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TAG DIRECTORY (Click on bolded words for links to tagged pages) (have a nice day)

Examiner Yaan: Sapient multiverse and surgeon for this multiverse, contained in armor and shrunk down Fantastic Voyage-style to perform surgery with the help of the superheroes.

  • Tianya Haijiao: Shrinking exploratory vessel and experimental surgery tool for the Examiners (doctors for multiverses).

Highman [THE CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED]: The first superhero of his 21st Century world; anarchic, brash, and compassionate defender of the weak.

The Rose [THE RED ROCK OF RIGHT]: Chairman of the Socialist States of America and perpetual motion powerhouse; “we need bread, but we need roses too;” broadcasts his work as both to his world.

Wanmei Shangren [THE MAN FROM TOMORROW]: A much older, experienced, and powerful version of Highman; over a hundred years old.

Goodneighbor [THE GUARDIAN ANGEL]: Electromagnetic field-controlling kindly old lady sent from the doomed future to save the present.

Kris Kang [THE SUPER-SCION]: A.k.a., Skyhigh, the firsborn child and successor of their world’s version of Highman/Wanmei Shangren.

Final Man [THE LAWBREAKER]: Alternate version of Sagittaria; formerly Sagittarius, his world’s strongest super-crook; now turned over a new leaf after surviving the death of his universe.

Newstar [THE NIGHT’S WING]: Caped crusading masked avenger wielding specialized gadgets; formerly the mightiest superhero of Earth.

Citizen Silver [THE MEGAPOLIS KID]: The world’s smartest girl, garbed in size-changing armor, voluntary successor to her world’s Hyperperson.

Son of Atom [THE MEGATON MARVEL]: A botched quantum missile test results in a sapient explosion that is learning what it means to be alive.

Sentinel [THE BIG BOY SCOUT]: Undead Reagan’s personal superhero; hapless capitalist stooge; big fish in a small pond.

Beautiful Monkey King [THE SON OF STONE]: The godly might-wielding demon monkey of Chinese-Buddhist mythology; future protector of the Tripitaka monk; protagonist of Journey to the West.

Dreadnaut [THE HERALD OF HOPE]: Most accomplished of the Protectors, who protect the last of humanity in a universe dominated by the light of Tyrant Suns; channeler of the Shadow’s power; “Dread naught, for I am here!

Doc Holiday [THE MAN OF ACTION]: The two-fisted, gunslinging, god of the kitchen of Chinese mythology; patron deity of Chinese New Year.

Probe [THE LAST SIGNAL OF RADON]: Gigantic iron amnesiac war machine turned to innocent protector of life and peace by the love of good people.

Hyperzero [THE GIANT OF LIGHT]: Last survivor of the Hyperpersons and their Numinous Nation; protector of their universe’s Earth and slayer of the gigantic and monstrous kaiju; bonded to a human host.

Jocelyn Jia [THE STAR REPORTER]: Fearless journalist and unflinching advocate for the rights of the marginialized, human and extraterrestrial alike; bonded to an alien being named the High.

The Mercurian [THE STRANGE VISITOR]: Extraterrestrial castaway immigrant from the planet closest to the sun, that which we call Mercury; cane-wielding super-fast shapeshifting gentleman detective.

Xeno [THE HYPER-POOCH]: Genegineered guardian pet for alien royalty; misplaced and adopted by a human girl; a very good boy.

Patriarch [THE MAN OF THE HOUSE]: A combination of various versions of the superhero Patroller after a universe nearly rebooted itself to death; ancestor of a massive dynasty of superhuman and transhuman superheroes.

Explorer Extraordinary [THE HARDIEST HUMAN]: Orphan boy who transforms into an adult superhuman; navigator of a multiversal pirate ship.

  • The Infinity: Said multiversal pirate ship; dedicated to fighting the forces of multiversal colonialism, empire, and capitalism.

The Contender [THE GOD OF STRENGTH]: Boxer bodybuilder philosopher that gained superhuman power from understanding the method of mind over matter over mind (etcetera); hero of the weird and surreal Earth-Dream.

Sagittaria Unchained [THE LIGHTBRINGER]: Former leader of the Constellation Coalition, who used their powers to reshape the society they lived in; the war that followed scoured her Earth clean of life, save for her.


Supermeru: “Floating” universe, headquarters, and training academy of superhero gods in touch with all their multiversal selves.

Most High: Mysterious chairman/head administrator/principal of Supermeru; greater than even the great gods.

Bionic Highman II [THE ALLOYED ANNIHILATOR]: Created by the original Bionic Highman to destroy their world’s Highman; memory-wiped and choosing a path of heroism; joined their world’s light-wielding Cosmi-Candle Company.

Madame Miracle [THE QUESTER FOR PEACE]: The Sixth Maiden of the Daoistgoddess Our Enigma of the Ninth Heaven; champion for equal rights for all, especially women; peerless swordswoman wielding a blade that does not kill.

General Erlang [THE HOUND OF HEAVEN]:Grizzled supreme commander of Supermeru’s armies; divine paratrooper; leads from the front.

Suzerain [THE PHANTOM KING OF THE WORLD]: Ghostly demigod warlord; commands ghostly demigod soldiers to rule a slice of atom-blasted Earth.

Benevolence [THE STRONGEST UNDER HEAVEN]: Demigod of strength, protector of Buddhism, guardian of all temples, emanation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani, attorney for the highest courts; loves a good fight.

Prometheus [AM MAN OF YESTERDAY]: Bizarre combination of the failed and twisted revisions of the Patroller; Patriarch’s pathetic and weird counterpart.

Cogito Ergo [THE MAN OF THE FUTURE]: Formerly a flamboyant supervillain; choosing the path of justice after the retirement of his greatest rival.

Firebird [THE MOURNINGSTAR]: Host to the flame of creation; maker, destroyer, enkindler, enlightener, renewer, redistributer: she is all of these things.

Master Mindful [THE MADE-UP MESSIAH]: Fictional superhero, the subject of a legal battle between Master Books and Mindful Comics; as the pages crumbled around them, they stepped out into the material multiverse as a living brand.

Giant [THE NEW MILLENNIAL]: Formerly a tough-on-crime axe-wielding executioner; now following a more mythic path after discovering his many origins.

Lighthouse [THE 9TH WONDER OF THE WORLD]: Stage magician Lucina Lavecchia uses the ultimate secret of the unviverse she has learned - the true conversion of energy and matter, and vice versa - to fight for joy and freedom.

Supercell [?????]: ?????

Golden Boy [?????]: ?????

Benevolence [?????]: ?????

Hypergod [?????]: ?????

Most High [?????]: ?????

Black Flag [?????]: ?????


THE ENEMY

Nih-El: A.k.a., the Rebel King-Angel, the Unbowed King; a titanic deity; embodiment/expression of pride/tyranny, seeks to enslave the entire multiverse to his will, even the gods who built him; Symbiont (Parasite)-class threat.

Tyrant Sun: A Tyrant Sun is one of ten thousand gods of fire, light, and life, blotting out the universe of Earth-Will with their oppressive heat.

Ship-of-Heroes, Argo: ?????

Ying Dynasty: ?????

Other: Unsorted miscellany.


THE COOPERATIVE: The International Cooperative Organizational Network (I.C.O.N.), also known as The Cooperative. First formed in 2010, with the UR crisis.

THE EIGHT: Although the Cooperative is composed of many groups, the Eight are special, entrusted with the most perilous of responsibilities. Each of the Eight handle their own sphere of affairs, such as first response, espionage, or intergalactic relations. The leaders of the Eight units form a unit of their own, only assembling to respond to the greatest threats, but also to share information and discuss policies.

Highman: The very same Champion of the Oppressed, now a little older and a whole lot more powerful. Still the same political firebrand as always.

The Dragon: Formerly Firecracker, the apprentice of the Red Bat. Now the leader of the Cooperative’s Espionage Division (“The Detectives.”)

Apollyon: ?????

Lighthouse: ?????

The Protector: ?????

Doctor Vulture: ?????

Skyjack: ?????

Madame Miracle: ?????

The Bridge: Space elevator station, the Cooperative’s main headquarters.

THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE: Venerable group of British superheroes, existing since the 1960s. Although they predate the Cooperative, they are affiliate members of it.

ANACHRONONAUTICA: ?????

QUANTUM QUINTET: ?????

KNIGHTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE: Circle of self-aware shapeshifting opinionated robot cavaliers with traits based on the chemical elements.


OTHER HEROES

The Secret Society: ?????

Accel: ?????

The Defender: ?????

The Throne: ?????

Highwayman: ?????

Sandwalker: ?????


OTHER VILLAINS

THE TERRIBLE TWELVE/THIRTEEN: ?????

APEX ACADEMY: ?????

Battleship: ?????

Iron Clam: ?????

UR: ?????

Dreadful: ?????

Nessuno: ?????


IN-BETWEEN

SENTINELS OF THE SPIRAL: ?????

THE CHIEF JUSTICES: ?????