Twenty Words Or Less

[Michael P]

Okay, continuity fans, here's a challenge for you: Pick any person, place, or thing from the Marvel Universe, and explain it to someone who's never heard of Marvel Comics before in twenty words or less. Out of generosity, I won't include the name of the thing you pick in the word limit. I'll start:

Battleworld: A mosaic planet created by the godlike Beyonder as an arena for Earth's heroes and villains to fight in.

[Nightcrawler]

X-Men: Team of hero mutants.

[mattbib]

Lockheed: Alien fire-breathing, winged, purple dragon, pet and friend of the X-Man Shadowcat.

[Gaz]

Jessica Jones: A former teen heroine, and orphan, who was traumatised and decided to be an alcoholic PI then journalist instead.

Jeez, that one isn't easy, is it?

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Great Lakes Avengers: because the Mid-West needs heroes, too!

[mattbib]

Quinjet: High-tech aircraft used by the superhero team, the Avengers.

[Grazzt]

Wolverine: Clawed mutant with healing factor and convoluted origin.
Northstar: Gay mutant ninja zombie, with powers of flight, light generation, and superspeed.

[Arrjay]

Hulk: Mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner turns green and massive if you anger him. Has a limited vocabulary when green.

[Sir_Hawkeye]

Xorneto: Magneto in disguise as mutant Xorn of the x-men. Infected by Sublime and turns into ravageing murderous mutant in NYC.

[mattbib]

Xorneto: Magneto in disguise as mutant Xorn of the x-men. Infected by Sublime and turns into ravageing murderous mutant in NYC.Shouldn't that actually be Xorn in disguse as Magneto?

[Gaz]

Shouldn't that actually be Xorn in disguse as Magneto?
Who the hell knows now?

[Archer]

Magneto: Angsty Jewish mutant with great abs and occassional desires for world domination. Either written brilliantly . . . or Retconeto.

[Tenebrae]

Mutants - People born with extraordinary powers, usually becoming evident in puberty, who some believe are the next step in human evolution.

[Grazzt]

Magneto: Angsty Jewish mutant with great abs and occassional desires for world domination. Either written brilliantly . . . or Retconeto.

Minor nitpicking, but which guys don't have great abs in the Marvel Universe? Besides the Blob, of course.

[Dr. Simian]

Ultimate Nullifier: The power to destroy the Universe in a package the size of a cell phone.

[zeppelined]

The Thing: Wisecracking tough guy turned pilot turned superstrong rocky creature by cosmic radiation. Tortured by his own appearance, but always heroic.

[Archer]

Minor nitpicking, but which guys don't have great abs in the Marvel Universe? Besides the Blob, of course.

Heh, none at all but I was just rereading the Magneto War trade and the line about Joseph just being "a toaster with great abs" or something to that effect had stuck in my head.

[Tenebrae]

Cable - Son of another hero, sent to the future to cure his illness, only to return as a telepathic, telekinetic soldier.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

X-Men: Team of hero mutants.

Doesn't work because if the person has never heard of Marvel before, they won't know of mutants.

[Tenebrae]

Aragorn - Horse given wings by genetics, once ridden by a knight, now the steed of a valkyrie.

[Sanagi]

The original Doom Patrol: Woman can change size, bandaged guy can project energy being, robot guy is a robot guy, wheelchair guy is leader.

[pauwoo]

Spider-Man:- A teacher with everyday problems work, bills and so on who happens to be a super-hero

[Gorakmev]

Way too much history, but here's a go anyway.

Toxin: Spawn of Carnage, Spawn of Venom, alien parasite Spiderman rejected that he obtained in other Galaxy during superhero tornament booyahh.

Whew! :eek: