.]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:32:25 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73830#msg-73830 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73830#msg-73830 Cypher (ninja'd!)
Frog-Man
Vagabond
Topaz (they're gonna need someone to patch them up...)
Captain Universe]]> thorr-kan General Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:12:31 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73829#msg-73829 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73829#msg-73829
1. Troll (From the recent Thunderbolts series)
2. Cypher (Doug Ramsey)
3. Ravage 2099
4. Sunturion
5. Clea]]> thejackolantern General Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:31:43 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73828#msg-73828 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73828#msg-73828 thejackolantern General Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:28:06 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73819#msg-73819 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73819#msg-73819 -------------------------------------------------------
> Time for a throwback: Define a new Champions of
> L.A. team
>
> The original consisted of Angel, Black Widow,
> Ghost Rider, Hercules, and Iceman. Two mutants,
> one super spy, one Olympian god, and one demonic
> biker... They did fine together in their short
> run, but despite this, they were considered
> something of a joke even in continuity.
>
> When Captain America first reformed the Avengers
> with Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and others, Maria Hill
> tried to forbid it, and Cap invoked his Champion
> license which allows him the President-granted
> authority to assemble any team for any reason at
> any time, and that outranked her authority... and
> Spider-Man quipped about not wanting to join a new
> Champions team. I also vaguely recall after the
> Great Lakes Avengers renamed themselves the Great
> Lakes X-Men (when they realized they were all
> mutants), and they showed up at some heroes' poker
> game announcing themselves and someone telepathic
> knocked the idea of using that name right out of
> their head... so they on the spot decided to use
> the name Great Lakes Defenders, and Dr. Strange
> was quick to magically change their minds... so
> then they changed it to the Great Lakes Champions
> and no one gave a crap.
>
>
> Anyhow, pick five characters that don't seem like
> they should fit together but would still make a
> good team as the New Champions.

Moon Knight
Volstagg
Spiderman 2099
Satana
Storm]]> geekgirl General Discussion Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:25:17 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73806#msg-73806 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73806#msg-73806 Define a new Champions of L.A. team

The original consisted of Angel, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Hercules, and Iceman. Two mutants, one super spy, one Olympian god, and one demonic biker... They did fine together in their short run, but despite this, they were considered something of a joke even in continuity.

When Captain America first reformed the Avengers with Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and others, Maria Hill tried to forbid it, and Cap invoked his Champion license which allows him the President-granted authority to assemble any team for any reason at any time, and that outranked her authority... and Spider-Man quipped about not wanting to join a new Champions team. I also vaguely recall after the Great Lakes Avengers renamed themselves the Great Lakes X-Men (when they realized they were all mutants), and they showed up at some heroes' poker game announcing themselves and someone telepathic knocked the idea of using that name right out of their head... so they on the spot decided to use the name Great Lakes Defenders, and Dr. Strange was quick to magically change their minds... so then they changed it to the Great Lakes Champions and no one gave a crap.


Anyhow, pick five characters that don't seem like they should fit together but would still make a good team as the New Champions.]]> Thrudjelmer General Discussion Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:36:48 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73643#msg-73643 Re: Team Building Concepts: The Official Create-A-Team Thread https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,3948,73643#msg-73643 X-Gene Sentai Heromon
Silver Samurai
Sunfire
Jubilee
Hiro Takachiko
Red Ronin]]> XSE General Discussion Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:41:00 -0600