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No. Its Iron Man. I think someone stole this idea from Iron Man. Beta particle generators are one of his power sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man's_armor

http://www.advancediron.org/general-purpose-iron-man-armors/mark-20-the-s.k.i.n.-armor

http://www.marveldirectory.com/miscellaneous/ironmanmarkvii.htm

You know, honestly, I was perfectly fine with the leather designs of the X-Men uniforms in those movies. And frankly, it really would have looked live-action absurd if Hugh Jackman was wearing yellow spandex. I expect the same for giant boxy robots.

...sure, if you lead a normal life... If, on the other hand, you seem to attract more improbable events than the Scarlet Witch, then paranoia can actually be helpful...

This was all caused by Galactus, right? I think I read that somewhere...

Definitions of praeternatural on the Web:

Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
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The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural

Definitions of praeternatural on the Web:

Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
www.poestories.com/wordlist.php

The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural

Definitions of praeternatural on the Web:

Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
www.poestories.com/wordlist.php

The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural

if you stop and think long enough to remember that visible light is part of the EM spectrum too

So's ultraviolet light.

Heck, so are gamma rays. Did Gen. Thaddeus Ross contribute to the original paper? And are they prepared to deal with the possible consequences of a gamma bomb?

(The authors of the paper probably either thought of "the electromagnetic spectrum" as meaning "radio frequencies" or decided to oversimplify for the benefit of an audience most of whose members either never took electricity and magnetism in college or forgot it.)

if you stop and think long enough to remember that visible light is part of the EM spectrum too

So's ultraviolet light.

Heck, so are gamma rays. Did Gen. Thaddeus Ross contribute to the original paper? And are they prepared to deal with the possible consequences of a gamma bomb?

(The authors of the paper probably either thought of "the electromagnetic spectrum" as meaning "radio frequencies" or decided to oversimplify for the benefit of an audience most of whose members either never took electricity and magnetism in college or forgot it.)

And, in a grand finale, the document recommends that the United States should seek the ability to "provide maximum control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum".

Why go through all the fuss of briefing journalists, thought manipulation and the destruction of networks when all they really need to do is just hire Magneto.

They had the name Graviton years ago. http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/g/gravi ton.htm

At some points in his career he controlled a lot more than just New York. Furthermore he invested in multiple legitimate businesses at various times as well.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/k/kingp in.htm

> Power Pack > Never heard of them. Think of a band of super-powered kids. If we're lucky it's not a "Adults are dumb because they don't listen movie." However, a full link for info is here http://www.marveldirectory.com/teams/powerpack.htm

I have an issue of Cloak & Dagger somewhere. Nice premise. It should make a very interesting movie if they do it right.

I have an issue of Cloak & Dagger somewhere. Nice premise. It should make a very interesting movie if they do it right.

The Power Pack are too young to act as professional adventurers, but they continue have exploits requiring the use of their superhuman powers when the occasionsarise

Alex took, the name "Gee" due to his power over gravity ("G-power"), Jack called himself "Mass Master" because he could take gaseous form or compress his mass to as to become tiny, Julie called herself Lightspeed became she could fly fast, leaving a trail of colored light behind her, and Katie became the Energizer, due to her ability to store energy and fire it from her body

The Power Pack are too young to act as professional adventurers, but they continue have exploits requiring the use of their superhuman powers when the occasionsarise

Alex took, the name "Gee" due to his power over gravity ("G-power"), Jack called himself "Mass Master" because he could take gaseous form or compress his mass to as to become tiny, Julie called herself Lightspeed became she could fly fast, leaving a trail of colored light behind her, and Katie became the Energizer, due to her ability to store energy and fire it from her body

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/a/antma nii.htm

Let me paraphrase the marvel directory.

