Looking for Marvel Fans’ Feedback on My Story Idea

[nii07]

I’m working on a story that pulls heavily from Marvel comics, and I’d really like feedback from readers who know the Marvel universe well to make sure the powers and lore feel authentic.

Marvel: Survivor’s Ascension | Scribble Hub

 

[DireBadger]

why marvel? Why not DC, Epic, or original?

 

[nii07]

why marvel? Why not DC, Epic, or original?

The MC basically has the power to copy any ability from S-Rank to F-Rank. I want to use this to showcase heroes and powers that aren't considered top-tier to show that when they are synergized well can overwhelm the best powers. I could have done DC, but Marvel had better power sets. I could do a DC story in the future.

An example of what I mean:
In Marvel, there is a mutant with the useless power to generate more eyes on himself. If you paired that with precognition, he'd be able to use each eye to see alternate futures.

In DC, I remember a guy in the Legion of Super Heroes who had the power to eat anything, but due to being unable to digest more than a normal human it was a useless power, but if he gained speed force speed and vibrated himself constantly, he could endlessly consume as his new metabolism would burn through it all making him a living black hole.

 

[DireBadger]

Ahh, I guess I am just wanting a writer to be able to eventually publish :)

 

[nii07]

Ahh, I guess I am just wanting a writer to be able to eventually publish :)

Yeah, I want the same.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

The MC basically has the power to copy any ability from S-Rank to F-Rank. I want to use this to showcase heroes and powers that aren't considered top-tier to show that when they are synergized well can overwhelm the best powers. I could have done DC, but Marvel had better power sets. I could do a DC story in the future.

An example of what I mean:
In Marvel, there is a mutant with the useless power to generate more eyes on himself. If you paired that with precognition, he'd be able to use each eye to see alternate futures.

In DC, I remember a guy in the Legion of Super Heroes who had the power to eat anything, but due to being unable to digest more than a normal human it was a useless power, but if he gained speed force speed and vibrated himself constantly, he could endlessly consume as his new metabolism would burn through it all making him a living black hole.

Matter Eater Lad from the planet Bismoll. He saved the Legion a few times, IIRC. Even Bouncing Boy (who could inflate his body and ... well... bounce) managed to be a true hero a few times.
The really "useless" powers wound up in the Legion of Substitute Heroes - Infectious Lad (briefly, due to not being immune to his own powers, Infectious Lass due to a gender swap virus), Color Kid, Stone Boy and at least one other I'm blanking on.

 

[nii07]

Matter Eater Lad from the planet Bismoll. He saved the Legion a few times, IIRC. Even Bouncing Boy (who could inflate his body and ... well... bounce) managed to be a true hero a few times.
The really "useless" powers wound up in the Legion of Substitute Heroes - Infectious Lad (briefly, due to not being immune to his own powers, Infectious Lass due to a gender swap virus), Color Kid, Stone Boy and at least one other I'm blanking on.

Make you wonder what is the most useless power in either DC or Marvel you've ever come across.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Make you wonder what is the most useless power in either DC or Marvel you've ever come across.

Depends entirely on the writer. Some have been able to make the most worthless-seeming abilities (like, oh, BOUNCING) become vital. Others can make Superman seem useless...

 

[nii07]

Depends entirely on the writer. Some have been able to make the most worthless-seeming abilities (like, oh, BOUNCING) become vital. Others can make Superman seem useless...

True, but if I had to pick for me it's:
Arm-Fall-Off-Boy for DC (His arms detach, and he uses them as clubs. That’s it. If even the Legion rejects you, then you have to know you suck)
Soft Serve for Marvel (She can produce any flavor of ice cream from her body. That’s it. I'd never eat it because of how it's produced.)

 

[CharlesEBrown]

True, but if I had to pick for me it's:
Arm-Fall-Off-Boy for DC (His arms detach, and he uses them as clubs. That’s it. If even the Legion rejects you, then you have to know you suck)
Soft Serve for Marvel (She can produce any flavor of ice cream from her body. That’s it. I'd never eat it because of how it's produced.)

Yeah, she probably gets the No-Prize here... I could not believe that was a real character, had to check the date of the Marvel Wiki to make sure it wasn't an April Fools thing (suspect it WAS an Assistant Editors Month thing... :D)

 

[nii07]

Yeah, she probably gets the No-Prize here... I could not believe that was a real character, had to check the date of the Marvel Wiki to make sure it wasn't an April Fools thing (suspect it WAS an Assistant Editors Month thing... :D)

I actually didn't believe it was real either. I was sure someone had just made it up, and people believed it, but low and behold, it was real.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

You know, a ScribbleHub version of the Marvel Universe would probably have scenes like:

It was at that moment that Jamie Howlett, once known as Weapon Ecchi, became Waifurine.

 

[nii07]

You know, a ScribbleHub version of the Marvel Universe would probably have scenes like:

It was at that moment that Jamie Howlett, once known as Weapon Ecchi, became Waifurine.

Send me the link to that chapter. I have to read it for myself.