Disney Super-Heroes -- Don Karnage

There once was an online role-playing site where Disney characters were played as super-heroes and villains. Although Fantasmic Dreams is no more, I thought that the characters I'd created, along with some who never saw the light of day, should be preserved for posterity. Here is that Scourge of the Skies, Don Karnage:

Ice Pirate

Civilian Identity: Don Esteban Rodolfo Raoul Karnage

Age: Thirty-something

Species: Anthropomorphic Wolf

Sex: Male

Nationality: Italian

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Group Affiliation: Leader of a band of air pirates

Appearance: Ice Pirate dresses in a swashbuckling style. His captain's uniform sports a double row of bright brass buttons, epaulets, and a snazzy red sash, all details that make him feel important. When using his ice powers, Karnage's skin and fur turn bright blue.

Abilities and Powers: Ice Pirate can fire blasts from his hands that can freeze a man solid. He can use his power to make simple ice objects, such as a wall or an ice-ball, and he can fire small icicles at his opponents. Plus, he is immune to cold and absolutely sure-footed on ice or snow.

Karnage is also an able pilot and swordsman.

Weaknesses: Heat and fire nullify his powers. And he's not as smart as he thinks he is.

Accessories: Ice Pirate always carries a cutlass, and sometimes a pistol.

Secret Origin: As told by my magnificent self, Don Karnage

Once upon a long time ago, one of the finest families in Europe achieved their finest moment: I was born.

I was a beautiful little baby and a child prodigy, who grew up to be a brilliant and handsome young man. Everybody who knew him loved him. And even those who did not know him loved him, for they wished that they could know him and love him even more so. Anyway...

When this magnificent fellow finally after such a long time of many years waiting and waiting finally inherited the family estate and title (what did you think, that 'Don' is short for 'Donald?'), he found that the money is almost all gone away! Wasted by his parents on their own foolish wishes and desires!

The silly lawyer-type persons said to live simply and stop spending so much. But a man must have the necessities of life, like caviar and silk shirts and private airplanes.

So, what is a fellow to do? He finds a way to get the things he needs. If he is the world's greatest pilot and swordsman, then he becomes an air pirate.

That is just what he did! And the Dread Pirate Don Karnage became the Scourge of the Skies, gathering a band of fearsome pirates to--what do you mean, "Hurry it up?" All right, all right! Do not get your silly knickers all twisted up in a tangle!

Skipping over the very exciting story of my early years of plundering, we come to the day the big rock from outer space came crashing down--boom!--outside of Cape Suzette. Thinking it might be valuable, of course I led my crew to the spot.

Oh, yes, this was a very, very valuable glowing rock. It gave me super-duper powers! And my cutthroat crew as well. Now, Don Karnage is Ice Pirate, the even more terrifying Scourge of the Skies, who, with his band of super-powered pirates strikes frozen fear into the frightened hearts of the fearful--what? Running out of space?

All right, all right, andheplunderedhappilyeverafter. The end.

Disney Super-Heroes -- Basil of Baker Street

There once was an online role-playing site where Disney characters were played as super-heroes and villains. Although Fantasmic Dreams is no more, I thought that the characters I'd created, along with some who never saw the light of day, should be preserved for posterity. The first, of course, was Basil of Baker Street:

Justice, The Cloaked Cavalier

Civilian Identity: Basil Chatsworth Bassington

Age: 26

Species: Mouse

Sex: Male

Nationality: British

Alignment: Lawful Good

Group Affiliation: Although he may form some temporary allegiances, Justice is basically a loner

Appearance: The Cloaked Cavalier is a gentleman adventurer: he wears evening dress consisting of black coat and trousers, white shirtfront, and black tie, topped with a hat and his eponymous flowing black cloak. He hides his identity behind a mask of black silk and wears gloves to prevent telltale fingerprints.

Abilities and Powers: Justice has no true super-power, but is an excellent swordsman with a genius IQ, and an expert at observation and deduction, as well as a master of disguise.

Weaknesses: Justice has natural manic-depressive tendencies, a crushing ego, and a dislike of children. He is sometimes lacking in social skills and can become carried away with scientific curiosity or a mystery to the point of rudeness, though it is not generally intentional.

Accessories: The Cloaked Cavalier wields a light sword, which he can use quite skillfully. He also keeps a magnifying lens handy, along with some burglary tools discreetly secreted upon his person.

Secret Origin: As a boy, Basil had a phenomenal eye for detail, taking note of everything around him and making deductions from all he observed. When he realised this ability might be a useful tool in fighting crime, his life's course was set.

He focused all his considerable energies and great brain toward the defeat of criminals as a private consulting detective. But the same law that served to punish evil-doers too often hampered him in his investigations. Thus was born Justice, The Cloaked Cavalier, a daring adventurer who, though working to uphold the law was not hindered by its petty details. With a mask to preserve his incognito, Basil began a double life; though the more conventional agents of the law did not always trust him, Basil meted out his own brand of, ahem, justice to criminals all over the Empire.

The Best Jack McGee Episodes of The Incredible Hulk

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• Mystery Man: McGee and Banner strike up an unlikely, if temporary friendship, and Jack learns that the Hulk is really a man who transforms.
• Prometheus: Jack displays his investigative skills and stick-to-it-ivity infiltrating a secret government complex.
• The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas: Jack interacts with some friends for a change and tries to communicate with the Creature for the first time.
• Equinox: McGee never gets closer to seeing John Doe's face than in this episode.
• Proof Positive: Jack takes the spotlight, revealing tidbits about his personal life in the process.
• Stop the Presses: McGee shows his ethical side. And shoots himself in the leg.

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This episode guide is for McGee-lovers everywhere.

The Incredible Hulk pilot

Intrepid reporter Jack McGee makes multiple requests to gain an interview with scientists David Banner and Elaina Marks for The National Register, a cheap, sensationalist newspaper beneath his talents. The scientists are studying human strength enhancement, but they refuse to grant him an interview. Jack even visits Dr. Marks's home, though it does him no good. When Dr. Banner's car is found smashed in a ditch, McGee investigates and finds enormous footprints at the scene. He further interviews a man and his young daughter who report an encounter with a 7-foot hulking greenish creature. McGee confronts Banner and Marks with a plaster cast of the prints, but they deny any knowledge of the Hulk. Convinced that the scientists are hiding something, McGee sneaks into their lab to learn more, finding evidence that the Creature had been there. Banner returns and finds Jack there, escorting the reporter outside just before the building explodes and McGee is knocked senseless. He comes to just in time to get his first look at the Hulk, which emerges from the blaze carrying Dr. Marks. McGee tries to find Dr. Banner, but it's impossible to enter the inferno. Dr. Marks is later found dead; Banner's body is never found at all. Jack makes it his mission to track down the Hulk and learn the true story of the Creature. More...

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Occupation: college professor, inventor
Henchmen: none
Crimes: arson, attempted murder, grand theft, kidnapping, destruction of private property, child endangerment, trespassing
Motive: revenge
Blood type: AB negative

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I Everybody needs a hero.
II Nobody cares about a zero.
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IV Your trainer is always right.
V Heroes don't make excuses.
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