Scott Lang was an expert in electronics but for some reason couldn't make a buck. So he became a burglar but wasn't very good at it... he got caught and put in jail and got a job with some Marvel invented company that one would know if one ever bothered to read comic books. But he daughter was diagnosed with a terminal illness, probally something to do with all those green screen terminals Scott Lang was forced to used as he coudln't afford a real computer. The only doctor who can help was being helded by some other big evil company the name likely known by anyone who has bothered to read any marvel comics. So he decided to steal AntMan's outfit and magic shrinking gas. Fortunatly the real AntMan had a spair YellowJacket outfit and follows AntMan II and watches him confront the arch villin who's in the business of kidnaping doctors needed by wackos who like to dress up in costume, a common theme in the Marvel world. AntMan II rescues the good doctor who cures his daughter and just when he's about to step up and return the stupid AntMan outfit to AntMan... AntMan says he can keep it so long as he's a good boy.

Sells electronics by day, dresses up as an Ant by night... it's AntMan II!

So, from this I can establish the first AntMan was some guy with magic shrinking gas who liked to put on an ant costume get small and fight crime. And I wondered why I never really bought comic books.

This can't possibly be harder than adamantium. Otherwise Captain America would have used it instead for his shield.

"A direct blow from Thor's hammer, conveyed with the thunder god's full strength, will slightly dent a solid cylinder of True Adamantium." --http://www.marveldirectory.com/misc/adamantium.h tm

For our next topic... can mighty mouse beat up superman?

I think I just need to say our products are green and Yellow

For a moment, I thought they were talking about this kind of Sentinel...

Stop their being born? If the "normals" can't handle us, just send us to boarding school. Why waste our time thinking down to their level, anyway?

Marvel is suing Microsoft for damaging their intellectual property.

On the basis of this, shouldn't DC be suing Pixar? I mean, "Elastigirl" is basically "Plastic Man" with breasts

No, it's totally Marvel's Fantastic 4 there.

A) The Incredibles, a superhero team/family of 4 members, lead by Mr. Incredible, who named the team after himself. It includes a husband/wife and brother/sister. One of them is tough and strong, one is invisble and makes force-field bubbles, one stretches out limbs, and one runs fast. There's also a super-powered baby who's not exactly in the team.

B) The Fantastic Four, a superhero team/family of 4 members, lead by Mr. Fantastic, who named the team after himself. It includes a husband/wife and brother/sister. One of them is tough and strong, one is invisble and makes force-field bubbles, one stretches out limbs, and one shoots fire. There's also a super-powered baby who's not exactly in the team.

In case you missed it, the only difference in those discriptions is running fast vs shooting fire. Oh, and the fact that one of them was published 50 years before the other. In a reasonable copyright system, Fantastic Four would be public domain already.

Burt Rutan = Tony Stark?

Even juggernauts have limited resources (not The Juggernaut http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/j/jugge rnaut.htm) He seems to be okay in the resources department.

All your decency are belong to me.

Seriously, though, WTF? This is a huge stretch beyond their authority. I'm talking Reed Richards here.

that Grenwich won't release the photos is because, contrary to Marvel's "official" story line, the real location of the Xavier Shool for Gifted Youngsters is within citiy limits!

:-P

Then I can be bombarded with cosmic rays and become the human Torch! Flame On!

Hint to moderators: Erik Lehnsherr.

I take it this is the guy you're referring to? Doesn't seem to be that much of a difference from the original goblin if you ask me...

Here's one, and here's another.

(Warning, major comic book geekiness here)

Anyway... Gladiator (roughly a Shi'ar equivalent of Superman) picks up a building by one corner, which Reed Richards correctly realizes is impossible to do by simple strength, due to structural issues. They end up taking advantage of this realization to stop him.

Yes mods, this is offtopic, I'm just kindly replying to the parent post. This (www.marveldirectory.com) is a site I found about a month ago. Nothing too in-depth but fun to poke around in.

When was Spider-Man ever stronger than the Hulk? Even in their very first encounter, when the Hulk unwittingly attacked him due to trickery from the Green Goblin (yes, I'm aware of how much I'm embarrasing myself by posting this) the Hulk was clearly the stronger of the two.

AFAIK, the only time Spider-Man was stronger than ole' Hulky was when he temporarily inherited the powers of Captain Universe.