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lurkerwithout ([personal profile] lurkerwithout) wrote2008-04-23 07:42 am
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Tuesday Tangents: West Coast Avengers

Yes, I know its no longer Tuesday. Again. What can I say, I get distracted by sleep and what not and don't come up with anything. I have an idea for something using the founding Avengers, but I'm putting that on the back-burner for now. Today we'll use the core second team. And since Willowhas already made inroads into this Marvel 'verse with her Exiles and Uncanny X-Men ideas, I'll go back and add some Wild West stuff...

The Avengers of the West Coast are a band of bounty hunters for the most part. Though they've made a reputation taking down corrupt law-men, industrialists and robber barons. Throughout California and up the coast and down into Mexico, these Avengers are known as heroes for the downtrodden...

Led by Roger Stephens a former U.S. Cavalry officer. The charismatic and brave man is often simply called THe Captain. Other members of the band include the Portuguese brother and sister, Pedro de (I hope de replaces the) Vivo one of the fastest guns around and Felicidade de Ruvio rumored to be a bruxia or witch. And Clint Eagle-eye the half-Apache scout and marksman...

I'm still trying to come up with tangent versions of other Avengers from that era. Black Panther, Hercules, Beast, Wonder Man, Jocasta, Swordsman, Mantis, Vision and Falcon. At least I think Falcon was an Avenger then. All I know is the Avengers roster got huge there for awhile. Sometimes with around a dozen or more active members...

[identity profile] scarcrest.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hercules could be a former carnival strongman. And Beast could have been a star attraction in the freak show. (For that matter, Swordsman and Mantis could also have that background ... a sword swallower and an Asian burlesque performer.)

Falcon could be a runaway slave or former slave, depending on the years you're looking at.

[identity profile] avalon's willow (from livejournal.com) 2008-04-24 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa... does Avengers have a title with Amazing in the front? Cause I can see Carnival Posters in my head right now.